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and the West Coast 48,059 cwfcs. Swedish luggers prosecuted 
this fishery off Shetland with their usual success ; but owing to the 
very low prices offered by local curers, they went home with their 
catches. 
Of the above catch, beam-trawl vessels landed 1055 cwts., valued 
at £679, the average price obtained being 12s. lOd. per cwt. 
Torsk (Tusk). — The torsk, unlike the cod and ling, is only 
found in a few localities. The total quantity landed last year was 
11,483 cwts., valued at £1725, being an increase in quantity over 
1888 of 2756 cwts., but a decrease of £1753 in value. The average 
price obtained was only 3s. per cwt., or Is. 7d. less than in 1888. 
The bulk of the catch was landed at Orkney and Shetland, Storno- 
way coming next. Some years ago this variety of fish realised 
high prices but of late it has not been in such demand and has 
consequently fallen in value. No torsk are reported as having 
been landed by beam-trawlers. 
Saithe (Coal Fish). — Saithe are more or less abundant at every 
fishing station in Scotland, but are particularly so in Orkney, Shet- 
land, Wick,Stornoway, Aberdeen, and Peterhead. The total quantity 
landed last year amounted to 84,472 cwts., valued at £11,987, being 
a decrease under 1888 of 21,101 cwts. and £7077 respectively. 
These fish are not much relished as an article of food, and usually 
sell at low prices— the average price last year being 2s. lOd. per 
cwt., against 3s. 2d. in the preceding year. 
Of the total catch, 2312 cwts., valued at £839, were landed by 
beam-trawlers, the average price obtained being 7s. 3d. per cwt. 
Haddock. — The total quantity of haddocks landed last year 
amounted to 792,130 cwts., valued at £331,215 or a decrease under 
1888 of 28,368 cwts., and £1919; but an increase of 146,412 
cwts. over the average for the preceding five years. The average 
price obtained was 8s. 4d. per cwt., or 3d. more than in 1888. 
Next to the herring, the haddock continues to be the most abund- 
ant and the most valuable of all the white fish taken in Scotland, 
and every district contributed, more or less, to the aggregate catch. 
The East Coast yielded last year 725,346 cwts. — more than nine- 
tenths of the gross catch — Orkney and Shetland 35,480 cwts., and 
the West Coast 31,304 cwts. The districts which produced the 
largest quantities were Aberdeen 114,225 cwts., Montrose 102,755 
cwts., Leith 94,651 cwts., Banff 80,337 cwts., and Buckie 60,988 
cwts. During the last few years, the Shetland haddock fishery 
has been gradually developing, but in 1889, the catch was 3461 
cwts. below that of 1888. A considerable proportion of the total 
catch was smoked aud cured as Findon haddocks. 
Of the gross catch for 1889, beam-trawlers landed 123,249 cwts., 
valued £57,145 — the average price obtained being 9s. 3d. per cwt. 
Whiting. — The total quantity landed last year was 69,694 cwts., 
valued at £23,786 — a decrease under 1888 of 7060 J cwts. and 
£1851, respectively. The average price obtained was 6s. 9d. per 
cwt. against 6s. 8d. in 1838. The East Coast contributed 61,000 
cwts., Orkney and Shetland 131 cwts., and the West Coast 8563J 
cwts. Whitings were taken, more or less, in every district in Scot- 
land — the districts which yielded most being Aberdeen, Montrose, 
Leith, Banff, and Buckie. 
