of the Fi^hcri] Board for Scollaiid. 
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fishermen and by trawlers along the whole East Coast. In the case of 
beam-trawlers the fish were caught beyond the territorial limit ; the 
fish captured by fishermen were taken partly within and i)artly wilhout 
territorial waters. 
In the five districts from which these special returns are obtained, com- 
prising the coast from Dunbar in the south to Aberdeen in the north, we 
find that in 1890 there was a considerable gross increase of the quantity 
of line and trawl-caught fish landed as compared with the previous year. 
In 1889 the gross amount was 692,307 cwts. ; last year it was 739,071 
cwts. — an increase of 46,764 cwts. The increase occurred both in fiat- 
fish and round-fish. In 1889 the figures were — Flat-fish, 83,152 cwts. ; 
round-fish, 609,155 cwts. : in 1890, flat-fish, 100,389 cwts. ; and round- 
fish, 638,682 cwts.; showing an increase of 17,237 cwts. of flat-fish, and 
29,527 cwts. of round-fish in 1890. The increase was entirely owing to 
an increase in the quantity of trawl-caught fish landed, there being a con- 
siderable decrease in the amount of line-caught fish. In 1889 line-boats 
landed in the districts under consideration 476,589 cwts. of fish; in 1890 
the quantity was 458,227 cwts., or 18,362 cw.ts. less than in 1889. The 
decrease was altogether in round-fish, a greater quantity of flat-fish being 
landed by line boats in 1890 than in 1889. The decrease in round-fish 
was 23,496 cwts., and the increase in flat-fish 5135 cwts. 
On the other hand, there was a considerable increase in the quantity of 
Irawl-caught lish landed. In 1889 beam-trawlers landed in these districts 
a gross quantity of 215,718 cwts. ; in 1890 the total quantity was 280,844 
cwts. — an increase of 65,126 cwts. The figures are as follows : — In 1889, 
flat-fish, 60,117 cwts. ; round-fish, 155,601 cwts. ; in 1890, flat-fish, 72,219 
cwts. ; round-fish, 208,625 cwts. ; showing an increase in 1890 of 12,102 
cwts. of flat-fish, and 53,024 cwts. of round-fish. 
In two of the five districts line boats landed a less qmntity of fish in 
1890 than in 1889, In the Leith district the decrease amounted to 
6942 cwts. — entirely in round- fish, there being a very small increase 
(10 cwts.) in flat-fish. In the Anstruther district, comprising the Fife- 
shire coast, where no trawled fish are landed, the gross decrease was 
18,881 cwts. There was a slight increase in flat-fish (141 cwts.), and a 
large decrease in round-fish. In the Montrose district there was a de- 
crease in line-caught fish to the extent of 22,785 cwts., namely, 1002 cwts. 
of flat-fish, aiul 21,783 cwts. of round-fish. In the Stonehaven and 
Aberdeen districts line fishermen landed larger quantities of both flat-fish 
and round-fisli in 1890 than in 1889. In the Stonehaven district, the 
increase amounted to 88 cwts. of flat-fish, and 4548 cwts. of ronnd-fish, a 
total increase of 4636 cwts. In the Aberdeen district the gross increase 
was very much greater, amounting to 5898 cwts. of flat-fish and 19,712 
cwts. of ronnd-fish — a total of 25,610 cwt=?. 
In the Leith district the increase in the quantity of fish landed by beam- 
trawlers was 17,400 cwts. —5527 cwts. of flat-fish, and 11,873 cwts. of 
round-fish. In the Aberdeen district there was a iireat increase, amount- 
ing to 50,103 cwts., namely, 7402 cwts. of flat-fish, and 42,701 cwts. of 
round-fish. In the Montrose district, beam-trawlers landed less fish i?i 
1890 than in 1889— a decrease of 827 cwts. of flat-fish, and of 1550 cwts. 
of round-fish, or a total decrease of 2377 cwts. 
The statistics relating to the quantities of flat-fish and round-tish landed 
in these districts by line fishermen and beam-trawlers in 1889 and 1890, 
are given in the following Table : — 
