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GLASGOW: Ss OF FISHES ZA PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE=— By JAMES HEDDERWICK & SONS LIMITED, > Av “THE Crrizen” Press, St. VINCENT PLACE. And to be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller from OLIVER & BOYD, TwEEDDALE CourRT, EDINBURGH; or WYMAN & SONS, Lip., Ferrer Lanz, E.C. and 32 ABINGDON STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W. ° or E. PONSONBY, 116 Grarron Strent. Dus! in 1907. [Cd. 3842.] Price 6s. 64d. CONTENTS. GENERAL STATEMENT, - - - - - - The Hatching and Rearing of Plaice, — - - - 5 Scientific and Technical Instruction to Fishermen, - - Investigations on the Herring Fisheries in the Firth of Clyde, - The Food Value of the Herring, - = - - The Food of the Herring, - - - - - The Spawning, Growth, and Movement of the Mussel, Horse- I g th, and mussel, and the Spout-fish, - - - - . The Invertebrate Fauna, - : : Z 2 = SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. I. Report of an Enquiry into the.Herring Fisheries of the Firth of Clyde. Part I.—The Statistics of the Fisheries. By Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., Scientific Superintendent. (Plates I.-XIT.) - - - - - The Methods of Fishing, - : - - - The Fluctuations from Year to Year, - - - - The Detailed Statistics :— - - - - - - Rothesay District, - - 0 te Je . - Greenock District, : = : - = Ballantrae District, — - - - - = - Campbeltown District, - - - . - Inveraray District, ; - - = : Campbeltown and Inveraray [Districts combined, - - The Clyde Area, - - - - The Influence of the Moon on the Catch of Herrings, - . J WATTS | — I. Showing the Total Number of Vessels, including their repeated Voyages, entered Inwards from the Fishery, with the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board ; also the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Shore, and the otal Number. Cured, in the Firth of Cds Districts, in each year 1809-1906, - - . Showing the Number of Boats, whether decked or undecked, employed in the Firth of Clyde Districts in the Shore- curing Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the Number of Men and Boys by whom the said Boats were manned, together with the Number of Fish-curers, and the Total Number of Persons employed, in each year 1825-1906, 13 15 23 29 dl 40 46 62 76 92 94 98 100 104 EEE TY. Vv. ya VIE WELT. XIOI. DEEN: XV. XEVE Contents. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured, and the Estimated Total of the Number of Barrels of Herrings which were not Cured, in the years 1843-1857, - . - Showing the Number of Barrels of Herrings actually Caught within the limits of the various Districts in the Firth of Clyde, irrespective of the place of Ee in the years 1863-1887, - - - - Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings sold Fresh in the years 1884-1888, and the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings landed, whether sold Fresh or Cured, in the years 1889-1906, - Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Ballantrae District, 1863-1905, . Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed ee Month in the Campbeltown District, 1863- 1906, Showing the Number of Crans o Herrings landed per Mont! in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906, - - . Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Districts of Inveraray and Campbeltown, 1854-1906, . Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Greenock District, 1855-1906, 2 5 2 . Showing Hie Number of Crans of Herrings landed Ber Month in the Rothesay District, 1854-1906, - - . Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month for the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906, - - - Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed Yearly at each District in Clyde Area, 1854- 1906, - - - Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in an Ballan- trae District, 1863-1906, — - - Ls Showing the Number of Boats per Month Bishing 3 in the eeenin: beltown District, 1863- 1906, - Showing the Number of Boats per Month Hsing in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906, - - XVII. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906, - 2 XVIII. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Stee in the XIX. XX. Greenock District, 1855-1906, Ss - Showing the Number of Boats per Month Hiehing in the Rothesay District, 1854-1906, - - Showing the Number of Boats Fishing per AE fo in the w 8 Clyde Area, 1854-1906, - + Oo PAGE 108 109 110 Sobt 112 113 114 115 119 120 121 122 123 124 ran bo Or 4 Contents. XXI. Showing the Number of Boats Fishing in sie muole Clyde so5 in each year 1854-1906, - XXII. Showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in me. Firth of om ce Districts from 1854-1901, - - XXIII. Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings tande in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854- 1906, XXIV. Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Carel of Herrings i in Lech Fyne, 1860-1900, - Il. The Food Value of the Herring. By T. H. Milroy, M.D., B.Sc., F.R.S.E., Professor of of Physiology, ( (ueen’s College, Belfast. Part II. : : : ‘ IL. Some Additional Notes on Copepoda from the Scottish Seas. By Thomas Scott, LL.D., F.L.S., Mem. Soc. Zool. de France. (Plates XIIL-XV. ); 4 : ‘ : IV. The Spawning, Growth, and Movement of the Mussel (Mytilus edulis, L. 3 Horse-Mussel (Modiolus modiolus, L.), and the Spoutfish (Solen siliqua, L.). By H. Chas. Williamson, M.A., D.Sc., Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. (Plates RVI -EX.), 2 ; : : ; B , The lies saps of the See PEO e ere Spawning, Growth, Movement, : Structure of Foot, Structure of Byssus-Pit, The Byssus-Stem, Formation of Byssus-Stem, Growth of the Spoutfish, Literature, : Explanation of Plates, V. Report on the Operations at the Marine Fish Hatchery, Bay of Nigg, Aberdeen, in 1906. By T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., Scientific Superintendent, : d ; : i \ VI. Some Observations on the Food of the Herring. By Thomas Scott, LL.D.. F.L. S., Mem. Soc. Zool. de France, 190 197 209 221 221 228 233 242 244 247 250 251 251 252 253 256 260 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE h-O; Hone See NO LaeAc Te Wy. Me Pe, His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. OrFicE oF THE FisHERY BoarpD FOR SCOTLAND, EpinpurcH, 20th November, 1907. Sir, In continuation of our Twenty-fifth Annual Report, we have the honour to submit— PART III.—SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. GENERAL STATEMENT. This part of the Twenty-fifth Annual Report deals with the scientific investigations in connection with the sea fisheries of Scotland, so far as they have been completed, which have been conducted by the Board in 1906 by means of the Parliamentary Vote granted for the purpose. The scientific work has, as usual, been carried out under the supervision of Dr. T. Wemyss Fulton, the Scientific Superintendent under the Board, the researches having been undertaken for the most part at the Board’s Marine Laboratory at Aberdeen, and in the Firth of Clyde. The hatchery for sea fishes is also situated at Aberdeen, and a statement as to the hatching work done at it during the year will be found below. As was explained in last year’s Report, the investigations into the condition of the fishing-grounds in the Moray Firth and Aberdeen Bay by means of commercial trawlers employed for that purpose were interrupted at the end of the previous year. In the Firth of Clyde, and more particularly in Loch Fyne, an investigation into the herring fishery and the natural history and migrations of the herring was continued, mainly with the view of throwing light on the decline in the catch of herrings there in recent years, and as to whether any regulations affecting the fishery, either as to the period of fishing or the methods, would be likely to 6 Part IT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report be generally beneficial. Since the Board have no steamer available for this investigation, the work has been done as far as possible by the employment of fishing-boats and the hire of a small sailing yacht for periodical observations in Loch Fyne. THE HATCHING AND REARING OF PLAICE. In the Annual Report for last year an account was given of the reconstruction of the hatchery at Bay of Nigg, Aberdeen, with illustrations showing the exterior and interior, the ponds, pumping plant, &e. The adult plaice from which the spawn is obtained are confined in a large tidal pond, where they are kept and fed throughout the year. At the spawning season the eggs are shed into the water of the pond, from which they are collected by means of a large gauze net, and transferred to the hatching apparatus. They are maintained in the hatching apparatus until the young fishes hatch out, the length of this period depending directly upon the temperature of the water. At the commencement of the spawning season, when the temperature of the water is low, the duration of the period of incubation is on the average about three weeks; at the end of the season, when the temperature has risen considerably, it occupies about a fortnight. The larval fishes, after they are hatched, are kept in the apparatus for several days until the yolk- sac is partly absorbed, and they are then placed in the sea. The success of the hatching operations depends very largely upon an adequate supply of eggs and of pure water throughout the season. In order to obtain a large supply of eggs it is necessary that the number of adult fishes in the pond should be large. Hitherto this has been accomplished tolerably well by the employ- ment of a commercial steam-trawler within the territorial waters, particularly in Aberdeen Bay and the Moray Firth, which was used in connection with the investigations of the grounds above referred to. By an arrangement with the owners, the hatchery attendant accompanied the vessel on such occasions, selecting from the catches such fishes as suited the purpose, and these were kept alive in tubs on board and brought to the hatchery. The plaice required were thus obtained gratis, the remainder of the fish becoming the property of the owners. By the method described the stock of spawners has been maintained from year to year, for, though a large proportion of the fishes of one season survive to the next, there is always a considerable loss which requires to be made good. But, as mentioned in last year’s Report, the vessel which was engaged in this work at the end of 1905 was stranded in Aberdeen Bay, and owing to the loss of life occasioned thereby the Board have thought it right to refrain from making use of such vessels in inshore work. In consequence of this, the stock hag not been renewed, and the supply of spawn was much less than in former years. Under present circumstances it is not possible to procure supplies of living plaice by means of the ordinary commercial trawlers working in the North Sea. The fish desired are only found in abundance on the inshore grounds, and_ the cost of obtaining a sufficient number from the offshore would be con- siderable. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 7 In the season of 1906 the eggs were first observed in the water of the spawning-pond at the beginning of February ; the spawning gradually increased towards the end of the month, and was greatest in March and the early part of April, and the last eggs were obtained on 13th May. The total number of eggs collected from the pond was estimated at 7,486,000, as compared with 40,110,000 in the previous year, so that the decrease, for the reason mentioned, was great. The estimated number of fry which were hatched out and put into the sea was 4,406,000, the loss being equivalent to about 41 per cent., which is higher than usual. The principal cause of this was an insufficient supply of pure water towards the end of March, owing to a defect in the filtering arrangements in the rebuilt hatchery, which was afterwards remedied. The fry were put into the sea in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen in March, April, and May. The number of eggs collected and the number of fry put out at the Bay of Nigg hatchery during the last seven years are as follows :— Year. Eggs Collected. Fry Hatched. 1900 45,290,000 31,305,000 1901 63,370,000 51,800,000 1902 72,410,000 55,700,000 19038 65,940,000 53,600,000 1904 39,600,000 34,780,000 1905. 40,110,000 15,790,000 1906 © 7,486,000 4,406,000 Owing to the small number of fry available it was not feasible to forward supplies to the northern parts of the coast of Aberdeen, for which the fishermen had petitioned. It may be mentioned that the expense in connection with the hatching work is comparatively small, since it is carried on in conjunction with the Marine Laboratory without any additional staff. The total expenditure for extra coals, food for the fishes, &e., was estimated at under £80. During the season the hatchery was visited by delegations of fishermen from the counties of Argyll, Bute, Caithness, and Elgin, under arrangements made with the various County Councils. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION TO FISHERMEN. By an arrangement originally made with the Technical Com- mittee of the County Council of Aberdeenshire, representative fishermen from various parts of the coast of that county for some years visited the Marine Laboratory in spring to attend demon- strations on the life-history and habits of fishes, such as might be of interest and use to them, and to see the processes of fish-hatching. The arrangement was afterwards extended to other counties owing to the interest taken by the fishermen in the instruction they received, and, as above stated, fishermen from several other counties attended in the spring of last year. Among the subjects taught were the life-history of such fishes as the herring, cod, haddock, and plaice, as well as of the mussel and edible crustacea. The 8 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report food, growth, reproduction, &c., of fishes were explained and illustrated by specimens and experiments, and the processes of fertilisation demonstrated, as well as the development of the fishes within the egg. On this question of the technical and scientific education of fishermen many or most other European countries are in advance of ourselves, special schools being devoted to the work, directly or indirectly under the patronage of the State. It may be mentioned that in the Technical College which it has been decided to establish at Aberdeen provision will be made for the instruction of those connected with the fishing industry in various branches of know- ledge bearing upon that industry, such as the preservation of fish and the utilisation of fish-products. INVESTIGATIONS ON THE HERRING FISHERIES IN THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. During the last few years, as mentioned in previous Annual Reports, an enquiry has been in progress with respect to the herring fisheries in the Firth of Clyde, and especially in Loch Fyne. Those fisheries, like the herring fishery on other parts of the coast, are subject to considerable fluctuations from year to year; and from the circumstance that they are often carried on in comparatively confined and narrow waters, and by several methods of fishing, they have given rise at various times of scarcity to controversies regarding the modes, seasons, or places of fishing. Of late years such complaints have been somewhat common in Loch Fyne, owing to the failure of the fishery in that important loch, the catch having gradually declined from 1897, when the maximum quantity for any year was recorded, to a low point in 1905 and 1906. The object of the enquiry was to ascertain the nature and extent of the annual fluctuations, and, as far as possible, their causes, and the movements of the shoals of herrings into and out of Loch Fyne. The scheme of investigation included (1) a study of all the statistics of former years that were available; (2) periodical observations on the temperature of the water, and the “plankton” or floating organisms, at different depths; (3) the marking and liberation of herrings when possible, with the view of discovering their migrations; and (4) the examination of large numbers of samples of herrings from various parts of the Clyde, to determine especially the condition of the reproductive organs at different periods and the rapidity with which these organs develop and become fully mature. An investigation of this kind is difficult under the most favourable circumstances and must necessarily cover several successive seasons; and since the range of movement of a shoal of herrings on any part of the coast is at present unknown, it was desired that the investigation might cover at least the whole of the sea area of the Clyde, and in particular the channels by which the herrings enter and leave Loch Fyne. With the means at disposal it was, however, found impossible to extend the periodical observations in this way, which have therefore been limited to Loch Fyne. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 9 In the present volume a report by Dr. Wemyss Fulton will be found dealing with the statistics of the herring fisheries in the Firth of Clyde during past years; and also descriptive of the methods of fishing employed and of the former enquiries made on the subject. The statistics are of two kinds—those published in the annual reports, and those derived from the weekly report books of the various districts. The former go back for nearly a century, to the year 1809, when the Board of British White Herring Fishery was established. They, however, only include the quantities of herrings which were cured, either on shore or on board vessels, for the greater part of the period, and which were landed in the districts. In a series of tables appended to the report these statistics are summarised, both in regard to the herrings which were cured and in regard to the numbers of fisher- men and boats which were employed in the various districts of the Clyde. The second class of statisties go back to the year 1854, so that they cover the considerable period of 53 years, and they are of especial value as showing not only the quantity of herrings landed per week, month, and year throughout the period, but also, in the great majority of cases, the places where the fish were mostly caught throughout the season. These statistics are also summar- ised in a series of tables appended to the report. With regard first of all to the productiveness of the herring fishery in the Firth of Clyde as a whole, the statistics show that the latter part of the period was more productive than the first part. The aggregate quantity of herrings taken in the 53 years was 3,314,585 crans, or about 11,601,000 cwts., the mean annual quantity being 62,540 crans. In the first twenty-six years, 1854-1879, the quantity landed was 1,254,902 crans, the average per annum being 48,270 crans; whereas in the last twenty-six years, 1881-1906, the gross quantity landed was 1,950,849 crans, the annual mean being 75,030 crans. The excess in the total quantity landed in the latter period was thus 695,947 crans, while the excess in the mean per annum was 26,760 crans. This increase in the yield of the herring fishery was caused by the increase in the two western districts of Campbeltown and Inveraray or Loch Fyne. Taking them together the mean annual catch in the years 1854-1879 was 29,810 crans, while in the years 1881-1906 it was 56,523 crans, an average annual increase of 26,713 crans. In Loch Fyne the increase was from 22,986 crans in the earlier period to 27,375 crans in the latter period, the mean annual increase being 4389 crans. In the Campbeltown district the mean in the first period was 14,452 crans, and in the last period 26,944 crans, the mean annual increase being 12,492 crans. These figures show that the herring fishery in those districts has on the whole increased in the period. In the other three districts in the Clyde, Rothesay, Greenock, and Ballantrae, on the other hand, the averagé annual yield has diminished; in the first by 3290 crans, in the second by 2100 crans, and in the third by 2658 crans, in the periods shown in the Tables. 10 Part IIT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report The extent of the annual fluctuations has been considerable. The average annual yield in crans in the various districts and in the Clyde as a whole in ten-year periods is shown as follows :— ‘ Cam pbel- Rothe- | Green- | Ballan- | Campbel- Loch Fyne. cee q| Whole gay. ock. trae. town. Loch Fyne 1857-66 | 13,497 | *3,170 Boe 29,557 46,225 1867-76 | 12,006 | 6,472 4,535 8,185 | 20,255 | 28,440 | 51,454 1877-86| 4,405 | 1,634 20,518 29,286 25,679 54,966 81,523 1887-96 | 7,269 | 1,587 8,566 26,158 30,943 57,101 74,523 1897-06| 9,040 | 1,689 5,397 26,503 24,889 51 992 67,518 * Includes figures for Ballantrae which, until 1863, was part of Greenock District. With regard to the fishing in Loch Fyne the tables and plates show that the good years and the bad years come in groups, and that only on one occasion, 1897, a very good year followed a year in which the catch was below the average. They also show that the recent period of poor fishing was almost exactly paralleled about thirty-two years ago (1872-1874), when a slightly lower point was reached, the curve of fluctuations being closely similar in the two periods. Tables are also appended to the report showing that the fluctua- tions from year to year in Loch Fyne are not greater than they are in other areas on the East and West Coasts, where the mean annual yield is about the same. THE Foop-VALUE OF THE HERRING. In continuation of his research on the food-value of the Loch Fyne and West Coast herring, the results of which were published in last year’s Report, Professor Milroy, of Queen’s College, Belfast, contributes to the present Report a paper on the food-value of the East Coast autumn herring. The fish were obtained at Shetland and Fraserburgh, and comprised specimens of the classes known commercially as matties, fulls, large fulls, and spents. The compo- sition of the herring-muscle or flesh is stated in percentages of water, total proteids, coagulable proteids, and fat; the coagulable proteids represent the proteids which are coagulated on boiling the fish, and are important as an indication of the nutritive value. The percentage amount of fat in the fish is in many respects the most valuable indication of the food-value of the herring, but it must not be regarded as the sole one. The herrings richest in fats were the matties and the mattie-fulls—fish in Which the repro- ductive organs were but little developed—while the lowest percentages were found in large spent herrings and large fulls. In spent fish the proportion of fat varied from 6°15 per cent. to 9°32 per cent.; in fulls (in which the reproductive organs are almost or guite developed) the percentage varied from 7°53 to 12°44; in of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Tt matties and mattie-fulls it ranged from 10°42 to 16°68 per cent. Taken as a whole, the spent fish have a lower fat-percentage than the corresponding full fish; but it is possible that in some cases the fat-percentage of even spent fish may be higher than that of full fish, owing to the fact that they have been feeding and commenced to store fat again. Professor Milroy points out in comparing the West Coast and East Coast fish that one is struck with the lower water and the higher proteid and fat-percentages in the latter than in the former ; such low fat-percentages as were obtained in some of the winter West Coast herrings were never found in the Hast Coast autumn herrings. It was found, as a rule, that the fish which possessed the highest percentage of fat in their muscles had the ovaries some time short of full maturity. Usually fish with ovaries of about one-fourth of the weight of the ovary when fully mature contained the highest percentage of fat in their muscles. There is a gradual loss of fat during the later stages of maturation of the ovaries, succeeded by a serious loss after the spawning of the fish. This loss after spawning is evidently a very rapid one, as, although there must be a short period after spawning when the spent fish contains practically the same amount of fat as the full fish, it is rare that one observes this in analyses, and when it is observed it is possibly in some cases due to the fact that the fish is a spent fish in the period of recuperation. It is after spawning that the muscles of the fish lose the largest amount of their stored nutritive material, and it is then that the most undoubted loss of weight occurs, over and above that which can be accounted for by the complete discharge of the ovaries. THE Foop OF THE HERRING. Dr. Thomas Scott contributes a paper to the present Report on the food of the herring, as determined by the examination of the stomachs of over five hundred specimens obtained from various districts, including Loch Fyne, Stornoway, Loch Broom, and the Firths of Forth and Clyde. The food observed consisted of post- larval fishes (chiefly herrings, sprats, and sand-eels) to some extent, but mostly of pelagic crustacea. Among the latter the most important as food for the herring appear to be certain Schizopods, Amphipods, and also Copepoda, as Calanus. Dr. Scott also examined into the condition known as “gutpoke,” which is to be observed in many of the herrings taken in Loch Fyne, especially in the earlier part of the season. In this condition the stomach and intestine are distended with food of a soft and oily nature, such as Caianus and post-larvel clupeoids, which passes along the gut with- out being properly digested and causes rapid decomposition to set in. THE SPAWNING, GROWTH, AND MOVEMENT OF THE MUSSEL, HorsE-MUSSEL, AND THE Spout-FIsH. On these subjects Dr. H. C. Williamson contributes a paper to this Report, illustrated with a number of figures. The development 12 Part I7T.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report and condition of the reproductive organs in the common mussel in various months of the year are described, specimens having been kept in aquaria. At the Bay of Nigg the common mussel was observed to spawn in April and in June, but its spawning time is known to be more extended. Observations were also made on the vrowth of the mussel and the conditions favourable and unfavour- able to growth, as well as on its movements and the anatomy of the byssus and foot. THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA. Dr. Scott, in continuation of his work among the smaller marine erustacea which have been obtained in the course of the fishery investigations, has prepared a paper, printed in this Report, on a number of interesting forms. Two of the species which are dealt with were discovered as parasites on the piked dogfish, and are here described for the first time, and another occurs as a commensal in the branchial chamber of large ascidians. ‘The paper is illustrated with three plates. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servants, - ANGUS SUTHERLAND, Chairman. D. CRAWFORD, Deputy-Chairman. DARCY W. THOMPSON. W. R. DUGUID. L. MILLOY. D. MEARNS. H. WATSON WM. C. ROBERTSON, Secretary. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. I.—REPORT ON AN ENQUIRY INTO THE HERRING FISHERIES OF THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. Part I.—Tue Sraristics or Tage Fisaeries. By Dr. T. Wemyss Futon, Scientific Superintendent. (Plates I,-XII.) CONTENTS. PAGE The Methods of Fishing, : : : : : 15 The Fluctuations from Year to Year, : ; : : 23 The Detailed Statistics:— . j : : : ; 29 Rothesay District, : ; : : ‘ ; 31 Greenock District, : ; : : ; : 40 Ballantrae District, ‘ : : ; A : 46 Campbeltown District, . A : : ; 5 62 Inveraray District, : : : 76 Campbeltown and Inveraray Districts combined, : - 92 The Clyde Area, . < 94 The Influence of the Moon on the Catch of Herrings, : : 98 Tables :— I. Showing the Total Number of Vessels, including their repeated Voyages, entered Inwards from the Fishery, with the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board; also the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Shore, and the Total Number Cured, in the Firth of Clyde Districts, in each yor 1809-1906, : 100 II. Showing the ‘Number of "Boats, whether decked or undecked, employed in the Firth of Clyde Districts in the Shore- -curing Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the Number of Men and Boys by whom the said Boats were manned, together with the Number of Fish- -curers, and the Total Number of Persons employed in each year 1825-1906, - 104 III. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured, and the Esti- mated Total of the Number of Barrels of Herrings which were not Cured, in the years 1843-1857, 4 #108 IV. Showing the Number of Barrels of Herrings actually Caught within the limits of the various Districts in the Firth of Clyde, irrespective of the place of land- ing, in the years 1863-1887, . 109 V. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings sold Fresh in the years 1884-1888, and the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings landed, whether sold Fresh or Cue in the years 1889-1906, : 110 14 Part 1[I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report CONTENTS—Continued. Tables (continued) : — PAGE. VI. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Ballantrae District, 1863-1906, ht VII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Campbeltown District, 1863-1906, = Whe VIII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed Pe Month in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906, 113 IX. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Districts of Inveraray and ea town, 1854-1906, : 114 xe Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per ; Month in the Greenock District, 1855-1906, 115 XI. Showing the Number of Crans of "Herrings landed per Month in the Rothesay District, 1854-1906, 116 XII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month for the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906, 117 XIII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed Yearly at each District in Clyde Area, 1854-1906, . 118 XIV. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Ballantrae District, 1863-1906, . 119 XV. Showing the Number of Boats per "Month Fishing in the Campbeltown District, 1863-1906, 120 XVI. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906, _.. 121 XVII. Showing the Number of Boats pet Month Fishing in the Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906, 122 XVIII. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Greenock District, 1855-1906, __. 123 XIX. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Rothesay District, 1854-1906, 3 124 XX. Showing the Number of Boats Fishing per Month in the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906, : 125 * XXI. Showing the Number of Boats Fishing in the] whole Clyde Area in each Year, 1854-1906, 126 XXII. Showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings i in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1901, : 127 XXIII. Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing "and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906, 179 XXIV. Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900, . eeloo During the last few years, as mentioned in previous Annual Reports, an enquily has been in progress with respect to the herring fisheries in the Firth of Clyde, and especially in Loch Fyne. Those fisheries, like the herring fishery on other parts of the coast, are subject to considerable fluctuations from year to year ; and from the circumstance that they are carried on in comparatively confined and narrow waters and by several methods of fishing, they have given rise at various times of scarcity to controversy concerning usually either the alleged injuriousness of one or other of the modes of capture, or of the fishing being pursued at an improper season at a particular place. Of late years such complaints have been accentuated owing to the failure of the fishing in Loch Fyne. In that important area the yield has declined gradually since 1897, the year in which the maximum quantity recorded was obtained, and a very low point was reached in 1905 and 1906. It will be shown later that the recent diminished productiveness of the herring-fishing in Loch Fyne is an almost exact repetition of what occurred in the period 1868-1874, when even a lower point was reached. The objects of the enquiry were to ascertain the nature and extent of the fluctuations, and as far as possible their causes ; to throw light on the movements of the shoals into and out of the Loch in relation to the of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 15 temperature of the water and the amount of food-material present in it ; and to determine the extent, places, and seasons of spawning. A scheme was accordingly prepared on which the investigation might proceed, comprising the following :—(1) A study of all the statistics that could be obtained for each of the Clyde fishery districts in former years, going as far back as possible, and of the reports and remarks of the Fishery Officers. (2) Serial observations at intervals on the temperature of the water at different depths. (3) Simultaneous collections of the plankton or floating organisms upon which the herring principally feeds. (4) The marking and liberation of herrings when possible, with the view of ascertaining their movements. (5) The examination of large numbers of herrings periodically from various parts of the Clyde, to determine their feeding, the condition of the reproductive organs as to maturity, and the rapidity with which these organs develop and become fully mature. Special nets have also been used to ascertain the presence of small post- larval and young herrings in the loch, and a research was made by Professor Milroy on the chemical composition of the herrings at different sexual stages, the results of which have already appeared.* Since the range of movement of a shoal of herrings at different periods of the year on any part of the coast is unknown, but is believed to be considerable, it was desired that the investigation might cover at least the whole of the sea area of the Clyde. It was obviously of import- ance that the cbservations should not be confined to Loch Fyne, but should include the other parts of the Firth, and particularly the channels by which the herrings enter or leave the loch. Comparison of the temperatures and of the plankton at any given time in these areas would be of value. It was, however, found to be impossible to extend the observations in the way indicated, owing to the want of means, and, with the exception noted below, the temperature and plankton observations have been limited to Loch Fyne, a small yacht and boats being hired for the purpose, since no steamer is at the disposal of the Board for such work in the Clyde. A number of “ Stations” were fixed upon at intervals of a few miles, exteuding from near the mouth of the loch to the neighbourhood of Inveraray. At each Station the temperature of the water was determined at intervals of nfteen fathoms from the surface to the bottom, collections of plankton being also made at the same levels, and the observations were carried on as far as possible in each month throughout the year. In addition to these Captain Alexander, of the superintending Fishery cruiser ‘‘ Vigilant,” has taken observations of the temperature of the water (without plankton collections) at the surface, bottom, and one intermediate depth, at various parts of the Firth of Clyde, and these records, with the sanction of the Board, have been placed at disposal. The various investigations noted above are being continued, and will be reported on later. This part of the report deals with the fluctuations in the yield of the fishery from year to year, and is based upon the statistics which have been collected by the Fishery Officers of the various districts since 1809, but mainly since 1854, as more fully explained below. Tue Metnops oF FISHING. In the Firth of Clyde herrings are captured by three methods of fishing—viz., by drift-nets, seine-nets, and set-nets or ground-nets, of which the two former, and especially the seine-net, are the more impor- *See Twenty-Fourth Annual Rerort, Part III., p. 83. 16 Part III. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report tant. Many fishermen make use of more than one method, and it is common for the seine-net or the drift-net to be used by the same crews at different times according to the judgment of the men as to which is likely to be the more successful. The set-nets, locally but improperly called “trammels,” are used principally at Ballantrae and on the Ayr- shire coast, and also to a small extent in other localities occasionally, as in the upper reaches of Loch Fyne and the Kyles of Bute. By far the most important method nowadays is the seine, or so-called ‘“ trawl,” as is shown by the following figures representing the percentages of each method of fishing in the Firth of Clyde districts for the year 1906. Seine-net. Drift-net. Set-net. Herrings. | Herrings. Herrings. Boats. | Men.|—_———— Boatss.} Men.| ——————_| Boats. | Men. Cwts.| £ Cwts.| £ Cwts.| £ 65 (GES Pv GPE Ayal) 29 25 | 21°5| 25 5) 4 | 55) 5 The seine-net, which is said to have been first used in Loch Fyne in 1838, and was then improvised from a drift-net, varies from about 150 to 180 yards in length when mounted on the ropes and ready for use. The depth, which is the same throughout, may extend to twenty fathoms, or about forty yards. The meshes of the.sides or wings of the net range from 33 to 35 to the yard, but in the central part or bag, where the strain is greatest when the net is hauled, the meshes are somewhat smaller and the twine of greater thickness. The upper rope of the net is corked at intervals, and the sole rope is weighted with leaden sinkers, while the draw-rope at the bottom, by which the net is hauled, may be from 200 to 300 fathoms in length. The seine-net is worked by two boats, or pairs, each of which has four men, so that eight men are employed in connection with each seine. It may be used from the shore or in shallow water like an ordinary ground-seine, a method known as “‘scringing,” and then it is not uncommon for other fishes than herrings to be taken, especially flat fishes on certain grounds. When employed in deep water, as towards the middle of Loch Fyne, the method is known as “ringing” or “circling.” The pair of fishing skiffs sail slowly about, never very far apart from one another, looking for the signs of herrings, and when it is decided to shoot the net, the method is as follows. One of the boats is anchored or stationary, and the end of the rope is passed to it from the other boat, which then moves off peying out the net as it goes, and after making a sweep to enclose the fish it returns to the stationary boat. The net 1s then hauled, care being taken as far as possible to prevent the escape of the herrings downwards by drawing the lower edge of the net under them as the circle is contracted; this edge is then brought on board, and the breadth of the net forms a bag in which the herrings are contained, and from which they are removed to the boat. This method of fishing is sometimes very successful, enormous quantities of fish being occasionally obtained, and it is not uncommon for the net to burst owing to the weight of herrings in it. From the fact that the meshes of the seine are narrow, and the strain upon them when hauling tends to contract them still of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Ly further, it sometimes happens that large quantities of small or unsaleable herrings are taken by it. This has been often a subject of complaint by fishermen pursuing other methods, and especially by those using the drift- net. The drift-net and the set-net act in a different way. They are both gill-nets, the herrings being caught by the gills as they endeavour to pass through the meshes. The drift-net floats in the water, usually at or near the surface, but in Loch Fyne, particularly in the deep upper loch, it may be used by lengthening the buoy ropes in very considerable depths, as far down as sixty fathoms. A “train” or “fleet” of drift-nets may contain from ten to eighteen or more nets, and from the fact that the meshes are larger, running from about 31 to 34 in a yard, and that they stand open, the smaller class of herrings escapes capture, and the size of the herrings caught is more uniform as a rule than with the seine-ret. The set-net or ground-net fishes in the same manner as the drift-net, but it is anchored to the bottom. It consists essentially of a strip of drift-net, sixty to eighty meshes deep, the upper rope corked and the lower weighted, so that it stands as a wall of netting rising up from near the bottom. At Ballantrae, where it is chiefly employed, the nets are left in the water over-night, and visited each morning when the weather permits, the herrings being removed and the net again set. It is an effective method on a spawning ground, as Ballantrae Bank. One of the chief complaints which have been made in the past among the herring fishermen in Loch Fyne refers-to the use of the seine-net, or so-called “herring trawl.” As already stated, this method is believed to have been introduced about 1838, and it was so successful that within a few years it was very commonly employed, and disputes soon arose between the “trawlers” or seiners and the ordinary drift-net fishermen. The latter alleged that the seine-net was injurious by destroying large quantities of small and immature herrings, by dispersing the “eyes” or shoals of herrings entering Loch Fyne or other narrow waters, and by disturbing and destroying the spawn when used over spawning grounds. This view was supported by the fish-merchants and accepted by the authorities, and in 1851 an Act of Parliament was passed prohibiting the employment of the seine for catching herrings, and recognising the drift- net as the only legal method of capture.* Great difficulty was found in enforcing this Act, and the seine-net fishermen endeavoured to evade it by all the means in their power. It is clear from the reports of the Fishery Officers, as well as from the official enquiries held later, that seining continued year after year, and was sometimes, indeed, the method by which the greater quantity of herrings was obtained, especially after 1854, when the superintending gunboat was withdrawn owing to the outbreak of war with Russia. It is not surprising that this should have been the case, because again and again it is recorded that while the drifters were obtaining a few hundred herrings the “trawlers” were making large hauls and large profits, their fish sometimes selling (1857) for as much as 28s. 6d. the “long” hundred, of 120, or nearly threepence each. The headquarters of the seiners was Tarbert, though many seines were also employed by Ardrishaig boats, while at Inveraray and in the other parts of the upper loch the drift alone was used. In 1858, and again in 1859, herrings were abundant in Upper Loch Fyne, and on the seiners from the lower loch making their way tnither, the drift-net fishermen declared their intention of enforcing the Act against the use of the seine-net, and for this purpose took firearms on board their boats. In 1860 another *«* An Act to Amend the Acts relating to the British White Herring Fishery,” 14 and 15 Vict., c. 26, s. 6. 18 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report and more stringent Act was passed against seine-net fishing for herrings, * and it was enforced as far as possible in the Clyde with the assistance of two gunboats and a staff of police on shore. Seining, however, still went on, especially from Tarbert, and in 1861 a third Act was found to be necessary, which gave power not only to seize and forfeit the seine-nets, but also the boats using them and all the fish they might contain. Under this Act numerous boats and nets were seized and destroyed. In June, 1861, a fisherman was shot dead by a marine of one of the gunboats engaged in suppressing “trawling,” and the Fishery Officer remarks, with reference to this occurrence, that the ‘fishermen are as determined on trawling as ever, and say they won’t give it up, and condemning them- selves martyrs, they seem inclined to court martyrdom” Later in the same month he reported that the fishing was being very irregularly conducted, and ‘although the fishermen state that they see plenty of herrings, they cannot succeed in getting them by drift-nets, and the cruisers’ boats harass the trawlers so much that they cannot manage with all their ingenuity to get a haul.” In this year very little seining took place, owing to the strength and vigilance of the police force both on sea and shore, and the herrings being abundant and the drifters successful, the fishermen very generally equipped themselves with drift-nets and made use of that method of fishing. In this year, also, an important Commission was appointed to enquire into the operation of the Acts above referred to. It was composed of Dr. Lyon Playfair, Professor Huxley, and Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell. The Commission examined all the evidence placed before them by the Board of Fishery, and made a personal investigation at Loch Fyne and elsewhere. They found that the yield of the herring fishing in Loch Fyne had increased rather than diminished, when a period of years was considered, notwithstanding the use of the seine-net. ‘‘ When we look back,” they say in their report,t “‘to the records of the fishing in Loch Fyne for the last fifty or sixty years, we find many periods of bad fishing and gloomy depression on the part of the fishermen. In such times of panic they have always been ready to demand legislative protection against other classes of fishermen who were supposed to be interfering with their interests. Thus, in 1836, the Fishery Officer at Loch Fyne, expressing the views of the fishermen there, entreats the Board to protect that loch from ruin by putting down all fishing on the East Coasts of Scotland during the only months when it was productive, because the West Coast fisher- men are persuaded that it is the fish of the West Coast which travel to the East Coast to spawn. In fact, every time that there is a panic the reasons assigned for the failure of the herring alter, but are strongly pressed upon the Fishery Board as demands for immediate prohibitory measures.” The conclusion of the Commission was that the Acts were quite unnecessary and had been injurious, and that seining, or trawling, for herrings had not diminished the productiveness of the fishery in Loch Fyne, which, on the contrary, had increased. They expressed the opinion that if any legislation had been requisite, it should have been applied to a regulation of the size of the mesh of the seines, which were frequently under the legal standard, and they recommended that the Board of Fisheries should have discretionary powers to prohibit seining for herrings in waters which are too narrow for that method and drift-net fishing being *«« An Act to Amend the Law relative to the Scottish Herring Fisheries,” 23 and 24 Vict., c. 92. + ‘An Act to make further Provision for the Regulation of the British White Herring Fishery,” 24 and 25 Vict., c. 72. ~ Report of the Royal Commission on the Operation of the Acts relating to Trawling for Herring on the Coasts of Scotland, 1863. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 19 peaceably carried on together, as in Upper Loch Fyne, above Otter Spit, and in the Kyles of Bute, but these powers should be enforced merely as a matter of police. Another Royal Commission reported on the subject a few years later. It was composed of Sir James Caird, Professor Huxley, and Mr. G. Shaw- Lefevre. In 1864 they visited the Clyde districts, and in their report* they said—‘“ We are unable to find any satisfactory proof, in the evidence that has been brought before us, that trawling or circle-net fishing for herrings is, when properly practised, wasteful, or destructive to the brood and spawn of the herring. We are of opinion that it has been and may be a very important means of supplying the market with an abundance of fish, and that, not unfrequently, under circumstances which preclude the capture of herrings by the drift-not fishermen.” They pointed out that it was perfectly clear that there are times when the “trawl” will take fish when none can be caught by the drift-net. They declared their opinion that, except in a certain specified locality (Upper Loch Fyne and the Kyles of Bute), no justification whatever existed for the suppression of seine-net fishing for herrings, and they recommended the repeal of the Acts. It appears that the firm enforcement of the Acts by the Board of Fisheries had brought about a change in the opinions of the fishermen themselves, who, when the drift-net failed to take the herrings they knew to be present in the loch, were prevented from using the seine by which they might have been caught. By an Act passed in 1867 it was made lawful to fish for and take herrings and herring fry at all places on the coasts of Scotland, in any manner of way, and by means of any kind of net having meshes not less than the regulation size of one inch from knot to knot, and the sections in the Acts of 1851, 1860, and 1861 which referred to seine-net fishing for herrings were repealed by the Sea Fisheries Act of 1868. The restoration of the liberty to use the seine-net was received with great satisfaction by the fishermen generally. They had petitioned that the liberating Act might be hastened, and when intelligence was received in July, 1867, that the Act had received the royal assent there was much rejoicing. The fishermen in Upper Loch Fyne, who had been the most resolute opponents of seining some years before, provided themselves with seine-nets, the fishing was carried on throughout the season almost entirely with such nets, and the Officers reported that there were no com- plaints of any kind. Except for a short period in September, scarcely any drift-nets were employed, and then mostly because the men were not possessed of seines, They were, moreover, singularly unsuccessful, catching hardly any herrings. In the season of 1868, however, a change occurred, When the fishing opened, and for a few weeks afterwards, seines alone were used, but then it was found that the drift-net was more successful than the seine, and as the season advanced more and more of the boats put aside the seines and employed drift-nets, which continued the more successful until the end of the year. The reason given by the Fishery Officer was that the herrings kept more than usual out in the deep water, where at that time the seine- net could not be well used. In 1869 the fishing began in the same way and drift-nets gradually replaced the seines. At the end of June 190 boats used seine-nets and 51 drift-nets; by the middle of July, half the * Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Sea Fisheries of the United Kingdom, Vol. I., 1866. +‘* An Act to Alter and Amend the Acts relating to the British White Herring Fishery, 1867,” 30 and 31 Vict., c. 52. 