SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



I. — REPORT ON AN ENQUIRY INTO THE HERRING 

 FISHERIES OF THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. 



Part I. — The Statistics of the Fisheries. By Dr. T. 

 Wemyss Fulton, Scientific Superintendent. 



(Plates I.-XII.) 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



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, ...... 94 



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



Tables : — 



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 year 

 1809-1906, . . . . % .100 



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 



HI. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total 

 Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured, and the Esti- 

 mated Total of the Number of Barrels of Herrings 

 which were not Cured, in the years 1843-1857, . 108 



IV. Showing the Number of Barrels of Herrings actually 

 Caught within the limits of the various Districts in 

 the Firth of Clyde, irrespective of the place of land- 

 ing, in the years 1863-1887, . . . .109 

 V. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total 

 Quantity and Value of Herrings sold Fresh in the 

 years 1881-1888, and the Total Quantity and Value 

 of Herrings landed, whether sold Fresh or Cured, 

 in the years 1889-1906, . . . .110 



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