Fishery Board for Scotland

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FISHERIES, SCOTLAND FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND

SEA FISHERIES STATISTICAL TABLES, 1938

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F ish e r y Board F o r S cotland , E d in b u r g h , M arch, 1939. S ir , Í 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 1938. A narrative report on the fisheries and on the chief administrative and scientific activities of the Board during the year will shortly follow. The Scottish fishing tleet in 1938 comprised 1,818 sailing vessels, *2,471 motor vessels, 402 steam drifters, 26 steam liners as distinct from drifters, and 320 steam trawlers, or a total of 5,067 vessels, valued with their gear at £2,544,568, as against 5,217 vessels and £2,776,662 in 1937. In addition 202 English steam drifters fished in Scottish waters during the summer herring fishing. The number of Scottish fishermen was 17,915 (of whom 4,067 were crofter fishermen and 872 men were partially em ployed in fishing) as against 19,364 (including 4,355 crofter fishermen and 896 partially employed) in the preceding year. Shore workers and persons engaged in transport brought the total number em ployed in the Scottish fisheries to 53,274, as against 54,327 in 1937. The total quantity of fish landed in Scotland by British fishing vessels during the year was 5,380,562 cwts., valued at £3,826,671 besides shell fish valued at £79,853, as against 4,701,657 cwts., £3,422,178 and £92,734 respectively in 1937. In addition 117,688 cwts., valued at £118,283, were landed by foreign fishing vessels, mostly German trawlers and Swedish seiners, as against 152,136 cwts. and £113,907 in the preceding year, making a grand total of 5,498,250 cwts., valued with shell-fish at £4,024,807, as compared with 4,853,793 cwts. and £3,628,837 in 1937. Herrings figured most prominently in the aggregate landings, contributing 2,801,083 cwts., valued at £1,062,999, against 2,140,093 cwts. and £962,318 in the previous year. The total quantity of herrings cured, kippered, Ac. amounted to 680,868 barrels (of which 496,444 were pickled gutted), valued after cure at £1,638,119, against a total of 536,184 barrels valued at £1,366,465 in 1937. Of other kinds of fish the quantity cured, chiefly by smoking or drying, amounted after cure to 420,295 cwts., valued at £1,11 1,392, as against 397,961 cwts. and £990,221 in 1937. The exports of fish from Scotland included 490,9634 barrels of herrings gutted and pickled, 22 ungutted, and 104,5674 crans sprinkled with salt or iced, as against 372,4324 barrels and 47,204 crans respectively in 1937, and 83,656 cwts. of dried, smoked, or pickled fish of various kinds, and 16,9914 cwts. of fish preserved in other ways, as against 79,121 cwts. and 10,045 cwts. respectively in 1937.

I am , S ir , Your most obedient servant, GEO. HOGARTH, Chairman. SEA FISHERIES OF SCOTLAND

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A.—MEANS OF CAPTURE. page T a b le 1.—Total Fishing Vessels— by Districts 4 ,, 2.— S ailing Vessels— D o . 5 3.— M otor V essels— D o . V£ ,, 4.— Steam D r ifte r s or L iners D o . 8 ,, 5.— Steam T ra w lers — Do. 9 ,, 6.—F ishin g G ea r (Quantities)— Do. 10 ,, 7.— F ish in g G ea r (Values)— Do. 12

B.—MAXIMUM ACTIVITY IN HERRING FISHING. T able 8.— Boats and P ersons E ngag ed —by D istricts 13

C.-PERSONNEL.

T able 9.— P ersons engaged in Fishing Industry, afloat and ashore ... 14

I).—FISH LANDED.

T able 10.— G ra nd T otals — 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 reat L in e — Do. 22 ,, 14.— N ets oth er th an T ra w l —D em ersal F ish — Landings by British Vessels 24 ,, 15. — Small and H and L inks —Landings by British Vessels ... 26 ,, 16 A ll M ethods , by Districts — Do. 28 ,, 17.— Spec ies, by Districts— Do. 30 18.— F ish in g R egio ns — Do. 37 ,, 19. Do. Landings by Foreign Vessels 40

E.—MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED. T able 20.— Sum m ary from 1839 ... 42 ,, 21.— R eturn by C reeks ... 43

F.—TREATMENT OF CATCH. T ablf . 22.— F ish U sed F resii 51 ,, 23 F ish Cu red —H errings 52 „ 24. Do. Ot h e r K inds 54 ,, 25. Do. H er rin gs —Summary from 1810 56

C.-CURED FISH BRANDED.

T able 26.— C ured H e r r in g s C rown B rand ed — by Districts 58

H.—FISH EXPORTED.

T able 27.— (i) H e r r in g s , and (ii) Ot h e r F ish E xported 59 ,, 28.— P orts to w h ic h H er ring s Sh ippe d 60

I.—SUMMARY TABLES 1913 and 1930-38. T a b le 29. — L a n d in g s (British Vessels), by Methods of Fishing 61 ,, 30. Do. by Species—Quantities 62 ,, 31. Do. Do. Prices ... 36

i MEANS OF CAPTURE.— V essels, Geae, and Fishbrmew

TABLE 1.—TOTAL FISHING VESSELS.

Value. Fishermen. 3* i-O No. D istrict. H ? to » S a t i © 5 es fc CN S ® .S o Total. Total. Vessels. P artially R egularly Employed. Employed.

EAST COAST. £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh . 72 1,102 20,744 15,220 35,964 366 366 2 Leith . 265 7,085 208,579 27,587 236,166 1,186 91 1,277 3 Anstruther , 163 2,799 65,630 40,097 105,727 817 817 4 Montrose 131 1,341 30,482 10,596 41,078 281 151 432 5 Stonehaven . 30 64 1,195 834 2,029 28 24 52 6 Aberdeen 328 24,461 968,110 88,412 1,056,522 2,805 51 2,856 7 Peterhead 230 8,900 94,420 52,641 147,061 851 35 886 8 Fraserburgh 304 4,797 117,877 63,986 181,863 1,215 29 1,244 9 Banff . 241 2,961 66,608 38,358 104,966 762 88 850 10 B uckie. 239 5,661 104,984 51,375 156,859 1,569 1,569 11 Findhorn 156 3,785 134,242 40,823 175,065 973 973 12 Crom arty 52 356 5,600 2,828 8,428 219 219 13 Helmsdale 57 408 9,295 2,695 11,990 139 189 14 Lybster 20 109 1,748 652 2,400 58 58 15 W ick . 234 1,134 15,430 7,112 22,542 576 ... 576

East Coast Totals. 2,522 69,963 1,844,944 443,216 2,288,160 11,845 469 12,314

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney 373 608 7,685 4,398 12,083 417 97 514 17 Shetland 295 3,038 23,152 18,019 41,171 638 638 Orkney and Shet land Totals 668 3,646 30,837 22,417 53,254 1,055 97 1,152

WEST COAST, Stornoway . 18 410 2,558 17,609 24,903 42,512 1,831 14 1,845 19 B arra . 370 1,129 12,585 5,360 17,945 437 437 Loch Broom. 20 201 449 3,628 2,609 6,237 267 267 Loch Carrón & Skye 21 214 907 13,763 7,632 21,395 494 494 22 Fort-William 148 .417 7,046 2,271 9,317 193 193 Campbeltown 23 158 1,152 36,123 5,148 41,271 304 71 375 Inveraray 24 68 466 7,499 2,185 9,684 111 84 195 - Rothesay 26 36 201 1,409 1,018 2,427 40 54 Greenock 94 26 54 234 2,447 896 2,843 20 88 103 27 Ballantrae . 218 1,345 40,664 8,859 49,523 446 446 West Coast Totals. 1,877 8,858 . 142,773 60,381 208,154 4,143 306 4,449

Totals for 1938 5,067 72,467 2,018,554 526,014 2,544,568 * 17,043 872 17,915 ,, », 1937 . 5,217 77,188 2,171,788 604,874 2,776,662 18,468 896 19,864 », #, 1936 5,512 83,225 2,336,554 623,142 2,959,696 20,488 992 21,480 ,, ,, 1935 « 5,657 85,282 2,391,628 635,399 3,027,027 21,295 880 22,175 ,, ,, 1934 5,764 85,136 2,387,212 663,260 3,050,472 21,662 939 22,601

„ » 1913 . 8,534 121,618 3,983,453 894,936 4,878,389 32,678 1,145 |33,823

T* / , - “Ö“— — “ «‘Wi uaiioimeu uumuermg 4 ,u o / Ul au. XÙe C O m sp o n c figures for earlier years were :—1937, 4,355 ; 1936, 5,216 : 1935, 5,369 ; 1934, 5,416. engaged in the Scottish Fishing Industry in the Year 1938.

TABLE 2.—SAILING VESSELS.

Value. Fishermen. « b öC V ci No. C D istrict. S » 60 1 s o S * « fe H 05 IS * S 3 1 3 O05 o uu fe 0 £ 5 > fe H I a H

EAST COAST. £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh 8 . 10 54 84 138 14 2 Leith .... 52 98 359 310 669 41 ”34 75 j 3 A nstruther 28 36 210 210 420 68 6S I 4 Montrose 21 31 157 159 316 '41 41 5 Stonehaven 20 21 160 180 340 "9 16 25 6 Aberdeen 12 15 125 30 155 8 13 21 7 Peterhead 48 56 361 198 559 30 13 43 8 Fraserburgh . 74 88 592 340 932 46 23 69 9 Banff .... 75 101 608 332 940 40 63 103 10 Buckie .... 53 110 519 257 776 87 87 11 Findhorn 5 9 42 59 101 11 11 12 Crom arty 19 36 105 124 229 61 61 13 Helmsdale 7 9 35 24 59 8 8 14 Lybster .... 7 14 38 45 83 ' 15 • 15 15 W ick .... 108 220 1,085 1,111 2,19o 211 211

East Coast Totals . 537 854 4,450 3,463 7,913 649 203 852

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney .... 167 172 1,400 1,568 2,968 154 44 198 17 Shetland. . . . 151 246 855 297 1,152 99 99 Orkney and Shetland T otals .... 318 418 2,255 1,865 4,120 253 44 297

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway 289 724 4.234 5,381 9,615 1,168 9 1,177 19 Barra .... 247 424 2.235 1,512 3,747 217 217 20 Loch Broom . 153 272 . 943 1,531 2,474 142 142 21 Loch Carrón k Skye . 100 162 760 1,666 2,426 192 192 22 Fort-William . 53 S9 441 296 737 53 53 23 Campbeltown . 46 53 253 821 574 20 36 56 24 Inveraray 15 15 114 102 216 6 18 24 Rothesay 25 11 12 79 80 159 2 13 15 26 Greenock 18 19 107 55 162 5 23 28 / 52 56 324 27 Ballantrae 253 577 36 36 t * 9 24 185 315 500 4 4

West Coast Totals . 993 1,850 9,675 11,512 21,187 1,845 99 1,944

Totals for 1938 1,848 3,122 16,380 16,840 33,220 2,747 346 3,093 ,, ,, 193/ 1,941 3,366 17,696 18,450 36,146 3,084 371 3,455 „ „ 1936 2,122 3,873 19,885 21,676 41,56) 3,910 432 4,842 »> ,, 1935 . 2,222 4,291 21,076 23,777 44,853 4,199 385 4,584 ,» » 1934 2,340 4,850 22,401 25,369 47,770 4,296 457 4,753

„ „ 1913 . . 6,807 71,371 441,657 447,305 888,962 21,502 432 23,934 " * Sailing Trawlers. 6

MEANS OF CAPTURE.— Vessels, G kau, and F ishek m en engaged

TA B LE 3.—

Engaged mainly Engaged mainly Engaged mainly in Creel in Herring in White-Fish Total. Fishing. Fishing. Fishing. No. D istrict. a> c.' ó V « bC V V bD S bû x ce X £ X «3 x «9 s a £ C § 5 a a « c P c 0 sS £h 6 E-* 1 H £ £ EAST COAST. 1 Eyemouth . 28 149 10 328 14 177 52 654 2 Leith . . ' 23 85 48 782 82 574 153 1,441 3 Anstrutlier . 12 *42 61 1,624 39 181 1.12 1,847 4 Montrose 6 17 3 11 96 939 105 967 5 Stonehaven . 4 6 6 37 . 10 43 6 Aberdeen 2 3 ... 35 159 37 162 7 Peterhead . 2 "85 92 422 94 507 8 Fraserburgh . 6 17 28 1,138 117 610 151 1,765 9 Banff . 19 33 10 383 100 1,066 129 1,482 10 B uckie. 26 1,077 43 325 69 1,402 11 Findhorn '" 7 18 3 78 114 2,673 124 2,769 12 Crom arty 5 13 21 - 273 7 34 33 320 13 Helmsdale . 7 15 43 384 50 399 14 Lybster 13 95 13 95 15 W ick . "•¿3 106 " 2 ” ’60 76 574 121 740

East Coast Totals. 162 504 214 5,839 877 8,250 1,253 14,593

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney 188 323 2 87 16 26 206 436 17 Shetland 1 8 41 1,778 91 633 133 2,419

Orkney and Shet land Totals 189 331 43 1,865 107 659 339 2,855

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway . 15 36 81 1,535 20 79 116 1,650 19 Barra . 48 129 37 437 38 139 123 705 20 Loch Broom. ... 48 177 48 177 21 Loch. Carrón & Skye 23 66 42 340 49- 339 114 745 22 Fort-William 49 159 23 113 23 56 95 328 23 Campbeltown 57 232 46 824 9 43 112 1,099 24 Inveraray 10 21 20 308 23 122 53 451 25 Rothesay 11 124 14 65 25 189 26 Greenock 9 51 27 164 36 215 246 27 Ballantrae . 23 46 51 877 -f 6 1 y 157 1,265 t * 2 2 96

West Coast Totals 234 740 311 4,558 334 1,526 879 6,824

Totals for 1938 585 1,575 568 12,262 1,318 10,435 2,471 24,272 ,, ,, 193» . 610 12,925 1,835 11,641 2,445 24,566 „ „ 1936 . 660 13,723 1,785 11,184 2,445 24,907 ,, „ 1935 . ... 684 13,574 1,707 11,164 2,391 24,738 „ ,, 1934 . 716 14,655 1.651 10,752 2,367 25,307

„ 1913 . 523 7,382

* Motor Trawlers. 7

iii the Scottish Fishing Industry in the Year 1938 {continued).

MOTOR VESSELS.

V alue. Fishermen.

District. No. Fishing Regularly P artially Vessels. Total. Gear. Employed. E m Total. ployed.

£ £ £ e a s t c o a st . 9,190 7,283 16,473 232 2 3 2 ’ Eyem outh . 1 40,220 12,597 52,817 543 57 600 Leith . 2 42,120 24,872 66,992 519 519 Anstrutlier . 3 20,916 9,237 30,152 234 \i o 344 M ontrose 4 1,035 654 1,689 19 8 27 • Stonehaven . 5 2,685 782 3,467 47 38 85 Aberdeen 6 12,059 3,575 15,634 195 22 217 Peterhead . 7 ' 47,235 16,339 63,554 485 6 491 Fraserburgh . 8 3.6,430 14,470 50,900 369 25 394 Banff . 9 27,916 7,482 35,397 343 343 B uckie. 10 118,400 23,943 142,343 696 696 F indhorn 11 5,495 2,704 8,199 158 158 Crom arty 12 9,260 2,671 11,931 131 • « • 131 Helmsdale . 13 1,710 607 2,317 43 43 Lybster H 13,095 5,161 18,256 350 350 Wick . 15

387,764 132,357 520,121 4,364 266 4,630 East Coast Totals

Orkney and Shetland. 6,285 2,830 9,115 263 53 316 Orkney 16 18,497 13,432 31,929 442 442 Shetland 17 Orkney and Shet 24,782 16,262 41,044 705 53 758 land Totals

W EST COAST. 9,105 17,423 26,528 521 5 526 Stornoway . 18 10,350 3,848 14,198 220 • ê • 220 B arra . 19 2,685 1,078 3,763 125 125 Loch Broom 20 13,003 5,966 18,969 302 • • • '• '-302 Loch Carrón & Skye 21 6,605 1,975 8,580 140 • * « 140'"- -'Fort-William 22 35,870 4,827 40,697 284 35 319 Caihpbeltown 23 7,385 2,083 9,468 105 66 171 Inveraray«^. 24 1,830 938 2,268 38 41 79 Rothesay 25 2,340 341 2,681 15 60 75 • Greenock 26

40,155 8,291 48,446 406 ... 406 Ballantrae . 27

128,828 46,770 175,598 2,156 207 2,363 West Coast Totals

541,' 374 195,389 736,763 7,225 526 7,751 Totals for 1938 539,072 217,741 756,813 7,688 625 8,213 „ „ 1937 . 535,884 215,830 751,714 8,050 556 8,606 „ 1936 . 520,967 210,314 731,281 8,124 491 8,615 „ ,, 1935 . 522,126 210,904 733,030 8,162 478 8,640 » „ 1934 .

147,436 59,099 206,535 2,236 10 2,246 » „ 1913 . 8

MEANS OF CAPTURE.— V essels, G eaii , and F isheh m en engaged

TABLE 4.—STEAM DRIFTERS OR LINERS.

Value. Fishermen.

No. D istrict. N et N um ber Tonnage Gear. Total. Total. Fishing Vessels. P artially Regularly Employed. i ¡Employed. 1

EAST COAST. £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh . 12 433 11,500 7,853 19,353 120 120 2 Leith .. • 3 Anstruther . 23 916 23,300 15,015 38,315 230 230 4 Montrose . . • 5 Stonehaven . .« • 6 Aberdeen +26 « 2,233 82,950 7,830 90,780 254 254 7 Peterhead 88 3,337 82,000 48,868 130,868 626 626 8 Fraserburgh . 79 2,944 70,050 47,327 117,377 684 684 9 Banff . 37 1,378 29,570 23,556 53,126 353 353 10 Buckie 115 4,057 74,750 42,836 117,586 1,125 1,125 11 Findhorn 27 1,007 15,800 16,821 32,621 266 266 12 Crom arty •. • 13 Helmsdale . ... . •. 14 Lybster . . . 15 W ick . 5 174 1,250 840 2,090 15 15

East Coast Totals . 412 16,484 391,170 210,946 602,116 3,673 3,673

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney 17 Shetland U 373 3,800 4,290 8,090 97 97 Orkney and Shet land Totals 11 373 3,800 4,290 8,090 97 97

WEST COAST. 00 18 Stornoway . 5 I*. 4,270 2,099 6,369 142 142 19 Barra . 20 Loch Broom . 21 Loch Carton & Skye ... •22 Fort-William 28 Campbeltown 24 Inveraray 25 Rothesay 26 Greenock 27 Ballantrae . ...

West Coast Totals 5 184 4,270 2,099 6,369 142 142

Totals for 1938 428 ' 17,041 399,240 217,335 616,575 3,912 3,912 ,, ,, 193/ 485 19,019 453,220 • 265,023 718,243 4,302 1,302 ,, „ 1936 . 562 21,572 484,335 280,726 765,061 4,773 4 4,777 » » 1935 . 671 24,988 590,045 319,688 909,733 5,332 4 5,336 .. » 1934 . 713 26,551 703,565 352,267 1,055,832 5,832 4 5,836

„ „ 1913 . 884 24,708 2,051,980 343,362 2,395,342 5,884 703 6,587

t Liners only. Note .—In addition to the above, the following steam drifters other than Scottish, with their crews,’ were engaged temporarily in Scottish fisheries :— No. of Net Value of Value of Total No. of rear. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Gear. Value. Fishermen. 1938 202 7,528 £123,450 £70,415 £193,865 2,020 1937 228 8,270 124,600 74,217 198,817 2,280 C'AS- J \

J ' in the Scottish Fishing Industry in the Year 1938 (continued).

TABLE 5.—STEAM TRAWLERS.

Value. Fishermen. ©

No. D istrict. £ á £h Gear. T otal. Total. Fishing Vessels. Regularly Employed. Employed. ; ; Partially

EAST COAST. £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh 2 Leith 60 5,546 168,000 14,680 182,6S0 602 602 3 Anstruther . . « • • « « 4 Montrose 343 9,410 1,200 10,610 47 47 5 Stonehaven . • % * 6 Aberdeen 253 22,051 882,350 79,770 962,120 2,496 2,496 7 Peterhead 8 Fraserburgh . ... • . » »« « 9 Banff . 10 Buckie . 2 92 1,800 800 2,600 14 14 11 Findhorn ... 12 Crom arty 13 Helmsdale • « . • « . 14 L ybster . • • • 15 W ick

East Coast Totals . 320 28,032 1,061,560 96,450 1,158,010 3,159 3,159

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney . 17 Shetland

Orkney and Shetland T o ta ls. ...

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway 19 B arra . . . . * ** ...... 20 Loch Broom . ... 21 Loch Carrón and Skye ... 22 Fort-William . . ... 23 Campbeltown. 24 Inveraray 25 Rothesay r « « 20 Greenock 27 Ballantrae

West Coast Totals ......

Totals for 1938 320, 28,032 1,061,560 96,450 1,158,010 3,159 3,159 ,, „ 1937 - 846 30,237 1.161,800 103,660 1,265,460 3,394 3,394 „ „ 1936 . 383 32,873 1,296,450 104,910 1,401,360 3,755 3,755 n >» 1935 373 31,265 1,259,540 81,620 1,341,160 3,640 3,640 » >> 1934 . 344 28,428 1,139,120 74,720 1,213,840 3,372 3,372

„ „ 1913 . 320 18,157 1,342,380 45,170 1,387,550 3,056 ... 3,056

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MEANS O F CAPTURE.— V essels, G ea r , and F ish er m en engage

TABLE 6.—FISHIN'

Nets.

No. D istrict. to . © a» S © £ a> ^ s *- ta â S — -M £ 'n S i - s o S ® © ft 3 O g » o w H mII H £ S

Sq. Sq. Sq. Sq. Sq. Sq Sq Sq. EAST COAST. Yards. Yards. Yards. Yards. \ ard8. Yards. Yards. Yards. 1 Eyem outh 2.442.000 8,000 10,080 2,460,08 2 Leith 612,000 1,146,800 27,600 32,500 44,560 1.863.46 3 A nstruther 6.684.000 65.000 2.400 202,500 560 6.954.46 4 Montrose 394,900 292,360 109,880 68.400 7,784 873,32 5 Stonehaven 4,000 4,00 6 Aberdeen 3,500 3,50 7 Peterhead 8.856.000 13.000 31.800 ¿9,200 8,920,00 8 Fraserburgh . 11.148.000 25.000 70,000 104,640 11,347,64 9 Banff 6.204.000 218.400 168,960 6,591,30 10 Buokie . 12.870.000 i 2,500 73,040 117,600 13,073,14 11 Findhorn 6.588.000 115,200 254.400 33,600 6,991,20 12 Crom arty 456,400 52.000 1.400 14.400 624,20 13 Helmsdale 330.000 25,200 40,800 396,00 14 Lybster . 143.000 10.800 153,80 15 W ick 937,300 'ij 600 33,450 980,35 East Coast Totals 57,665,600 1,739,460 875,950 802,600 52,904 61,136,51

Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney . 108,000 108,00 17 Shetland 3,168,000 l i ’340 ¿3,500 3,192,84 Orkney and Shetland Totals 8,276,000 ... 11,340 13,500 ...... 3,300,84

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway 3,831,000 15,300 5.000 3,851,30 19 Barra 754,200 48.000 802,20 20 Loch Broom . 281,400 10,800 121,800 46,900 460,90 21 Loch Carrón & Skye 766,500 109.000 3,840 242,720 1,122,06 22 Fort-William . 111,600 72.000 71,280 3,200 258,08 23 Campbeltown . 690.000 2,400 692,40 24 Inveraray 5,750 262,500 ¿"6,500 8*400 287,15 25 Rothesay 5,500 91.000 49,200 6.000 151,70 26 Greenock 7,000 43^200 20,700 70,90 27 B allantrae 248,000 618,750 168,600 16,800 102,960 10,240 ¿2,480 1,177,83 West Coast Totals . 6,010,950 1,902,050 172,440 62,400 634,460 29,640 62,580 8,874,52

Totals for 1938 66.952.550 3,641,510 172,440 949,690 1,450,560 29,640 115,484 73,311.87 . „ 1937 . 75,420,480 3,942,010 174,960 1046340 1,542,200 44,880 166,556 82,337,42 „ » 1936 - 80,463,100 4,164,760 307,040 1075,840 1,737,380 50,100 184,136 87,982,35 1171,980 „ » 1935 . 87.556.550 3,715,710 839,700 2.174,700 49,520 217,716 95,225,82 » ' » 1934 93,445,980 8,355,428 370,110 1083,420 2,798,000 38,320 230,336 101,321,59

„ n 1913 . 183,809,82 11

in the Soottish Fishing Industry in the Year 1938 (continued).

