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Appendices to Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



Statement showing particulars of the Early Summer Herring Fishing and 

 Prices obtained for Fresh and Cured Herrings in Barra District 

 during 1906. 



Week ended 



Boats 

 Engaged. 



Highest 

 Indivi- 

 dual 

 t^atcn. 



Total 

 Weekly 



Prices for 

 Fresh 



Average 

 Price per 

 ('ran for 

 W eek. 



Aver. Prices 

 for Cured 

 Herrings. 



Quality. 





Steam 



Sail. 



Catch. 



Herrings. 



Selec- 

 ted. 



Med. 



5th May 



5 







68 







Gratis. 

 59 



Grans. 

 885 







Per Gran. 

 16s. to 24s. 6d. 



£ s. d. 

 0 19 7 



Per 

 rSarrel 

 45s. 



Per 

 Jaarrel 

 23s. 



Inferior. 



12th „ 



14 



140 



56 



1,582 



25s. to 38s. 



18 6 



48s. 



28s. 



Fair. 



19th „ 



20 



260 



89 



6,708 



5s. to 38s. 6d. 



0 16 1 



50s. 



30s. 



Do. 



26th „ 



70 



283 



90 



7,856 



14s. to 68s. 



1 14 0 



55s. 



33s. 



/Good & 

 t mixed. 



2nd. June 



136 



376 



71 



8,579 



15s. to 54s. 6d. 



1 16 0 



58s. 



34s. 



Do. 



9th „ 



140 



349 



76 



4,971 



25s. to 72s. 



2 6 0 



60s. 



35s. 



Do. 



16th „ 



120 



265 



49 



2,587 



21s. to 80s. 



2 3 2 



60s. 



35s. 



Do. 



23rd , 



15 



95 



31 



1,521 



28s. to 56s. 



1 16 6 



58s. 



35s. 



Fair 



30th „ 



11 



75 



29 



811 



20s. to 41s. 



1 10 1 



52s. 



33s. 



Do. 



William Sinclair, 



Fishery Officer. 



Cawtlkbay, 5th Janucn-y 1907. 



Loch Br< 



District. 



General 

 Remarks. 



Means of 

 Capture. 



Herring 

 Fishing. 



Line Fishing. 



The results of the year's working can only be classed as slightly above 

 the average. Following upon the most successful year in the history of 

 the district, the results were especially disappointing. The value of all 

 fish landed amounted to «£13,554, as against £41,699 last year. 



There was a considerable reduction in the number of third-class, and 

 an increase in the number of second-class, boats, while one first-class 

 craft was replaced by a more modern vessel. Nets and lines remain 

 almost stationary. 



Herring fishing operations commenced at Loch Clash on 10th May, and 

 were continued until well into June ; at Badachro the fishing was 

 prosecuted from June to December, and in Loch Ewe during the last 

 fortnight of December. The Loch Clash fishing was the poorest for 

 12 years, while at Badachro operations were attended with results very 

 similar to those of the last three years. At Loch Ewe a shoal of fish 

 appeared about 15th December, but remained only a fortnight. The 

 Ullapool fishing, which was so successful in the two preceding years, was 

 an entire failure this year. For the small quantity got at the various 

 places mentioned above from 18s. up to 29s. per cran was realised. 



Line fishing was carried on with more or less success all over the 

 district. At all parts, except Ullapool and Badachro, fishermen consumed 

 their catches themselves. At Ullapool haddock fishing was carried on 

 from December to April, the catches being regularly shipped per 

 Congested Districts Board steamer. The results of the cod fishing at 

 Gairloch were very satisfactory, especially as regards the price? paid by 



