of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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and Tarbert (10,460 crans were landed in the district this month), and 

 also in December between Ardlamont and Otter, and also at Inverneil 

 and Loch Gair. The Officer now began to detail the catches, and the 

 following for the weeks in December may be given : — 





Drift-net. 



Seine-net. 



Total. 



Week 















ended 

















Boats. 



Crans. 



Boats. 



Crans. 



Boats. 



Crans. 



8th .. 



178 



350 



38 



1,600 



208 



1,950 



15th .. 



180 



350 



48 



2,100 



228 



2,450 



22nd .. 



150 



380 



40 



2,050 



190 



2,430 



29th . . 



70 



60 



15 



600 



85 



660 







1,140 





6,350 





7,490 



From 1861 to 1876 the Officer noted the quantity taken in Upper 

 Loch Fyne in each month of the year, which I have extracted in the 

 accompanying Table. 



Table showing the Number of Crans of Herrings taken in Upper Loch 

 Fyne in each month of the years 1861-1876. 





1861 



1862 



1863 



1864 



1865 



1866 



1867 



1868 



1869 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



January ... 















85 



505 





670 











10 



30 



June 



"30 



"4 



16 



"58 



17 



'14 



41 



85 



"35 



190 



680 



46 



"80 



20 



42 



64 



July 



210 



203 



68 



183 



410 



45 



516 



1015 



1643 



275 



459 



27 



105 



23 



45 



12 



August . . . 



455 



500 



2115 



1017 



1620 



2080 



2542 



800 



723 



273 



11 



7 





11 







September 



132 



2 



2420 



1195 



2346 



1160 



551 



2331 



1640 



81 



17 



3 





8 







October ... 



457 



8615 



1310 



461 



917 



1578 



553 



2245 



148 



30 















November 



331 



6730 



2719 



254 



125 



554 



1970 



100 



4 



35 



"'5 



340 











December 



1120 



4303 



857 



6 



275 



155 



335 



150 



900 



53 





50 







"5 





Total ... 



2735 



i 



9505 



3174 



5710 



5580 



6593 



7231 



5093 



1607 



1172 



473 



185 



62 



102 



106 



It will be seen that in the years 1862-1869 large quantities of 

 herrings were taken in Upper Loch Fyne, particularly in 1862 and 1863, 

 and that after 1869 the quantity declined to a marked extent. This 

 Table, however, represents the minimum, because many of the herrings 

 landed at Ardrishaig were caught in the upper loch. 



In 1861 the fishing in June was poor, and best at Minard; in July 

 there was also little fishing in the upper loch, and again in September ; 

 in October the best fishing was at Inverneil, and then from Kilhnan to 

 Ardlamont. In November the Officer remarks that there had been very 

 little doing in the upper loch the whole season, and though the fisher- 

 men reported that there were abundance of herrings from Tarbert to 

 Furnace they could not catch them. In December the fishing improved, 

 especially between Minard and Furnace. 



1862 was a very productive year, the total for the district (including 

 Campbeltown) being 57,361 crans. From the records it appears that 

 the approximate quantity taken in Loch Fyne was about 52,400 crans, 