GEAR.— Q u a n t it ie s .

Lines. Bush Ropes, Crab and Buoy Ropes, Lobster and D istrict. No. Creels. Stoppers. Total. Great. H and. Small.

Yards. Yards. Yards. Yards. Yards. Number. EAST COAST. 388,800 396,000 9,000 793,800 193,980 3,300 Eyem outh . 1 136,800 115,640 12,720 265,160 137,140 2,440 Leith . 2 1,573,200 306,000 30,480 1,909,680 343,260 2,030 Anstruther . 3 138,600 715,500 12,940 867,040 . 247,528 8,700 Montrose 4 86,960 72,160 5,280 114,400 33,530 580 Stonehaven . 5 1,167,860 126,720 11,880 1,305,960 55,920 155 Aberdeen 6 1,346,440 346,320 44,220 1,735,980 547,325 1,000 Peterhead . 7 1,195,440 454,320 79,520 1,729,280 713,910 2,205 Fraserburgh 8 501,120 684,000 57,600 1,242,720 578,810 1,060 Banff . 9 84,480 59,040 143,520 672,100 590 Buckie 10 88,320 2,640 90,960 703,540 520 Findhorn 11 123,840 1,560 125,400 29,540 420 Crom arty 12 259,200 3,360 262,560 73,100 430 Helmsdale . 13 26,400 7,920 34,320 24,000 140 Lybster 14 96,840 220,200 71,880 388,920 266,040 4,716 W ick . 15

6,580,560 4,019,100 410,040 11,009,700 4,619,723 23,286 East Coast Totals.

Orkney and Shetland. 4,320 142,560 38,040 184,920 286,960 12,770 Orkney 16 165,600 789,120 63,840 1,018,560 259,440 420 Shetland 17 Orkney and Shet 169,920 931,680 101,880 1,203,480 646,400 13,190 land Totals.

WEST COAST. 476,160 640,200 140,880 1,257,240 384,106 5,910 Stornoway . 18 39,600 89,600 18,180 147,380 111,948 7,136 B arra . 19 28,800 99,840 21,600 150,240 64,270 3.610 Loch Broom 20 114,960 171,840 35,500 322,300 183,845 5,450 Loch Carrón & Skye 21 40,320 135,360 5,100 180,780 42,762 3,455 Fort-William 2? 36,000 34,200 5,760 75,960 80,016 2,450 Campbeltown 23 13,200 12,000 10,440 35,640 24,010 1,050 Inveraray 24 ...... • • • 13,020 140 Rothesay 95 2,700 6,600 9,300 9,710. 800 Greenock 26 138,960 25,200 2,220 166,380 134,240 2,077 Ballantrae . 27

388,000 1,210,940 246,280 2,345,220 1,047,927 32,078 West Coast Totals.

7,638,480 6,161,720 758,200 14,558,400 6,214,050 68,554 Totals for 1938 8,214,400 6,989,540 788,360 15,992,300 6,575,398 68,687 ,, • „ 1937 9,186,180 8,012,890 823,990 18,023,060 6,939,594 73,298 „ , 1936 9,609,720 8,806,860 801,990 19,218,570 7,349,148 72,200 >, > > 1985 10,156,040 9,574,210 •826,910 20,657,160 7,524,540 72,490 „ „ 1934

42,485,660 11,484,648 78,150 „ „ 1913 12

MEANS OE CAPTURE—Return of V essels, G e a r, and F isher m en engaged in the Scottish Fishing Industry in the Yeai 1938 {continued).

TABLE 7 .— FISHING GEAR.—V a l u e s .

N e xs.

D istrict. No. *- 2 Total. Js 'en Lines.

A Crab and Trawl Gear. Bush Bush Ropes, Buoy Buoy Ropes, D rift. and and Stoppers.

O 4» Total. Lobster Creels. t

EAST COAST. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh . 9,340 40 164 9,544 2,320 '2,696 660 ... 15,220 2 L eith . 3,085 5,540 1,536 10,161 751 1,384 611 14,680 27,587 3 Anstruther . 26,683 300 809 27,792 4,511 7,388 406 40,097 4 Montrose 1,988 1,736 1,657 5,381 1,963 1,312 740 1,200 10,596 5 Stonehaven . • » • 55 55 378 285 116 • » • 834 6 Aberdeen 42 42 7,723 846 31 79,770 88,412 7 Peterhead . 36,900 60 700 37,660 4,372 10,355 200 54 52,641 8 Fraserburgh . 46,450 180 913 47,543 5,363 10,639 441 63,986 9 Banff . 24,380 • .. 2,360 26,740 2,841 8,522 255 • « • 38,358 10 Buckie 37,537 50 803 38,390 161 11,928 96 800 51,375 11 Findhorn 27,460 560 2,942 30,962 236 9,495 130 40,823 12 Crom arty 1,799 240 80 2,119 210 394 105 •. « 2,828 13 Helmsdale . 810 i. . 566 1,376 644 568 107 2,695 14 Lybster 216 216 432 64 120 36 652 15 W ick . 2,276 70 669 3,015 844 2,040 1,213 7,112

East Coast Totals 218,924 8,776 13,512 241,212 32,381 67,972 5,147 96,504 443,216

Orkney and Shetland.

16 Orkney 315 315 385 1,144 2,554 4,398 17 Shetland 10,560 ... 213 10,773 2,18« 4,976 84 18,019 Orkney and Shet land Totals 10,875 ... 213 11,088 2,571 6,120 2,638 22,417

W EST COAST.

18 Stornoway . , 17,303 ... 101 17,404 2,304 4,013 1,182 24,903 19 Barra 2,514 160 2,674 350 765 1,427 144 5,360 20 Loch Broom . 523 40 381 944 344 600 721 2 609 21 Loch Carrón & Skye 2,778 800 1,840 5,418 720 725 769 7 632 22 Fort-William 372 420 206 998 279 213 691 90 2,271 Campbeltown 23 »i • 3,680 30 3,710 163 497 694 84 5,148 24 Inveraray 19 1,400 86 1,505 80 187 210 203 2,185 25 Rothesay 20 455 232 707 82 102 31 96 1,018 26 Greenock 20 159 179 21 36 160 396 Ballantrae . 27 695 4,523 795 6,013 361 554 516 1,415 8,859 West Coast Totals 24,244 11,478 3,830 39,552 4,704 7,692 6,401 2,032 60,381

Totals for 1938 254,043 20,254 17,555 291,852 39,656 81,784 14,186 98,53« 526,014 ,, ,, 1937 308,065 22,273 18,277 348,615 44,281 91,393 14,211 106,374 604,874 „ „ 1936 . 314,152 23,578 18,443 356,173 46,920 97,689 15,069 107,291 623,142 ,, ,, 1935 339,620 22,028 19,610 381,258 49,747 105,374 14,954 84,066 635,399 >i >j 1934 358,450 20,405 22,008 400,863 54,094 116,189 14,688 77,426 663,260

m „ 1913 . ... 578,091 68,756 189,140 12,939 46,010 894,936 13

MAXIMUM LOCAL ACTIVITY IN HERRING FISHING. TABLE 8.—BOATS AND PERSONS engaged in the Herring Fishing Industry during the week of greatest activity in each District in the Year 1938.

Date. No. of Boats. No. of Persons Employed.

«0 c. DISTRICT. s- p * 1 S o W eek S3 -M 1 5 O ‘3 -1 24 ending. S CO © © CG £ H d t Bnvflrs G utters, Coopers.. and and Boys. Fisherm en Ciirers Ciirers and Packers, ¿c.

Eyem outh— > Northumberland, . Sept. S A £> ... 91 90^t 5 i Sx. 3 51C ) 13c' 1}63Z

Scottish Section, Feb. 12 32 12 46 421 1C l í 4C 42 525

Leith, Feb. 19 3 139 ... 142 821 27 2C 4S 90 1,006

Anstr.uther, Mar. 12 60 21C ... 270 1,860 58 £ 8 95 2,029

Montrose, . Mar. 12 ... 3 3 10 3 ... 3 22

Stonehaven, ...

Aberdeen, . Aug. 20 46 5 51 495 41 2 372 162 1,072

Peterhead, . Ju ly 23 130 20 150 1,460 51 144 1,188 395 3,238

Fraserburgh, Ju ly 30 185 67 252 2,352 79 154 1,198 296 4,079

Banff, May 21 1 33 34 241 18 ... 33 22 314

Buckie, Ju ly 23 51 6 57 652 9 15 106 23 805

Findhorn, . N ov. 26 25 ... 25 137 12 1 3 8 161

Cromarty, . . • . Dec. 3 22 1 23 115 ... 115

Helmsdale, ......

Lybster, ......

"VVick, Ju ly 23 98 11 109 1,060 30 97 487 72 1,746

Orkney, Ju ly 16 44 1 45 427 6 42 129 57 661

Shetland, . Ju ly 2 284 47 331 3,216 82 292 1,223 366 5,179

Stornoway, Aug. 20 111 66 2 179 1,565 25 87 437 110 2,224

Barra, Aug. 13 20 24 44 320 9 16 101 31 477

Loch Broom, Dec. 3 3 1 4 15 1 4 20

Loch Carrón and Skye, Dec. 10 5 6 2 13 79 8 1 3 4 95

Fort William, . Dec. 24 10 17 27 180 29 8 76 81 374

Campbeltown, Ju ly 9 46 46 230 3 3 10 246

Inveraray, . Oct. 15 ... 120 120 620 10 9 42 51 732

Rothesay, Oct. 22 8 ... 8 40 4 6 12 62

Greenock, Jan . S 180 180 900 36 12 84 220 1,252

Ballantrae, . . j Ju ly 16 60 60 320 20 40 380 14

PERSONS EMPLOYED.—N u m b e r oí P e r s o n s in e a c h Occupations during

TABLE

s& JM e E* E «« £-0 l í a No. DISTRICT. s S «u a

« h Eg. Clerks. H

~~Fishermen Fishermen and and other Fish. e su Boys Boys (regularly or~~

~~0 and Baiting Lines.~~

partially partially employed). & Hawkers Hawkers of Herrings i® Persons Persons gathering Bait Carters Carters and Xabourers. | Fishmongers Fishmongers and Fish* friers, with friers, with Employees. 1

EAST COAST. 1 Eyemouth 366 6 30 12 15 96 6 28 2 Leith 1,277 1,972 293 21 22 60 113 193 32 33 3 Anstruther 817 120 45 12 6 15 6 . 95 60 4 4 Montrose . 432 684 252 20 44 23 70 169 2 5 Stonehaven 52 18 14 6 7 10 2 5 10 6 Aberdeen . 2,856 443 150 240 67 1,527 333 1,522 16 280 7 Peterhead 3SÔ 45 23 51 193 902 61 284 23 8 Fraserburgh 1,244 35 30 58 253 895 42 344 60 8 3 Banff 850 12 75 42 3 176 3 5 173 10 Buckie 1,569 48 21 12 41 .420 26 23 t 1 11 Findhorn 973 61 61 39 5 60 34 60 20 12 Cromarty . 219 18 1 12 3 16 13 Helmsdale 139 3 22 * , 30 4 55 14 Lybster . 58 , , 2 2 1 3 3 6 15 Wick 576 21 20 29 130 295 16 55 12 12 East Coast Totals 12,314 3,468 1,056 545 743 4,545 665 2,694 652 340

~~Orkney and Shetland. 10 Orkney 514 18 28 3 6 5 48 17 Shetland . 638 21 12 24 105 366 12 90 22 Orkney and Shetland Totals . 1,152 39 40 27 i n 371 12 138 22 , ,~~

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway 1,845 14 45 15 40 1,098 8 55 2 19 Barra 437 1 2 3 n o 1 15 20 Loch Broom 267 3 1 4 21 Loch Carton and Skye. 494 14 7 3 5 21 22 Fort-William 193 23 12 19 4 66 4 31 23 Campbeltown . 375 21 16 10 3 8 10 24 Inveraray 195 16 6 7 1 1 32 25 Rothesay . 94 71 21 6 6 1 12 20 Greenock . 103 4,750 250 20 14 148 190 470 9 , ¡ 1 27 Ballantrae 446 198 60 20 2 60 •• West Coast Totals 4,449 5,093 428 107 65 1,431 207 692 40 2

Totals for 1938 . 17,915 8,600 1,524 679 019 6.347 884 3,524 714 342 „ „ 1937 • 19,304 8,150 1,508 679 1,012 6,726 883 •3,627 698 335 ,, ,, 1930 . 21,480 8,027 1,573 685 1,064 6,838 897 3,646 764 337 „ „ 1935 . 22,175 7,963 1,602 722 1,036 7,205 929 3,873 885 335 » » 1934 . 22,601 6,980 1,7U 739 1,015 7,088 900 3,808 972 365 „ „ 1913 . 33,823 1,993 3,116 740 2,662 16,269 898 4,927 1,449 215 15

~~District engaged in the Soottish Sea Fisheries and Ancillary the Year 1938.~~

9. Persons em 66 a ployed on Persons em ■c Vessels Ex ployed on s * porting Pish, Vessels Im i s i or Carrying porting Salt, 'S p. 1938. 1937. I á Fish or stave Wood, a S i ¡ 1 Curing Stock and Hoops. ui Grand Grand DISTRICT. 1 Coastwise. 2 § ■S 0 Total. Total. a £ » g S H 9 s V ffl 8 8 0 » A d4» s i e E z 0 eu 0 ' ** ■3u i Ph *c 0 5 ÄI « eu 1 6

EAST COAST. 10 16 4 9 598 691 Eyemouth. 88 7 614 6 243 321 1 2 249 5,547 5,293 Leith. 74 130 35 14 40 1,473 1,489 Anstruther. 17 2 10 10 200 1,935 1,993 Montrose. 2 21 3 2 152 161 Stonehaven. 712 16 160 38 148 5 8 343 1,053 9,917 9,873 Aberdeen. 55 60 34 36 280 37 155 31 3,156 3,411 Peterhead. 82 30 33 113 436 192 206 42 4,103 4,318 Fraserburgh. 59 12 .. \ 6 1,416 1476 Banff. 131 •• 62 21 2,375 2,706 Buckie. 52 38 47 1,450 1,549 Findhorn. 3 30 302 341 Cromarty. , 4 •• •* 257 244 Helmsdale. 1 " 2 78 90 Lybster. 16 22 33 88 131 89 38 34 1,607 1,819 Wick. 1,306 25 1,207 147 675 1,187 331 744 1,722 34,366 35,454 East Coast Totals.

~~Orkney and Shetland. ' 57 8 79 IO 27 10 813 880 Orkney. 25 40 25 313 817 987 234 270 4,001 4,146 Shetland. Orkney and Shetland 82 .. 40 25 321 896 997 261 280 4,814 5,026 Totals.~~

WEST COAST. 8 12 102 233 69 43 3,589 3,673 Stornoway. 2 25 35 20 47 698 815 Barra. 4 279 295 Loch Broom. 5 2 *8 559 567 Loch Carrón and Skye 7 4 54 417 570 Fort-Willi am. 4 59 " 4 27 537 591 Campbeltown. 9 .78 5 12 362 330 Inveraray. 7 8 •• 7 233 238 Kothesay. 40 428 109 34 25 6,590 5,896 Greenock. 8 • • 36 830 872 Ballantrae. 94 501 326 273 135 251 14,094 13,847 West Coast Totals.

1,482 25 1,748 172 1,322 2,356 1,463 1,005 2,253 53,274 Totals for 1938. 1,276 44 1,659 256 1,297 1,613 1,700 1,238 2,262 54,327 ,, ,, 1937. 1,760 45 1,734 238 1,954 2,114 1,830 1,281 2,239 58,506 ,, ,. 1936. 1,582 45 1,760 224 2,240 2,303 1,764 1,251 2,098 59,992 ,, 1935. 1,200 36 1,392 161 2,279 1,673 1,214 727 2,062 56,929 » „ 1934.

~~2,403 68 2,302 . 308 6,298 4,508 1.8TS 2,630 784 86,272 *• „ „ 1913. 16~~

~~FISH LANDEI).—Q u a n t it y and Y a l u e o f the~~

~~TABLE 10.—GRAND TOTALS by British~~

~~TRAWLS. LINES. No. KINDS OF FISH. Steam.* Steam. Motor. Sail. TOTAL.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ ■ PELAGIO FISH. 1 Herrings 120,912 46,693 2 Mackerel 7,125 3,28( 19,617 8,983 2,648 1,099 2¿265 10,035 8 Sparlings .. .. 4 Sprats . •• •• •• •• •• ••

~~Total of Pelagic Fish 126,040 49,979 •• •• 19,617 8,933 2,648 1,099 22,265 10,032~~

DEMERSAL FISH. 6 Brill 493 1,532 6 Catfish . - 8,265 5.071 629 225 244 312 ., . 873 537 7 Cod and Codling 403,492 371,260 58,366 48.591 56,302 50,051 3,342 2,661 118,010 101,303 8 Conger Eels . 382 173 2,834 2,159 1,090 552 227 145 4,151 2,856 9 P abs . 8,867 8,984 , ( 575 904 102 77 677 081 10 Flounders 1,074 1,127 ,, 350 347 191 173 541 52C 11 Gurnards 176 3S , ; 29 24 29 24 12 Haddocki 907,614 908.968 2,570 4,708 59,2,72 os,m 6,950 7.91Ä 71,792 77,9% 13 Hake . 20,547 28,226 1,628 4,153 58 144 , % , , 1,681 4,297 14 H a lib u t. 12.279 46,394 20,486 72,158 244 881 1 4 20,781 73.088 15 Lemon Soles . 52,875 182,865 , % 99 848 , , 99 ' 348 16 Ling 33,424 18,299 22,581 13,904 1,970 1,731 169 152 24,720 15,787 17 Megrims. 15,009 23.614 % , , , . , , 18 Monks (Anglers) 70,189 26,709 , * . 19 Plaice, . 22,447 67,984 1,318 ' 2,223 978 1,196 2,291 3,419 20 Saithe iCoal Fish) . 63,116 17,969 1.236 321 779 812 5,544 1,047 7,559 1,680 21 Skates and Rays 49.376 41,007 27,080 23,431 2,595 2,573 226 145 29,901 26,149 22 Squids . 1,061 336 * , ,...... , . .. 23 Torsk (Task) . 2,561 1,227 29,607 14,145 511 860 ., 30,018 14,505 24 Turbot . 10,995 34.455 16 26 18 41 . . 32 67 25 Whitings 245,500 216,792 20 15 16,267 12,281 721 421 17,008 12,717 26 Witches 19,300 35,015 , , 27 t Unclassified . 22,405 53,854 1,509 7,681 116 57 3,002 1,661 4,627 9,299 Total of Demersal Fish 1,971,447 2,091,899 169,462 191,567 141801 138838 23,477 15,524 334,740 345,429

Totals for 1938 2,099,487 2,141,878 169.482 191,567 161418 147271 26,125 16,623 357.005 855,461 .. 1937 . 2,107,122 1,889,800 176.678 195,956 159059 140041 24,968 17.030 360,695 858.027 » 1936 . 1,971,966 2,046,686190,655 211,249 !23741 119890 20,153 13,785 334,549 844,924 „ „ 1935 , 2103,567 2,195,116 209.816 224,091 144055 140587 20,760 18,916 374,181 378,504 „ » 1934 . 2,076,827 2,099,040 257,312 248,436 166133 161970 31,490 20,783 454,985 431,139 » „ 1913 . 2,659, 282 1,482,9911 304,968 178,060 45,117 28,619 810,868 150,326 660,943 357,005

~~(Jrabs. L<»bsters O]raters. SHELL FISH . No. £ N ). £ No. £ 1,260.81 U 9,033 803, 414 52,691 69,070 622~~

* including 8,710 cw ts., value £4,007, landed by m otor traw lers, and 38 cwts. value £73, landed by t Including L iv er s , Oil an d R oes as follows :— (1) Landed by vessels landing their total catches in Scotland. The values are Included under 8team Trawl. Steam Line. Cwts. £ Owts. £ Livers . 19,718 4,781 0,028 1,488 Oil . . 10,601 12,841 2,792 8,867 Roes 7,764 13,098 1,424 2,299 Total . 88.083 80,720 10^244 7,149 (2) Landed by foreign trawlers landing Roes only In Scotland (quantity and values included 17 different kinds of Fish landed in Scotland during the Tear 1938. and Foreign Fishing Vessels combined.

