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Part III. — Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



The localities and months in which the herrings taken before June 

 were caught are not mentioned. In June, when the total was a com- 

 paratively small one, the herrings were got in both the lower and the 

 upper loch. In July there is no information in three of the weeks as to 

 the place of fishing ; in the other weeks it was " all over loch." In 

 August, again, when the fishing was very successful, no place is specified, 

 but in the week ended 21st it is said that there are large shoals all over 

 the loch. The total for September was the enormous one of 19,900 

 crans, the largest for any month in the period from 1854. In the two 

 first weeks, when 9930 crans were landed, the fishing was "all over the 

 loch"; in the next week, when the catch was 4046 crans, it is stated 

 that the best fishing was from Minard to Silver Craigs, in the upper loch, 

 and along the Kilfinan shore in the lower loch ; in the next week no 

 information is given and in the last week the fishing was all over the 

 loch. In October 6316 crans were secured, but there is information as 

 to the places of capture only for the last two weeks, when most were 

 caught off Loch Gair, Silver Craigs, and on Kilfinan shore. In Novem- 

 ber the catch amounted to 5763 crans, the localities when mentioned 

 being off Loch Gair and all over the loch. Particulars are given in 

 December for only the first week, when 2045 crans were taken, mostly 

 in the upper loch, from Otter Ferry to opposite Newton. 



The aggregate in 1898 amounted to 40,801 crans, of which 736 crans 

 were secured before 1st June. In June 4252 crans were caught between 

 Skipness and Furnace. 



In 1899 the total was 32,113 crans. In June the fishing was all over 

 the loch, principally from Skipness to Minard. In July, when 8552 

 crans were taken, it was also generally distributed from Otter Spit to 

 Cairndow and down to Tarbert. In August it appears to have been 

 chiefly in the upper loch, as was also the case in September, but the 

 information is meagre. No information is given as to the place of 

 fishing from the week ended 7th October, when it was in the upper loch 

 mostly, until the week ended 18th November, when it was in the upper 

 and lower lochs, especially about Loch Gair. In December the herrings 

 were caught mainly in the upper reaches and opposite Tarbert. 



In 1900 the catch fell to 24,743 crans. In June the herrings were 

 caught between Skipness and Otter, and especially about Otter. In J uly, 

 when 7523 crans were secured, the only information is for the week 

 ended 21st, when the fishing was best about Minard. The information 

 for the remainder of the year is scanty ; in August and the first part of 

 September the fishing seems to have been chiefly in the upper loch and 

 about Tarbert. After this the only localities mentioned are Laggan and 

 Skipness, Skate Island and Ardlamont, and between Ardrishaig and 

 Tarbert; in most of the weeks no particulars are given. 



In 1901 there was a slight increase in the aggregate, to 29,117 crans. 

 The information as to the localities of fishing in this year is very 

 inadequate ; of the thirty-two weeks included no particulars are given for 

 twenty-two of them. In June, herrings were taken near Otter and 

 from Otter to Laggan ; in July, some were taken near Inveraray ; in 

 August, Skipness to Tarbert is mentioned ; in September the fishing was 

 probably mostly in the upper loch ; in November, Otter, Skipness, and 

 Inveraray are mentioned, and in December, Otter. 



In 1902 the aggregate was 26,339 crans. In June and July the places 

 mentioned are Laggan and Otter; in August, Laggan and Tarbert to 

 Skipness, and also the upper loch; in September and October the fishing 

 appears to have been mostly in the same quarters ; in November and 

 December the upper loch, near Ardlamont, Kilfinan Bay, and latterly near 