20 Part TII.— Twenty-fifth Annual Report fleet of boats were using drift-nets; in the middle of August, 285 boats employed drift-nets and 167 seines; by the end of August, 270 boats used drifts and 128 seines. In September, however, heavy catches began to be got by the seines, and for a week or two these nets were chiefly employed, In the seasons of 1870 and 1871 the drift-net was also more successful than the seine, and was much more used. Fishermen thus became accustomed to use either the seine-net or the drift-net according to which was the more profitable, and harmony prevailed among drifters and seiners so long as herrings were abundant and the fishing successful. The year 1868, the first year since 1851 in which the use of the seine-net was lawful throughout the whole season (although, as just stated, the drift-net was chiefly employed), the yield of the fishery was very high, amounting for Loch Fyne to 39,795 crans, or about 139,280 cwts. From that year to 1873 and 1874 there was a gradual decline in the productiveness of the Loch Fyne herring fishery, and, although, as mentioned above, the drift-net was mostly employed, the seine-net began again to be held responsible for the falling-off in the catch. In 1874 the local Members of Parliament (the Marquis of Lorne for the County of Argyll, Mr C. Dalrymple for the County of Bute, and Sir William J. M, Cuninghame for the Ayr Bnrghs) undertook an enquiry with a view to ascertain, if possible, what had occasioned the decline. They were attended by the Assistant Inspector of Fisheries (Mr George Reiach), and visited the different localities, collecting the opinions of fishermen and others, and they submitted a report to the Government in the following year.* They stated that they had examined the antagonistic opinions of the drifters and seiners with great care, and by the light of ail the information they could collect, and they were not satisfied that the ‘‘trawl-net,” though possibly in some cases a destructive and wasteful engine of fishing, was the cause of the evil. The fact could not be explained away that the herrings were at that time disinclined to enter other narrow waters where “trawling” was unknown. Other theories had been suggested to them—such as, that the temperature of the air or water or the amount of rainfall might have affected the fish injuriously, or that the natural food of the herrings might have failed from natural causes—for which theories, however, they thought the evi- dence was very slight. On the whole they were inclined to the opinion that the fishing had been carried on to too great an extent in the narrow waters, and they recommended that steps should be taken to restrict it to a certain extent. They recommended that the annual close-time from Ist February to 1st June (which was established by the Act 28 and 29 Vic. c. 22, 1865) should be strictly enforced; that the weekly close-time should be extended so that, north of a line drawn from the Mull of Galloway to the Mull of Kintyre, it should begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday and last till midnight on Sunday ; that the old regulation against daylight fishing should be renewed and enforced, and that the regulation regarding the dimensions of the mesh of herring nets, which was much neglected, should be enforced. In 1877 another Commission, consisting of Mr. Frank Buckland, Sir Spencer Walpole, and Mr. Archibald Young, inquired into the subject of the Scottish herring fishing, including the use and effect of the seine-net in Loch Fyne. They came to the same general con- clusions as the previous Commissions had done, expressing the opinion that “trawling” involved little, if any, more waste than drift-net fishing. They also agreed that, as a mere matter of police, it was “Report by the Commissioners of the Fishery Board for Scotland of their Proceedings in the Year ended 31st December, 1875, p. 3. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 21 desirable to give power to prohibit the use of the seine in Upper Loch Fyne and in other narrow waters less than one mile wide. By the Sea Fisheries Regulation (Scotland) Act, 1895, power was given to the Fishery Board, by bye-law or bye-laws, to prohibit seine trawling within any area or areas within the limits specified in the sixth section of the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Act, 1889, or in the schedule annexed to it; and a bye-law was passed in 1901 prohibiting the use of the seine-net for herrings on Ballantrae Bank and neighbouring waters, as defined therein.* While, as: shown above, the seine-net is less effective at some periods than the drift-net, there is no doubt that, taken on the whole, it is the most successful method prosecuted in the Firth of Clyde, and its use has extended considerably in recent years. The statistics showing the extent to which the various modes of fishing have been practised in the various districts in the Firth of Clyde do not extend very far back, but in the following Table the particulars are given for four of the five districts in the years 1899-1901, and for the five districts, and the whole area, in the years 1902-1906 :— * Twentieth Annual Report, Part I., p. 258. ‘TABLE. 22 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report SEINE-NET. DRIFT-NET. TRAMMEL-NET, District. é i 2 earl I S D eS 3 splices Sa ae 1899. Ballantrae, Spee 977 90 | ... | 1,183 157) 751 Rothesay, 18 72| 2,000 77 |218 | 1,968 : Campbeltown, - }140 | 630] 27,541 5 |3820 | 4,357 Inveraray, 138 552 | 23,541 276 | 7,847 1900. Ballantrae, gD elie rece 2,286 oh, || estos} 1,824 | 1,428 Rothesay, 60 | 240) 1,706 93 | 569 see ae Campbeltown, - 200 900 | 37,652 192 | 2,905 Inveraray, 624 | 19,794 239 | 4,949 1901. Ballantrae, Stilt. 22 7,302 aha eB 1,816 | 1,850 Rothesay, 42 140| 1,443 68 391 os aS Campbeltown, - {176 762 | 29,487 258 | 1,862 oN. Inveraray, - 1164 656 | 26,350 288 | 2,567 nes 1902. | Greenock, - 1140 560{ 1,322 198 554 BB hes sed Es Ballantrae, 56 224] 3,469 219 | 2,916 147 | 1,652 | 2,120 Rothesay, - P61 | 1,015 | 25,306 60 743 a nas wat Campbeltown, - [160 720 | 36,227 215 | 1,789 Inveraray, - (17: 688 | 24,279 372 | 2,060 Totals, 3,207 | 90,603 1,064] 8,062 147 | 1,652 | 2,120 1908. Greenock, Arb 536 ae 78 435 ae Abs act Ballantrae, 50 | 250 234 210 | 1,765 93 | 245) 282 Rothesay, 253 | 1,047} 25,689 270 | 2,672 ae ia a Campbeltown, - [158 732 | 29,254 136 | 508 ree Inveraray, - |170 680 | 20,176 130 | 1,002 12 Totals, 2,709 | 75,353 824 | 6,382 245} 282 — 1904. Greenock, ae Ae oF 5¢ |) 271 eT Ve SPP Dea ae Ballantrae, 30 150 299 198 | 620} 946] 13) 39| 529) 381 Rothesay, - 210 846] 6,920 | 8,035 90 | 620 923i) wee aheece me Campbeltown, - | 90 427 12,332 | 16,174 el ae Plato fee | cae ae Inveraray, - [156 624| 7,3834] 14,811 122 | 3744) 898] 4] 8 Totals, 2,047 | 26,9344! 39,205 551 |2,4824] 4,331] 17 | 47 529} 381 1905. Greenock, 68 212i) QOS8sa 2 177 MESO PAARL cos |) bSc Ballantrae, an aa ic 225 | 4,479 | 4,938] 1 3 ae Rothesay, 136 504} 1,328] 1,189 54 AVON ©4263 ees eee ae Campbeltown, - | 88 418} 19,355 | 20,244 70 | 1,790} 1,412} 2) 8 15 20 Inveraray, 143 | 592} 4,005 | 6,819 93 109| 233] 3] 6 as Totals, 1,786 | 26,971 | 30,429 622 | 9,063 | 9,766] 6 | 17 15 20 1906. Greenock, 400} 5,611 | 4,850] 64 /192 | 2,076 | 2,590] ... | ... ae Pe Ballantrae, 350 | 10,250 | 10,495 | 68 |204 | 2,552 | 3,678] 51 1153 | 2,897 | 3,227 Rothesay, E 1,036] 8,830 | 8,396 100 |307 | 4,879 | 5,820] ... | ... Ne Sag Campbeltown, - 427 | 9,483 | 13,774] 50 |175 | 1,575| 2,773] 2) 8 12 18 Inveraray, - 520] 4,640 | 5,454] 28 | 95 | 384) 350] 2) 4 ; Totals, 2,733 | 38,814 | 42,969 j310 |973 |11,466/15,211] 55 |165 | 2,909 | 3,245 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 23 Tur FLuctuaTIONS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, The statistics relating to the herring fishery in the Clyde which are available are of two kinds—those which have been printed in the published Annual Reports, and those derived from the books of the Fishery Officers of the various districts. The former go back for a long period, nearly a century, to the year 1809, when the Board of British White Herring Fishery was established. They would, therefore, on tliis account be very valuable for the purpose of this enquiry if they had contained the information required. Unfortunately, those relating to the quantity of herrings taken or landed deal only with the cured fish, no note having been made until comparatively recent years of the quantity used ina fresh state. In the eurlier part of the period it is probable that the proportion of herrings made use of in the non-salted condition, unless quite locally, was small; but in the later part of the period there is no doubt that it was very large, aud included the greater portion of the catches. These statistics for each year from 1809 to 1906, and for each district as well as for the whole Clyde area, are given in Table I., p. 100, which shows the number of barrels of herrings cured on board vessels and landed in the district, the number of vessels on which the fish were cured, the number of barrels cured on shore, and the total number cured from both sources. During the period some changes took place as regards the limits of the various districts, as indicated in the Table, and one or two of them include parts of the West Coast not within the Firth of Clyde. Thus, the fishing at Islay from the year 1821 on wards was included in the Campbeltown district, while from 1850 to 1862 the whole of the returns referring to this district were included in the Inveraray district. Another example is the Stranraer district, which from 1821 on includes Dumfries, while in the period 1850-1862 the returns were included in the Greenock district, whereas after 1863 a new district of Ballantrae was formed which corresponded to the previous Stranraer district. It is also to be noted in regard to the barrels of herrings cured on board vessels that the statistics refer only to those which were landed in a district, and do not give any clue to the locality where the herrings were caught. In point of fact, the greater part of such herrings were taken outside the limits of the Firth of Clyde, and especially in the lochs of the West Coast further to the north. Still, with all these limitations the figures are instructive as showing in a broad way the progress of the herring fishery in the Clyde during the greater part of last century. When the figures are arranged in decennial periods and the annual mean for each taken, the results are as shown in the following Table :— Cured on Cured on Total Vessels. Shore. Cured. 51809-1818 58,525 6,222 64,747 1819-1828 43,888 4,791 48,679 1829-1838 47,896 5,479 53,375 1839-1848 50,466 8,551 59,017 1849-1858 32,607 24,698 57,305 1859-1868 25,820 49,058 74,878 1869-1878 16,520 40,404 56,924 1879-1888 24,088 88,505 112,593 1889-1898 5,908 22,598 28,578 1899-1906 186 23,707 23,894 24 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report These figures show the gradual decline in the quantity cured on vessels and the increase of those cured on shore, but an examination of the Table giving the annual quantities indicates that after 1889 a change took place in the method of the returns, particularly in reference to the quantity given as cured on shore. Thus, in 1889 the quantity so cured was returned as 84,967 barrels, while in the following year it is given as 7,773 barrels. Before that date it seems that the herrings which were not cured were included in the totals—that is to say, the herrings which were sold fresh—but there is nothing to show for how many years previ- ously this method was adopted. From another table (Table IIT., p. 108) which was published in the Annual Reports for the years 1843 to 1857, and which purported to show the total catch of herrings landed in each district, distinguishing those cured from those which were not cured, it appears that the latter were not included up to 1857, and the evidence of the detailed table indicates that the change was probably made in 1879, the herrings sold fresh being apparently included in the totals in that year and afterwards till 1889. There is, however, no certainty on the point. The fluctuations in the quantities from year to year are shown in the detailed table (Table I.), and the minimum and maximum numbers of barrels cured in each decade are as follows :— Minimum Total Maximum On Vessels. On Shore. ~°**" On Vessels. On Shore. 1809-1818 32,261 1915 37,597 81,958 11,940 86,119 1819-1828 26,307 1484 30,044 - 68,159 10,421 78,581 1829-1838 40,134 1635 42917 63,376 12,616 67,803 1839-1848 31,899 4441 43,519 72,494 13,630 81,036 1849-1858 19,353 14,960 40,423 51,804 34,367 75,560 1859-1868 16,591 20,848 38,988 41,634 113,955 138,053 1869-1878 6,089 25,294 32,408 36,619 83,794 119,095 1879-1888 2,906 60,477 69,433 46,818 136,057 182,875 1889-1898 .+— «1,488 1483)... 18166: “84.0R7 oie 1899-1906 — 21,031 21,031 591 37,360 37,600 Total. The remark made above as to the inclusion of fish sold fresh among the cured herrings in some of the years applies also to this table ; it is therefore uncertain how far the figures can be taken as showing the fluctuations in the yield of the fishery. For the district of Inveraray, which is the chief one to which attention must be directed, a similar summary has been made, showing the average annual number of barrels cured in each decade since 1809, with the maximum and the minimum quantity for each of these periods. The Table is as follows :— [TABLE. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 25 Average Number of Barrels Cured. Period. Total. On Total On On On On Shore. * [Vessels | Shore. Q Vessels | Shore. Year. a Year, ity. 1809-1818 396 | 1,688} 1809 | 2,084] 3,014] 9,057) 1815 1819-1828 381 998 | 1825 | 1,712] 4,311] 4,274] 1819 1829-1838 354 | 1,453] 1831 | 2,260] 1,959| 7,444] 1838 1839-1848 303 | 2,922) 18389 | 3,225] 4,845 | 6,567 | 1846 1849-1858 450 | 11,804 | 1852 | 12,254} 9,155 | 31,005 | 1851 1859-1868 412 | 13,593 | 1864 | 15,805] 8,446 | 46,715 | 1862 1869-1878 1,098 | 5,785 | 1874 | 7,135] 18,056 | 30,838 | 1869 1879-1888 10 | 6,754] 1887 | 15,818 | 32,888 | 55,359 | 1882 1889-1898 ae 116 | 1895 116} 2,709 | 30,702 | 1889 1899-1906 184 | 1904 184 38} 3,185 | 1903 At some of the enquiries which were held in former years as to the prosperity of the herring fishery in the Clyde and Loch Fyne, various statistics were submitted on behalf of the Fishery Board showing the fluctuations in the quantities of herrings taken over considerable pericds. Some of them are for different series of years than those referred to above, and as they appear to have been derived from more detailed information tnan is available in the published Annual Reports, they may be here given. In the report of the Royal Commission on “ Trawling” for herrings, pub- lished in 1863, it is stated that the general annual average of herrings taken in Loch Fyne for each five years from the year 1834 to 1862 was as follows :— Years. Averaye Quantity Maximum. Minimum. (Barrels). 1834-1838 . tes: RIGBO9 — — 1839-1843 bios omy valida — 1844-1848 ane sae LO, 427 17,610 13,816 1849-1853 ihe eet ORL AO 32,726 10,630 1854-1858 cts w. 25,744 31,423 16,999 1859-1862 Sis .. 42,165 79,893 20,246 In a more detailed return for the year 1844 to 1862, published in the same report, and also referring to herrings caught in Loch Fyne, the quantity cured is distinguished from the quantity used fresh, and the total for each year is given, as follows :— Year. Cured. Used Fresh. Total Caught. 1844 ae a cmt 6,986 6,830 13,816 1845 oe ae eh G02 7,825 14,748 1846 ey: a eee eo) 10,400 17,610 1847 ase : zesfh «A403 11,000 15,403 1848 3 ae in gs O00 10,500 15,560 1849 ee oie aS 3,799 12,115 15,874 1850 Zs es fan) os LBs 11,785 14,968 1851 ji sae tenth ee Oo 22,842 32,726 1359) cee eo 8 Lag 7,190 10,630 Minimum Quantity of Barrels | Maximum Quantity of Barrels Cured in the Decade. Cured in the Decade. 26 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Year. Cured. Used Fresh. Total Caught. 1853 er Le tee 4,399 17,150 21,549 1854 Wt bal . 4,335 12,664 16,999 1855 ied a BH 7,550 16,811 24,361 1856 ius Bs .. 10,553 20,870 31,423 1857 rae Bas ie 7,910 18,912 26,822 1858 i Sa ... 11,884 17,384 29,268 1859 Er oe .. 10,046 17,118 27,164 1860 bbs ne s2) 21,020 19,835 41,355 1861 be bi bad uote 11,902 20,246 1862 sh ne ... 46,859 33,034 79,893 As the Commissioners pcinted out, and as the averages above quoted show, the figures indicate a steady increase on the whole in the quantity of herrings taken, with the fluctuations which always occur in fisheries of this nature. In the report of a later Commission which enquired into the herring fishery in Scotland, and which was »ublished in 1878, will be found statistics showing the actual catch of herrings in Loch Fyne, 7.e., above Skipness Point, over a period of fifty years, from 1827 to 1876. The table was prepared by the late Mr. George Reiach, then the Assistant Inspector of Fisheries, from material which I have not been able to discover or trace, but probably from the books of the districts, which do not now exist. Unfortunately, the statistics are not given in detail for each year of the period, but only the average catch, the minimum catch, and the maximum catch, in decades. The Table is as follows :— Average Average Minimum Catch Maximum Catch Years. No. of No. of in Decade. in Decade. Boats. Barrels. Year. Barrels. Year. Barrels. 1827-1836 300 3,469 1830 1,453 1832 4,898 1837-1846 350 7,388 1839 3,225 1846 9,400* 1847-1856 396 19,949 1852 =: 10,630 1851 32,726 1857-1866 558 33,096 1864 16,131 1862 =79,893 1867-1876 479 25,561 1874 6,934 1876 §=34,471 * The total for 1846 does not agree with that in the other Table given above. The statistics showed that there was an increase in every succeeding decade except the last, which included the years of least productiveness, as described later. The Assistant Inspector also gave the catches for each of the ten years of this decade, 1867-1876, in Loch Fyne, above Skipness Point, as follows :— . Year. Barrels. Year. Barrels. 1867 $6 40,964 1872 Ee 11,358 1868 Bs 46,813 1873 i 8,166 1869 a 43,088 1874 ne 6,934 1870 oe 26,716 1875 a 15,097 1871 ae 22,005 1876 = 34,471 Besides the statistics relating to the quantity of herrings caught or cured, another series of tables began to he published annually in the Fishery Reports in 1825, which may be cited as indicating the prosperity of the herring fishery in the districts of the Firth of Clyde. They refer to the number of boats and fishermen employed in what were termed the shore-curing herring and cod and ling fisheries, the number of fish-curers, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 27 and the total numker of persons employed. The figures for each of the districts, and for the whole of the Clyde area, in each year from 1825 to 1906 are given in Table II., p. 104, and in the following Table the average figures tor each decade are represented for the Inveraray district and for the whole of the Clyde districts. Inveraray District. Clyde Districts. Year. Total Persons. Total Persons. Boats.| Men. |Curers. Boats. | Men. |Curers. 1825-34 | 37811,120| 63 | 1,598 |1,394 /4,446 | 238] 7,232 1835-44 | 755 /|2,181 | 36 | 3,338 |2,018 |6,145 | 191 | 9,472 1845-54 |1,241 |/3,850] 65 | 5,429 |2,511|7,710 | 218 | 10,980 1855-64 |1,052 /2,803 | 84 1-180 5-853 186 | |S. 1865-74 | 1,052 | 2,352 | 101 = HO TES Ne Tiiae |’ 933. [4 &. 1875-84 | 734 1|1,691| 41 | 2,190 |2,642 |5,436 | 190] 8,729 1885-94 | 481 /1,115| 20 Eo 2190 ayes Tae lo. 1895-1904) 317] 874] 16 | 1,241 ]1,692 13,419 | 68] 8899 1905 309 | 868 | 12 987 |1,479 |3,053 | 79 | 7,858 1906 301} 829] 20 | 1,061 |1,451 |2,930/ 85] 7,968 In considering these statistics, however, it must be borne in mind that the limits of the districts were not always the same throughout the whole period, their extent in some cases being contracted or expanded according to the requirements of the industry, and it appears that such changes were not always explained in the earlier reports. In 1852, for example, there is a distinct fall in the various items of the table for the district of Inveraray, suggesting some re-arrangement of the limits, but the names of the various districts in the tables are unaltered, and no statement bearing upon the point is made in the report for the year in question, so that the matter remains in doubt. But it is stated in the report for 1840 that in that year the district of Fort-William and Tobermory, lying entirely outside the Clyde area, was combined with the district of Inveraray, an arrangement which seems to have lasted till 1869, in which year Fort-William appears as a separate district in the returns. Then in 1850 the district of Campbeltown, which included Islay, was combined with Inveraray district, from which it was again separated in 1863. In the table given above the figures for the last three decades represent the same limits throughout, and it will be seen that in the period there was a gradual but considerable decline in the number of boats and fishermen in the Inveraray district and in the Clyde as a whole. Thus, in the years 1875-1884 the average number of fishermen per annum was 1691, and the average number of boats 734 in the Inveraray district, whereas in the decade 1895-1904 the average number of fishermen was 874 and the average number of boats 317. For the whole of the districts of the Clyde combined the average number of fishermen in the former decade was 5436, while in the latter decade it was 3419, the average number of boats falling from 2642 to 1692. The figures for 1906, both for the Inveraray district and for the whole of the districts, are the lowest recorded. As explained below, the Inveraray district includes some parts of the coast which are not within the limits of Loch Fyne, or indeed of the Clyde, 28 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report being on the west side of Cantyre. It would be of interest to learn the variations within Loch Fyne itself, and there are some statistics which throw light upon the subject. In the report for 1855 a detailed return is given of the number of boats and men belonging to the various villages or creeks, from which it appears that the total number of boats within Loch Fyne was 390, the number of men being 1053, but it includes West Loch Tarbert, where, however, the numbers are very small. Along the coast from Ardlamont to Kilfinan there were 80 men and 30 boats ; at Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig, and Inverneil there were 91 boats and 171 men; at East and West Tarbert there were 80 boats and 283 men, making altogether for the Lower Loch, that is, below Otter Spit (and in- cluding the few at West Loch Tarbert), a total of 201 boats and 533 men, The totals for Upper Loch Fyne, above Otter Spit, were 189 boats and 520 men, distributed as follows :—East Otter to Newton, 15 boats and 38 men; Leachk,~Balure, Strachur, Poll, Cairndhu, and Dunderaan, 37 boats and 104 men; Inveraray, 20 boats and 50 men; Kenmore to Douglas Water, 8 boats and 20 men; Crarae, Sandhole, and Furnace, 36 boats aud 104 men; Inverae and Sheep Point, 26 boats and 64 men ; Lochgair, 19 boats and 52 men; West Otter and Silvercraigs, 28 boats and 88 men. No similar return was published till 1886, after which, with the exception of 1887, when it was omitted, it appeared in each of the annual reports. The grouping of the creeks or villages differs, but in the following Table the more important which remained unchanged are given, as well as the totals for the whole coast of Loch Fyne, arranged in means of five-yearly periods :— Tarbert. Ardrishaig. |Lochgilphead| Inveraray. Lochgair. Totals, Years}; |} ee ee eee eee Boats.| Men. |Boats.| Men. |Boats.| Men. | Boats.| Men. | Boats.| Men. |Boats.} Men. 1886 1405) -ooOn) 110 |e 21251 56 106 | 138 10 a2, 56 491 | 1,073 1896-1900} 86]; 318 72. | 197 | 29 84 | 10 14 10 29 978 | 806 1901-5 97 | 382 70} 197 | 23 79 | 13 20 9 30 286 | 831 1906 94 | 336 68 | 186] 17 70} 18 20 7 20 266 | 787 There has occurred, therefore, a decrease in both boats and men along the shores of Loch Fyne; the decrease in boats, although more pronounced, is less important, since they are now larger than they used to be, and the decrease in men is less marked than on many other parts of the coast of Scotland within the same period. The diminution has taken place more particularly at the smaller creeks, especially in Upper Loch Fyne, where the number of fishermen has been much reduced. Thus, taking the years 1855, 1886, and 1906, and contrasting the figures for the upper with those for the lower loch, we have the following :— Upper Loch. Lower Loch. Boats. Men. Boats. Men. 1855 Ae 189 520 201 533 1866 as 127 281 364 792 1906 aye 74 156 192 631 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 29 On the east side of Lower Loch Fyne the decrease has al3o been pronounced. In 1855, as we have seen, there were 30 boats and 80 men between Ardlamont Point and Kilfinan ; in 1832 there were 32 boats and 58 men on the same stretch of coast; while in 1906, along the coast from Ardlamount to Otter Spit, further north, therefore, than Kilfinan, there were only two boats and three fishermen. Notwithstanding the decrease in the number of boats and fishermen on the shores of Loch Fyne, the quantity of herrings landed has on the whole increased, as is explained below. THe DeraiLep Statistics, 1854-1906. The second class of statistics to which reference was formerly made are more detailed, though they do not go back so many years. They consist of the weekly records of the fishings in the various districts compiled at the time by the Fishery Officers in charge, the books contaiuing them having been put at my disposal. The information noted includes the number of boats fishing, the number of crans of herrings landed, and usually the quality of the fish, the prices current for them, the condition of the weather, the chief locality or localities where the fish were caught, and any other circumstances that the Officer thought worth while recording. Detailed information of this kind extending over a period of years is obviously of value, and these statistics are undoubtedly of value for the purposes of this enquiry. There are, however, some defects which impair their utility. One of the most important is that it is rarely that the weekly returns are recorded throughout the whole year, or over the whole period when herrings are being taken or landed in the district. The entries usually begin with the commencement of the summer fishing, in June or later, the catches for the preceding months being slumped together as a “total for the year up to date.” In many cases this omission to specify the catches as they occur is of little importance, the quantities being small. But in other instances the quantity slumped bears a considerable proportion to the whole, and may even form the bulk of the yield for the year. This happens often in the records for the Ballantrae district, where the yield of the winter and spring fishings, asa rule by far the must important, may be merely totalled at the beginning of the summer fishing. The same method is often a marked defect in the records for Campbeltown district, as much as 12,000 crans being slumped in this way for the spring and early summer; and it is in this district that detailed information throughout the year, and particularly at the period of the season in question, is most to be desired. In the Loch Fyne district the influence of this process of slumping is not so great, but it is sometimes noteworthy, as in the period 1855-1859, and after 1893 ; it also exists in all the other districts. Another defect is that the place of capture or of landing is not always given. Three of the districts include places outwith the Clyde area. Thus Inveraray includes part of the western coast of Argyll; Camp- beltown includes Islay and Jura; and Ballantrae includes the Scottish coast of the Solway. The influence on the statistics of the inclusion of the western part of Argyll in the Inveraray district would be small ; but such as it is, it has been almost quite eliminated in the compilation of the tables, the particulars necessary to do so being, as a rule, given in the books. The figures may, therefore, be taken as substantially representing the take of herrings in Loch Fyne. In some years Islay was a very im- portant part of the Campbeltown district, large quantities of herrings Cc 30 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report being taken there. In nearly all cases they have been discriminated and deducted ; in a few instances there is some doubt; but here also the figures substantially represent herrings taken from the waters of the Clyde. It has not, however, been possible to subtract the herrings taken in the Solway from the totals for the Ballantrae district, the particulars being usually insufficient to allow that to be done. The figures for this district thus include a certain quantity of herrings which were caught outwith the Clyde. The amount of this quantity and its proportion to the whole may he estimated from the particulars which are given for certain years, which are taken at random from the books, Two groups of five years each were taken, and the quantities of herrings (in crans) landed in the district and outside the limits of the Clyde separated as follows :— Landed | Landed Landed | Landed Year. in outside neatiaes Year. in outside ee District. | Clyde. ii District. | Clyde. [°°?"*8° 1883 | 25,001 228 0-9 1897 1,748 250 145 1884 | 18,323 272 14 | 1898 1,316 29 2°2 1885 | 23,580 345 14 4 1899 2,978 57 1;9 1886 6,885 989 14:3 | 1900 5,480 26 0-4 1887 | 11,751 97 08 | 1901 | 10,537 36 0:3 Thus, in the years 1883-1887, of a gross quantity of 85,540 crans of herrings landed in the Ballantrae district, 1931 crans, or 2°2 per cent, were landed at creeks and villages outwith the Clyde; in the years 1897-1901, of a gross quantity of 22,057 crans landed, 398 crans, or 1°8 per cent., were landed outwith the Clyde. The percentage for the ten years is 2'1, which is small; but the variation, as shown in the table, ranges from 0°3 per cent. to 14:5 per cent., an amount which requires to be taken into account in considering the fluctuations in the district, but which can have but little influence on the figures for the Clyde as a whole. The herrings from the non-Clyde creeks, it may be added (Port- patrick, Portlogan, Drummore, Sandhead, Glenluce), are caught in summer, and mostly in June and July. Besides this, it would be of importance if the locality where the bulk of the fish were caught, or where the fishing was mainly prosecuted, in eacil week were always given. In Inveraray district, for example, it is of value to learn whether the herrings were taken for the most part in the upper loch or in the lower loch at any particuiar period. In the Camp- * beltown district it is of equal importance to know if they were taken in Kilbrennan Sound or to the south or east of Arran. Asa rule this in- formation is afforded more or less clearly in the records, but often it is not, and its absence makes it difficult to follow the movements of the shoals of herrings from oue part to another in such districts or years. Nevertheless, the information given on this head will be of importance when the subject of the migraticns of the herring is dealt with. Finally, it is to be noted that the weekly records are not always or necessarily strictly accurate, although they generally are. They are compiled by the Officers from the statements supplied by the fishery correspondents at the various creeks or villages, and from the buying of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 31 steamers, by far the greater part of the herrings taken in Loch Fyne and the Clyde generally being carried away directly from the boats on the grounds by steamers which forward them to the Glasgow market. It sometimes happens that corrections require to be made as to the quanti- ties, which is generally done at the end of the month, or at the end of the year, without the record for any particular week being altered. ‘The totals for the districts, as given in the appended tables, do not, therefore, always correspond with the totals in the annual reports, for the reason just mentioned, and because the herrings landed in certain districts but taken outside the Clyde area are deducted. The tables give the weekly catches of herrings in each of the districts of the Clyde, as well as the number of boats fishing, and in other tables a summary of this information is given under each month of the year. These particulars are also represented in a series of Plates showing the monthly and annual quantities for the various districts and for the whole Clyde. With regard to the number of boats fishing, it is necessary to say that the number for any given week usually represents the maximum number employed in the fishing on any one night in that week ; it does not represent the number of ‘‘ voyages” or “trips” for the week—that information not being given in the reports ; and the number for any month is the total for the weeks in it. The information regarding the boats, therefore, while useful as showing in a general way the relation between the extent of the fishing and the quantity of herrings taken, cannot be made nse of in a precise manner to show that relationship. Rothesay District. The limits of this district lie entirely within the area of the Clyde, embracing the coast from Roseneath Point,in Iumbartonshire, to Ard- lamont Point, in Argyll. It thus includes the Kyles of Buteand a number of lochs, as Loch Long, Loch Goil, Holy Loch, Loch Striven, and Loch Riddon. It also includes the islands of Bute, Arran, the Cumbraes, and Inchmarnock. In 1906 the number of fishing boats pertaining to the district was 176, and the number of resident fishermen and boys was 247. The herring fishing is pursued usually between Bute, Arran, and Cantyre, in the Kyes of Bute, and Loch Fyne. The weekly records go back to the year 1854, and they will be found detailed, as regards the quantity of herrings landed and the average number of boats fishing, in Table XXII., p, 127, while the qnantities of herrings landed in each month of the various years, as far as they can be ascertained from the books, are given in Table XI., p. 116, and the total quantity for each year in Table XIII. The gross quantity of herrings landed in the district in the 53 years 1854-1906 amounted to 469,848 crans, or about 1,644,400 cwts.; the fluctuations in the annual quantities varied from 480 crans in 1854 to 38,436 crans in 1865, the annual mean or average for the whole period being 8865 crans. In this district the quantity of herrings landed has, on the whole, diminished. In the first twenty-six years, 1854-1879, the annual average was 10,510 crans, while in the last twenty-six years. 1881-1906, the annual average amounted to 7220 crans, an annual . average decrease of 3,290 crans. When the figures are grouped into ten- yearly periods, the average annual quantities for each decade are as foilows :— 1854-56 1857-66 1867-76 1877-86 1887-96 1897-1906 2,552 13,497 12,006 4,405 7,269 9,040 32 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report When arranged in periods of five years, the annual averages for each period are these :— Crans. Crans. 1854-56 .. 2,552 1882-86 .. 4,653 1857-61 .. 3,600 1887-91 .. 11,881 1862-66 . 23,395 1892-96 .. 2,658 1867-71 .. 19,484 1897-1901 2,601 1872-76 .. 4,529 1902-06 .. 15,479 WOT =81 UE U MAAS When the annual quantities are represented in the form of a graphic diagram (Plate II.), the outstanding feature is the very high catches from 1864 to 1871, and especially from 1864 to 1867. In the eight years the total quantity landed was 207,470 crans, or almost half of the gross quantity landed in the fifty-three years, and the annual average was 25,934 crans. In the four years 1864-1867 the annual average was 34,721 crans. The information contained in the officers’ books in regard to the place of fishing in these years enables us to trace the movements of the shoals, and it may be said that the success of the fishing in all the success- ful years in this district depends on the shoals penetrating the Kyles of Bute from the south and entering Loch Riddon, and also the other lochs 7 oo district, viz., Loch Striven, Loch Long, Loch Goil, and the Holy och. The fishing in the district begins late, usually not till the end of June orin July, and in some years not till August. In the early months after it has begun, the herrings are chiefly taken on the coast of Arran, on the west side of Bute, in Kilbrennan Sound, and at the mouth of Loch Fyne, few or none being caught in the Kyles of Bute or the lochs of the district. In many years this is the state of affairs throughout the whole season. Thus, if we summarise the information for the successful years above mentioned, and for a year or two before, we have the following :— In 1862 the fishing began in the week ending 5th July, on the coast of Arran and the west side of Bute, trials in the Kyles and in Loch Long being rewarded with only a few dozen herrings. During the whole season the fishing was in these waters, in Kilbrennan Sound, and in Loch Fyne, only a few herrings being taken in the Kyles, the largest quantity being got in November and December, and the total for the two months was only 109 crans, a few of which were obtained in Loch Riddon. In 1863 the fishing began on the week ended 27th June, on the Arran coast, Kilbrennan Sound, and the west side of Bute; there was no fishing in the Kyles, but the fishermen reported that a considerable quantity of small herrings were to be seen about the Kyles. In July the grounds were the same, but they now included the area about Ardlamont Point and also Loch Fyne. There is no record of the place of fishing in August; in September ‘it was mostly about Ardlamont ; in October it extended up the Kyles to Tighnabruaich ; in November it was the same; in the early part of December the fishing was between Tighnabruaich and Loch Riddon, and as the month advanced it was concentrated in Loch Riddon and the adjacent part of the Kyles, and the catches were good. The particulars as to the weekly catches and the number of boats fishing will be found in the table (p. 127). The totals for the last four months, in crans, were—September, 107 ; October, 231 ; November, 592; December, 2832, the total for the year being 4642 crans. At the end of December the herrings became scarce and the fishing ceased. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 33 In 1864 the fishing began early in July, and was carried on at Arran and the west side of Bute during that month, none being got in the Kyles. There is no information for August and September, but at the end of the latter month the fishing was chiefly at Ardlamont Point and the west side of Bute, the catch up to the 24th September being 2240 crans. The shoals were now reported to be settling into the Kyles, and in October the fishing was carried on there and in Loch Riddon. In November great takes were got in these places; about the middle of the month the herrings were also found in Loch Striven, and at the end of the month they were very abundant there, and also at Port Bannatyne. The same conditions prevailed in December, the best fishing being in Loch Riddon and Loch Striven. Towards the end of the month the fishing fell off and the boats left, the fishing not being continued into January ; and it is noteworthy that no mention is made this year of any herrings being taken in the more northern lochs of the district, as Lochs Long and Goil. In the various weeks in November and December the catches (in crans) were as follows :— November. December. 5,200 2,330 2,500 4,364 2,600 5,500 2,280 1,823 2,614 12,580 16,631 As was customary, the successful fishing attracted boats from all parts of the Clyde, as many as 400 being sometimes engaged, and it is to be noted that at this time the seine-net, or “‘ trawl,” was not employed, but only the drift-net. : In 1865 the fishing began at the end of June, and only ten crans were taken up to Ist July. In July a few were got in Loch Riddon, but the grounds frequented were mostly Arran, Kilbrennan Sound, the west side of Bute, and Ardlamont. In August full information is not given, but it is noted that the boats were successful at Arran and Bute. About the middle of September the herrings set into the Kyles of Bute—a few weeks earlier than in the previous year—and at the beginning of October the boats were fishing as far up as Loch Riddon, but this fishing fell off, and from about the 21st October to 9th November most of the herrings were taken about Ardlamont and on the west side of Bute. At the latter date the fishing began again in the Kyles and Loch Riddon and so continued. By the end of the month herrings were taken in abundance in Loch Striven and at Port Bannatyne Bay, and in the beginning of December the fishing was more successful at these places than in Loch Riddon or the Kyles; the oldest fisherman at Port Bannatyne, it was said, did not remember such a fishing there. But on the 10th December the herrings left Loch Striven and Port Bannatyne Bay and the fishing was carried on at Loch Riddon and in the Kyles with great success, the enormous quantity of 6400 crans being taken in the last week of the year. On this occasion the fishing was carried on till the end of January in these places, but it fell off towards the end of the month, and all the boats had left by the beginning of February. The total for the year was the largest on record for the district, amounting to 38,436 crans. The weekly catches for the last five months of the year, and for January 1866, and the totals for each month, were as follows :— 34 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report 7 August. |September.| October. | November. | December. | January. 650 218 1,650 15 3,200 2,000 800 220 3,000 400 2,700 2,500 750 1,720 2,000 2,400 3,600 2,000 1,600 600 300 2,084 6,400 660 742 # 2,087 ad 300 4,542 2,758 6,950 6,986 16,500 7,460 In this year again only the drift-net was employed, the use of the seine being still illegal and the prohibition enforced, and no mention is made of a fishing in the more northern lochs. In 1866 the summer fishing began in the week ended 7th July, and during that month the grounds were the usual ones—Arran, Kilbrennan Sound, and the west side of Bute. This was the case also in August, but towards the end of the month herrings were taken also at Ardlamont and in Loch Fyne. In September the fishing was sill at the north end of Arran and Loch Fyne, but a little before the middle of the month the best catches were got at Ardlamont, though the gross quantity was not large. Fora day or two about the 9th October a good fishing was got in the Kyles, but it fell away until the week ending the 27th, when the fishing was chiefly in the Kyles and Loch Riddon, and 920 crans were caught. In the early weeks of November the fishing was continued with much success at these places, and also in Loch Striven and Port Bannatyne Bay. Inthe week ended 24th November it is noted, for the first time, that a fishing had started in Loch Long, where 50 boats were engaged ; but this fell off in the succeeding week. Early in December the fishing declined also in the Kyles and Loch Riddon, and it was believed the shoal had for the most part left, the weekly total going down to a few hundred crans. But in the week ended 29th December it is noted that a new shoal had entered the Kyles of Bute, and the fishing went on with success to the end of January, 1867, in Loch Riddon and the Kyles. Towards the end of January the shoals left Loch Riddon and the fishing was chiefly in the neighbourhood of Ardlamont and Kames Bay, at the entrance to the Kyles, and at Tighnabruaich, where the heaviest catches were obtained. Until the end of December a few boats continued to prosecute the fishing in Loch Long, but with little success, getting a few hundred herrings. The details for the weeks are as follows :— August. |September.} October. | November.} December.| January. 452 372 120 3,500 500 2,300 790 100 1,962 3,800 900 2,000 566 ¥ 96 4,999 800 2,860 341 107 920 1,800 3,500 3,800 306 2 i 1,600 e 1,800 2,455 579 3,098 15,699 5,700 12,760 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 35 The aggregate catch for the year was 35,297 crans, and only the drift-net was employed throughout the season. In 1867 the fishing began unusually late, the first entry in the records being for the week ended 3rd August, when 70 crans were caught at Arran and Inchmarnock. During the rest of the month and in September it continued light and in the same waters. In October the grounds mentioned are the west side of Bute and Loch Long, where a few herrings were caught. On 19th October it was reported that some good takes were got with the seine in Loch Long, that there had been no fishing in the Kyles of Bute, but that a shoal was reported within Ardlamont Point. On 22nd October fishing set in in the Kyles, seines as well as drift-nets being now used. In November the fishing con- tinued in Loch Riddon and the Kyles, and there was also a slight fishing in Loch Long and Loch Goil, which is a branch of Loch Long ; but in the Kyles and Loch Riddon it fell off, and many of the boats left for Gareloch (in the Greenock district), where a good fishing was reported. In the first part of December the fishing continued to be poor in the Kyles and Loch Riddon, and was entirely by seines, and it fell off in Loch Long and the Gareloch, but a little wasstill donein Loch Goil. But about the middle of December the fishing began again to be very successful in the Kyles and in Loch Riddon, and large takes were obtained, only by seines, and this condition continued till the middle of January, 1868, when it fell off, the fishing closing at. the end of the month, chiefly about Ardlamont and the west side of Bute. The catches in the various weeks were as follows :— August. |September.| October. | November. | December.| January. 70 43 40 1,340 550 60 67 37 14 400 610 1,071 103 50 120 607 3, 100 454 85 90 340 730 3,060 1,290 75 ae 4,500 ais as 60 400 220 5,014 3,077 7,320 2,935 The total for the year was 28,791 crans. In 1868 the fishing began in the week ended 25th July, at Arran, Inchmarnock, and between Bute and Arran. In August and September the grounds were the same; but from the beginning of September there was a fairly good fishing in Loch Long, where 18 boats were engaged. In October only a few hundreds of herrings were got in trials in the Kyles, better catches being taken near Ardlamont. In this month and in November many of the boats left for Greenock and the Gareloch, but a slight fishing was still carried on in Loch Long, and a few herrings were caught in the Kyles and Loch Riddon, but there was no appearance of a shoal. In December very little fishing was done in the district till about the middle of the month, when fair takes began to be got in the Kyles of Bute (part not specified), and in Loch Long and Loch Goil. In the week ended 19th December it is stated that the fishermen reported there was a great shoal of herrings in Loch Long, which they supposed to have come from the Clyde, that is to say, the Greenock district. The fishing in the Kyles fell away towards the end of 36 Part IIT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report December, ceasing there altogether on the 28th, when 40 crans were taken. It continued, however, in Loch Long with seines and drift-nets till 20th January, and in Loch Goil till the end of the month. In this year, therefore, the shoals did not penetrate the Kyles of Bute to any great extent, while, on the other hand, they were present in the northern lochs in greater force than in the previous years. The quantities caught in the various weeks were as follows :— August. |September.} October. | November.) December.| January. 182 320 180 80 1,500 53 130 200 Ae ae 1,200 57 60 400 160 1,350 400 i 50 150 68 1,904 250 1,300 305 | 560 930 288 4,634 | 3,350 | The total for the year was only 9712 crans. In 1869 there was a revival of the prosperous fishing. It began on 17th July, and up to the end of October it was carried on in the usual waters, the north of Arran, and at Ardlamont and the mouth of Loch Fyne; trials in the Kyles and Loch Long gave but poor results, and it was stated that the shoals had moved up into the Clyde. At the end of October fishing started in the Kyles and in Loch Long, and in November it improved at both places, and also in Loch Goil. At the beginning of December about 450 boats were fishing in the Kyles with both seines and drifts, the former being most successful, while about 50 boats were fishing in Loch Goil with drift-nets. This condition continued till the end of December, the bulk of the herrings being taken in the Kyles, the fishing in the northern lochs falling away; and in January the fishing went on in the Kyles till the end of the month, The number of crans taken in the various weeks are as follows :— August. |September.