of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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APPENDIX C— No. III. 
TOTAL QUANTITY OF FISH LANDED.— Details, taken from 
the reports of the inspectors and district fishery officers, of the 
total quantity and value of the different kinds of white and 
shell fish landed in Scotland, in the year 1890. 
I. Different Kinds of White Fish. 
The white fisheries of Scotland continue to be prosecuted with much 
energy and perseverance, more particularly upon the East Coast, which 
yielded the best returns. This is due in a large measure to the greater 
facilities there for despatching fish to market for use fresh, and to the 
fact that the majority of the East Coast fishermen devote the whole of 
their time to the prosecution of the fishing industry. 
Beam-trawling is gradually extending year after year on the coasts of 
Scotland. The number of vessels engaged in that mode of fishing last 
year, belonging to Scotland, was 118, or an increase of 8 on the pre- 
ceding year. These were valued at <£ 148,873, and the trawl nets at 
£8,258, giving £157,131 as the total amount invested in vessels and 
material, being an increase, as compared with 1889, of £39,753. Besides 
the above trawl vessels, there were from 50 to 60 English trawlers em- 
ployed in the Scottish waters, and these landed most of their takes at 
Aberdeen. The aggregate weight of trawled fish landed last year was 
291,812 cwts., valued at £203,620, as against 252,524J cwts., valued at 
£158,306 in 1889, — showing an increase last year of 39,287f cwts. and 
£45,314 in value. The trawled fish consisted of cod, ling, saithe, 
haddock, whiting, turbot, halibut, sole, flounder, plaice, brill, eel, and 
skate. Of the total quantity of fish of all kinds landed last year, 15 "61 
per cent, in weight, and 25*62 per cent, in value, were taken by beam- 
trawl vessels. In 1889, it was 13*53 per cent, and 2146 per cent, 
respectively. The average price of trawled fish was 13s. lljd. per cwt., 
while those taken otherwise realised only 7s. 5|d. per cwt. In 1889, 
trawled fish brought 12s. 6^d. per cwt., and those taken otherwise, 7s. 2d. 
per cwt. It will be seen from these figures that, during the past two 
years, trawled fish realised about 6s. per cwt. more than those taken by 
line. 
The trawl vessels fished principally from the districts of Aberdeen, 
Leith, and Montrose on the East Coast, and Campbeltown, Rothesay, 
Greenock, and Ballantrae on the West Coast. Aberdeen, however, has 
become the great centre for beam-trawl fishing in Scotland, having last 
year invested in vessels and fishing material more than all the other 
stations put together. The trawled fish landed at that port in 1890 
represented 67*21 per cent, of the gross catch for the year. During 
1890, 88 beam-trawl vessels landed fish at Aberdeen, — 30 only occasion- 
ally — of which 78 were steam vessels and 10 sailing vessels. They 
made 3,308 arrivals for the purpose of landing their catches. The 
principal grounds fished by these vessels lay off" the Coast of Aberdeen, 
Moray Firth, Pentland Firth, around the Orkney Islands, and the Smith 
and Dogger Banks. 
A statement, by districts, of the total quantity and value of the 
different kinds of white fish taken by beam-trawl vessels last year, and 
landed in Scotland, will be found in Appendix C, No. II. 
