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Appendices to Twenty -fifth Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was 135,000. 



2. In securing ova the numbers of male and female fish captured were 



respectively 15 and 21. The total number of fish netted was 183. 



REPORT FROM NORTH ESK DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



L As compared with the average results of previous years, the take of fish 

 generally throughout the district has not been so good, particularly by 

 fixed engines in the sea. 



(b) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters it was fair. 



(c) By rod and line it was very good during the last month of the 



season, but very poor immediately before that owing to want 

 of rain. 



2. The actual number of fish caught by rod and line from 31st August, when 



net fishing closed, to 31st October, when rod fishing also closed, was 149 

 salmon and 114 grilse — total 263 — as recorded by bailiffs. No statistics 

 as to fish caught otherwise. 

 Particulars as to the times grilse appeared are as follows : — Five grilse were 

 taken during September and 109 during October. The first grilse 

 taken in the river by net was on 23rd April, but some had been caught 

 previously in the sea. 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season by rod and 



line was 31 lbs. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — October. Gallery, 

 Hatton, Craigo, and Inglismaldie. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1906 was £6485 10s. 



2. The assessment levied was 6^ per cent. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 12 in number, including superintendent. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions .instituted are briefly as follows : — Two 



prosecutions, one for dragging for salmon, and the other for attempting 

 to take salmon by means of a trammel net. In both cases convictions 

 were obtained. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. No dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect. 



2. Bye-laws observed. 



3. No fish passes built or in prospect. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with are : — "Loups," on North Esk, 



about 12 miles from mouth. " Loups," on West Water (tributary), 

 about 12 miles from mouth. 



Pollutions— 



1. The principal existing pollution is the effluent from North Esk Distillery, 



about a mile from the mouth of the river. 

 1. Remedial measures : — Filtering tanks. 



The Salmon Disease- 

 Absent. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning early in November. 



2. The greatest number spawned in December. 



3. Spawning ceased at the end of January. 



4. As regards numbers of breeding fish, and state of the water, the past 



spawning season is regarded as very good. 