| October. | November.| December.| January. a 483 740 280 3,200 700 LG, 287 2,040 1,200 3,750 900 120 680 390 1,800 1,400 400 700 70 260 2,300 250 450 45 ais 225 937 1,565 3,430 5,580 8,825 2,450 The total catch for the year was 24,093 crans. In 1870 the fishing began in the week ended July 9th; trials made in this month and in the summer in the Kyles and lochs gave very poor results, most of the herrings landed being taken about the north of Arran. In October the fishing was chiefly about Ardlamont and the entrance to of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 37 the Kyles, and this was also the case in November until the end of the month, when a fishing started in Loch Striven and Loch Long. At the beginning of December the fishing was chiefly in Loch Long, Loch Goil, and Holy Loch, but good catches were also got on the west side of Bute. The total for the first week was 4500 crans ; and it would appear that on this occasion the herrings did not make their way up the Kyles, but moved up the east side of Bute. In the second week of December the fishing in Loch Long was fair but partial, but heavy takes were got by seiners on the west side of Bute, one Tarbert crew getting a haul of about 500 crans, for which they received several hundred pounds. Towards the end of the month the fishing was mostly in Loch Long, Loch Striven, and in the channel between Dunoon and Wernyss Bay, and in Jannary in Loch Long and Loch Goil, from which the herrings moved out in the latter part of the month, and the fishing came to a stop. ‘lhe catches in the various months were as follows :— July. August. September. October. November. December. January, 1,370 1,090 1,133 1,050 2,141 9,000 4,260 In 1871 the fishing began in the week ended 24th June, and in this year the herrings were taken up to the end of July chiefly in the Kyles of Bute, Loch Striven, and Loch Long; also on the west side of Bute. From this time to near the end of November the fishing was chiefly in Kilbrennan Sound and between Arran and Skipness Point, trials made in the Kyles and lochs giving no results. But in the week ending 25th November a fishing sprang up in Loch Goiland Loch Long, the catch for the week amounting to 1200 crans. In the early part of December the fishing continued to be good in these lochs, and also in mid-channel between Dunoon and Wemyss Bay; but though it kept up fairly in Loch Long to the end of the month, most of the boats went off to Wemyss Bay and Greenock. In January, 1872, herrings were still obtained in Loch Long and Locn Goil, but the weather greatly interfered with the operations, and none were caught after the 13th. In this year again the herrings appear to have made their way to the northern lochs of the district by the east side of Bute. The quantity taken in each of the months was as follows :— June. July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 800 455 1,315 525 38 4,696 4,500 180 The total for the year was 16,589 crans. In 1872, when the fishing began in the week ended 27th July, very few herrings were got in the Kyles of Bute, but from October on to the early part of January the chief fishing was in Loch Long and Loch Goil, some large takes being made with the seine—one seining crew at the beginning of December realising £420 for two nights’ work in Loch Loug. The shoals left these lochs about the middle of January. The total catch for the year was only 9135 crans, and the monthly takes as follows :— July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 80 740 720 880 4,290 2,245 170 In 1873 the herrings did not visit the Kyles of Bute or the northern lochs, and the total for the year was only 3151 crans, less than was sometimes taken in a single week, which were chiefly obtained at Arran. 38 Part 11I,—Twenty-fifth Annual Report The last herrings landed in the district were five crans in the early part of November, which were caught off the Ayrshire coast. The fishermen, it is noted, did not remember any season when the herrings were so scarce in the later months of the year. The monthly totals were as follows :— June. July. August. September. October. November. December, 50. 704 368 1,218 626 15 _ From 1873 to 1887 the annual yield of the district was small, and few or no herrings were taken in the Kyles or the lochs. In that period the best year was 1880, when 8829 crans were caught, and the records show that the great bulk of the fish was obtained at Loch Ranza, Arran, and in Kilbrennan Sound. Still a fair, though not large, fishing was carried on by the smaller boats in the Kyles of Bute and Lochs Long, Goil, Striven, and Riddon at the end of June and in July, and some herrings were taken in Loch Striven in October. From 1887 to 1891 the yield was higher, especially in 1890, when the aggregate was 18,749 crans, the annual average for the five years being 11,881 crans. In 1887 the fishing began in the week ended 9th July, in the Sound of Kilbreinan, off Ardlamont, and in the Kyles, as well as Lochs Striven and Riddon, and fishing was also prosecuted in Loch Long. But throughout the year the principal fishing area was in the neighbour- hood of Skipness, between Arran and Bute, and in Kilbrennan Sound, practically all the herrings got in the later months of the year being obtained about Machrie Bay, Arran. The total for the year was 10,376 crans. In 1888, when the total was 9919 crans, the fishing began favourably in the week ended 30th June, in Lochs Long, Goil, and Striven. The ~ Officer noted that the fishing in Loch Long was the most successful for many years there, and that there was every indication of a large shoal of herrings having passed up the Clyde. In the week ended 14th July it is stated that the fishing in the lochs had been very successful, the catch in Loch Striven being 331 crans, and in Loch Long 400 crans, all large, fine fish. The fishing in Loch Riddon and the Kyles was also successful. In August, though herrings were still being got in the lochs and in the Kyles, the fishing was chiefly in Kilbrennan Sound; a few were obtained in Loch Striven in September. But after this the herrings were caught in Kilbrennan Sound, Machrie Bay, and off Skipness and Ardlamont till the season closed early in December. In 1889, the fishing began at the end of June in Lochs Striven, Long, and Goil, and also on the west side of Bute, and off Garroch Head. The loch fishing was slight in July, but early in August it was successful in Loch Striven and the neighbourhood of Rothesay, and there was a fair fishing in the Kyles and Loch Riddon. After this the fishing in Lochs Long and Goil fell off, and though herrings continued to be taken in Loch Striven and the Kyles, the chief fishing was to the south off Ardlamont and then off Skipness. The total for this year was 8849 crans. In 1890, when the aggregate totalled 18,749 crans, the fishing again began in the week ended 21st June, in Lochs Striven, Long, and Goil; it continued there and also in the Kyles and at Arran during July, falling away in the lochs as the month advanced. In August the chief fishing place was off Ardlamont, where the great bulk of the fish in this month were obtained, but herrings were also taken in the Kyles of Bute, Loch Riddon, and at Arran. In September the most productive area was also at Ardlamont, but herrings were also taken in the Kyles, Loch Riddon, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 39 and the neighbourhood of Port Bannatyne. During the rest of the year most of the herrings landed were caught at Ardlamont, Skipness, and on the Arran coast, the season closing in the early part of December. The catch in each month was as follows :— July. August. September. October. November. December. 6,002 8,612 2,548 515 593 145 In 1891, when the aggregate catch was 11,513 crans, the fishing opened in the week ending 27th June, the Officer reporting that there had not been such a successful fishing in the Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon for the previous twenty years as in the past week, and conjecturing that the shoal which usually visits Loch Striven had this year entered the Kyles. The catches in Loch Long and Loch Goil were also very good. But in the following week the fishing decliued in these localities, and the fishermen turned their attention to the Arran waters, where, until the end of September, most of the herrings were taken, but a small fishing went on in the Kyles and Loch Riddon. In October the most productive localities were off Skipness Point and the Sound or Kilbrennan, and in November also Ardlamont and Kames Bay. As may be seen from the tables, the yield from 1892 to 1901, inclusive, was very small, the annual average for the ten years being 2629 crans, but in 1902 and 1903 there were again great takes of herrings in the district. In 1901, when only 1825 crans were landed, the catches were made chiefly about Skipness Point, Inchmarnock, and Ardlamont, it being stated that the fishing in the lochs was a complete failure, and the last herrings of the season were landed on the 12th October. In 1902, when 26,049 crans were landed, the information as to the locality of fishing is, unfortunately, defective for the earlier part of the season, but it appears that in August some herrings were obtained in Loch Striven and in the Kyles. At the end of October the bulk of the herrings were taken off Garroch Head, at Inchmarnock, and in the Kyles of Bute. In the week ending 8th November all the herrings landed, 2808 crans, were caught in the Kyles of Bute, where fishermen reported a ‘fine appearance” of herrings. In the succeeding weeks they were still plentiful in the Kyles and in Loch Riddon, and a very successful fishing was carried on there until the end of January and into the first week of February, when it ceased. In one week in November the 216 boats fishing caught 5219 crans, the totals for the various months of the season being as follows :— July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 624 560 224 2,705 12,344 9,147 7,131 In 1903 the catch was still greater, viz., 28,361 crans. Up to the end of August the takes were light, the herrings being got chiefly about Skip- ness Point, and very little was got in Lochs Riddon and Striven. At the beginning of September a large shoal appeared between Inchmarnock and Ardlamont Point, apparently making for the Kyles of Bute, and till the end of September large hauls were got there and between Inchmarnock ‘and Garroch Head. The shoals did not enter the Kyles till about the middle of October, their movements being described as very erratic, a circumstance which was attributed by some to the use of seines in these narrow waters. From the latter part of October and in November the catches fell off, especially those of the seiners, the herrings, though known 40 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report to be abundant, not rising to the surface, which was ascribed to the prevalent wet weather. Ground-nets, or so-called ‘“trammels,” were largely used, with success, as well as drift-nets. In the week ended 12th December a good fishing was got (2607 crans) by the three modes in the Kyles and Loch Riddon. In the succeeding weeks seines were most successful, kut as the market was glutted and prices fell the fishing became slack, and the last herrings were taken on 26th December. It appears, however, that the fishing was resumed in January, because the first entry in the records for the next year is 2843 crans for the winter fishing, and though no details are given as to the weekly catches or the place of fishing, it may be surmised to represent the fishing in January in the Kyles and probably Loch Riddon. The quantities for the various months were as follows: — July. August. September. October. November. December. January (?) 413 351 3,327 2,944 2,717 10,897 2,843 In 1902-1903 there was thus a repetition of what took place 36 years before, but in the later case the shoals of herrings did not apparently penetrate to Loch Striven and the northern lochs, as mention is not made of any fishing north of Loch Riddon. The fishing, moreover, in 1904 fell to 7540 crans, and to 1738 crans in 1905. In 1904, herrings entered the Kyles at the end of September, and a fair fishing was got between Ardlamont Point and Tighnabruaich, and in the first fortnight of October in Loch Riddon also. The herrings disappeared after this in the Kyles until December, when a few hundred crans were caught. In 1905 the Officer reported unusual quantities of mackerel as being caught in July and August especially, and practically no fishing took place in the Kyles. In 1906 the aggregate catch was again above the average, amounting to 13,709 crans ; but in this year the successful fishing was due, not to the herrings having come into the Kyles or the northern lochs, but to their congregation on the east side of Arran, and especially in Brodick Bay and neighbourhood, a position not recorded in any previous year. In August, and still more in September, great catches were made in that locality. In the early part of October the shoal shifted northwards, and in the week ended 13th, 3218 crans were taken in the vicinity of Inchmarnock, at the mouth of the Kyles, to which it was supposed the herrings were moving. Stormy weather followed, and the herrings disappeared, and the quantity taken in the remaining months was very small, and mostly in Loch Striven, but also in Loch Riddon and on the Ayrshire coast. The catches in the various months were as follows :— June. July. August. September. October. November. December. 133 416 2,754 6,070 3,904 72 197 Greenock District. This district comprises the upper part of the Clyde, including the coast of Dumbartonshire on the north, the coast of Renfrewshire, and the northern part of the coast of Ayrshire as far as, but not including, the port of Ayr. It thus includes the estuary of the Clyde and the Gareloch, and on the Ayrshire coast the ports of Troon, Irvine, Saltcoats, Ardrossan and Largs. In 1906 there were 195 boats and 256 fishermen and boys belonging to the district. The statistical records in the Officer’s books go hack to the year 1855, but it is to be noted that at that time, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Al and up to and including the year 1862, the limits of the district were much greater, comprising the coast right round to the upper parts of the Solway. In 1863 the coast from (and including) Ayr southwards was formed into the district of Ballantrae, referred to below. The tables referring to the district will be found appended (pp. 115, 127). The gross quantity of herrings landed in the district in the years 1855— 1906 amounted to 141,098 crans, or about 493,850 cwts., giving an annual average quantity of 2713 crans. The annual fluctuations ranged _ from 182 crans to 33,640 crans. In the first half of the fifty-two years, 1855-1880, the quantity of herrings landed in the district was 97,819 crans, giving an annual average of 3760 crans; in the second half, 1881- 1906, the aggregate quantity was less than half of this, viz., 43,279 crans, the annual average being 1660 crans. Taking the period from 1863, since the district had the limits it has at present, the aggregate quantity landed was 141,098 crans, the annual average for the forty-four years being 2807 crans. In the first half of this period, 1863-1884, the quantity landed was 88,7224 crans, the annual average being 4033 crauns ; in the second half, 1885-1906, the aggregate was 34,7953 crans, the annual average being 1581 crans. The great difference was caused by quite an exceptional and abnormal fishing in 1863 and 1869, as explained below, when over 50,000 crans were landed. If these be deducted, then the average for the forty-two years falls to 1743 crans, and the average of the remaining twenty years of the first half of the period to 1920 crans, as compared with the 1581 crans for the last twenty-two years. The catch in this district has thus fallen on the whole. Taking the whole period in groups of ten years, the annual averages are as follows:— 1857-1866. 1867-1876. 1877-1886. 1887-1896. 1897-1906. 2,318 6,472 1,634 1,587 1,689 And in five-yearly periods the averages are :— 1857--61 A 1,642 1882-86 *: 1,864 1862-66 oe 2,994 1887-91 as 2,077 1867-71 ea 8 BY 1892-96 an 1,097 1872-76 a8 1,307 1897-1901 .. 400 1877-81 He 1,404 1902-06 3 2,978 The table of the annual quantities landed and the curve representing them show that the years 1855, 1860, 1862, 1865, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1882, 1888, 1905, aud 1906 were above the general average for the whole period, while the lowest years are to be found from 1896 to 1901. Unfortunately, the records of this district, so far as the locality where the fish were caught is concerned, are very defective, particularly in the early years. From occasional notes, it may be surmised that there was usually a fishing in June and July in the earlier part of the period in Luce Bay and neighbourhood, but probably the chief fishing was on the coast of Ayrshire and over to the coast of Arran. In 1862 the summer fishing was on the Ayrshire coast, the total for the year being 5260 crans, the catches in the principal months being as follows :— July. August. September. October. 896 2,564 1,675 55 42 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report In 1863 no information is given. In 1864 the fishing appears to have been over at Arran mostly, and in November some were taken in Irvine Bay and Saltcoats Bay. In 1865 the summer fishing appears also to have been chiefly in the neighbourhood of Arran, but in November the herrings set in in great abundance to Irvine Bay, the oldest fisherman, it is said, not remembering such heavy catches with drift-nets as were then obtained, and the herrings were taken close to the shore and even in Irvine Harbour. The weekly catches may be given, the number of crans of herrings landed at the various ports being as follows :— Week ended | Troon. | Irvine. | Saltcoats. | Ardrossan. Total. 4 Nov. - 10 777 133 920 IESG: . 8 545 320 17 890 lela Fe - 330 22 nf 352 FACIES jas - 1 1 Fas ee 2 Dec. - 125 34 159 Teeg e 342 18 bie 360 MGs - 109 21 ae. 130 Ze 5 - 65 ec or 65 308; E 300 J fi ae 300 6 Jan. 1866 400 5 ee fe 405 LSi 4: “a ; 12 20 af 32 After the 13th January the fishing fell off, only a few hundreds of herrings being caught up to the end of the month. The totals for the various months for the district are as follows :— June. July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 24 249 1,200 232 113 2,322 855 437 In 1866 the summer fishing appears to have been mostly near Arran, and in November the herrings were again tolera*ly abundant in Irvine Bay, appearing about the same time, viz., 3rd November. Later in he month they were found in Ayr Bay. The fishing was continued to January 25th, but with less success, the weather being stormy.. The monthly totais are these :— June. July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 38 580 506 37 132 927 67 309 The total for the year was 2724 crans. There is no information for 1867, except that on 14th December it is said that “the winter fishing on the Ayrshire coast has done little or nothing as yet,” and no shoal appeared on the coast as in the two previous years. The total for the year was 1266 crans, of which 309 crans were taken in January, as above stated. The year 1868 is a memorable year in the fishing annals of the Greenock district. In the summer the fishing was rather poor, and it was noted that there did not appear to be a shoal of any extent on the coast. The total quantity up to the beginning of October was 1425 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 43 crans. In the week ended 3rd October 80 crans were landed, the place of fishing being unspecified. On the following week 194 crans were taken, and the Officer (now a new one, Mr. Jchn Bain) reported that up- wards of 100 crans were landed at Greenock, from which place 20 boats were fishing, and he added—‘On Friday and Saturday last (9th and 10th October) the fishing in the Clyde was remarkably good. It is prosecuted opposite Greenock, and on Friday afternoon good takes were got farther up the Clyde, opposite Port-Glasgow.” It is possible that the fishing in this locality had started a little before, and that part of the 80 crans recorded for the preceding week were caught there; but it can scarcely have begun before 26th September, when the previous Officer notes that the Ayrshire boats had been doing nothing as yet, and had gone to Loch Fyne. As the season advanced the fishing in the estuary of the Clyde in- creased, and boats from other districts and from the East Coast were attracted to Greenock. The herrings were caught by seines between Greenock and Helensburgh, opposite Port-Glasgow, and sometimes as far up as between Greenock and Dumbarton, a very unusual occurrence. The number of boats increased to a maximum of 340 in November and December, and they fished day and night ; the weekly catches increased to 6000 crans (or about 6,000,000 herrings) in November, and the Officer noted that, notwithstanding the great fleet of boats all using the seine-net —often improvised from drift-nets—busily engaged day and night amongst them, and steamers continually plying up and down, the shoal still remained in the narrow estuary, and seemed rather to increase than diminish. On 12th December he adds—‘‘ Notwithstanding that acon- siderable number of boats (up to 340) have been during the past nine weeks constantly engaged trawling for herrings in the Clyde in com- paratively shallow water, the herrings appear to be as abundant as when the fishing commenced, evidently showing that trawling does not frighten away the herrings, as is sometimes alleged by those opposed to this mode of fishing.” Shortly after this, however, the fishing fell away. On 18th and 19th December very few herrings were taken, and the total catch for the suc- ceeding week fell to 120 crans. It was believed that the fish had gone to Loch Long and Loch Goil, where, as stated above, a great fishing occurred. Towards the end of January a fishing revived opposite Greenock and was continued to the 27th, the last herrings being taken opposite Gourock, and it was supposed that the shoal was making its way down to the sea. The weekly totals for the district, and which refer to the fishing in the estuary, are as follows :— WettatOrs | LO4 Now 7) 0-2,496 Dec. 5 .. 2,600 SPT aN is 8 ta ee BOO TaN TOMO NB EGO bea wes hip: TS 9 2056 HOO MOT GT) TB \H00 3. MR SIUC R TAG) |, 28's. -B,500 Bo 6! 3 “bog Beh yoo The monthly totals for the district are these :— July. August. September. October. November. December. January. 576 =6401 428 3,179 19,796 9,240 470 In the following year, 1869, in the belief that there were still herrings in the Clyde opposite Greenock, a few trials were made at the beginning of June, but none were caught. In this month and July the herrings 44. Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report landed were caught apparently off the Ayrshire coast, and it is noted on 10th July that the “ appearance” of herrings on the coast was good. On the 4th September it is noted that 20 crans were taken on the grounds opposite Greenock, and the fishing continued here during the month, without, however, very great success. At the beginning of October it is stated that the principal fishing grounds were the banks between Greenock and Helensburgh, but that although numerous boats (161) were employed both night and day, the results were not yet encouraging. On the 18th October 70 crans were caught, and in the week ended 23rd 400 boats were prosecuting the fishing, and 3000 crans were taken. The herrings, the Officer noted, were scattered along the Tail of the Bank, and were got from the entrance to the Gareloch up to opposite Port-Glasgow. In the next week 6000 crans were taken by 478 boats, after which the weather became somewhat stormy and interfered with the fishing. Early in November the herrings began to get scarce, the weekly catch falling to 120 and then to 14 crans, and the fishermen were of opinion that the herrings had been driven from the Tail of the Bank by the great quantity of fresh water coming down the Clyde, and that when the water became clearer the herrings might return. At the end of November the fishing did, indeed, improve slightly, 844 crans being taken in the week ended 27th, but they were caught farther down the Clyde, opposite Gourock and Kilcreggan, though a few were still got opposite Greenock. In December a small quantity were taken, chiefly in the channel and down by Wemyss Bay and Gourock. In the week ended 8th January the fishing was at Largs and Fairlie, and between those places and the Cumbraes, and it appeared that the herrings were going farther and farther to sea; none were secured after that week. The total catch for the year was 16,670 crans, of which 470 were taken in January. The particulars for the months and the chief weeks are as follows :— June. | July. | August. | September. | October. |[November.| December.| January. 142 12 3,200 302 dts 40 43 120 50 300 36 2,996 14 see doc 53 6,000 884 200 205 oc 150 101 | 706 | 1,036 476 9,051 4,178 652 300 In 1870 the fishing on the Ayrshire coast, of the usual kind, continued till the end of August, when it began to fall off. In the first week of September two boats tried the grounds opposite Greenock, and got a few hundreds of very small herrings. In the next week about 40 boats got 70 crans, also very small fish, running about 1400-1600 to a cran, and so on throughout the month. In October the fishing in the district was almost entirely confined to Greenock ; towards the end of the month it fell off, and very few were got at the Tail of the Bank afterwards, either in November or December: those taken in the latter month were caught farther down by Inverkip and Wemyss Bay and over towards the Cloch Lighthouse. The last entry is for the week ended 24th December, but 40 crans were landed in January, place not specified. In this year the total was only 4350 crans, of which 300 crans were obtained in January. The particulars for the months, and for the weeks during which the fishing was in the estuary of the Clyde, are as follows :— of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 45 June. | July. | August. | September. | October. |November.| December.| January. 66 40 64 598 4 20 68 150 113 20 nee 200 60 22 108 100 75 . 552 | 1,146 644 318 102 240 1,048 40 In September, about 205 of the total crans landed were caught off Greenock ; in October the quantity was 87 crans, the rest being got on the Ayrshire coast ; in November 68 crans were got near Greenock, and 172 crans on the Ayrshire coast; in December, in the first week none were got at the Tail of the Bank, most coming from the entrance to Loch Long and the Holy Loch ; in the second week about 104 crans were taken between Wemyss Bay and Inverkip, the rest on the coast of Ayrshire, and a considerable quantity of those taken in the next week were also caught near Inverkip. In 1871 the grounds off Greenock were tried, and over towards Helensburgh in October, but only a few crans of herrings were obtained, the weekly catches being 6 crans, 10 crans, 4 crans. In the early part of November some herrings were taken on the Tail of the Bank, and this drew a number of boats to the place. The particulars of the weekly fishing on these grounds are as follows :— Boats. | Crans. Boats. | Crans. Oct (ee 12 6 Nov. 11 = 50 58 re i: ese 10 10 on hse 50 220 rin ol ee 4 4 fa aoe SS 30 100 pie 25 B= Sic a Dees (2,2 80 300 move, 42.5 8 8 4 ee 70 700 During the last week, while fishing was also carried on on the Tail of the Bank, a considerable proportion of the fish were taken between Gourock and Largs. No herrings appear to have been taken after this, and none were obtained in January. In 1872 the total landed for the year was s only 553 crans. Several trials were made at the Tail of the Bank in the latter part of the year, but with no success. The fishing in the following years was not very successful until 1882, and the particulars given as to the locality of fishing are scanty, but it appears generally to have been on the Ayrshire coast and towards Arran. In 1882 the total was 3734 crans; such information as is given indicates that the fish were taken chiefly at Arran and about the Cumbraes: there is no mention of the Clyde estuary. In 1888 the aggregate was 3071 crans. In June and the early part of the season the fishing was chiefly in Gareloch, where the fishing is said to have been better than for many years. Later it was at Arran, especially about D 46 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Sannox, though there was again a slight fishing in Gareloch about the middle of September. In 1905, when the aggregate was 4455 crans, the bulk was obtained in September and October, and the chief fishing places were in those months the waters between the Ayrshire coast and Arran. In 1906 the total amounted to 7865 crans; there is an entry of 687 crans for winter fishing without specification of grounds. The herrings in August and September were chiefly caught on the east coast of Arran, in the channel between Ardrossan and Arran, and in Brodick Bay. In November there was a fishing on the coast of Ayrshire, but the quantity taken was small ; later in the month it was farther up the coast, off Largs, and in the end of the month in Gareloch, where a considerable shoal of herrings appeared. In December the fishing continued with success in Gareloch, and apparently also in January, 1907, for the first entry for that year, on February 9th, represents 4844 crans as having been taken in the winter fishing to date. In February, 1907, the fishing took place off Greenock and in Largs Bay, and large quantities of herrings were taken. In March this fishing fell off, the last, 25 crans, being taken in the week ending March 9th. This then represents another incursion of shoals to the upper reaches of the Clyde. The quantities (crans) landed in each of the months are as follows :— 1906. January(?) July. August. September. October. November. December. 687 141 = 1,304 1,630 451 2,014 1,638 1907. January. February. March. 4,844 2,709 25 The catches by the week during the winter fishing in the upper waters are as follows, the first few entries representing the fishing on the northern part of the Ayrshire coast :— Nov. 3, 38 (Dec. 8, 377 Jan. | Feb. 9; 642; Mar. 9, 25 00, BEI, 115, Sybil 2) | Be elle « 0 bod yo te IT =, $225 AOS eos dl 5 24, GOAL los, 29714518 Mar. 2, 167 Dec. 1, 853 2,014 1,638 | 4,844 2,709 25 It may be noted that a period of about thirty-seven years has elapsed since great shoals appeared in these waters. Ballantrae District. The limits of this district, as already stated, extend from and include the town of Ayr on the Ayrshire coast, round to the Solway, embracing the whole of the Scottish coast of the latter. In 19('6 the number of boats belonging to the district was 346, while there were 587 resident fishermen and boys. As mentioned above, until 1863 this district was included in the district of Greenock, so that the statistics available are for the forty-four years 1863-1906, In this period the gross quantity of the Fishery Board for Scotlund. A7 of herrings landed in the district amounted to 398,689 crans (about 1,395,400 cwts.), giving an annual average for the period of 9061 crans. In the first twenty-two years, 1863-1884, the gross quantity of herrings - landed was 228,592 crans, the annual average being 10,390 crans ; while in the last twenty-two years, 1885-1906, the quantity was 170,097 crans, with an annual average of 7732 crans—showing, therefore, a con- siderable reduction in the second period. The annual average for each of the ten-yearly periods are as follows :— (leo 1866 | 55.5 Aap aeeenee These figures show, at all events, that the winter fishing in these years at Ballantrae Banks or neighbourhood was small, and it is to be noted that a close-time which was established in 1860,* from lst January to 31st May, for the stretch from Ardnamurchan to the Mull of Galloway, put a stop to the spring fishing on this coast. By another Act of 1865,t the close-time was altered to the period from Ist February to 3lst May, and it was made subject to the Sea Fisheries Act of 1868, and has never been enforced. It is stated in the report of the Commissioners of 1877 that seining for herrings commenced on the Ballantrae Banks in 1878; but seines are mentioned in the records as having been employed in the winter fishing in January, 1871, though not apparently on the Banks, where, indeed, the abundance of set-nets or so-called trammels prevented their use for several years. It is to be noted further that by a byelaw (No. 18) that came into force in 1902, seine-trawling for herrings was prohibited from the 15th January to 31st March in each year within an area embracing Ballantrae Banks and the waters south to Corsewall Point. The table showing the takes of herrings landed in the four months of each season, December—March, is appended. * By the Act 23 and 24 Vict., c. 92. +28 and 29 Vict., c. 22. +The area is thus defined :—‘‘ A straight line drawn from Bennan Head, Ayr- shire, to a point three miles north-west (magnetic) ; a straight line drawn from Corsewall Point Lighthouse to a point three miles north-north-west (magnetic) ; and a straight line joining the above-mentioned points.”—Twentieth Annual Report, Part 1., p. 258. [‘TaBLE. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 49 Years. Pages Janu- Febru- March. | Total. Notes. er. ary. ary. 1863-64 se OC et Ae We 64-65 6 Bee els i 6 65-66 1,695 1 vis ace 1,696 66-67 7 66 4 ae 77 67-68 et 70 ? ? 386 | 11th January to Ist July. 68-69 13 wae ce Aae 13 69-70 Ric (14) ? 2 1,649 | lst February to lst June. 1s7o-71 | (101) | Go 2 ? L621) |)... 2? Sane Mag 71-72 10 ? ? ? 1,725 | Winter and Spring to Ist June. 72-73 ? 2 ? 2,025 : Bs ts 73-74 zat ? ? ? 4,890 ay 5 30th May. 74-75 Pek 2 ? ? 9,197 5a a 22nd. 75-76 5 ? ? ? 6,071 “3 os toubees 76-77 ? 2 ? 10,254 ms a 12th; 77-78 ;075 | 10,958 1,779 | 17,820 | Including 23 crans in April. 50 5) 78-79 Hs 7,930} 6,276 | 4,974} 19,594 5 414 ,, op 79-80 | 4,085 | 5,200) 6,518 | 19,452 | 35,277 1880-81 970 |2,872| 9,310 | 11,922 | 25,074 81-82 178 | 1,183} 6,188 1,337 | 8,886 82-83 116 | 3,697| 1,766 | 17,566 | 23,145 83-84 143 | 2,813} 8,465 3,280 | 14,707 | Including 6 crans in April. 84-85 416 744| 5,755 | 14,094 | 21,009 85-86 227 184] 2,224) 2,352) 4,987 86-87 37 48 754 | 9,074} 9,913 87-88 70 450)| 25127 6,938 | 9,585 88-89 913 875| 8,981 759 | 11,528 89-90 1,070 296 | 6,920 978 | 9,264 1890-91 | 8,736 | 1,854] 5,047 BAS 15,637 91-92 | 2,946 as 1,577 | 1,736 | 6,259 92-93 65 a 454 re 519 93-94 age ee 3 72 75 94-95 ase ae 117 1,164 | 1,281 95-96 ee ee 194 150 344 96-97 ie se 46 423 469 97-98 Bie ? ? 2 30 | ‘‘ Winter fishing.’ 98-99 fi ? ? 2 1,247 Be os 99-1900) 190 ie 449 | 3,664} 4,113 1900-01 8 rr 5,652 | 3,743} 9,395 01-02 ae 2,450} 3,072| 1,316] 6,838 02-03 rae 530 177 25 732 03-04 sis 92 461 322 875 04-05 ? pp ees ae 2 108 crans, Ist Oct. to 31st Dec. 05-06 ? 584 183 389 ae 106 crans, Ist Jan. to 27th May. 06-07 |10, 195 337 542 555 | 11,629 |*and 2,881 crs. 1st Oct.-31st Dee. With the other table it enables us to see that there was no great winter fishing from 1855 to 1874, and that until i870 the winter fishing was chiefly in December. From evidence given in 1864 before the Royal Commission it appears that the spring fishing for spawning herrings on the banks came to an end in 1856, and that it was declining for some years before that time; and that the herrings did not return until 1862, when the close-time was in force.* In the late autumn of 1865, as appears from the notes of the Fishery Officers, herrings came back in abundance to the Ayrshire coast. None were taken in October of that year, but on 3rd November the fishermen at Ayr * Ibid., p. 1189. a0 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report struck a dense shoal, and during that month and December heavy catches by drift-nets were landed from Ayr Bay and neighbourhood, chiefly from shallow water, three and four fathoms. ‘The total taken in these two months was 3410 crans. In the following January only a single cran appears to have been caught, but in November, 1866, the herrings returned to the coast, where good catches were obtained, principally in Irvine Bay, but it did not last long. In January, 1867, herrings were got inshore at Dunure, south of Ayr Bay, and in the early part of November they set in, as they had done in the two preceding years, on the northern part of the coast, in Irvine Bay, but they did uot stay long and comparatively few were taken. In 1868 they did not appear there, but in November some were caught in Loch Ryan, at the southern extremity of the coast. In January, 1869, several boats tried along the coast between Dunure and Girvan, but got nothing, and the Officer noted that from the number of gannets upon the spawning banks at Ballantrae on 22nd and 23rd January, and the quantity of herrings found in the stomachs of cod and other fish landed (the two usual signs), the fishermen were in hopes . of a good fishing; but there is no further entry, and apparently no fishing took place. The summer fishing this year was very successful on the Ayrshire coast, the best for twelve years ; in September and October a few were caught in Loch Ryan. In the spring fishing of 1§70 and up to lst June, 1649 crans of herrings were taken, but there are no particulars furnished as to the localities or the months. The summer fishing was again successful on the Ayrshire coast, falling off towards the end of July, and in August and till November takes were got in Loch Ryan. In the next year the winter and spring fishing yielded 1621 crans up to 13th May, but no particulars are furnished ; the summer fishing was unsuccessful. Seines are mentioned as having been used in January. It is also mentioned at the beginning of September that immense shoals of herrings had been seen at the mouth of the Clyde and near Ailsa Craig by passing vessels. In 1872 the catch up to Ist June was 1725 crans, and the summer fishing was very poor. Herrings were again taken in Loch Ryan in November. In 1873 the catch up to Ist June was 2,025 crans; the summer fishing was apparently on the Ayrshire coast and successful till August; and in September and October there was a slight fishing off Ayr, and off Irvine in November. In 1874 the winter and spring catch, up to 30th May, was 4890 crans ; the summer fishing was on the Ayrshire coast and then at the south end of Arran, and the last herrings were taken at the beginning of September. In 1875 the winter and spring catch increased to 9197 crans, but no particulars are given; the summer fishing on the coast was extremely unproductive, such as were landed coming mostly from the other side of the Firth. In 1876 the quantity taken up to 13th May was 6071 crans, and the summer fishing was poor. Next year the winter and spring fishing yielded 10,254 crans (up to 12th May); the summer fishing was not successful, and the last herrings were landed in August. In 1878 particulars are for the first time given of the winter and spring fishing, which, as we have seen, had been increasing in the previous four or five years. The total catch amounted to 17,820 crans. On 5th January it is reported that herrings were abundant all along the Ayrshire coast, drift-nets, set-nets, and seines being used. On 19th January a large shoal was said to be off Ballantrae; in the week ended 2nd February, 3820 crans were landed, the best fishing being off Wood- lands, near Girvan; in the next week the quantity landed was 4462 crans, mostly taken off Turnberry Point and Girvau by seines. On 16th of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 51 February it was stated that as there was a favourable appearance of herrings on the spawning banks the fishing for the rest of the season would be almost entirely by set or trammel-nets ; and on 23rd February it was noted that the herrings had now settled on the banks for spawn- ing. In the week ended 2nd March, 4600 crans were landed, all taken by trammels. The weather then got very stormy, and only 22 crans were landed in the following week, which had been picked off the trammel nets, the rest of the fish being unfit for food, the nets not being hauled for some days. In the middle of March the gannets began to get scarce, a bad sign, and the fishing declined and ended in the last week of March, though 23 crans were taken at the beginning of Apri! at Lendalfoot, near Bennan Head. The quantities landed, and the number of boats fishing in the various weeks, were as follows :— January. February. March. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. 31 95 165 4,462 182 92 48 230 154 206 182 1,261 83 751 191 1,690 178 474 103: 174 182 4,600 35 22 151 3,820 5,070 10,958 Lig It is to be noted that as a general rule the fishing consists of two parts; the first is carried on in the neighbourhood of the spawning banks, on the shoals as they are collecting, and the second from a little after the middle of February, among the spawning herrings on the banks. The summer fishing this year was of little importance, the last herrings being taken in the beginning of August; in November and December a few were got on the Arran and Argyllshire coasts. In 1879, when the total for the winter and spring fishing amounted to 19,594 crans, the fishing began to the south of the spawning grounds, that is, in the opposite direction to the locality where it opened in the previous year. The herrings in January were caught off Loch Ryan and Corsewall Point by seines and drift-nets. By the beginning of February they were taken along the coast from Corsewall to Ayr, a stretch of 35 miles, and mostly between three and five miles from shore, In the first week of February the heaviest takes were got near the spawning banks off Ballantrae ; drift-nets, seines, and trammels were used this month, and some catches were made off Loch Ryan. In March trammels alone were used on the banks; in the week ended 15th many of the fish were spent, and the best catches were obtained off Bennan Head, to the north of the banks. In this locality and at Lendalfoot, still further north, 414 crans of herrings, mostly spent, were got by trammels early in April, the fishing closing on the 9th of that month. It was thus late in closing, and it may be noted that no herrings were secured in the previous December, the shoals being late in arriving. The weekly quantities and the number of boats engaged were as follows -— 52 Part II1T.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report January. February. March. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. 56 90 304 104 204 1,220 188 1,334 125 410 210 921 290 3,078 251 1,755 199 1,783 304 3,428 251 4,007 98 1,050 7,930 6,276 4,974 The summer fishing on the coast was poor, most of the boats fishing at Arran and on the Argyllshire coast. About 18th or 19th October a large shoal of herrings entered Loch Ryan, but went out in a day or two before many were caught; very few herrings were taken in November, but an unexpectedly early commencement of the winter fishing was made off Loch Ryan on 11th December, and during that month 4085 crans were secured there about two to five miles from the coast. In January, 1880, the fishing continued in that quarter, extending towards the end of the month from Corsewall to Ballantrae. In the week ended 21st February the herrings were settling on the spawning banks; at the beginning of March the best takes were got on the banks by seines, after which the trammels were too crowded for them, and the seiners left. The fishing went on to the end of March, and the enormous quantity of 35,277 crans (about 123,570 cwts, or more than 35,000,000 herrings) were secured, which, at the prices then ruling, were worth considerably over £70,000. The weekly returns are these :— December. January. February. March. Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. 202 | 1,075 | 364 | 2,624 | 302] 2,520 2 | 9,586 The summer fishing, up to the end of July, was successful on the Ayrshire coast this year, especially off Girvan, but the herrings dis- appeared in August ; in October some were taken in the middle of the Clyde, and at the end of the monthat Loch Ryan ; in November, and still more in December the takes in that neighbourhood increased, and it is of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 53 noted in December, that the chief grounds extended to twenty miles off Corsewall Point. In January, 1881, the best areas continued to be off Corsewall Point and Loch Ryan, as in the previous year, and even to the south of Corsewall. In February the precise positions where the herrings were taken are not specified, but “the usual grounds” are referred to, and by far the largest quantity this month were taken by seines; in one week the record of 5540 crans was reached. On 12th March it is said the herrings were ‘‘on the eve of spawning” and were inferior ; on 19th March they were largely spent fish, and the fishing closed at the end of the mcnth. The weekly particulars are as follows :— December. January. February. March. Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. 171 910 290 | 2,125 335 793 256 452 2 40 158 62 255 237 158 | 1,562 The aggregate thus amounted to 25,074 crans. The summer fishing on the coast was very poor, most of the boats going to Arran and Kilbrennan Sound. At the beginning of November herrings were taken in Loch Ryan, but heavy storms came on and put an end to the fishing ; some were also got there in December, and at the end of the month off Ballantrae. In January, 1882, and again in February the fishing was much interrupted by the storms, but this does not account for the comparatively small catches; for example, 108 boats fishing in Loch Ryan for a night at the beginning of January got only a few hundreds of herrings amongst them, and three weeks later 236 boats fishing for four nights took altogether only 383 crans, The bulk of the herrings up to the week ended 11th February were landed at Stranraer, and presumably taken in or near Loch Ryan or Corsewall Point. On 11th March a gale from the west came on and, it is said, dispersed the herrings, and the fishing came to a stop. It is clear, however, that the shoals this year were very much smaller. The quantity taken each month was as follows, the total being 8,886 crans :— December. January. February. March. 178 1,183 6,188 1,337 The summer fishing was carried on during May and June mostly on the Ayrshire coast, especially near Girvan, and towards the end of June and afterwards, on the other side of the Firth, in Loch Fyne and Kilbrennan Sound. The winter fishing commenced on 8th December, near Girvan, and continued there and also at Stranraer, but the aggregate for the month was small. In January, 1883, the herrings were got both in the south and the north, particularly at Lendal Bay, a few miles north of the spawning banks, in 9-15 fathoms. I February there were several gales which 54: Part [11.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report interrupted the fishing, but in the week ended 3rd March the extraordinary quantity of 16,060 crans was landed ; the catch of one pair of trawlers filled eight ‘“skiffs” or fishing boats, and another boat sank with the weight of herrings. The fishing on the banks was by seines as well as trammels, but trammels alone were used towards the end of the fishing. Tne catches gradually declined, and none were taken after 24th March. The aggregate for the season was 23,145 crans, the details being as follows :— December. January. February. March. Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. a - 98 585 262 87 320 | 16,060 2 2 182 796 132 327 130 774 21 15 330 | 2,196 10 US) 48 339 70 32 246 120 408 | 1,333 57 393 116 3,697 1,766 17,566 ‘The summer fishing on the coast was not important. The winter fishing commenced on 6th December, the place of fishing being off the harbour of Girvan, but little was got during the month. In January herrings were found at Saltcoats and also apparently about Loch Ryan ; at the middle of the month they were chiefly landed at Stranraer, but good takes were also got between Ayr and Maidens. The greatest quantity was taken in February, and it is mentioned that in March one seine boat secured 408 crans in four hauls of the net one week, which sold for £599. The fishing closed later than usual, on 2nd April, and the fishing- ground at the end of March was Ardmillan Bank, three miles south of Girvan, The total catch amounted to 14,707 crans, apportioned as follows :— December. January. February. March. April. 143 2,813 8,465 3,280 6 Perhaps to the total should be added 238 crans taken on Ballantrae Bank by trammel nets in the week ended 15th April. The summer fishing was more successful than usual on the Ayrshire coast, and herrings were got north of Girvan in August, but after that most of the fish landed came from other quarters, as Kilbrennan Sound. In December some herrings were caught off the mouth of Loch Ryan as well as within it, and others at the Cumbraes, the latter greatly predominating in the last week of the year. And in January, 1885, most of the herrings at first taken were got in the same quarter; later they were secured between Girvan and Turnberry Point, to the northwards, but the quantity in January was inconsiderable. In the middle of February most of the catch was taken on the north bank off Ballantrae by seines, and in March on the bank by the same method of fishing, the catch in the week ended 14th March amounting to 12,033 crans. After this the fishing of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 55 declined, and on the 24th the trammels were clean and the fishing stopped. The quantities in the various weeks, the total amounting to 21,009 crans, were these :— December. January, February. March. Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. |_| | Mate beet Bm x. 6 99 189 382 Pata 1,666 16 87 x ae 395 712 289 | 12,033 fe 8 94 34 325 | 4,102 160 360 66 128 128 530 120 559 35 35 84 81 By 416 744 5,755 14,094 The fishing in summer on the Ayrshire coast lasted only till early in July, most of the boats going to Kilbrennan Sound. No herrings were landed between 12th September and the week ending 26th December, when 227 crans were taken by 38 boats at Girvan and Maidens. In January, 1886, the weather was very stormy, and the first herrings were landed on the 9th, but only a few crans; the next were taken in the week ended 23rd by drift-nets on Ballantrae Bank, and more were taken there in the following week. In February the fishing was slack, owing partly, it is said, to the low prices current; but that the herrings were scarce this season was shown in the week ended 27th February, when the weather was fine, and 285 boats were nightly at sea, while the catch totalled only 1121 crans. The fishing closed on 24th March, and was the poorest, it is remarked, since it commenced “about twelve years ago.” The aggregate amounted to 4987 crans, apportioned as follows :— December. 227 January. 184 March. 2,352 February. 2,224 The summer fishing on the coast was unimportant. In December some herrings were taken at Loch Ryan, but the fishing fell off, and trials on the Ayrshire coast towards the end of the month were without result. In January, 1887, small takes were got off Girvan and in the neighbourhood, but there was no “appearance” of herrings on the coast. About the middle of February the herrings were caught between Bennan Head and Ballantrae Bank, and in the week ended 26th on the bank itself. Little was caught until the week ended 5th March, during which the weather was calm and summer-like, when 5084 crans were landed, and in the next week 3707 crans. The officer notes that there was a great admixture of small and unmarketable herrings amongst those taken, especially by the seine-net, and quantities were used as manure. The season closed on 15th March, the aggregate being 9913 cras, apportioned as follows :— December. 37 March. 9,074 January. 48 February. 754 56 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report In November and December most of the herrings landed were taken in Loch Ryan by trammel-nets. In January, 1888, a large body of herrings came close inshore between Girvan aud Turnberry, but they did not stay long. In February most were taken by seine on Ballantrae Banks, and they were very largely small and immature. But in the week ended 3rd March, 6786 crans of large and excellent herrings were caught on the banks, of which 6024 crans were got by seines and 762 by set-nets. After this little was done, a gale closing the fishing on 8th March. The aggregate was 9585 crans, as follows : — December. January. February. March. 70 450 2,127 6,938 There was comparatively little fishing on the coast in summer, but many herrings were taken in Luce Bay. The winter fishing began on 10th December between Dunure Head and Ayr Bay, where it continued throughout the month, principally with drift-nets. In January, 1889, the fishing-place was chiefly between Girvan and Turnberry Point, up to near the middle of the month, and then from three to six miles south of Girvan and close to the shore. The first part of February was stormy, and little was caught ; towards the end of the month the herrings were taken on Ballantrae Banks both with seines aud trammels, and they were of a good size. In March the fishing fell off, and gradually came to a close on 15th March. ‘The quantity for the season was 11,528 crans, apportioned as follows :— December. January. February. March. 913 875 8,981 759 At the end of November the winter fishing commenced off Culzean Castle, north of Turnberry Point; in December it continued in the same neighbourhood between Maidens and Dunure. In January, 1890, it was in the same region, north of Turnberry, till the close of the month, when the herrings were taken chiefly between Girvan and Turnberry Point. In the first week of February the principal ground was Ballantrae Banks, where it continued; on the 22nd, large numbers of haddocks were caught on the bank by the seine-nets, and were found to be gorged with herring spawn. The fishing closed very early, on 4th March, the shoals having come earlier and left sooner. The aggregate catch was 9264 crans, the weekly particulars being as follows :— December. January. February. March. Boats.}| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. 46 442 16 17 88 419 174 978 62 586 4] 258 93 | 1,931 om a 58 18 5 4G 107 559 30 24 12 3 163 | 4,011 ee: As 55 18 be 1,070 296 6,920 978 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 57 Perhaps the catches in November should be added, which would bring the total up to 9861 crans. On 18th November a trial was made by eight boats off the Ayrshire coast, but no herrings were caught. On 27th and following days good catches were secured off Ayr Heads, in the south part of Ayr Bay, and so close inshore that a good many of the drift-nets were torn on the rocks. The fishing here continued tnrough- out December with great success ; in the week ended 20th, 5288 crans were taken, almost entirely by seine-net, off Ayr Harbour, within a few hundred yards of the shore, and in from two to seven fathoms of water. Towards the end of December the fishing in that locality came to a sudden termination, but it was renewed in January 1891 off the Heads of Ayr; in the week ended 10th the fishing was between Ayr and Dunure Head, but the shoal began to move south, and in the next week the totals fell to 32 crans. After this the weather was stormy for a time. The fish- ing in February was on Ballantrae Banks; in the first week, though the weather was fine, only 96 crans were taken, and in the second week only 20 crans; in the week ended 21st February 4875 crans were landed, mostly by seines, and there was a large proportion of small fish among them, and then the fishing came to an abrupt end, no herrings being got in March. The weekly particulars are these :— December. January. February. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. Boats. Crans. 47 637 75 247 92 139 2,276 144 1,545 124 184 5,288 48 32 224 4,875 132 535 ‘a de 225 : 66 30 ie 8,736 1,854 5,047 The total was thus 15,637 crans, of which more than half were taken in December. If the catch in the last week of November be added, the total is raised to 16,111 crans. At the end of the year the herrings returned to Ayr Bay, but they were also taken in Loch Ryan, as they had been to some extent in October. Most were got off Ayr, and the fishing in Loch Ryan closed in the first week of December. During December the fishing was off Ayr Heads . and neighbourhood. In January, 1892, the first week was stormy, and it was found that the herrings had left the ground ; none were taken that mouth, and there was no “appearance” of herrings. It was not till the second week in February that they were again found on Ballantrae Banks, and the fishing went on there till the end of the month, without great success, and there were large numbers of small unsaleable herrings in the catches. In the first week of March the weather was fine, and 65 boats landed 1572 craus, of which 1059 crans were caught by trammels, and the rest by seines. The fishing closed on 8th March, the total for the season being 6259 crans, If the November catch be added, the 58 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report aggregate will be increased to 7222 crans. The monthly quantities were these :— December. January. February. March. 2,946 = 1,577 1,736 In May and June herrings were got in fair quantities on the Ayrshire coast, especially between Girvan and the Heads of Ayr. At the end of December, from the 27th to the 29th, herrings were again got on the grounds off the Heads of Ayr, but not in large quantity, and the shoal then disappeared. In January, 1893, no herrings were landed, trials on the usual grounds being almost or quite blank, and there being no “appearance” of shoals; cod were also scarce. The first herrings of the season were landed on 16th February, and were taken on Ballantrae Banks ; but the catches were small, and the fishing closed at the end of February, the trammels being “clean.” The total for the season was only 519 crans, landed as follows :— December. January. February. March. 65 -— 454 aoa The summer fishing was small, and no herrings were landed after August, the shoals having failed to appear at the end of the year. In January, 1894, there was no ‘‘ appearance” of herrings on the coast, and no herring fishing. The first herrings of the season were landed on 16th February, when three crans were caught at Bennan Head, and this was the total for the month, the trammels set on the banks being practically “clean,” only a few hundreds of herrings being caught. There was no “appearance” on the banks during the season. In the week ended 9th March the trammels caught nine herrings; but on the 16th and 17th 72 crans were taken, and this represented the fishing for the season, none being got afterwards. The aggregate was thus only 75 crans. December. January. February. March. — _ 3 72 There was a tolerably fair fishing up to August on the Ayrshire coast, especially about Girvan and the Heads of Ayr; but no herrings were taken in the closing months of the year. There was no herring fishing in January, 1895, the first herrings being landed in the week ended 16th February, and they were caught on the coast of Arran, about Whiting Bay, it being believed that a shoal was moving south towards Ballantrae. In the week ended 23rd Feb- ruary 116 crans of mixed sizes were taken on the banks by seines; but the fishing then was a complete blank till the week ended 9th March, when 169 crans were landed. After this, a few hundreds of crans were taken by trammel-nets, but on the 22nd the nets were “clean,” and the fishing ended. The total for the season amounted to 1281 crans, thus apportioned :— December. January. February. March. — — LG 1,164 In this year no herrings were landed after 17th August. In 1896 no herrings were caught in January, the first landed being on 15th February, and they were caught at the south end of Arran. In the week ending 22nd February, 194 crans were caught off Lendal Bay, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 59 half-way between Girvan and the Ballantrae Banks; they were taken mostly by seines, and were very small] herrings, from eight to ten inches in length, bringing only a few shillings a cran. At the beginning of March the banks were again tried, but no herrings were taken. On 14th March 150 crans were got on the banks, spent and ripe, but so small that the greater part were unsaleable, and were thrown back into the sea. The fishing closed on 14th March, the total for the season being 344 crans, of which 194 were taken in February and 150 in March. No herrings were got in November or December. In 1897 the first herrings were taken on the Ballantrae Banks in the week ended 20th February, those caught by seines being small and un- marketable. No herrings were taken in the closing months of the year. In 1898 the winter and spring fishing was again a failure, only 30 crans being landed, but the officer gives no information as to the place of fishing, or when they were taken. No herrings were landed after September. In 1899 the winter fishing was better, the total being 1247 crans, but no particulars are given. There was a summer fishing of small impor- tance on the Ayrshire coast, and in November and part of December herrings were got in Loch Ryan and neighbourhood. In 1900 the first herrings were landed in the week ended 17th February, and they were taken rather to the south of Ballantrae Banks. During the rest of the month and in March herrings were taken of very fair quality, both by trammels and seines; in the week ended 10th, 2912 crans were secured on the banks, of which 1746 were taken by the seiners and 1166 by trammel-nets. None were taken after this, and the total for the season amounted to 4113 crans, thus apportioned :— December. January. February. March. 190 _— 449 3,664 In December a few herrings were again taken in Loch Ryan, but only a few crans. In 1901 no herrings were landed till the week ended 9th February. The banks had been visited, but there was no “ appearance ” of herrings ; on the 8th, 100 crans were secured near Turnberry. In the week ended 16th, 1641 crans were got by seines on the outer edge of the Ballantrae Banks, and the fishing continued on the banks till the week ended 23rd March. The total for the season amounted to 9395 crans, as follows :— December. January. February. March, Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats,} Crans. 32] 100.| 49 159 70 | 1,641. | 66 | 3,205 a ie if rh 116:| 2,107, |. 31 379 2 a He £ 118") E8046 |<. ‘. 8 2 5,652 3,743 No herrings were taken in December. 60 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report In 1902 the fishing commenced on 10th January, when 14 crans were taken at Dunure and Maidens Bay, and during the rest of the month there was a good fishing between Dunure and Turnberry, the total for the month being 3072 crans, and the herrings were caught close in to the shore, In the first part of February the fishing was pursued in the same quarter, and south as far as Girvan, but drifters also caught considerable quantities between Ballantrae and Corsewall Point. In the week ended 22nd February, most of the herrings were got about Bennan Head and the northern end of the protected area, and this was also the case in the following week. The fishing came to an abrupt end on 8th March. The total for the season was 6838 crans, as follows :— December. January. February. March, — 2,450 3,072 1,316 It is to be noted that this was the first season in which the bye-law closing the banks to seiners came into force, and this, no doubt, reduced the quantity landed; but it appears several of the seine boats made hauls within the area. No herrings were landed in the district after September. In 1903 the herrings were caught in Ayr Bay and to Turnberry Point, close inshore, from January 10th to the end of the month and well into February, but a fair fishing was also secured by trammels in Loch Ryan from the end of January to the middle otf February. On 21st February it was reported that there was a good “appearance” of herrings in the vicinity of the spawning banks, but the weather came on stormy, and very little was secured, the herrings leaving on 14th March. The total for the season was 732 crans, thus apportioned :— December. January. February. March. — 530 177 25 No herrings were landed in November and December, according to the weekly returns, but at the end of the year 51 craus are added as having been landed between 3rd October and 26th December. In 1904 the fishing began in the week ended 16th January, and small quantities of herrings were taken inshore at Dunure and Maidens. Towards the end of the month and in February fair takes were got in Loch Ryan; on 6th February a good “appearance” was reported on the banks, but little was taken, the total for the season being 875 crans, as follows :— December. January. February. March. = 92 461 322 It also appearsfrom a note that 108 crans were landed between Ist October and 3lst December this year, but no particulars are given, In 1905 there are unfortunately no particulars given as to the course of the fishing. 1t is only stated at the beginning of the summer fishing that 106 crans had been landed from Ist January to 27th May. There appears also to have been a good fishing towards the end of the year, because a note states that 2881 crans were landed between Ist October and 3lst December, but there is no information as to the months otherwise, nor as to the localities where the fishing was carried cn. The total for the whole year, including the summer fishing, was 4479 crans, The fact mentioned, that there was a good fishing towards the close of of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 61 the year, probably indicated that the shoals were returning again to their old grounds, because the spring fishing in 1906 was better. In January a total of 584 crans were landed, but nothing is said as to the quantities each week, or as to the place of fishing. In the first part of February the fishing was apparently mostly about Loch Ryan; towards the end of the month, and in March, about the Ballantrae Banks. The fishing closed in the week ended 24th March, the total for the three montiis being as follows :— January. February. March. 584 183 389 For the reason stated, the absence of information as to December, the total for the season cannot be given. At the end of 1906 a very good fishing was obtained. In the early part of November good takes were secured near Ayr, and later in the month between Girvan and Turnberry, off Girvan, and in Loch Ryan. In December the fishing continued with extraordinary good results in Loch Ryan, but also between Ayr and Dunure, and at the middle of the month a good “appearance” along the whole coast was reported. In January the fishing fell off very much, and the herrings left Loch Ryan. The first part of February was stormy and few herrings were caught, the boats only fishing on two weeks in the month. March was also very stormy, and comparatively small catches were got on the spawning banks, the fishing closing in the last week of the month. The aggregate for the four months, December-March, amounted to 11,629 crans, by far the greater portion being got in December. If the catches in November are added the total would be 14,193 crans; but it is stated that most of the 69 crans landed in the first week of November were caught in other districts. It is to be noted in considering the monthly totals that seiners were excluded from the banks and within the area specified in the bye-law (see p. 48) from 15th January to the end of March; and in former years seiners lauded the bulk of the herrings. The weekly particulars are these :— November. December. January. February. March. Boats.| Crans. |Boats.| Crans. |Boats.}| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. | Boats.| Crans. 21 69 68 1,768 | 30 186 9 7 15 58 29 454 | 125 1,499 | 61 133 ABE a8 24 391 42 266 | 124 4,911 | 38 13 ie nee 2 bo 40 612 70 2,017 | 16 5 43 535 d 106 52 1,163 ae ss ss ah BOS oils 560 noe 2,564 10,195 337 542 550 From the above account it is evident that the fluctuations in the winter and spring fishing on the Ayrshire coast have been very marked over the pericd embraced in the records. Taking the mean for the whole period of all the herrings landed in the district, the yield in the years 1863- 1874 was below the average ; it was also below the average in the years 1892-1905, with the slight exception of 1901. It was above the average in the period 1877-1891, with the slight exception of 1886, and it was again above the average in 1906-1907. By far the greater quantity of E 62 Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report herrings is taken in the winter and spring fishing, and the curve for the whole year represents the yield of this fishing and its fluctuations very well. Judging from the curve (Plate III.), it is not improbable that the fishing during the next few years will be successful. From the particulars as to the place of fishing, it would appear that in some years the predominant shoals approach the spawning grounds from the northwards, and in other years from the south; in still other years apparently from both directions, but full particulars are sometimes lacking. ‘Thus, in the period 1865-1867 the shoals came from the north, as they did also in 1878, 1883, 1885, and in the period 1887-1891, and again in 1902 and 1903. They approached from the south in 1879-1882, apparently in 1904, and again last year. No doubt the banks off the coast are the spawning grounds for shoals of herrings that come from various quarters, and it may be from the Irish coast, which is only some 25 miles distant, and therefore much nearer than Loch Fyne. But in all probability the bulk of the herrings come usually from the Firth of Clyde. Campbeltown District. This district was formed in 1863, having previously been included in the district of Inveraray. It extends from Skipness Point down the eastern side of the peninsula of Kintyre, round the Mall, and along the western coast of the peninsula to Tayinloan, opposite the island of Gigha. It includes that island and also the islands of Islay, Jura, and Colonsay, in the first named of which an important herring fishery is carried on in some years. The statistics dealt with here are, however, practically con- fined to the herrings caught within the Mull of Kintyre—that is to say, within the Firth of Clyde. In 1906 there were in the district 358 fish- ing boats and 752 resident fishermen and boys, of which 159 boats and 475 fishermen belonged to the part of the coast from Skipness Point to Sanda Island, most of them being at the town of Campbeltown. In the period 1863-1906, the gross quantity of herrings taken, and all practically in the Firth of Clyde, was 910,718 crans, or about 3,187,500 cwts., the general annual average being 20,698 crans. In the first twenty-two years, 1863-1884, the gross quantity landed was 3:7,939 crans, giving a general annual average of 14,452 crans. In the last twenty-two years, 1885-1906, the aggrevate quantity landed was 592,779 crans, the general annual average being 26,944 crans. In this district, therefore, the quantity of herrings taken very considerably increased in the second half of the period. Grouping the returns in ten-yearly periods, the mean catch per annum in each period was as follows :— 1857-66 .. 2,346 crans. 1887-96 .. 26,158 crans. TSC(AT6. ba Beas 1897-1906 .. 26,503 ,, 1877-86 ...-29,286 ,, The first period embraces only four years, 1863-1866. When the returns are arranged in five-yearly periods, the resultant annual average in each period is as follows :— 1862-66 .. 2,346 crans. 1887-91 .. 34,852 crans. 18672Te eo. aban 1892206... -.) i wena 18722 ybree Lae es 1897-1901 .. 30,365 ,, 1877-8luosy. 22,6190 0. 1902206. + se. 2264 a ee 1882-86 .. 35,961 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 63 The most productive period was thus 1882 to 1891, but an examination of the table showing the annual yield (p. 118), or the diagram of the same, shows that there were two great periods of abundance, viz., from 1879 to 1891, and from 1899 to 1903. The extent of the fluctuations in the annual yield was from 1732 crans in 1868 to 43,609 crans in 1882 and 43,535 craus in 1887. The catch in 1906 (11,070 crans) was the lowest since 1878. The great area of fishing in the Campbeltown district is the Sound of Kilbrennan, an arm of the sea extending between the island of Arran and the peninsula of Kintyre, in a north and south direction, and having deep water—at some places over 80 fathoms. At the north end it opens into the area called the Inchmarnock waters, between Bute, Arran, and the mouth of Loch Fyne. It is up this stretch of water that the shoals of herrings often pass to the higher reaches, as Loch Fyne ; but it would be wrong to consider the Sound merely as a passage-way to the northern waters, because dense shoals of herrings may be found in it throughout most of the year. In the early years for which statistics exist the fishing in the district was comparatively poor. Thus for the years 1863-1868 the annual average was only 2192 crans, the highest yield being 2851 crans, in 1864. Particulars as to the place of fishing in those years are scanty, but it appears that the fishing was carried on chiefly in the neighbourhood of Campbeltown, and almost exclusively there in the early part of each season, the grounds extending to the south end of Arran. As the season advanced herrings were also taken up the Sound in the vicinity of Carradale, but by no means the bulk of the catch, and it is evident that in none of the years did a large body of herrings make its way up Kil- brennan Sound, or at least form the object of fishing there. Seining began in 1867, but it was not effective, In 1869 and 1870 the catch was considerably greater, but it fell a little in 1871. The average for the three years was 7006 crans, In June, 1869, contrary to what occurred in the preceding years, most of the herrings were got near Carradale, or landed there, and there was said to be a good fishing all the way from Campbeltown to Skipness at the north end of the Sound. Thus in June, 1868, 214 crans were landed at Campbeltown and 139 crans at Carradale, while in June, 1869, there were 410 crans landed at Campbeltown and 695 at Carradale, about ten miles farther up the Sound. During the rest of the summer the shoals were chiefly about Carradale, and the drift-net was much more successful than the seine. The fishing closed on 9th October, the boats leaving for Greenock district. The total for the year was 7446 crans. In 1870, the principal grounds were again about Carradale, and between it and the Arran coast. and drift-nets were chiefly used. At the end of September most of the boats were fishing at Loch Ranza, at the north end of Arran, the shoals having apparently ‘moved up towards Bute.” During the rest of the year the fishing continued in this locality and also about Carradale. The fishing closed on 19th November, the total for the year being 8509 crans. In 1871, by far the greater part of the herrings taken in June were caught in the vicinity of Campbeltown. On the 8th July, it is remarked that there was not much “ appearance” of herrings near Campbeltown, but there was said to be a great body of herrings down at the Mull of Kintyre. During July, August, and September the best fishing was got about Carradale, and also in October, extending up to Skipness. The fishing closed on 21st October, the aggregate being 5063 crans. 64 Part [T1.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report The quantities taken in the various months of the two groups of years were as follows :— June. July. August. Septemper. October. November. 1863-68 .. 2,770 6,486 3,406 489 13 _ 1869-71 .. 3,962 5,951 7,615 2,473 893 124 In the years 1872-1874 the catches were above the average, the mean for the three years being 15,574 crans, and they were singularly uniform as to the grozs quantity in each year. In these years, it may be here noted, the takes in Loch Fyne were abnormally low. In 1872, the catch in June was comparatively small, and about equal quantities were landed at Campbe)town and Carradale ; in July the fishing greatly improved, most of the herrings being taken about Carradale ; in August it was also good, the fishing now extending up the Sound of Kilbrennan to Skipness ; in September the grounds were the same, herrings being also taken near Campbeltown; and the fishing closed in October, in the week ended 26th, with an aggragate of 15,432 crans. In 1873, the fishing in June was light, mostly in the lower reaches of Kilbrennan Sound, near Campbeltown, and Carradale, but also to the south of the island of Sanda, near the Mull of Kintyre. In August the fishing was chiefly in the Sound of Kilbrennan up to Skipness Point ; it was the same in September and October. On the 18th October it was noted that herrings were abundant all along the western coast of Arran down to Pladda and up the Sound, between Carradale and Skipness. The fishing fell off afterwards, and it closed on 25th October, the total for the year being 15,891 craus. In 1874, the Officer reported on 18th June that there was a good “appearance” of herrings at the Mull of Kintyre and all over the channel of the Firth of Clyde. In June the fishing was mainly in the lower reaches cf Kilbrennan Sound, especially about Carradale and Campbeltown ; in July the chief grounds were between Campbeltown and Carradale, but also all along the Sound between Campbeltown and Skipness. In August and September it was the same; in October the herrings were mostly found south and west of Carradale and towards the Arran shore. The fishing was continued in November, herrings being caught south-east of Davaar island, at tle entrance to Campbeltown harbour, and it was reported that there were still plenty of herrings in the channel south of Arran. The fishing closed on 14th November, the aggregate for the year being 15,400 crans. As mentioned below, however, it appears that 484 barrels or crans were landed in the spring fishing of this year, which were not included in the totals. © The quantities taken in the various months in the three years were as follows — June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 1872, <2 286... 42454. 4881)" 4295...79,005.° ee LSG3) coe ll 6,286 4,106 3,502 1,286 -— 1874 .. 1,258 5,263 3,719 3,076 1,467 «061i 2,255 15,794 12,206 10,803 5,048 617 The four following years—1875-1878—were much under the average, the lowest being 1875, when the yield was only 3664 crans, and the best 1877, when the aggregate was 12,081 crans. The average for the four years was 7876 crans. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 65 In 1875 the fishing in June was probably far down the Sound, in the neighbourhood of Campbeltown, since 255 crans were landed there as against 182 crans at Carradale, whereas in the previous year 682 were landed at Carradale as against 470 at Campbeltown. In July the best ground was in the vicinity of Skipness Point ; in August and September the Sound of Kilbrennan is given; towards the end of September the weather became boisterous, and the fishing closed in the week ended 9th October. In 1876, the grounds are not mentioned in the records for June, but more herrings were landed at Carradale than at Campbeltown ; in July the fishing was “apparently chiefly in Kilbrennan Sound ; in August mostly the Arran side of the Sound was productive ; in September fishing went on from Carradale to Skipness, and at Loch Ranza, in the north of Arran, and it closed on 7th October, when the aggregate was 7275 crans, In 1877, the fishing grounds in June are not stated, and almost as large a quantity was landed at Campbeltown as at Carradale. In July the fishing was in Kilbrennan Sound, particularly about Carradale ; in August and September it was all over the Sound, and the season ended on October 6th. The total was 12,081 crans, more than half of which was taken in August. The fishing in June, 1878, was chiefly about Carradale and Machrie Bay, and also with drift-nets at the south end of Arran; in July and August it was in Kilbrennan Sound, from Campbeltown as far as Skipness, but early in September the fishing fell off, and it ended for the season in the week ended 14th September, with an aggregate of 9085 crans. In those four years the aggregate quantity landed in each of the months was as follows : June. July. August. September. October. 4,523 10,284 12,987 2,848 64 The year 1879 was high above the average, the total quantity of herrings landed being 33,980 crans. ‘The first entry in the records is dated 3lst May, and it states that ‘‘ the total catch from Ist January to 25th May is 3200 crans, and during last week 276 crans, making a total for the season of 3476 crans. Only in April and May were any herrings got.” The Officer also states that the spring herring fishery had been the best on record. He says he found nothing recorded for the spring fishery before 1871, and he gives the following : as the number of barrels or crans taken in the spring fishery of the succeeding years :— 1871 rd 20 crans. 1876 ne, 1.667 erans: 1872 a, — 1877 ors 5d0. , 1873 sr — 1878 he 952°; 1874 apo ce ie 1879 Oe ee NOun a 1875 ee 078) Vinee These quantities fall to be added to the totals above given for the years in question, from the weekly records of which they are absent. It is not stated where the fishing grounds were in April and May, when the herrings referred to were caught, but in the last week of May they extended between Carradale and Skipness, an unusual circumstance at that period of the year, and none were got at Campbeltown. Probably, therefore, the herrings this year made their appearance at an earlier date. In June the fishing was all over the Sound of Kilbrennan, principally near Carradale and Skipness, also in Machrie Bay, and some 66 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report drifters fished near Campbeltown. In July the fishing was also all over the Sound, there being a great “‘spread” of herrings, and drifters were more successful than seiners. The quality of the herrings, it was said, was better than for years. In August the quality of the herrings was “splendid,” and no better fish were ever seen in the district. During this month and in September and October the fishing was still all over the Sound. On Ist November the Sound is described as still teeming with herrings, and boats came in great numbers from other districts. On 13th November it is reported that the fishing was between Campbeltown and Carradale, and that herrings were very abundant in the vicinity of Campbeltown. In the following week herrings were got in Campbeltown Loch and in Carradale Bay, and also between Arranand Kintyre. At the end of November the fishing fell off, but herrings continued to be caught near Campbeltown and Carradale till the second week in December, when the fishing closed. The quantities taken in each month, as far as recorded, were as follows :— Apriland May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 3,476 L127) 20,131 3, 781y. 4729 508,646 73526 oeslee In 1880 the spring fishing up to 22nd May yielded 5090 crans. The Officer states that the first herrings were got on 24th February ; very few were landed in March ; April was better; and in May, especially about the middle of it, the fishing was unprecedentedly successful. Nothing is said as to where the herrings were captured. In June and July the herrings were taken in the Sound between Campbeltown and Skipness, drifters and seiners being equally successful, On August 7th the Sound was described as swarming with herrings ; in September the fishing fell off, the grounds still being from Campbeltown to Skipness, and towards the end of the month chiefly near Carradale apparently. In October the grounds continued the same, but drifters were less successful, as the herrings lay deeper, and the buoy ropes had to be let down from 12 to 20 fathoms before any herrings were secured. In November the fishing was all over Kilbrennan Sound ; at the beginning of December it was chiefly about Carradale and the vicinity of Isle Ross; in the second week, chiefly about Clonaig, Crossaig, and Skipness, in the upper reaches of the Sound; in the week ended 18th it was mainly about Carradale and Isle Ross, and in the next week between Campbeltown and the south end of Arran; while a good “appearance” was still reported in Kilbrennan Sound. The total for the year amounted to 37,520 crans, apportioned as follows :— . 24 Feb.-29 May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 5,120 2,330 12,073 5,426 2,579 2,584 2625 4,783 In 1881 the aggregate for the year fell to 20,393 crans, The quantity taken up to the end of May was 1280 crans; no particulars are given as to the months or the place of capture. In June most herrings were got in the lower part of the Sound, but the fishing went on also between Carradale and Skipness ; 2345 crans were landed at Campbeltown and 886 at Carradale, while in June, 1880, 1232 crans were landed at Campbeltown and 1098 at Carradale. In July the grounds were chiefly on the west side of the Sound, towards Campbeltown and about Carradale; at the end of August principally about Skipness. The fishing fell off in September, and continued light till the end of October. In November the herrings were secured in the upper reaches of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 67 of Kilbrennan Sound, more especially about Cour Bay and between that and Skipness. In December very good catches were got, and the fishing wav mainly about Carradale. The quantities in the various months were : Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 1,280 3,378 6,599 3,967 1,048 440 1,043 2,638 In 1882 the largest quantity recorded was landed, the total being 43,609 crans. No particulars are given as to the catch up to 3lst May, except that the quantity was 2249 crans. In June the fishing was for the most partin the neighbourhood of Carradale and Campbeltown, the quantity landed at the former place, as far as specified, being 4586 crans, while 2298 crans were landed at Campbeltown. In July the grounds extended from Campbeltown up to and beyond Carradale, and towards the end of the month up to Skipness, where some of the seiners made heavy catches ; it is mentioned in the week ended 29th July that one seining crew earned £450 in three nights, and another £200 in one night. In August the fishing extended from Campbeltown to Skipness ; in September it was the same, but mostly from Carradale to Skipness ; on 21st October the upper parts of the Sound were described as swarming with herrings. The last herrings were landed in the week ended 28th October ; after this the weather was unsettled, and trials made were unsuccessful, and it was reported in November and again in December that the “appearance” of herrings had gone. The quantities in the various months were :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2,249 Go29 12 Alo 10,307 5,339 (5920) = — In 1883 the catch amounted to 36,465 crans, of which 1859 were were taken up to 3lst May. In June the fishing extended from Campbeltown to Skipness, and it so continued in July, August, and September, in the latter month especially from Carradale up to Skipness Point. In October it was the same, and towards the end ef the month and in the early part of November, mostly about Carradale ; then (10th November) mostly from Carradale to Campbeltown, and later about Campbeltown, At the beginning of December the fishing was farther seawards on the south-east side of the Sound, and it came to an end on 8th December; trials made in the week ended 22nd December were unsuccessful. The particulars for the months are these :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 1,859 2086 70,980 7,695 sj0l2 “7,122 b,7ol a7 The quantity taken up to 3lst May in 1884 was 1766 crans. In June the fishing was mostly in the vicinity of Campbeltown and Carradale, but also all over the Sound, and at Cour. In July it was mainly between Campbeltown and Carradale, but also up to Skipness ; in August it was all over the Sound, and at the end of the month especially from Cour to Saddell and in Machrie Bay ; in September from Skipness to Saddell; in October it was the same, as well as off Arran, in the vicinity of Pirnmill, and towards the end of the month heavy catches were got near Carradale. In November the fishing was mainly off Carradale and also at Campbeltown, and the season ended on 29th November, the boats leaving for the Ayrshire coast, where there was a 68 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report good fishing reported. The aggregate for the year was 33,572 crans, thus apportioned :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 1,756 2,363 8,672 5,799 925 9,654 4393 — In 1885 the aggregate was 36,842 crans, of which 2363 crans were caught before 31st May, time and place unspecified. In June the fishing extended from Campbeltown to Skipness, the seiners, as usual, working mostly in the upper waters, which are narrow, and the drifters in the lower reaches and near Campbeltown. In July the fishing was chiefly between Skipness and Saddell, and on the Arran side in Machrie Bay and between Pirnmill and Brown Head, towards Pladda. In August, on the west side of the Sound, it was mainly between Skipness and Isle Ross, and on the Arran side at Blackwater and Machrie Bay ; in Sep- tember it was chiefly from Skipness to Saddell, but also to the south end of Arran ; in October it was on both sides of the Sound, especially about Carradale and Machrie Bay, and the herrings were said to be of prime quality. Towards the end of the month the best catches were got in the lower reaches and at Carradale, and the fishing closed on 24th October. Trials made after that were unsuccessful. The quantities in the various months were :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 2,363 2,528 7,839 6,279 8,922 8,911 — — Up to 3lst May, 1886, 4607 crans were landed. It is recorded that the “spread” of herrings was sometimes very great over Kilbrennan Sound, and that the chief fishing places were the entrance to Campbel- town Loch, near the Isle Ross, and Carradale, and ‘‘ latterly” about Skip- ness. ‘The fishing was chiefly in April. The fishing in June was about Carradale and Isle Ross and near Campbeltown; in July about Campbeltown, the lower reaches of the Sound, south of Arran, near Carradale, and Cour; in August all over the Sound on both sides; in September mostly in Carradale and Machrie Bay. In the earlier part of October herrings were taken in the upper parts of the Sound, near Crossaig and Cour, between Campbeltown and Arran, Machrie Bay, and also near Pladda; at the end of the month mostly about Carradale and Campbeltown and south of Arran; in November the fishing was near Carradale and in Machrie Bay, also off Davaar Island and on the south-west coast of Arran. In December it was mainly about Carradale and from Carradale to Saddell and Machrie Bay, and the season closed on 18th December. The total for the year was 29,318 crans, apportioned as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 4,607 2,075 2,684 4319 2,684 2045 3,114 7,790 In the closing week 5350 crans were landed, taken between Saddell and Isle Ross and in Machrie Bay, and the quality of the herrings was superior. In 1887 the aggregate amounted to 43,535 crans, of which 6210 crans were taken before the end of May. In the Officer’s published report* it is said that fishing took place in every month of the year, and that * Fifth Annual Report, Part I., p. xviii. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 69 herrings were found in great abundance in Kilbrennan Sound in spring and summer. In June the fishing was not very successful ; the grounds were in the mid-channel of the Clyde and from Sanda Islan to Carradale, and it is noted that herrings were scarce in the Sound ; later in the month they were got from Campbeltown to Carradale and at Cour Bay. In the early part of July they were caught near Sanda, in the channel of the Clyde, and in the Sound ; about the middle of the month, chiefly in the Sound, from Campbeltown to Carradale, and near Cour and Skipness. In August the fishing was on both sides of the Sound, from Skipness to Carradale, and principally between Cour and Carradale ; in September Carradale, Machrie Bay, and Cour were the chief localities, and at the end of the month between Carradale and Arran. In October the fishing was mostly near Carradale and in the lower reaches of the Sound, and at the end of the month near Brown Head, Arran, and southwards. In November it was also mainly in the lower reaches, at Machrie Bay, and then between Isle Ross and Carradale. In the early part of December it extended from Isle Ross to Crossaig and near Arran ; then (week ended 10th) between Isle Ross and Davaar, and the lower reaches near Arran, and the fishing closed on the 24th December at Machrie Bay. The aggregate was thus apportioned :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 6,210 1,263 4,4702 3,3302 10,173 3,306 10,669 4,113 The quantity taken in 1888 up to the end of May was very large, viz., 10,884 crans. The Officer notes that the fishing was very success- ful in January and February, while from March to the end of May the catch was small. There is, however, some doubt as to whether the whole of the herrings were taken in the Clyde area, for the fishing at Islay had started in 1886, and was very successful in 1888, and it is possible that some of the herrings were taken there, but there is no information bearing on the point. In June the fishing was at Davaar and Sanda, and also at Campbeltcwn and Carradale, and it was not very successful. In July it was at first in Campbeltown Loch, the Clyde channel, and Kilbrennan Sound, and later all over the Sound and north of Carradale; in August the grounds were between Carradale and Saddell, and on the Arran coast ; in September chiefly at Cour, Machrie Bay, and from Cour to Carradale; in October near Carradale and on the Arran coast, off Brown Head, and the lower reaches, and towards the end of the month at Isle Ross and Saddell; in November the fishing was in the lower reaches, and later near Skipness, Carradale, and Machrie Bay ; in December it was near Campbeltown, Carradale, and on the south coast of .\rran, and the season closed on the 29th December. The total for the year was 41,369 crans, apportioned as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 10,890 704 4,690 6,349. 2,2792 4,7022 5,012 6,742 In 1888 an association, known as the Fishermen’s Association, was formed by the fishermen of Inveraray, Campbeltown, and Rothesay districts, maiuly with the object of sending their herrings by steamers chartered by themselves to the Glasgow market, but they also fixed a voluntary close-time to be binding on members from 15th March to 31st May. In 1889, accordingly, the 7534 crans taken before the 3lst May were caught between Ist January and 15th March, and apparently all within the Clyde area. In June comparatively little was got in ™” Part I1T—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Kilbrennan Sound, the fishing being mostly off Davaar and in the mid- channel of the Firth. In July it was mostly off Davaar and across to the Arran coast, also off Carradale ; towards the end of the month and in August it was mainly off Carradale and between Carradale and Arran ; in September it was off Carradale and at Pirnmill, Arran; in October near Carradale, near Pirnmill, and on the south coast of Arran ; in November all over Kilbrennan Sound, and especially off Carra- dale and in Machrie Bay, and the same in December. The fishing closed on 28th December, the aggregate being 32,906 crans, apportioned as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 7,534 1,569 3,1203 2,6202 2,392 5,572 8,162 1,936 In 1890 the quantity taken up to 3lst May, and thus between Ist January and 15th March, amounted to 12,499 crans. The note of the Officer is:—‘ From Ist January to 15th March the herring fishing was prosecuted by most of the seine-net crews of the district, and were fairly successful and quality good.” There is a little doubt as to whether or not herrings from Islay are included. In June the fishing was prosecuted off Dayaar and Sanda and in the Sound, in the upper and lower reaches, and on the south coast of Arran, In July also in the Sound and the lower reaches, and most of the herrings were landed at Campbeltown. In August most of the herrings were taken about Carradale and Skipness but the fishing fell off; in September it was very poor, and most of the boats left the district, fishing mostly about Ardlamont Point. In October it revived, and considerable quantities were taken near Skipness and in the upper parts of the Sound about Cour, and later about Carradale ; in November the catches were got about Carradale, on the Arran coast, and at Machrie Bay, but the fishing fell off towards the end of the month, and in December very little was got, and that at Machrie Bay. ‘The total for the year was 25,453 crans, thus apportioned :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 12,499 1,157 3,527 1564 12 2,9432 5,053 105 In 1891 the aggregate was 30,998 crans, and the quantity landed before the end of May was the large one of 12,845 crans. The Officer’s note is that the fishing from the beginning of January to the middle of February was “fairly good,” and there is doubt as to whether all the herrings came from the Clyde. The fishing at Islay was still going on at the end of December, 1890, but on the other hand the Officer then noted (27th December) that there was said to be “a great appearance” in Kilbrennan Sound. In June the fishing was off Davaar, and south of it off Sanda, and in the channel of the Firth; also about Carradale and Machrie Bay, but most herrings were landed at Campbeltown. In July, while fishing still went on off Davaar, most were taken in Kilbrennan Sound, near Carradale, and in Machrie Bay ; in August the fishing was off Isle of Ross to Carradale and from Carradale to Loch Ranza. Very little was caught in September, and then about Carradale, most of the boats going to other districts. In October the fishing was near Carradale, Machrie Bay, and south of the Sound. In November it was in Kilbrennan Sound, but little was caught, and none were taken in December. The quantities in the various months were as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 12,845 4,119 9,976 2,4083 146 1,2447 359 — of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 71 For several years after this the fishing was under the average, and a summary may be given of the productive period, 1879-1891. In these thirteen years the lowest catch, in 1881, was 20,393 crans, and the highest 43,609, in 1882, the average for the whole being 34,305 crans, the aggregate catch in the period reaching a total of 445,960 crans. The average catch in each of the months was as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 5,592 2.554 6,706 4,806 3,383 4,853 4,124 2,285 The most productive month was thus July, followed by October, August, and November, there being a depression in September. July was the best month in four years and the second best in other two; August was the best in one year and the second best in five years; September was the best in one year and the second best ia one year ; October was the best in one year and second best in three years ; November was the best in three years and second best in one year; December was the best in two years. Moreover, in the latter years of the period, from 1886 to 1890, the best month was November or December. The explanation is probably that on the whole the best catches are taken in the first part of the season, when the shoals are passing up Kilbrennan Sound, and then later when they are passing down. In the years 1892-1898 the fishing was much less productive, the highest aggregate in any one year (1894) being 24,279 crans, and the lowest, in 1893, being 14,141 crans, the average for the seven years being 19,335 crans. The average catch in each of the months was :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 3,147 3,450 6,919 2,651 1,568 1,259 545 797 July was thus the most productive month, and after that June. In five of the seven years July was the best month, and in the other two June. The feature of these years was the preponderance of the catch in the earlier months and the slenderness in the later months of the season. Thus, the percentages of the yield in the three months, June-August, and in the three months, October-December, as well as in the period up to 31st May, are shown for the two groups of years thus :— To end May. June-August. | October—December. 