~~NETS. 1938. 1937. No. Grand Toia). Grand Total. Steam. Motor. Soil. T otal .~~

~~Cwts. Cwts. CwtS. £ Cwts. Cwts. Cwts.~~

1,578.047 616.898 1,098.447 397,809 3,677 1,599 2,680.171 1,016,306 2.801,083 1,062.990 2,140,093 962,318 20 , 617, 3.341 12,932 2,5 68 348 81 33,897 5,980 63,290 19,308 66,951 20,850 77 263 44 168 121 431 121 4SI 336 1,116 12,200 1,714 100 20 12,300 1,734 12.300 1,784 12,566 1,846

~~1,508,664 620.239 1,123,656 402,354 4,169 1,668 2,726,489 1,024,461 2,876,794 1,084,472 2,219,946, 985,630~~

476 1,225 480 1,234 973 2,766 1,159 2.695 5 752 512 762 612 6,890 6,120 10,554 6,295 6 68,283 55,347 05 232 68,746 65,638 690,248 .528,201 640,177 610.0U ■ 7 7 4 10 6 4,543 8,035 5,191 3,594 8 5,407 4,668 5,408 4,669 14.952 14,684 15,729 12,887 9 645 483 78 *627 1,123 1,010 2,738 2,657 2,736 2,938 10 229 43 229 48 434 110 270 75 11 111 159 74,947 76.319 75 058 76,478 1,054,464 1,063.348 1,100,242 911,693 12 12,212 27,126 10 * *16 12,222 27,142 34,450 59,665 34,210 59,153 13 809 922 809 922 33,319 120,854 80.422 112,265 14 61 309 17,020 67,841 17,081 67,650 70.055 250,863 64.004 242.820 16 624 417 624 417 58.668 34,503 60.613 32,38« 16 2 4 229 277 231 281 16.240 23,895 12.663 21,992 17 20 6 2,175 927 2,195 933 72,384 27,642 49,930 34,057 18 116 477 49,776 116,644 109 49,960 117,230 74,698 188,633 78,517 169,529 19 2,547 904 3 2.557 907 73,232 20,556 89.611 19,228 20 12 5,958 4,837 84 6,046 4,928 85,323 72.084 81,212 62,904 21 1,061 836 762 250 22 82.679 15,732 82,399 14,459 23 815 703 815 703 11,342 36,225 10,134 2H,471 24 63,922 50,491 63,926 50.495 326,434 280,004 262,459 200,848 25 6,879, 10,720 6,879 10.720 25,179 45,735 24,070 41.255 26 2,159; 1,197 58 32 2,218 1,231 29,250 64,384 26,384 60.695 27

~~893 1,039 313,771 421,112 1,105 1,003 315,269 423,154 2,621,456 2,860,482 2,633,847 2,550,455~~

1,599.057 621,278 1,437,427 823,466 5,274 2,871 8.041,758 1,447.615 6,498,250 3,944,964 1,270,314 590.967 1,109,692 699,602 5,970 3,189 2.885,976 1,293,758 4,853,793 3,636,086 1,749,828 773.919 1,139,022 728,616 13,071 5,471 2,901,921 1,507,906 5.208.436 3, 899,516 1,951.175 677.397 1,270.017 717,060 25,671 8,526 3,246,863 1, 402,983 5,724.561 8,976,693 1,535,040 477,231 1,206,214 661,643 22,581 6,793 2,763,844 1,145,567 5,295,606 3,675,746 I 2,889,529 I 336.941 388,215 168,037 1330381 630,380 4,608,125 2,135,364 7,828,350 8,925,360

~~Clams. Mussels. Unclassified. Cwt. £ Cwt. £ Cwt. £ 2,648 3,452 40,805 4,142 21,234 9,913 79,853 92,762 Grand Total Valae of Fish and Shell-Flah, 1938 4,024.807 3,623,837~~

~~sailing trawlers.~~

Unclassified above ; the quantities, however, ore distributed among the respective kinds of fish Motor I. Motor Nets. Total. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 25,746 6,264 13,393 16,208 21 O 11 9,199 15,429 9 0 J l 31 48,338 37,901 under Unclassified above) :--10,060 cwts., £18,799.

~~C 13~~

~~FISH LANDED.—Q u a n t it y and V a l u e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 11.—HERRINGS.—~~

~~Winter. Early Summer. Great Summer. Autnmn. No. DISTBICT. (1st Jan. to (1st April to (1st July to (1st Oct. to 31st Mar.) 80th Juno.) 80th Sept.) 31st Dec.)~~

EAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 1 Eyemouth 35,591 15,042 3,923 1,085 3.402 949 .16 4 2 Leith . 134,571 57,892 18,286 4,137 603 238 21,040 4,899 8 Anstnither 132,426 42,384 21,154 5,010 21 5 28 14 4 Montrose 1,445 872 148 23 5 Stonehaven . 6 Aberdeen 5,955 2*219 4*4*,449 14,985 89,537 3*2*, 593 50,*871 21,658 7 Peterhead ' . 35 12 83.573 29,723 221,172 76,321 105 29 8 Fraserburgh . 39 7 07,799 41,848 333.547 128,881 7 1 9 Banff . 16.573 6,552 1,043 430 10 . Buckie . 1*561 **350 809 256 2,831 967 11 Findhorn 766 177 88 84 203 «6 22,833 4Í461 12 Cromarty 7 3 84 23 13 Helmsdale 84 14 14 Lybster 15 Wick M97 '*385 *6,086 2,241 94,857 40.521 *893 *282 East Coast Totals 813,798 118,843 302,740 105,821 747,216 280,971 96,109 31,408 /

~~Orkney & Shetland. 16 Orkney . 8,934 1,827 50,670 21.473 17 Shetland. . 270,385 106,363 329,406 118,882 Orkney and Shetland Totals / .. 108,190 , , / 274,319 380,076 140.355 /~~

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway ’ . 9,054 2,678 86,234 37,576 85,185 53,590 13.952 4,127 19 B arra . 1,681 438 8,666 4,814 22,936 15,184 4,505 1,182 20 Loch Broom . 41 15 16 8 891 220 21 Loch Carrón and Skye 11,009 3.835 1,183 517 1,009 403 10,958 3,701 22 Fort*WilUam . 15,159 7,066 23,942 13,505 8.684 6,710 25.331 11,344 23 Campbeltown 853 229 745 296 22,997 5,796 577 181 24 Inveraray 11,613 3.835 21 12 3,546 806 43.617 12,538 25 Bothesay 133 38 81 IS 1.381 ‘342 588 155 26 Greenock 42,987 15,532 1,516 380 80.480 29,703 27 Ballantrae 26,163 5.836 12,094 4,959 105,519 30,242 1,060 647 West Coast Totals . / » 118,652 39,487 132,957 61,707 252,789 112,461 181,959 63.738

Totals for 1938 432,445 158,330 710,016 275,718 1.380,081 533,787 278,068 95,146 „ „ 1937 270,504 146,942 591,262 242,548 1,070,620 504,950 207,717 67.878 „ » 1936 511,715 202,886 788,331 312,279 1,265,210 624,858 134,938 63,268 „ 1935 391,152 162,333 690,324 239,591 1,620,980 571.016 323,597 119,122 „ „ 1934 447,859 193,941 469,654 141,567 1.365,129 405,987 207,524 91.879 „ „ 1913 . 626,197 174,740 1,445,469 610,304 2,255,597 1,244,383 122,058 58,326

Note 1.—Included in the above table are the following quantities and values of herrings taken by motor ring-net vessels :— Cwts. £ W inter 262,707 92,201 Early Summer 49,401 16,232 Late Summer 136,737 88,576 Autum n . 156,573 61,821 Total 1938 695.418 198,830 Total 1937 349,434 146.440 19

~~Fisli landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 (continued).~~

~~Landings by British Fishing Vessels.~~

~~TEAK. 1938. 1937. Gb¿9i> T otal. OB417S T otal. No. Steam. Motor. Sal~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 23,727 10,282 19,205 6,798 .. • 42,932 17,080 62,422 25,952 1 10,195 3,806 164.303 63,858 2 2 174,500 67,166 123.518 73,754 2 25,130 10,435 128,499 36,978 153.629 47,413 126,686 66,087 3 .. • • 1,563 875 80 20 1,593 396 5,704 3,180 4 « « • « , , » • #, t , , # 5 187,927 70,558 2,885 847 9 , 9 # 190,812 71,405 228,436 77,427 6 270,550 94,468 34,385 11,617 9 , 804,885 106.085 272.181 124.463 7 336,336 130,143 105,056 40,594 9 % 441,392 170,737 868,272 179,719 8 1,197 473 16,419 6,509 , * , , 17,616 6,982 11,876 4,336 9 4,841 1,438 860 135 t » 5,201 1,573 3,006 1,072 10 85 14 23,855 4,724 23,890 4,788 7,828 1,791 11 .. .. 91 26 91 26 32 8 12 84 14 , , W 14 42 23 13 .. .. , , 42 19 14 95,484 40,253 7,721 3,i«7 28 9 * 103,233 43,429 27,937 11.488. 15 955,422 861.870 504,376 176,142 60 31 1,459,858 537,043 1,237,480 569,299

~~53,697 22,907 907 303 ' 54,604 23,300 24,472 12,080 16 500,618 189,482 99,159 35,759 14 4 599,791 225,245 504,647 223,023 17~~

~~554,315 212,389 100,066 86,152 14 4 654,395 248,545 529,119 235,053~~

137.211 64,031 64,751 32,707 2,463 1,283 194,425 97,971 118.678 60,543 18 10,399 6,892 27,280 15,196 109 30 37,788 21,618 24,836 17,533 19 , « 840 217 108 26 948 243 1,666 429 20 13,275 4.770 10,183 3,546 751 230 24,159 8,546 15,920 6,080 21 24,084 12,398 49,014 25,218 18 9 78,116 87,625 30,955 17,298 22 # , 25,172 6.452 26,172 6,462 15,911 4,026 23 , # , , 53,643 17,165 154 36 58,797 17,191 9,154 2,164 24 9 , B , 2,183 548 2,133 648 3,948 1.070 25 , 4 9 , 124,988 «5,615 124,983 46,616 67,187 21,290 26 8,780 1,723 141,056 89,861 .. .. 144,836 41.584 86,740 28,634 27 188,749 89,814 494,005 186,515 3,603 1,564 686,367" 277,893 373,494. 157,966

1,698,486 663,573 1,098,447 397,809 8,677 1,590 2,800.610 1,062.981 648,991 •• 1.435,953 699,740 811,586 4,400 1,741 2.140,093 962,318 •• 1,881,757 825.886 807.867 363,466 10,570 3,939 2,700,194 1,193,291 1,998,254 693.211 1,006,782 392,598 21,017 6,253 3,026,063 1,092,062 1,540,684 464,889 934,505 364,709 14,977 8,776 2,490.166 833,874 2,863,139 1,335,894 366,610 161,365 1,219,572 590,494 4,449,321 2,087,753 •• ••

¿Vois 2.—In addition to the above the following were landed by Foreign Vessels:— District Nationality Method Method of VflolllM. District. of vessels. 0f Capture. Propulsion. Year l938- Year 1937- .. . ^ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Aberdeen. German. Trawl. Steam . 473 is 20

~~FISH LANDED.— Q u a n t it y and V a l v e of the different kinds oi TABLE 12.—TRAWL. —Landings by Britist~~

~~Leith . Montrose . Aberdeen . Buckie . Shetland .~~

~~No. of Arrivals of No. Vessels 2,311 343 13,025 27 9 Aggregate No. of Days absent from Port . 13,707 1,179 62,977 81 46~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ PELAGIC FISH. 1 Herrings 1,879 835 118,497 45,816 2 Mackerel 2,838 1,049 '"134 "39 3,889 2,108 3 Sparlings 4 Sprats . Total of Pelagic Fish 4,717 1,884 134 39 122,386 47,923

DEMERSAL FISH. 5 Brill . 9 22 482 1,509 6 Catfish . 822 551 69 " ‘71 7,075 4,289 "i ” ‘l 'Ï *”l 2,176 101,496 7 Cod . . \ 49,723 45,590 S 1,184 96,817 42 75 22 26 Codling . J X 9,234 9,322 204,233 191,838 86 128 38 55 8 Conger Eels . 4 2 323 88 9 Dabs . 4,643 4,993 176 *170 3,144 3,240 "*1 " l 10 Flounders 11 18 1 1 11 Gurnards 12 2 3 1 161 35 12 Haddocks, ex. La.-) 10,811 11,398 J "366 "623 " '5 Large f 218,255 232,514 26,382 28,607 12 "'3 " 4 ,, Medium Ç \ 741 1,207 37,824 43,640 8 24 7 10 „ Small J 1 5,194 6,555 572,408 552,499 257 531 176 277 13 Hake . 4,615 4,568 11,802 20,386 4 7 3 6 14 Halibut 778 2,852 11,200 42,647 2 6 3 10 15 Lemon Soles 1,991 6,056 "556 2^564 49,673 172,827 12 96 4 15 16 Ling . 6,321 3,322 25,336 14,114 8 9 8 5 17 Megrims 2.344 3,187 11,790 19,510 8 17 5 8 18 Monks (Anglers) . 2,400 1,660 120 Ï36 67,465 24,790 57 32 10 8 19 Plaice, Large ( 231 839 1,502 3,856 ,, Medium > 1,037 2,543 < 244 829 5,461 21,407 " l ‘"8 '"4 "Ï1 „ Small J ( 186 486 11,470 33,853 4 12 20 Saithe (Coal Fish) 7,618 3,452 154 41 47,773 12.141 2 1 21 Skates and Rays . 2,937 2,173 62 44 45,460 38; 107 23 28 " 9 12 22 Squids . 1,061 336 23 Torsk (Tusk) *436 '206 1,979 948 24 T u rb o t. 1,365 2,986 43 133 9,432 31,085 " '7 "35 "'2 " 6 25 Whitings 83,063 69,505 2,980 2,623 154,073 140,177 64 127 60 99 26 Witches 2,970 6,287 14 41 15,722 27,576 21 72 14 31 27 Unclassified. 539 321 11 *307 6,006 *29,025 3 2 2 3 Total of Demersal Fish . 391,893 3y2,810 21,518 28,168 1,436,866 1,571,423 616 1,224 866 586

Totals for 1938 . 396,610 394,694 21,652 28,207 1,559,252 1,619,346 616 1,224 366 586 „ i. 1987. 321,672 283,783 30,964 37,988 1,519,946 1,411,343 975 2,125 46 81 » .. 1936. 313,594 335,334 33,509 45,148 1,482,019 1,579,770 194 3S4 649 1,019 „ „ 1935. 352,379 885,803 41,516 53,710 1,507,902 1,662,612 148 225 40 64 d » 1934. 396,803 418,282 40,761 52,946 1,397,575 1,507,471 450 566 421 575 „ „ 1913. 307,947 190,820 51,505 37,151 1,659,640 1,023,012 28 10 346 55

* Included are the values of livers, oil and roes landed separately as undemoted ; the quantities, however, are distributed among the respective kinds of Qsh :— Montrose. Aberdeen. Totals for 1938. Totals for 1037. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Livers . .. .. 19,718 4,781 19,718 4.7S1 19,273 C 744 Oil • .. .. 9,073 10,960 9,073 10.9CÖ 8 877 10,827 lloes . . 86 295 6,90« 11,247 6,952 11,542 6,261 10,293 Total 86_ _2&5 35,697 26,994 85.783 27.2S9 B4.I11 27.864 21

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 (continued). Trawlers t according to Fishery Districts.~~

~~F o r t O t h e r B a r r a . B a l l a >*t r a e . W il l ia m . D is t r ic t s .~~

~~1938. 1937. 58 205 59 No. G r a n d T o t a l . G r a n d T o t a l ,~~

~~58 818 237~~

~~Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 49 17 14 8 120,439 • 46,675 188,557 65,085 1 197 60 66 28 7,124 3,284 6,327 2,886 2 3 4 246 77 80 36 127,563 49,959 194,834 67,971~~

2 1 493 1,532 455 1,163 f\ 7 5 6 3 7,981 4,921 8,526 5,225 6 }... 2,312 1,536 416 374 95 83 364,152 352,699 379,510 339,633 7 22 10 33 78 382 173 453 313 8 698 435 171 111 8,833 8,350 10,289 8,901 9 27 37 1,035 1,071 1,074 1,127 1,196 1,378 10 ...... 176 38 213 46 11

!.. 20,820 19,138 4,749 5,559 160 162 898,166 902,760 853,804 720,244 12 ) 3,141 2,368 953 872 29 19 20,547 28,226 20,861 29,816 13 30 63 12 26 4 7 12,029 45,611 9,043 34,116 14 408 705 112 227 13 34 52,769 182,524 49,965 187,629 15 220 96 33 20 31,921 17,566 28,224 13,762 16 607 578 79 77 29 27 14,862 23,404 12,246 21,455 17 103 66 ... 1 1 70,156 26,693 48,099 32,927 18 i 285 450 968 l,4 tl 899 1,769 2 6 22,294 67,509 21,114 65,119 19 ! 205 71 85 21 10 4 55,847 15,731 69,146 14,908 90 586 386 131 101 4 4 49,212 40,855 48,588 36,767 21 ... 1,061 336 762 250 29, 1 2,416 1,154 2,236 791 93 109 159 37 51 10,995 34,454 9,886 27,942 24 4,005 3,070 996 942 40 43 245,281 216,586 201,897 15S.824 95 166 173 23 22 2 6 18,932 34,207 17,773 30,129 26 120 49 1 2 t 10 6,689 29,719 3,624 29,341 27

285 450 34,557 30,387 9,771 11,321 396 406 1,896,268 2,036,775 1,797,910 1,760,679 285 450 34,803 30,464 9,851 11,357 396 406 2,023,831 2,086,734 501 646 93,445 67,726 24,390 23,465- 855 1,493 1,992,794 1,828,650 458 672 24,797 21,8‘¿5 8,311 8,124 486 692 1,864,017 1,992,968 457 574 10,209 10,831 3,035 4,538 630 676 1,916,316 2,119,033 288 284 17,471 15,439 5,541 7,271 294 394 1,859,604 2,003,228

~~... 669 616 1,423 1,525 7,546 2,616 2,029,104 1,255,805 ...~~

~~t The above figures refer to landings by S t e a m O t t e r T r a w l e r s with the exception of the following Motor Trawl. Sailing Beam Trawl.~~

District. Arriiala. D ays' £ Absence. Cwts. £ Cwts. Aberdeen O 19 185 241 B arra Ü 55 285 450 Loch Carrón and î>kye 215 65S Fort-William 15 20 51 88 B allantrae 1,611 2,20" *33 73 Totals for 19SS . 2,347 3,544 33 73 Totals for 1937 . 3,278 4.914 103 234 j Principal species landed— Plaice and Flounders. 22

~~FISH LANDED.— Q ua n tity and V a l u e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 13.—GREAT LINE.—Landings by British Great~~

~~No. KINDS OF FISH. L e it h . A n s t b u t h e b . M o n t b o s e . A b e r d e e n . F r a s e r b u r g h .~~

~~DEMERSAL FISH Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £~~

~~1 Brill . *• •• .. .♦ • • 2 Catfish . 6 3 29 34 • . 629 225 • • 3 Cod and Codling . 500 256 3,184 4,826 1,298 1,011 54,731 45,285 276 253~~

~~4 Conger Eels . 13 5 36 23 • • • • 33 13 2C5 76 5 Dabs • •~~

~~6 Flounders •• .. ..~~

7 Gurnards •• .. .. • • 8 Haddocks .. 3 4 14 23 2,837 3,661 .. 9 Hake 22 36 3 6 10 Halibut 20,476 72,141 7 28 11 Lemon Soles . .. • • .. .. 12 Ling • • 60 51 .. • • 20,714 12,018 789 650 13 Megrims • • • * .. .. 14 Monks (Anglers) . • • .. .. • • • • 15 Plaice . *. .. .. 16 Saithe (Coal Fish) . .. • • 2 1 887 220 16 4 17 Skates and Rays . 479 243 155 '326 .. 23,949 18,633 457 440V

~~18 Squids . • • •• .. .. • • 19 Torsk (Tusk). • • •• • • 29,388 14,064 2 1 20 Turbot . 16 26 6 17 21 Whitings •• 19 14 22 Witches ...... 23 Unclassified . 1,271 7,471 74 15~~

Totals for 1938 . 998 507 3,469 5,265 1,312 1,034 154,972 173,807 1,835 1,490 „ „ 1937 . 852 394 2,233 3,624 1,850 1,401 156,819 171,229 844 688 „ „ 1936 . 2,453 1,327 2,576 3,658 1,285 1,229 165,524 178,253 1,349 1,172

m „ 1935 . 897 615 2,069 2,960 2,065 1,966 179,361 184,336 2,995 2,644 „ „ 1934 . 900 504 1,961 2,738 1,996 1,727 224,009 205,718 2,188 1,807 .. * Included are tlxe values of livers, oil and roes landed separately as undernoted : the quantities, however, are distributed among the different kinds of fish Year 193S. Year 1937. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Livers, .... 0,028 1,488 5,783 2,002 O i l , 2,792 3,367 2,684 8,273 Roe 1,407 2,240 1,648 2,886 Totals . . 10,227 7.090 10,065 8,100 23

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued )~~

Line Fishing Vessels, according to Fishery Districts. 1 O t h e r 1938. 1937. St o b n o w a t . F o r t W il l ia m . Ba l l a n t b a e . No. D is t b ic t s . G b a k d T o t a l . G b a n d T o t a l .

~~Cwts. 1 £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts, £ 1~~

~~6 6 670 268 517 159 2~~

~~1,467 1,320 1,318 1,077 1,277 1,525 771 559 64,822 56,112 65,049 51,341 3 1,266 636 1,256 863 878 970 171 88 3,858 2,674 4,610 3,182 4 5~~

~~•• 7 23 25 11 21 21 37 2,909 3,771 8,224 4,047 8 31 58 1,609 4,128 16 69 1,681 4,297 2,373 6,883 9 15 36 14 55 141 495 20,653 72,755 20,793 76,387 10~~

~~.. •• .. .. .» 11~~

~~1,539 1,752 399 291 308 ' 319 171 137 23,980 15,218 23,980 15,218 12 IQio~~

~~•• •• •• •• *• *• . •• •• •* 7 12 14 IOíe~~

~~22 6 72 28 3 1 158 38 1,160 298 727 217 16 592 798 2,173 2,627 879 2,201 707 564 29,391 25,832 27,762 22,565 17~~

~~l1 ofi~~

~~100 67 ,. 52 36 29,542 14,168 29,977 13.218 19~~

~~.. .. 3 8 25 51 5 8 20~~

~~.. .. •• 19 22 38 36 9 7 21~~

~~•• ». 18 15 22~~

~~59 23 154 69 71 70 6 3 1,815 7,651 1,676 8,810 23~~

~~5,094 4,721 7,006 9,159 3,451 5,177 2,207 1,971 180,344 203,131~~

7,160 5,574 10,753 14,867 3,420 4,117 2,618 2,356 186,549 204,250 8,900 6,706 15,064 23,445 4*378 4,887 2,809 2,523 204,338 223,200 8,980 5,935 17,325 27,839 7,736 8,656 2,412 3,003 223,840 237,954 11,483 6,896 14,091 22,995 8,598 11,505 2,663 3,623 268,069 257,515 24

~~FISH LANDED.—Q u a n tity and V a l u e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE H.—NETS OTHER THAN TRAWL—~~

~~Cod Nets. Seine Nets. No. KINDS OF FISH.~~

~~Steam. Motor. Sail. Steam. Motor.~~

DEMERSAL FISH. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 1 Brill . 4 9 398 1.010 2 Catfish . * » 4 , .. 381 280 3 Cod and Codling . 0,911 5,603 405 232 58 59 57,19* 46,779 4 Conger Eels . , , .. , , 3 2 7 4 5 Dabs . . .. . , 1 1 5,160 4,364 6 Flounders .. . * % * 456 331 7 Gurnards * t ,, 226 47 8 Haddocks 2 2 i i i 159 55,396 54,808 9 Hake 768 2,453 10 Í6 11,295 24,453 10 Halibut . , , t % .. • • * , , 146 504 11 Lemon Soles . #é ., , , 61 309 15,013 59,930 12 Ling 128 122 ., ' 320 253 13 Megrims * , 4 * 2 ' '4 97 143 14 Monks (Anglers ) . , , .. 20 6 1,724 707 15 Plaice . , , 54 ’¿8 116 477 45,204 102068 16 Saithe (Coal Fish) . 2,038 600 10 3 , , 471 23C 17 Skates and Rays . 51 22 12 7 4,667 3,496 18 Squids . . , .. , , , . . , , B 19 Torsk (Tusk) • . .. . , , , , , 20 Turbot * t ,. , # 82 ‘239 21 Whitings 131 90 * * * * 4 “ 4 58,297 43,189 22 Witches » , , , #, , , 1,545 3,499 23 Unclassified . 1,365 672 58 32 1 2 689 455 .

