of tilt Fiskery Board fo7' ]Sttftland. 
Coast, and from time immemorial have been largely used by the natives 
as an article of food, and occasionally as bait. The most prolific beds 
are in the Outer Hebrides, particularly at the north end of Barra, where 
large quantities have been regularly gathered for many years and dis- 
patched to the southern markets. The quantity taken last year was 
3,708 cwts., valued at £388, against 4,880 cwts., valued at £451, in 
1889, and 2,149 cwts., valued at <£215, in 1888. During the last six 
years, the Barra cockle beds have yielded 32,941 cwts., valued at .£3,669. 
Whelks are gathered in large quantities at most of the districts, both 
on the East and West Coasts, and forwarded to the southern markets. 
Limpets are found all over the Coast, and large numbers are regularly 
gathered for bait, and in some places occasionally for food. Razor-fish 
are not generally found in large quantities, except on the sands on the 
West Coast during low tides. Broad Bay, in the Island of Lewis, yields 
the largest supplies. Occasionally immense quantities are got there, 
and are much relished as food ; and, when abundant, considerable 
quantities are shipped to other places. 
The aggregate value of all kinds of fish, including shell fish, landed in 
Scotland during 1890, was £1,691,959 — an increase on the preceding 
yeai' of 174,583. 
DUGALD GRAHAM, Secretary. 
Fishery Board for Scotland, 
Edinburgh, 31st December 1890. 