1879-1891 ei 16 41 335} 1892-1898 is 16 62 13 It will be seen that the average catch in the lean years is greater in June than it is in the productive years, and that for July is not much less, while the greatest falling off is in the later months of the year. In 1892 the quantity taken up to 3lst May was 2193 crans, apparently from Kilbrennan Sound chiefly. In June the fishing was off Davaar southwards and near Carradale ; in July the same, and later in the month between Isle of Ross and Davaar and near Carradale; in August it was off Carradale, up the Sound, and at Machrie Bay ; in September the fishing fell off greatly ; in October it improved, the herrings being taken in the upper reaches near Cour and Skipness ; in November it was prosecuted at Machrie Bay and near Carradale, and the last were caught at Carradale in the week ended 17th December, the aggregate for the season being 18,164 crans, as follows : — Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 2,193 2,817 9,156 2,0053 373 1,594 184 177 a2 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report In 1893 the quantity up to the end of May was 3601 crans, the fishing as usual being in January and the first part of February. In June herrings were ‘taken off Davyaar, south of Arran, at Carradale, and at Cour. In July they were still procured in the lower reaches, off Davaar and Sanda, and the end of Arran, and in the Sound. In August the fishing was prosecuted in the Sound, and then it fell off, no herrings being landed in September, and only 3 crans in October. The fishing in November was again blank, no herrings being found in Kilbrennan Sound, but in December a few catches were got in Carradale Bay. The aggregate was 14,141 crans, as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 3,601 2,511 5,782 2,067 — 3 — 177 In 1894 the fishing somewhat improved, the total being 24,279 crans, of which 5000 crans were landed before the end of May, herrings being abundant in Kilbrennan Sound in January and February. In June the fishing was off Davaar, south end Arran, and especially in Kilbrennan Sound. In July it was in the lower reaches, also the Sound and near Carradale ; in August in the Sound, particularly near Carradale ; during the rest of the season it was in the Sound of Kilbrennan, so far as stated. The season closed on 4th November, trials made in the early part of December yielding no herrings ; but the Officer reports on 29th December that a good fishing had started at Carradale, and that boats were going thither. The monthly quantities were as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 5,000 7,844 3,9673 4,9033 2,0174 5438 4 — No doubt the fishing in January was very successful, as the catch up to 31st May, 1895, amounted to 71152 crans. A note states that of this quantity 12714 crans were landed at Campbeltown, 7834 at Carradale, while 50603 crans were shipped by baying steamers in Kilbrennan Sound. In June the fishing was off Sanda, near Campbeltown, at the south end of Arran and Kintyre, and in Kilbrennan Sound. In July it was much the same, while in August Kilbrennan Sound is alone men- tioned. The fishing fell off after this, there being no “appearance” of herrings in Kilbrennan Sound in September, but in October, November, and December small takes were got in the Sound, and the total for the season was 15,7653 crans, apportioned as follows :— To end May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 7,1153 1,596 4,5144 2.0763 40 125‘) PES “) 1186 The catch in 1896, before the end of May, was 2914 crans, but no information is given as to the place or months of capture. In June the fishing was on the Arran side, between Brown Head and Machrie Bay, and also from Davaar to Sanda. In July there is little information, but at the end of the month the herrings were taken chiefly about Skipness This appears to have been the chief locality in August, and also 8-10 miles south of Davaar. In September the fishing was in Kilbrennan Sound, especially between Carradale and Skipness; in August it was the same, and between Pirnmill, Arran, and Machrie Bay ; in November at Machrie Bay and on the Arran side, and in December the same, and near Carra- dale. The total for the year was 14,973 crans, as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2,914 2,177 3,380 2,104 1,109 2,457 460 392 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 73 The quantity taken in 1897 was considerably greater, totalling 24,202 crans, of which only 393 crans were caught before the end of May. There is not much information as to the places of fishing in June, but at the end of the month the best fishing was between Sanda and Davaar. In July there were heavy takes in Kilbrennan Sound, particularly off Skipness, but also down as far as Campbeltown ; but many of the boats went to Loch Fyne, where there were dense shoals of herrings. In August and September the fishing in the district was between Skipness and Carradale, and off Skipness ; it was much the same in October, but then also at Machrie Bay, but the fishing fell off towards the end of the month. In November the herrings were still scarce in the Sound, and those obtained were got near Skipness, and, later, between Carradale and Pirnmill. In Decemter the fishing continued poor, and it closed on the 25th. The monthly catches were as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 393 788 9,692 3,621 5,001 3,706 937 64 It is evident that the great shoals which had been in Loch Fyne this summer did not leave the region by Kilbrennan Sound, and the same conclusion may be drawn from the comparatively small quantity taken in 1898 up to the end of May, viz., 816 crans. In June of this year a large quantity of herrings were taken, the grounds being in Kilbrennan Sound, especially from Carradale to Skipness. There is no information given as to the place of fishing in July; in August it is only mentioned in the last week, when it was said to be at Skipness; in September it was between Machrie Bay and Carradale, and from Skipness to Machrie Bay; in October from Skipness to Carradale ; in November at Machrie Bay ; in December the best places were in ‘the upper parts of Kilbrennan Sound, between Cour and Clonaig ; later in Ardnacross Bay, near Camp- beltown, near Carradale, and in Machrie Bay. At the end of December fishermen reported a “splendid appearance ” of herrings on the coast. The aggregate quantity for the year was 23,817 crans, thus apportioned :-— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 816 6,421 4,937 1,780 2,771 387 2,116 4,589 With the revival of productive fishery at the end of the year the catches began to increase, and from 1899 io 1903 they were much above the average. The total quantity landed in these five years was 171,582 crans, giving an annual average of 34,316 crans, thus apportioned :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 4,504 4,070 8,068 9,493 4,607 1.360 942 1,271 Thus, 13 per cent. were taken up to the end of May, 463 per cent. in June-August, and 10 per cent. in October-December. In four of the years the best month was August, in the other year it was July, and in three years the second best month was July, in one it was August, and in the other September. In 1899, the quantity taken to 3lst May was 4120 crans ; no infor- mation is given as to the localities or time of capture, and the informa- tion in most of the year is meagre. In June the herrings taken in the week ended 10th were secured near Carradale and Machrie Bay ; in July those got in the week ended 22nd were taken in the Sound; in August the fishing was all over the Sound; in the week ended 16th September 74 Part II1.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report the fishing was also in the Sound, and probably during the rest of the month. On October 7th it was reported that there was a good “ap- pearance” in the Sound; on 14th the fishing was best at Machrie Bay, and nothing was caught from this date until 17th November, chiefly, it would appear, from bad weather; the place of fishing is not mentioned. In the week ended 25th November heavy catches were secured close in on the Kintyre coast, and the shoal extendedfrom Kildalloig Bay (immediately to the south of Davaar island) to Isle Ross, about four miles north of Davaar. At the beginning of December there was a good ‘“‘appearance” about two miles north of Davaar; stormy weather came on, and trials made in the middle of the month were blank ; it was believed the herrings had gone into deep water. On 23rd December a good “ appearance” was reported between Carradale and Skipness, and in the last week of the year 178 crans were taken off Brown Head, Arran. The aggresate for the year was 31,898 crans, thus apportioned :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 4,120 4,259 6,049 6,939 6,135 1,488 2,717 191 The quantity caught up to the end of May, 1900, was 3994 crans. In June the fishing was in Kilbrennan Sound, and best between Carradale and Machrie Bay, and close inshore between Carradale and Campbeltown. In July it was between Saddell and Clonaig, and near Carradale ; in August (when over 11,000 crans were landed) it was in the first week chiefly at Machrie Bay and near Saddell, then on the Arran shore between Machrie Bay and Pladda, and then in the vicinity of Skipness, Machrie Bay, and Carradale. In September the fishing was general over the Sound, best takes being got near Carradale, off Cour, and between Carradale and Pirnmill. In October the fishing was mostly in Machrie Bay and near it, and the herrings were said, towards the end of the month, to be gradually moving southwards. Very little was taken in November, though the weather was usually favourable for fishing; most were secured near the end of the month, close into the shore about four miles north of Campbeltown. It was then reported that there was a ‘splendid appearance” of herrings from Carradale to Campbeltown, but the weather in December was mostly boisterous, and those taken were secured in the week ended 8th, locality not mentioned, but it is said the herrings were making for the spawning ground off Brown Head, Arran, and that the milt and roe were very ripe. The total for the year was 40,557 crans, as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 3,994 4,297 6,962 11,355 8896 4,101 610 342 The fishing in the early months of 1891 was apparently good, for the quantity landed up to 3lst May was 6097 crans. In June the grounds were, in the first week, on the Arran shore between Pirnmill and Machrie Bay, and in the last week near Cour, about midway between Carradale and Skipness. In July the fishing was between Carradale and Campbel- town, and on the Arran side, especially in Machrie Bay. In August it was in various places in Kilbrannan Sound, as Machrie Bay and near Carradale. In September, when 3241 crans were taken, there is no information ; in the first week of October 864 crans were landed, after which the fishing fell off, the boats failing to get herrings; very little was got in the first part of November (at Clonaig and Carradale), but towards the end of the month some good takes were secured in of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 75 Ardnacross Bay, a few miles to the north of Campbeltown; in the early part of December (in which month 2406 crans were landed) the herrings were got in the same neighbourhood, and later on in Machrie Bay. The total for the year was 31,349 crans, as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 6,097 3,721 6,261 7,648 3,241 894 1,081 2,406 In 1902, the quantity taken up to the end of May was 3881 crans. In June the fishing was in Machrie Bay, at the south end of Arran, from Pirnmill to Brown Head, and at Cour Bay. In July, when 11,980 crans were landed, the fishing in the first week was mostly off the south end of Arran and at Cour, then between Carradale and Skipness, then on the Arran shore, and in the last week between Skipness and Carradale ; the herrings were inferior, and largely small fish. In August the fishing was chiefly between Skipness and Carradale. This was also the case in the first two weeks of September, after which the fishing fell off, herrings getting scarce. Very little was got in October, and nothing from the Sound in November, the boats fishing chiefly in another district, between Garroch Head and the north of Arran. December was also blank until the week ended 27th, when 287 crans were taken in Saddell Bay, and in the closing week of the year 824 crans were caught between Saddell and Davaar. The total for the year was 38,016 crans, as follows :— Toend May, June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 3,881 4,895 11,980 11,727 4,071 317 SOM 1S From Ist January to 3lst May, 1903, the quantity landed was 4430 erans. In June the fishing was mostly in Machrie Bay, near Carradale, at Skipness, Cour, Ross Isle, and Davaar. In July there is only infor- mation for the first week, when 962 crans were secured, mostly at Cour, Carradale, and Machrie Bay. After the first week in September the fishing fell off, and no herrings were landed from Kilbrennan Sound between the early part of September and the week ended 28th November, when 272 crans were got in Kildalloig Bay, near Campbeltown, and the herrings are described as very large, and full of milt aud roe. In December, when 2301 crans were caught, the herrings were chiefly got between Isle Ross and Carradale, in Ardnacross Bay, Machrie Bay, and neighbourhood. ‘The herrings were very large, running about 650 to a cran, very ripe, and some of them were spent. The aggregate quantity for the year was 29,762 crans, apportioned as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 4,430 3,180 9,088 9,797 694 -- 272 =. 2,301 In the years 1904-1906 the catch of herrings fell considerably. In the three years the aggregate quantity landed was 45,434 crans, the annual average being 15,145 crans. The averages for the various months were as follows :— Toend May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 4,939 2,609 4,387 2,496 318 85 47 263 The percentage up to 3lst May was 33; for the three months June- August 63, and for the three months October-December, only 2°6. In each year July was the best month. 76 Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report In 1904, 5872 crans were taken up to 3lst May, but no information is given either as to the localities where the herrings were caught or the months. In June the fishing was chiefly near Carradale, at Machrie Bay, and between Skipness and Carradale. In July the herrings were mainly caught in Kilbrennan Sound, north of Carradale, Isle of Ross, and at Davaar; in August in Kilbrennan Sound; in September near Brown Head, Isle of Ross, and along the Arran shore. In October the fishing fell of; nothing was got in the Sound, what was landed being obtained between the islands of Pladda and Sanda, and between Pladda and Ailsa Craig. In November two craus got at Carradale represented the whole catch; they were taken in the week ended 26th. In December, with the exception of two crans taken in Carradale Bay at the beginning of the month, nothing was got until the week ended 21st, when 377 crans were caught in the vicinity of Isle Ross and Wavaar, while in the next week 306 crans were secured at the same places and at Kildalloig Bay. They are described as fine large herrings, nearly ripe. The total for the year was 12,906 crans. In 1905 the quautity landed between Ist January and 31st May was 5384 crans. In June the fishing was from Machrie Bay to Brown Head, then Carradale to Campbeltown, and later, from Crossaig to Torriedale, and Cour to Isle Ross. The fishing was chiefly from Carradale to Skip- ness, along the Arran shore, off Brown Head, and from Davaar to Pladda. In August it was in the Sound, and off Davaar and Pladda. In Septem- ber only six crans were landed, five in the first week off the Arran shore, and most of the local crews had gone to the Ayrshire fishing, tn October the herrings landed were mostly from other districts ; but in the week ended 25th November, 64 crans were got at Ardnacross Bay, near Campbeltown, the herrings being described as large and full of milt and roe, none being spent. In December they were obtained in the same locality and at Isle Ross, but no large catches were secured. The total for the year was 21,458 crans. In 1906 the quantity up to the end of May was 3562 crans. In June the fishing was good between Machrie Bay and Brown Head, and from Skipness to Davaar; in July the herrings were caught midway between Arran and Kintyre, between Carradale and Skipness, and near Davaar. In August the fishing fell off, herrings being got in small quantities in Machrie Bay and in the Sound. In September no herrings were taken till near the end of the month, on the Arran shore. In October only five crans were taken in the first week ; and in November there was no fishing. In December only five crans were got in Kildalloig and Carradale Bays. The total for the year was very small, viz., 11,070 crans. In the three years the quantities taken were apportioned as follows :— To end May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1904 .. 5,872 1,550 1,938 1,772 869 218 2 685 1905./:. . w:.-5,384 42,686. 7,737 5b... 6... 39 ame 1906... we <.03,062..13,892, 34986 all. 70. 7 a> re Last year the catch was the smallest since 1878. Inveraray District. The limits of this district comprise the coast, lochs, and islands between Oban and Tayinloan, on the west side of Argyllshire, but the important area is Loch Fyne, within Ardlamont and Skipness Points. The herrings of the Fishery Board for Scotland. (url got elsewhere in the district are small in quantity, and the statistics dealt with, as before explained, represent substantially the product of the Loch Fyne fishery. The district included that of Campbeltown until 1868, when the latter was separated from it. The gross quantity of herrings taken in Loch Fyne during the forty- four years, 1863-1906, amounted to 1,107,926 crans, giving an annual average of 25,180 crans. In the first twenty-two years, 1863 to 1884, the agcregate quantity of herrings landed was 505,702 crans, giving an annual average for the period of 22,985 crans. In the last twenty-two years, from 1885 to 1906, the aggregate quantity was 602,224 crans, giving an annual average of 27,375 crans. In the second half of the period there was thus an excess of 96,522 crans over the first half, the average increase per annum being 4,389 crans. When the annual statistics are arranged in ten-yearly periods we have the following annual averages :—— (1857-66 33 22,567) 1887-96 oe 30,943 1867-76 bE 20,2554 1897-1906 x 24,889 1877-86 ve 25,6793 The averages when the figures are arranged in five-yearly periods are :— (1862-66 a) 22,567) 1887-91 a, 30,201 1867-71 5% 29,732 1892-96 we 31,685 1872-76 f 10,779 1897-1901 ff 36,719 1877-81 a. 21,053 1902-06 y 13,059 1882-86 A 30,306 The annual fluctuations in the annual yield of the herring fishery in Loch Fyne have been great, ranging from a minimum of 3648 crans in 1873, 4806 in 1874, and 4672 in 1905, to maxima of 55,754 crans in 1882 and 56,820 crans in 1897. If we take the mean annual yield over the whole period, then the following years were under the average :— 1863, 1864, 1871-1880, 1884, 1886-1888, 1895 and 1896, 1900, and 1903-1906. The periods of greatest scarcity were from 1872 to 1875 and 1904 to 1906. The most productive years were :—1867-i869, 1881- 1883, 1890-1894, and 1897-1899. The physical features of Loch Fyne will be fully dealt with later, but it may be said here that the loch is divided into two well-marked portions —a lower and wider part, extending from Ardlamont and Skipness Points to Otter Spit, where the water is almost everywhere deep, reaching 70, 80, and in some parts even 100 fathoms; and an upper and narrower part, commonly called Upper Loch Fyne, extending from Otter Spit to the head of the loch. This again may be divided into two parts, the lower, from Otter Spit to the vicinity of Furnace, being as a rule under 30 fathoms, while the upper part is generally much deeper, and may be over 70 or even 80 fathoms. With regard to the fishing each year in the loch, it is chiefly important, if possible, to distinguish the productiveness of the upper and the lower lochs, and for a number of years the records enable this to be done. In the earlier records, from 1854 to 1863, before the Campbeltown district was separated, notes are occasionally given throwing light on the fishing in Loch Fyne, and some extracts may be cited. In 1854 the first entry is in the week ending 1st July, and in that year there was a fishing in the upper loch, and apparently a good one. In August and October large catches were got from Skipness to Otter Spit; in November the fishing was chiefly about Skipness and Laggan, and down to Carra- F 78 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report dale ; and in December good takes were got at Skipness, the herrings being large fish, running about 600 to a cran. In 1855, the first entry is 16th June, but 1326 crans were caught from 1st January to 9th June in the district. It is stated that the herrings appeared in the loch earlier than was expected, and the fishermen were scarcely ready for them. In June the fishing was chiefly from the head of the loch to Otter, but also at Ardlamont and Tarbert. In July the fishing was very good in the upper loch, especially about Inveraray. In October, November, and December seiners were very successful about Skipness, the herrings being large and full of milt and roe. In 1856, the first entry is 21st June; 1178 crans were caught in the district. between lst January and 14th June. Until August the fishing in the upper loch was poor; in November large quantities were taken at Ardlamont, and in December at and above Otter Ferry, and at Skipness. In 1857, 1716 crans were landed in the district from Ist January to 13th June, In June some very large herrings were taken near Tarbert, those caught by the seine selling for 28s. 6d. for 120 fish, those taken by drift-net at 24s. per 120, and the lowest price was 14s. Here it may be mentioned that in those years the prices appear to be much higher, there being little competition comparatively on the East Coast. At Tarbert, in December 1854, cured herrings sold at 45s.a barrel. In July, August, and September the best fishing was in the upper loch, particularly at Inveraray, and the buoy ropes of the drift-nets in the latter month were 60 fathoms long, so that the herrings were in the deep water. In October the fishing was also largely up the loch, and in November good takes were got at Crarae. In 1858 3000 crans were landed up to 26th June. In June and July the fishing up the loch was light, but from August to the end of the year it was chiefly in the upper loch, from Minard to Inveraray Seiners flocked thither, and riots occurred between them and the drifters. In 1859, 3209 crans were landed to June llth. In July and August the fishing in the upper loch was good; it fell off in September and October, but revived towards the end of November, especially about Minard, and 400 boats were fishing in the upper loch. It continued remarkably good in December, large quantities being caught about the middle of the month near Minard and Loch Gair, and towards the end in the lower loch, especially at Inverneil Bay, near Ardrishaig, and from there towards Tarbert. Some of the seiners got 200 crans in a haul, and about 500 boats were fishing in the lower loch. In 1860 the Officer begins his record in January, in which month good catches were obtained by the seiners, but the fishing fell off towards the end, chiefly from bad weather, as large shoals were said to be in the lower loch and at Loch Gair. In February the fishing continued at Inverneil, the herrings being large, but many of them were spent. In March they were mostly spent, and the fishing extended to Skipness and Carradale ; at the end of the month they were all spent. It thus appears that in the early months of 1860 a shoal of herrings spawned in the neighbour- hood of Inverneil. In April little was done; at the end of May fisher- men reported that they never had seen such an abundance of herrings in Loch Fyne at that period before. In June the fishing was apparently only in the lower loch; in July there was a light fishing in the upper loch, which improved in August and September. In October the fishing was chiefly between Otter and Tarbert, especially at Inverneil, also at Minard. In November the fishing was very successful between Otter of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 79 and Tarbert (10,460 crans were landed in the district this month), and also in December between Ardlamont and Otter, and also at Inverneil and Loch Gair. The Officer now began to detail the catches, and the following for the weeks in December may be given :— Drift-net. Seine-net. Total. Week ended Boats. | Crans. Boats. | Crans. Boats. | Crans. Sth «.. 178 350 38 1,600 208 1,950 Poti. 180 350 48 2,100 298 2,450 22nd |; 150 380 40 2,050 190 2,430 FO Gis 70 60 15 600 85 660 1,140 6,350 7,490 Bs A RI a OS ah i os T le ce Ne a eff wl From 1861 to 1876 the Officer noted the quantity taken in Upper Loch Fyne in each month of the year, which I have extracted in the accompanying Table. TaBLE showing the Number of Crans of Herrings taken in Upper Loch Fyne in each month of the years 1861-1876. | '1861|1862|1863|1864|1865|1866|1867|1868]1869|1870|1871)1872|1873|1874|1875|1876 ame pyansey eee || 2452 eon||e-2sul| eeeiosees (bt GO| OOD||vo.e 1) Os Ole sei s5a4 (Retetlh ta0|| LOSTSO June ...| 380) 4/ 16) 58) 17) 14) 41) 85) 35) 190) 680) 46 80) 20 | 42 | 64 July ... | 210} 203] 68) 183) 410) 45) 516/1015)1643) 275) 459) 27 | 105) 23 | 45 | 12 August ... | 455) 500/2115/1017/1620/2080)/2542) 800} 723) 273; 11) 7]... |} 11]... ] ... September | 132) @% |2420)1195)/2346/1160) 551/2331)1640} 81) 17) 3]... | 8 October ... | 457/8615)1310) 461) 917|1578) 553/2245) 148) 30) ... |... A November | 331)/6730/2719) 254) 125) 554/1970; 100) 4) 35) 5/840] ...] 2.1] ... December 1120/4303) 857) 6) 275) 155) 335] 150} 900) 53) ... | 50)... ] ...] 5 Total ... 2735| ? |9505/9174/5710155801659317231|5093|1607 11721473 | 185| 62 |102 {106 It will be seen that in the years 1862-1869 large quantities of herrings were taken in Upper Loch Fyne, particularly in 1862 and 1863, and that after 1869 the quantity declined to a marked extent. This Table, however, represents the minimum, because many of the herrings landed at Ardrishaig were caught in the upper loch. In 1861 the fishing in June was poor, and best at Minard; in July there was also little fishing in the upper loch, and again in September ; in October the best fishing was at Inverneil, and then from Kiltinan to Ardlamont. In November the Officer remarks that there had been very little doing in the upper loch the whole season, and though the fisher- men reported that there were abundance of herrings from Tarbert to Furnace they could not catch them. In December the fishing improved, especially between Minard and Furnace. 1862 was a very productive year, the total for the district (including Campbeltown) being 57,361 crans. From the records it appears that the approximate quantity taken in Loch Fyne was about 52,400 crans, 80 Part III-—Twenty-fifth Annual Report the greater proportion of which was taken in the upper loch, and the best months were October and November. Until the end of July the fishing was light, especially in the upper loch; in the last week of the month the best fishing was between Inverneil and Skipness. In August it greatly improved both in the lower and the upper loch. In September it continued very productive, especially between Otter and Minard. In October as many as 550 boats were fishing in the upper loch, the best grounds being at the top, off Cairudow, and later from Furnace to Loch Gair. At the end of November there were 660 boats, and the best fishing was about Minard. During December the fishing was mostly from Minard to Loch Gair, and towards the end of the month also off Inverneil. When the season closed herrings were still abundant in both the upper and the lower loch, but no fishing took place in the early months of 1863, owing to the close time. In 1863 the aggregate for Loch Fyne was 22,923 ‘crans, and the fishing in June was poor. In July it improved, and was chiefly in the lower loch. In August it was much more productive in the upper loch about Inveraray ; in September the fishing was chiefly from Furnace to the head of the loch , in October 530 boats were fishing in the upper loch ; in November the best grounds were at Minard and then Minard to Loch Gair. In the early part of December good takes were obtained at Inverneil as well as above Otter, but the fishing fell off, and towards the end of the month the herrings were said to have left the loch. In 1864 the herrings were chiefly taken in June in the lower loch ; in July the best fishing was between Otter and Maol Dubh (between Tarbert and Ardrishaig) ; in August it greatly improved in the upper loch, and was good there in September, but after this it fell off in the upper loch, and in November and December little was got in Loch Fyne. The total for the year was 12,867 crans. The yield from 1865 to 1870 was above the average, 1868 and 1869 being the best. In 1865 the total was 26,118 crans, of which 5710 crans were secured in the upper loch. In June very little was caught ; in July it improved towards the end of the month, but was still unimportant in the upper loch. In August most of the herrings were got in the lower loch, and the fishing in the upper loch was better ; in September most were taken near Tarbert and Ardrishaig, and 2346 crans in the upper loch , in October the fishing was less successful, the herrings being mostly taken in the neighbourhood of Ardlamont; in November little was caught in the upper loch, those landed being chiefly got about Ard- lamont. Towards the end of November the fishing fell off, and most of the boats went to the Kyles of Bute ; in December very little was caught. In 1866 the aggregate was 28,360 crans, of which 5580 were taken in Upper Loch Fyne. In June very little was caught, and chiefly about Otter. In July 45 crans were taken above Otter, after which the fishing improved in the upper loch, but throughout the year most were caught in the lower loch, the places not specified. In 1867 the aggregate catch was 34,415 crans, of which 6593 crans were taken in the upper loch. In January 85 crans were got at Minard. In June the fishing was light; in August, when 13,456 crans were landed, most were got in the lower loch, the chief grounds being from Tarbert to Otter Spit, and 2542 crans were taken in the upper loch; in September most were taken in the lower loch, and also in October. In November most of the herrings were secured between Furnace and Loch Gair and Otter. In December the shoal moved farther down and good of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 81 takes were obtained between Loch Gair and Otter, and at the end of the year a great shoal was reported to be in the upper loch. In 1868 the aggregate for the year was 39,795 crans, of which 7231 crans were taken in the upper loch. In January 3038 crans were landed, 505 from the upper loch, and nearly all the rest were landed at Ardrishaig. In June the fishing was chiefly between Skipness and Otter Spit, very little being got in the upper loch. In July the fishing was very general all over the loch from the top of it to Skipness, and it continued thus till the latter part of October, some heavy catches with seines being got in October, near Inveraray. In November little was taken in Loch Fyne, the boats mostly leaving for Greenock, where a very good fishing was reported. In December the herrings were taken at Minard, but chiefly on the Cowal shore in the lower loch, and at the end of the month there was no “appearance ” of herrings in Upper Loch Fyne, and it was believed the shoals had left. From this year the productiveness of the fishing in Loch Fyne declined steadily to the year 1873, when it reached its lowest point. In 1869 the aggregate catch amounted to 34,024 crans, of which 5093 were got in the upper loch. In January 763 crans were caught on the Cowal shore and about Ardlamont Point. In June the fishing was in the lower loch, little being caught above Otter till the end of the month, and then at Inveraray. In July the fishing improved in the upper loch, and a good “appearance” was reported from Skipness to Inveraray. In August the herrings were most plentiful about the mouth of the loch, and this was the case also in September. In October the fishing fell off in both upper and lower lochs, what was got being taken near the mouth of Loch Fyne and Ardlamont ; towards the end of the month many boats left for Greenock, though a good “appearance” was reported between Tarbert and Ardrishaig. In November the fishing declined still further. In December the fishing revived, especially in the upper loch, where some heavy takes were secured, In 1870 the quantity landed was 26,909 crans, of which 1607 were taken in the upper loch. The upper loch was thus the first to be affected in the decline of the period. In January a total of 935 crans were landed, of which 670 crans were got above Otter, and chiefly about Minard, and the rest were landed at Ardrishaig. The fishing in June was good, and allover the loch, but less was taken above Otter. In July and August nothing is said about the fishing grounds, but the catch in the upper loch was small. In September and October the fishing was at the mouth of Loch Fyne, and about Skipness and Ardlamont ; this was also the case in November, though in this month the shoal shifted for a short time to Kilfinan Bay, where good takes were got. In December some were got at Loch Gair, but most of those taken were caught at the mouth of the loch. In the six years, 1865-1870, all above the average, the aggregate quantity of herrings taken was 189,621 crans, giving an annual average of 31,603 crans. They were thus apportioned, the figures representing the average catch :— Jan. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dee. 858 1,923 4,854 9,255 6,777 4,878 1,908 1,149 The percentage taken in January was 2°7, in June-August 51, and in October-December 25. In three of the years August was the best month, and in one each July, September, and October. 82 Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report All the years 1871-1880 were below the average, and the quantities taken in the years 1871-1875 were especially small. In 1871 the aggregate was 13,515 crans, or about half of what the catch was in the previous year; of this quantity only 1172 crans were taken in the upper loch. In January, 1840 crans were taken, all about Skipness and the upper part of Kilbrennan Sound, where a shoal was reported to be. On 3rd June it was reported that herrings appeared to extend all the way from Skipness to Furnace, and in this month 3415 crans were taken, the best of the year, of which 680 were got in the upper loch ; at the end of the month a prosperous season was anticipated. In July the herrings were scarcer, and at the end of the month the fisher- men were getting discouraged, and they blamed the heavy rains for having driven the herrings away, or into deep water. In August it was still more disappointing, the fishing being, as it had been from the first, chiefly between Tarbert and Skipness, towards the mouth of the loch, and the fishermen did not remember a season when herrings were so scarce in the loch. In September the fishing was only about Skipness, the total for the month being 717 crans. In October it improved, but was still only at the mouth of the loch. During the rest of the year few herrings were caught in Loch Fyne, most of the fish in November and December being taken about Skipness and the adjacent part of Kil- brennan Sound. In 1872 the aggregate was less, viz., 9057 crans, of which 473 were got in the upper loch. In January trials were made, but no herrings caught. In June only 715 crans were landed, nearly all from Skipness ; it was the same in July, the fishing being at Skipness and up to near Tarbert. In August also nothing was got. except about Skipness and in Kilbrennan Sound ; “there is nothing to be got in Loch Fyne,” said the Officer on August 6th, ‘but a few mackerel.” In September and October such fishing as there was was about the mouth of the loch, at Skipness and Kilbrennan Sound, occasionally at Ardlamont. In November an improvement took place, and herrings were caught from about Ardlamont to above Otter, and in the next week (ended 23rd) part of the shoal had got up to Minard, and in the last week of the month good hauls were got from Tarbert to Minard. In the early part of December the fishermen said the herrings had left the upper loch and moved rapidly towards Skipness and Kilbrennan Sound, and 700 crans were taken in the first week. After this only a few were got at Skip- Ness, In 1873 the total for the year sank to 3648 crans, the lowest in all the records, and of this 185 crans were got in the upper loch. There was no ‘‘appearance” of herrings in January. In June and July the fishing was poor, those got being obtained mostly near Tarbert. In August only 134 crans were landed, and most of them it would appear came from Kilbrennan Sound. The same conditions prevailed during the rest of the season, most of the boats which continued the fishing doing so in Kilbrennan Sound, returning at the end of the week, and most of the herrings landed in September and October came from other waters apparently. There was no fishing after October, and meetings of fishermen were held at Ardrishaig complaining of seining, which, it was believed by many, was a cause of the dearth. In 1874 the aggregate for the year was but little higher, namely, 4806 crans, of which 62 were obtained in the upper loch. No trials were made in January, and there is no record of any ‘‘ appearance” of herrings. In June, trammels were tried at various places in Upper Loch Fyne, and a few herrings were got all the way up to Inveraray ; some of the Fisherr Board for Scotland. 83 herrings were also taken between Kilfinan and Maol Dubh, in the lower loch, and near Tarbert. At the end of the month it was reported that there was an abundance of very small herrings between Otter Ferry and Crarae. In July the fishing was at the mouth of Loch fyne, and as many mackerel as herrings were taken. In August only 917 crans were landed, some of which were got at and near Skipness, but apparently the greater proportion in Kilbrennan Sound. In September, and until the close of the season, the boats fished mostly at the mouth of the loch and in Kilbrennan Sound ; in November a few crans of very small herrings were caught at Inverneil. The aggregate for 1875 was much better, reaching 13,546 crans, of which 102 were obtained in the upper loch. In January ten crans were landed, all caught in the upper lock, near Minard, and they were very small fish, running from 1600 to 2000 to acran. The catch in June was very small, only 650 crans, and the herrings were taken mostly near Skipness also on the Cowal shore, and on both sides of Otter Spit and near Minard. It was reported that there was abundance of small-sized herrings in the upper loch. In July the catch rose to a total of 5675 crans, nearly all caught between Skipness and Tarbert, and they were mostly large and fine fish ; only 45 crans were taken in the upper loch, and the herrings were small, In August 4069 crans were taken, mostly near Tarbert and between Tarbert and Ardrishaig, and the Officer notes that the herrings were further up the loch than they had been for some years, The total in September was only 425 crans, though the weather was fine, and the herrings were very small and inferior. The fishing improved in October, when 1202 crans were secured, most being apparently got about Skipness, but the place is not always stated. The catch in November was a little higher, viz., 1215 crans; most of them were taken in the first week near Tarbert. In the week ended 27th, the weather being favourable, a thorough search was made, but only 30 crans were got, and it was believed the shoals had left. On the other hand, great quantities of herring fry, measuring from 14 to 2 inches, were about Otter Spit, as many as from 15 to 20 being got in the stomach of coalfish which were caught there. At the beginning of December a small shoal struck in near Laggan, and during the month 295 crans were taken there, and between it and Tarbert. In the last week of the year five crans of very small herrings were taken in the upper loch, ranging from 1600 to 1800 to a cran. we eee eS Se eee ee ee = ne a a of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 89 In 1894 the aggregate catch was slightly greater, viz., 38,367 crans. In June, most of the 3049 crans got were apparently taken in the lower loch, as at Skipness. In July 10,827 crans were landed, and they were nearly all taken in the upper loch, especially from Minard to Inveraray. In August the catch totalled 9320 crans, also got in the upper loch, between Crarae and Inveraray. In September 3024 crans were secured, almost all in the upper loch, from Minard to Inveraray, and especially in the upper reaches about and above Inveraray. The catch in October again fell, the quantity takeu being 1041 crans, and they were got in the upper loch in the vicinity of Inveraray and Strachur by drift-nets, sunk as far from the surface as 40 to 60 fathoms, but the fishermen stated that the shoal was at the bottom in deeper water. In November the catch was 3100 crans, apparently all from the upper loch; during the first three weeks they were caught by drift nets, but at the end of the month heavy catches were secured by seines at the nead of the loch, near Cairndow. In December the catch was the high one of 7451 crans, and they were taken in the lower parts of the upper loch, from Minard and Furnace to Otter Spit, and Ardrishaig and Inverneil in the lower loch. At the end of the year herrings were said to be still abundant in the upper loch. In 1895 the total amounted to 17,853 crans, of which 1090 crans were caught between lst January and lst June, but the locality and time are not specified. In June 2117 crans were taken all over the loch, but mostly about Tarbert and in the upper loch. In July the catch was 4271 crans, most being got in the upper loch. ‘The total in August was somewhat greater, 5508 crans, mostly got in the upper loch, especially between Strachur and Cairndow, but also near Tarbert, and between Tarbert and Skipness. In September the aggregate fell to 1674 crans, mostly taken in the upper reaches of the upper loch. Only 155 crans were obtained in October, apparently chiefly about Skipness. In Novem- ~ ber 1800 crans were taken, chiefly in the upper loch, but also between Tarbert and Ardrishaig. The catch in December was rather less, 1238 crans, and mostly secured between Tarbert and Ardrishaig, as at Inverneil. In this year, therefore, the bulk of the herrings were caught in the upper loch. The aggregate catch in 1896 was 18,406 crans, of which 2012 crans were caught between Ist January and lst June, without specification of locaiity being given. In June the herrings appear to have been mostly caught in the upper loch. In July, and, indeed, throughout the whole year, by far the larger quantity was taken in the upper loch, and in the upper reaches of it; but in August and in October it is stated that catches were got near Tarbert, and between Tarbert and Skipness. No informa- tion is given for the first two weeks in December, in which month only 324 crans were secured ; in the third week it is stated that the fishing in the upper loch was blank, and that the herrings taken in that week were got between Tarbert and Skipness. In the last week of the year there was no “appearance” of herrings in the loch. The bulk of the catch in this year was again from the upper loch; and it is noted in the closing months of the year that the herrings taken by seine were very small and inferior, the fishermen often allowing them to escape as being too small for market. The year 1897 was the most productive in the period from 1863 (or 1854) to 1906, and it is interesting from the fact that it is the only instance where a very good year follows a year below the average. The ageregate amounted to 56,820 crans, thus apportioned :— To Ist June. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 849 1,756 5,876 10,797 19,900 6,316 5,763 5,563 90 Part IIT. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report The localities and months in which the herrings taken before June were caught are not mentioned. In June, when the total was a com- paratively small one, the herrings were got in both the lower and the upper loch. In July there is no information in three of the weeks as to the place of fishing; in the other weeks it was ‘all over loch.” In August, again, when the fishing was very successful, no place is specified, but in the week ended 21st it is said that there are large shoals all over the loch. The total for September was the enormous one of 19,900 crans, the largest for any month in the period from 1854. In the two first weeks, when 9930 crans were landed, the fishing was “all over the loch” ; in the next week, when the catch was 4046 crans, it is stated that the best fishing was from Minard to Silver Craigs, in the upper loch, and along the Kilfinan shore in the lower loch; in the next week no information is given and in the last week the fishing was all over the loch. In October 6316 crans were secured, but there is information as to the places of capture only for the last two weeks, when most were caught off Loch Gair, Silver Craigs, and on Kilfinan shore. In Novem- ber the catch amounted to 5763 crans, the localities when mentioned being off Loch Gair and all over the loch. Particulars are given in December for only the first week, when 2045 crans were taken, mostly in the upper loch, from Otter Ferry to opposite Newton. The aggregate in 1898 amounted to 40,801 crans, of which 736 crans were secured before lst June. In June 4252 crans were caught between. Skipness and Furnace. In 1899 the total was 32,113 crans. In June the fishing was all over the loch, principally from Skipness to Minard. In July, when 8552 crans were taken, it was also generally distributed from Otter Spit to Cairndow and down to Tarbert. In August it appears to have been chiefly in the upper loch, as was also the case in September, but the information is meagre. No information is given as to the place of fishing from the week ended 7th October, when it was in the upper loch mostly, until the week ended 18th November, when it was in the upper and lower lochs, especially about Loch Gair. In December the herrings were caught mainly in the upper reaches and opposite Tarbert. In 1900 the catch fell to 24,743 crans. In June the herrings were caught between Skipness and Otter, and especially about Otter. In July, when 7523 crans were secured, the only information is for the week ended 21st, when the fishing was best about Minard. The information for the remainder of the year is scanty; in August and the first part of September the fishing seems to have been chiefly i in the upper loch and about Tarbert. After this the only localities mentioned are Laggan and Skipness, Skate Island and Ardlamont, and between Ardrishaig and Tarbert; in most of the weeks no particulars are given. In 1901 there was a slight increase in the aggregate, to 29,117 crans. The information as to the localities of fishing in this year is very inadequate ; of the thirty-two weeks included no particulars are given for twenty-two of them. In June, herrings were*taken near Otter and from Otter to Laggan; in July, some were taken near Inveraray ; in August, Skipness to Tarbert is mentioned ; in September the fishing was probably mostly in the upper loch; in November, Otter, Skipness, and Inveraray are mentioned, and in December, Otter. In 1902 the aggregate was 26,339 crans. In June and July the places mentioned are Laggan and Otter; in August, Laggan and Tarbert to Skipness, and also the upper loch; in September and October the fishing appears to have been mostly in the same quarters; in November and December the upper loch, near Ardlamont, Kilfinan Bay, and latterly near of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 91 Otter are the places mentioned. In these months most of the boats were, however, fishing in the Kyles of Bute. In 1903 the catch was 21,198 crans. In June the herrings were taken at first near Skipness and Laggan, then from Tarbert to Otter and at Otter. In July, Otter and Laggan are mentioned, and also the upper loch ; in August the fishing was apparently in the upper loch, but in September the chief grounds were about Ardlamont, and up from there along the east side of the lower loch. The Officer notes on 5th Septem- ber that the fishermen thought the herrings were about to enter the Kyles of Bute, as they did in the previous year. In October there was little ‘“‘appearance” in Loch Fyne, the fishing chiefly going on in the Kyles. In November only 111 crans were landed, the boats fishing mostly in the Kyles, and thus in Rothesay district. In December the quantity taken was 642 crans, some of which at least were caught near Skate Island. In 1904 the catch fell to 7827 crans. In May it is noted that the herrings had not yet made their appearance in Loch Fyne, and the boats were fishing for the most part in Kilbrennan Sound. In June the places mentioned are near Otter, south of Tarbert, and the upper loch, and the herrings were apparently chiefly taken in the upper loch. In July the fishing was mostly in the upper loch and south of Tarbert. In August it appears to have been in the upper loch and near Ardlamont; it was the same in September, and at the end of the month the boats were fishing chiefly in the Kyles of Bute, and about Inchmarnock. In October only 13 crans were landed, and they were taken in the upper loch, No herrings were taken in November, and in December the few caught were secured mostly at Minard, between Minard and Furnace, and near Ardlamont. In 1905 the catch was the lowest since 1873, aggregating only 4672 crans, less than is sometimes taken in a single week. They were apportioned as follow :— To 28th April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 558 970 512 440 3827 210 328 419 908. May and December were thus the best months. In May the herrings were taken at Otter Spit, near Ardlamont ana Skipness, and also in the upper loch, near Minard. In June some were taken in the vicinity of Skip- ness, between Skipness and Tarbert, at Otter and near Minard. In July they were chiefly caught about Skipness and in the upper loch. Those taken in August were secured mostly in the upper loch, about Crarae and off Newton, and some about Skipness. In September the herrings were taken almost entirely in the upper loch, principally near Strachur. In October small catches were got at Ardlamont, Skate Island, Kilfinan, and Skipness in the lower loch, and at Strachur and near Inveraray in the upper loch. It was reported that there were many herrings in the upper loch, but that they were keeping in deep water, and the fish were of a very large size. In November a few herrings were got about Skipness and Laggan and also in the upper loch. In December 908 crans were taken, mostly about Minard and Loch Gair, in the upper loch. In 1906 the catch was but little greater, the total being 5258 crans, of which 234 crans were taken before 28th April. The quantities in each month were as follows :— To 28th April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 234 522 706 1,022 286 699 1,484 255 50 92 Part IIT.