Totals for 1938 . 11,394 9,624 537 371 393 1,039 253,766 346789 „ „ 1937 . 145 113 12,547 10,834 687 364 820 2,530 323,088 316844 ,, 1936 . 12,245 11,032 917 403 .2,147 5,992 243,453 290090 „ -, 1935 . 977 693 16,796 16,359 1,822 1,157 5,125 15,049 178,095 252900 » „ 1934 . 3,437 3,019 20.109 16,236 2,523 1,621 15,983 29,321 187,795 238802

~~The above landings for 1938 were made in the various Fishery Districts as follows~~

~~Method of Eyemouth. I.eith. Montrose. Aberdeen. Peterhead. Fraserburgh. Banff. Capture.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cod Nets, . 93 47 1,001 947 6 4 643 374 69 63 Seine Nets, 3,216 8,741 0.930 15,8*2 18,739 20,309 7,241 0,680 2,726 5,306 3.5SS 10,200 24,852 42,923 O ther N n s, 1,639 696 68 60 Total, . 3,216 3,741 11,617 16,695 10,740 21,266 7,309 9,744 2,732 5,310 4,231 10,574 24,021 42,091 25

~~Fish lauded in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued).~~

~~DEMERSAL FISH.—Landings by British Fishing Vessels.~~

~~Other Nets, 1938. 1937. No. G ba k d T otal . G b a n l T otal .~~

~~Steam. Motor. Sail.~~

~~Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £~~

, 402 1,019 639 1,338 1 , . * , , t 381 280 482 254 2 1,768 858 • . 66,334 53,531 56,342 41,130 3 . • • . 10 6 22 20 4 5,161 4,365 4,752 3,263 5 182 149 47 è 527 1,116 1,007 806 754 6 .. .. 226 47 22 6 7 *28 25 .. ,, 55,537 54.994 148,427 90,996 8 1 2 12,074 26,924 10,686 21,959 9 .. 146 504 103 805 10 15,074 60,239 12,098 4 7 J 6 4 11 .. 448 375 421 298 12 . 99 147 74 130 13 1,744 713 1,030 501 14 413 1,226 14 *21 45,801 103,880 52,488 93,032 15 7 3 2,526 896 4,197 778 16 458 477 76 *84 5,264 4,086 3,611 2,531 17 .. 18 • • • • 19 *49 ió o Í31 *339 i0 5 *261 20 11 7 58,443 43,290 40,825 23,184 21 ., 1,545 3,499 1,568 2,554 22 10 11 2,123 3,172 1,840 995 23

~~2,927 2,858 563 632 274,585 381,313~~

~~14 6 2,679 741 558 621 340,538 332.053~~

~~• • •• 691 752 544 569 259,997 308,838~~

~~•• •• 1,348 2,414 581 547 204,744 289,119 15 2 590 924 461 448 230,913 290,373 •• ••~~

~~Buckie. Loch Carrón Findhorn. Helmsdale. Wick. CampbeltowD. BaUantrae. Other and Skye. Districts.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts, £ Cwts. £ £ 36 49 Cwts. Cwts. £ Owts. £ 83 95 200 169 4,228 4,075 22 5.958 10,386 102,432 128,151 13,950 31 6,545 4,158 16,607 22,477 33,457 0,654 7,010 28,835 31,897 9,011 12,298 655 1,296 1,008 3,205 280 148 5,994 10,418 102,515 128,246 14,150 16,776 22,477 83,457 4,888 5,371 6,654 7,010 29,360 33,223 14.7S6 16,599

~~D 2G~~

~~FISH LANDED.—Q u a n tity and V a lu e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 15.—SMALL AND HAND LINES—~~

~~Cod and | Haddocks. No. DISTRICT. Mackerel. Catfish. Codling. Dabs.~~

~~BAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £~~

1 Eyemouth • 2 3 4,107 2,762 48 85 2,542 4,178 2 Leith *214 i 02 9 7 3,688 3,461 646 625 3 Anstruther . 16 8 167 233 5,472 4,816 *14 * 15 1,271 2,304 4 Montrose 127 45 13 18 9,142 8,349 164 311 6,330 11,182 5 Stonehaven 66 20 407 285 495 639 6 Aberdeen » 61 30 675 718 *32 *34 1.528 2,298 7 Peterhead 1,089 662 2,626 3,900 49 57 424 615 8 Fraserburgh . 18,785 8,509 'Í2 " s 11,870 10,040 170 285 3,957 5,696 9 Banff 1,545 547 4,568 3,769 5,931 7,113 10 Buckie 138 47 2,547 2,133 223 261 11 Findhom 141 97 * 9 14 541 742 12 Cromarty 304 232 79 55 451 540 13 Helmsdale . . 899 259 46 46 2.528 2,998 ■ 14 Lybster , 211 160 108 139 15 Wick » . 4,327 3,205 *’e * *8 5,586 6,786 East Coast Totals . 22,041 9,980 203 269 50,686 43,176 617 910 32,753 46,316

~~Orkney & Shetland. 16 375 422 39 45 1,877 1,819 17 Shetland 15 3 220 106 10 14 26,177 18,477 Orkney and Shetland Totals 15 3 f , ,, 595 528 49 59 28,054 20,296~~

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway 10 3 411 328 , , 5,763 5,362 19 Barra 3€ 18 #i 25 25 20 Loch Broom . 275 158 1,155 963 21 Loch Carrón & Skye ‘36 Í5 *• 205 118 , , 409 271 22 Fort-WiUiam . 153 19 • • 83 68 9 " 9 367 458 23 Campbeltown . 52 102 2 3 14 28 24 Inveraray 25 Rothesay ’ *2 2 * 6f !! 8 líi 2í .. 26 Greenock 10 ' 27 Ballantrae l

~~West Coast Totals . 209 49 U 6Í) 95 ;2 11 12 7.73ÍÎ 7,307~~

Totals for 1938 . 22,26 510,03 2 203 269 52,44 1 44,65 B 677 981 68,54 ) 73,719 „ » 1937 . 17,153 9,114 218 198 60,27 B 46,08 2 484 547 74,20'4 77,231 „ „ 1936 . 13,167 5,785 227 223 48,13 1 43,21 2 866 944 43,64 9 51,87 4

~~„ „ 1935 . 14,90 4 5,292 379 324 52,49 7 47,460 761 947 50,99 1 62,326 » „ 1934 . 14,08 5 5,013 320 256 62,48 3 52,363 988 1,128 72,79 1 88,763~~

* Included ia the value of roes landed separately as follows ; the quantity, 27

~~Fish landed in Scotlànd during the Year 1938 (continued).~~

~~Landings by British Fishing Vessels.~~

~~1938. 1937- Plaice. Sai the. Whitings. Other Kinds. No. G band T otal . G ba nd T otal .~~

~~£ Cwts. £ Cwts. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cw ts.. £~~

1 2 2,556 2,690 1 1 9,257 9,721 12,246 12,615 1 404 570 350 246 135 129 5,648 5,330 9,060 8,581 2 280 525 155 132 139 330 7,514 8.363 9,535 10,216 3 1 3 2,147 1,971 29 138 17,953 22,017 26,439 27,513 4 611 336 * , 1,679 1,270 1,750 1,297 5 '39 107 1,913 1,602 9 *48 4,257 4,837 3,643 4,071 6 2 " l 861 493 17 13 5,260 4,761 3,967 3,362 7 i n 307 514 226 2,339 1,450 324 237 38,082 26,758 38,265 26,798 g .. 12 3 3,907 2,292 88 55 16,051 13,779 8,698 8,255 9 63 28 , , 2,971 2,469 2,650 1,993 10 64 84 28 29 , , 783 966 974 941 13 233 189 , . 104 58 1,127 1,118 1,394 1,147 12 193 208 290 182 • • 37 27 3,493 3,720 1,215 967 13 6 4 , , 325 303 951 1,009 14 26 45 *io 5 85 49 238 230 10,278 10,328 9,175 7,638 15 1,308 2,084 538 235 15,311 11,504 1,121 1,266 124,578 115,740 129,962 116,403

~~o 40 20 3 116 84 2,450 2,392 2,277 2,320 iß 68 18 1,250 573 595 415 28,335 19,606 23,526 16,614 17~~

~~108 38 1,253 575 711 499 30,785 21,998 25,803 18,934~~

287 206 4.462 873 25 17 3,445 1,910 14,403 8,699 10,849 6,743 18 220 243 71 15 .. 48 24 400 325 638 489 19 46 56 16 7 28 18 * 1,520 1,202 2,277 1,745 ?0 56 77 165 52 7 4 66 54 944 591 1,340 859 146 207 954 115 65 65 88 75 1,865 1,016 1,449 1,034 v?. 169 379 71 34 247 448 .. 555 994 935 1,488 23 • • 24 **8 " 4 " 4 * *8 '¿5 *41 *Í05 Í.69 *120 Í91 25 5 5 7 8 8 Í 2 46 64 154 229 26 65 175 • • •• 33 42 113 234 3G5 576 27 993 1,347 5,752 1,109 404 601 3,688 2,117 19,950 13,294 18,127 13,354

2,301 3,431 6,398 1,382 16j968 12,680 5,520 3,882 175,313 151,032 2,289 2,781 4,477 1,031 10,270 8,258 4,519 3,449 173,892 148,691 2,798 3,484 4,910 1,217 11,576 11,078. 4,063 3,291 129,387 121,108 , % 2,652 3,693 4,951 1,019 17,501 15,164 5,487 4,127 150,123 140,352 , „ é 3,257 4,062 4,402 928 22,483 16,409 5,983 4,644 186,792 173,566 •• ••

~~however, is distributed among the different kinds of fish ;—2 j cw ts., value ¿ 4], 28~~

~~FISH LANDED.— Q ua n tity and V a l u e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 16.—METHODS OF FISHING.—Landings by British Fishing~~

~~L in es . No. DISTRICT.~~

~~Steam . M otor. Sail. T otal .~~

EAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Eyemouth 76 72 10,070 10,416 10,146 10,488 L eitb .... 396^610 394,694 5,836 5,157 ¿10 . 680 6,646 6.837 Anstruther . " ‘20 16 10,841 13,490 122 123 10,983 13,628 M ontrose 21,652 23,207 19,228 23,035 37 16 19,265 23,051 Stonehaven . . . 1,698 1,360 62 9 1,760 1,359 Aberdeen 1,559,252 1,619,346 155,422 174,582 3,744 4,024 63 38 159,229 242 202 • 178,644 P eterhead 7 4 4,240 4,111 1,020 650 5,267 4,765 Fraserburgh 61 85 137 127 37,666 27,169 2,114 952 39,917 28,248 Banff .... 103 119 lo,S54 13,695 197 84 16 051 13,779 Buckie .... 616 1,224 1.858 1,538 1,118 931 2,971 2,469 >-. »-1 >-. Findhom 881 3,042 881 1,042 i—* i—* Crom arty * * 458 561 669 ’¿57 1,127 1,118 »— Helmsdale . 2,250 *,««» 187 18S S,49S a /m Lybster 802 288 23 .15 825 303 W ick .... 19 ” 26 9,224 9,429 1,107 969 10,350 10,424

~~East Coast Totals 1,973,52ft 2,043,877 155,681 174,826 125,256 113,892 7,474 5,157 288,411 298,875~~

~~Orkney & Shetland.~~

~~• 10 Orkney .... 2,851 2,278 17 99 114 2,450 2,392 Shetland 366 586 376 148 27,408 19,611 1,118 585 28,902 20,244 Orkney and Shetland Totals 366 586 376 148 29,759 21,789 1,217 699 31,352 22,636~~

~~WEST COAST.~~

IS Stornoway . 3,411 3,040 2,129 1,941 13,957 8,439 19,497 13,420 19 B arra .... ” 285 450 295 288 138 56 Loch Broom 433 S44 20 60S 460 912 742 1,520 1,202 21 Loch Carrón and Skye " to ” 35 479 335 583 331 22 Fort William 1,182 • 701 84,808 30,464 6,032 8,148 1,393 1,517 1,446 510 8,871 10,175 28 Campbeltown 884 545 343 621 24 Inveraray 727 1,166 25 R othesay ÍÓ5 169 ” l05 169 26 Greenock 4 10 ’42 54 B allantrae 46 64 27 9,851 11*357 3,008 4’,671 542 726 IS 14 3,563 5,411 W est Coast Totals 44,939 42,271 12,621 15,894 5,939 5,991 17,434 10,767 83,894 32,652

Totals for 1938 2,023,831 2,086,734 163,578 190,868 160,954 146,672 26,125 16,623 355,057 354,163 ,. „ 1937 1,992,794 i 1,828,650 176,673 195,956 158, S05 139,955 24,963 17,030 860,441 352,941 h ,, 1936 1,864,017 1,992,968 190,655 211,249 122,917 119,274 20,153 13,785 333,725 344,308 „ „ 2935 1,916,316 2,119,033 209,316 224,001 143,887 140,200 20,760 23,916 373,063 378,3CC »» m 1934 . . 1,859,604 2,003,228 257,312 24S,436 166,079 101,912 31,490 20,733 454,881 431,081 >. „ 1913 . . 2,029,104 1,255,805 304,958 173,060 45,117 SS.Ô19 280,024 135,531 630,099 342,210 29

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued ).~~

~~Vessels according to Districts of Landing and Methods of Fishing.~~

~~NETS. 1938. 1937. No. G rand Total . G rand T otal . Steam . Motor. Sail. T o ta l .~~

Cwts. a Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 23,727 10,282 22,481 10,554 46,208 20,836 56,354 31,324 77,516 41,587 S.316 •2,971 186,844 81,706 114 41 195,274 84,808 598,530 485,339 465,393 375,634 2 26,130 10,436 131,60S 40,088 156,738 50,523 167,721 64,151 142,633 83,818 3 22,650 21,762 30 20 22,680 21,782 63,597 73,040 »3,396 89,664 4 •2,356 2,811 2,356 2,811 4,116 4,170 3,204 3.097 5 69.S38 24,S28 10,214 10,597 80,062 35,425 1,798,533 1,833,415 1,787,752 1,614,043 6 276,040 95,283 38,942 17,213 314,932 112,496 320,491 117,403 287,035 135,152 7 340,314 130,745 111,235 51,495 51 25 451,600 182,265 491,568 210,698 419,580 217,570 8 1,197 473 41,449 49,513 42,646 49,991 58,800 63,889 54,091 62,865 9 5,028 2,012 6,151 0,966 16 13 11,195 11,691 14,782 15,684 18,819 19,781 10 36 14 126,383 132,980 126,423 132,994 127,304 134,036 150,780 130.170 11 407 4S2 407 482 1,534 1,600 3,027 2,824 1-2 14,234 16.790 14,234 16,790 17,727 20,510 85,051 21,771 IS 2,611 4,481 2,011 4,481 2,936 4,784 9,740 7,682 14 96,963 4Ó¡867 30,112 36,171 28 9 127,108 77,047 137,458 87,471 56,984 48,788 15

~~846,693 317,910 747,682 430,704 239 108 1,694,514 804,722 3,861,451 3,147,474 3,660,991 2,847,040~~

~~56,377 23,100 077 401 56,354 23,501 58,804 ' 25,893 28,797 14,429 16 503,218 189,748 100,794 36,751 85 7 60S,047 226,506 632,315 247,336 5S1.2Ô7 241,257 17~~

~~557,596 212,848 101,771 37,162 35 7 659,401 250,007 691,119 273,229 560,094 255,686~~

140,428 64,675 58,501 33,485 2,682 1,351 201,611 99,511 221,108 112,931 144,796 74,751 18 11,847 6,633 28,702 15,442 229 70 40,778 22,145 41,496 22,939 81,862 19,333 19 2,460 786 351 127 2,811 913 4,331 2,116 6,160 3,034 70 13,365 4,781 16,009 8,898 844 205 29,218 13,944 30,350 14,646 21.0C4 11,000 21 26,343 12,644 63,840 27,656 51 48 78,734 40,348 122,408 80,987 141,810 102,775 9.9, 31,927 13,401 31,927 13,491 32,654 14,657 19,187 7,400 73 58,713 17,280 154 36 58,867 17,316 58,867 17 316 9,828 2,358 24 .. 2,566 1,405 68 48 2,633 1,453 2.73S 1,622 4,854 2,000 25 125,651 46,629 125,651 46,629 125,697 46,693 67,865 22,300 ?H 3.SS6 1,737 170,422 72,697 621 811 174,929 75,295 188,343 92,063 133,128 74,839 27

~~194,869 90,520 547,290 237,769 5,000 2,756 747,159 ‘331,045 827,992 405,968 580,572 319,446~~

1,599,067 621,278 1,396,743 761,626 6,274 2,871 3,001,074 1,385,774 5,380,562 3,826,671 1,270,314 590,067 1,072,138 646,431 5,970 3,189 2,348,422 1,240,687 4,701,657 3,422,178 1,749,828 773,919 1,104,141 671,341 13,071 5,471 2,867,040 1,450,731 5,064,782 3,788,007 1,951,176 677,397 1,239,352 668,850 25,671 8,526 3,216,198 1,354,773 5,506,477 3,852,112 1,635,049 477,231 1,181,382 625,878 22,681 6,793 2,739,012 1,109,002 5,053,497 3,544,211

~~2,8S9,620 1,336,941 38S.215 16S,037 1,330,381 630,386 4,608,125 2,135,364 7,207,328 3,733,379 •• " 30~~

~~FISH LANDED.—Q ua n tity and V a lu e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 17.—SPECIES.—Landings by British Fishing Vessels~~

~~DISTRICT. Mackerel. Sparlings. Total No. Herrings. Sprats. Pelagic Fish.~~

EAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 1 Eyemouth . 42,932 17,080 60 15 42,992 17,095 2 Leith .... 174,500 67,166 3,052 1,151 *64 227 10,972 1*655 188,588 70,199 3 Anstruther . 153,629 47,413 16 8 153,645 47,421 4 Montrose . 1,593 395 261 84 Í9 *52 1,328 '*79 3,201 610 5 Stonehaven . 66 10 68 10 6 Aberdeen 190*812 71*405 4,378 2,227 195,190 73.632 7 Peterhead . 304,885 106,035 8,454 1,783 313,339 107,868 8 Fraserburgh 441.392 170,737 24,762 9,463 466,154 180,200 9 Banff . 17.616 6,982 1,654 565 •• 19,270 7,547 10 Buckie .... 6,201 1,573 138 47 5,339 1,620 11 Findhom 23,890 4,738 18 10 •* 23,908 4,748 12 Cromarty 91 26 91 26 13 Helmsdale . 84 14 84 14 14 Lybster 15 Wick .... 103,233 42,429 . 1,398 161 104,631 43,590 East Coast Totals 1,459,858 537,043 44.267 15,524 83 279 13,300 1,734 1,516,498 554,580

~~Orkney & SheUaud.~~

~~16 Orkney 54,604 23,300 1,750 201 56,354 23,501 17 Shetland 599,791 225,245 2,350 391 ;; 602,141 225,636 Orkney and Shetland Totals 654,395 248,545 4,100 593 .. 658,495 249,137~~

~~WEST COAST.~~

18 Stornoway . 194,425 97,971 7,050 1,391 201,475 99,362 19 Barra .... 37,788 21,618 2,990 527 40,778 22,145 Loch Broom . 20 948 243 • • 948 243 21 Loch Carrón and Skye. 24,159 8,546 212 42 24,371 8,588 22 Fort William 73,116 37,625 3,661 788 76,777 38,413 23 Campbeltown 25,172 6,452 101 29 25,273 6,481 24 Inveraray . . 58,797 17,191 58,797 17,191 25 Rothesay 2,133 548 2 9 2,135 550 26 Greenock 124,983 45,615 138 39 125,121 45,654 27 Ballantrae . 144,836 41,584 775 372 ■ 38 152 145,649 42,108

~~West Coast Totals 686,357 277,393 14,929 3,190 38 152 *• .. 701,324 280,735~~

Totals for 1938 . 2,800.610 1,062,981 63,286 19,306 121 431 12,300 1,734 2,876,317 1,084,452 » „ 1937 . 2,140,093 962,316 66,926 20,839 336 1,116 12,566 1,346 2,219,921 985,619 jj i, 1936 . 2,700,194 1,193,291 75,009 16,582 157 550 13,711 1,353 2,789.071 1,211,776 „ 1935 . 3,023,053 1,092,062 62,319 13,992 141 470 22,281 1,959 3,110,794 1,108,483 „ „ 1934 . 2,490,166 833,374 60,875 13,558 155 460 23,223 2,280 •2,574,419 849,672 >) jj 1913 • • 4,449,323 2,087,752 74,332 10,189 305 903 8,117 1,772 4,532,076 2,100,617 31

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued ). according to Districts of Landing and Species of Fish.~~

~~Brill. Catfish. Cod and Codling. Conger Eels. Dabs. Flounders. Gurnards. No.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 21 24 5,188 3,570 76 118 226 47 1 9 22 1,054 731 59,809 53,200 17 7 5,014 5,322 208 Í70 12 Otd 2 196 267 .11,718 12,691 37 24 25 27 67 116 3 82 89 23,204 22,792 2,549 2,179 3 1 4 t 656 427 109 43 , m , , , , 5 484 1,513 7,706 4,516 357,540 340,360 362 105 3,617 3,619 1 1 161 35 6 , , , , 3,047 3,109 4 3 490 412 55 61 « ,. 7 12 8 13,729 11,470 205 76 173 288 3 2 8 e 3 11,705 8,902 57 22 32 45 9 8 20 i 1 5,799 5,223 14 15 , , 10 254 651 143 90 30.41C 27,357 879 916 i 66 97 U 341 268 79 55 29 24 12 68 124 , # 2,191 1,184 526 403 47 30 ^ t 13 8 24 69S 433 30 41 \ f , 14 62 196 •• 8,572 5,828 15 9 82 138 113 75 •• •• 15 893 2,550 9,221 5,729 534,609 496,814 806 289 13,586 13,578 689 576 402 85

~~375 422 39 45 16 •• •• 1 1 794 422 •• •• 16 20 4 2 •• •• 17~~

~~.. 1 1 1,169 844 .. .. 55 65 4 2 ,.~~

1,953 1,709 1,470 764 27 23 18 51 26 a S , , 26 13 19 1,684 712 , 20 688 415 56 42 * , 61 58 21 2 ] 7 5 3,898 2,79£ 1,278 872 770 485 97 97 2 1 22 559 542 2 i 23 29 2Î 24 182 21< , , , 25 6S 86 5 5 91 92 28 1 6 3 2,858 2,8121 930 1,062 253 160 1,763 1,816 • • •• 27 1 2 1 13 £ 11,971 9,340^ 3,737 2,74(i 1,030 653 2,038 2,076 29 24

895 2,551 9,23f 5,736 547,749 506,99? 4,542 3,03.) 14,671 14,29( 5 2,731 2,654 431 109 UOfc 2,50 9,745; 5,83i ) -661,17o 478;18i 5,188 3,592 : 15,525 12,71 2,735 2,938 268 75 1,06! 2,3» 13,47c 6,87$» 569,48C 514*67* ! 5,895 4,015i 13,153 11,79! 2,192 2,178 810 267 1,osa 2,202 16,312: 7,75* 1’ 542,65! 521,50?) 7,792 5.09 12,187 11,36^ : 2,354 2,408 1,157 287 312 768 15,41rr 0.77(1 555,485 525,17^1 7,952 6,10 J 11,160 9,77$! 4,101 4,401 1,431 399 19£ 404I 20,270> 7,525i 867,356 461,94 > 21,932 t 9,951 ) 9,883 4,03() 8,239 5,525 6,592 1,050

~~i 32~~

~~FISH LANDED—Q u a n tity and V a lu e of tlie different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 17.—SPECIES {continued ).—Landings by British Fishing~~

