of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



49 



Years. 



Decem- 

 ber. 



T 



Janu- 

 ary. 



r eoru- 

 ary. 



March. 



Total. 



Notes. 



1863-64 





















64-65 



6 









6 





65-66 



1,695 



1 







1,696 





66-67 



7 



66 



4 





77 





67-68 





70 



9 



? 



386 



11th January to 1st July. 



68-69 



13 









13 



69-70 





(14) 



9 



9 



1,649 



1st February to 1st June. 



1870-71 



(101) 



(35) 



9 



9 



1,621 



„ 13th May. 



71-72 



10 



1 



9 



9 



1,725 



Winter and Spring to 1st June. 



79 73 





? 



f 









73-74 







9 



1 



4,890 



" 30th May. 



74-75 





9 



9 



9 



9,197 



22nd „ 



75-76 





9 



9 



9 



6,071 



13th „ 



76-77 





? 



9 



9 



10,254 



12th „ 



77-78 





5,075 



10,958 



1,779 



17,820 



Including 23 crans in April. 



78-79 





7,930 



6,276 



4,974 



19,594 



414 



79-80 



4,085 



5,200 



6,518 



19,452 



35,277 





1880-81 



970 



2,872 



9,310 



11,922 



25,074 





81-82 



178 



1,183 



6,188 



1,337 



8,886 





82-83 



i i r 



1 ID 



3 fiQ7 



1 1RR 

 1 , / oo 



17 'ififi 



1 / ,«JDD 



w.>, 14:0 





83-84 



143 



2,813 



8,465 



3,280 



14,707 



Including 6 crans in April. 



84-85 



416 



744 



5,755 



14,094 



21,009 



85-86 



227 



184 



2,224 



2,352 



4,987 





86-87 



37 



48 



754 



9,074 



9,913 





87-88 



70 



450 



2,127 



6,938 



9,585 





88-89 



913 



875 



8,981 



759 



11,528 





89-90 



1,070 



296 



6,920 



978 



9,264 





1890-91 



8,736 



1,854 



5,047 





15,637 





91-92 



2,946 





1,577 



1,736 



6,259 







DO 







Ol t7 





93-94 







3 



"'72 



75 





94-95 







117 



1,164 



1,281 





95-96 







194 



150 



344 





96-97 







46 



423 



469 





97-98 





? 



9 



9 



30 



" Winter fishing.' 



98-99 





? 



? 



? 



1,247 



, , >> 



99-1900 



190 





449 



3,664 



4,113 





1900-01 



8 





5,652 



3,743 



9,395 





01-02 





2,450 



3,072 



1,316 



6,838 





02-03 





530 



177 



25 



732 





03-04 





92 



461 



322 



875 





04-05 



9 









9 



/ 108 crans, 1st Oct. to 31st Dec. 



05-06 



9 



584 



183 



389 





\ 106 crans, 1st Jan. to 27th May. 



06-07 



10,195 



337 



542 



555 



11,629 



*and 2,881 crs. 1st Oct.-31st Dec. 



With the other table it enables us to see that there was no great winter 

 fishing from 1855 to 1874, and that until 1870 the winter fishing was 

 chiefly in December. From evidence given in 1864 before the 

 Royal Commission it appears that the spring fishing for spawning 

 herrings on the banks came to an end in 1856, and that it was declining 

 for some years before that time ; and that the herrings did not return 

 until 1862, when the close-time was in force.* In the late autumn of 

 1865, as appears from the notes of the Fishery Officers, herrings came 

 back in abundance to the Ayrshire coast. None were taken in 

 October of that year, but on 3rd November the fishermen at Ayr 



*Ibid., p. 1189. 