— Twenty-fifth Annual Report In May the herrings were caught about Laggan, Kilfinan, and Loch Gair. In June and July most of the fish were secured between Skipness and Tarbert, especially between Laggan and Skipness, also at Ardlamont, and in the upper loch at the end of July. Mackerel were said to be plentiful in the loch in the latter part of July. In August herrings were very scarce in the lower loch, but some were caught near Newton in the upper loch. On the 18th, it was reported that the shoals which had been on the east side of Arran were moving up towards Loch Fyne, but in the next week it is noted that they had turned back. In September the fishing was mostly in other districts, especially at Garroch Head and off the east of Arran. In October, which was the best month of the year, the herrings were secured between Skate Island and Ardlamont, about Inchmarnock, and between Arran and Bute. In November and Decem- ber the weather was mostly unsettled, and few herrings were caught. On 8th Deccember the Officer notes that the shoal which had been lying in the upper reaches of the loch had left unobserved, the general opinion of the fishermen being that the herrings had gone south to the spawning banks. Campbeltown and Inveraray Districts Combined. It has already been explained that these districts were combined from the year 1854, when the records begin, until 1863, and I have accordingly combined in the Tables (IX.-_XXIII., pp. 114, 179), the totals for the two districts since 1863 in order to allow a comparison to be made as to the fluctuations for the last 53 years. The two districts are contiguous, and the boats of the one often fish within the limits of the other, The statistics relate essentially to the area of water which extends from the south end of Kilbrennan Sound up to the top of Loch Fyne, and represent the yield in this long stretch of narrow waters. In the 53 years the total quantity of herrings taken in it amounted to about 2,304,950 crans, or 8,067,300 cwts., the annual average for the whole period being 43,490 crans. If this period be divided into two parts of 26 years each, viz., 1854-1879, and 1881-1906, and a comparison made between them, it will be seen that the second half was all but twice as productive as the first. In the years 1854-1879 the quantity was 775,058 crans, the annual average being 29,810 crans, while in the years 1881-— 1906 the quantity was 1,469,604 crans, with an annual average catch of 56,523 crans. The annual average excess in the second period over the average in the first was no less than 26,713 crans, which shows how the herring fishery in this region of the Clyde has been developed. This development has been much more in the southern part of the area, in the district of Campbeltown, than in Loch Fyne. When the figures are arranged in ten-year periods, the annual averages for each period are as follows :— 1857-66 .. 29,557 1887-96 .. 57,101 1867-76 .. 28,440 1897—-1906.. 51,392 1877-86 .. 54,966 Arranged in five-year periods, the averages, in both cases in crans, are these :— 1857-61. 2 27,712 1882-86 .. 66,267 1862-66 .. 31,402 1887-91 . 65,053 1867-71 .. 34,689 1892-96 .. 49,149 1872-76 .. 22,191 1897-1901... 67,083 1877-81 .. 43,665 1902-06 > -3b,(01 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 93 A comparison of the tables referred to and of the curves (PI. IV.) shows that in certain cases the fluctuations in the two districts are com- plementary, a rise in one being associated with a fall in the other, and in other instances they fluctuate together, both rising or both falling in the same year. Thus in the period when the productiveness of the fishing in Loch Fyne was least, in 1872-1874, there was a rise in the yield in the Campbeltown district, and it fell again as the Loch Fyne fishing improved, conditions which might be explained on the assumption that shoals which usually entered Loch Fyne from Kilbrennan Sound remained in the Sound in those years. The figures for the years 1871 to 1875 are as follows :— Campbeltown. Loch Fyne. Total. 1871 of 5,063 13,515 18,578 1872 a 15,432 9,057 24,489 1873 52 15,891 3,648 19,539 1874 ay 15,400 4,806 20,206 1875 4 3,065 13,546 16,611 The same sort of relationship is shown in the years 1884-1890, the number of crans taken in the two districts in each of those years being as follows :-— Campbeltown. Loch Fyne. Total. 1884 ae 33,572 15,756 49,328 1885 a 36,842 28,847 65,689 1886 a 29,318 15,062 44,380 1887 + 43,535 14,360 57,895 1888 =f 41,369 20,258 61,627 1889 zs 32,906 29,865 62,771 1890 25,453 38,291 63,744 But in the years 1895 and 1896, when the yield in Loch Fyne was low, the yield in the Campbeltown district was also low, viz :— Campbeltown. Loch Fyne. Total. 1895 eee BACs 17,853 33,618 1896 i 14,973 18,406 33,379 In the first portion of the period of recent depression in Loch Fyne (from about 1900 to last year), the catch in the Campbeltown district . was above the average, but in the last three years it fell below it, as the following figures show: — Campbeltown. Loch Fyne. Total. 1899 : 31,898 32,113 64,011 1900 iA 40,557 24,743 65,300 1901 ae 31,349 29,117 60,466 1902 sp 338,016 26,339 64,355 1903 fe 29,762 21,198 50,960 1904 as 12,906 7,827 20,733 1905 oe 21,458 4,672 26,130 1906 He 11,070 5,258 16,328 A possible explanation is that the shoals that usually visit the area did not in the first part of the period of depression penetrate in large numbers G 94 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report beyond Kilbrennan Sound, and then withdrew from it more and more; so that while the aggregate catch for the whole area remained much about the same at first, it latterly fell off. If we take the period of years from 1887 to 1899, during which the catch in Loch Fyne was high above the average except for the two years 1895, 1896, we shall find the curve for the Campbeltown district, when smoothed, forms a depression of regular form. The figures are as follows :— Campbel- Campbel- town. Loch Fyne. town. Loch Fyne. 1887 43,535 14,360 1894 18,062 30,870 1888 39,270 ~- 21,495 1895 18,339 24,875 1889 33,243 29,472 1896 18,313 31,026 1890 29,786 38,795 1897 20,997 38,676 1891 24,872 44,643 1898 26,639 43,245 1892 21,091 44,009 1899 32,091 32,552 1893 18,861 40,722 1900 31,349 24,743 In one or two years, and notably in 1882, quantities much above the average were taken in both districts; in that year the highest recorded for the Campbeltown district was landed (43,609 crans), and the second highest for Loch Fyne (55,754 crans), the aggregate for the two districts being 99,363 crans. Tor CrypEe AREA. According to the weekly returns, the aggregate quantity of herrings taken in the five districts which comprise the whole of the Clyde area since 1854 has amounted to 3,314,585 crans, or about 11,601,000 cwts., the annual average for the period being 62,540 crans. Comparison between the first twenty-six years and the last twenty-six years shows that the herring fishery has been much more productive in the latter period. Years. Crans Landed. Average per annum. 1854-1879 1,254,902 48,270 1881-1906 1,950,849 75,030 Excess 695,947 26,760 If the statistics are arranged in ten-year periods, the annual averages come out as follows :— 74,5234 1857-66 46,2252 1887-96 1867-76 51,4544 1897-1906... 67,518 1877-86 81,5234 And the averages for periods of five years are :— 1857-61 32,955 882-86 89,732 1862-66 59,496 1887-91 93,212 1867-71 68,417 1892-96 55,835 1872-76 34,492 1897-1901.. 74,495 1877-81 73,315 1902-06 60,541 The maximum quantity landed in any one year was in 1882, when the aggregate amounted to 119,130 crans ; and the total was over 100,000 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 95 crans on other five occasions, viz., in 1880, 1883, 1890, 1891, and 1902. The minimum quantity was 17,080 crans in 1854 ; in 1861 the quantity was 20,307 crans, and in 1904 it was 29,992 crans. The curve formed from the annual figures (PI. 1 V.) shows that, in the first twenty-six years, the only years in which the quantity of herrings landed was above the mean for the whole period were 1862, and 1865 to 1870 ; in the second twenty-six years, the only years below the mean for the whole period were 1886, 1893, 1895, 1896, and 1904-1906. he periods of greatest scarcity were from 1871 to 1878, and especially 1873-1875; 1893 to 1901, and 1904 to 1906. The mean annual quantities in those years were as follows :— Crans. Crans. hoi foee. | 37.010 1895-96 .. 39,380 1Sf3=75> 2 305458 1904-06 .. 40,132 1893-1901... 64,079 It is not intended at present to enter in any detail into the fluctuations of the catch of herrings from year to year in the various districts of the Clyde, but attention may be drawn to one or two features of interest. One of these relates to the penetration of the upper reaches of the Clyde by shoals of herrings, as described in the foregoing accounts of the districts. Thus, if the tables and curves for the Rothesay and Greenock districts be examined, and the foregoing account referred to, it will be evident that large shoals of herrings penetrated to the upper parts of the Clyde in the years 1864-1872. In 1862 a few herrings were taken in the Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon in November and December, but the total only amounted to 109 crans. In the autumn of the following year, and especially in December, much larger quantities were caught in the lower parts of the Kyles and in Loch Riddon ; in 1864 the shoals appeared in greater numbers, fishing in the Kyles beginning at the latter part of September and continuing to the end of December, the herrings in this year penetrating to Loch Striven and Port Bannatyne, but none apparently reaching the northern lochs (Loch Long, Loch Goil), and the fishing ending in December. In 1865 the same thing is repeated, shoals setting into the Kyles about the middle of September, penetrating to Loch Striven and Port Bannatyne, and a successful fishing going on to the end of January. In 1866 a similar movement occurs, but in this year the herrings penetrate at the end of November and the beginning of December to Loch Long. In 1867 the fishing was in the Kyles and the northern lochs. Up to this year it appears to he probable that the herrings made their way to the north by the Kyles of Bute, extending farther and farther up the Clyde. But in 1868 the herrings coming from the south seem to have come by another route to the east side of Bute, and the grounds this year were in the Greenock district, opposite that town, and also in Lochs Long and Goil. In 1869 both routes appear to have been followed, abundance of herrings being taken in the Kyles, in the northern lochs, and off Greenock. In 1870 the fishing was much less successful, and was chiefly in Loch Striven, the northern lochs, and in the channel of the Clyde, and in this year the herrings appear to have come by the eastern route. In 1871 comparatively little was taken in the Kyles, the herrings being chiefly in the northern lochs and the channel of the Clyde, and the total catch was much diminished. In 1872 the catch was still less and chiefly in the northern lochs, while in the following year the shoals did not visit either the Kyles or the lochs, and did not come 96 Part 1I1.—Twenty-fitth Annual Report back for many years. The quantities of herrings taken in October, November, December, and January in each season were as follows, in crans :— 1863-64 | 1864-65 | 1865-66 | 1866-67 | 1867-68 Rothesay District . 3,655 33,428 37,896 37,257 18,346 Greenock District . — — -- — — 1868-69 | 1869-70 | 1870-71 1871-72 | 1872-73 Rothesay District . 7,984 20,285 15,400 9,376 7,585 Greenock District . 32,685 14,657 1,635 1,100 _ The records of the Rothesay district show that in the years 1887-1891 herrings were again got in considerable numbers in Lochs Long, Goil, Striven, and in the Kyles, but in these years they were taken in the early part of the season, and there was no productive winter fishing in the region till 1902. In that year, in the months of November and December and in January 1903, between 28,000 and 29,000 crans were caught in the Kyles of Bute and Loch Riddon. Jn 1903 the shoal again entered the Kyles about the middle of October, and from then till the end of January about 19,000 crans were taken. At the end of September, 1904, the herrings again visited the Kyles and Loch Riddon, but disappeared from those waters about the middle of October; and in the following year there was practically no fishing in the Kyles, the chief fishing being between the Ayrshire coast and Arran, In August and September, 1906, the principal fishing ground was also close to the east side of Arran, from which the shoals moved northwards, and a con- siderable winter fishing was established opposite Greenock and in the Gareloch in the winter 1906-7. It is of interest to note that after an interval of about thirty-six years the shoals should again penetrate at the end of the year to the upper reaches of the Clyde. One fact of considerable interest that is brought out is that the {luctuations in two successive years are rarely extreme; it is uncommon for a very good year to be followed by a very bad one, or for a very bad year to be followed by a very good one; the rule being for several years in succession to be bad or good. An examination of the curves of the annual yield of the various districts will make this clear. Thus, as above described, the shoals of herrings frequented the upper reaches of the Clyde in the winter months for a number of years from 1863 on, and gradually withdrew. The curve for the Ballantrae district also shows the abundant shoals that visited that part of the coast in the years 1878 to 1881, and again in 1883-1885, and the great scarcity in the years from 1892 to 1899. The curve showing the annual fluctuations in Loch Fyne deserves special attention. It will be seen from it that as a general rule the good years and the bad years come in groups, and that only on one occasion, 1897, a very good year follows a year in which the yield was below the average. The years in which the yield was above and below the mean for the whole period from 1863 to 1906 may be arranged as follows, those below the line representing the years below the average, and those above it the years above the average :— 1865-70 1881-83 1885 1889-94 1897-99 1901-02 1863-64 1871-80 1884 1886-88 1895-96 1900 1903-06 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. P97 BEED An examination of the curve (Pl. II:) shows, moreover, that the recent period of depression closely resembles that which began in 187!, the years 1872-1874 being very similar, both in regard to absolute quantities of the herrings caught and in relation to one another, to the years 1904-1906. It will also be seen that in the various periods there are never more than two very bad years in succession, viz., 1873-1874, 1886-1887, 1895-1896. Judging, therefore, from all these circumstances, it may with some probability be inferred that the catch in 1907 will be higher than in 1906, though likely still wader the average.* In order to be able to compare the extent of the annual fluctuations in the yield of herrings in Loch Fyne with the fluctuations on other parts of the coast, I have had tables prepared showing for the period for which statistics are available, 1889-1906, the annual yield and the percentage above and below the mean catch for two East Coast districts, Anstruther and Peterhead, Loch Carron, and for the whole Clyde, the whole of the West Coast, and the whole of the East Coast. TABLE showing the Total Quantity of Herrinys Caught (in Crans) per year from 1889 to 1906, and the Percentage above or below the average catch for the period given. LocH CaRRON. ANSTRUTHER. PETERHEAD. Mean, 144,003 Crans. | Mean, 28,057 Crans. Mean, 27,739 Crans. o = ® Es o : Total | 52 /|28] Total | 5a | 28] Total | 64 Year Crans. ce 3 5 Crans. | 3 3 3 Crans. | ‘2 3 oe e— Som e- So 27-7 1167,705 | 16°5 36,882 | 31°d 73°3 [159,986 | 11:1 ay 39,782 | 41°8 1] 10,989 60°4 $115,251 nae 20'0 | 41,465 | 47°8 21 10,037 63°8 157,949 | 37-5 | ... | 24,108]... 3 | 29,995 8-1 son) | 200;871. | 39:5. | 63,890 | 127-7 4] 15,495 44-1 [181,953 | 26°4 34,199 | 21°9 5 | 12,853 53°7 [168,958 | 17°3 | 41,513 | 48:0 6 | 13,155 52°6 |166,897 | 15°9 | 26,110 ‘ 7 | 14,500 47°7 | 77,847 i. | 45°9 8,762 6 8 9,719 65-0 1192,622 | 33°8 |... 13,565 5 9 | 23,644 As 14°8 | 63,821 ae 55:7 | 37,418 | 33:4 1900 | 47,590 | 71:6 ae 63,276 a 561 | 60,816 |116°8 1 | 47,369 | 70°8 ae 68,124 ei. B24 ol 319 | 16 2 | 57,554 |107°5 wo» [147,215 Deo, 3 8,307 70°4 3 | 38,694 | 39°5 ... |133,890 Afar 7:0 | 18,927 ae 32°5 4] 44,625 | 60°9 sez. NET2,64b. |. Ora Ny cs. 14,254 Fe 49-2 5 | 45,531 | 64°1 se W061, 945, |. AZo... 2,480 hee 91-2 G.| 50;059sma0-4 |: 11915092 | 32-7.) ... 1225 95°6 *The catch in Lochfyne during the present season (1907) is considerably above the em in 1905 and 1906, as shown by the following figures (crans) for corresponding ates :— 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. (17th Oct.) (22nd Oct.) (2lst Oct.) (20th Oct.) (19th Oct.) 20,415 7633 3324 4953 | TABLE. 98 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE showing the Total Quantity of Herrings Caught (in Crans) per year from 1889 to 1906, and the Percentage above or below the average catch for the period given. Locn FYnE. WHOLE CLYDE. West Coast. East Coast. . Mean, 29,094 Crans. | Mean, 69,512 Crans. | Mean, 222,314 Crans. | Mean, 698,007 Crans. Total - I 3 & | Total = E é Total ; I é = | Total = ag | og ne = 3s | = =¢4 = Year. Crans. | @ 5 oe Crans ce 3 Crans. ce aS Crans. ae ae Sem | 5m xe | 3 N= | a so" | 3oSt oe! PURVane ct || | 1889 | 29,8653 | 2°7 : Sirijataye/a\), Ane 7 sae! ER 7A eit se! 12°9 | 814,550 | 16:7 x 1890 | 38,2914 | 31°6 .. $102,733 | 47°8 . | 283,093 | 27:3 we '758,258'| 8:6) ae 1 | 48,228 | 65°8 i 106,7743| 53°6 . | 357,772 | 60:9 i 5503275) aes Qa 2 1 47,4084 | 62:9 e 74,940 78 . | 249,042] 12-0 .. | 748,684.) 7:3) || aaa 3 [36,3893 | 25:1 . 57,691 ay. 17°0 | 266,093 | 19°7 902,385 | 29°3) ...8 4 | 38,367 31°9 slat 67,7834 ‘5 | 189,483 nts 14°8 | 807,935 | 15°7 | | Bye) (llivfofstan)- [l= oacc 38°6 | 40,3323 42-0 | 198,071 ae 10°9 | 777,426 | 11-4 P| 6 | 18,406 wd 36-7 | 38,428 44-7 169,835]... 23°6 | 807,136} 15°6 | ..2a] 7 | 56,820 95:3 5 86,996 | 25-2 “ae 229,669 543} a 429,627 = 38:4) 8 | 40,801 40:2 ae 68,357 1-7 | 249,732 | 12°3 | ... | 870,695 | 24:5 an 9 [32513 10°4 ee 71,1104) 2°3 ae 215,823 ay: 2°9 | 434,957 a 314 1900 | 24,743 abe 15:0 | 72,935 4°9 ant 238,967 iho 436,573 set 374 1 | 29,117 0:04 ss 73,0783) 571 éa3 202,983 sO 8°7 | 550,376 ae PAID | 2 | 26,339 ao 9°5 $100,397 | 44°4 wis 232,553 4°6 a 783,024 | 15:0 | 3 | 21,198 27-1 | 81,905 | 17°8 we 203,625 oa 8°4 | 680,476 ah on 4] 7,827 73°1 | 29,992 56°9 | 185,794 ce 16°4 | 781,886 | 12°0 wa 51 4,672 83-9 | 36,802 47°1 | 177,046]... 20°4 | 660,929} ... 5) 6] 5,258 81°9 | 53,601 22°9 | 158,356 38°8 | 768,929 | 10-2 aa The mean annual quantity for Loch Fyne, Anstruther, and Loch Carron district is very much the same, and it will be seen that the range of variation from the mean in different years, or the amount of annual fluctua- tion, is greater in the Loch Carron district than in Loch Fyne, while it is practically the same in the Anstruther district as it is in Loch Fyne. One may conclude, theretore, that the fluctuations in Loch Fyne are not abnormally great, and are such as might be expected under natural conditions. It may be noted, further, in connection with the fluctuations in Loch Fyne that the bad years, in which the quantity of herrings caught is small, are, as a rule, characterised by a scarcity of herrings in the later months of the season. This is shown in the following table showing the percentage proportions taken per month over the whole period, and in the best and the worst years :— June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1863-1906; 3).° &.°" 9nly 224 237) 16°35.- 12:1 oe Five best years ..° Gl 17-2, (181) °20°1 15-4.) 12:ekas Four worst years.. 16:2 25:2 91 133 148 38 5-2 In the whole period the mean proportion taken in the last three months is 27 per cent. of the whole; in the five best years it is 37 percent., and in the four worst years it is 23.8 per cent. Tue INFLUENCE oF THE Moon oN THE CaTcH OF HERRINGS. It is a common opinion that the changes of the moon have an influence on the catches of herrings, and since the weekly reports offered by HOwN@Niog 30 ¥ IMVMaLs O30 AG GTANiMa Besqueyeg qoosepuay Spuejpoom ueAUID suapiey cal'd 40 speay qWiog [/EMa5Jo5 a HUeuuag oz we 6219 esjiy{) Er Eppeid 0 pH Ueuuag jd UEUOP II we Boy eny paekneaQ> 2 a“ SSOu: +s GONNOS oz NUNNIYATIY 1 +503) ae so7em4 e/g FOATI 4O HLYIA | ee 69 0 uessouply ® FIGATI “ 40 HLYIs set ad Puemoy, | | | | 8 491po1g Hes weog. se ied Yesysbny £0 oe oe pH YOUNES wessy so 4909 2u yoowey youl vILYM HIONAVYWHINI a ” 66 or ie) 2, Oa ad uowe|psy aM. y we gr - ? 6s vase esa) ALN *~ audzeuueg F10g n vamay eo amen ay Fr. AWUVEBANI ref /EPOOR 4d @unpeunug Le tappes SYALNYVD dao VINSNINId sIvadYNy ou! 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It appears from the table that on many occasions the catches in the week of full moon were greater than in the following or preceding week in which the moon was new, but it is evident that the opposite was the rule, since the aggregate quantity taken in the weeks of full moon amounted to 215,152 crans, while in the weeks of new moon the aggregate quantity was 293,035 crans. Some are of opinion that the tides really influence the catch of herrings, but a more obvious circumstance is that moonlight renders the nets more visible, and this is especially so with the seine—net, so that quantities of herrings escape capture. It sometimes happens, indeed, that on clear moonlight nights the seine-fishers refrain from shooting their nets or even from going to sea, a fact which has no doubt an important bearing on the figures above quoted. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. Puate I.—Chart of the Clyde area, showing the localities referred to in the various districts. Puates IJ.-[V.—Diagrams showing the annual fluctuations in the catch of herrings in the various districts, and in the Clyde as a whole, with the mean catch for periods. Puates V.—-XIJ.—Diagrams showing, on the same scale throughout, the monthly quantities of herrings taken in each year in the various districts, and in the Clyde as a whole. ° 100 Part IT].—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE Showing the total Number of Vessels, including their repeated Voyages, entered Inwards the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Shore, and the Total 1809 ro co _— Oo Oo CO CONIMD OP COLOR 182 Ni CO DD ee 183 NG oP Nr OS to CONTI OD 184 tt eon HS Roles) CO CONTI S OV > 185 WONANP WNWHO * Now includes Islay. 3974} 34964 27163 2236 1110 2606 2287 1508 20914 AYR, IRVINE, AND SALTCOATS, on Shore, 56 CAMPBELTOWN. 74 imo} ee 2 Vessels. 2 x 2 Vessels. ao Ea ao a zy nm <2 a Es mn Peters a) Lon 2 Cel J os eo 89 INo| £8 | Bae | SO [No] 2S ° a 5 ° lo} I =] al moO }a aa qo 26 | 3997 143} 40113] 24 | 20713 oe 36 | 5581 55 | 5636 | 57 | 44904 437431 29 | 60334 32 | 606531 70 | 53205 58573) 41 | 6186 148 | 6334 [186 | 99924 2373 | 40 | 6883) 82 77031109 | 5558 3315 | 58 | 3964$| 292 | 425691143 | 9487 2732 | 38 | 3538 | 580 | 4068 125 |102673 198741 45 | 3673 | 1849 | 5522 123 |12262 31284) 69 | 47674) 1262 | 602931192 |17393 3378 | 59 | 46 1 7863) 544741194 |177124 3534 | 48 | 37393) 1229 | 496841180 | 9429 35534) 42 | 40884!) 3588 | 767641142 |11235 26303) 50*| 2501 | 15444) 404521133 | 75843 1224 | 40 | 3371 $28 | 4299 | 98 | 5082 2680 | 31 | 26153) 1345 | 396034112 | 664734 .2287 | 37 | 2870 | 3661 | 6531 [131 | 9446 1508 | 21 | 1199 45 | 1244 | 99 | 86574 20914] 24 | 1479 | 293 | 1772 [121 |11651 274644 20 | 1557 369 | 1926 }107 | 97473 23344] 14 | 18664) 84 | 19504) 86 /11284} 8045 | 16 | 29993)... 29994} 78 (11224 2779 | 17 | 1521 621 | 2142 | 76 |12332 34344] 17 | 8582 161 | 3743 } 66 | 8975} 4653 | 33 | 49093} 6824) 5592 #101 |127994 3158 | 15 | 30993) 295 | 33944] 63 | 88223 AAS 13 | 18443) 2054) 2050 } 45 | 81094 9 | 11634; 2823) 1446 | 39 | 94043 7 | 10153} 2591 | 86063] 42 10581 15 | 1871 | 2093 | 3964 | 49 |150453 3 | 480 | 2563 | 3043 | 32 [11689 en 1511 | 1511 | 24 | 86403 3 | 253 | 4259 | 4512 | 77 |183223 2| 165 | 1897 | 2062 | 68 |180944 ey tee 1285 | 1285 | 98 |17893 2 | 254 | 3482 | 3736 | 88 |20596 3 | 120 | 1164 | 1284 | 43 |14196 14 | 406) 773 | 1179 | 44 |14470 '5 | 3843 | 4257 | 4600 | 44 |155380 3 | 298 | 3703 | 4001 | 34 | 9977 9} 230.| 2853 | 3083 | 44 |15454 6 | 511 | 4797 | 53808 | 64 |15957 34 |103624 81 |20420 58 |15306 71 |257845 26 |12410 36 |18785 49 |19075 17 | 28543 14 | 3366 12 118555’ + Now includes Ayr, Irvine, &c. GLASGOW. GREENOCK, ETC. ie] n 3, 3 Vessels. HS ° O8/]8 os | as Zs om n ara ma 5 eee No. £3 Eg go ae © as|8 S Q eH jaa @) jaa) & 23304 | 6731233714 / 296053 296053 is 33150 33150 a 322431 322431 A 143334 14333} e 236034] ... |236034 i 942753| 173 |24448% a 19263 | 560 [19823 24} 23347 | 6553|240024 4} 25085 | 1044/251894 24 94441 | 753/245164 56 | 26598 | 7253/273234 833 157404] 1075 168154 54 8252 | 17 | 8269 421 12697 | 154 12851 152 175831] 433{17627 8 9980} 99804 53 11015 11015 59 11104 11104 - 12478} 12478 150724 150724 12332 | 90 {11722 11722 89753] 77 |131913 131914 7 {1280631 94 [16662 | ... [16662 124 | 894641 95 |128173] ... |128173 ... | 810941 73410522 | 75 |10597 94041] 61 |100923| ... |100e2 10581 | 75 |122943| |. [122944 160453) 77 [15281 | ... {15281 11689 | 75 {16177 | 210 |16387 86403] 65 |174093| 8417418 183223122 23904 | 260 |29164 1809441124 28494 | 150 |28644 17893 | 97 20609 | 110 |20719 20596 | 85 214123) 1472 [22884 14196 | 79 '15312 | 732 /16044 14470 | 82 |168924| 1120 |18012: 15530 | 64 |162644| 1365 |17629 9977 | 46 1124284] 3120 155484 15454 | 45 j11900 | 482 |12382 15957 | 80 |222824| 293 225053 103624] 57 [12298 | 2000 14298 20420 | 65 {10409 | 4093 [14502 15306 | 73 | 8859 | 17864/106452 257844 76 |13455 | 3393/137944 ... {12410 | 65 | 7294 | 1162 | 8456 23 |18808 | 70 |101884| 951 |11139% -. {19075 | 55 | 56663] 929 | 65954 935441 47 | 6349 | 349 | 6698 3366 | 45 | 9781 | 1005 |10786 18555 | 43 | 6788 | 1102 | 7890 § Year now ends 31st December. NorEr.—From 1809 to 1843 the year ended on 5th April; in 1844, only nine months are included, viz., from 5th + From 5th April 1844 to 5th Jan. 1845. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 101 I. from the Fishery, with the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board ; also, Number Cured, in the Firth of Clyde Districts, in each year 1809-1906. | e STRANRAER AND INVERARAY. ROTHESAY. DuurHied. TOTAL. se: # Weg 82! = aes z sie Fe beled zz Year. Vessels. 2 Z 2 Vessels. Es ie Vessels. 2 5 2 Vessels, z é ES Oo5] 33 Os | 33 os\s Os | 3c a ma | Ae mom | Ae ns ae | na | AP Fs Wicked eres ia We Sy | o7 18 ile bat No.) #2 | Fa] SO ea | SP INO) FS] ea | 8 wea | SO aa ls OF |c Shon io AA | 8 oF EHS) NS AO} A a ee) S, moO] a = a) = 1809 | 10 3963 1688 | 208439122 |14245 145 |14390 312 |44014 | 1915 |45929 181C | 15 | 1712 | 3058 | 4770 [132 23043 33 (23076 | ... bis . [882 |64432 | 3146 |67578 1 | 23 | 2334 | 32334] 55673] 89 j209043| ... |20904a1... | .. |... _ [77 {721173 32653175383 2 | 12 | 12863) 40123) 529941113 |26392 =. 1 1268924"... a ed ... 495 |81958 | 41603/861187 3 | 24 | 1284 | 42123) 549631186 | 7092 347 | 7439 9 932 6943) 16263}524 |32261 | 5336 |87597 4 | 42 | 2680 | 6160 | 8840 [123 |160304| 6173)1664734 12 851 | 2513 | 3364 J600 [59859 | 9655 169514 5 | 38 |297724! 9057 |120343] 86 | 9170 558 | 9728 8 482 | 1566 | 2048 }494 |533863)11940 |653263 6 | 34 | 30144! 3928 | 694241 73 | 7474 323 | 7797 7 416 | 22124) 262831470 |48071 | 88914/569623 7 | 28 | 21094) 42684) 6378 [109 |13767 6743/144414} 13 938 932 | 1870 J629 |654504) 7817 |7382675 8 | 25 | 1794 | 3920 | 5714 | 91 | 96754) 9103/10586 | 17 | 1496 2683) 17643634 1636983] 60973/69796 9 | 23 | 24914) 42744) 6766 | 69 |122903} 4703/12761 | 18 | 16563} 1713) 1828 [498 |575444) 62825163827 1820 | 26 | 4311 | 2328 } 6639 | 90 |16368 | 2397 |18765 | 23 | 28423) 49: | 33333)515 681593)104213|78581 1 | 20 | 3632 | 1467 | 5099 | 81 |10629 | 1204 |11833 } 30*| 734 182 916 $515 |48057 | 59505/490074 SAO 761 | 13024) 20633] 56 | 7006 | 1064 | 8070 | 28 7253) 257 98231368 |263074) 37363/380044 3 ; 14 | 1180 | 12253) 24054) 57 | 9771 | 2035 |11806 | 29 | 3411 | 2380 | 5791 [884 /38928 | 7256 |461384 4 9 | 1691 998 | 2689 | 61 |148373) 352 |151893f 19 | 2840 324) 237234400 |51055 | 5239 |56294 5 | 13 3814! 1331 | 17123 £0 |12280 100 {12380 | 11 | 12038 ee 1203 [810 |352093} 1484 [366934 6 | 9| 965 | 23043! 32693) 63 | 90503! 2293! 9280 | 10 | 11283] 159 | 12873872 |373804| 3039 |404194 7 6 6534) 1819 | 24723) 42 |11530 207 |11737 | 14 | 18074} 472 | 22793)314 |39072 | 3000 [42072 8 5 659 | 1248 | 1907 | 44 |122344) ... 122842) 10 | 1311 168 | 1479 261 |421683) 1500 |430683 9 | 10 | 1959 | 15553! 35144] 51 |16399 16399 | 12 | 1998 80 | 2078 [271 |52697 | 16853/543324 1830 7 816% 1453 | 22693] 41 | 96983)... 96983} 9 | 1820 854 | 2674 [251 /40633 | 2984 |43617 1 5 625 1635 | 2260 | 36 | 9134 ne 9134 | 10 | 21784)... 21783226 |41121 | 1796 |42917 2 9 | 1190 | 3708 | 4898 | &4 |19943 30 {19973 | 12 | 3219 3219 [826 |63376 | 44274|678033 3 6 9593) 36274) 4587 | 52 1204824 79 |205613] 15 | 3343 3343 261 |526824) 41255/56808 4 7 | 11283) 26324) 3761 | 40 |15316 105 |15421 | 17 | 32614 326149195 |40182 | 3018 |43200 5 3 683 | 2307 | 2990 } 41 |16881 | 2550 /1943 8 | 1910 1910 }161 |401343) 51393/45274 6 4 676 | 36584) 43342} 40 [15826 | 3265 |19091 9 | 17693 176931177 |421623) 95143/51677 7 Y 354 | 74444) 77983} 50 |19942 ... {19942 7 | 1564 1564 J200 |540574) 95374/63595 8 3 8633) 70403} 7904 | 43 |20145 | 28023)229473) 11 | 2562 2562 [167 |519163)12616 |645823 9) 2 303 | 2922 | 3225 | 33 |17119 sane Lala 6 | 1665 1665 }129 |45137 | 44414/495783 1840 9 | 3539 | 40223) 75614} 46 |18401 18401 | 11 | 3075 8075 9268 |724943} 85414/81036 1 9 | 1928 | 63703} 82983} 40 |148433) ... 148433) 8 | 2415 2415 251 |65940 | 84173/743574 Z 6 | 2957 | 35813) 64883} 31 |10127 234 |10361 9 | 2476 2476 #241 |54062 | 51604/59222 3 9 | 48453) 40363) 8882 | 31 |11678 809 |11987 7 | 2084 2084 222 |60870 | 92993 70169h 4 9 | 44153) 45883) 9004 | 33 | 9699 110 | 9809 | 12 | 2764 oP 2764 $179 |465063) 65943/53101 5 | 11 | 47824) 4201 | 898331 36 | 910S 454 | 9563 | 14 | 2965 835 | 8800 }201 |48625 | 7383 |56008 6 | 10 | 3486 | 65674)100033] 25 | 5845 289 | 6134 1 13 | 3294 | 1152 | 4446 }161 |447123)136303/58343 7 9 | 2666 | 5191 | 7857 | 23 | 4646 244 | 4890 8 | 1884 671 | 2555 4123 /818993)12929 |448284 8 7 | 17833) 42443) 6028 | 20 | 32283) ... 3228 9 | 18133] 15303) 3344 [134 344094) 9110 a 9 8 | 16243)13985 |156093} 44 | 94963 9496 7 | 1933 | 1275 | 3208 J209 51804 |20280 720844 1850 |+17 | 14733|161493/17623 | 26 | 60473) ... 6047: 134 |301814/181494/48331 1 | 36 | 8697 |26628 |35325 | 27 | 4364 949 | 5313 09 |438890 |31670 |75560 2) 20 4504/11804 |122543) 11 847 | 1370 | 2217 162 |254624/149603/40423 3 | 38 | 18643/218743/23739 | 24 22263] 3828 | 60544 09 |4333804|26042 |693724 4 | 44 | 15793/19053 |206324 26 | 1412 9874] 23994 161 |226954/212023/43898 5 | 30 | 2238 |265583/287963} 29 | 1574 | 3500 | 5074 165 |327853/310323/63818 6 | 45 | 4201 |310053/352063] 27 | 1940 | 2483 | 4373 176 |308823|343674/65250 7 | 45 | 8020 |21132 |29152 | 25 | 26293) 2506 | 51353 134 |19353 |23987 |43340 8 | 45 | 9155 |22398 |31553 | 20 | 33864] 1885 | 52713 124 |256883/25288 |509764 9 | 41 | 2688 |26062 |28750 | 23 | 1654 | 2193 | 3847 119 |29685 |29357 |59042 * Now includes Dumfries, + Now includes Campbeltown. April to 5th January 1845 ; from 1845 to 1851 the year ended on 5th Jan., and from 1852 it ended on 31st Dec. 102 Part IIT.-—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE [I.— Showing the total Number of Vessels, including their repeated Voyages, entered Inwards from the Herrings Cured on Shore, and the Total Number Cured, AYR, IRVINE, AND SALTCOATS. CAMPBELTOWN. GLasGow. GREENOCK, ETC. Vessels. | § 2 Vessels. | 3 3 Vessels. | & # Vessels. | 5 ae Year. wo | EB, Bo] s Boh ie 4.0 | oes os | #3 OS | &d Os | 2g Os | ay 20 4) eee | Age os | OP = ae | OZ ae | OP SO con) eae or os are | po 22 ol ees pa) oes Nos) GES) ee) ee Boi) 3° [Noy ees TE Stl Es | 25 aoig la pee el gso/a [a ;a |e i 1860 x Ses ae 11 |13461 . {13461 | 47 | 63123) 1615 | 79274 1 es oe a 5 {10849 . (10849 | 34 | 4212 | 227 | 4439 2 ate Ey ... | 14 [20287 .. |20287 | 49 |113874} 562 |119493 3 6} 188 | 1991 | 2179] 4 | 8140 963} 82363] 19 | 2754 | 127 | 2881 4 11 | 624 | 26503) 32744) 9 10601 ... |10601 | 26 | 4081 171 | 4252 5 19 | 455 | 2257 | 2712] 6 |14795 ... |14795 | 36 | 41203) 981 | 5101 6 13 | 636 | 17633] 23993] 9 |12523 | 120 |12643 | 47 | 54974) 789 | 62864 7 14 | 1270 | 2450 | 3720 J 9 |12627 | 8079 |20706 | 30 | 5135 | ... | 5135 8 6 | 319 | 14124) 17314] 9 |12464 |28300 |40764 | 18 | 5587 /33834 389421 9 398 | 5545 | 5943 | 6 |14590 | 9500 |24090 | 8 | 91033/22681 |317844 1870 2 | 103 | 6293 | 6396 7168 | 236 | 7404 | 10 | 6812}} 3401 |102133 1 1 tt nyu aa mayael 7487 | 235 | 7722] 8 | 90563) 3140 /12196% 2 3 | 184 | 6352 | 6536 2108 = 2108 | 7 | 1607 | 256 | 1863 3 4 | 125 |16488 |16613 2410 ys 2410 | 5] 1124] 756 | 1880 4 4] 141 |18571 |18712 2898 2898 | 4 | 1459 | 844 | 2303 5 9 | 147 | 6280 | 6427 | we 6 | 8242 | 919 | 4161 6 1 12 |11399 |11411 = 4 | 1880 | 1814 | 3694 7 2 78 |18220 |18298 6 | 21323) 1527 | 36593 8 4 | 217 {18187 |18404 } ... 4 | 38384) 683 | 45214 9 5 | 158 |367893)369474] ... 10 | 42794] 1816 | 60953 1880 7 | 488 |44850 [44788 5 | 7439 | 2418 | 9857 1 4 81 |28862 |23943 5 | 8655 | 1248 | 9903 2 2 | 264 |53241 |538505 8 |16050 | 3949 |19999 3 33 ... [49089 |49089 6 | 36494] 2314 | 5963 4 1| 32 (40921 |40953 3 |120074| 39093/15917 5s ... |44791 |44791 4 | 7893 | 8443 |16336 6 1 | 555 |41637 |42192 3 | 2026} .... | 2026 7 2} 719 |56678 |57397 2 | 3619 3619 8 ... [49282 |49232 2 | 9504 9504 9 1 | 4299 |45883 |50182 4 |138267 13267 1890 2 | 5759 | 4770 |10529 2 111165 .. {11165 1 1 | 6037 |16489 |22476 2 |22458 ... [22458 2 ... {10946 |10946 2. | fees ais wae 3 84 |14363 |14447 2 5 ™ =e 4 923 |16439 |17362 a ae; a5 5 opel e202 en202 sll i aes ee 6 +5 328 | 328 8 11367 |11367 7 1 80 | 555) 635 6 21583 |21583 8 =e 351 | 351 6 17401 |17401 9 1300 | 1800 7 26896 526896 1900 a ee ONS akon! 4 25350 |25350 1 me 69 | 838] 907 4 26287 |26287 2 a 392 | 392 2 30858 |30858 3 1163 | 1163 2 28837 |28837 4 ; 116} 116 20199 |20199 5 A 607 | 607 .. |273822 |27322 6 : 300 | 300 . 28511 |23511 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 103 continued. Fishery, with the Number of Barrels of Herrings Cured on Board ; also, the Number of Barrels of in the Firth of Ulyde Districts, in eich year 1809-1906. STRANRAER AND INVERARAY,. ROTHESAY. DUMFRIES. Vessels. | 3 2 Vessels. | 3 ow Vessels. | 3 ie Vessels. | ¥ 2 Year. otro Sa oe Bes ole Bins Bae Bes O35 | sy Os |sz Os | @y Os/4ay n ne 2 2 n ns m2 @ na M2 n an meg aal|a4)]38 algeh teres) | /ien ts engeh |e |e Oo alors eee No} 28/88 )/8° [No] EE | Es | SO (No) Fe] Es | $O [No| FE] ES | Bo aole |a aol|a |S Omer pled aola |e 1860 | 50 | 3225 |29532 |82757 | 26 6984) 6721 | 74193 1384 |23697 |37868 |61565 1 | 51 | 37023/191043)22807 9 931 | 1517 | 2448 99 |196943/208484/40543 2 | 68 | 8446 /46715 155161 | 15 | 15183) 2512 | 40253) ... ea a ... 146 141634 /49789 |91423 3 |*387 | 1089 |183503/194393] 14 | 30793) 1832 | 49114) 14 | 1341 PA 1341 | 94 |165914/22397 |389883 4 | 36 | 2212 |13593 |15805 | 23 | 4878 |222633/271414 13 | 2195 nae 2195 118 |24591 |38678 |63269 5 | 34 412 |237844/241963] 30 9183/25260 |261783] 14 | 1914 | 1015 | 2929 1189 |22615 |532974|759123 6 | 58 | 2796 |24720 |27516 | 34 | 3434 |287F7 |32191 | 21 | 1579 382 | 1961 }182 |264653/565315/82997 7 | 58 | 3568 |33184 |86697 | 21 | 43813 |24200 |28513 | 14 | 2222 wn 2222 $146 |29130 |67863 |96993 8 | 33 | 1659 |41697 [43356 | 17 | 23573] 8712 110693} 19 | 1711 | ... | 1711 flo2 240973 113955}3|188053 9 | 41 | 8376 |30838 |389214 | 17 | 1466 |15230 |16696 | 19 | 13868 ur 1868 }100 |353013|83794 |1190953 1870 | 29 | 1444 |20066 |21510 | 13 | 1308 |16996 |18304 7 11 | 10038 27 | 1030 | 65 |178383/47019 |648572 1 | 42 |18056 |11896 |29452 | 10 874 | 8890 | 9764 | 12 | 1146 it 1146 | 73 |366193/29372 |659914 2 | 22 | 2445 | 7940 |10385 6 493 |10746 |11239 8 277 sae 277 | 46 | 7114 |25294 |32408 3 | 22 | 4487 | 57854/102723] 8 576 | 83888 | 3964 8 687 ee 687 | 47 | 9409 |264173)/358264 4 | 25 | 1307 | 58283} 71354] 10 985 | 2842 | 3827 1 278 451 729 | 54 | 7068 |285364/356043 5 | 22 | 1098 |138257 |14355 | 15 673 | 3757 | 44380 5 929 | 9647 |10576 | 57 | 6089 |33860 |39949 6 | 16 |170583)14125 |311833) 15 486 | 5810 | 6296 4 490 | 6071 | 6561 | 40 |199263/39219 |591454 7 | 28 14119 | 92133/233322] 9 315 | 8168 | 3483 6 433 |10254 |10687 } 51 170775/423823|59460 8 | 44 | 3655 (101453/138003] 12 692 | 1637 | 2329 3 350 117493 |17843 | 67 87525/481452|56898 9 | 26 |159003/179363/33837 | 10 189 | 7248 | 7432 3 128 |25300 (25428 | 54 |20655 |89085 1109740 1880 | 21 |238439 | 6754 /30193 | 13 548 !10137 |10685 1 114 |381292 |31406 } 47 |31978 |94951 |126929 L-| 24 | 14574 |40019 6 H ee ... {17390 |17390 | 39 |385244 160477 |95721 Wey 55359 |84854 9 13401 ;13401 } 51 |/46818 |136057|182875 3) 1) 918° 18606 |51494 6 26501 |26501 | 22 |451603|1011744/146335 4/15 10111 |21515 | 12 14019 |14019 § 31 |241303)726003/96731 5 7 15250 |26379 6 27671 |27671 | 17 119525 |99117 |118642 Oy 18091 |18405 1 4760 | 4760 7 | 2906 |66527 |69433 7 1 15808 |15818 3 9881 | 9881 8 | 4477 |84162 |88639 8 3 20794 {21158 3 9696 | 9696 8 | 9989 {80901 |90890 4 ee 30702 |30702 | 5 7788 | 7788 } 10 |18166 |84967 |103133 1890 1060 | 1060 7 1322 | 1322 9 | 6478 | 7773 {14251 1 4 490 490 7 |29000 |19654 |48654 2 4 140 140 8 ... {12802 |12802 3 3 ee ane 5 92 16149 |16241 4 ae 490 | 490]... 954 |19654 |20608 5 Ee ee oat ae 1483 | 1483 6 12 ... |12388 |12338 7 10 | 3097 |82207 |35304 8 ... | 2015 |18949 |20964 9 2 | 591 |30286 |80877 1900 80 80} 7 | 508 |28902 |29410 iL 135 135 6 374 |29195 |29569 2 135 135 Z 240 |37360 |37600 3 5 154 4 5 6 * Now excludes Campbeltown. 104 Part ITT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report i TABLE Showing the Number of Boats, whether decked or undecked, employed in the Firth of Clyde and Boys by whom the said Boats were manned, together with the Number of ate ene ape CAMPBELTOWN. GLasGow. GREENOCK. i Vous Number of g 5 Number of g < Number of g 2 Number of 8 s z Se 1s eel Ts Beis) ape ae fs . ° 2 ° 2 é c 2/82) a¢|*e|2|8e)o8|2e] 2) o2| eo |e) 4) 28] 48 | Se §)e|22|2213|s8|\22 | 2818| s8| 82 | 28/8 | se | a8 | $8 ea 6)a Soe PaS| seared esr = (| fey) oes aes 51a 1825 S2l= 2 7bel" of 509 1190} 593) 37 917 4 96 } 300} 900 20 | 2070 6 99} 441 36 619 | 187| 578 52 936 4 112 | 285] 855 17 2021 7 | 138) 545 32 744 | 216} 607 57 976 3 121 | 264) 792 21 2000 8 | 138) 545 32 748 | 212) 610 67 952 4 137 | 250) 750); 21 1992 9 | 126) 472 29 684 | 226) 666 73 1020 4 156 | 245) 725 19 1856 1830 | 125) 464 30 679 { 261| 771 71 1181 3 155 | 240! 710 25 1781 1 90} 331 24 502 | 265) 878 71 1204 3 159 | 240) 720 27 1793 2 92) 341 28 509 } 272) 1015 70 12389 5 150 | 247) 741 26 1828 3 88} 324 25 522 | 339) 1166 86 1445 5 158 | 264) 792 25 1847 4 au 387| 1199 78 1457 4 187 | 352} 1116 50 2369 5 zen 379) 1240 | 87 1502 4 132 | 365) 1144 44 | 2349 6 Sek 400} 1231 | 1138 1587 fe ass 135 | 387] 1199 41 2465 u aa 392) 1214 77 1448 6 152 | 375] 1110 36 2374 8 evt 410} 1271 66 15038 5 152 | 370) 1076 25 2138 9 be. 505} 1599 62 1839 5 139 | 383] 1110 31 2299 1840 | ... oh AS 4a. 517) 1648 76 1919 6 154 | 455} 1291 38 2892 1 as 518) 1642 59 1899 7 161 | 504) 1437 48 3203 2 422) 1558 48 2028 7 160 } 489) 1209 32 2506 3 462) 1687 81 2601 ea 163 | 518} 1280 46 2401 4 468| 1658 75 2510 reas) 164 4 471) 1194 43 2048 5 583] 1806 75 2671 7 167 | 476} 1183 45 1972 € 588] 1836 | 135 2778 I 38 155 | 491) 1170 | 38 | 2033 if 589) 1890 | 121 2772 eal) 147 | 493) 1172 30 1982 8 546] 1930 | 129 2644 3) 137 | 478} 1200 35 1829 9 517; 1806 | 111 2391 9 142 | 496} 1302 34 1984 1850 48 97 13 261 | 539] 1603 2 2422 1 45 88 | 16 251 | 592) 1827 32 2463 2 45 88 18 239 } 603} 1893 29 2517 3 47 92 19 255 | 587] 1883 34 | 2537 4 41 82 20 244 | 591) 1828 33 2530 5 35, 78 19 593 | 581) 1608 31 2965 6 28 60 21 577 | 585) 1545 32 2711 7 | 26 60 20 576 | 562! 1413 31 2529 8 23 60 20 2 551] 1276 34 2 9 | 21] 52) 20 542| 1212 | 32 1860 | ... | | 21 39 20 506} 1099 36 1 | Pei 39 20 510) 1097 32 2 oa see igs 21 40 20 wat 498} 1082 42 3 370} 1112 36 A 21 39 20 se 188} 425 17 As)! tea eh we 412} 1187 36 Res 29 69 27 Le 186) 427 20 Eyre) MOAT 3 a a 407| 1140 46 a 37| 107 27 Ae 191) 475 25 6 Sell nas are s 433] 1229 47 pas 32) 110 27 fu) 189} 469 30 Tt 455) 1278 | 48 oe 30} 100 29 a 192} 469 | 26 8 448) 1214 45 ae 32} 100 29 ae 188} 525 18 9 453] 1123 48 ae 110; 280 29 tS, 421} 935 22 \ * The total includes the fishermen and fish-curers, and also the following :—(1) The number of coopers ;_ number of labourers. After 1893 it includes also fishmongers, hawkers of fish, clerks, persons gathering persons employed on board vessels, curing, exporting, and carrying herrings and other fish, or importing of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 105 oT. Districts in the Shore-curing Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the Number of Men Fish-curers, and the Total Number of Persons employed* in each year 1825-19086. [NVERARAY. ROTHESAY. STRANRAER, &C. TOTALS. Number of mre Number of 2 Number of le Number of a Year. $3 5 3 S nS § 3 mM — 4 Me Me ao! o eS Le} 5 = é Lo} Oo = to) o os a om woe uw Sia & Qu a So 5 Ay Qe SrPaQek least e!] sph} an |} eae] ae] ak | Se a gs ie | 28/8] 3 Ze | S85] s Seats es £8 | o 5 | 5 | 3 = oa (PR ps Sniaodl) bs 5 j)e = | 1825 | 3: 4094 | 202 | 6657 6 1038 | 71 4515 | 256 | 7531 7 7} 1101 | 71 4259 | 246 | 6894 8 | 377} 1100 | 73 4363 | 265 | 7342 9 | 3875) 1095 | 69 4384 | 264 | 7379 1830 | 370) 1080 | 67 4521 | 272 | 7571 1 | 371] 1085 | 60 4242 | 210 | 6864 2 | 403) 1203 | 66 4539 | 221 | 7117 3 | 419) 1244 | 61 4687 | 228 | 7440 4 | 418) 1254 | 55 4853 | 214 | 7530 5 | 425) 1275 | 53 68} 302 7 451 4858 | 211 | 7470 6 | 441} 1303 | 30 56} 312 7 459 4936 | 213 | 7947 7 | 451) 1353 | 32 79) 414 6 564 5008 | 176 | 7920 8 | 454) 1362 | 29 78) 317 6 391 4834 | 161 | 7258 9 | 454) 13862 | 26 84) 430 4 508 5287 | 162 | 7856 1840 }1020) 2893 | 32 90} 433 7 547 7076 | 192 {10840 1 {1028} 2917 | 37 88} 378 6 491 7219 | 193 {11238 2 11074) 3077 | 53 94) 436 5 551 7177 | 181 {10955 3 |1080| 3076 | 35 191} 620 4 881 7538 | 214 |11807 4 |1120) 3196 | 36 191} 620 7 895 7516 | 205 11425 5 |1150) 3306 | 40 205), 633} 11 941 7776 | 205 {11735 6 |1201) 3529 | 41 205} 633) 11 942 8000 | 260 |12168 7 |1268) 3916 | 34 208} 680 6 | 1009 8359 | 225 |122238 8 |1283| 4024 | 38 208) 680 9 | 1012 8613 | 238 {12095 9 |1283) 4024 | 16 219) 703 8 | 1048 8649 | 213 {12079 1850 |1445| 4689 | 142 7244 | 211 {10212 1 |1445) 4689 | 142 7306 | 221 {10101 2 |1185} 3838 | 67 7435 | 214 {10305 3 |1086) 3292 | 70 6994 | 196 | 9619 4 |1062) 3189 | 65 6723 | 194 | 9260 5 |1045) 3084 | 70 6424 | 186 |10822 6 1024) 3025 | 82 6243 | 197 |10240 7 |1023) 3022 | 74 6179 | 165 10160 8 | 999) 2915 | 74 5974 | 164 a6 9 |1072| 2944 | 105 6024 | 200 1860 | 995) 2698 ! 80 5652 | 165 1 /1071} 2671 | 84 5534 | 168 2 1114) 2578 | 111 5211 | 201 3 |1046} 2446 | 73 5500 | 187 4 /1135) 2648 | 83 5794 | 227 5 |1150} 2678 | 91 5769 | 255 6 |1181) 2744 | 107 5976 | 270 7 |1273) 2801 | 130 6105 | 288 8 |1370| 2977 | 153 6376 | 294 Q | 872) 1915 | 127 6119 | 272 (2) the number of persons employed in gutting, packing, re-packing, cleaning, or drying the fish ; (3) the bait and baiting lines, boat-builders, persons making and mending nets, persons manufacturing barrel staves, salt, stave wool, and hoops. 106 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE II.— Showing the Number of Boats, whether decked or undecked, employed in the Firth of Clyde and Boys by whom the said Boats were manned, together with the Number of ee ane, AND CAMPBELTOWN. GLASGOW. GREENOCK. Number of lee Number of a Number of a Number of is Year. oS no 23 es BS 5 5b es .|o | ieee z = | Pe a2 ss eS 2| 28/38 |/ee12 | 28) a2 | ee ge eg lei |lge &|&8|%5 | o8 3|38|=5 |S $a $3 |ms | Soa 1870 473) 1088 | 41 | 1565 408} 829 | 16 | 1811 1 481] 1098 | 43 | 1573 Sf liz W0on ee dlp 443 2 489| 1178 | 42 | 1646 346} 602 | 11 | 1054 3 497| 1187 | 46 | 1704 297) 514} 11 954 4 491| 1174 | 46 | 1679 285) 487) 12 924 5 499] 1226 | 37 | 1676 339} 656 | 38 | 1709 6 499} 13812 | 35 | 1749 3808} 599} 32 | 1623 vi 541} 1824 | 35 | 1805 3825} 580) 27 | 1572 8 557| 1526 | 38 | 1969 283) 549] 28 | 1509 9 615} 1603 | 39 | 2124 292) 54 28 | 1505 1880 | . 639] 1607 | 45 | 2137 299) 541 |/ 52 1522 iI 592) 1584 | 36 | 2182 316} 524) 29 | 1520 2 631} 1623 | 39 | 2217 518} 528] 381 | 1518 3 672) 1746 | 40 | 2358 311) 522) 31 | 1507 4 693) 1729 | 42 | 2447 306} 499 | 33 | 1480 5 705) 1798 | 387 | 2470 294, 457 | 38 | 1405 6 682} 1776 | 55 | 2519 305} 4385 | 31 | 1415 7 698} 1790 | 50 | 2608 306) 458 | 33 | 1859 8 646) 2185 | 44 | 2956 286} 459 |) 34 | 2258 9 625] 2061 | 50 | 2886 270} 427 | 382 | 1685 1890 | . 632) 1978 | 51 | 2869 241} 412} 82 | 2164 1 633) 1797 | 56 | 2865 228! 387 | 32 | 2166 2 635] 1676 | 50 2 313) 481 | 31 2 3 566) 1486 | 38 2 807; 493 | 31 2 4 592) 1461 | 32 | 2770 303) 488 | 27 | 3787 5 582) 1419 | 24 | 2521 303) 564 | 22 | 4010 6 463) 893 7 | 1864 287} 579} 19 | 4580 7 377} 865 | 10 | 1377 292} 593 | 28 | 4799 8 382} 860 |} 12 | 1406 328) 602; 28 | 5470 9 384) 828] 11 1352 317; 540] 30 | 4838 1900 | . 386} 810 9 | 1368 837; 579 | 30 | 4144 1 382} 795.|. 10) | 1185 337| 579 | 28 | 4129 2 379} 780} 10 | 1179 278} 514] 28 | 4375 3 373) 775.) 12.) hs 268} 491 | 27 | 4363 4 385) 771 17 994 239) 471 | 27 | 4891 5 365} 760 | 16 | 1065 216) 415 | 34 | 4391 6 308} 752) 15 | 1000 221; 398 | 34 | 4418 * The total includes the fishermen and fish-curers, and also the following:—(1) ''he number of coopers ; number of labourers. After 1893 it includes also fishmongers, hawkers of fish, clerks, persons gathering persons employed on board vessels, curing, exporting, and carrying herrings and other fish, or importing continued. Districts in the Shore-curing of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 107 Herring and Cod and Ling Fisheries, with the Number of Men Fish-curers, and the Total Number of Persons employed* in each year 1825-1906. INVERARAY. Number of a. Number of oe Number of a. Number of Zo Year. ae 23 nS 2 & Me LI i o> a> Ca © a g | Ag a fi | Ae. g fd | Oe ae n 5 a a : = n = = Siesta S| a foe he & | ot) ee ee jee fe aS ag S(S8 (HS se 8 |aslias sal?) es) 24 6a $a a} o}e ayss Se a} ss ola = 1 | 962) 2160 | 96 | 2816 | 568) 1150 | 24 ROTHESAY. STRANRAER, &C. TOTALS. 