of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
27 
Year. 
Line Boats. 
Beam-Trawlers. 
Flat Fish. 
Round Fish. 
Total. 
Flat Fish. 
Round Fish. 
Total. 
1889 
1890 
1891 
cwts. 
23,035 
28,170 
25,587 
cwts. 
453,554 
430,057 
418,281 
cwts. 
476,589 
458,227 
443,868 
cwts. 
60,117 
72,219 
76,347 
cwts. 
155,601 
208,625 
239,224 
cwts. 
215,718 
280,844 
315,571 
These figures, which include skates and all kinds of fish, show that at 
this part of the Coast, where trawl-caught fish are chiefly landed, the 
quantity of white-fish brought ashore by beam- trawlers has increased 
during the last three years by almost exactly 100,000 cwts. or 5,000 
tons, while the white-fish landed by line fishermen has diminished in 
quantity by over 32,000 cwts. 
Comparing the returns from the various districts during the two years, 
it is found that line fishermen in 1891 landed smaller quantities of white- 
fish in the Leith, Stonehaven, and Aberdeen districts ; in the Anstruther 
district the totals are about the same, but in the Montrose district the 
figures indicate an increase. The decrease in the Aberdeen district was 
very slight ; it was greatest in the Leith district. The figures for each 
district are given in the following table : — 
1890. 
1891. 
Districts. 
Flat 
Fish. 
Round 
Fish. 
Total. 
Flat 
Fish. 
Round 
Fish. 
Total. 
Leith District. 
cwts. 
cwts. 
cwts. 
cwts. 
cwts. 
cwts. 
1. Line boats, ...» 
2. Beam-trawlers, . 
6,297 
15,399 
103,307 
74,091 
109,604 
89,490 
7,167 
14,762 
86,7994 
81,190| 
93,966i 
95,952* 
Anstruther District. 
fa Line boats, . 
6,506 
72,275 
78,781 
5,017 
73,885 
78,902 
Montrose District. 
h Line boats, .... 
2. Beam-trawlers, . 
2,753 
6,389 
101,389 
12,792 
104,142 
19,181 
3,9254 
5,2951 
103,842* 
15,140 
107,7671 
20,4354 
Stonehaven District. 
1. i-iine boats, .... 
1,046 
47,070 
48,116 
726 
45,471 
46,197 
Aberdeen District. 
1. Line boats, .... 
11,568 
106,016 
117,584 
172,173 
8,752A 
^108,283 
117,0354 
2. Beam-trawlers, . 
50,431 
121,742 
56,290" 
142,894 
199,184 
Totals. 
1. Line boats, .... 
2. Beam-trawlers, . 
28,170 
72,219 
430,057 
208,625 
458,227 
280,844 
25,587f 
76,3474 
418,281 
239,224^ 
443,868| 
315,57l| 
In Table T. are given the quantities of round-fish and flat-fish landed 
last year by line fishermen and beam-trawlers along the whole East Coast 