~~No. DISTRICT. Haddocks. Hake. Halibut, Lemon So'ca. Ling.~~

East Coast. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 1 Eyemouth . 3,346 5,210 .. 5 20 137 428 94 74 2 Leith 219,111 233,346 4,620 4,572 778 2,852 2,445 7,431 6,321 3,322 3 Anstruther . 1,274 2,308 9 , , # #, # , 72 216 60 . 51 4 Montrose 14,277 21,671 , 9 t , 1,121 4,180 , , 5 Stonehaven . 610 769 , , , * * , 268 833 9 , , t 6 Aberdeen 652,469 642,696 11,824 20,422 31,676 114,788 49,960 173,827 46,051 26,133 7 Peterhead . 880 1,089 29 19 3 4 47 144 11 9 8 Fraserburgh 4,192 5,954 115 192 9 38 1,376 6,982 1,124 892 9 Banff . 12,367 13,165 545 1,332 17 57 3,588 17,224 97 91 10 Buckie 1,132 1,506 105 198 2 6 545 2,527 11 11 11 Findbom 28,904 30,000 7,280 15,554 87 289 2,978 11,627 191 144 12 Cromarty . 583 705 t , , , 13 Helmsdale . 7,149 6,548 , . 1,744 4,472 9 , .14 Lybster 2,008 965 10 11 4 15 616 2,329 , , 15 Wick . 14,750 15,401 348 479 58 237 2,499 9,898 98 65 East Coast Totals 962,052 981,333 24,876 42,779 32,639 118,306 67,396 242,118 54,058 30,792

~~Orkney and Shetland. 16 Orkney 1,877 1,819 . .. 17 Shetland 26,397 18,793 " 3 " 6 'Í39 *473 *’l0 ’ *25 118 85 Orkney and Shet land Totals 28,274 20,612 . 3 6 139 473 10 25 118 85~~

West Coast. 18 Stornoway . 5,786 5,387 31 58 15 36 1,650 1,871 19 Barra . 25 2£ 10 7 20 Loch Broom 1,155 962 !! t , 4 9 ♦ . , , 21 Loch Carrón & Skye 439 292 76S 2,455 172 159 22 Fort William 23,130 20,39« 4,882 6,578 "44 118 424 741 619 387 23 Campbeltown 137 202 12 35 . , . , , 24 Inveraray . « « , • . , , • . 25 Rothesay ^ # 15 26 .. , , .. 26 Greenock 11 12 .. , , ,, Ballantrae . 5,154 6,026 3,703 7,496 12 "2 6 il2 227 341 339 274 West Coast Totals 34,326 33,29« 9,422 16.66Î 73 ISO 536 96E 2,792 2,763

Totals for 1938 . 1,025,152 1,035,244 34,302 59,44' r 32,848 118,959 67,94* 243,11 L 56.S6Íi 33,640 1 „ 1937 . 1,079.659 _092,51jr 33,92" 58,686 > 29,948 110,839 62,135 235,67«3 58,85' i 31,742 j „ „ 1936 . ~ 720.74C 812,152 38,736 65.78E > 32,896 115,792 69,78C ) 26®,95 I 76.785 i 38,008 ! „ . m 1935 - 797,383 941,741 27.474 53,856 3 27,436 97,643 70,17£\ 272,71<} • 78,47«) 41,124 „ „ 1934 . 908,616 977,783 17,291 37,296 3 30,08; ) 104,285 63,615) 246,50() 105,54-i 50,229

~~m » 1913 . 656,607 520,236 18,85 4 15,83 r 46,20 i 107,621 35,86 Í 82,39 3 209,82 7 77,473 33~~

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 (continued).~~

~~Vessels according to Districts óf Landing and Species of Fish. j.~~

~~Monks Plaice. Sai the Megrims. (Anglers). (Coalfish). Skates and Rays. Squids. Torsk. No.~~

~~Cwts £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £~~

31 11 308 742 3 1 703 573 X 2,314 3,187 2,400 1,660 4,990 11,994 7,618 3,452 3,830 2,700 436 206 ? 315 571 2 1 155 326 a 183 147 10,374 14,400 154 41 178 100 4 , ♦ , * , , 266 954 5 11,790 19,510 67,525 24,809 20,321 63,905 48,661 12,361 69,448 56,765 1,061 336 31,367 15,012 6 29 27 , , 1,545 4,120 9 3 2 1 7 1 1 228 103 508 1,986 558 237 543 507 2 1 8 * , 253 106 3,176 10,553 18 6 116 83 o 8 17 119 53 1,018 3,781 3 2 84 68 10 814 367 11,979 29,011 57 33 1,284 1,084 11 334 487 76 31 12 4,130 6,835 106 64 13 3 4 t , 278 809 48 29 14 88 133 234 76 2,567 9,070 17 9 1,979 1,402 .. 15 14,263 22,879 71,787 27,332 62,128 159,218 57,100, 16,146 78,552 63,733 1,061 336 31,805 15,219

~~40 20 126 84 Tff 5 8 376 10 8 599 188 50 256 123 .. 528 373 17~~

~~5 8 10 8 376 599 228 70 372 207 .. ... 528 373~~

341 294 4,501 882 716 890 100 67 18 505 693 71 15 9 5 19 46 56 16 7 i 20 , , 375 1,056 2,193 705 247 250 21 614 587 103 66 1,372 2,147 1,579 389 2,881 3,121 1 * * Oflf 679 1,735 84 41 *>a 36 97 • 5 5 275 724 8 8 7 7 25 347 783 5 5 18 16 26 79 77 • • •• 3,906 7,406 146 39 1,494 2,827 • . 27 693 ' 664 103 66 7,682 14,991 8,603 2,091 5,377 7,121 101 67

14,961 23,551 71,900 27,406 70,386 174,808 65,931 18,307 84,301 71,061 1,061 336 33,434 15 659 12,374 21,632 49,136 33,440 75,891 160,932 78,553 16,915 80,242 62,057 762 250 32 739 14.393 18,704 31,674 «4.659 38,187 68,743 148,.S6S 82,352 17,954 89.849 66,743 2,018 547 39,219 18,625 19,799 36,523 81,055 57,616 62,6' >2 143,516 78,751 20,64«; 95,803 72,440 2,299 523 41,173 21,344 25,279 40,914 83,789 59,956 63,001 143,524 73,631 19,695 113,200 77,203 2.807 527 34,789 18,389 18,180 22,085 24,504 8,600 43,650 68,675 321,356 52,322 133,459 . 35,397 28 3 17,254 6,334 34

~~FISH LANDED —Q u a n t it y and V a lu e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 17.—SPECIES (c o n tin u e d ).— Landings by British Fishing Vessels~~

~~Unclassified Total Demersal No. DISTRICT. Turbot. Whitings. Witches. ' Kinds. Fish.~~

~~EAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £~~

1 Eyemouth 11 27 3,081 3,112 132 272 13,362 14,229 a Leith 1,365 2,936 83,416 69,753 3,596 7,893 549 332 409,942 415,14C 3 Anstruther ... . #m 155 132 , . , , . , 14,076 10,730 4 Montrose . . 48 146 8,198 6,336 14 41 11 *307 60,396 72.43C 5 Stonehaven 2,119 1,134 , , , , , * 4,050 4,16C 6 Aberdeen 9,463 31,143 158,830 143,721 15,747 27,656 7,279 *36,55C 1.603,343 1,759,782 7 Peterhead 5 15 989 569 . , , , 7 1C 7,152 9,595 8 Fraserburgh . 14 39 2,382 1,478 45 101 195 43 25,414 30,398 9 Banff 2 3 7,186 4,439 126 215 240 96 39,530 56,342 in Buckie . 8 39 516 445 31 95 39 57 9,443 14,064 11 Findhom 26 78 17,192 10,706 427 1,009 325 275 103,396 129,288 12 Cromarty ^ m 1 4 1,443 1,574 1» Helmsdale 1,682 836 .. ,. , , , B 17,643 20,496 14 Lybstex . 233 124 .. .. , « , . 2,936 4,784 IS Wick 19 69 1,324 790 1 2 1 4 32,827 43,881 East Coast Totals . 10,961 34,545 287,303 243,575 20,119 37,284 8,647 37,678 ^344,953 2,592,894

~~• Orkney & Shetland. 18 Orkney . 3 2 t .. 2,450 2,392 17 Shetland. 2 5 1,310 672 14 31 3 4 30,174 21,700 Orkney and Shetland T otals. 2 5 1,313 674 14 31 3 4 32,624 24,092~~

WEST COAST. 18 Stornoway .. 25 17 , , , * 3,018 1,571 19,633 13,569 19 Barra 18 £ 718 794 2ft Loch Broom . 28 lí , , 454 118 3,383 1,872 21 Loch Carton and Skye 13C 9c , , 843 526 6,979 6,057 22 Fort William . 10Í 151 4,331 3.27Í 196 218 292 126 45,631 42,674 23 Campbeltown . #* 5,908 5,618 . . . 7,381 8,176 24 Inveraray , , * 4 .. 70 125 28 Rothesay 25 4] , , 91 5C 603 1,072 28 Greenock If le 12 24 57* 1,03£ 27 Ballantrae 86 151 21,648 19,262 13(3 14S 72 72 42,694 49,955 West Coast Totals . 195 31C 32,114 28,34c 344 391 4,788 2,469 126,668 126,233

f Totals lor 1938 11,156 34,86( ) 320,73C 272,59! i 20,477 37,70* 5 13,438 40,151 2,604,248 2,742,219 „ „ 1937 9,99fi 28.2K > 253,01c U'0,28 19,30 32,74< 9,37- 40,372 2,481,73* 2,436,559 „ „ 1936 8,76S 28,641 ) 326,405 307,83- 19,83' 36,29! 5 10,151 38,531 2,275,71]I 2,570,231 „ „ 1935 9,50' 28,121 3 383.48C 320,121 i 25,78e 47,71¡3 . 10,99! . 37,358 2,395,68.' 1 2,743.629 1934 8,632 ! 25,14* 3 313,218 258,53* 1 23,44£ 43,903 L 16,22!1 37,249 2,479,078 J 2,694,539

~~.. „ 1913 3,78Ci 12,60'r 222,62* i 104,741i 28,30e i 27,96( ) 14,27!! 2,03; 2,735,25!i 1,632,762~~

K Included are the values of livers, oil and roes landed separately as uudernoted ; the quantities, however, are distributed among the different kinds of fish 'Livers. Oil. Roes. Total I93S. Total 1987. District. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts £ Cwts. £ Montrose 86 295 86 295 78 290 Aberdeen 25,746 0,264 11,865 14,330 8,329 13,539 45,940 84,136 44,404 35,683 Total 25,746 6,264 11,865 14,883 8,415 18,834 46,026 84,481 44.482 35,982 35

~~Fish landed in Scotland during the year 1938 (cotitinued). according to Districts of Landing and Species of Fish.~~

~~1938. 1937. Grand Total Grand Total Crabs. Lobsters. Oysters. Clams. No. of Wet Fish. of Wet Fish.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ No. £ No. £ No. £ Cwts. £ 56,354 31,324 77,516 41,587 366,900 2,315 50.071 2,499 598,530 485,339 465,393 375,634 332,258 1,833 54,209 3.144 167,721 64,151 142,633 83,818 110,901 809 40,853 2,050 63,597 73,04C 93,896 89,664 122.614 1,296 43,897 2,098 4,116 4,17U 3,204 3,097 33,217 366 3,276 193 1,798,533 1,833.415 1,737,752 1,614,043 6.832 70 1,991 107 320,491 117,463 287,035 135,152 2,750 32 7,845 529 491,568 210,598 419,580 217,570 82,515 698 19,478 1,172 8 58,800 63.8SS 54,091 55,865 52,611 34C 6,291 432 14,782 15,684 18.319 19,781 13,20C 77 1,610 80 127,304 134,036 156,770 130,170 4,83c 29 6,696 466 1,534 1.6JC 3,027 2,424 34G 4 5,369 326 17,727 20.51C 35,051 21,771 90C 10 11,344 735 2,936 4,784 9.740 7,682 20C 3 1,580 138 56,984 137,458 87,471 48,788 126,913 1,123 48,514 4,424 42 32 15 3,861,451 3,147,474 3,560,991 2,847,046 1,256,989 9,005 303,024 18,393 52 40

~~58,804 25,893 28,797 14,429 119,329 7,787 16 632,315 247,336 531,297 241,257 2,788 224 .. • • • • 17~~

~~691,119 273,229 560,094 255,686 , , .. 122,117 8,011 é~~

221,108 112,931 144,796 74,751 1,700 17 79,853 6,225 18 41,496 22,939 31,862 19.333 4 * 90,166 6,436 19 4,331 2,115 6,150 3,034 . , 41,575 3,089 20 30,350 14,645 21,601 11,000 , , * * 29,555 1,931 21 122,408 80,987 141,810 102,775 #, »* 50,402 3,279 77 85 32,654 14,657 19.187 7,496 t ; * , 35,265 2,221 72 68 23 58,867 17,316 9,328 2.358 , * 11,952 893 70 1 831 1,127 24 2,738 1,622 4,854 2,060 , , ♦ » 2,136 171 997 1,254 25 125,697 46,693 67,855 22,300 10,880 554 111 154 26 188,343 92,063 133,126 74,339 2,172 11 26,489 1,488 69,000 621 508 724 27 827,992 405,968 580,572 319,446 3,872 28 378,273 26,287 69,070 622 2,596 3,412

5,380,562 3,826,671 1,260,861 9,033 803,414 52,691 69,070 622 2,648 3.452 .4,701,657 3,422,178 1,539,035 10,250 778,134 52,492 72,450 658 13,413 14,745 5,064,782 3,788,007 1,518,352 10,481 961,443 61,843 72,400 652 1,646 2,005 5,506,477 -3,852,112 * , 1,701,512 11.164 981,384 61,846 70,744 656 74 17€ 5,053,497 3,544,211 1,546,163 10,559 1,011,904 62,524 68,402 637 4i 8 7,267,328 3,733,379 • • 2,213,866 14,170 681,059 36,775 1,315,100 4,757 6,853 1,024 36

~~.FISH LANDED.— Q u a n tity aud V a lu e of the different kinds~~

~~TABLE 17.—SPECIES (continued ).—Landings by British Fishing Vessels according to Districts of Landing and Species of Fish.~~

~~1938. 1937. 1938. 1937. No. DISTRICT. Mussels. Unclassified.. Total Total Total Total Value of Value of Value of Value of Shell Fish. Shell Fish. all Kinds. all Kinds.~~

EAST COAST. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ £ £ £ £ 1 Eyem outh. 6 4 4,818 5,436 36,142 47,023 2 Leith 972 80 240 100 5,157 5,943 490,496 381,677 3 Anstruther 6,919 831 2,877 970 4,660 4,147 68,811 87,965 4 Montrose . 22,096 1,853 875 342 5,589 4,533 78,629 94,197 b Stonehaven , , % 559 623 4,729 3,720 6 Aberdeen . * , , , 254 82 259 181 1,833,674 1,614,224 V Peterhead . 2,905 320 316 146 1,027 953 118,490 136,105 8 Fraserburgh , , , , 813 329 2,207 1,668 212,805 219,238 9 BanS . • , , » * * 772 438 64,661 56,303 1U Buckie 157 191 15,841 19,972 11 Pindhorn . 15 1 496 399 134,532 130,669 . lw Cromarty 1,990 200 134 46 576 416 2,176 2,840 13 Helmsdale 215 22 261 110 877 670 21,387 22,441 14 Lybsfcer 141 94 4,925 7,776 lb Wick •• 199 i 13 5,692 5,672 93,163 54,400 East Coast Totals 35,112 3,307 5,974 2,242 32,987 31,364 3,180,461 2,878,410

~~Orkney 6 Shetland.~~

~~16 Orkney 437 139 7.926 8,432 33,819 22.861 U Shetland . 950 190 3,088 1,027 1,441 1,420 248,777 242,077 Orkney and Shetland Totals 950 190 3,525 1.166 9,367 9,852 282,596 265,538~~

~~WEST COAST.~~

18 Stornoway .. 458 209 6,451 6,172 119.382 80,923 19 Barra ♦ % 859 338 6,774 7,133 29,713 26,466 20 Loch Broom « , 16 9 3,098 2,693 5,213 6,727 21 Loch Carrón and Skye * , #i 2,135 976 2,907 4,127 17,552 15,127 22 Fort William 1,240 524 3,^88 4,554 84,875 107,329 23 Campbeltown . , , t 866 381 2,670 6,477 17,327 13,973 24 Inveraray. . t 807 429 2.450 6,876 19,766 9.234 25 Rothesay . 304 77 1,094 574 2,076 4,869 3,693 6,929 26 Greenock 1,363 174 1,615 650 1,532 3,124 48,225 25,424 27 Ballantrae 3,076 394 2,645 2,415 5,653 5,493 97,716 79,832 West Coast Totals 4,743 645 11,735 6,505 37,499 61,518 443,467 370,964 .

Totals for 1938 . 40,805 4.143 21,234 9,913 79,853 3,900,524 » „ R»37 . 43,021 4,258 22,773 ln,331 92,734 3,514,912 ,, 1936 . 40,630 4.057 24,2i*5 10,882 89,923 3,877,930 >, ,, 1935 . , 66,282 6,63U 24,171 11,153 91,625 3,913,737 » „ 3934 . 76,479 7,187 28,138 11.489 92,404 3,636,015

~~„ „ 1913 . 78,576 4,371 41,074 11,260 72,357 • 3,805,736 • * / 37 *V » of Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 {continued).~~

~~TABLE 18.—FISHING REGIONS—BRITISH VESSELS;—Landings by . British Fishing Vessels according to Regions of Fishing.~~

~~Nohth Sha (East of 4° W. and South of 62° N.).~~

~~‘ ^ ,/ No. KINDS OF Lines. Nets. FISH. * y Trawl. { Total. Steam. Motor. Sail. Total. Steam. Motor. Sail. Total.~~

PELAGIC FISH. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 1 Herrings . 120,113 1,384,462 604,232 74 Mackerel . 1,988,768 2.108,881 a 6,716 19*,610 2/146 22,056 14,434 4,985 21 19,446 48,212 3 Sparlings . •• 77 6 83 4 Sprats 83 12,200 100 12,301. 12,300 Total o! Pelagic Fish . . 126,829 19,610 2,446 22,056 1,398,898 621,494 201 2,020,591 2,169,470

DEMERSAL FISH. Brill 5 417 4 398 402 6 Catfish . 819 6,219 * 26 *244 *270 381 38! 6,870 7 Cod and Codling 246,168 4,010 54,120 2,502 60,722 “ 58 62,426 62,553 8 Conger Eels **67 369,443 203 25 416 441 3 7 10 654 9 Dabs 5,984 575 *91 666 1 5,010 Flounders 5,011 11,661 10 12 295 85 380 295 ” 6 301 693 11 Gumaids 128 226 Haddocks 22C 354 12 718,201 * 43 57,975 2^265 60,283 111 53,936 54,047 13 Hake 832,531 12,353 13 2 15 6,401 8,401 2u,769 14 Halibut 4,677 1,080 182 1 1,263 146 Lemon Soles 116 6,086 15 37,732 99 99 61 14,997 15,056 16 Ling 52,889 28,511 2,023 1,380 54 3,457 320 320 32,288 17 Megrims . 12,021 2 90 92 Monks (Anglers) 12,113 18 62,518 20 1,724 1,744 64,262 19 Plaice 16,163 *904 *404 1*308 116 40,938 Saithe (Coal Fish) 41,054 58 525 20 42,219 *699 596 65 1,360 97 97 43.676 21 Skates and Raya 43,542 6,02(5 1,940 74 8,040 “ 12 ' 4,405 22 Squids 1,059 4,417 55,999 23 Torsk (Tusk) . 1,059 2,299 745 *504 1,249 3,548 24 Turbot . 10,620 15 16 31 ’ *82 Whitings. ” 82 10,733 25 227.632 20 15,950 ¿13 16,583 4 31,749 31,753 275,968 26 Witches . 17^036 1,390 Unclassified 1,390 18,426 27 4,971 ¿30 “ 79 " 1 '¿10 1 729 730 6,311 Total of Demersal Fish 1,500,685 15,255 135.277 6,245 156,777 393 227,749 73 228,215 1,885,677

Totals for 1938. 1,627,514 15,255 154,887 8,691 178,833 1,399 289 849,243 274 2,248,806 4,055,153 » » 1937. 1,549,068 9,319 152,461 9,136 170,916 1,157,712 767,209 894 1,925,815 3,645,799 „ „ 1936. 1,438,328 16,716 116,448 7,024 140,188 1,569,654 786,846 6,471 2,362,971 3,941,487 „ „ 1935. 1,632,720 31,910 135,285 8,190 175,385 1,714,788 727,649 15,766 2,458,203 4,266,308 » m 1934. 1,563,603 83,148 156,711 12,438 252,297 1,392,406 638,232 16,321 2,046,959 3,862,859 38

~~FISH LANDED.—Q ua n tity and V a lu e of the different kinda~~

~~TABLE 18.—FISHING REGIONS—BRITISH VESSELS (continued).—~~

~~West of Scotland (West of 4° W. and North of 54° 15' N.)~~

~~r No. KINDS OF FISH. Lines. Nets. Trawl. Total. Steam. Motor. Sail. Total. Steam. Motor. Sail. Total.~~

PELAGIC FISH. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 1 Herrings 263 .. 193,585 494,215 3,603 691,403 691,606 2 Mackerel 400 . 7 202 209 6,182 7,947 327 14,457 15,06* 3 Sparlings 38 36 38 4 Sprats . *• • • • • •• • • • • • • • Total of Pelagic Fisb. 663 • • 7 202 209 199,768 502,162 3,968 705,89t 706,770

~~DEMERSAL FISH.~~

5 Brill . 41 41 6 Catfish . 223 0 0 223 7 Cod and Codling . 10,226 3,087 1,920 750 5,757 3,443 338 3,781 19.764 a Conger Eels . 131 2,808 674 227 3,707 • 3,838 9 Dabs 1,703 4 , * . 11 11 150 , 156 1,864 IO Flounders • 1,062 55 106 161 343 472 815 • 2.038 11 Gurnards 44 , , 29 29 73 12 Haddocks . 86,444 629 1,027 6,685 8,341 1,490 1,490 96,276 13 Hake 7,713 1,612 51 * , 1,663 3,663 10 3,673 13,049 14 Halibut 364 2,097 7 4 # 2,104 2,466 15 Lemon Soles . 1,717 i # , , 4 , 16 16 1,733 16 Ling 783 7,463 590 115 8,168 128 128 9.07É 17 Megrims 1,985 7 7 1,992 18 Monks (Anglers) . 903 t , #, 4 4 903 10 Plaice . 4,335 , , 414 569 983 4.679 68 4,747 10,065 ‘20 Saithe (Coal Fish) . 1,298 236 183 5,479 5.698 2,419 10 2.429 9,625 21 Skates and Rays 3,575 8,186 652 152 8,990 771 76 847 13,412 22 Squids . , , , , * , 23 Torsk (Tusk) 6 1,569 7 1,576 . 1,582 ‘24 Turbot 278 4 , 49 49 327 25 Whitings 10,511 # # 315 108 423 26,690 26,696 37,624 26 Witches 521 , , , 4 155 155 676 27 Unclassified . 558 471 37 3,001 3,509 1,335 58 1,393 5,460 Total of Demersal Fish 134,421 28,156 5,932 17,232 51,320 45,338 1,032 46,370 232,111

Totals for 1938 . 135,084 28,156 5,939 17,434 51,529 199,768 547,500 5,000 752,268 938,881 .. » W ■ 171,497 46,090 6,344 15,827 68,261 112,602 299,409 5,076 417,087 656,845 » », 1936 . 89,375 54,501 6,469 13,129 74,1199 180,144 296,200 6,600 482,944 . 646,418 ., „ 1935 . 45,028 58,789 8,602 12,570 79,961 236,328 505,347 9,905 753,580 870,509

~~„ „ 1934 . 53,222 74,310 9,368 19,052 102,730 142,618 543,150 6,260 692,028 847,980 39~~

~~of Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued ). ^ Landings by British Fishing Vessels according to Regions of Fishing,~~

W est North w est B a r e n ts M ix ed , i.e. Irish 0* S e a and Faroe , I celand . o p G r e e n more tban one Sea. IRE B e a r Nor la n d . of the pre LAND. I s la n d . w ay . ceding regions. KINDS OF FISH,

~~Nets. Steam Steam Steam Trawl. Trawl. Trawl. Trawl. Steam Steam Motor. Line. Line. Line. Line. Trawl. Line.~~

Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. PELAGIC FISH. * . 63 Herrings. ** 6 • • • • 2 • • Mackerel. *• • • •• :: :: Sparlings. Sprats. •• • • 6 •• • • 65 Total of Pelagic Fish.