1880 | 693) 1648 | 39 | 2107 | 428] 686 | 21 | 1007 | 591 5440 | 218 | 8681 1 | 692, 1640 | 43 | 2128) 429] 684] 15 2 | 711) 1653 | 44 | 2142 | 434) 695 | 22 | 1038 | 604 els 5482 | 218 | 8867 3 | 699) 1557 | 39 | 1978 | 385} 684] 21 | 1013 | 614 | 9 92643) 5424 | 205 | 8836 4 | 684) 1467 | 37 | 1886 }| 371] 675 | 22 5 | 613) 1337 | 30 | 1746 | 363) 617 | 24 6 | 619} 1278 | 26 | 1674 | 350) 560 | 23 @ | 525) 1185 | 27 | 1551 | 320) 502] 24 8 | 484 1118 | 23 | 1471 | 298] 488] 19 9 | 470) 1097 | 18 | 1422 | 259] 450| 12 1890 | 452) 1072 | 16 | 1869 | 232) 430] 13 635 2 | 444) 1058; 16 g 230) 399 9 : 3 | 383} 974] 21 q 224) 398 8 y 4 | 383) 974 9 | 1861 | 248; 343 4 10213 5 | 376) 953 9 | 1401 | 234) 324 1 10291 6 | 296) 861 8 | 1113 | 218} 3138 4 8992 7 | 291) 842 | 27 | 1437 | 231) 306 5 $578 8 | 289} 840 | 19 | 1377 | 228] 294 Zi 9884 9 | 314, 852 | 13 | 1153 | 226) 298 5 8936 1900 | 323) 863 17 | 1213 | 240] 324 3 8269 1 | 322} 872 | 16 | 1181 | 228) 301 6 8034 : ) 8603 6 8409 4 7992 6 7858 6 7968 (2) the number of persons em ployed in gutting, packing, re-packing, cleaning, or drying the fish ; (3) the bait and baiting lines, boat-builders, persons making and mending nets, persons manufacturing barrel staves, salt, stave wood, and hoops. Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report 108 29009 POPE 9TTFL 8696F ¥CCCLL €6c9F 09098 TLILS $8908 F6LLP9 $gltr9 01694 S8E6L 8I8Z9 GZL9 PLI8 86201 0089 Og8Z 0089 O0g0L O*88 0098 00902 OS96T LE981 GLE9T LILPL F1zeelliscler OFSEF 0eza9 sIse9 868EF §2L669 &GPOP o9g¢! 1eest FPS80ZL lf61ser §8Z8hr SESS 80099 Tores $6910 “TYLOT, [Fob | OOL |¥Pses GOFEL | 06E | SLO6T SIL6T | O16 | SO88T OSE | “° | OLFST P8196 FP8lc% 90SET | 003 | 908ST 0ZF0Z 0ZF0Z tZ98OL §Z9801 Lees. | °° | LG69T POPST FOPST 1166 1166 O8SST OsssT OLFFT OLFFL 961FT 96T1FT 96202 96902 BF | fz| PF Be | ae! o¢ bn at *MODSYTY) 9029 | OLOT | ¥cerg | cezee | OOTP | soT6z | esTs | cceL | S699 J | of Po fe fo Leec | #96 | eLer figeg6e |. O6FF \F90zCE fEGzes | ogee |Fc6c9 : s ; 9829 | GIZL | #L0G Fi966ZE | OOTP |F9628c JFSLIST | 9L6e |F6EIIT 6688 | OOOT | F66E% JEEVES | 000E |FZE90% | 9EZOT | OORT | 9Gt8 FPOGL | OOST | FFS09 | GEaLz | OOSE | 6ELES FFFFOOT | Oca \FFOLET 11Z@ | OOOL | 212% JEFELFT | O0GS |¥FSZZT FFCFLZT | COTS |FcF9OT ; E189 | OOST | EES | Sze | COS | SzEgE | ZOOGT | OOSF | ZOSFL ; ELFSL | OOST | $2409 | S9OIZ% | OFFE | EZOLT | SEIST | O06E | S6ZFT z ; F96FOT | OOOT | F966 FF6099T | OOOL |F609ST [¥C0Se2 | OOOE |Fe0Ez% | Soce | ODES | 80ZE | 8099 | OOET | SOes ¥SaLh | OOST | $8zze | SZS9T | OOGOT| 8209 | Z8EFI | OOOS | Z8EZI | FFFO | OOTS | FHEE | E89 | OOGE | ER08 06E9 | OOST | O6SF | ZE88T | OOOTT) LES J¥SFEZT | 000% |ESFEET | scge | OOTS | Scez | TS09 | OGO% | [OOF FE9L | OOS | FEI9 FFSOFOS | OOFOT/ESOOOT [¥6Z00G | OOPS |F6ZOLT | SLZLZ | L28% | 9FFF | OOTY | OOST | 009F GIST | OS6T | e996 J¥SOS9T | SzsZ |Fes6s ]¥z9L0Z | OG2z |FZLOST | OSse | 0902 | OO8E | 6462 | COST | BZTT IZ6OT | ZIIT | 6086 | FEST | O89 | F006 | FSEST | OFEZ | FOOT | SE9F | FLST | F9LZ | SESE | I9G% | F8ZT LO9ZL | #19 | LEGIT] ZhSOF | OGOTE| Z888 JFOL8LZ | ger |FFSEzz | TL9F | LEcz | #80% | 2FOL | TLEe | 9ELE “AVSHHLOY “AVUVUAANT ‘oR ‘UAW ‘MOONGAUY fo all *NMOLIEDEd WN V—) *JCQT-EFST Siv9X oy} Ul ‘poring you 919M YOTYM soulIIeF] JO GQNY WMAVUNVULS ee ee Tl ~~ 18 © re CO CO S81 “189 XK s[olieg JO Ioquinyy oYy Jo [RIO], pozeuItys| oy} puv ‘porny sButasioePT Jo sportvg jo tequiny [eyo], eyy ‘sqgorsysiq, epATO Jo YIAL oy Io} ‘Surmoyg TH WId VL of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 109 TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Barrels of Herrings actually Caught within the limits of the various Districts in the Firth of Clyde, irrespective of the place of landing, in the years 1863-1887. eae oes Clascow. Rothe- | Inver- | Camp- | Ballan- Total. say. aray. |beltown.|] trae. 1863 127 963 | 35003 | 297174 | 2020 eS 354614 1864 iWdt oa 347863 | 15586 28473 ton 53391 1865 981 a 337063 | 287884 | 2346 1015 | 66837 1866 803 120 | 44337 | 32199 18234 382 | 796644 1867 aoe 11093 | 324405 | 38964 2450 =u 849475 1868 | 35876 | 38800 | 13701 | 46378 15243 .. |1362794 1869 | 26081 | 12150 | 27721 | 41138 6469 ... {113559 1870 50915 236 | 27911 | 24766 6381 27 | 644124 1871 3140 235 | 223623 | 204054 | 7183 eh 53326 1872 256 ae 13284 | 10258 6352 | ade 30150 1873 822 Fc 4685 75163 | 18036 76 | 311353 1874 844 sist 3822 64343 | 19087 451 | 306383 1875 919 ae 4362 | 14097 6660 9667 | 35705 1876 1814 sing 6296 | 316213 | 11411 6071 | 572133 1877 1527 ont 40703 | 233484 | 18443 | 10254 | 57643 1878 683 se 2002 | 112683 | 18320 | 17493 497665 | 1879 1816 - 8303 | 31409 | 368475 | 25300 {1036754 1880 2418 See 111675 | 29315 | 44522 | 31292 (1187143 1881 1248 Bis 4162 | 38162 | 23862 | 17390 | 84824 1882 3949 ais 11806 | 85352 | 53241 | 13401 |167749 1883 2314 ag 3297 | 49055 | 49089 | 26501 {130256 1884 41293 sae 4154 | 19648 | 40921 | 14019 | 828714 1885 8813 oa 3673 | 26379 | 45342 | 27671 {111878 1886 She sid 2168 | 18145 | 42312 4760 | 67385 1887 as wae 2381 | 15808 | 57684 9881 | 85754 110 Part ITI —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE V. Showing, for the Firth of Clyde Districts, the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings sold Fresh in the years 1884-1888, and the Total Quantity and Value of Herrings landed, whether sold Fresh or Cured, in the years 1889-1906. HERRINGS SOLD FRESH. CAMPBEL- TOWN ToTAL. INVERARAY. | RorHEsay. GREENOCK. | BALLANTRAE. Year. ~I Crans 5715 6771 Crans 1216 908 Crans 2859 6409 4859 9302 10422 Crans 33975 £ 37669 |: 23|36368 38017 ) 139351 50357 {5 55959 5 |68990 34187 16535 21911 26169 40251 Crans 40790 37349 18013 18406 ‘59261 40903 131374 41847 43746 | ~ - 154472 50158 \40517 ‘40119 24433 26676 41310 39464 40876 8289 26049 [28360 7040 1738 13709 9917 10839 12561 12080 10655 4665 4818 2835 4599 3098 2707 2359 4410 2801 Crans Crans 1840 1186 2378 1173 1835 Crans Crans 16047 17016 14681 19846 25130 £ 4439 Crans 10366 19316 14346 5643 1454 4480 15699 106319} 120379 106057 1198753 115927 54630 39142 89937 71160 70767 73236 73316 100316 81999 30027 36505 53596 £ 24033 24026 17504 20494 28088 £ 104787 113550 126538 113988 106851 116226 71525 50339 69297 a of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 114 TABLE VI. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Ballantrae District, 1863-1906. Year. | Jan. | Feb. | March| April. May. | June. } July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. 1863 382 368 75 4 258 506 66 12 8 4 5 87 283 596 24 1,715: |) 1,695 6 | 1 107 571 384 6 21>) 1,29 7 66 4 126 304 330 ee 6 30 8 | 795a ae 452 215 98 212 28 9 425 | 1,225 534 51 245) 5 14 1870 14 | eas 1,748) 1,942 | 1,245 182 16 iy 35 101 1 35 eee | elmOc 650 194 12 5 29 2 10 2 we Sep al clhzon 61 139 295 10 10 3 sat |) DEO 42 372 ) 1,185 196 58 20 31 4 .. | 4,890*%, 165) 867 | 1,063 | 1,364 1 5 {hes 9,197*| 50 13 21 221 30 6. et 6,071* 166 912 552 332 17 19 7 ... |10,254*| 498 433 621 381 10 8 | 5,070 |10,958 | 1,779 23 eu th 21240) 327 364 30 14 9 | 7,930 | 6,276 | 4,974 454 |) yal 343 580 415 62 187 10 | 4,085 1880 | 5,200 | 6,518 | 19,452 199 1,439) 2,588) 333 25 134 747 970 1 | 2,872 | 9,310 | 11,922 649 622 286 11 178 2 | 1,183 | 6,188 | 1,387 125" | 127 &43 268 188 168 251 162 116 3 | 3,697 | 1,766 |17,566 399 778 491 131 21 143 4 | 2,813 | 8,465 | 3,280 6 509 966 805 490 79 166 328 416 5 744 | 5,755 | 14,094 2078) 1,218 766 461 18 Beh 227 6| 184] 2994 | 2359 | 27| 193] 1,145 | 3953) 94] 206 28 37 7 48 754 | 9,07 | 15 431 6035} 4644 85 153 103 70 8 450 | 2,127 | 6,938 | 90 513 ,828 404 8 149 913 9 875 | 8,981 759 139 4774} 6234} 1463 597 | 1,070 1890 296 | 6,920 978 oe gal decors ts 50 1721, 284s) 1228... Ee 613 | 8,736 Po sah 5.047) | be i .. | 2408) 6134! 1,447 653| 173) 299 | 963] 2,946 DS ee eilsleby7 1,736 214). ... | 2601 1,189 | 580 al) 22 a ny 65 3 454 ies esi Le | ees 98 243 669 Sea ee if ee aa 4 3 72 ety so 170 | 1,008] 975 186 43 10 5 357 | 1,164 180 18 532 359 ae 6 379 150 | 86 543 482 104 36 161 7 46 423 | 33 879 110} 209 48 8 | 80%) 865} 324 90 Tes ee As 9 145 | 1,247*| 400 2244) 3484) 120 138 165 190 1900 449 | 3,664 106 567 280 316 36 43 11 8 1 is 5,652 | 3,748 Ser a) (Oy “eee 497 263 121 | 43 108 2 | 2,450 | 3,072 | 1,316 wae 145 bo: 825 466 106 157 oe ak 3 530 177 25 ne 96 5ld| 340 962 14 | 37 20 4 92 461 322 fe xe 108e/ 122 238 78 | 27 Bo 5 tae of an one zat | 259801) 1. 000 379 631 122 ae (a SS |! Ae 6 584 183 389 75 Se2 265 553 631 260 ade 2,564 110,195 * Winter fishing. a (1868)—386 crans from Ist January to 11th July, and 409 crans for rest of July. 6 (1870)—1635 crans from 1st February to Ist June, and 113 crans in last week of May. e (1871)—1621 crans from 1st February to 13th May, and 139 crans for rest of May. d (1902)—From 3rd October to 26th December. e (1904)—From Ist October to 31st December. J (1905)—106 crans from 1st January to 27th May, and 2881 crans from 1st October to 31st December. 112 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE VII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Campbeltown District, 1863-1906. Year. | Jan. | Feb. | March.} April. | May. June. | July. |August.) Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. 1863 210 | 1,674 58 5 4 861 | 1,548 358 845 5 370 | 1,167 | 1,012 13 13 6 400 671 Gale 37 7 576 727 709 26 8 353 699 357 323 9 1,105 | 1,981 | 3,352 929 79 1870 1,713 | 2,712 } 2,802 634 524 124 1 1,144 | 1,258 | 1,461 910 290 une 2 286 | 4,245 | 4,381 | 4,925 | 2,295 3 711 | 6,286 | 4,106 | 3,502 | 1,286 4 1,258 | 5,263 | 3,719 | 3,076 | 1,467 617 5 495 | 1,117 | 1,086 365 6 738 | 1,689 | 3,760 | 1,073 20 7 1,168 | 3,617 | 6,136 | 1,118 42 8 800a) 2,127 | 3,861 | 2,005 292 9 3,476b] 1,127 | 5,131 | 3,781 | 4,172 | 8,646 | 7,526 121 1880 5,120c} 2,330 | 12,073 | 5,426 | 2,579 | 2,584 | 2,625 | 4,788 ] 1,280+) 3,378 | 6,599 | 3,967 | 1,048 440 | 1,043 | 2,638 2 2,249+| 7,329 | 12,415 | 10,357 | 5,339 | 5,92u 3 1,859+| 3,267 | 5,980 | 7,695 | 3,312 | 7,122 | 5,751 | 1,479 4 1,766+| 2,863 | 8,672 | 5,799 925 | 9,654 | 4,393 5 2,363+) 2,528 | 7,839 | 6,279 | 8,922 | 8,911 6 4,607+| 2,075 | 2,684 | 4,319 | 2,684 | 2,045 | 3,114 | 7,790 7 6,210+| 1,263 | 4,4703) 3,3303| 10,173 | 3,306 | 10,669 | 4,113 8 10,890+| 74 | 4,690 | 6,349 | 2.2793) 4,7023) 5,012 | 6,742 9 7,5847] 1,569 | 3,1203) 2,620$) 2,392 | 5,572 | 8,162 | 1,936 1890 12,499+) 1,157 | 3,527 1564 12 | 2,9433} 5,053 105 1 wie ee fe ... |12,845+) 4,119 | 9,976 | 2.4083} 146 | 1.2443) 259 BG 2 Year ie ae ... | 2,193d) 2,817 | 9,156 | 2,005 374) 1,594 184 177 3 sa ... | 3,601e} 2,511 | 5,782 | 2,067 3 Ae 177 4 5,000+| 7,844 | 3,967) 4,9034) 2.0174} 543 4 5 7,11544) 1,596 | 4,5143) 2,0763 125 118 180 6 2,914+) 2,177 | 3,380 | 2,104 { 1,109 | 2,457 460 392 7 393t| 758 | 9,692 | 3,621 | 5,001 | 3,706 937 64 8 816+) 6,421 | 4.937 | 1,780 | 2,771 387 | 2,116 | 4,589 9 | 4,120+) 4,259 | 6,049 | 6,939 | 6,135 | 1,488 | 2,717 91 | 1900 | 3,994+| 4,297 | 6,962 |11,855 | 8,896 | 4,101 610 342 1 6,097+) 3,721 | 6.261 | 7,648 | 3,241 894 | 1,081 | 2,406 2 3,881t) 4,895 | 11,980 |} 11,727 | 4,071 317 30 | 1,115 3 4,430) 3,180 | 9,088 | 9,797 6 272 | 2,301 4 5,872+) 1,550 | 1,938 | 1,772 869 218 2 685 5 | 5,384} 2,886 | 7,737 | 5,175 6 32 138 100 6 3,562f| 3,392 | 3,486 541 79 5 Bee 5 + From lst January to end of May. a (1878)—April and May. 6 (1879)—3200 crans from Ist January to 24th May, and 276 crans from 24th to 3lst May. ¢ (1880)—5090 crans from Ist January to 22nd May, and 30 crans from 22nd to 29th May. a (1893)—From 1st January to 15th March. e (1894)—From Ist January to end of March, (1906)—3552 crans from 1st January to end of May, and 10 added at end of year. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 115 TABLE VIII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906. Year. | Jan. | Feb. | March.| April. | May. June. | July. |August.| Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dee 1854 ies 5,000 | 6,200 800 | 2,400 | 2,200 He 5 3,629a 5,721 | 10.650 | 2,000 | 3,980 | 4,324 869 6 | 2,418b 10,782 | 11,800 | 8,200 | 6,500 | 2,750 660 7 2, 600¢ 8,800 | 5,600 | 2,600 | 3,800} 1,200]... 8 3,000d 4600 | 5,050 | 5,450 | 3,000 | 2,450 | 2,400 9 4,045¢ 6,055 | 2,750 | 2780 | 1,744 | 4,569 | 8,452 1860 | 780| 724] 1,755| 388| 267 1,056 | 3,226 | 4,630 | 4,870 | 5,120 | 10,460 | 7,490 lik 2 8 2, a. 402 | 2,905 | 5,323 | 3,702 | 2,335 | 380 | 1,804 Dee. 207 | 2,962 | 9,685 |11,725 | 14,920 | 13,119 | 4,743 a 165 | 2,453 | 5,952 | 3,637 | 6,197 | 3,170 | 1,349 Baad si: 849 | 2°414 | 2.667 | 3,204 | 2'268 | 1,415 30 5 des 149 | 2,321 | 12,406 | 7,881 | 2,142 884 335 6 is | 455 | 1,673 | 7,850 | 5,302 | 9,747 | 2,558 775 Ri 427 771 | 3,273 | 13,456 | 6,301 | 3,856 | 3,891 | 2,440 8 | 3,030 3,040 | 9,405 | 7,385 | 9,504 | 6,121 | 180] 1,130 9 769 3,545 | 6,479 | 9,264 | 8,587 | 3,700 260 | 1,420 1870 925 3,580 | 5,972 | 5,170 | 3,089 | 3,703 | 3,675 795 1 | 1,840 3,415 | 2,552 | 2,400 717_| 2,082 169 40 2 hos 715-| 1,550 | 1,982 | 1,261 499 | 2,230 820 3 ae 1,045 | 1,807 134 238 424 ae he 4 a: 715 | 1,365 917 | 1,802 490 17 ae 5 10 650 | 5,675 | 4,069 425 | 1,202 | 1,215 300 6 30 1,175 | 4,720 | 4,177 | 1,986 | 7,245 | 3,508 oe Tae ae | 2.614 | 4,118 | 5.430 | 4,369 | 2:217| '870] ... 8 1,344 | 3,885 | 1.271 96 24 | 2,140 130 9 2168 | 5,744 | 7,409 | 2,805 | 2,396 | 523] ... 1880 1,817 | 7,518 | 3,922 | 2,439 | 1,420 | 4,570 | 1,082 1 4,932 | 5,893 | 9,546 | 5,179 | 2,248 | 3,790 | 1,355 2 3,585 | 7,860 | 11,878 | 8,320 | 12,663 | 11,424 24 3 3.304 | 8,465 | 7,637 | 11,005 | 3,166 | 2,520 12 4 5,154 | 8,275 | 5,004 | 1,717 606 dec Ba 5 ae 7.187 | 7,244 | 5,522 | 41047 | 4,847 | .. if 6 if 9921 | 41592 | 41947 | 2.021 | '262| 176] 148 7 1,032 3.577 | 3,222 | 2.676 | 28523 781 | 198 22 8 if L111 | 73147 | 8640 | 1,919 | 1,092} 349] ... 9 1,830 | 6,364 | 5,267 | 3,8433/ 10,125 | 2,436 1890 1,936 | 12,303 | 8,254 | 3.8093! 3,285 | 2,463 | 5,241 1 2,159 | 10,283 | 3,783] 38,6394] 9,388 | 11,038 | 7,937 2 4.509 | 9,206 |11,129 | 8.4065 3,641 | 3,377 | 7,140 3 | 8251 | 10,8024] 10,0754] 2:7004| 705 | 4,416 | 4,439 4 555*| 3,049 |10,827'| 9.320 | 3,024 | 1,041 | 3,100 | 7,451 5 1,090*| 2117 | 42971 | 5,508 | 1.674 | 7155 | 1,800 | 1,288 6 2,012*| 1.444 | 3,874 | 3,591 | 2.314 | 2,405 | 2,442] 324 7 849*| 1,756 | 5,876 |10,797 | 19,900 | 6,316 | 5,763 | 5,563 8 736*| 4.252 |11,636 | 8,895 | 5,700 | 3,481 | 3,777 | 2,324 9 a2: 3,013 | 8,552 | 9,573 | 2,899 | 1,691 | 3,798 | 2,587 1900 137*| 3,623 | 7,523 | 5,323 | 3,498 | 1,536 | 1,671 | 1,432 1 100f| 2,936 | 5,968 | 8,490 | 7,177 | 1,365 743 | 2,116 2 2m 851 | 6,373 | 5,652 | 4.201 | 4,059 | 2,513 | 2,690 3 : 12*| 865 | 9,303 | 2,477 | 6,511 | 1,277 111 642 4 252 | 69+| 1,808 | 3,012 | 1,884] 565| 18] ... | 224 5 970 558t) 512 440 327 210 328 419 908 6 522 234+), 706 | 1,022 286 699 | 1,484 255 50 J * From Ist January to end of May. + From 1st January to end of April. @ 1326 erans from 1st January to 9th June, and 2303 crans from 9th to 30th June. 6 1178 crans from Ist January to 14th June, and 1240 crans from 14th to 28th June. c 1716 crans from Ist January to 13th June, and 884 crans from 13th to 27th June. d From Ist January to end of June. e 3209 crans from Ist January to 11th June, and 836 crans from 11th June to 2nd July. f 100 crans from 1st January to 18th May, and 222 crans from 18th to end of May. 114 Part II.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE IX. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Districts of Inveraray and Campbeltown, 1854-1906. — co for) oO 187 WOONMEMPWNHO OONMDOPF WNW 188 Le) 189 LH ek =) OBDBNINOIP KH 190 AnPWwWN oS © OONI OO OVP CO 780 497 3,030 769 995 1,840 Mar. 724 | 1,755 April. 338 * Including other quantities referred to in Tables May. 267 June. 5,000 5,721 10,782 8,800 4,600 6,055 3,226 2,905 2,962 4,127 3,962 3,662 9,344 4,000 10,104 8,460 8,684 3,810 5,798 8,093 6,628 6,792 6,409 7,735 7,746 10,875 19,591 14,938 14,445 9,732 25,074 | £ 6,200 10,650 11,3800 5,600 5,050 2,750 July. |August.} Sept. 800 5,7943 15,697 6, 2284 10,6323 Dec. 16,351 57,361 24,8704 15,7184 28.6814 30,380 36, 453 41,527 41,470 35,418 18,578 24,489 19,539 20, 206 16,611 30,111 31,699 17,975 55, 025 60,288 53,336 99,363 72,574 49,328 65,689 44,380 57,8954 61,627 62,7712 63.7444 2? 7 From ist June to 6th July. k Landed in small quantities. 7 Winter 18 crans, and 150 crans landed since 1st October. 79 296 11th November , ” of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 115 re] ” TABLE X. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month in the Greenock District, 1855-1906. Year. | Jan. March.| April. | May. June. | July |August.) Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec 1855 1,804a 1,630 166 6 290b 210 10 wes 7 190¢ 540 60 10 8 90d 1,887 108 ot 9 650e 950 50 1860 220f 500 | 1,650 530 50 Bae 1 959 535 95 Ls, “ 2 70h 896 | 2,564 | 1,675 55 2 3 WA) 456 122 13 Ried ake ts 4 ds, 113 482 251 38 57 328 4 5 a8 24 249 | 1,200 232 1138 | 2,322 855 6 437 38 580 506 37 132 927 67 7 309 ee 28 176 403 98 68 118 66 8 tes 205 ieee 576 401 428 | 3,179 |19,796 | 9,240 9 470 101 706 | 1,036 476 | 9,051 | 4,178 652 1870 300 552 | 1,146 644 318 102 240 | 1,048 1 40 os 414 233 143 20 22 688 700 2 ue Way] Goce 6Y 141 82 244 9 ee 3 ay 75 791 196 108 468 288 4 372 338 696 439 ae Re 5 ae 193 418 81 6 262 306 757 115 iY if ie 234 401 710 148 9 8 64 is 88 231 222 3 9 a 9S |e 606 501 301 74 1880 bap 260*| ... | 1,889 411 57 1 a L324] ee 432 463 187 2 ner 284%i alee 671 | 1,592 | 1,165 22 3 ae 149%)... 453 531 386 4 oils he 164 789 898 166 5 #3 318 557 391 95 6 Bae 15 350 310 124 7 Pie 36 515 835 2493 8 i 688 | 1,211 | 1,1275 443 9 64 6563} 8583} 476 13 1890 218% ; 823 591 1613 133 1 57 : 7924} 1,1034) 527 6232 2 13 : 4673} 440 S65) 3 136 ‘ 2654; 9083) 684% 66 4 83 3 1963, 2424 80 ae 5 % ; 496 | 3923) 223 164 6 ee : 1464, 3977) 118 ae il 22 elk 8 329 241 88 8 Ss: 44+ 23 144 75 9 9 200+ 244 38 249 70 1 1900 9+ 78 31j 27 32 44 1 123: 15 127 74 20 2 2 377k 98 7 12 | 1,381 3 28% 256 38 10 ie 4 1687 58 29 TG aie ee oY 5 375m 38 By || ilaaeBy |p eit 221 os 6 687* 141 | 1,304 | 1,630 451 | 2,014 | 1,638 See From Ist January to end of June, », May a 1381 crans from1st J anuary to i une 23rd, and 413 crans from June 23rd to 30th. b >) 99 9 ” 29 14th 39> 220 ” 28 9 14th , , 28th. C ? 9 99 be) 39 13th 99 175 23 9) ty} 13th 2? 27th. d Ee) > 27 29 9? 5th ”) 83 29 a: bed 5th LP) 26th ¢ Bs: in ae 5 ovis tix LOCO eaimOo Cutis 53 », 18th ,, July 2nd. af ”) ” 9 ”? 99 9th 9 203 7 ? 2”? 9th ? th ” 2) 2? 99 9? 22nd 9 45 29 9? 2? 22nd +P) 29th k ” 9 ” s, 39 7th 9 66 9 > 99 7tb ” 28th. z ” ” 6th ” 80 ” ” ” 6th ” 27th. 116 Part I11.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XI. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings per Month landed in the Rothesay District, 1854-1906. Year. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. June.| July.| Aug.| Sept.| Oct.| Nov. | Dec. 1854 |<, 800"|) 180 1,800 | 1,600 700 6 500 | 1,000 | 1,100} 475 ut di 150 | 1,350 200 440 360 8 500a 800 1,080 200 ah 9 440 | 230 550 1860 240 | 3,070 | 1,990 | 2,200 620 850 1 10 531 460 100 | 1,179 410 50 2 2pm} nlGa95 325 Ns 89 20 3 8 532 | 340 107 231 | 592 | 2.8382 4 1,400 560 880 | 4,267 12,580 116,631 5 10! 690 4,542 | 2,758 | 6,950 | 6,986 116,500 6 We: 806 | 2,455 579 | 3,098 | 15,699 ; 5,780 7 ae 400 220 | 5,014 | 3,077 | 7,320 8 ane 120 305 560 930 | 228 | 4,634 9 406 | 937 | 1,565 | 3,430 | 5,530 ) 8,825 | 1870 ... | 1,870 | 1,090 | 1,133 | 1,050 | 2,141 | 9,000 1 800 455 | 1,315 525 38 | 4,696 | 4.500 2 bs 80 740 720 880 | 4,290 | 2,245 3 50 704 368 | 1,218 626 | il 4 603 | 1,220 963 334 100 5 533 907 94 137 | 506 6 492 | 1,156 | 1,485 851 | 1,096 2 7 421 1,446 408 480 918 8 25 428 386 | 18 118 62 9 92 955 | 1,102) 760} 1,775 | Ui72 18 1880 176 | 3,703 | 1,638 | 248 855 |} 1,956 253 1 264 832 | 22 192 68 2 3506 789 541 | 170] 1,551 | 1,651 25 3 410¢ 305 286 137 343 484 42 4 552d 826 | 1,293 340 874.| 431 245 5 1,050e] 190| 783} 378 662 | 3,088 558 476 6 125f 613 6034) 1234) 1,911 570 488 7 ZOO ee tee 1,920 | 2,965 | 1,681 | 1.650 | 1,240 670 8 6979| 377 | 2,890 | 4,0153; 9954) 4904) 371 83 9 42h| 452 | 1,3933| 3.4683) 1,227 | 1.7314) 5192 15 1890 27637 56 | 6,002 | 86123) 2.5483) 5154) 593 145 1 278;| 792 | 4,7644) 22754) 833 476 | 1,980 114 2 DZD ale) es. 823 | 722 434 | 2,224) 136 10 3 368* 1,880 9964, 1543 20 133 4 364* | 1,089 528 80 74 8 5 100+) 707 780 | 516 89 78 6 6 442*| 987 | 548 | 236 253 30 ae 7 Wiidia| tess 919 | 749} 1,108} 251 | 622 12 8 BOS*| 7 ja 658 | 478 | 303 99 | 12234) iiee 9 2/ak| 119 411 | 820} 430/ 1,028 458 1800 2877) 106 315 475 709 81 1 368) = 506 626 280 45 Pe Sa 2 aes ue aa bee ine 183t/ 262 624 560 224 | 2,705 |12,344 | 9,147 3 | 7,181 144 38% ia a 285i) 9152 413 351 | 3,327 | 2,944 | 2,717 |10,897 4 a ae 3, 013m 38 204 366 | 2,574 335 48 962 5 430n 40 293 181 391 285 73 45 6 163p| 133 416 | 2,754 | 6,070 | 3,904 72 197 * From Ist January to end of June. e (1885)—Up to 20th June. + From 1st January to end of May. f (1886)—Up to 3rd July. + For small creeks. g (1888)—Up to 23rd June. a (1858)—For January and February. h (1889)—Up to 22nd June. b (1882)—Up to 8th July. 7 (1890)—Up to 14th June. c (1883)—Up to 14th July. j (1891)—Up to 20th June. d (1884)—Up to 5th July. k (1899)—Up to 17th June. Z (1900)—104 crans up to June 16th, and 183 crans for small creeks in July. m (1904)—Winter 2843 crans, 170 crans up to June 20th. n (1905)—Winter 206 crans, 204 crans up to June 24th, 20 crans from small creeks. p (1906)—Winter 57 crans, 106 crans up to June 2nd. 7 (1901)—Up to end of June 388 crans, and 30 crans landed in small quantities. Notes—97 crans are added to month of October, 1904, for small creeks for which no details are to be had. 47 Do. do. October, 1905, do. do. do. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. TABLE XII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed per Month for the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906. Year. S&S Oona _ iv) loz) 4 & Oo CONIC OVE COLD © OCONID OP CODD 188 189 190 DOE COD He So CONDO WH eH Oo WOOnIMDOP CON e Jan. Feb. 6,175 180 170 ‘Io 30 5,070 | 10,958 Mar. 1,779 April. | May. June. | July. 5.300 8,951 11,992 10,692 7,287 7,445 3,966 3,971 4.113 5,483 6,350 4,884 12,3604 23,7072 97,574 90,155 20,0413 17,100# 10,490 9,0703 17,695 17,699 15,2744 15,1113 13,125 19,541 20,022 5, 450 8,887 5,618 5,634 Aug. 9,0604 14, 053} 13, 9073 15, 0174 8,682. 6,465 15,518 11,318 17,9293 17,396 6,959 18,132 12,677 4,129 6,631 5,516 a 11,9784 17,3074 Sept. 5,246}) 7,4754 6, 3834 4, 6981 8 8773 2,9211 iy 1644 1,8194 3. 695° 26,306 8,790 9,654 13,171 10,751 Oct. 2,400 3,980 6,500 4,160 3,000 1,744 7,370 3,505 14,975 6,4284 6,600) 9,2064 12,998 8,938 10,328 16,285 5,396 2,461 3,928 2.824 2,291 1,341 8,152 2,758 9 24 13,078 4,993 | 2,616 5,844 2,200 4,324 2,750 1,200 2,450 5,119 11,080 790 13,208 3,762 14.370 11,907 20,476 7,182 20,416 10,023 6,215 5,855 6,539 334 734 1,721 11,7143 | 9,722 14, 240 851 4,905 869 660 Bh 021 14,227 10, 997 12, 085 en 307 102,733 71, 1103 72,985 73,0784 100,397 81,905 29,992 36,802 53,601 118 Year. C CONT Od Or e oO or) =) 187 WOON OF WNWr OS CONIAwirwWNFH = ie) eo i=) OO DO 189 “TO OTR 02 DR © © CONT OD Or 190 Oo OTH 09 DI FH © CO CO Oe OP 20nd 5 ay 46 . ay (e: G b ~ —s Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Ballan- trae. 825 903 4,400 2,389 956 1,800 2,279 5,300 2,697 2,240 3,929 8,350 9,729 8,076 12,197 18,805 25,987 37,600 25,850 10,956 25,001 18,323 23,580 6,885} 11,751 12,920 13,6684 19,172 13,493 5,3874 1,548 2,467 3,310 1,941 1,748 1,316 2,978 5,480 10,537 8,037 2,252 1,448 4,479 15,699 TABLE XIII. Showing the Number of Crans of Herrings landed Yearly at each District in Clyde Area, 1854-1906. Campbel- town. 1,9474 2,8513 2,5635 2,020 2,038 1,732 7,446 8,509 5,063 15,432 15,891 15,400 3,065 7,275 12,081 9,085 33,980 37,520 20,393 43, 609 36,465 33,572 36,842 29 318 43,535 41,369 32,9064 25,453 30,9973 18,1633 14,141 24,2793 15,7654 14,973 24, 202 23,817 31,898 40,557 31,349 38,016 29,762 12,906 21,458 11,070 Inver- aray. 34,415 39,795 34,024 26,909 13,515 9,057 3,648 4,806 13,546 22. 836 19,618 8,890 21,045 22,768 32,943 5D, 754 36, 109 15,756 28,847 15,062 14,360} 20,258 29,8654 38,2913 48,228 47,4084 36,3891 38, 367 17,853 18,406 56,820 40,801 32,113 24,743 29,117 26,339 21,198 7,827 4,672 5,258 Greenock.|/Rothesay. 26,049 28,361 7,540 1,738 13,709 | Total. | 17,080 38,873 46,195 27,900 30,615 33,265 52,686 20,307 64,905 31,058 54,2144 76,5124 70,790 67,466 86,679 84,512 63,302 40,124 36,417 28,545 33,621 29,209 44, 666 49,071 38,425 88,466 108,834 81,778 119,130 101,101 74,229 97,815 56,387 81,658} 87,537 87,357 102,733 106,7744 74,940 57,691 67,7834 40,3324 38,428 86,996 68,357 71,1103 72,935 73,0783 100,397 81,905 29,992 36,802 53,601 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 119 TABLE XIV. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Ballantrae District, 1863-1906. Slee |e lee ey ies eacls che ces Pe ely all goed Pie he et a! So) Sea Bl Seb One adc oye \1863 286 | 325 | 136 SOF aa ee: 750 4 355 | 284] 99] 13 5] 19 3 | 778 5 227 | 201 | 185 6]... | 101 |'115 | 835 6 3 202 | 219 | 141 6 21/139] 28 | 740 Rie Ay 191 |“224 | 199 3 10 2 | 676 3-16 ... | 148 | 142 | 43{ 25] 12]! 10 | 396 9 8 206 | 319] 174] 19] 28 5 6 | 765 1870 7 48 | 332 | 269] 88] 15] 13] 23 5 | 830 1| 22 116 | 420 | 238] 23 5 8 4 1 S37 2 247 | 2.7 | 157 4 5 630 3 26 | 231 | 336] 99] 17 5] 16 730 4 57 | 267 | 304 | 109 739 5 84 | 164 | 209 | 142] 18 617 6 150 | 354 | 262 | 158! 10! 17 951 1 fil SS ie Wd Va 237 | 263 | 238 | 113 2 853 8 | 386 | 692 | 577 | 15 | 183 } 327 | 197 10 | 21 [2408 9 | 838 | 961 | 711 | 57 | 174 | 312] 195] 198} 50] 63] 15 | 434 |4008 1880 | 983 |1004 | 647 | 10 | 107 | 447 | 543] 193 58 | 70 | 478 | 301 |4841 1 {1200 |1202 | 606 483 | 368 | 176 86 | 273 |4394 2 | 754 11227 | 433 178 | 703 | 184 | 51] 40] 45] 21 | 186 |3822 3 | 856 | 812 | 555 |_ «... | 322 | 553 | 341 | 125 | 41] «.. 2 | 162 13769 4 | 599 | 979 | 423] 40.| 357 | 511 | 376 | 167 | 31] 16] 34] 82 [3615 5 | 312 11029 | 755 | ... | 189 | 498 | 465 1179 | 14 ... | 88 (3479 6 | 201 | 764 | 764 24 | 257 | 501 | 242 | 57] 82/ 36] 48 [2976 7 | 94 | 254 | 307 Te Si Oss) ALTON 34 71 57 | 46 (1576 8 | 121 | 137 | 170 97 | 285 | 262 | 171 8| 43 146 |1440 9 | 178 | 372| 54 101 | 295 | 244 | 112 42 | 196 11594 1890 | 129 | 451 | 174 124 | 183 | 321 | 82 74 | 502 |2040 1 | 383] 665 | ...| ... | 140] 301 | 308 | 64] 18 | 24 | 207 | 315 2375 Dele 2 VAIS Peagrh Weebl hay ogg: | - 16 5. 34 [1072 3 6 | 132 Bo IO 263 +) 169") 37 722 4 3] 40 100 | 307 | 294 | 125 | 22 2 893 5 51 | 119 141 | 299 | 270 | 152 1032 6 9| 23 92 | 256 | 228 | 40] 151! 60 723 7 21 | 51 74|276| 79| 50| 51 602 8 240 | 202 ? ? 442 9 58 | 243 | 130 | 157 | 47] 67] 48 750 1900 Paine HN ASMeTe sao Sa eld |) (S01 18 6 | 729 ileal MM Pied (3S (4 ATED As Ue TGOME team Geriero4 | ol. PS ese 2 | 248 | 407.| 198] .. GIMTLOT MESH ae TAT acc |e sc. | sas. en (L280 SLT AGP sae, ese EIS Tes (ea Nl em eb 57/7) AAG TSG Goa 2. Met TOE PPS O55 ALN oe hse ate 5 a ee a eA en aGe Pe POOEICTSG" |. 46 |i’. 5|i gsc Woe. 1 4as 6 SOrra4aa Fe Sess TSEN 140.1; 68)... | 184 Vas7 ys 120 Part III. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XV. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Campbeltown District, 1863-1906. Lan Bly GNeS OB [o- I B e | Ree ame kt se lee al alee ele pe aces] eo] te a eee esac eet occ. || cS Oe a 1863 230 | 586 | 98) 23 937 4 346 | 415 | 243 | 69 2 1075 5 | 364 | 385 | 341 6 1 1097 6 358 | 395 | 324 | 26 1103 7 326 | 334 | 302 | 27 989 8 220 | 290 | 159°) 80 749 9 212 | 544 | 573 | 285 | 18 1632 1870 227 | 465 | 702 | 541 | 172 | 31 2138 ] 324 | 766 |1116 | 488 | 175 2869 2 286 | 948 11716 | 864 | 380 4194 3 179 {1639 |2019 | 933 | 334 5104 4 291 {1375 11232 | 871 | 738 | 132 4639 erat) 325 | 555 | 486 | 219 | 14 1599 laser 'G 430 | 557 | 824 | 781 9 2601 li akad | 351 | 457 | 545 | 381 | 61 1795 Pires. | 506 | 740 | 949 | 118 2313 9 94 | 660 | 912 | 584 | 643 | 870 1816 | 192 | 5771 1880 123 | 870 {1257 | 747 | 997 |1423 | 876 | 565 | 6858 1 1190 |1249 |1866 | 901 | 195 | 368 ; 357 | 6126 2 1989 |1792 |1696 | 764 | 462 | 80] 40 | 6823 3 1368 |1422 |1849 | 748 | 486 | 746 | 132 | 6751 4 1084 |1866 |1152 | 635 | 948 | 487 6172 5) 941 |1664 |1128 ; 915 | 959 | 39 4 | 5650 6 1021 |1350 {1146 | 790 | 829 | 866 | 555 | 6557 7 1070 |1264 | 748 | 913 | 738 |1654 |1710 | 8097 8 641 |1422 |1163 | 835 | 947 | 800 |1220 | 7028 9) 527 | 580 | 268 | 128 | 645 | 698 | 705 | 3551 1890 911 |1207 | 70) 10 | 878 |1066 | 428 | 4570 1 630 |1030 | 233 | 50 | 261 | 117 2321 2 677 | 827 | 75 | 31 | 282 | 214 | 126 | 2239 3 SPA |e || Pal eae 2 2| 22) 1840 + 564 | 549 | 816 | 410 | 164 6 | 52 | 2561 5) 684 | 953 | 584 | 18] 52] 37] 64 | 2392 6 650 |1009 | 636 | 435 | 231 | 99} 48 | 3108 7 384 |1053 | 464 | 558 | 232 | 136 | 40 | 2867 8 813 | 706 | 411 | 909 | 162 | 364 | 422 | 3787 9 | 608 | 688 | 803 | 715 | 199 | 208 | 100 | 3271 1900 706 | 556 | 794 | 770 | 610 | 474 | 84 | 3994 1 675 | 600 | 780 | 500 | 470 | 198 | 385 | 3608 2 | 710 | 860 | 860 | 560 | 180 | 12 | 134 | 3316 3 700 | 761 | 730 | 411 | 46 | 92 354 | 3094 4 565 | 550 | 680 | 700 | 170 | 24 | 180 | 2869 5 574 | 730 |1030 | 37 | 100 | 98] 58 | 2627 6 486 | 624 | 570 | 28) 10 4 | 1722 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 121 TABLE XVI. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Inveraray District, 1854-1906. | = od my ry ss ® > on = . > Sera onl Sal Cee Sel ea cS ile aS EePte te | 8, ah Sal eee sade eee Sa etre a a 1854 2175 |2670 | 350 | 300 | 370 5865 | 1610 |2520 |1620 |1160 |1350 | 460 | 8720 2200 |2220 |2120 |1280 | 810 | 290 | 8920 2315 |2290 |2180 2050 | 400 9235 2170 |1890 |2440 |1800 |1400 | 750 |10,450 1860 | 320 | 145 | 225 | 170 | 123 |1241 [2012 |2690 |2150 |1820 |2010 | 711 {13,617 His At Sie i ... {L081 (2255 |2830 [2260 2390 |1190 |1287 (13,293 550 |2270 |2500 2730 3320 |2823 |1850 |16,043 641 |1957 2707 [2715 3018 |1933 | 821 /13,792 | 1357 |2136 |1877 |2508 |1605 | 471 | 55 {10,009 839 |2080 |2855 |2035 |1118 | 740} 18 | 9685 ek) 730 |1586 |2480 |2050 1975 |!067 | 461 |10,349 180 | 707 |1573 |1921 |1984 |1492 | 609 | 704 | 9170 580 | 746 |1487 |1573 |1789 |1822 | 169 | 178 | 8344 184 | 776 |1747 |1565 |1855 |1005 | 30 | 290 | 7452 1870 | 346 1090 |1415 {1522 |1885 |1434 |1334 | 388 | 9414 160 1273 |1638 {1412 | 817 | 762 | 281 | 34 | 6377 10 | | 661 | 952 11590 | &62 | 412 | 503 | 292 | 5282 548 |1023 | 212 | 164 | 315 | 130] 15] 2407 | 455 '1019 | 848 | 553 | 290 | 14 3179 6 359 | 991 | 865 | 578 | 646 | 457 | 251 | 4153 10 462 | 726 | 904 | 856 1125 | 714 | 70| 4867 2 392 | 805 J1772 |1134 |1068 | 277 | 94 | 5544 441 | 590 | 709 | 314 | 42 | 305 | 98) 2499 403 | 783 | 746 | 626 | 685 | 116 3359 1880 | 405 | 693 | 735 | 895 | 473 | 928 | 438 | 4567 Ph le S| 21 7s 1093 | 781 | 755 | 675 | 554 | 55 | 4531 ..| .. | 2. |... | 582 |1180 | 995 |1008 [1187 | 752 | 608 | 90] 6352 189 Bi 23% ... |... | 420 | 700 | 565 | 390 | 300 | 380 | 400 360 | 3515 | Spe oe rae 450 | 440 | 500 | 320 | 160 | 442 | 60| 12) 2384 2 5 | 43 “Ae ... | ... | 345 | 930 | 780 | 720 | 710 | 500 | 220 | 750 | 4955 6 122 Part III. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XVII. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906. i= 0 . . Qo o : tS . . S q Q =| oH m g ia on 2, ny > Oo ~| 8/8) al a] 3) 8; 8] a] 2) Ss] 2) 4 ee 1854 . (2175 |2670 | 350 | 300 | 370 | ... | 5865 5 ... [1610 |2520 |1620 |1160 |1350 | 460 | 8720 6 ... 2200 |2220 |2120 1280 | 810 | 290 | 8920 i . 12315 |2290 |2180 |2050 | 400 |... | 9235 8 ... {2170 {1890 |2440 1800 |1400 | 750 |10,450 9 . 12166 |2400 |2650 1570 1350 |1600 {11,736 1860 | 320 | 145-| 225 | 170 | 123 |1241 |2012 ‘2690 '2150 |1820 |2010 | 711 |13,617 Pe eee Lees et O81 12255 1/2830 12260: 12390 11190 esi ila eos 2 550 !2270 |2500 |2730 |3320 |2823 |1850 |16,043 3 871 |2543 |2805 |2738 |3018 |1933 | 821 |14,729 4 1703 |2551 |2120 |2577 |1607 | 471 | 55 |11,084 5 1203 12465 13196 |2041 |1119 | 740 | 18 /10,782 GT ee Taos.) 1, 1088 }1981 }}2804. 12076: 11975 |1067.|.461" diese 7| 180] ...] 1.1... |... 11083 11907 |2223 |2011 |1492 | 609 | 704 110,159 S580} ce Te. ee 1 TE 96640777 11732 |1869 11892 | 169.) 178hheoues 9/184] ...] ...] 1... |]... | 988 12291 |2138 |2140 /1023 | 30 | 290 | 9084 | 1870 | 346} ... | ... | ... |... [1817 11880 |2224 |2426 |1606 |1365 | 388 |11,552 1] 160} ...] ..] ... |)... 11597 |2404 12528 [1305 | 937 | 281 | 34 | 9246 2) 10] ...] >... |...) .... | 94711900 13306 11726 | 792 | 503.| 292°) 9476 sane ce SN | Fe Sie ECS, ie 727 |2662 |2231 |1097 | 649 | 130} 15 | 7511 4 746 |2394 |2080 |1424 |1028 | 146] ... | 7818 5 6 684 |1546 |1351 | 797 | 660 | 457 | 251 | 5752 Go|. 10 892 |1283 |1728 |1637 |1134 | 714 | 70] 7468 7 2 743 (1262 |2317 |1515 |1129 | 277 | 94] 7339 8 ... | 947 {1330 11658 | 432 | 42] 305 | 98] 4812 9 94 |1063 |1695 |1330 |1269 |1555 |1932 | 192 | 9130 1880 | 123 |1275 1950 |1482 |1892 )1896 |1804 |1003 |11,425 1 | ... {2051 {2123 |2650 |1598 | 602 |1026 | 833 {10,883 2 ... 2609 |2854 |2605 |1554 |1375 |1291 |, 96 |12,384 3 | . 12138 |2379 |2881 |1549 |1335 |1509 | 177 111,968 4 1939 |3069 |1972 \1372 |1719 | 577 |... {10,648 5 1780 |2826 |1870 /1551 |1700 | 149 4 | 9880 6 | see]... [1699 12383 |1927 |1545 11504 |1420 | 610 /11,088 7 .. |... | 532 [2250 |2259 |1756 |2100 11490 |2262 |1800 |14,449 8 » |. |... [1494 [2385 2191 11454 |1548 |1400 [1400 |11,872 9 ... {1397 [1475 {1280 | 798 |1520 |1448 | 705 | 8623 1890 . (2017 |2361 |1057 | 482 |1891 |1782 | 979 |10,569 1 1660 )2177 {1086 | 898 |1541 |1287 |1310 | 9959 2 ... [L727 |1797 {1110 |1319 [1351 |1282 |1430 |10,016 3 . 12079 |1808 |1383 |1019 | 846 |1042 | 743 | 8920 4 .. |... [1859 1553 |2184 |1312 | 709 | 820 | 774 | 8711 5 . |... {1491 |1838 11947 | 904 | 193 | 653 | 518 | 7544 6 1388 |2185 |1593 |1210 |1030 | 723 | 475 | 8604 Fi 1051 |2097 |1611 |2071 |1066 |1160 | 867 | 9923 8 1689 |1581 |1766 |2006 |1103 |1116 | 825 |10,086 9 | 1310 |1415 {1833 |1120 | 842 |1358 | 640 | 8518 1900 . | ... |... |1581 11840 11734 |1390 |1220 11384 | 554 | 9203 1 - 1535 |1400 {1790 |1370 |1160 | 738 | 955 | 8948 2 1370 |1865 |1610 |1420 | 900 | 592 | 854 | 8611 3 ... {1370 |1612 {1475 |1326 | 876 | 612 |1114 | 8385 4 345 |1495 |1330 |1400 |1410 | 670 | 244 | 930 | 7824 5 420 |1274 |1295 |1420 | 337 | 480 | 498 | 418 | 6142 6 450 | 926 /1124 | 890 | 188} 452 | 60] 16] 4106 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 123 TABLE XVIII. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Greenock District, 1855-1906. . Subfe tse eel Jeol Rel ee) ce a eae! 6 8 Se | echt Reet bec es a roc iphone Ova alee —— ee | | Sania. Th SClcePee hie Tele Uk eetatiinst & 1855 121 | 481 | 140 742 216 | 147 | 28 | 391 7 208 | 439 | 57 4 708 8 | 210 | 378 | 100 688 9 | 223 | 463 | 123 809 1860 | 289 | 499 | 493 | 196 | 26 | 1503 1 | | 121 | 433 | 181 735 2 257 | 612 | 587 | 401 | 63 | 1920 3 134 | 256 | 136 | 18 Grin: 550 4 76 | 184 | 182 | 57] 15] 80] 30| 624 5 84 | 176 | 265| 33] 16| 199] 139] 912 6 | 65 106 | 278 | 283 | 16] 18 | 147 | 81] 994 7] 92 90 | 157 | 198 | 99| 26] 16] 23] 701 8 | 166 | 127 | 72 | 228 |1160 |1082 | 2785 S72 70 80 | 252 | 223 | 368 |1234 | 850 | 201 | 3278 1870 | 30 202 | 236 | 235 | 212 | 144 | 60 | 130 | 1249 1 151 | 184 | 120| 24] 26 | 218] 70| 793 2 90 | 114! 33) 52 8 297 3 Gie255N FOV pe zo) 70°) 47 543 4 88 | 181 | 114 | 108 491 5 69 | 103 | 47 219 6 78 | 161 | 184] 59 2 484 i 110 | 154} 174 | 47 6 491 8 123 | 97 | 106 3 329 9 237 | 1741 94| 18) 523 1880 70 | 260 | 145 | 23 498 1 166 | 121 | 28 | 310 2 99 | 128 | 182 | 119 8 536 3 SEN TOSs|— 977 |" 53. | 292 4 50 | 201 | 152 | 94 | 497 5 S857 7 1G E | 63 489 6 207 | 169 | 17 393 7 24 | 144 | 202 | 89 | 459 8 131 | 279 | 235 | 60 705 9 284 | 285 | 198 9 776 1890 23 | 167 | 264 | 128 Gaines we |) see #2888 1 SIA OTSA aed pope atom... |- a.. | ss | Wee 2 A MASOMPOLOMETOOMI ety tris. |) 4.0.) seal OZ 3 230 | 252 | 150 | 23 655 4 113 | 190 | 140 443 a 247 | 228] 166 | 9 650 6 130 | 164 | 47 | 341 7 (ai7f || lgfay | TPA |, WO | 386 8 72! 62 | 47) 11 192 9 54 | 39] 106] 38 3 240 TSO | a) ee eee Ciera le Emile Shit ON 9 OF 1 vou es og Bi hor) i eee mein ieee Ade MARGIE 54" |S 10 Brey pee Rea | al SON nae i a ln Ie 9 AQ Buon ga |e A Ss aig oe eect SOs 5. 159" Ae ara Rathi A LARP eM Eg A oO 7 Pee etl os 79 eaten © \ Aiaeee mie gee ate ce 4 48 29.2. 1) egal ee Sree) Mee enn aie Mon © BOA 38 157 1. 236-( 010" 2.3 eae Gol Me eee a ee NS SEN ROU G2 1. 22; QOL O88 ek igs AS SE BVI py Pole ~ Siem a i ela A eS bac = RD 124 Part IT1.—Twenty-jifth Annual Report TABLE XIX. Showing the Number of Boats per Month Fishing in the Rothesay District 1854-1906. Bolo og [ote lo eae eae ea eee soon re ts |e a ttokes BS ede et le at erst lhe adele ... | ... | 186 | 281 ! 932 | 550} 86 | 848 11070 | 4563 BA B50 |e die call © cea ace iho. ese mde WaoeD: 1980" /1095 12753) SOOT sabe SH 270) Lol eal ck lhe 0 460 daseil| 1422. |'269 |" 50.) ea alase ae | ... | 289 | 541 | 396 | 222 | 40) ... | 1488 5 424 | 264 | 120 | 141 | 146 |. ... | 1095 6 941 | 372 | 512 | 223] 393 | 5 | 1746 7 18 | 210 | 400 | 168 | 151 | 127] ... | 1074 8 509 1336 | 43]... | 43] 8 ‘Gag 9 65 | 446 | 387 | 167 | 422 | 468 | 37 | 1992 | 1880 | 75 | 709 | 484 | 248 | 268 | 527 | 138 | 2449 1 . 1497 1957 15) 2. | 43°) 287) oa 2 ... | 384 | 197 | 72 | 341 | 588 | 18 | 1550 3 ... | 176 | 130 | 34] 158 | 276 | 65) 839 4 ... | 406 | 360 | 186 | 428 | 275 | 44 | 1699 5 140 | 497 | 212 | 342 | 645 | 285 | 151 | 2972 6 ... | 369 | 320 | 107 | 859 | 435 | 180 | 2270 7 ... | 500 | 849 | 343 | 630 | 400 | 132 | 2854 8 105 | 453 | 661 | 284 | 232] 119) 40 | 1894 9 125 | 435 | 619 | 387 | 574 | 160 | 20 | 2320 1890 42 | 652 | 595 | 325 | 258 | 154 | 75 | 2101 1 110 | 507 | 335 | 196 | 171 | 218 | 55 | 1592 2 924 | 399 | 255 | 139 | 107 | 75 | 20 | 1219 3 323 | 295 | 200 | 91] 54] 54 1017 4 105 | 240 | 171 | 37| 62| 24| 5| 644 5 274 | 374 | 307 | 94] 36| 12 1097 6 75.| 216 magn a5o | Sl | 1s 628 7 50 | 264 | 168 | 176 | 104 | 50} 6] 818 8 105 | 162 | 162 | 122| 59] 64 674 9 78 | 110] 129} 81| 83] 85 566 1900 47 | 105 | 106 | 101 | 26 385 l 11| 94] 107] 66] 14 | 2292 2 18 | 110 | 136] 54 | 349 | 593 | 637 | 1897 3 | 442| 40 9| 107 | 72 | 400 | 442 | 513 | 558 | 2583 4 7| 73| 80| 509 | 198 | 46 | 399 | 1312 5 10} 59|160| 7| 31] 16] 13] 296 6 92 | 77 | 560 | 837 |1003 | 19] 41 | 2559 s of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 125 TABLE XxX. Showing the Number of Boats Fishing per Month in the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906. = , . 2 : 3 : . ; : : Sle gy) eo ae ee) eee | Ba et es eas. | Bee oat) Rotel: Brea relator ens loos bid le BL | ip alnegy 1854 ... |2377 |2745 | 350 | 300 | 370 ... | 6142 i) 191 |2415 [2945 |1620 |1160 |1350 ) 460 |10,141 6 276 |2637 |2568 |2270 |1358 | 810 | 290 {10,209 7 233 |3038 |2503 |2444 |2190 | 400 ... {10,808 8 210 |2928 |2720 |2950 |1800 |1400 | 750 |12,758 i) 223 |2969 |2883 |2650 |1570 |1531 |1600 {13,426 1860 | 320 | 145 | 225 | 170 | 123 |1530 |2781 |4278 |3296 |2686 |2452 | 941 |18,947 ] Le 3h ae ‘i ... {1265 |3218 |3521 |2310 |3320 |1690 |1347 |16,671 2 br 807 |3104 |3501 |3270 |3383 |2833 |1854 |18,752 3 Se3 1308 |3396 |3279 |2860 |3302 |2258 |1446 |17,849 4 ae 2134 |3617 |3132 |3042 |2290 |1910 |1578 {17,703 5 $2. 1528 |3272 |4784 |3275 |2705 |2630 |2172 |20,366 6 | 848 ‘396 |2738 |38797 |2298 |2599 |3453 |1930 |19,059 7 11029 1314 |2288 |2912 |2256 |2343 |1048 |1429 |14,619 8 |1014 966 |2154 |2108 |2113 |2470 |1353 |1742 |13,890 9 |1030 1452 |2862 |2695 |2975 |3075 |2078 |2197 |18,364 1870 |1213 oor 2s 48 |1851 |2610 |2931 |3363 |2253 |2163 |1883 |18,315 1 | 842 AE ae 116 |2304 |3107 |3603 |1884 |1057 |1351 |1175 |15,439 2 | 560 XS ia ... {1194 |2302 |4202 |2289 |1943 |1791 |1192 |15,473 3 | 270 dar v2 26 |1115 |3713 |2730 |1561 | 993 | 243 | 15 |10,666 4 a6 Havel asete 57 |110] |8168 |2844 |1930 |1250 | 186 .. |10,536 5 6 aa Ba 84 | 917 |2282 |1804 | 935 | 801 | 603 | 251 | 7683 6 10 a a 150 |1324 |1947 |2442 |2218 11376 \1107 | 75 |10,649 7 2 a =e ... | 237 |1134 |1864 |3004 |1730 |1288 | 404 | 94 | 9757 8 | 386 | 692 | 577 15 | 183 |1397 |1833 |2100 | 478 | 42 | 358 | 127 | 8188 9 | 838 | 961 |. 711 57 | 268 |1440 |2573 |2089 |1580 |2058 |2415 | 663 15,653 1880 | 983 |1004 | 647 10 | 230 |1867 |3462 |2304 |2221 |2234 |2809 |1442 {19,213 | 1 |1200 1202 | 606 ana ... 12534 |2854 |3204 |1636 | 602 |1155 |1134 |16,127 fe ede 2274 433 178 |3411 |3550 |3035 |1785 |1769 |1850 | 300 |18,292 3 | 856 | 812 | 555 ... | 822 |2725 |3004 |3233 |1677 |1493 |1787 | 404 |16,868 4 | 599 | 979 | 423 40 | 357 |2500 |4052 12651 |1683 |2163 | 856 | 126 |16,459 5 | 312 {1029 | 755 ..» | 189 |2506 |8965 |2422 |1970 |2345 | 434 | 193 |16,120 6 | 201 | 764 | 764 24 |1956 |3460 |2658 |1726 |2445 |1891 | 838 |16,727 dh 94 | 254 | 307 539 |2591 |3186 |2977 [2566 |2127 |2719 |1978 |19,338 Si V215 |) 37 | 170 97 |2015 |3379 |3258 |1806 |1823 |1519 |1586 |15,911 OliSmlode. |= 54: 101 |2101 [2439 |2209 |1194 |2094 |1650 | 921 {13,313 1890 | 129 | 451 | 174 147 |2409 |3598 |1842 | 813 [2149 |2010 |1556 |15,298 1 | 333 | 665.| ... ... | 173 |2349 |3429 |1657 |1125 |1736 |1712 |1680 |14,859 2 ae | UES 99 16 | 114 |2639 |2703 |1490 |1458 |1458 |1357 |1484 |12,936 3 6 | 132 5 bre 110 |2895 |2524 11770 |1133 | 900 |1096 | 743 |11,314 Bil A, 3 | 40 100 |1884 |2277 |2620 |1371 | 773 | 844 | 779 |10,691 5 51 } 119 141 |2311 |2710 |2572 |1007 | 229 | 665 | 518 {10,323 6 9 23 92 |1849 |2853 |1799 {1284 |1171 | 741 | 475 |10,296 7 21 51 ... [1242 [2812 |1979 |2320 {1221 |1210 | 873 |11,729 8 Bre Ke ... 12106 |2007 |1975 |2139 |1162 |1180 | 825 {11,894 9 58 |1685 |1694 |2225 |1286 | 995 |1491 | 640 |10,074 1900 te i 132 48 |1873 |1614 /1948 |1517 |1278 |1397 | 560 |10,444 1 ... | 336 | 146 71 |1752 |1667 |2013 |1480 |1177 | 738 | 955 |10,335 2 | 248 | 407 | 198 63 |1540 |2204 |1832 |1744 |1249 |1185 |1491 |12,161 3 | 559 | 141 38 52 |1494 [2047 |1580 |1777 |1339 |1125 |1662 |11,814 4 46 | 136 | 63 345 |1623 |1588 |1598 |1971 | 868 | 290 |1329 | 9857 5) ace R: 530 420 |1430 11498 |1774 | 547 | 747 | 624 | 431 | 7471 6 80 | 45 450 |1081 |1873 |1672 |1155 |1477 | 554 | 732 | 8619 — 126 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXI. Yearly Table of Boats Fishing in the whole Clyde Area, 1854-1906. ae le 2} oO rs co) © OI Hr 186 187 mwnNre © COWMAMDTUE WH So Or 188 OCMAIMOUFWW oO co coo-l _— (o) ive} —) —) OMIM MUFwWNe 190 Dok WN = Ballantrae. Campbel- town. 937 1,075 1,097 1,103 989 749 1,632 2,138 2,869 4,194 5,104 4,639 1,599 2,601 1,795 2,313 0,771 6,858 6,126 6,823 6,751 6,172 5,650 6,557 8,097 7,028 3,551 4,570 2,321 2,232 1,840 2,561 2,392 3,108 2,867 3,787 3,271 3,994 3,608 3,316 3,094 2,869 2,627 1,722 Inveraray.| Greenock. | Rothesay. 5,865 8,720 8,920 9,235 10,450 11,736 13,617 13,293 16,043 13,792 10,009 9,685 10,349 9,170 8,344 7,452 9,414 6,377 5,282 2,407 3,179 4,153 4,867 5,044 2,499 3,309 4,567 4,757 5,061 5,217 4,476 4,230 4,531 6,352 4,844 5,072 5,999 7,638 7,784 7,080 6,150 5,152 5,496 7,056 6,299 5,247 5,209 5,340 5,295 5,381 4,955 3,515 2,384 277 679 898 865 1,620 881 3,827 2,643 789 1,820 5,217 7,837 5,873 3,083 1,616 5,237 4,684 4,563 5,070 1,882 1,488 1,095 1,746 1,074 639 1,992 2,449 540 Total. 6,142 10,141 10,209 10,808 12,758 13,426 18,947 16,671 18,752 17,849 17,703 20,366 19,059 14,619 13,890 18,364 18,315 15,439 15,473. 10,666 10,536 7,683 10,649 9,757 8,188 15,653 19,213 16,127 18,292, 16,868 16,459 16,120 16,727 19,338 15,911 13,313 15,298 14,859 12,936 11,314 10,691 10,323 10,296 11,729 11,394 10,074 10,444 10,335 12,161 11,814 9,857 7,471 8,619 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. . 27 4 TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. age y Me Week ended a Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans} Boats Crans 1854. July IL te d ! : . 400 | 800 ; : ‘ : 400 800 ES SE : ; : . (450 | 700 ; ' ; ; 450 700 aA 5m - ; P ; . 1460 |1000 : fe jo 7 i U5) 472 1015 ae 22) 3 : ‘ . 1465 |1000 ; . {100 |135 565 1135 5 ZOE. : ; : . [400 {1500 : . | 90 1150 | 490 1650 Aug. Be ; ; e . (500 | 700 : . | 50 | 20 550 720 me HDs . . : : . |ja00 | 800 , . | 20 | 80 570 880 Be 13) ; ihe red . (540 |1500 ; ; 5 | 50 545 1550 55 26) -. ; sata = . (540 |2000 j : ? | 20 540 2020 Sept. Vas : Alte . '540 |1200 : : 2) 10 540 1210 ae 9 ; 3 : . 1350 | 800 : : y ; 350 800 ” 16 | e . e Py 4 . an 23 33 30 Oct. 7 y 14 an Dit es ; F ; : : : ; j : : : F 9 23) : : p . [300 |2400 ? : : , 300 2400 Nov. A 5 ‘ : ; : : ‘ : : ‘ , ; 5 1d iene 2 : : . 150 | 500 : : ; ; 150 500 hs oe ef ‘ ; ; : ; : : : : : : é ” DAB : ; , . {140 |1100 t , : : 140 1100 Dec. 2, : : p . | 80 | 600 : P 3 : 80 600 1855. To June -16 . : : : : ? 11326 : : : : : : June Dae © : a ilbas 2 . 1340 | 830 ? |1391/* . ; 340 830 9 a0) : Wit ers . 1890 1473 {121 | 413] 70 |1800) 581 3686 July 7 .| .| . | . | . [425 |2065 |121 | 808] 90 | 600] 636 | 3473 ze Tek Ss \pone a . |880 |1674 |120 | 445} 90 | 600) 590 2719 a ot © Stone : . (880 |1275 |120 | 307] 90 | 300) 590 1882 35 2oles . : : . 425 | 707 |120 70} 54 | 100) 599 877 Aug. Arch v : Z ‘ . [480 11650 | 70 | 36} 50} 80) 600 1766 AA i Lame 3. : . |500 2000 | 40 | 50} 45 | 110). 585 2160 35 Seer ae : . |500 |38000 | 30 80] 70 | 210} 600} 3290 AA Wy aya eB: Pit ae . 1520 |1800 ; . | 70 | 200) 590 2000 Sept. i Door : : : . (520 |2200 : . | 50 | 100) 570 2300 ” Se : : : . |520 |1000 : ! ; : 520 1000 55 15s: : : ; . |400 | 200 ; ; , ; 400 200 aa Ti ; ogee . 1300 | 200 ; : : : 300 200 Ae 29% », Syl ae : . [400 | 600 : ; : , 400 600 * Up to June 28rd. 128 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII, showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended 1 Jan.--14 June June 9 July 15 22 29 21 28 5 12 19 26 To June 13 June »”» 20 27 » Ballan- |Campbel- trae. Boats|Orans town. Boats|Crans Inver- Green- | Rothe- aray. ock. say. Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans . 1300 | 500 . |300 | 600 . |800 |2500 . |260 | 380 . |280 | 500 . 1320 11544 . |3800 |1700 (2205 150 230 | 430 200 | 250 180 | 295 80 | 324 ? 11178 21 70 280 | 590 |111 |117 : ¢ 320 | 650 |105 |103 | 60 |500 400 |1466 | 69 | 60 | 60 |100 420 |2106 | 27 | 40 | 35 | 50 420 {1500 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 60 460 |2710 | 20 | 50 | 70 |350 500 {3000 | 20 | 40 | 85 |440 500 |3500 | 18 | 10 | 85 |350 560 |3300 | 10 . | 85 |400 580 |3000 é 80 |250 580 |1500 70 |100 570 |2200 55 |100 570 |3000 30 | 60 500 |1500 20 | 10 480 |1500 45 |130 440 |1000 38 |100 440 |1300 20 | 40 : : 20) | 30 400 |4200 400 |2360 250 | 240 160 | 150 100 | 270 70 | 160 80 | 160 40 70 s ? |1716 LO Neass . |200 84 | 83 | 35 : . . 280 | 800 |125 |140 | 25 |150 Total. Boats Crans. 300 | 500 300 | 600 300 | 2500 260 | 380 280 | 500 320 | 1544 300 | 1700 290 | 150 230 | 430 200 | 250 180 | 295 380 | 324 391 | 707 485 | 1253 520 | 1626 482 | 2196 480 | 1580 550 | 3110 605 | 3480 603 | 3860 655 | 3700 660 | 3250 650 | 1600 625 | 2300 600 | 3060 520 | 1510 525 | 1630 478 | 1100 460-| 1340 20 35 400 | 4200 400 | 2360 250 | 240 160 | 150 100 | 270 70 | 160 so | 160 40 70 983! 119 430 | 1090 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 129 TasLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. ghar Mf Mi Week ended Boats/Crans|Boats|O ans|Boats} Crans |Boats|/Crans}Boats|Crans} Boats Crans 1857. July aby <6 wa lee : . 13875 |1060 |139 |180 | 50 |150 564 1390 9 ilel: 7%. : Sy ee . 480 |1880 | 70 | 70 | 60 [835 610 2285 ‘i kom ; ‘ : . 1480 11410 | 90 |140 | 60 | 65 630 1615 55 25 ; , ; . {480 |1950 | 76 |100 | 60 |180 616 2230 Aug. ime : : : . 1500 |3000 | 64 | 50 | 54 120 618 3170 35 Sine : , : . (530 | 800 } 29 | 30 | 54 | 80 613 910 $65 Nis Font Sis é . 1580 |1000 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 40 624 1050 55 pies ‘| , : . ja80 |2500 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 40 624 2550 3 ye 2 Midler} A . 1600 |1300 8 | 10 ! 34 | 40 642 1350 Sept. 5 | |. (600 |1000 | 4] 10 | 40 | 80| 644] 1090 55 12 | ig 540 | 600 F . | 80 |220 620 820 x 19 Sell) Sally 2 eal 7.140) 1400: : pay eter el east) 620 - 480 an 26'_. Palin 2 : . 500 | 600 ; . | 60 | 60 560 660 Oct. ay 3 beiledate } . [450 | 700 5 . | 70 {180 520 880 55 10° bye wih 5 . |400 | 800 ; . | 35 | 80 435 880 ao Rie ; : f . 400 1200 4 . | 3d |L00 435 1300 Ae Bas ; f é . {400 | 700 ; , : : 400 700 x ol eae ; : . 400 | 400 A b 5 ; 400 400 Noy. 7 9 14 | : as 21 300 |1000 300 1000 28 100 | 200 100 200 1858. Nowune yor) i : : ; ; , ell arr) ? 1+500 June 12 |: Peat ates : ; ; : Via, | 118; . ; 73 13 3 TIC ie adld | rca ata © ; ‘ : : 62 | 10 : i 62 10 sc 26 - | walt ee F 4 ? |*3000| 75 | 60 : ; 75 60 July ape 5 Se lear , . (800 | 400 | d1 | 53 : 351 453 3 10 In. ; . 450 | 600 | 59 1134 | 30 |300 539 1034 + 17 460 | 450 | 96 |900 {100 | 25 656 1375 Bs 24 | 480 |1100 |119 | 50 |100 |175 699 1325 « 3] 480 |2050 | 53 |750 |150 |300 683 3100 Aug 7 450 |1200 | 37 [430 |150 |3800 637 1543 55 14 . [480 |1400 | 25 | 10 200 |350 705 1760 ar 21 | . [480 |1500 | 29 | 40 |200 |250 709 1790 ne 28 . [480 | 950 9 | 15 |180 |180 669 1145 Sept. aay ; : ; . |520 |1000 k ee s20) 690 1020 35 5a Sie liners baller . 1520 (1950 A . |160 ;100 680 2050 53 TAs | Meee . 500 | 800 100 | 60 600 860 55 25 500 | 900 80 | 20 580 920 Oct 2 400 | 800 400 800 3 9 400 | 300 400 300 3 16 | 400 |1030 400 1030 3 23 500 | 720 500 720 an 30 500 | 950 500 950 * From 1st’ January. | For January and February. 130 Part ITI —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total. trae. town. aray. ock. say. Week ended ‘a Boats |Crans|Boats|Orans|Boats| Crans |Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans} Boats Crans 1858. Nov. 644 : Z : . |b00 |1100 : ; , ; 500 1100 u 13 Wee LTR Figopstgpg st |) ) es OO een gf 20° LASSE SAAD Te ESOOFIREBOU = 8h li )-*2 ol NOS OO Riess if om) ee El elgg too.) a). | AsO Renan Dec. Ane : 5 5 . |250 | 450 : , ; ; 250 450 «i a7 PS Ee se ooo S07 2 2) 2) a B00) ene a sy : : : . {100 | 550 : : : ; 100 550 ae Ni ; ; : . {100 | 100 : : : E 100 100 oll L , ‘ . {100 {1000 : : 3 : 100 1000 1859. ToJune 11 . ! : F : ? |*3209) =. ‘ : : . i June NSh : : : . {220 | 196 2 |*52 : : 220 196 s AT) 5 ; : : . {290 | 190 | 97 1335 ; : 387 525 July Det : ; ‘ . 800 | 450 |126 [263 : ‘ 426 713 if 9 .| .| .| . | . 1500 [1643 /127 |420 | 60 [160 | 687 | 2223 ae oy , ; : . [480 |1800 1135 |255 |100 |140 715 2195 a 23. 2 ; ‘ ; . (586 |1405 |123 |195 |100 |100 809 1700 a 30) % : : , . |600 |1207 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 40 758 1327 Aug. 6.2 ; ? 5 . (600 {1125 | 50 . | 80 | 60 730 1185 an ils); : P F . (600 | 800 | 33 | 25 | 80 |100 713 925 cs 20): ; 5 ‘ . 1600 | 510 | 28 | 15 |100 | 20 728 545 55 Die : : : . (600 | 315 | 12 | 10 |100 | 50 (al 375 Sept. ay ; ; : . (600 | 400 , : : ; 600 400 pe 10 by Be Et 6 1600 178071 4) a ent eee a i : , j . (600 | 800 : : : : 600 800 Ae 24 =. : : . . [450 | 620 ‘ : : : 450 620 Oct. ys , : : . [400 | 180 ; : . 