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Fishery Board for Scotland FISHERIES, SCOTLAND FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND SEA FISHERIES STATISTICAL TABLES, 1932 I - • 'T \ ' - i I « i , I if . V s i * .j ' • z1 % Crown Copyright Reserved EDINBURGH PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses 120 George Street. Edinburgh 2; Adastr&I House. Kinjsway, London, W .C .2 York Street, Manchester: 1 5 l Andrew's Crescent. Cardiff 15 Donegall Square W est. Belfast or through any Bookseller 1933 Price is. o d. N e t 4 9 - 3 2 - c - 3 2 Publications of the Fishery Board for Scotland GENERAL REPORTS. Forty-eighth Annual Report for the year 1929, Cmd. 3G14 • *• ••• ••• ••• Is. 6d. (Is. 8d.) Statistical Tables, 1929 3s. 6d. (3s. 7d.) Herring Trade on the Contineut, 1929 : Report of Visit of Inspection 9 d. (lOd.) Forty-ninth Annual Report for the year 1930, Cmd. 3903 • • • ... Is. 6d. (Is.. 8d.) Statistical Tables, 1930 is. (Is,. Id.) Herring Trade on the Continent, 1930 : Report of Visit of Inspection 6d. (7 d.) Fiftieth Annual Report for the year 1931, Cmd. 4110 • • * ... ... ... ... 2s. 0d. (2s..2d.) Statistical Tables, 1931 It. 0d. (Is . Id.) SALMON FISHERIES. 1928. No. 1. The Salmon of the River Spey, 1924 Is. 6d. (Is. 7d.) 1928. No. 2. The Sea Trout of the River Ewe and Loch Maree, Part 2, 1926-1927 Is. 9d. (Is. 10d.) 192S. No. 3. The Salmon of the River Spey, 1925 Is. 3d. (lá. id.) 1928. No. 4. Report on a Collection of Sea Trout Scales from the River Carron and Loch Dhughaill(Doule), Western Rosa shire Is. (Is. Id.) 1928. No. 5. Furunculosis of the Salmonidae Is. 3d. (lá. 4d.) 1928. No. 6. Sea Trout from the Broom of Moy Waters of the Findhom and from the Tidal Waters of the Ugie 2*. (2s. Id.) 192S. No. 7. Sea Trout of South Uist . 4s. (4s. 2d.) 1928. No. 8. Salmon of the River Conon, 1927 lá. (lá. Id.) 1928. No. 9. Sea Trout of the River Aflort and Loch Eilt, Part 2 3*. (3s. Id.) 1928. No. 10. Sea Trout of the River Spey 2s. 6d. (2s. 7d.) 1929. No. 1. Further observations on Furunculosis of the Saira onidæ 6d. (7 d.) 1929. No. 2# A Study of Bacterial Infection in Fish and Certain Other Lower Vertebrati3 Is. 9 d. (Is. lOd.) 1929. No. 3. Sea Trout from the Beauly Firth and from the Tidal Waters of the Beauly and Ness Rivers 3s. (3s. Id.) 1929. No. 4. Sea Trout of South Uist; The How- raore, Kildonan. and Loch a Bharp Districts 2s. 6d. (2a 7 d.) 1929. No. 5. Sea Trout of the River Tweed 3s. 6d. (3s. 8d.) 1930. No. 1. The Identification of Bacillus Sal- mouicidæ bv the Complement-Fixa- fcion Test. A further contribution to the study of Furunculosis of the Sal­ monidae 9d. (10d.) 1930. No. 2 The External Disinfection of Fish Ova, with reference to the Prophylaxis of Furunculosis 9d. (10d.) 1930. No. 3. A Preliminary Investigation of the Food of the Sea Trout is. (U Id.) (Continued on page 3 of Cover.) All Prices N et. Those in Brackets include Postage. HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE EDINBURGH LONDON, MANCHESTER, CARDIFF, BELFAST Jj¿ytiafcV-ik<- s t¿ A £ j- ± va¿t y V Z ^ Í rrgj ^ i I n EMOMEIMPUNELACcSSÍtI FISHERIES, SCOTLAND FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND SEA FISHERIES STATISTICAL TABLES, 1932 Crown Copyright Reserved EDINBURGH PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses 120 George Street, Edinburgh 2 ; Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W .C . 