DEMERSAL FISH. 85 Brill. 1*011 ” 1 *376 *513 4 **52 148 ‘ *37 Catfish. 75,248 30,678 21,900 10,081 53 1,198 4,415 9,350 5,610 Cod and Codling. 2 48 1 Conger Eels. *703 *337 106 Date. Flounders. • 4 Gurnards. 70*892 2,096 4,813 *455 335 17,481 *274 Haddocks. 10 471 3 Hake. 6,146 4,991 * 287 7*015 7 2*846 648 2,455 Halibut. 10.505 1,378 1 1,436 Lemon Soles. 331 4,’ 487 1,931 6,477 40 ’ *33 325 1,977 Ling 17 382 32 425 Megrims. 5,411 75 47 1,202 Monks (Anglers). 794 382 620 Plaice. 8,936 *205 1,890 ’ *49 “ 57 ** fi 1,447 ’ *37 Saithe (Coal Fish). 544 2,769 347 7,854 12 44 1,192 2,128 Skates and Rays. I 1 Squids. 76 12*591 **13 11.’183 4 339 18 3,080 Torsk (Tusk). 54 1 43 Turbot. 3,473 1,741 '*227 1,697 Whitings. 9 1,279 87 Witches. 62 'i o s 859 'i l o *' 41 “ 48 198 *240 Unclassified. 184,223 57,930 37,880 43,737 86C 1,198 7 ,78€ 36.991 15,842 Total of Demersal Fisb. J

~~.. 184,229 57,930 37,890 e43,737 860 3,198 7,786 37,056 15,842 Totals for 1938.~~

5,520 • • 183,872 65,360 47,115 30,636 1,863 1,572 7,157 37,807 18,111 „ „ 1937. 21,095 • • 233,579 f72,869 54,291 16,422 5,655 .9,307 42,889 1)20,877 » » 1936.. 6,356 537 168,306 a 81,114 32,600 19,849 2,813 1,254 1,542 33,595 «■15,634 .. 1935.

~~• • 436 186,793 059,338 25,704 20,490 7,926 30,282 «¿11,690 m „ 1934.~~

~~12 47 13 12 128 cwts. taken by motor line. 40~~

~~FISH LANDED.—Q u a n tity a n d V a l u e of the different kinds TABLE 19.—FISHING REGIONS—FOREIGN VESSELS.—~~

- West No r th * N orth Se i (E ast of op Wbstoe 4’ W. and South of F aroe . IOEliHD. 62° N.). Scot * Nor LAÎÎD. w a y . No. KINDS OF FISH. Trawls. Trawls. Nets. Nets. Lines. Nets. Trawls. Lines. Nets. Trawls.

~~Steam. Motor. Motor. Motor. Motor. Motor. Steam. Motor. Steam. Motor. Steam.~~

~~PELAGIC FISH. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 1 Herrings 473 2 Mackerel 4 •* •* •• 3 Sparlings Sprats .... Total of Pelagic Fish 477 , ,~~

DEMERSAL FISH. 5 Brill .... 78 « Catfish .... 1 354 17 248 3 7 Cod and Codling . 23 2,340 24 184 3 26,880 1,166 563 45 6,744 a Conger Eela . 9 Dabs .... 241 4 34 2 10 Flounders 7 11 Gurnards 3 12 Haddocks 18 , , 18,757 10 224 115 3,003 40 119 639 4,075 IS Hake .... 147 l 14 Halibut. . . . 1 98 54 24 202 3 3 41 82 16 Lemon Soles . 1,918 101 5 89 16 Ling .... 0 76 1,461 11 121 29 17 Megrims 103 138 9 29 18 Monks (Anglers) . 2 451 SO 1 19 Plaice .... 3,650 Í07 158 402 20 8aithe (Coal Fish) 35 31 6,451 86 1 512 21 Spates and Raya . 1 780 1 1 159 76 4 22 Squids .... 23Torsk (Tusk). 137 4 4 «4 Turbot .... i 84 25 Whitings 22 ♦ , 5,036 445 0 197 o 26 W itches 1 3,904 S62 5 430 27 Unclassified * -• 93 2 14,740 31 1 628 Total of Demersal Fish 106 ., 38,261 483 464 271 64.291 1,363 884 1,679 12,030

Totals for 1988 . 583 88,251 433 464 271 64,291 1,363 S84 1,679 12,036 „ „ 1937 . . 825 37.135 254 - . 92,232 419 13,367 „ „ 1936 792 78 34,202 587 4 , 71,489 (a) 237 679 27,299 1935 . . 360 11 29,261 163 167,107 1,507 1,404 7,462 „ „ 1934 . . 1,470 198 21,556 54 209,320 1,888 3,276 1,893

~~Included under other heading!) ere the following as indicated above :— (a) 237 cwts. Lines, Motor.~~

* Including O n and R oes as follows (1) Landed by vessels landing their total catches in Scotland. The values are Included tinder Unclassified above: the quantities, however, are distributed among the respective kinds of fish Steam Trawl. Steam Lines. Total. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Oil . 4 1,528 1,875 1,528 1,875 Rocs • 772 1,556 12 39 784 1,595 Total . 2,800 3,431 12 jio 2,312 3,470 (2) Landed by trawlers landing Roes only in Scotland. Both quantity and value are included under Unclassified above 10,080 cwts., £18,799. t Landed in addition to the above, 725 lobsters, value £18. 41

~~of Fish landed in Scotland during the Year 1938 {continued). Landings by Foreign Fishing Yessels, according to Fishißg Kegions.~~

~~B arents Sea and All Areas . Bear I sland . No. Trawls. Trawls. Lines. Nets. 1938. 1937. Steam. Motor. Steam and Motor. Steam and Motor. Motor. G rand Total . G rand T otal .~~

~~Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ 473 18 9 t t , 478 18 .. 1 4 2 4 2 25 11 2 -* 3 ¡i ;; 4 , , , # 477 20 ,, 477 20 25 11~~

78 215 78 215 65 194 5 SO 284 iso 371 232 655 882 811 459 6 4,527 39,340 18,561 747 585 2,412 2,107 42,499 21,203 78,998 31,825 7 , t % # 3 1 8 34 34 # , 247 304 281 338 204 176 ' 9 7 3 7 3 , , 10 , , , , f 9 3 1 3 1 2 n 2,312 9,148 6,208 343 412 19,521 21,484 29,312 28,104 20,583 19,Í80 12 148 218 148 218 283, 467 IS 12 250 783 57 194 163 418 470 1,395 473 1,426 14 106 341 2,007 7,411 2,113 7,762 1,869 7,142 15 1,503 733 121 88 76 42 1,700 863 1,756 504 16 117 210 132 134 279 344 189 360 17 33 16 451 220 484 236 794 6J7 18 153 475 4,159 13,350 4,312 13.825 2,626 8,597 19 185 7,269 2,238 1 31 11 7,301 2,249 11,058 2,293 20 164 162 76 29 782 842 1,022 1,028 970 847 21 , # . * . . . , , 22 145 73 ,. , , 145 73 160 66 23 1 184 364 184 365 135 262 24 219 206 2 1 5,483 7,205 5,704 7,412 9,449 10,567 25 368 80S 4,334 7,221 • 4,702 8,029 4,673 8,511 26 317 15,716 24,135 1 39 95 59 15,812 24,238 17,010 20,322 27 7,383 75,179 65,124 1,343 1,298 40.684 61,841 117,211 118,263 152,111 118.806 s " 7,383 75,656 65,144 1,348 1,298 40,684 61,841 Al7,688 118,283 \ Î t 3,414 114,328 60,660 254 86 37,554 , 53,171 f152.136 f113,907 6,104 2,187 107,919 53,718 824 616 84,881 57,175 143,654 111,509 10,814' 187,251 76,083 168 288 80,665 48,210 218.084 124,581 2,954 •• 217,223 95,812 54 58 24,832 35,665 242,109 131,635 ••

Further particulars of the above landings are as follow H i m \ Barents Sea Nationality Method of P o rt of W est of North-west N orth Sea. Faroe. Iceland. and Bear of Vessels. Capture. Landing. Sóotiand. of Norway. Island. C wts. Cwts. £ Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. C w t s . £ UM- t Belgian Seine, motor. Campboltown. 161 90 -U u j »,,. Ayr. 322 309 D anish T e îïir------0- 20- a S . 5" Aberdeen. 1,598 3,039 869 863 Buckle. 653 2,310 S t í l Wick. 2,042 7,858 Line, Aberdeen. 80 60 Faroese “3ST •OT J ä L JIL 422 512 German Trawl, steam. TOT TOT tr r s r 77OT 127T5Î > Y « m , „ motor. 1Í363L 46r YoeVaudio I 7» steam. T ^i-H r L ine ,. 699 Norwegian. "Seine, motor, “3723T 3,285' Buckie. 29!. 118 v . *; ' W ick. 89 104 ; Swedish . “Aberdeen. TÖ72T2 40,174 "405' Wick. 406 1,474 lí Totals 38,834 I 60,392 483 399 735 070 58,217 47,844 12,0361 6,184 7,383 3,494' The values shown above are inclusive of import duty. M . - * - v i t ; !_*:• C*i - v ( * Hi & Ï J /i O S 1} * 3 l O V Î i on. I w - v > * I V t + 'r V 5 d ¿ b ? ~ T tr i * U m m 4 . s r v i S?ol. 3 ¥£ > ■ ?. 42

MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED. TABLE 20.—SUMMARY for the Years from 1889 to 1938 inclusive. Total (Datch.f Value of Number of Number of Fishermen Year. Tonnage. Boats and Quantity Value Vessels. Gear. (excluding) (including and other shell fish.) shell fish). workers. £ Cwts. £ 1889 14,714 122,245 1,603,307 5,589,239 1,517,376 ... 1890 14,352 120,150 1,590,636 5,864,488 1,691,959 •.. 1891 13,933 120,491 1,637,305 5,434,206 1,838,659 •.. 1892 13,862 118,573 1,756,800 5,436,138 1,676,043 ... 1893 13,491 118,327 1,785,365 6,208,018 1,700,250 .. ■ 1894 13,297 118,608 1,796,530 6,188,774 1,635,709 ... i 1895 13,098 117,287 1,820,429 6,107,044 1,830,424 1896 12,040 113,382 1,873,870 6,146,738 1,649,457 88,242 1897 11,633 111,933 1,922,685 5,001,672 1,710,157 81,549 1898 11,576 113,557 2,029,384 6,557,768 1,956,996 86,964 1899 11,245 114,448 2,383,776 5,145,076 2,270,484 84,538 1900 11,275 119,426 2,711,877 5,369,265 2,401,900 82,809 1901 11,201 124,639 3,001,301 6,385,170 2,319,399 • 83,905 1902 11,097 131,692 3,212,455 6,866,028 2,580,619 85,367 1903 11,008 140,531 3,448,168 6,518,808 2,474,885 84,553 1904 10,891 140,396 3,431,284 7,947,829 2,307,902 86,621 1905 10,581 136,385 3,304,695 7,856,310 2,719,810 88,201 1906 10,554 142,081 4,117,549 7,593,369 3,049,956 92,305 1907 10,365 144,385 4,857,816 9,018,153 3,221,331 94,783 1908 10,078 142,505 5,223,149 8,645,252 2,586,224 92,837 1909 9,889 139,973 5,291,533 7,423,185 2,961,499 92,060 1910 9,724 139,701 5,439,857 8,753,380 3,185,566 90,813 1911 9,543 137,930 5,628,087 8,511,974 3,127,929 89,152 1912 9,290 136,590 5,777,102 8,587,106 3,656,178 89,715 1913 8,991 136,905 6,035,952 7,828,350 3,997,717 90,710 1914 8,869 144,062 6,297,745 7,440,321 3,208,536 87,119 1915 4,653 • • • 1,668,765 2,319,390 2,109,465 35,461 1916 4,650 # 1,827,346 3,412,030 3,206,550 37,009 1917 4,609 1,902,167 3,079,768 3,704,789 35,746 1918 4,614 ♦ • • 3,038,592 3,313,228 6,066,588 37,624 1919 6,534 9,223,456 5,969,015 6,148,251 60,159 1920 8,177 122,318 11,916,468 6,327,723 6,628,908 70,983 1921 7,648 110,254 7,907,467 5,260,493 5,059,328 65,327 1922 7,545 107,506 5,637,640 5,952,064 4,237,657 64,290 1923 7,277 105,389 4,817,523 6,209,707 3,931,777 65,236 1924 7,055 104,104 4,776,344 7,976,170 5,266,979 71,275 1925 6,956 103,872 4,912,691 6,760,687 5,095,874 69,568 1926 6,783 98,759 4,575,704 7,402,052 4,888,139 69,164 1927 6,648 98,844 4,553,229 7,706,296 4,834,325 69,961 1928 6,471 97,611 4,542,801 7,333,218 5,187,731 69,226 1929 6,412 99,117 4,688,606 7,451,111 5,117,386 69,367 1930 6,290 100,571 4,874,845 7,087,191 4,649,951 69,337 1931 6,188 98,574 4,609,244 5,909,193 4,010,584 63,971 1932 6,080-' 94,851 4,054,672 6,304,618 3,984,390 62,681 1933 6,086 95,280 3,883,344 5,484,046 3,785,459 61,700 1934 6,035 94,884 3,361,687 5,295,606 3,768,151 59,639 1935 5,925 94,983 3,298,957 5,724.561 4,068,324 62,672 1936 5,787 93,184 3,240,976 5,208,436 3,989,446 61,256 1937 5,445 85,458 2,975,479 4,853,793 3,628,837 56,607 1938 5,269 79,995 2,738,433 5,498,250 4,024,807 55,294 t Inclusive of landings by foreign fishing vessels. English vessels and fisherman participating in the Scottish summer herring fishing are included above. 43

~~MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED.—N u m b e r of V e s s e l s and F i s h e r m e n and Q u a n t i t y and V a l u e of Fish landed in Scotland in the Year 1938.~~

~~TABLE 21.—CREER RETURN.~~

Quantity and Value o r Fish .Landed F ish in g Craft belonging to Creek. by British Vessels. Fisher CREEK. men. Value 30 feet keel Under 30 Other kinds Herrings. (except of and upwards. feet keel. Total. Shell Shell Fish). Fish.

* Eyemouth. District. Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ £ B um m outh 9 5 7 21 104 64 746 378 3,278 Eyem outh • Í2 17 4 33 866 232 42,932 17^080 11,963 13,588 4 S t Abbs 4 13 1 13 132 70 713 27S 1,536 Totals 12 30 22 8 72 1,102 366 42,932 17,080 13.422 14.244 4,818

Leith, District. Cove .... 5 5 16 12 310. 164 1,697 D unbar "i 13 ’è 20 61 38 *402 Íl3 375 318 1,687 North Berwick - 7 7 18 16 6 3 20 31 475 Port Seton and Cockenzie 36 5 i 42 507 218 14 8 12,346 13,137 274 Fisherrow • •26 3 29 445 172 50 U l 78 Leith • tie 16 1,473 162 Newbaven • 11 6 i 18 200 93 | l 73,206 66,716 406,340 396,881 946 G ranton t44 44 4,068 440 Bo'ness 'j North and South 1 Queensferry j S S 6 45 11 832 304 52 22 Grangemouth J A lloa • 7 2 1 9 19 108 29 888 36S Kincardine ■ 4 1 1 6 62 IO 1,394 240 Burntisland " i 1 1 2 Kingrborn * 5 6 4 7 2 2 "48 "48 Kirkcaldy • 14 21 35 58 46 38 '20 1,593 1,332 Dysart and W emyas • 7 5 12 14 21 414 521 Totals t60 88 3 65 49 £65 7,086 1,277 174,500 67,166 424,030 418,173 5,157

Anttruther District, Buckhaven • i 2 6 17 14 34 46 2 Methil and Leven 2 2 3 4 3Í997 1,744 180 242 S L argo .... 2 5 8 14 234 190 Elie and Earlsferry • 1 1 2 3 4 47 34 54 St. Monance *4 83 4 1 42 1,216 276 85,070 11,079 2,977 4,623 Pittenweem 19 17 1 37 459 161 11,760 3,009 10,117 11,119 ” 8 Anscruther and Cellardyke 19 7 1 6 33 992 252 97,769 30,255 389 375 836 Crail .... 12 6 18 48 39 4,599 1,229 65 48 2,878 Kioftabarns 1 26 St. Andrews ” 3 ” 9 *30 18 434 97 ' 49 *61 22 River Eden 14 660 T ayport 4 "4 “ a 14 16 171 Newburgh ♦ i 1 9 4

~~T otals 23 60 52 23 163 2,799 817 153,629 47,413 14,092 16,738 4,660~~

Montrose District. Dundee t5 15 20 524 76 415 75 22,990 28,338 Brooehty Ferry • 3 ‘io 13 25 25 30 20 27 10 367 Eosthaven • 1 1 1 2 10 Arbroath - 22 "s 3u 396 122 1IÔ29 265 19,685 22', 570 1,731 Auchmithie " e 6 9 12 15 9 28 Perryden \ M ontrose • ƒ 6 8 14 81 47 116 33 3,482 4,703 1,899 Johnshaven 2 12 1 15 67 42 3 A 2,288 2,078 794 G ourdon 17 12 8 32 218 107 13,508 14,937 760 Totals t5 62 43 21 131 1,341 432 1,593 395 62,004 72,645 5,589

* Drifters or Liners except as distinguished. t Trawler*. 44

~~M KANS OF CAPTURE AND FISK LAN DEL).— Number of Vessels aad F is h e r m e n~~

~~t a b l e 21.—~~

quantity and Value of F ish Landed FlalUNG CRAFT belonging to Creek. hv B r it ish vessels . Fisher. CREEK. men. Value Other kinds of ■,',o f««.t ktfti Coder 30 Total. Herrings. and upwards. feet keel. (except Shell Shell Fish). Fish.

Stonehaven Distru-t. Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ Cwta. £ £ 4 1 5 7 10 .. 54 29 311 Stoaehaven 1 . 4 18 23 51 37 3,999 4,098 243 Cowie • 1 1 Skateraw • 1 1 4 3 63 43 Totals 1 Í» 20 80 64 52 4.116 4.170 559

Aberdeen District. ft Downies 1 I o 4 56 Portlethen • 1 4 5 i 10 56 Cove .... 1 3 5 6 38 25 64 t253l 30 5 318 24,147 2,S36 190,812 71,405 1,607,633 1,761,985 Aberdeen ■ • | }28 ƒ 4 93 Totals 279 4 33 12 328 24,461 2,856 190,S12 71,405 1.607,721 1,762,010 259

Peterhead District. Newburgh • 1 1 1 m» 320 Collieston . 10 10 i 8 413 2Í 4 W hinnyfold 8 , , 4 7 122 12 868 355 39 Port Erroll * 4 i 5 23 20 300 414 Boddam o o i 12 24 172 80 49 31 159 Peterhead • S3 20 56 23 181 3,573 762 304,385 106,085 14,472 10,362 458 «V R a ttra y 1 1 2 2 *• ” 4 < 2 61 Totals S8 22 72 43 230 3,900 836 804,886 106.085 15,606 11,378 1,027

Fraserburgh District. St. Combs and Charleston 16 5 21 42 626 156 207 121 820 Inverallochy 14 23 4 41 610 163 1 Cairnbulg • 9 3 20 S 40 540 173 ƒ •• Fraserburgh 31 34 40 11 116 2,382 562 441,392 170,737 42,374 35,852 412 Sandhaven and P itu llie • 3 11 14 27 19 407 239 313 Rosehearty • S 4 U 16 39 569 142 5,417 3,033 131 Peira&n i 8 3 12 43 29 1,768 614 360 Totals 79 41 110 74 304 4,797 1.244 441,392 170,737 50,176 39,861 2,207

Ban/ District. Crovie • 3 20 25 34 18 Gardenstown 19 9 0 10 43 1,089 285 1,093 595 318 Macduff 11 36 o 6 56 925 209 17,616 6,982 20,665 29,326 260 Banff - 1 6 3 7 17 115 42 Whitehills • 1 36 13m 51 557 171 18,459 26,446 167 Portsoy 3 i 25 35 171 83 732 449 27 Sandend 1 - 9 6 16 70 42 235 91 Totals 87 S6 43 75 241 2,961 850 17,616 6,982 41,184 56.967 772 1 * Drifters or Liners except as distinguished. t Trawlers. t Liners. 45 and Q u a n t i t y and V a l u e of Fish landed in Scotland in the Year 1938 {continued).

~~CREEK RETURN {continued).~~

Quantity and Value of Fish Landed F ish in g Craft belonging to Creek. bí* B r it is h V e sse l s . Fisher CREEK. men Other kinds Value 20 feet keel Under 30 Herrings. (except of and upwards. feet keel. Total. Shell Shell Fish). Fish.

