of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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APPENDIX A.— No. I. 
HERRING FISHERY. — Details, taken from the reports of the 
inspectors and district officers, regarding the herring fishery 
of 1889, in each of the twenty-six districts into which the 
coasts of Scotland are divided for fishery purposes, beginning 
at the south with the seventeen on the East Coast. These 
are — Eyemouth, Leith, Anstruther, Montrose, Stonehaven, 
Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Banff, Buckie, Findhorn, 
Cromarty, Helmsdale, Lybster, Wick, Orkney Isles, and Shet- 
land Isles. 
I. EAST COAST HERRING FISHERY. 
Eyemouth District. 
From Amble, in the county of Northumberland, to the east side of St Abb's 
Head, both inclusive, with Coquet Island, Holy Island, and the Fame 
Islands. 
District Fishery Office — Berwick-on- Tweed. 
Comparing the total catch of herrings in the district for 1889 with 
that of the preceding year, there is exhibited an increase of 11,732 barrels 
on the quantity cured, and 4500 crans on the quantity consumed fresh, 
and contrasted with the average catch of the previous ten years the 
quantities cured are almost identically the same, but a decrease of 8600 
crans is presented on the quantity consumed fresh, which shows that the 
year's catch, though fair, is under the average of that of the previous ten 
years. 
At Eyemouth and Berwick the early herring fishing began in the middle 
of May. 28 boats were employed, and landed large quantities of herrings, 
their average catch being 106 crans. The bulk of the fish, however, 
were small and immature, and occasionally they sold as low as from 2s. 
to 8s. per cran, the average price being 14s. Several takes of very 
inferior quality were sold for manure. The general herring fishing did 
not begin until the last week in July, and it finally closed on 24th 
September. The 312 boats employed averaged 173 crans, as against 141 
crans for 278 boats in the preceding year. Forty boats of the fleet came 
from Cornwall, and a number from Firth of Forth ports. There were 
234 herring boats belonging to the district, 195 of which were engaged 
in the fishing, while 39 were not launched, as their owners preferred to 
join with other crews, or follow the line or crab fisheries. A good general 
fishing was obtained almost weekly until near the end of August, when 
the shoals of herrings left the coast, and only an insignificant quantity was 
thereafter captured. The week ended 17 th August produced the heaviest 
yield, — an average catch of 47| crans per boat being landed. The 
highest gross catch for any boat was 550 crans, and the lowest 30 crans. 
There were a number of heavy takes, from 70 to 112 crans, brought 
ashore, whilst an exceedingly large one of 145 crans was landed at Eye- 
mouth on 15th August, and another of 127 crans on the following day. 