2 York Street, Manchester; I St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff 15 Donegall Square W est, Belfast or through any Bookseller 1933 Price is. od. Net. 4 9 - 3 2 - 0 - 3 2 To t h e R ig h t H o n o u r a b le . S ir GODFREY P. COLLINS, K.B.E., C.M.G., M.P., His Majesty*s Secretary of State for Scotland. F is h e r y B o a r d F or S co tla n d , E d in b u r g h , March, 1933. S ir , I have the honour to submit, on behalf of the Fishery Board for Scotland, the Statistical Tables relating to the sea fisheries of Scotland for the year 1932. A narrative. report on the fisheries and on the chief administrative and scientific activities of the Board during the year will shortly be submitted. The Scottish fishing fleet in 1932 comprised 2,538 sailing vessels, 2,174 motor vessels, 770 steam drifters, 2 steam mussel dredgers, 27 steam liners as distinct from drifters, and 335 steam trawlers, or a total of 5,846 vessels, valued with their gear at ¿03,522,587, as against 5,889 vessels and ¿03,873,208 in 1931. In addition 234 English steam drifters fished in Scottish waters during the summer herring fishing. The number of Scottish fishermen was 23,622 (of whom 5,675 were crofter fishermen and 859 men were, partially employed in fishing) as against 24,024 (including 5,807 crofter fishermen and 896 partially employed) in the preceding year. Shore workers and persons engaged in transport brought the total number employed in the Scottish fisheries to 60,369, as against 61,033 in 1931. The total quantity of fish landed in Scotland by British fishing vessels during the year was 5,750,693 cwts., valued at ¿63,711,105, besides shell­ fish valued at ¿089,487, as against 5,173,362 cwts., ¿£3,661,982 and ¿£91,920 respectively in 1931. In addition 553,925 cwts., valued at ¿£183,798, were landed by foreign fishing vessels, mostly German trawlers engaged in the Icelandic fishing, as against 735,838 cwts. and ¿£256,700 in the preceding year,-making a grand total of 6,304,618 cwts., valued with shell-fish at ¿£3,984,390, as compared with 5,909,193 cwts. and ¿£4,010,584 in 1931. Herrings figured most prominently in the aggregate landings, contributing 2,930,978 cwts., valued at ¿£1,292,898, against 2,344,141 cwts.- and ¿£1,128,005. The total quantity of herrings cured, kippered, &c. amounted to 701,122 barrels (of which 559,876 were pickled gutted), valued after cure at ¿£1,734,742, against a total of 626,854 barrels valued at ¿61,590,088 in 1931. Of other kinds of fish the quantity cured, chiefly by smoking or drying, amounted after cure to 434,765 cwts., valued at ¿6947,958, as against 427,855 cwts. and ¿6918,448 in 1931. The exports of fish from Scotland included 563,866 barrels of herrings gutted and pickled, 784 barrels ungutted, and 210,668 crans sprinkled with Balt or iced, as against 484,608 barrels, 1,493 barrels, and 87,797 crans respectively in 1931, and 178,095 cwts. of dried, smoked, or pickled fish of other kinds, and 16,069 cwts. of fish preserved in other ways, as against 195,075 cwts. and 15,890 cwts. respectively in 1931. I a m , S ir , Your most obedient servant, GEO. HOGARTH, Chairman, SEA FISHERIES OF SCOTLAND. TABLE OR CONTENTS. A,—MEANS OF CAPTURE. PAGE T a b l e 1.—T o t a l F i s h i n g V e s s e l s — by Districts ... 4 ,, 2 S a i l i n g V e s s e l s — Do. 5 6 ,, 3 .—M o t o r V e s s e l s — Do. V ,, 4 .— S t e a m D r i f t e r s o r L i n e r s D o . 8 „ 5.—S t e a m T r a w l e r s — Do. 9 ,, 6.—F is h in g G e a r (Quantities)— Do. 10 ,, 7.—F is h in g G e a r (Values)— Do. ... v. 12 B.—MAXIMUM ACTIVITY IN HERRING FISHING. T a b l e 8 .—B o a t s and Persons Engaged— by Districts 13 0— PERSONNEL. T a b l e 9. —P e r s o n s e n g a g e d in Fishing Industry, afloat and ashore ... D.—FISH LANDED. T a b l e 10.—G r a n d T o t a l s — Landings by British and Foreign Vessels combined ... 16 ,, 11.—H e r r in g s —Landings by British Vessels 18 }, 12.—T r a w l — Do. 20 „ . 13.—G r e a t L i n e — Do. 22 , 14.—N e t s o t h e r t h a n T r a w x —D e m e r s a l F i s h — Landings by British Vessels 24 ,, 15.—S m a l l a n d H a n d L in e s —Landings by British Vessels ... 26 ,, 16 A l l M e t h o d s , by Districts— Do. 28 ,, 17.—S p e c ie s , by Districts— Do. 30 ,, 18. —F is h in g R e g io n s — Do. 37 ,, 19. Do. Landings by Foreign Vessels 40 E— MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED. T a b l e 2 0 .— S u m m a r y f r o m 1 8 3 9 ... 42 ,, 21.—Return b y C r e e k s ... 43 F.—TREATMENT OF CATCH. T a b l e 2 2 .— F i s h U s e d F r e s h ..
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