* Buckie District. Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ .Cwts. £ £ Cullen 9 10 1 6 26 473 154 18 5 165 107 Portknockie 19 4 9 18 50 784 284 4 2 4,162 6,506 3 Findochty ■ IS 16 8 10 47 1,131 304 1,101 841 Portesaie • 8 3 11 406 95 Buckie • 1 63i 2 lf 11 7 11 84 2,409 599 5,179 1,566 4,027 6,563 Portgordon • IS 3 21 453 133 •• 126 104 154 Totals 117 44 25 53 239 6,eei 1,569 5,201 1,578 9.581 14,111 157

Fiiuihom District. Lossiemouth 4 81 6 91 2,226 468 64 23 101,709 126,977 365 H o p eu an • 8 14 2 *3 27 620 192 97 212 107 Burghead - 9 4 1 14 417 152 io i '32 963 1,815 11 Findhorn • 1 N airn • 6 10 8 19 506 142 2SS " 70 424 *533 12 Campbeltown 3 2 5 16 19 92 96 Internets • 28^487 4^613 129 165 Totals 2? 109 15 f> 156 3,785 973 28,$90 4,738 103,414 129,298 496

Cromarty District. Avoch * 12 11 4 27 293 1S5 159 193 Cromarty to Saltburn 12 12 20 12 56 15 666 552 "85 Shandwick to Hilton 7 7 27 12 387 475 05 Rockfield and Port- mabom ack 3 3 6 16 10 35 11 231 354 426 T otals 12 21 19 52 356 219 91 26 1,443 1,574 576

Htlmsdah District. Embo • A o 4 7 14 335 331 72 Golspie 2 5 7 51 14 1,653 1,S92 29 B rora ■ 1 7 2 10 32 12 828 920 179 Helmsdale • 17 S o 27 247 83 * *84 " l4 13,136 15,366 507 D unbeath • 4 4 2 9 71 16 1,636 2,177 90 Totals 24 26 7 57 408 130 34 14 17. 643 20,490 877

~~Lybster District.~~

~~Latheronwbeel * •• 1 4 5 10 9 •• 13 39 Forse • 1 1 2 4 2,923 Lybater 6 ‘e 2 14 97 45 } ■■ 4,776 102 T otals 6 7 i 20 109 Ï5S 2,930 4,784 141~~

* Drifters or Linere except as distinguished. t Trawlers. ; Including 17 crofter fishermen. 4 6

~~MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED.—Number of Vessels and Fishkrmbi~~

~~TABLE 21.—~~

F ish in g Craft belonging to Creek. Q u a n tity a n d Value of Fish L a n d e d by British Vebsbls. Fisher* CREEK. men. Other kinds Value 30 feet keel Under 80 of and upwards. feet keel. Total. Herrings. (except Shell Fish). Shell Fish. » Wick District. Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ Cwt8. . £ £ Whaligoe and Sarclet 1 4 5 10 14 7 5 102 W ick • 4 io 11 ft 37 610 125 102^176 43,056 1Q.Î39 25,498 167 Boatbaven and Staxigoe • 1 5 6 24 lo 151 218 11 Ackergill - 3 7 7 - 642 772 41 Eeiasand Nybster • 2 0 11 56 24 1,240 1,642 1,087 Auckengill and Fres- wick 1 3 15 19 46 22 300 20*2 S croma 18 8 26 58 42 348 174 ¿04 Dmicanshy anti H una 0 7 13 23 31 85 57 453 Gills and Mey * 3 12 15 29 25 } - Scarfakerry and Ham 1 6 6 12 14 196 103 243 Brough and Dunnet - 2 10 12 24 16 } ;; CasilebiU and Murkle 1 1 2 2 20 13 61 Thurso and Scrabster i 12 6 22 110 7» 1,043 366 10,049 13,596 413 Crosskirk and Brims 3 3 6 5 45 Sandside i 2 ft ft 167 " 9 5 172 Portskerra • 6 ” 7 13 27 36 Stvathypoint and S 946 898 167 A rm adale 1 8 9 19 27 1 11 Kirtomy and Farr 4 4 8 22 28 20 165 Skerray 2 0 4 8 15 Scullomy - 1 1 2 2 131 144 240 Island Roan i 1 2 5 1 :: 14 9 76 Talmine & Porlwasgo 7 7 14 18 317 331 237 Erribol and Rispond ’Ó 8 14 32 28 265 370 1,499 T otals • 5 28 03 108 234 1,134 t576 103,288 43,429 84,225 44,042 5,692

Orkney District. North Ronaldsliay • 1 2 8 6 8 1 1,312 Sanday 4 28 32 35 52 F • Westray and Papa 20 29 58 78 110 575 615 954 Eday and Pharay 10 14 24 29 30 460 Stronsay 12 18 30 39 29 54,590 28,293 1,706 246 421 Shapinsliay 4 0 10 10 13 1' Rousay, Egilshay, Æc. J) io 19 16 19 F •• * * lLvie and Birsay • 18 « 19 21 40 193 196 648 K irkw all 12 3 15 43 17 4 2 21 26 225 T ankerness and T)eer- ness - 9 8 12 18 12 147 150 360 Holm .... 4 0 ft i> 10 7 3 SP 86 S3 Blirray 0 6 14 103 19 % # 70 Orphtr to Rcapa • 2 2 4 1 6 135 Stromness • 25 8 2W 46 31 1,024 977 674 Hoy and Graeni.say - 20 3 23 31 26 192 191 770 W alls .... 20 7 27 48 38 1 76 99 «34 Plotia 1 4 5 7 6 ƒ • Pliara aud Cava o 2 2 4 \ 2 Swonn .... 1 1 2 8 f 8 87 107 483 South Ronaldshay 20 21 41 58 41 J Totals • 2 204 167 373 608 1514 64,604 23.300 4,200 2,503 7,926

Shetland District. Dunrnssness, Fair Isle .... 3 2 20 25 152 83 1S3 91 Levenwick, Hoawick • 3 1 16 20 171 50 400 219 3 Sandsair, Aithsvoe * 1 1 2 5 4 Lerwick, Breasay 4 14 11 14 43 445 SO 583,789 219,170 20,266 13,429 515

* V>rifters or Linert. t Including 241 crofter fishermen. ’ Including 38S crofter fishermen. 4 7 and Q u a n t i t y and V a l u e of Fish landed in Scotland in the Year 1938 ( continued ).

~~CREEK RETURN {continued).~~

~~Q uantity and Value o f F ish L anded F ish in g Craft belonging to Creek. by B r it is h Vessels.~~

~~CREEK. Fisher men. Value Under 30 Other kinds 30 feet keel Total, Herrings. of and upwards. feet keel. (except Shell Shell Fish). Fish.~~

Shetland District— contd. » Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ £ Wbalsay, Skerries *0 12 1 9 4 28 578 78 ' 11,242 4,202 4,845 3,171 Yell ana Fetlar • 2 2 6 5 3,374 1,269 108 41 ” 6 Uyasound • ” l Ï 1 Baltasound 7 IO 5 " 3 i 109 55 North Roe, Yell Sound 1 7 8 9 7 Ron&svoe and Hilla wick 3 24 27 30 2° Walls, Sandness and Foula 1 13 31 46 79 28 Scalloway and Isles • i 35 i 22 24 87 1,662 270 1,333 543 6,613 5,085 917 Totals 11 68 2 66 149 295 3,038 t638 699,791 225,246 32.524 22,001 1,441

~~Slomoway District.~~

South Lochs 16 11 18 45 460 163 175 42 88 70 197 North Lochs 2 4 31 37 141 155 74 23 750 - 421 33 Stornoway - 1 6 7 19 259 89 190,893 96,237 12,549 6,429 70 Garrabost ■ d 19 29 475 216 1,145 635 379 Portnaguran 2 *3 19 24 141 154 344 8s3 136 Back * 4 27 31 236 207 2,851 2,068 N ess * 17 17 52 108 ”241 103 8x6 819 Shawbost • 1 7 8 17 41 348 203 "?9 Carloway - 'i 0 10 60 40 35 ** 8 540 285 177 B ernera 1 "î 30 33 110 114 190 110 589 Valtus. . . . 8 8 6 20 26 85 “ S 878 215 190 North Harris i 11 83 63 178 195 722 253 711 744 1,898 Scalpay 14 12 23 49 314 189 2,250 1,297 433 228 1,267 South Harris 10 39 49 205 140 5,580 1,555 1,927 Totals 5 58 2 63 2S7 410 2.558 11,845 104,425 97,971 26,653 14,960 6.451

~~Borra District.~~

B ernera 1 21 7 29 125 27 55 11 1,340 Hougharry and Loch E port 13 16 29 56 80 Grimsay 18 32 50 97 38 g Heisker 1 1 2 2 82 87 1,545 Benbeeula * '7 21 28 49 33 } ” Loch CArnan 7 24 31 59 24 522 158 230 78 6S6 Loch Skipport 4 S 12 22 11 68 Loch Boisdale * 10 46 58 182 99 2,490 '707 ’¡IS 599 1,523 Eriskay 9 6 23 38 201 71 42 9 76 75 103 Bruernish 2 14 36 52 140 44 Ault and Earsary 3 3 5 5 Brevig and Skallary * 7 7 10 7 j- 31,479 19,9(51 2.S4S 621 1,519 Castlebay - 4 6 23 32 121 46 Sold at Sea • 3,210 775 Totals 18 105 247 370 1,129 8437 87,788 21,618 3,708 1,321 6,774

~~Loch Broom Dittrict.~~

Poulin to Ardmore • 3 32 35 SO 3S 316 Findleinoro to Bad- call . . . . 7 16 23 42 29 1 ' 1 836 Unapooi to Nedd 3 4 7 15 11 101 83 810 Drumbeg to Achna. carion 3 0 9 IS 15 25 ' 17 36 Culkein to Inverkir* kaig .... 5 . 14 19 39 30 738 177 184

~~» Drifters or linen. f Including :«S crofter dahermen. { Including 1,791 crofter fishermen, § All crofterflsbermen 4 8~~

~~MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED.—Number of Vessels and F is h e r m e n~~

~~TABLE 21.—~~

Q u a n t it y a n d V a l u e o f P is h L a n d e d F ish in g Cra ft belonging to Creek. . b y B r i t i s h Ve s s e l s . PI*. Ua« CREEK. rlSiiov* men. Other kinds Value 30 feet keel Uuder 30 Total. Herrings. (except of and upwards. feet- keel. Shell Fish). Shell Fish.

Loch Broom D istrict— contd. Steam Motor Sail Motor 8ail No. Tons. No. Cwts. £ Cwts. £ £ Achnahaird to Culna- craig • / 11 14 37 22 2 2 384 Isleuiartin to Logio • 7 30 37 77 32 181 50 522 881 102 Achmore to Bad* lurach i 3 4 7 6 36 82 ISO First Coast to Ault- b ea .... i 12 13 19 16 97 C5 Poolewe to Cove 4 13 17 30 23 220 1(53 9 Melvalg to Charles* town Mo 10 12 80 17 560 387 94 Badachro to Red P oint 9 2 11 49 28 34 10 1,817 741 137 Totals 4 S 153 201 449 f207 948 243 8,383 1,872 3,098

Loch Carrón and Skyt District, Loch Torridon • 1 9 1 11 03 S5 125 37 358 S52 24 Applecroas - 3 a 11 113 42 24 7 317 334 12 Klwhorn 3 5 4 } 21 701 7,(i“G 3,568 • 3,589 IÖ4 S leat .... 7 7 21 17 108 48 248 171 92 K yleakin - 3 10 " l 14 95 29 Broadford - o 1 3 8 6 [ 255 103 159 203 278 Scalpay Sound - T 1« 20 27 27 Sconcerand Braes • t) <) 14 17 48 17 16 10 189 Portree 4 7 10 21 120 47 Staffln .... 1 IS 22 72 r>3 } 010 313 276 234 703 L"chSnliort 1 7 <1 17 03 51 1U 57 250 W aterm sh - S 3 3 45 10 f 2 77 56 426 Dunvogan • 6 0 36 23 20 f " Glendale and Braca- dale .... 5 r> 20 52 51 21 6 85 70 344 Strathaird • 4 j 5 20 7 Lochs Slapin and Ky- }• 1,019 208 258 91 130 sh o rt 2 i 3 5 7 Isle of Sony 1 (I i a 20 16 253 T otals 22 !>?. iuo 214 907 1494 24.159 8,540 6,191 6,099 2.907

Fort William District Loch Nevis, Mallaig and M orar S 11 22 183 45 72,709 37,409 $,237 7,960 810 Ariaaig and Aylort • 3 i 4 G 7 315 200 332 Smearisary to Ocklo P o in t •i 12 7 151 200 Ockle Point to Loch Aline 1 £ Cl ft 14 13 857 70 74 North and South Corran to Fort W illiam • 2 10 15 10 182 100 497 271 Loch Leven to Kent- aUen 1 1 0 7 5 Cuil, Appin and Creran 1 1 2 S 3 - 214 105 33,810 34,229 150 Loch Etire and Oban i 11 1 13 05 14 Lismore 1 1 1 2 J Tobermory and Salen i 11 ■'2 14 43 14 4 2 253 335 961 Lochs Don, Spelve and Buie * 1 1 1 O 54 25 46

~~f Including 24-1 crofter flshermeu. ¡ Including 447 crofter fishermen. 49~~

~~and Q u a n tity and V a lu e of Fish landed in Scotland in the Year 1938 ( continued )~~

~~CREEK RETURN (continued).~~

~~Q uantity and Value o p F is h L anded ish in g r a ft F C belonging to Creek. by B r it is h Vessels~~

~~CREEK. Fieber* men. Other kinds Value 30 feet keel Under 30 Total. Herrings. (except of and upwards. feet keel. Shell Fish). Shell Fish.~~

Fort William District —co/ltd. Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. 0w t8. . £ Cwts. £ £ Carsaig and Kintra • 6 6 9 7 7 3 42 12 -185 Lochs Laich and Scriddan • 5 4 9 17 3 Ulra, Na Kali and Tuadh 4 5 9 14 9 151 Coli . . . 5 6 11 12 14 207 Tirae .... 1 10 9 20 40 U 523 Io n a .... 3 8 5 6 70 60 142 Canna • 4 4 t 7 185 Rum, Muck and Eigg 4 ~ 4 8 6 129 T otals 10 1 85 62 143 417 «93 73.116 37.625 49.292 43,36* 8.888

Campbeltown Dietriet. Carra dala • 20 5 25 421 117 150 47 13 Campbeltown 21 22 43 539 153 1,587 462 6,866 7,883 469 S an aa .... I 1 o 26 3 , m 62 Southend • 3 3 4 4 123 MuasdaleandBalloch- antee 1 3 4 5 5 149 G if ha ■ 14 2 16 65 16 172 Í72 544 Port Ellen • 11 11 10 14 340 Portaakaig • 13 2 15 . 31 15 175 Portnahaven and Port Wemyaa • 3 6 9 12 9 12 6 110 Bowmore 4 4 5 1C 74 193 Port Charlotte • o (! 8 8 8 126 251 171 Bruichladdich • 3 1 4 4 7 72 143 307 Loch Gruinart - 69 28 10 J u ra .... 4 4 6 4 21 Colonaay • S 7 10 10 10 176 Sold at sea • 23,485 5,943 io i 20 T otals 42 70 46 158 1.162 J875 25,172 6.452 7,482 8.205 2.67C

' Inveraray Dietriet. Lulng .... 12 4 1« 27 80 810 Crinan 3 8 4 4 1 T arbert 10 21 31 367 120 10,486 2,840 14 27 1,239 Ardrisbaig * 1 8 3 12 47 2S 2,040 661 56 98 391 Locbgaiï 0 2 2 4 Minard 1 1 17 4 Iureraray - 2 2 1 S 12,4*6 4,533 Caimdhu to Newton 1 1 1 2 .. Sold at sea • .. 32,945 0,657 •• T otals 12 41 15 68 466 196 68.797 17.191 70 125 2,460

Rotheeay Dietriet. R othesay • 9 1 10 86 33 1,754 469 322 713 1,351 Port Bannatyne 2 %> 11 7 .. St. Nlnian’s 1 1 41 I .. .. Kilchattan Bay • 1 1 0 14 5 , , .. Kyles of Bute ■ 1 2 1 4 S 9 34 31 54 Toward to Holy Loch 3 2 5 8 10 24 10 105 169 88 • t Including 134 crofter ñstaermen. I Including 34 crofter flaherraen. 50

~~MEANS OF CAPTURE AND FISH LANDED.— N u m b e r of V e s s e ls and F is h e r m e n and the Q u a n t i t y and V a l u e of Fish landed in Scotland in the Year 1938 (continued).~~

~~TABLE 21.—CREEK. RETURN (continued).~~

Q uantity and Value o f F ish L anded F ish in g Cr a f t belonging to Creek. by B r it is h Vessels. Fisher. CREEK. men. Other kinds Value 30 feet keel Under 80 Total. Herrings. of and upwards. feet keel. (except Shell Shell Fish). Fish.

Rothesay District Steam Motor Sail Motor Sail No. Tons. No. Cwta. £ Cwts. £ £ —eontd. Blairmore to Loch Goil .... 1 1 0«4 4 3 Kilcreggan to S 103 67 43 Arrochar • 0 2 4 15 8 } 15 Lochranza to Caticol 2 O 25 6 18 46 153 Pirnniill to Black- w ater 1 1 2 27 9 Whiting Bay to Lam- lash '2 O 1 3 28 48 332 Bold at Seu • 340 “I T otals 3 22 11 36 201 94 2,133 ' 548 606 1,074 2,076

Greenock District G&reloch 91 Helensburgh i i ” 2 16 ’*5 "26 7 '9 1 Í71 176 Glasgow J 1 " l 3 21 6 382 60 Port Glasgow 1 3 4 40 9 Greenock 3 2 " 5 10 61 19 46,944 17*261 " s o Gourock 73,980 27,880 141 "36 Wemyaa Bay 33 39 "48 Largs .... 2 "5 7 " 9 U r,092 ¿79 283 587 80 C m nbraes • 1 1 3 O # , 13 25 F airlie 1 1 8 0 105 “ 28 476 Saltcoats - & 4 9 29 19 529 Ardrossan • 1 1 14 3 Troon .... 13 ”3 16 39 24 455 lió 153 ¿20 57 T otals 6 30 18 54 234 103 124,983 45,615 714 1,078 1,632

Ballantrae District. A yr .... 3 3 6 4139,247 40,042 31,033 38,938 20 Dunure is 1 19 304 100 87 70 161 M aidens 9 7 ” l 17 205 66 130 195 10 GtrT&n 24 10 34 443 132 3,972 1,140 087 972 1,095 Ballantrae - 4 " l 5 10 5 28 C aim ryan - 2 2 23 8 Stranraer • S 4 ” 3 10 63 30 M17 402 7,863 y’s33 621 K irkcolm • 3 2 5 6 S 2 1 76 Portpatrick 7 2 9 30 S 478 663 39 P o rt Logan 3 8 11 11 6 12 9 26 Drumm ore • 3 y 12 16 4 543 1,023 31 S andhead - 3 3 6 7 6 24 38 100 G lenlnce 1 3 4 6 2 4 Port William 4 10 14 16 8 • « / ¿74 344 328 Isle of W hithorn 7 4 12 29 7 183 Garliestown 3 1 4 6 6 “ co 185 276 Creetown - 2 0 2 0 189 864 Kirkcudbright • ‘7 1 i 18 G 55 81 571 K ippford 8 2 5 9 3 358 Carsethoru • 5 5 14 • 8 89 103 218 Glencaplo • 15 337 340 Annan 22 9 *31 120 27 1,644 2,280 1,513 Totals 57 100 61 213 1,345 446 144,836 41,584 43,507 50,479 5,653

l.SiO GraudTotala fur 1938 • §748 910 8 1,501\ 5,067 72,467 117,915 2,800,610 1,062,981 2,679,952 2,763,690 79,853 Grand Totals for 1937 • §831 925 S 1,520 1,933 '5,217 77,188 (19,364 2,140,093 903,318 2,661,564 2,459,800 92,734

~~§ 320 trawlers and vJV drifters or liners in 1938 against 340 trawlers, 405 drifters or liners in 1937. t Including 4,067 crofter flsherweu in 1938 ag ain st 4,36'* in 1937. 51~~

~~FISH USED FRESH.— Q u a n t i t y of the different kinds of Fish used fresh in Scotland or despatched from Scotland in a fresh state during the Year 1938.~~

~~TABLE 22.~~

~~Iv in d s o f F is h . 1938. 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1913.~~

P e l a g ic — Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Herrings *472,040 *441,995 *347,663 *483,306 *374,009 *203,565 Mackerel 36,538 41,919 41,796 36,673 34,924 54,361 Sparlings 121 336 157 141 155 . 305 Sprats - 10,280 8,517 9,099 18,462 13,768 6,013

~~Total Pelagic 518,979 492,767 398,715 538,582 422,856 264,244~~

D e m e r s a l — Brill 973 1,159 1,156 1,073 331 208 Catfish * 9,890 10,554 14,212 16,881 16,156 21,624 Cod and Codling - 402,960 434,754 462,379 454,606 483,587 499,485 Conger Eels - 4,351 5,071 5,805 7,654 7,812 21,943 Dabs 14,952 15,729 13,319 12,257 11,254 9,907 Flounders 2,738 2,735 2,192 2,354 4,101 8,239 Gurnards 434 270 857 1,158 1,433 6,762 Haddocks 582,023 699,811 435,971 455,265 583,391 447,655 Hake - 34,450 34,210 39,051 27,529 17,344 18,914 Halibut 33,309 30,420 33,395 27,787 30,630 48,945 Lemon Soles - 70,055 64,004 71,455 71,655 65,511 36,696 Ling 29,838 24,330 39,011 45,657 48,908 95,519 Megrims 15,240 12,563 18,955 20,068 25,451 18,631 Monks • 72,384 49,930 65,261 81,469 83,961 696 Plaice - 74,696 78,517 70,724 64,195 65,141 46,160 Saithe • 20,555 15,533 30,166 24,525 14,545 100,511 Skates and Rays - 85,323 81,212 90,449 96,474 113,914 . 135,498 Torsk (Tusk) - 4,045 4,207 5,309 6,633 1,871 4,443 Turbot - 11,342 10,131 8,843 9,568 8,699 3,791 Whitings 304,028 246,431 313,691 364,466 294,028 128,403 Witches 25,179 24,070 24,909 30,367 26,977 30,169 Unclassified - 22,777 20,057 17,803 20,176 27,285 13,410

~~Total Demersal 1,821,452 1,865,698 1,764,913 1,841,817 1,932,330 1,697,609~~

~~G r a n d T o ta ls - 2,340,521 2,358,465 2,163,628 2,380,399 2,355,186 1,961,853~~

* N o t including herrings exported sprinkled or iced—for which see Table 27 (p. 59). 52

~~FISH CURED.—Q u a n tity and V a lu e of the different~~

~~TABLE 23.—HERRINGS CURED.— R e t u r n~~

~~( a ) Q u a n t i t i e s .~~

Bloaters Kippered. Tinned. 1038. 1937. DISTRICT. Un (On basis or Beds. (On basis Gutted. G BA N D gutted. of 1 cran (On basis of 1 cran G r a n d = 1 barrel.) of 1 cran = 1 barrel). TOT AX. Tor ax . —1 barrel).

EAST COAST. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Eyemouth 168 2,104 .. 2,272 15,881 Leith .... 5 , , 14,045 127 14,177 14,837 Anstruther (, 475 *48 523 970 Montrose 67 •• Ï [ 974 658 Stonehaven . , 130 .. 130 125 Aberdeen 49 , , 48,703 907 y 33,634 1 59,210 53,189 9 , Peterhead 63,421 14,034 I 93,161 80,333 Fraserburgh . 103,064 102 18,061 * 22j 1 128,719 104,125 Banff .... 2,108 2,108 1,615 Buckie .... 1.431 3,801 *28 5,260 3,214 Findhom 18 18 36 Cromarty , # ,. * * » , Helmsdale ( 4 t Lybster , , 32 Wick .... 35,542 1,896 •• •• 37,438 9,692 East Coast Totals . 203,698 102 105,424 1,132 33,634 343,990 284,707

~~Orkney and Shetland. Orkney .... 20,160 20,160 9,789 Shetland . . . 191,160 •• 273 •• 191,433 163,762 Orkney & Shetland Totals 211,320 •• 273 • • •• 211,593 173,551~~

WEST COAST. Stornoway 61,215 72 5,505 66,792 40,416 Barra .... 12,140 120 12,260 8,951 Loch Broom . 20 • • 20 151 Loch Carrón and Skye 186 186 813 Fort-William. 349 14,096 14,445 7,141 Campbeltown 9 , , 157 166 203 Inveraray . 4,357 104 4,461 1,760 Rothesay . 30 ^ , 250 280 439 Greenock 3,120 76 23,215 *35 26,446 17,564 Ballantrae • • 229 229 488 West Coast Totals . 81,426 148 43,676 35 125,285 77,926

Totals for 1938 496,444 250 149.373 1,167 33,634 680,868 » 1937 377,794 85 132,289 1,074 24,942 536,184 m )» 1936 . . 521,738 861 125,888 926 24,623 673,536 .. „ 1935 . 631,949 312 138,366 *773 25,055 796,475 >i ,, 1934 . , 480,678 624 126,210 880 18,019 626,411 •• » m 1913 . 1,285,158 9,229 112,161 6,779 44,961 1,458,288 *•

Note l. — Northumberland— formerly Included above/ 193 g 422 16,190 4,914 21,526 but now excluded. 1 1037 32,493 17,459 4,993 54,945 Note 2.—The above figures represent the quantities pickled as “ bungpaeked,” i.e. as finally packed Corresponding particulars of the quantities in the " seastick " state, I.e. before the herrings have pined, will be found in Table 25. 3.—The values shown are the values aflcr cure. * Including “ Bücklinge.” 53 kinds of Fish cured in Scotland during the Year 193S. according to Districts and Methods of Cure.

