CONTENTS. 



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Genejkal Statement, - 5 

 The Hatching and Rearing of Plaice, - - - - (i 

 Scientific and Technical Instruction to Fishermen, - - 7 

 Investigations on the Herring Fisheries in the Firth of Clyde, - 8 

 The Food Value of the Herring, .... id 

 The Food of the Herring, - - - - 11 

 The Spawning, Growth, and Movement of the Mussel, Horse- 

 mussel, and the Spout-fish, - - - - 12 

 The Invertebrate Fauna, - - - - - - 12 



SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



I. Report of an Enquiry into the Herring Fisheries of the Firth 

 of Clyde. Part I. — The Statistics of the Fisheries. By 

 Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., Scientific Superintendent. 



(Plates I. -XII.) - - - - - 13 



The Methods of Fishing, ------ 15 



The Fluctuations from Year to Year, - - - - 23 



The Detailed Statistics :— - - - 29 



Rothesay District, ------ 31 



Greenock District, \ - 40 



Ballantrae District, - - - -46 



Campbeltown District, - - - - -62 



Inveraray District, ------ 76 



Campbeltown and Inveraray Districts combined, - - 92 



The Clyde Area, ------ 1)4 



The Influence of the Moon on the Catch of Herrings, - - 98 



Talbes . — 



I. Showing the Total Number of Vessels, including their repeated 

 Voyages, entered Inwards from the Fishery, with the 

 Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board ; also the 

 Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Shore, and the 

 Total Number Cured, in the Firth of Clyde Districts, in 

 each y ear 1809-1906, ----- J 00 



II. Showing the Number of Boats, whether decked or undecked, 

 employed in the Firth of Clyde Districts in the Shore- 

 curing Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the 

 Number of Men and Boys by whom the said Boats were 

 manned, together with the Number of Fish-curers, and the 

 Total Number of Persons employed, in each year 1825-1906, 104 