~~(6) Values .~~

~~Gutted. 1933. 1937. Un Kip- 1 ¡loaters DISTRICT. fitted. pered. or Tinned. G rand G rand Not Beds. Total . TOTAL. Branded. Branded.~~

£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ EAST COAST. 233 37 6,312 . 6,582 29,989 Eyemouth. 9 49,158 445 # , 49,612 53,403 Leith. , , 1,283 16C 1,443 2,890 Anstruther. 211 • • 'I 3,173 2,683 Montrose. 455 455 394 Stonehaven. 78 170,460 2,721 . 237,170 223,647 204,102 Aberdeen. 56,289 47,951 39,913 4 , 280,912 221.013 Peterhead. 119,433 59,645 136 50,946 75 277,296 264,822 Fraserburgh. , * 4,917 4,917 5,217 Banff. 403 2,081 8,782 168 11,434 7,083 Buckie. 24 24 54 Findhom. * * , , Cromarty. , , é . # , # , Helmsdale. , , # , « , * , » , 88 Lybster. 18,482 44,332 5,925 • • 68,739 21,103 Wick. 194,840 154,157 136 338,362 3,569 237,170 928.234 812,841 East Coast Totals.

~~Orkney and Shetland. 7,060 30,445 37,505 21,550 Orkney. 11,375 331,529 •• 887 • • 343,791 328,481 Shetland. 18,435 361,974 •• 887 •• 381,296 350,031 Orkney & Shetland Totals~~

WEST COAST. 138,352 63 24,084 162,499 90,644 Stornoway. 31,56« .. 420 31,984 28,066 Barra. 3f . - 35 265 Loch Broom. 25' 257 1,301 Loch Carrón and Skye, 6i: 43,698 44,309 24,219 Fort-William. 18 .. 471 489 380 Campbeltown. 7,628 338 t p 7,963 2,948 Inveraray. 5 4i 813 867 1,139 Rothesay. 6,244 91 73,127 155 79,613 53,633 Greenock. •• •- 573 •• •• 573 990 Ballantrae. 184.75Í Ï 154 143,524 155 328,589 203,593 West Coast Totals. 213,275 700,88 r 290 482,773 3,724 237,170 1,638,119 .. Totals for 1938. 159.593 605,75(\ 91 439,796 3,263 157,966 1,360,465 » » 1937. 268,990 722,58, ) 1,137 429,500 2,813 165,596 1,590.621 „ 3936. 307,986 703,89 385 445,185 2,703 168,463 1,628,612 „ „ 1935. 224,720 518,45. j 673 413,471 2,971 111,920 1,272,210 » „ 1934.

~~. •• •• » „ 1913. •• - • • • *•~~

126 472 .. 48,570 .. 24,570 73,738 40,259 17,845 .. 52,377 .. 24,965 135,446 Note 4.—Included above as cored In Scotland In 1938 are the following of non-Scottish origin i i Country D istrict Method of Cure. of Origin. where Cured. T o t a l . Kippered. Bloaters or Beds. Tinned.

Barrels £ Barrels £ Barrels £ Barrels £ England. Leith 13 44 40 139 53 183 Montrose 74 241 74 241 Aberdeen 120 420 20 60 140 480 Greenock , 5 9 186 59 186 Norway. h : 4 13 •• • • 4 13 Total 196 663 60 199 74 241 330 1,103 54

~~FISH CURED.—Q uantity a n d V a lu e of the different kinds of~~

~~TABLE 24.—FISH OTHER THAN HERRINGS CURED.—~~

~~(a) Quantities.~~

~~K in d s o p F is h . 1938. 1937. Dried. Smoked. Pickled. Tinned. Grand Total. Grand Total. •~~

Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Mackerel • • » 17,733 76 17,809 16,624 Sprats ♦ ., 3,372 3,372 5,515 Cod and Codling . 7,735 64,431 8 72,174 79,570 Cod Roes ...... 2,997 2,997 520 Conger Eels 64 ...... 64 40 Haddooks . 273 235,417 394 236,084 200,072 H alibut 5 5 1 Ling . 6,510 8,720 10,230 12,510 Lythe . 113 ... 113 . 165 Norway Haddocks 1,917 1,917 1,322 Plaice and Soles . 1 1 1 S a ith e . 4,507 19,578 . . 24,085 33,213 Torsk (Tusk) 122 14,084 14,206 14,229 T urbot 2 W hitings . 400 10,602 1 11,003 7,887

Totals fo r 1938 . 19,724 349,749 17,733 6,854 394,060 „ m 1937 . 30.624 318,555 16,730 6,262 372,171 », 1938 . 26,987 279,087 22,484 7,454 836.012 „ ,, 1935 . 42,373 303,107 16,894 4,749 367,123 „ „ 1934 . 48;314 294,400 17,325 11,204 371,243

~~„ ,, 1913 . 284,656 357,508 10,176 8,894 661,234~~

~~Note 1.—The above figures represent the quantities and values of fish after cure. 55~~

~~Fish Cured in Scotland during the Year 1938 ( continued ).~~

~~Return according to Kinds of Fish and Methods of Cure.~~

~~(0} Values.~~

~~K in d s o f F i s h . 1938. 1937. Pickled. Tinned. Dried. Smoked. Grand Total. Grand Total.~~

£ £ £ £ £ £ 12,126 143 12,269 12,817 Mackerel. ... 6,688 6,688 10,429 Sprats. 10,559 166,507 28 177,094 175,879 Cod and Codling. 11,914 11,914 1,889 Cod Eoes. 112 112 82 Conger Eels. 611 749,422 1 *369 751,402 623,424 Haddocks. 35 35 8 H alibut. 9,068 7,443 17,411 19,341 Lin*. 120 120 200 Lythe. 3*451 3,451 3,826 Norway Haddocks. ... "* 8 8 8 Plaice and Soles. 3,185 37,146 40,331 59,496 Saithe. 129 26,710 26,839 29,597 Torsk (Tusk). ... 13 Turbot. 1*1*03 30,386 - 2 31,491 22,156 W hitings.

25,787 1,021,065 12,126 20,187 1,079,165 Totals for 1938. 35,373 897,690 12,592 13,510 959,165 „ „ 1937. 32,280 770,307 15,703 17.716 836,006 „ „ 1936. 48,867 867,263 11,321 10,668 937,619 ,, ,, 1935. 57,694 860,191 11,097 24,030 953,012 „ ,, 1934.

~~364,952 640,730 6,915 12,834 1,025,431 „ » 1913-~~

~~Note 2.—In addition to the above the following were imported in a wet-salted state and finally dried in Scotland :—~~

~~K ind of Country D istrict Quantity and Value 1938. 1937. Fish. of Origin. where Cured. (after Cure). Total. Total.~~

Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Cwts. £ Iceland Aberdeen . 19,352 25,158 \ Cod 19,392 25,228 19,908 24,891' 9 9 > > Greenock . 40 70 ƒ Haddock 4 41 9 1 4 4 338 408 > ) > y Aberdeen . ... ƒ Ling 304 456 ) 99 t i 1,704 3,116 2,797 3,680 9 9 99 Greenock . 1,400 2,660 Í Saithe Aberdeen . 5,060 3,795 \ ) 9 5,090 3,825 2,677 2,007 99 > J Greenock . 30 30 ƒ

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FISH EXPORTED.— Q u a n tity of Fish Exported from Scotland during the Year 1938. TABLE 27.—(I) H e r r i n g s and (II) O ther Fish exported to England, Ireland, the Continent, and to Places out of Europe.

~~1. -HERRINGS.~~

~~D e s t i n a t i o n .~~

~~D e s c r ip t io n o p P is h Places 1938. 1937. E x p o r t e d . E ng Ire The G r a n d G r a n d land. land. Continent. o u t of E urope. T o t a l . T o t a l . |~~

Cu r e d ( P ic k l e d ) H e r r in g s Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. (a) Branded— Barrels. Barrels. La. F u ll . 8 8 1 F u ll 14,8274 14,8274 9,5054 F illing . • • 60 6 4 6064 1684 M at. Full 11,8064 11 ,8 0 6 4 8,2434 M edium . 35,0064 35,0064 33,757 M attie . 68,3004 58,3004 26,7334 L a. S pent 1 ,6 1 8 4 1 ,6 1 8 4 682

~~Total Branded 122,174 122,174 79,091 (6) Unbranded 5,2514 20 356,8954 6,6224 368,7894 293,3414~~

~~Total Cured Gutted 5,2514 20 479,0694 6,6 2 2 4 490,9634 372,4324 Total Cured Ungutted 22 22~~

Totals for 1938 • 6 ,2 6 1 4 2 0 479,0914 6,6224 490,9854 „ „ 1937 5,7264 2854 360,8104 5,610" 372,4324 „ „ 1936 6,0934 794 491,7794 18,495 516.4474 ** „ „ 1936 8,328 1,1414 586.7314 24,315 620,516 „ „ 1934 6,8124 970 461,3534 25,047 494,183

~~„ .. 1913 4,378 2,63S 1,170,534 104,045 1,281,595~~

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~~„ „ 1913 , * 15,643 .. 15,643~~

II.—FISH OTHER THAN HERRINGS. Cwts, Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cod, Ling, &c., dried 50,410 2,862 5,239 6,286 64,797 60,165 Haddooks, &c., tinned . 877 877 639 White-fish, iced or fresh. *44 1,853 1,9014 708 Mackerel, piekled . 15,366 15,366 16,479 Sprats, pickled 297

III.-CURED HERRINGS OF NON-SCOTTISH ORIGIN RE-EXPORTED. Country of Origin j Barrels. B arrels. Barrels. B arrels. B arrels. B arrels. E ngland 170 170 462 ! ;■ Irelan d .... 4474 447 i 1,036 H olland 540 N orw ay 761 '751 Iceland 4,6134 4,6134 Nori;.—l. In addition to th e above fcbere were exported via Dundee 0 cwts. of siuoked fish (kippers) to the Comment: via Glasgow 13 cwts. of smoked fish (mostly herrings) to Ireland, 15 cwts. to the Continent, and 3.456 cwts. to places out of Europe ; 005 cwts. of tinned fls»li (mostly herrings) to England, 23 cwts. to the Continent, 13.2S5 cwts. to places out of Europe; 777 cwts. of fresh herrings and 317 cwts. of smoked herrings of Icelandic origin to places out of Europe. 2. Exports of herrings from Northumberland were previously included in Part I. of this Table, but are wholly excluded above. Such exports were nil in 1038 but amounted in 1037 to 0304 barrels to England, an d 29,7104 b arrels to th e C ontinent. 60

~~FISH EXPORTED.— Q u a n tity of Fish exported from Scotland during the Year 1938 (continued). TABLE 28.—CURED HERRINGS exported, according to Ports of Destination.~~

~~Year Year Year Year Year DESTINATION. 1938. 1937. 1936. 1935. 1934.~~

Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. Barrels. E ngland ...... 5,251} 5,726} 6,150} 5,383 6,755} I reland ...... to ?S5} 79} 1,151} 997 G ermany ...... Sí'$,625 176,365 880,501} 260,USb 160,251 H am burg .... 92,432} 89,774} 120.997} 103,485} 89,150 S te ttin ...... 117,229 66,832} 85,480} 132,187 70,021} Königsberg .... 18,963} 19,666} 13,923} 24,446 10,078} A l t o n a ...... 91} .. 1 P oland .... 66.6S0} 55,578} US,80S 37,0?S is ,m G d y n i a ...... 66,680} 32,572} 48,392 27,078 18,404 D anzig * ...... 65,965} 7S,3SS 106,555} 121,06$i 06,7 US Freo P o rt 64,393} 73,338 106,484} 121,068} 96,278 Neufahrwasser 191 470 Lit h u a n ia ...... 19,777} 9,365} 16,757 16,501} • 21,570 M e m e l...... 19.772} 9,365} 16,757 16,301} 21,576 L a t v i a ...... 59,-568} 47,064 53, 188} 51,303 56,576} Liepaja (Libau) 6,837} 4,577 7,089 9,755} 9,009} Biga . . . 42,725 42,507 45,034} 41,547} 36,464 E s t o n i a ...... 25,199} / 7,6-31 3S,S59 86,857} 16,030 Tallinn (Beval) 28,199} 17,631 23,859 26,247} 16,039 U.S:S.B...... 10,000 50,000 70,000 Leningrad .... 10,000 50,000 70,000 F inland ...... 10,583 6,959} 18,025 12,602 Vlipuri (Wyborg) . 8,2044 5,243} 12,725 7,714} Helsinki (Helsingfors) 2,328} 1,706 4,135} 4,887} ■ Turlen (Abo). . . . . * .. 1,164} Sw eden ...... 4,895} 8,696} 3,088 12,656 8,310} Stockholm .... 5,127} • • Gothenburg .... 4,294} 2,696} 3,022 7.528} 3,310} 150 No r w a y ...... •• 193} 3 Haugesund .... 193} 140 B e rg e n ...... ” 3 • • Denmark ...... 407 *0 265 Copenhagen .... 407 * * 2 265 H o l l a n d ...... 4,060} 641 2,713 3,561 6.855 Amsterdam . 638 67 116} 123} 729} Ymuiden .... 501 587} 385 325 B otterdam .... 1,861 774 2,008 2,852} 5,799} Vlaardingen .... 1,050} ., B e l g i u m ...... 8,8*4} 737 633 855 6*5} Antwerp .... 1,609} 737 598 545 191 Ostend ..... 615 25 434} F rance ...... 757} ISO 898 87} 05 D unkirk .... t 12} 27} B o u e n ...... ‘Í57} 180 279} *65 E g y p t ...... n , B P a l e s t in e ...... ÔSQ 6S5 88 70 ’ 77 Australia and N ew Zealand . 61 165 55} 85 7 51 Canada . . . SIS 955 1,966} 3,86h 8,800 U.S.A...... 5070± •5,785 16,311 20,527 21,5S7 Argentina .... 1S5\ 97} 51 107 S3 Br a z i l ...... 25 Uruguay ...... 35} Totals 490,985} 372,432} 516,447} 620,516 494,183

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~~FISFÍ LANDED.— S um m aries fo r .~~

~~TABLE 30.—L a nd ings by British Vessels according to Species— Q u a n t it ie s .~~

~~KIND OF FISH. 1913. 1930. 1031. 1932. 1983. 1934. 1935. 1936. 19S7. 1938.~~

PELAGIO FISH. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Herrings 4,440,591 3.400,140 2,804,830 2,$74,768 2,244,066 2,490,166 3,026,058 2,700,194 2,140,093 2,SQ0,610 Mackere! 74,333 62,828 62,491 49,052 69,620 00,375 62,319 75.009 66,920 63,286 Sparlings . 305 170 194 214 139 155 141 157 336 121 Sprats .... 3,117 43.975 27.0S8 30.137 33,605 23,223 22,281 13,711 12,500 12,800 Total o! Pelagic Fish . 4,532,070 3.507,118 2,394,608 2,955.071 2.347.4S0 2,574,419 3,110.794 2.789.071 2,219.921 2,870.317

DEMERSAL FISH. Brill .... 199 198 2S4 315 245 313 1,035 1,069 1,094 S95 Catfish 20,270 24,409 20,139 13,204 16,684 15,417 16,312 13,473 9,743 9,235 Coû and Codling. S67.35C 672,128 5S9.433 676,517 637,960 555,435 542,659 509.480 561,179 547,749 Conger Eels. 21,933 10,455 9,049 6,242 5,565 7.953 7,798 5.S95 5.138 4,543 Dabs .... 9,833 10,032 12,563 11,365 10,804 11,160 12,187 13,153 15,525 14,671 Flounders . 8.239 1,088 4,011 4,549 3,643 4,101 2,354 2.192 2,736 2,731 Gurnards 0,592 1.126 973 1,213 954 1,431 1,157 810 268 431 Haddocks • 050,007 1.095,754 1,157,942 1,060.609 1,0S2,992 908,616 707.3S3 720,740 1,079,650 1.025,162 Hake .... 18.854 29,349 29,743 35,948 23,366 17,291 27,474 38,738 33,927 34,302 H alibut 40,206 44,799 37,475 84,404 27,974 30.085 27,435 32,896 29,949 32,849 Lemon Soles 35,867 54,409 57,974 68,495 65,145 68,615 70,173 69.7S0 62,135 07,942 Ling .... 209,827 140.3S8 117,652 101,371 105,439 105,544 78,470 70,782 53,857 56,968 Megrims IS,iso 29.221 27,600 25.180 27.521 25,279 19,700 18,704 12,874 14,961 Monks (Anglers) . 24,504 o o .m 65,2*12 61.0&Î 36,828 33.7SO SI ,055 04.009 49,156 71.900 Plaice .... 43,050 55,720 62,409 51,397 46,846 03,001 02,602 68,743 76,891 70,336 Saithe (Coal Fish) 821,350 102,529 105,417 83,772 84,697 73,681 73,751 82,352 78,553 65,931 Skates and Rays 133.459 122,054 117,133 116,434 104,477 113,200 95,803 S9.849 80,242 S4.301 Squids. . . . 28 1,978 2,364 2,074 3,094 2,807 2,299 2.018 762 1,061 Torsk (Tusk) 17,254 29,904 31,ISO 29,472 25,911 34,789 41,173 39,219 32,789 32,434 Turbot. . . . 3,783 8,726 9,087 7,377 S.336 8.682 9,507 8,769 9,999 11,153 Whitings 222,028 246,456 280,365 334,9S7 270,062 313,213 883,450 326.402 253,010 320,730 Witches 28,305 24,708 20,813 26.S27 25,136 23,449 25.785 19.837 19.397 20,477 Unclassified 14,272 13,511 19,876 17,*¿21 17,164 16,222 10,902 10.151 9,874 13,438 Total oí Demersal Fish 2.785.252 2,602,620 2,778,759 2,795,622 *¿,680,849 2,479.073 2.395.683 2,275,711 2,481,736 2,504,245

~~Total of Wet Fish 7,207,328 6,199,788 5,173,362 5.750,093 6.028,279 5,053,497 5,506,477 5,004,782 4,701,657 5,880,562~~

SHELL FISH. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Crabs .... 2,213,SCO 2,498,786 2,130,677 1,906.742 1,842,604 1,546,163 1,701,512 1,513,352 1,639,035 1,260,861 Lobsters 681,050 989,542 990,416 1,061,384 1,107,030 1,011,904 98i;S84 901,443 778,134 803.414 Oysters 1,316,100 48,580 56,492 62,775 54,300 08,402 70,744 72,400 72,450 09,070 Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Clams .... 6,853 14 22 14 4 74 1,646 13,413 2,648 Mussels 78,576 95,821 85,980 72,424 S5.631 70,479 60,289 40,630 43,027 40,805 Unclassified 41,074 31,550 28,893 29,656 28,208 28,138 24,171 24,225 22,773 21,234 63

~~Years 1913 and 1930-3S {continued).~~

~~TABLR 31.—L andings by British Vessels according to Species — P r i c e s .~~

~~KIND OF FISH. 1913. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1938. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938.~~

~~PELAGIC FISH. Percw t. Per cwt. Percw t Percwt. Per cwt. Percw t. P ercw t. Percw t. Per cwt. Percw t. s. d. s. d, s. d. 'i .~~

DEMERSAL FISH. ) Brill .... 40 7 66 4 56 8 58 5 60 6 49 1 42 7 43 8 45 9 57 0 Catfish 5 9 8 6 7 4 7 4 7 11 8 0 9 6 10 2 12 0 12 5 Cod and Codling . 10 8 19 6 17 3 14 5 ' 15 7 18 U 19 3 18 I 17 1 13 0 * Conger Eel a. 9 1 IS 4 18 9 14 2 14 9 15 4 13 1 13 7 13 10 13 4 Dabs .... 8 o 15 10 14 I 13 7 15 0 17 6 18 S 17 11 16 4 19 6 Flounders . 13 5 30 2 21 11 19 9 21 7 21 6 20 6 19 10 21 6 19 5 Gurnards S 2 7 4 6 0 5 0 4 11 5 7 5 0 6 7 5 7 5 1 Haddocks . lo 10 16 10 15 10 15 7 15 9 21 C 23 7 22 6 16 6 20 2 Hake .... lo 10 35 2 32 3 38 10 37 2 43 2 39 a 34 0 34 7 34 8

H alibut 46 7 71 0 70 3 65 4 71 5 69 4 7l o 70 5 74 0 72 5 Lemon Soles 45 11 87 S 78 1 72 6 74 10 77 6 77 9 77 1 75 10 . 71 7 Ling .... 7 5 8 7 610 0 9 7 1 9 6 10 6 911 10 9 11 10 Megrims 24 4 37 6 32 3 80 11 28 8 32 4 36 11 33 to 35 0 31 6

Monks (Anglers). 5 5 13 LO 12 10 11 2 10 5 14 4 14 3 11 10 13 7 7 7 Plaice .... 6 48 8 43 o 51 0 48 9 45 7 4510 43 o 42 5 49 8 Saithe (Coal Fish) 3 3 5 6 4 0 3 10 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 Skates and Rays. 5 4 14 9 14 10 12 2 13 5 13 8 15 I 14 10 15 6 16 10 «>A Squids. . . . 10 10 6 3 5 10 8 7 3 9 4 7 5 5 6 7 6 4 Torsk (Tusk1) 7 4 10 3 8 6 S 0 S 1 10 7 10 4 9 6 8 10 9 8 o Turbot. . . . CO S .79 2 66 68 4 61 5 58 3 59 A 65 4 56 5 02 6 W hitings . 9 5 14 6 12 6 12 1 IS A 16 6 16 8 13 10 15 1 17 0 W itches 19 9 41 0 41 9 37 S 37 7 37 5 37 0 36 7 83 9 36 10

0 Unclassified . 10 9 2 9 3 8 10 8 3 9 0 9 9 9 3 9 4 8 0 Total of Demersal Fish 11 11 20 0 IS 3 17 4 17 9 21 9 22 11 22 8 19 8 21 11 A Total of Wet Fish 10 3 IS 0 14 12 11 14 0 14 0 14 0 14 11 14 7 14 3

SHELL FISH. Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per Per hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred hundred Crabs .... 12 10 12 U 12 5 11 U 12 7 13 3 13 1 18 10 13 4 14 4 Lobsters 108 0 132 5 118 9 110 11 114 11 123 7 126 0 123 8 134 11 131 2 A Oysters 7 3 14 7 14 1 18 11 16 4 18 8 18 7 IS 0 18 M 18 0 Per cwt. Percwt. Per cwt. Percw t. Per cwt. Percw t. Per cwt. Per cwt. Per cwt. Percw t. Clams ....3 0 4 S 8 2 10 0 40 0 47 7 24 5 22 0 20 1 Mussels 1 1 1 10 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 11 2 0 A 0 1 11 2 0 Unclassified . 5 6 8 S 3 10 9 1 8 0 8 2 9 3 9 0 9 1 9 4

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