3 400 180 33 iS) : , b . (400 | 470 : : ; , 400 470 a 15) : : E . [400 | 624 ; ‘ ? P 400 624 22% ; E ; . [380 | 566 : ; : : 380 566 Aq PAS) : ; : . {390 84 : : : : 390 84 Noy. bes ‘ ' ‘ . (200 | 200 : 5 | PA nO) Bayi l 260 as 1 : , 2 . 1340 | 100 : . | 60 |150 400 250 An 119i ae : : ; . |310 | 369 : . | 50 {140 360 509 <3 26. = ; ; ; . (400 |3900 : . | 50 |200 450 4100 Dec. ay 5 : ‘ . |400. |2900 : j ; ; 400 2900 XK 10 SN EA eae oO8) 2). | See Gia aie ig 7 410 DWSE ok epols000 | 6} 2] co) Re BOO Reon ae ae E ; : . {800 |&000 : 4 : ; 300 3000 oleae é : : . |250 | 452 ; , t ; 250 452 1860. Jan. hols ; J 3 . |100 | 300 : : : ; 100 300 ” 14 : 4 ; . | 90 | 470 ' ‘ ; ‘ 90 470 53 21s ; ; : neo) : : : : : 80 d an 23ane : é ‘ 250) 10 : ; : i 50 10 * From Ist January. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 131 TasLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock,. say. ove Week ended Boats|Orans/Boats|Orans|Boats| OCrans | Boats/Crans|Boats|Orans| Boats Crans 1860. : Feb. Ant. A : : ESO: [Pak o : : : ; 35 15 6 ili eae ; : : - 30-23 . : : : 30 23 a em te : ‘ ; . | 80 | 181 : : : : 30 181 is 25 : : : . | 50 | 505 : ; : : 50 505 March Se 3 F : . | 30 | 270 : : , F 30 270 35 foo : : : . | 40 | 366 : ; : : 40 366 es RG : ; ; . | 35 | 195 : : ; 35 195 5 24. : : : . | 60 | 630 : ha ee : 60 630 - 35 ek ee eee . . | 60 | 294 : Wake ; 60 294 April ea eee Ok AOR E ees i. Wl se [ 50h ee ae - 1 al Ni oo : . | 50 | 152 ; Reales : 50 152 4 vd la Ot ee : A ESOC NED : : : : 40 75 a 28°). ‘ : ; . | 80 | 45 : : : , 30 45 May Su Cee cole PaO rate RR | igo | Bag a 13. : : j : Ballers) 3 3 ; ; : 20 d be Os) ANE : : SEG? 24 ; ; : ‘ 16 24 Ai 26... : ; : . | 22 | 60 : : ; : 22 60 June ~ 62). 3 , : . | 35 | 42 ‘ elke Ve ; 35 42 AF Sie ; : : P95 168 TEER 2 : 95 68 1G 4. . : ‘ . {238 | 188 | 86 | 88 : . | 324 276 a 23. : : : . 458 | 480 | 92 | 50 ; . | 550 530 a SOE. : : ; . {450 | 320 |111 | 65 : Dy Balk 385 July Pee : : : . [442 | 473 113 | 80]. . | 505 553 ‘ fo). : : i . [470 | 807 |132 |100 |100 | 50 | 702 957 a 7S : : : . (550 | 947 |131 |210 | 60 | 30 | 741] 1187 - Zein : : : . (550 | 999 /123 |110 |110 |160 | 783 | 1269 Aug. Ae 5 : : . |550 | 680 |115 |380 |175 |460 | 840] 1520 a 1 a : : : . |540 | 500 |129 |400 |180 /480 | 849] 1380 a tS. |. : : : . |000 | 600 |118 )320 |210 520 | 828] 1440 5 25. : : , . [550 [2400 | 78 |280 |280 |840 | 908 | 3520 Sept. Ine . : : . 1550 | 450 | 53 |270 |250 |770 | 853 | 1490 x tee 2 : : . (550 {1300 | 55 |140 |260 [590 | 865 | 2030 ae 15¢%. : : : . |500 | 320 | 54 | 80 [230 \570 | 784 970 us Dore a. s ; : . 050 | 950 | 45 | 70 |230 |530 | 825 | 1550 ‘, 29. : , : . {560 [2300 | 42 |240 |230 (300 | 822] 2840 ct. Gry. ‘ : ; . 560 | 800 | 26 | 50 |240 400 | 826] 1250 ‘, aaa : ‘ : . {460 |1100 : . {200 |500 | 660 | 1600 a 20: ; ‘ ; . 410 |1500 : . {200 |600 | 610} 2100 65 at : ; 3 . [390 |1720 |. . [200 |700 | 590 | 2420 Noy. ey: Z ; ‘ . [420 |2600 | _ . . |170 |300 | 590} 2900 LOS: : : : . [480 |4500 : . {100 |150 | 530] 4660 Ee 7 Oe : : 3 . [400 |1930 . . {100 | 50 | 500} 1980 - 24. : : ; . (3880 |13820 | . . | 60 | 60 | 440 | 1380 * From Ist January. 132 Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLeE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. ee 2 SS SS SSE 6 SSS SS ES AS REESE EEE I A RES Ballan- |Campbel- trae. ts town. Crans|}Boats|Crans Week ended 1860. Dec iL ” 8 a 15 2 ar 29 1861. June 8 35 15 3; 22 a 29 July 6 Pe 13 4 20 - 27 Aug. 3 bi) 10 = 17 & 24 FA Bill Sept. at ” 14 2» 21 He 28 Oct. 5 a 12 a 19 5 26 Noy. 2 - 9 99 16 “4 23 »> 30 Dec. 7 He 14 % 21 = 28 31 1862. June 6 - 14 3 21 3 28 July 5 ) 12 " 19 26 * From Ist January. Inver- | Green- | Rothe- aray. ock. say. Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats . \880 | 110 12 | 60 392 . 208 |1950 100 |350 308 . |228 (2450 130 |500 358 . |190 |2430 : 190 85 | 660 8d A ley) ley : 6 : 178 HOR AST |: 15| 4] 210 . 260 | 12| 2? |*50] 12] $| 272 . 454 | 161 |121 | 45 | 30 9 605 . 495 | 432 |115 | 25 | 80 | 41 690 . |560 | 690 |110 | 80 |150 | 40 820 . |600 | 764 93 | 80 {150 |100 843 . (600 1019 |115 |350 |150 |850 865 . 570 | 808 |105 | 50 |110 | 70 785 . 565 11335 | 46 | 50 | 90 | 30 701 . 565 |1980 | 14 | 15 {100 | 70 679 . |b65 | 400 8 | 20 | 90 |110 663 . (565 | 800 8 5 |120 |180 693 . 515 | 890 : é 515 . (515 | 890 ; : 515 . (615 1215 : : 615 . (615 | 707 50. |100 665 . 550 | 431 200 |200 750 . 1570 | 532 180 |170 750 . |470 | 672 180 (300 650 . (450 | 325 180 |250 630 . 1350 | 375 190 |250 540 . |340 | 162 150 |200 490 . |3840 29 150 |150 490 . \d10 72 140 | 30 450 . (200 | 117 60 | 30 260 - . |267 | 474 60 | 50 327 . /820 | 960 ; : 320 . |3850 | 120 350 . 1200 | 170 200 . {150 80 150 30 ; 2 | *4 30 » te® Zu eop | 13 155 . {190 | 103 | 81 | 18 271 ~ 1260) | 202 | -91 | 35 So . (260 | 117 | 94 | 90 | 20 2 374 . 1400 | 149 |111 |140 | 30 | 13 541 . |500 | 605 |133 |227 | 50 | 85 683 . (5380 |1021 |135 |157 | 60 | 80 | 725 Total. Crans 170 2300 2950 2430 660 132 97 123 215 498 810 944 1719 928 1370 2065 530 985 890 890 1215 807 631 702 972 575 625 362 179 102 147 524 960 120 170 80 15 121 137 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 133 TaBLE X XII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week endea Ballan- trae. Boats) Crans ——— Eampbel: Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total. own. aray. ock. say. Boats|Crans|Boats) Crans |Boats|Crans/Boats|Crans|} Boats Orans . 1580 |1070 |139 |282 | 62 | 75 781 1427 . (600 |2020 159 |721 |123 |460 882 3201 . (600 |1570 |155 |725 |106 |325 861 2620 . 585 |2660 |143 |708 |110 |505 838 3873 . 1715 13435 1130 |410 | 75 |3805 920 4150 . 1705 |2760 |124 1325 | 70 |200 899 3285 . 680 2275 |108 |470 | 40 | 75 828 2820 . |670 |2880 | 88 |280 | 29 | 50 787 3210 . (675 |3810 | 81 |600 ; F 756 4410 . |687 |3520 | 41 | 45 728 3565 . (690 13725 | 22 | 10 712 3735 . (687 |2911 ‘ 687 2911 . |b74 |1690 574 1690 . (682 |3074 : : 682 3074 770 |38778 3 | 21 We: 3799 773 |4212 5 | 46 778 4258 . |670 |2730 2 | 22 672 2752 . |610 (2399 : 610 2399 . 1400 | 432 400 432 . |500 |2700 : 500 2700 . 450 | 961 , : 450 961 . |350 | 600 4 | 20 354 620 150 50 ; : 150 50 ; 5 || cst) 6 2 |*49 148 PAIL 50 | 40 |145 45 | 55 | 44 . 326 2474 70 | 30 |181 39 | 42 | 10 ‘ : 366 1644 110 |140 |230 MO | Oe dh cont Ly 8 468 312 138 |526 |320 82) 479) 52) 12) 10 588 7163 150 (304 '340 | 177 | 39 | 20 | 50 | 28 637 5505 140 |427 |875 |} 513 | 54 | 124) 60 |154 697 1319 89 |250 |452 | 930 | 60 |147 | 75 |160 | 744 1587 69 |167 |470 | 751 | 56 {113 | 75 |180 730 1310 £20 8 \747 11725 | 35 | 52 | 60 |260 910 2095 9 7 |\650 |1443 | 48 | 47 | 60 | 60 808 1577 40 | 36 |620 (1430 | 35 | 12 | 47 | 10 772 1488 29 7 1690 |1354 | 18 | 11 | 35; 10 789 1387 5 2 \705 |1120 | 10 CS A ciel en a ea 97 1145 18 3700 | 820 5 3 | 30 | 55 754 8814 : . |680 | 740 il 5 | Ba] a ffl 770 . 630 | 957 2 Pa AUS) l 648 966 . 560 | 504 6 4| 15 3 581 5074 . 487 {1250 : 5 ea es 4 502 1254. . 650 |1346 3 fl 653 1347 . 716 |1678 200 |180 916 1858 . 605 {1419 45 | 43 650 1462 | *From 1t January. 134 Part I[I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended trae. Boats iho. Noon bo: Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- town. aray. Crans|Boats|Orans| Boats . (5380 | 968 . |532 | 719 . |460 | 683 . |411 | 800 . |426 | 905 . |865 | 394 30 | 50 2 : . | 62 6 11 | 27 | 20 |215 | 31 25 | 70 |100 |275 | 134 62 |156 (345 355 | 400 158 1143 |396 |450 | 2774 192 |121 (525 [545 | 335 803/122 [678 |560 | 772 1814] 78 |207 |575 | 572 52 | 94 |138 |456 | 735 43 | 70 |103 |473 | 618 11 | 61 | 68 |455 | 418 7 | 48 | 87 |493 | 279 5 | 64 |100 456 1352 4 | 22 | 14 |460 | 540 6| 3] 13/483 | 239 2] 18 | 281545 [1120 18 | 35 |540 | 570 | -| 8 | 5$/530 | 755 Nene ibn . |470 | 725 4, 405 | 338 : 300 | 279 2 430 | 926 11 240 | 551 18 121 | 526 11 60 | 226 é 50 | 112 28 | 18 : 18 7 6 9 5 iL : . | 64 5 6 | 34 | 50 115 | 16 9 |134 100 |163 | 52 32 {116 | 80 [239 | 42 Green- ock. 209 (yaw . {180 . (3830 . |400 10 | 3 13 13 | 13 29 {100 . {200 Rothe- say. 15 | 25 147 38 280 140 140 270 240 109 112 90 60 45 100 100 124 264 95 350 360 320 310 360 200 Total. Orans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats 545 632 560 521 506 440 270 190 40 119 324 432 560 699 824 1085 924 784 906 830 717 679 596 500 615 684 647 608 672 398 612 607 509 412 382 358 426 384 210 200 88 215 355 430 Orans 993 866 803 1100 1037 644 1250 1100 150 8 634 260 847 9014 1179 24684 14381 1264 1141 651 478 1632 592 268 12195 785 13734 1447 3376 349 — 1428 5817 3153 2906 2494 2348 4371 5512 1826 2614 6 76 1624 165 * From Ist January. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 135 Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- Campbel-| Inver- Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. ae Week ended | Boats|Crans Boats|Crans Boats} Crans |Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans} Boats Crans 1865. July Th eG) |] aide] tel) 140 258 34 | 29 7 | 14 10} 440 230 es 8 . | 67 | 67 |144 420 |335 | 142 | 26 | 22 | 80 | 140) 652 791 ae 15 . | 50 {106 |118 |296 |605 | 594 | 29 | 83 |170 | 220) 972 1299 *, 22 8 440967" 48 121 580 |1007 | 65 | 31 | 90 | 200) 827 1426 a) 29 . | 40} 43] 75 |330 |560 | 578 | 56 1113 | 90 | 130) 821 1194 Aug. oe | 53 190 |110 |340 |570 |1003 | 74 |367 |209 | 650) 1016 2550 6 12 . | 49 |120 | 72 |284 |595 |2683 | 54 |360 |239 | 800! 1009 4247 $5 19 . | 49 |220 | 89 |220 |510 |2020 | 58 |300 |240 | 750] 946 3510 a 26 . | 30 | 62 | 48 |139 [580 /2520 | 55 |120 |240 !/1600) 953 4441 Sept. 2 4 4 | 22 | 29 |600 |4180 | 24 | 53 (210 | 742) 860 5008 ae Fa: Ay, || ile! 1 | 5 |645 |2356 8 | 27 |120 | 218] 776 2620 . Gos 2 : 2 3 |550 |3120 4 8 | 75 | 220) 633 3351 5 Dome PAN 3K} ye 4 |460 | 980 | 12 | 82 |500 |1720| 976 2796 Ay ail) eg ; 1 1 |380 |1425 9 |115 [500 | 600) 890 2141 Oct. Ce , : ik 13/335 | 410 4 | 22 1550 |1650| 890 20833 a5 ae paleeeeliawk jooo 3 | 36 {500 3000) 740 3405 a DA seule ne . 1220 | 486 3 | 21 |400 |2000} 623 2507 Fe ey . (3826 | 877 6 | 34 |120 | 300} 452 1211 Noy. Ana 4 | 33 : . 1195 | 225 | 35 1920 | 20 15| 254 1193 5 ieee i) ake naal . | . |290 | 395 | 62 {890 |220 | 400) 588 1816 $5 18 ./| 16 |199 . |. [210 | 246 | 65 (852 |400 |2400} 691 3197 os 25 . | 29 |959 iA ae gson ee 25> 18 5 1 |450 |2084) 529 3062 Dec. 2 aOOM age ; ; : . | 32 |159 (500 |2087) 568 2639 BS Se 132.1390 ‘ AN a) 85 | 49 |160 {500 |3800) 591 4435 ae 16 . | 38 |888 ; e 8 | 250 | 33 /130 |500 |2700) 579 3968 Ba Ze . | 40° |\337 : 3 4 . 27 |265 |500 |3600| 567 4202 te Bi) & 5 | 80 j F , . 30 |300 |400 |6400| 435 6780 1866. | Jan. ee ; ‘ : ; .| . | 31 {405 /820 |2000; 351 2405 “s ils @ 3 il ; : ee eile: 600250005 190 2533 ‘ 20: '. : : : , ir eet oan ens . {200 |2000} 203 2000 o Die i | 3] .| 60] 660) 63 660 ae Orca 1 . | 40 | 300 41 300 June eM : : : ieee AS S| x2 : : 32 6 oe QO 4227 | 25) 62" 030 BY || Wil 6 : : 218 132 aa 16. | 53 | 25 | 90 |108 |160 73 | 26 13 | ; Hllener4s) 219 55 23 . | 52 | 42 1108 |108 |176 | 101 | 25 ag : 361 258 co SO Pou MISE Sb n225|240 1 240) 265) 10 : F 456 385 July 7 . | 50 | 48 |160 |230 [365 | 462 | 44 | 40 | 40 29) 659 809 as 14 . | 63 |108 | 80 |146 [345 | 234 | 69 | 90 | 90 74| 647 652 35 21 . | 56 /183 | 72 |164 [356 | 360 | 74 130 | 60 83) 618 920 35 28 . | 50 (232 | 83 /131 |520 | 617 | 91 [320 | 70 | 120) 814 1420 Aug. 4 . | 51 |239 | 84 |200 |450 | 602 | 83 |181 |110 | 452) 778 1674 s 11 . | 33 | 84 | 57 |189 (500 (1270 | 53 | 70 |200 | 790) 843 2403 9 18 . | 39 | 23 | 83 |275 [460 | 228 | 61 /168 | 90 | 566) 733 3260 Hf 25 . | 13 | 27 | 57 1175 1545 12165 | 49 | 41 | 80 | 341) 744 2749 136 Part [1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended 1867. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. eke Boats|Crans|Boats|OCrans| Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 5 | 11 | 43 | 73 |525 |1585 | 37 | 46 | 89 | 306) 699 2021 3 4 | 22 | 36 |576 |2440 9 | 26 | 70 | 372) 680 2878 3 Dae Aas WM 47i4o ROS 2! 41} 40) 100) 523 1015 : . 550 11384 3 6 | 40 , 593 1390 , . [450 | 570 2 Ly) SOe 107) 502 678 : . |600 |8260 Dae O al tO G72 3393 Py NEPAL . 410 13696 | 11 |106 [300 |1962) 713 | 5785 . [490 |1588 4 | 13 4 96) 498 1697 . [475 11203 1 230 920 706 2123 3 | 38 . 1375 |1108 | 44 |487 |400 |3500) 822 5133 12 |185 . 1200 | 239 | 28 | 75 |450 |8800! 690 4299 16 | 65 ey tie 215 | 39 [305 |500 |4999| 730 5584 90 |934 . 162 | 486 | 28 | 60 (350 |1800) 630 3280 18 | 70 bon |solO 8 . 400 \1600} 581 2180 12 6 . |140 | 445 | 33 | 43 |450 | 500) 635 994 10 i 105 | 120 | 32 | 24 '450 | 900} 597 1045 6 | TS atO) als 230 | 800) 360 930 103 80 5 230 |8500) 338 3580 : 90 | 217 | 23 |149 |220 |2300|) 333 2666 14 4 70 | 200 | 25 | 83 |200 |2000) 309 2287 : 5 15 10 | 31 | 70 {130 |2860} 176} 2940 20 , 62 5S 13 7 {100 |3800) 138 |} 3869 13 4 60. |1800 73 1804 Believe aa Bulge 5 4 39 | 30 | 36 | 60 | 52 Ode 22 3 149 148 44 | 47 | 63 {105 | 89 | 124 | 14 iy 210 283 55 | 23 |157 |284 |216 | 260 | 19 6 447 573 53 | 26 | 70 (127 (350 | 332 | 30 | 113 503 4963 53 | 87 |102 |244 |355 ; 295 | 28 | 18 538 644 57 | 92 |111 1252 |825 | 952 | 60 | 98 553 1394 55 | 84 | 60 |144 |410 | 788 | 46 | 46 571 1062 59 | 41 | 61 | 87 (483 |1238 | 23 | 14 626 1380 50 (110 | 87 |256 |360 |3096 | 30 | 61 | 65 70} 592 3593 38 | 70 | 62 |127 |386 |4193 | 70 170 ; 60 67} 616 4627 37 | 60 | 66 |108 |335 |1316 . 35 | 84 | 60 | 103) 533 1671 40 | 45 | 47 |119 410 |2041 | 30 | 52 | 55 85| 582 2342 34 | 45 ) 40 | 99 /480 |2810 | 33 | 36 | 52 75| 589 3065 2 26 | 25 |507 |2089 | 42 | 44 | 40] 43) 617 2201 1 J Lb 27 POSi 4s 27 4) 25 37| 568 1046 ; . (500 |1467 | 27 | 13 | 32 50} 559 1530 : . 450 |1764 | 16 | 14 | 46 90} 512 1868 . (340 | 611 . | 44} 40) 384 651 . (320 | 989 9 @ \a2b 14) 354 1010 . 310 | 451 3 9 | 46 | 120) 359 580 . 1395 11050 | 8 | 16 (260 | 340) 663 1406 . of the Fishery Board for Scotland. fay TaBLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. , Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Orans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|} Boats Orans areas mea mage and ee ee a PEASE ean Tell Poet pen reeant] a Walle oA el icin bine 1867. Nov 2 2 vob 6 36/450 |4500) 583 5291 He 9 7 ; ; Say laksa i 51/200 |1340) 332 1782 aw 16 3 | 65 ; 5) |illesX0) <|) 5845) 5 47|150 | 400) 288 947 a 23 5) PLO : . (174 11595 4 20) 28 | 607} 211 2232 a ‘30 Py) We Bal : . 1180 1470 , J oo CaOle Zig 2221 Dec v 170 | 705 6 . | 70 | 550) 246 1255 ‘ 14 ; : . (140 | 855 3 10)250 | 610} 393 1475 - 21 Aes) : . 124 | 190 5 36/250 |3100} 381 3356 ES 28 : ; . 1145 | 530 9 20/130 |3060) 284 3610 sy 31 125 | 160 : 125 160 1868. Jan. 4 .| 14] 66 : . 1135 | 525 ; ; 8 60) 157 651 $3 i LT Leone 2 14 : . 1145 | 695 J . {150 |1071) 297 1780 a5 18 130 | 630 100 | 454} 230 1084 aH 25 125 |1130 80 |1290) 205 2420 Feb i 45 50 80 60! 125 110 ae 8 2 June 6 27 | 60 |166 | 530 193 590 3 13 d8 | 49 1175 | 765 233 814 Ee 20). ‘ . | 80 |144 |185 |1045 : : ; : 265 1189 ‘4 7 aaa ; . | d5 1100 '!220 | 700 CaSO) eet : PARES) 800 July Ae ‘ . | 61 |191 |220 |1285 | 24 SO : 305 1506 - iti ae ? |306+] 61 |188 |280 |1775 | 18 Bla le : 359 1995 e 3 18 . | 46 {124 , 50 /145 /301 (2035 | 54 | 120) . : 451 2424 a 25 . | 54 {141 | 68 /110 /316 |1800 | 24 | 131] 30 54) 4992 2236 Aug. 1 . | 48 |144 | 50 | 65 |370 |2510 | 46 ! 263] 33 66| 547 3048 ty 8 .| 57 |164 | 26 | 64 |380 |1955 | 47 | 192) 37 | 182] 547 2557 aS 15 .| 40 | 70 | 34 70 /410 |2680 | 40 80} 30 53) 554 2953 i 22 . | 45 1218 | 47 |155 |415 |1920 | 34 | 110! 30 BYVAL I5y7fll 2460 29. : . | 52 | 68 /368 | 830 6 19} 10 13) 436 930 Sept. prea 3 3 | 59 |302 |420 |2179 | 22 | 228) 43] 320) 547 3032 ae 12. | 12 | 57 | 21 | 21 |434 12986 | 20 | 115!) 30 | 130 BL 2609 iA TS) So oa oa LS 7/ ; . [450 |3058 | 14 60) 30 60) 512 3315 s 26> 1 LO Pets é . [485 |1981 | 16 25) 26 00) 537 2074. Oct. 3° te | 25 F . jo03 |1084 | 13 80) 40 | 180) 413 1369 +5 LOW 9 | 33 : . 1398 |2019 | 36 | 194) 65 | 200} 508 2446 oe eo ly are oD IS ; . [426 |1363 | 36 | 383/120 | 400) 585 2161 e DAR 6 | 25 ‘ . 1440 11445 | 45 |1022/110 | 150) 601 2642 i oe : : - | . 1205 | 210 | 98 |1500} 60 : 363 1710 Nov. 7 Ze eked - 3 res) 45 {180 |2496| . : 257 2552 cs 14 Dd) |Pa0) = label S30) 30 |320 5800). F 353 5860 # 21 5 |160 P Awl soe4 45 1340 |6000} 8 | 160) 385 6365 x 28 2) edt ; -—| 32 60 1320 |5500) 4 68) 358 5639 * From Ist January. + From 11th January. 138 Part IIT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total WV eoT ented trae. town. aray. ock. say. Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Koats Crans 1868. Dec 5 3 P . | 26 | 25 )800 |2600; 6 | 80) 333 | 2710 3 Ze - 5 : . | 65 | 370 [340 13500} 6 ; 411 | 38870 3 Orly sr iil. ; . | 75 | 510 |340 |3000| 90 |1350) 509 | 4873 3 26. a | 10 ‘ . | 12 | 225 | 40 | 120/140 |1904| 197 | 2259 55 31 fs . : c . | 12 | 20/250 |1800| 262 |) 1320 1869. Jan. Oye : : : wut oO ; ; : P 2 15 a OR. 5 : ; . | 36 | 560 ; . (800 |1500| 341 | 2060 3 16 1 72 | 140 : . 1260 |1200) 333 | 1340 53 Zon: 2 é ‘ ~ (20-4) 260 ? |*260|200 | 400} 272 450 iv BDy cmlaas Vee) i ele en lds | oe | VOR SUOP Bol Obole Realm June 5 . | 52 11386 | 32 | 75 1156 | 475 | 4] 20) 36) 80) 280 786 Be 12 . | 52 |145 | 38 |200 |195 | 5380 | 28 | 27) 40| 74 348 976 zs 19 . | 50 | 92 | 56 |250 |194 | 980 | 26 | 30) 50 | 110) 376 | 1412 45 26 . | 52 | 52 | 86 |580 |231 [1610 | 27 | 24) 52 | 142) 448 | 2408 July 3. | 61 {119 | 94 |225 |244 |13855 | 40 |} 56) . F 439 | 1755 Ae 10 . | 63 |219 |101 |255 |866 | 780 | 50}. 90) . ; 580 | 1344 5 17 . | 60 \236 | 78 |480 (339 |1370 | 52 | 109) . : 529 | 2245 a 24 . | 70 |289 |108 |570 |896 |1705 | 58 | 165) . 2 632 | 2729 5 31 . | 65 |262 |163 |501 |402 (1269 | 52 | 286, . : 682 | 2318 Aug. 7 . | 53 |151 |105 |506 /383 |1849 | 56 | 293) . F 597 | 2799 ‘5 14 . | 44 |164 | 80 |587 /390 |3001 | 71 | 294) 31 | 117; 616) 4163 ae 21 . | 40 112 |206 |1202/424 |2905 | 45 | 234) 29 | 120] 744 | 4573 i 28 . | 37 |107 |182 |1057/368 |1509 | 51 | 215/100 | 700! 738] 3588 Sept. 4 . | 11 | 38 | 94 |538 [364 [3543 | 39 ! 149] 98 | 483) 606 | 4744 i 11 . | .| . |138 |235 1326 |2456 | 33 | 40| 70 | 287| 567 | 3018 18 .| 1| 6| 34 | 80 \404 [1135 | 17 | 36/120 | 680] 576; 1987 i 2% .| 71 71) 7 | 90 (892 | 579 118] 531100 | 70] 624] 718 Oct. 2 .| .| .| 12] 67 [369 | 874 |161 | 205] 60 | 45] 602] 1191 : 9 .| 9| 5 | 18| 79 [434 |2158 180 | 12/250 | 740/ 891 | 2994. ¥ 16 .| 4| .| .| . 400 [1145 |174 | 43/360 [2040] 938 | 3228 i 23 .| 6| 2| .| . |135 | 302 1400 |2996|130 | 390/ 671 | 3690 F. 30 .| 9/18] .| .|36| 95 [480 l6000] 50 | 260) 575 | -6373 Nov. 6 .| .| .| . |, . | 16 | 245 |500 |3200] 63 | 280] 579 | 3725 13 .| .| .| .f .| 10] 10 200 | 120/330 [1200] 540 | 1330 4 2°. | 6) 5B) .| 2) 4] -8 1930} 14l400 11800) 439 | 1824 i ov .| .{ .]| .| .| .| . [120] 844/400 [2300] 520] 3144 Dec. 4 .| 6/14] .| .|141 35 [180 | 302/500 [3200] 700 | 3551 sf Wd. |) ee 881861" 2. \- . 1500: (8750) sas0elmeear & 18 vl 2 lec hs leeeel 490. 241° . 850s ta0o ages teen hs 2% .| .| .| .| . | 85 | 465 | 12 | 200/200 | 250! 297 | 915 a 31 ./ .| .| .| . | 85 | 295 | 9 | 1501150 | 225] 244 | 670 1870. Jan. RAP, Naa dee Nang ers tssel fae. 8 ci, SM MER Re | a 25 E 8 .| 7]/ 2] .| . | 80 | 145-| 30 | 300250 | 700] 367 | 1147 if 1B cl Sos fo) | 70.) SHOR” Sl. 200n|2000l" 27041 tamer e 2 \4a7) 91.1. | 85) 3201.1 -.. 200: 400l" 302s" szaa K 29.1431 381 2) 11561295 1 3) 250 450) e195) neze * From Ist January. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 139 TasLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. say. Hoe Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans)|Boats| Crans |Boats|/Crans/Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1870. Winter & Spring.| ? |1635 May 28 . | 48 /113 2 : 5 : ; : : ‘ 48 113 ' June Ay 3: (62 ‘ . {165 | 500 : ; ; ‘ 218 562 53 11 . | 66 |152 | 24 |200 |205 | 695 | 39 | 62 : ; 334 1109 . -. : . | 64 | 46 1217 | 202 | 8} 15 | 35 | 20} 324 283 | ae yeaa t . | 95 |410 [287 | 697 | 12 | 70 | 50 [120 | 444; 1297 ” 29. : . | 89 |368 |286 |2099 | 14 | 42 | 13 | 49 | 402 | 2558 2075 223 280 180 Oct. (cake pel NA . | 61 | 42 |292 |1587 9 |104 |437 | 463 » © a Cees ee en oe ogee ogg ae -lesl-| 35 | 40] 301 1151 90 150 Nov. as Reletee Woe al etl ONAGGO it 2 . | 22 |491 92 a 10% iene Janae tere esGorie wal -| 30. | 30 37 Dec. ane ; é : sea hay) 5 ¢ . | 60 892 | 142 392 _ : : 5 : nr a ae 85 5) (0/2) -~1 oO 146 Part ITI. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- t i Total. rae. town. aray. ock. say. Week ended Boats/Orans!| Boats|Crans| Boats} Orans |Boats|Crans|/Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1878. Jan 5 31 | 95 31 95 a 12 48 |230 48 230 2 19 83 I751 83 |) 7 few is 26 73 (174 73 174 Feb, 2 151 |3820 Aksu 3820 a 9 165 |4462 165 4462 a 16 154 |206 154 206 Ae 23 191 {1690 191 1690 March 2 182 |4600 182 | 4600 AF 9 182 | 22 182 22 fe 16 . {182 |1261 | 182 | 1261 i 23. (178 474 178 | 474 i 30 35 | 22 35 22 April 6 Lon 23 | 15 23 at 1S yes | ” 20 ” 27 | May 4 les : | | : ie 1, | 18:20 18 20 A 18 eye 245 , 37 25 i Zo | 57 a0 2 |*800 2 | 24 57 74 June Teg lh eel |e} : é ; : 26 | 40 97 185 “3 8 . | 80 | 73 | 64 |206 | 87 | 207 | 27 | 26 258 512 25 ls . | 84 | 99 |107 1793 112°) 322-) 26 | 22 i 329 1236 ne 22 . | 84 |58 |152 |293 |104 | 480 | 26 | 30 ‘ 366 861 33 29 . | 79 ) 97 |183 |835 |138 | 335 | 18 | 10 2 1425 418 1277 July 6) Wan 2025 124171360) 114 1650) | 20) | 21) tb) 23 492 1256 - 13 . | 77 1116 1163 |1508/154 {1100 | 23 | 76 | 46 |122 463 2922 a 20 . | 45 | 46 |183 |1443/150 |1465 | 26 | 64 | 88 /210 492 3228 a Bf ; . |153 1550 |145 | 670 | 28 | 70 | 60 | 73 356 1363 Aug. 3) , . '299 |903 |133 ) 972 | 25 | 47 | 56 | 17 513 1939 c: iK0) 5 ; . |180 |255 |139 | 115 | 17 | 25 | 76 | 45 412 440 <3 i : . 1149 1289 |188 47 | 25 |104 | 69 |119 431 5d9 re Za : . {169 |290 1126 80 | 24 | 29 |115 ;196 434 595 55 Sil e , . (152 |268 |123 ly |) aly Ny aye |) 40) 9 310 351 Sept. Mok ‘ . | 86 |279 125 a0 3} 3 5 2 219 339 ts 14° | Peso) aaa Sil. 9) Sasa ae eae 64 is Diy heal ee Relies Balin 4] 2 9 2 is 28 40| 4 40 4 * April and May. + For June. Pp y of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 147 TasLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. ere en | Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. sa a y c say. Weok ended Boats|Crans]|Boats|Crans|Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1878. Nov 2 6 ; p ; 6 ‘ at 9 50 |1240 fences 67 1323 ae 16 50 | 350 Le 20 62 370 a Bie e : : 105 | 300 14) 15 119 315 os SU meses LOMO 100 | 250 3 110 280 Dec. Teele: 9 90 | 100 , : 104. 109 a 12 : 8 30 6 | 36 14 66 » 21 Ffa|| is ] 2 | 26 9 31 » 28 ; ‘ 3 1879. Jan. 4 ‘ : } ss iL 56 90 56 90 s 18 . |188 |1334 188 1334 — 25 . 1290 |3078 290 3078 Feb 1 . |304 |3428 304 3428 a 8 . |804 | 104 304. 104 43 15 Lb) 40 125 410 ae 22 . \251 \1'755 251 1755 March il 251 |4007 251 4007 oF 8 204 |1220 204 1220 Yr dy | (2108 (9 2it 210 921 - 22) LOOM S3 199 1783 ss 29 98 |1050 | 98 1050 April 5 47 | 433 47 | 433 as 12 10 PAL 10 21 a 19 ; E : AA 26 : May 3 13 | 458 13 458 aa 10 37 38 37 38 &, 17 2 4 ie t | 2 14 - 24 53 | 34} 2 |*3200 | 53 34 ae 31 71 | 127) 94 |276 165 403 June 7 76 | 59115 |218 | 92 | 393 283 670 aA Web ci | tk) 76/117 |539 | 92 | 785 ; 289 1400 = Dilan el: 58]192 |139 |103 | 275 : é : ; 366 472 “0 Zone eco: l50i236 1231 (116) 7d 2/498 | 63 | 92 500 1188 July 5 2 | 121/214 |261 |137 | 814 | 48 |149 | 95 |160 494. 1505 = 14 2 | 100/225 |1234/149 | 765 | 45 | 57 | 66 |135 485 2291 ae 19 83 | 118/127 |1025)169 | 980 | 50 |135 |113 [238 542 2496 ay 26 56 | 124/183 |1315|159 |1109 | 44 | 99 | 76 |178 518 2825 Aug. 2 56 | 117/163 |1296|169 |2076 | 50 |166 | 96 |244 534. 3899 -e 9 37 | 136|191 |1924/206 |1523 | 46 |210 |106 |550 586 4343 Rs 16 49 | 116)164 |829 |184 |2951 | 48 |117 |102 |254 547 4267 :. 23 62 | 124/116 |443 |182 |1963 | 46 | 85 | 94 |155 500 2770 35 30 . | 50 39/113 [585 |174 | 972 | 34 | 89 | 85 |143 456 1828 * From Ist January. + Up to date. 148 Part ITT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasBLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended Ballan- trae. 50 | 62 Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans 47 60 95 102 124 126 20 179 275 430 335 399 Total. Crans Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- town. aray. ock. say. pat Crans |Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans} Boats 142 | 971/181 |13804 | 18 | 75 | 69 |454 460 155 | 944/149 | 536 | 29 | 63 | 40 |102 373 191 '1254/131 | 726 | 26 |115 | 18 |129 366 155 \1003/165 | 239 | 21 | 48 | 40 | 75 381 202 | 8871142 | 201 | 18 | 74 | 48 210 410 94 | 318/179 | 785 ' 86 1204 376 129 |2949)134 | 840 104 |400 367 180 |2985/120 | 410 36 | 28 358 265 |1507/110 | 160 148 |933 547 560 |3889) 87 | 448 37 |287 684. 564 |2067| 24 70 175 |370 778 530 |1515) .. : 96 |305 626 162 5b] Oo 5 160 |210 327 110 46 37 | 18 147 82 143) ; : 128 : 186 202 290 310 364 19 307 210 185 302 127 | 253 | 267 2 ? 5090 47 123 183 145 | 135) 96 | 945 336 186 | 487) 94 | 190 j ‘ p E 382 236 | 358/101 | 340 2 +86 2 | *40| 461 303 |1350/114 | 342 | 70 |174 | 75 | 136} 688 * From Ist January. + Up to date. 2866 1645 2224 1365 1398 1343 4189 3480 2668 4624 2517 1820 270 64 363 2722 1075 499 2053 2624 24 2928 512 558 2520 829 4806 4231 9586 20 209 1355 1107 1033 2401 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 149 Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. : Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats} Crans |Boats/Crans!Boats|Crans|} Boats Crans 1880. July 3. 1140 |1400/345 |2700/125 | 620 | 78 [370 | 88 | 222) 776 5312 < 10 . /|113 |568 348 |3308/122 |2650 | 35 |275 |148 |1118} 766 7919 $5 17 . |146 |294 1182 |1767|150 |1435 | 44 |316 | 90 |1196) 612 5008 ae 24 . 1105 |210 |190 12044/130 11611 | 42 |193 |176 | 429} 643 4487 An 31 . | 39 |111 192 |2254/166 |1202 | 61 |235 |207 | 738] 665 4540 Aug. 7 . | 82 1152 1210 12822)230 |1540 | 54 {161 |156 |1097} 732 5772 $5 14 . | 44 j111 |239 |2184/151 | 704 | 48 |182 |139 | 316) 621 3497 er 21 . | 41 | 57 (176 | 168/179 | 618 | 22 | 40 | 89 77| 507 960 39 28 . | 26 | 13 |122 | 252/175 |1060 | 21 | 28 |100 | 148) 444 1501 Sept. Ae 38a so 42n219N 5208) 14) 35 1.90 82) 386 10738 pes 11 . | 20} 10 207 | 258/188 | 320 1 see 8) 3] 426 592 55 Siew : . {148 | 128/154 | 268 8 | 2a | a5 36] 365 453 ES 25 =: 2 . (299 |1052/180 | 844. ; _ i) de 15| 525 1971 Oct. 2a 2 | 18 {818 | 720/154 | 487 ; sy ey 52) 519 1277 5 9 .1|13] 17 [833 | 220/130 | 440 : 5 ee 65| 518 742 35 16a : . 1408 63/123: | 480 : . |105 | 356) 636 899 3 23 . | 25 | 16 |380 |1220) 96 | 280 ; . | 66 | 304) 567 1820 a 30 . | 32 | 83 (802 |1081/124 | 220 5 Ei} od. || 130)" 513 1514 Nov. 6 . | 62 [125 |4380 |1210/172 | 890 . 13833 11274 997 3499 55 13 2 | 90751230 |2695|200) 11820), > . (102 | 409) 622 26738 os 20 . {195 |420 162 |1146/338 |1350 f . | 45 | 188) 740 3104 a Tee = ole ania: . 1218 | 510 ; 5 ey 85) 450 622 Dec. 4 . |171 |910 |242 |1789/220 | 650 5 . | 69 | 122) 702 3471 55 hese 2) 40 |108 |939 /210 | 420 ; . | 56 | 129) 374 1528 35 18 . {130 | 20 |110 |1540|) 8 12 § 5 |) als 9 261 1574 5 2D. : . 1105 |515 ; ; ; ; F : 105 515 1881. % Jan. ee : : ; 5 : P } ; : ; : ‘ > Sa |290 ote bi. t ‘ : ; : ' ¥ 290 2125 at Pe 5S fc6o (> o> ety ee i | gS 62 ae 22 . \407 1120 : : : Xai bey : : ; 407 120 ” 29 . |845 |\565 ‘ z ; : : eae ck ; 345 565 Feb. Se oao Woe : ‘ , : ; 3 ; , 335 793 55 12 . \255 |237 : Aaa oe : al ree : : 255 237 55 19: 297 12740) . 3 ; : : can wees : 297 2740 BA 26 . 1315 5540; . : : 4 : : ; ; 315 5540 March 5 . 1256 |452 3 - : : : . 5 5 256 452 5 [Dies 158 1562 ; : : ; ; : é 5 158 1562 35 19 . {180 |1489) . . : 3 ; Sailer 8 $ 180 1489 55 DAG ? 18419) . ; : : ; ‘ : 5 2 - 8419 April 2 4 Sige : ; , A ; ‘ | a ; 12 2 Ton : : : : ; : i : : os 16 ay 23 _ 30 | 150 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. say. Ieee. Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats] Crans |Boats|Orans|Boats|Crans| Boats Orans 1881 May 7 » 14 59 Dil et 5 ‘ : : “3 28 4s . : 2 |*1280 June 4 . | 95 |231 1152 |147 | 82 | 342 : : : : 329 720 a 11 . | 68 | 32 |208 |607 |103 |1580 , : : ‘ 379 | 2219 55 18 . {102 | 45 |276 |872 |172 |1165 : ; ; : 550 | 2082 5 25 . | 97 | 54 1304 |441 [260 | 710 : 5 : : 659 | 1205 July 2 . {121 |287 |250 |1311)/244 (1135 ? 132+). , 615 | 2733 ‘3 9 . | 78 |220 |269 |1645)274 | 360 | 53 |204, . : 674 | 2429 55 16. {117 |212 |316 |1764)187 | 186 | 40 |101 : : 660 | 2263 55 23 . |L00 {110 [330 '1660)177 [2811 | 40 | 52! 99] 81) 746] 4714 a 30. | 73 { 80 (834 |1530/236 |2536 | 33 | 75 | 98 | 183) 774 | 4404 Aug. 6 . | 33 | 33 [369 |1092/224 |2344 | 33 | 85 | 14 5| 673 | 3559 0 13. | 42 | 91 (835 |1136)170 |1968 |; 37 | 76 | 98 | 202) 682 | 3473 “i 20 . | 75 |158 | 72 |822 |194 |3903 | 21 |180 [135 | 612} 497 | 5675 ss 27 . | 26| 4 [390 |917 |196 1331 | 30 [122 | 10 | 13) 652 | 2587 Sept. ay F . (821 1749 |181 [1440 | 9 | 55) 5 | 10) 516) 2254 5 LO je cays . (252 {113 |144 |1121 | 7 | 10/10), 12) 413) 1256 a he. : . 1248 | 52 |1385 11035 | 2 | 36 : j 385 | 1123 59 24 . 3 . | 40 | 56 {119 | 883 | 2 | 42 : : 161 981 Oct. ile : . | 40 | 78 1118 | 700 | 3 | 44 : ; 161 822 5 Hee : . | 43 | 16 |107 | 60 : ; : ‘ 150 76 < IG : . | 60 . |104 | 226 ; balay. : 164 226 - 22. : . | 50] 2 | 66} 212 : on fee ; 71 214 43 20). : . | 87 [422 |130 |1750 : ooh : 217 | 2172 Nov. 5 mene! 6 | 84 | 64 |154 115380 |. ius, 15 20 E28 e 1620 a 12 2°) 32) 6 1934-13 76)/194 4600) | |. 7). 65) 236i eae ae LOD E20 . | 80 |269 |160 | 700 [> a 12h. Sb) 72 <5 26. : . | 70 |334 |150 | 960 alia 9} 22) 229} 1316 Dee. gb. |. | e¢ lee eo!| 70) bl. )0 |... 7) Qed aiemate iy 10... |\°3L.), 7 100 \766 11645) 400% — = .|19 | 61) 314] 1234 sy 17 . | 46 | 10 125 |1588/152 | 85 : 3 ; : 323 | 1683 5 24 . | 75 | 67 |; 48 | 60 ; eae (ke bul tre ‘ 123 127 “4 co eb I es : ; 3 ae ae Slee ; 121 94 1882. | Jan. i 2-\L08 2 : 5 ; , . ; : a) 108 : a 14 . |184 | 10 ‘ : ; , ; Maal . 184 10 s 21 . {226 |790 F 5 ; : : Sate ‘ 226 790 35 28 =. |236 [383 : : : : k lla ; 236 383 Feb. 4 > -ld03 M1726) 0). eee Sees hal, 4) 0 WAS aes re 11 . /402 {1358 .. 2 : i é | eee 402 | 1358 ; Sis : : , : : : ‘ || ee : : ; 95) Mee inoal 2 ee |. | oH ae a eee : : | * From Ist January. + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 151 TasBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- T i otal. trae. town. aray. ock. say. Week ended Boats|Crans| Boats|Crans| Boats} Crans |Boats|Orans| Boats|Orans|} Boats Orans 1882. March 4 . |378 |1286) . : , ‘ ‘ ; : ; 378 1286 Ai iene WWopaeOl re ).| eet ay eal Rae ee BD 51 Hy 18 Se cleat ile ARR SEIT Re : 9 25 April if » 8 = 15 2 1125 » 22 ” 29 May GF eBOn teu otal. ae ets I eS et eal tte Ta = lo) 30 46 as hee | AGS ee SEP acs PPM) Aes lend, 45 34 os 20 ea onlect : : j : : ; : 2 45 27 a A || t¥8) AD) 2 |*g249] ‘ : : ; : 58 20 June 3. . |109 ! 83 |186 |+445} 42 23 5 ; : ; 3a0 5d1 ae 10 . (147 |242 |856 | 932) 84 10 ; ; Pa we 587 1184 $5 17. +. +1148 |152 /390 |1189) 99 45 ? |{37 ; : 637 1386 aS 24 . |176 |234 |487 |2807/190 | 664 | 57 |168 : ; 910 | 3873 July 1 . {123 |1382 1570 |1956|205 |2843 | 42 | 79 : ; 940 5010 55 8 . | 52 | 52 [422 |2502/214 |1719 | 33 |136 ? |$350) 721 4409 5 15 . | 45 | 69 |610 |3604/214 |1784 | 34 |264 |278 | 350} 1181 6071 in 22 . | 47 | 88 1340 |2537|277 |1990 | 39 |210 | 94 | 431) 797 5256 A 29 . | 40 | 59 |420 [37721357 |2367 | 22 | 61 | 12 8} 851 6267 Aug. See 8 | 50 |383 |2179/241 11780 | 24 | 72 | 43 | 206} 699 4287 BA WE 6 | 32 1351 |2545)185 |38454 | 40 /415 | 52 97| 634 6543 we 19 . | 14 | 24 1326 |2449)184 (3370 | 45 |271 | 51 | 114) 620 6228 35 26) | et 9 {321 |2878]140 |2961 | 39 |613 | 46 | 118} 557 6579 Sept. Zee 2 | 43 jal 1306) 159s" 313) 1 34 1221 5 6) 525 919 5 9 . | 12 | 55 |810 |1670/203 |2170 | 51 374 8 15) 584 4284 - 16. | 11 | 13 |156 |2740)188 |2502 | 21 |188 4 5) 380 5448 55 Zo 9 | 51 |158 |500 |198 |2656 | 24 1389 : : 389 3596 a 30): 8 | 49 |140 |429 )201 | 992 | 23 |214 | 60 | 150) 432 1834 Oct. 7 . | 17 | 29 |126 |1086\207 |2320 8 | 22 | 85 | 215) 443 | 3672 5 Aa 3 . (110 1957 |214 |2894 3 . | 58 | 226) 385 4077 Be 2. 4 | 41 /110 |1085.243 |2209 ; . | 68 | 180) 425 3515 33 28 . | 21 11 {116 |2792|/249 |5240 : . {130 | 930) 516 9143 Noy. 4. 9 |156 | 40 . (251 |2640 : . (145 | 437) 445 3233 An HLS os | 6 | 40 . |255 |3568 F . [140 | 490) 447 4064 = tS = ; ; - . 1244 |2205 . . {1380 | 330) 374 2535 ie YADY : ‘ ; 2 (202) |2a2d : . | 60 | 165) 312 2492 Dee. Dias : ; ; . 1209 | 684 : = G3 || 229) 272 913 RR ae 2 2 | 40 . | 40 18 3 eh = 2boleetOo 45 i 1G 2 e215 , . | 16 6 } L F : 37 21 a5 25) 2 |) (OMS, : : : F 5 ‘ : ; 70 32 5 30) S93 ah G7 : Z : P ; , : 5 93 67 * From Ist January to 3lst May. + 1st to 8rd June. + Up to date, § From lst January. 152 Part IIT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. say. ae Week ended Boats}Crans/Boats|Crans/Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans Boats Cram Boats Crans 1883. : | Jan 6 98 |585 98 585 A 1183 182 |796 | 182 796 oA 20 330 |2196 330 | 2196 1. 27 246 |120 | 246 120 Feb. 3 262 | 87 | 262 87 a 10 132 |327 | 132 327 RS iy¢ 10 | 19 | 10 19 oe 24 408 |1333 | 408 1333 | Mar. 5 320 |16060 | 320 | 16060 N 10 130 |77 130 774 33 17 48 |339 48 339 it 24 D7 1393 é 57 393 a 31 : April 7 ” 14 5 21 an 28 May 5 CVAD | 7 5 - 12 13 3 | {3 3 A 19 69 | 49 | 69 49 6 25 102 |135 | | | 102 135 | i] June 2 131 |207 ? Ixg59| Se s 131 207 a 9 176 |327 |210 624 |150 6 536 957 is 16 149 |167 |409 620 |152 | 208 seal Sy: 710 995 3 23 127 |112 |4 9 |982 |207 |1435 Ua neat 743 | 2529 an 30 101 {172 |340 |1041/261 |1655 | 34 | 78 736 | 2946 July 7 102 |187 356 934 |250 |1594 | 22 | 56 F | i SON erie fs 14 112 |229 |362 |1573)/254 |2820 | 32 |196 ? |*410| 760] 4818 if 21 77 | 41 1336 |1348/240 |1977 | 21 |111 |149 | 236) 823) 3713 as 28 50 | 34 1368 !2125/213 (2074 | 33 | 90 | 27 69, 691 4392 Aug. 4 9 | 14 (428 |2932/206 |2427 | 28 | 84 | 53 ; 95) 724] 5552 oe iL 55 | 27 1326 1928 |201 |1082 | 14 | 36 | 45 4| 641 2077 ae 18 19 | 32 |339 |1431|192 |1384 | 7 | 90 6 2} 563} 2939 at 25 42 | 58 |431 |1010/224 |1052 | 17 | 75 | 16 | 145) 730) 2340 Sept. 1 4 . (825 |1894)209 |1692 | 31 |246 | 10 | 40) 575 3372 aa 8 6 | 8 |832 |1460/199 |1936 | 19 |102 | 10 | 46) 566 | 3553 as 15 23 (Ad W9OL 716 |L89 ots 27 1227 | 10 |" 87 440s S24 AA 22 12 2 112 1159 |207 |1506 | 7 | 57 | 10 : 348 1724 =a 29 . {113 |977 |206 |1743 4 : 4 3) a2 | ene Oct. 6 . {119 |3864)234 |3647 60 | 120) 413 | 7631 i 13 . {122 |1624/215 |2252 46 | 110) 383 | 3986 nt 20 . |124 1617 |204 8 30 65) 358 690 5 27 . {121 |1017/196 | 906 22 | 48) 339 1971 * From lst January. + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland, 155 TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. : Week ended Boats|Crans}Boats|Crans|Boats| Orans |Boats|Orans|Boats|Orans| Boats Crans 1883. Nov 3 . [142 |3505/209 |1158 65 | 135} 416 4798 55 10 . {155 | 738/180 | 826 76 | 105) 411 1669 55 17 . {175 |13810/164 | 165 60 | 112) 399 1587 35 24. 79 | 135/120 38 30 20| 229 193 Dec iL 2 9)195 63} 90 | 333 45 | 112) 332 517 ae 8 17 33/112 |1479) 45 12 65 42; 239 1566 + 15 8 Sse ; , : : ; 8 8 Bee 22 48 55} 20 68 5b Be 29 89 47). 89 47 1884. Jan 5 90 | 182 90 182 ie 12 76 35 76 35 3% 19 246 |2271 246 2271 re 26 117 - |) 255 117 255 Feb. 2 70 70 70 70 ao 9 222 | 559 222 559 a 16 255 |1067 25d 1067 5 23 245 |2063 245 2063 March 1 257 |4776 257 | 4776 55 8 198 |1802 198 1802 55 15 71 | 238 al 238 aN 22 82 | 188 82 188 _ 29 72 |1052 (2 1052 April 5 40 6 40 6 55) 12 : : : a a 19 ‘ Q . 26 " May 3 | 5 10 49 21 | 49 21. 55 17 76 | 116 76 116 Be 23 LOZ 279). -: 7 107 279 ny 31 125 93) 2? |x1766 125 93 June a 98 | 102/143 | 368) 149)1060 : : 390 1530 an 14 122 | 339/205 | 232) 235) 480 2 +87 562 1051 ne 21 141 | 199)316 | 811} 233)1244 | 22 | 28 712 2282 x 28 150 | 326/420 | 952} 238)/1284 | 28 | 49 836 2611 July 5 113 | 171/390 | 623) 258/1086 | 36 |108 2 1*552| 797} 1988 a 12 119 | 238)/330 | 775) 284) 990 | 19 |104 |134 | 240) 886 2347 5 19 68 | 202/370 |1432| 250) 490 | 68 |159 |140 | 190) 896 2473 Ae 26 38 | 1051348 |3150| 227/1186 | 37 |134 | 56 | 166) 706 4741 Aug. 2 38 89/428 |2692| 184) 609 | 41 |284 | 76 | 230) 767 3904 An 9 43 | 306/398 | 871) 2161288 | 26 |286 | 79 | 178) 762 2930 ” 16 52 66/280 |1651| 208) 860 | 49 |331 |108 | 653) 697 3061 sk 23 44 92/270 \1648| 190)1546 | 32 |136 |106 | 286) 642 3708 ” 30 28 26/204 |1629) 2061310 | 45 |144 | 67 | 176) 550 3285 * From Ist January. + Up to date. 154 Part [11.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended March ” Ballan- trae. Boats|Crans D> S> ww bo COS: 16 66 10 17 57 105 114 131 108 145 | Cainpbel- town. Boats 172 179 142 . (142 66 150 22 244 266 . (266 . {120 382 712 4102 a09 1666 12033 360 3d 34 8 95 160 385 271 259 303 195 126 46 ? 124 209 312 296 Inver- aray. Crans)/ Boats} Crans 40 269 295 321 321 806 3929 4578 20 812 3006 410 165 *2363 109 955 787 677 177 188 184 188 190 164 170 134 113 34 30 26 204 206 214 215 2117 1744 1214 2112 Gre en- | Rothe- ock. say. she Boats |Crans Boats/Crans| Boats Crans 44 | 69 | 81 | 187| 484 570 35 | 89 | 63 | 134] 486 1142 15 8 | 32 19} 373 1114 } 10 340 401 10 | 10 350 403 128 |149 318 1420 131 '590 551 4670 84 | 90 490 4748 75 | 36 454 59 63 | 50 183 862 54 | 95 283 3101 76 |185 258 791 82 {101 162 398 4 5) 4 5 16 87 40 240 106 | 569 6 99 94 34. 128 530 84 81 189 382 395 ae, 325 4102 120 5d9 271 1666 289 | 12033 160 360 35 35 10 34 ily 8 57 95 105 160 : . : ; 442 2611 COA? ee 3 546 2970 40 | 82 2 lx1050| 674 2342 48 | 94 |140 |190 844. 3376 * From Ist January, + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 155 TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended Ballan- |Cam) bel- trae. Boats 186 285 292 257 176 39 Orans|Boats 117|402 135)356 225/330 185/292 104|284 152/289 48|287 62/288 199/264 11/242 7|212 . (321 . {140 . (210 . 222 . [223 . [232 72 27 12 town. Orans 1307 1263 2421 1886 962 1349 1793 2348 789 1583 2428 4790 121 2930 4764 250 967 . {110 Tnver- aray. Boats 216 224 264 236 222 214 221 102 205 221 212 203 103 214 196 118 110 Crans | Boats 1671 1470 1745 1399 959 980 905 2276 1361 975 1645 1429 1541 3050 244 9 3 Green- ock. 42 42 Orans| Boats Rothe- say. Total. Crans| Boats Crans 156 Part I1I—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver. | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. eee Week ended Boats|Crans| Boats/Crans Boats) Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats/Crans|} Boats Crans 1886. May 1 ” 8 15 rs oe P : : 5 ‘ ; : : : : 3 ; i Oe el eal i7) 2 | *a607] : ; : ; ; Py ee 27 June Da |p oD) 9 1272 | 813/130 | 581 : é E : 432 1403 Fie 12 . | 76 | 41 |216 | 180/188 | 756 ‘ : : : 480 977 ne 19 . | 55 | 15 {188 | 154)186 | 451 : : : : 424 620 oe 26 . | 96 /128 |350 | 928/174 |1133 2 |F5 : 2 620 2189 July 3 . {108 |190 /380 | 367/182 |1502 | 21 | 29 ? |*125| 691 2088 a 10 . {116 |403 |276 | 815/198 | 533 | 51 | 86 |121 | 260! 762 2097 Ps 17. ~. *| 97 |134 |292 | 720/216 | 912 | 33 | 56 | 94 | 180) 732 2002 Fr 24 . | 93 |186 |200 | 144/236 |1049 | 46 | 74 | 57 | 114) 632 1567 if 31 . | 87 [232 |202 | 638/201 | 596 | 56 |105 | 97 59] 643 1630 Aug. 7 . | 82 |145 |274 |1294/198 | 874 | 51 | 59 | 72 | 141] 677 2513 7“ 14 . | 69 | 95 {800 | 664/196 |1251 | 45 | 65 Uf 82) 657 2157 AS 21 . | 54 111 |290 |1093)194 |1150 ; 48 |158 | 96 | 232) 682 2744 At 28 . | 37 | 444/282 |1268)193 |1672 | 25 | 28 |105 {1482} 642 | 3161 Sept. 4 ., | 24 | 44 |200 |1915/188 |1082 8 23| 19 20) 439 | 30634 a Gh olipulelt 1/100 94/190 iit : ; 5 31 306 106 mn Sm 8 83/130 67|102 | 552 5 | 10 | 16 29| 261 6594 3 25 14 | 41 180 83)113 | 256 4 pees 3y3]| = ata 413 Oct. De : . {180 | 525/162 | 120 : . | 45 48} 387 693 3 9 . | 21 | 59 |185 | 318/168 45 ; . 1284 |1138] 658 1560 aa 16 . | 22 | 16 j110 | 146/168 63 j . |215 | 163) ° 515, 388 a 23 a NOR ao mloldalmosg) 168) Litas . {190 | 340} 691 1137 Ar OO). eek a eo a 23g 984 Lal alae ~~ LZON 270 bSik 1339 Noy. (Me ; . |108 | 360/164 ‘ : | . (180°) 180) 402 540 ah Wy 4) TAA a 2330 46 : LON) 1SO0V-S3cs 713 rn HAN ae 4 4 |234 | 565/130 | 35 ; 2 | 60) |) db 4o3 719 Pe 27 ~. | 18 | 10 |400 |1666/130 O5ah . {110 |.145) 658 1916 Dec. A al3 4) 18,1220 12305) bbs 143 5 . | 95 | 148) 383 2614 or 1G Sp gle ily Geet eats ; 5 : : : 34. 150 0 Sie: : . (815 (5350 85 | 340} 400} 5690 A 25 3 4 : . sais 3 4 1887. | | Jan 1 18 : : : - ; aaalee 2 : 18 me 8 ne, : ‘ ? : : Belle Ls ; : 2, “ A 15 29 9 i : Cail eaye oe : ; 29 9 6 22 29 | 19 : 4 Bo jah ||) es : : 29 19 35 29 24 | 20 : : 24 Ae ied ; : : 24 20 Feb. ee eal eile: : ‘ eh Ele ; : ; : ili 18 » 1 oO M32 ; : aad Fe : : ae 50 132 i 19 ae7Ogtss : : | Sa eae! : : 70 188 <5 26. {113 /416 ; 2 ; P j ; A : 113 416 * From Ist January. + Up to date. ee of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 157 Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. ( Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. : Week ended Boats |Crans}Boats|Crans|Boats) Crans |Boats/Crans}Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1887. : March 5 . 1110 \jd084) . ; ‘ : 4 5 : J 110 5084. re us 14a (S707). : , : : 5 3 4 144 3707 33 OY 258! 2283} 4 ; : : : : 3 : 53 283 " 26. ; : i . : : ; : : E , : April 2 ” 9 = 16 5a 23 6 30 | May Goes : : A . (118 | 525 - : ; : 118 525 53 ant : : ‘ L26 90 : , . 5 126 90 se Zi 3 : , ! . (136 34 § . ; ; 136 34 3 28° © | Lb 2 |xgo10 |152 | 383 . , ; 5 159 398 June ae. PASE Oe) Sabu 7S |) ek) x L812 |) 800 7 11 : | 58 |113'| 146) 47/222 | 940 . : : : 426 1100 53 18 . | 59 | 77 | 212) 4291260 | 720 L ‘ 5 : 531 1226 vs 25 . | 81 | 90 | 300) 496\262 | 575 ? |+18 ; : 643 1161 July 2 . | 77 \115 | 320) 258/258 | G11 | 24 | 18 2 |*250| 679 1002 oP 9 . | 82 |240 | 420)1030'240 | 268 | 19 | 584] 112) 55 873 16514 - 16 . | 99 |176 | 350)1272\245 | 777 | 37 |1833} 83/3393) 814 2748 3 23 . | 65 |125 | 289|1543255 |1769 | 43 |165 | 113/5763| 765 41785 a 30 . | 37 | 623] 205/6254'255 | 408 | 45 |1083/ 192/949 | 734 | 21535 Aug. Bi 4) 1558 228% 166} 518/255 |1289 | 44 |177 93)/420 616 26323 or 13° ~. | 50) 7958-220 9114 255 | 901 | 40 1483 3001/140 865 3196 - 20 . | 47 (1203) 182 821/255 392 | 61 /361 | 116/401 661 20954 55 Ye (ad pl 5) 208 180)1080)243 94. | 57 1483 3401,004 835 2347 Sept. 3). | all 43 125; 355/253 | 413 | 28 824 923053} 509 11603 55 10 . | 11 | 16 | 176)1236/243 1593 38 | 45 55|1454] 523 1602 3 i tye 8 2 | 204/2883 233 | 716 | 10 | 52 76 A285 531 40764 5 DA 4 | 12 | 207\5149,233 |1349 | 13 | 70 8 865 465 6667 Oct. I (ere ‘ . | 201) 550225 | 215 ; . | 112/720 538 1485 7 SheaH . |2001) 065 204 20 ; . | 105|270 509 1355 7 To? * , 5 76| 65/196 | 333 : . | 150320 422 718 si Vy ae 5 . | 2242054176 | 184 ; . | 210)520 610 2758 Ae 29" 3 7 |153 | 238 nee 244 : . | 165)540 586 1059 Nov. 5 . | 23 | 59 | 384/3123/178 | 168 : ; 80/240 665 3590 ee 12. | 14 | 36 | 666)7057/168 30 : . | 200690 | 1048 7813 ee oT Sei 6 | 224) 42/158 4 F : 65/180 463 228 am 26) 4 2 | 380) 447/104 : 4 . 55/130 543 579 Dec. Se *A . | . (6001) 875) 60 | 22 A ; 85.550 645 2447 “F 10 . | 16 | 31 |4101} 229) 30 : * = 35] 90 491 1350 a ieee GaEoor 280) La. . F A : ; ; 296 49 ” 24, if 4 | 520) 992) . : ; ‘ 12) 30 539 1026 5 7 ae 7 iS 4 5 : A , ; A 7 33 * From Ist January. + Up to date. 158 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel- Green- | Rothe- trae. town. ock. say. tore. Week ended Boats|Crans| Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans Boats/Crans| Boats Crans 1888. Jan ¥ a 13 7 13 a 14 47 | 317 47 317 ah 21 37 65 37 65 ar 31 30 | 55 30 55 Feb 4 22 | 62 22 52 “ 11 26 | 133) 26 133 53 18 38 | 537) 38 537 oF 25 51 |1405 51 1405 March 3 147 |6786 147 | 6786 5 10 23: | 152 23 152 Me 17 ; ” 24 9 31 April 7 9 14 19 21 9 28 May 5 » 12 | is HO ae Reg ae NS tek ae e PEE een tine 5 a Be LVN haat | || | RRs Ge PRE eae June 5 WO *10890 ; ; : : : 60 24 ne 9 b4 53/100 20) 152) 18 A : : : 306 91 ft 16 . | 69| 38/133 | 46 198) 248} 2186] .| .| 400] 332 As 23) 19 73/139 | 116) 235) 184 | 53 |123 2 |*697| 506 496 ais 30 . | 83 | 349/269 | 522) 268] 661 | 78 [479 |105 | 377; 803 | 2388 July 7 . | 68 | 355/380 |1088/2511) 655 | 82 |276 |108 | 540) 889 3914 Sy 14 . | 57 | 585/376 |1008/2491) 518 | 81 |370 |136 |1010) 899 4491 i 21 . | 72 | 272/326 |1634/2362) 236 | 33 | 67 (113 | 169) 780 | 4378 ‘ 28 . | 65 | 116/340 | 960/2271) 738 | 83 |498 | 96 1171) 811 | 4483 Aug. 4 . | 48 | 192/162 |1959/2261) 961 | 59 /366 |180 |1233] 675 711 aA 11 . | 40 | 803/165 |8213|2172| 6083) 56 3263/138 | 11763] 616 | 5013 BS ifs} PAY) 6../190 1502/2112) 237 | 57 2403/176 843) 661 4885 in PASS 5 NPP 3°/296 | 388] 196/1073 | 51 |139 | 55 |1623| 625 17955 Sept. 1 . | 27 | 353/350 |16783| 178} 7603) 12 | 553114 | 600 681 | 3130} ae Smee 5 1\266 | 558) 178} 5923) 15 203 69 | 194) 533 1366 3 5 : . (272 |1425) 178/17114| 18 | 212198 | 795} 666 2953 ig 22 .| .| . \204 |1003) 170) 64/15] .| 14] 33) 403] 168 - 29 3 7| 93 (1954) 93) 551 | 12 2 3 3} 204 758 Oct. ee. le 43/264 |908?) 92} 3603) . . | 23 1 263) 391 1338 fe ils) 4. ale 77\210 |2204| 167| 3493; . w28be wold earn 29425 aa 20°. 2 16/250 |1372) 180) 267 : Ss 69Ni 102 ool 1757 a9 2 ee 13/223 | 218} 162} 115 : 5 BE 50} 455 396 * From Ist January. + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 159 TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel- trae. town. Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats |Crans| Boats] Orans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats Orans. 1888. Nov 3 . 1226 |1465/162 43 | 65 | 431] 1530 i. 10 ces) POO he rit teal 120 4 a 17 . 1216 | 6481112 | 260 25 | 43 | 353 951 ss 24 90 | 146/112 |. 6113} 208 159 Dee 1 . 1268 12753] 94 | 89 45 |250 | 407 | 3092 fe 8 . | ..|270 |1797| 94]. 25 |50| 389] 1847 ie 15 40 |665 |390 |2388] 86 15 | 33 | 531 | 3086 ts 22 54 |172 |380 |2307| . oleh 434 “ogg x 29 52 | 76 |180 | 250 232 326 1889. Jan 5 25 | ab 25 5D fi 12 48 |233 48 233 ri 19 39 | 61 39 61 ry 26 66 |526 66 526 Keb 2 . ‘ : ; By 9 92 |280 92 280 & 16 4/9 4 9 ef 23 121 |2266 121 | 2266 March g 155 |6426 155 | 6426 7 9 48 1745 48 745 = 16 6 | 14 6 14 a 23 oe er ; de 30 f April 6 5 i 13 ; by 20 ” 27 May 4 ; a 11 epee ; : Ms 18 11 | 32 11 32 i 25 46 | 61 46 61 June 1 44 | 46 2 \*7534| F 2? | 64 ; 44 110 a 8 49 | 503/124 | 205/220 | 4868] 61 |1593) 454 901 - 15 77 |157%|183 | 5901250 | 3564) 71 | 894} . | . | 581] 1193$ wi 22 92 |1453/110 | 266/142 | 538 | 65 [1593] ? |*42 | 409] 1109 3 29 77 |124 |110 | 508/258 | 449 | 87 |2474/125 |452 | 657 | 17804 July 6 78 |289 |180 |1285/233 | 55 | 72 |1613|126 |260 | 689 | 2050} 3 13 55 | 894|132 |7904|223 |18624, 59 | 584/120 [156 | 589 | 2957 ‘ed 20 63 /183#|148 | 705/220 |25043| 75 |4574/125 [552 | 631 | 44023 “G 27 48 | 613/120 | 340)219 |1942 | 79 |1813| 64 |4253} 530 | 29504 Aug. 3 52 | 983] 59 | 564/208 |13974] 56 |157 |115 |8683} 490 | 30854 ne 10 43 | 30 | 62 |3313/208 | 944 | 50 |12231106 |673 | 469 | 21015 Mp ils 6 | 133] 61 |3694/187 | 6764| 46 [149 |167 |9143| 467 | 21224 : 24 8 | 3 | 42 | 422/206 | 594 | 32 | 3231113 [305 | 401 | 1356} B} 31 3 | 14] 44 |9333/203 1655. | 14 | 15 [118 |707}} 382 | 33123 * From Ist January. 160 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. say. Total. Week ended { BoatalGienue Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1889. Sept. ieee : . | 30 | 88 1187 | 994 8 24 30 | 56 255 1141 ae te as j ; 5 | 30 |203 | 2073, . Mito 563 264 294 , 24- % 3 : 8 2123 92 8163 : 7 | 143) 107 10434 ye ZOe ; . | 85 }20613/188 |1825 1 103 294 |1100| 568 4997 Oct. by ; . | 90 |1277/159 13237 . (248 |514 497 5028 244 EE A . | 93 |1772/159 |1060 ; Fle lle 1294 269 29614 =e 1h aa . 1180 | 286/160 |2738 : . (217 |670 557 3694. oe 26:5 , . 1125 |2205)198 |1671 L ; 11282 238 355 4114 Nov. Dive : . |157 32/198 |1419 ; . | 60 {180 415 1631 a G3 ; . (146 |1760)198 | 485 : . | 40 202 384 22653 4 16 ¢ : . {155 |1870/206 |1371 , . | 45 {110 406 2851 ae 235 8 | 140/206 |4895/206 | 493 . | 40 (864 460 5892 3 30. . | 34 | 457/191 | 137|140 87 : 5 (alana As 400 706 Dec. 7 . | 46 | 442/202 a4 : ; eee) Aled’ 268 501 +5 14 . | 62 | 586/283 | 930) . : ! 4 J 5 345 1516 AA 21 . | 58 18/132 | 9389) . ; ‘ 4 ; 5 190 957 os 28) Fal ou 24| 88 25). j : e : § 118 47 1890. Jan ISN bry 16 U7 » 11 41 | 258 41 258 35 Se 5 5 5 : ae 25 12 3 12 3 Feb. 1 55 18 55 18 ae 8 88 | 419 88 419 < 15 93 11931 93 1931 ee 22 107 | 559 107 559 March 1 163 |4011 | 163 4011 aA 8 174 | 978 | 174 978 $3 15 ; : <5 22 3 +5 29 : April 5 a 12 - 19 5 26 May a se lG ato A ; é ; : ; : 16 10 % LO a2 84]. ; at bles 2 ; 5 a 22 83 ss ee ees gL), 4 ; ‘ : F 5 5 28 9 a 4 plod 4} Cho | des Gal eee VEL GAH ( SOR pou: 1176 a eae : . | 32 | 11 |268 |2740 : ; : ; 300 2751 “3 wake ‘ : : . {260 |2000 y : : : 260 | 2000 - ol) 9a) 34a 65 A . |240 {1000 ¥ i : d 274. 1065 * From Ist January to 15th March. + From Ist January. 164 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLeE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- t Total. rae. town. aray. ock. say. Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Orans|Boats] Crans |Boats|OCrans|Boats|Crans|} Boats Crans 1893 Jan Ff s 14 6 6 » 21 Ae 28 Feb. A do) 34: : 4 : : a } , 5 34. = es ; , : : 4 : : : i : , H a Sl ome : : : : a ie | i i 23 175 5 25 . |104 |245 : : ‘ : : ; ; i 104 245 March 4 as 11 5 5 99 18 Py 25 April : ae 5 5 2 |*3601 eee 8 . . . . . AA 15 a3 tS 6 5 6 5 a 20 26 | 18 ‘ L i . 26 18 Ny 27 60 | 63 (lap aXe ; 60 63 June oe 684i mel oO noo 16 165} oF 140 1624 1000 | 45 | 54°] 2/20 | 582! 1453 464 | 65 [1233] 93 | 75 | 707 | 10493 550 | 58 | 33 1110 1143 | 7471 1479 i 10 . | 60 | 46 [182 [353 295 4 17. | 87 | 30 |197 [357 |295 2s 24 . | 43 | 39 |241 I714 [295 July 1. | 35 | 51 [251 |1018/267 " 8 . | 66 |261 |272 |1792/268 4 15 . | 32 |238 /211 |1106/261 nf 22 . | 44 | 99 |182 (1439/242 oe 29. | 27 | 71 |130 |1445/242 1237 | 46 | 383/120 [130 | 719 | 2474 1345 | 66 |105}| 61 [270 | 733 | 3773 35773] 64 ae 89 |440 | 657 a5064 2560 | 60 [38932| 65 (3882 | 593 | 4869 3320 | 62 |178 | 80 |788 | 541 | 5802 Aug. 5 . | 23 | 61 | 20 |1021/281 |24373! 50 |2603| 47 |2533| 455 | 4033 v 12 . | 13] 22] 4 1985 [238 |28663) 32 |1574| 51 |2893| 534 | 432 i #5 | WEAR EG oy cB legs 2538) 24 | 45 | 36 [114}} 347 | 2702 96 .| .| .| 5 | 39d227 | 6733} 13 | 55 | 30 | 90}/ 279 | saat Sept. 2 . | 1) 1] . | 163262 15593) 31 |1663) 36 2489) 335 | 1992} x 9 . (282 1138} 17 | 463] 26 | 73 | 325 | 1258 f 16. | -| -| -| . [265 | 686g] 4] 44) 20] 29| 269 | 720 bs ag 1 A) Col Sage eaadl 0 Sl ot |-o8 | By i ipee Bi 30 1 | 2] 2] 2] lo36 | 364°] 2] 15 | 24 | 253] 262] 404% Oct. Zot 2) 3 409d) G0 22/12] 2938] 115 4 mit by Gy. lorena | .| 292) 47 i OF ol bie) Cl aaron ee 12| 8| 292] 160 a a fl Cd ed 1 466) ase 8 218 | 436 oF 6S Ss | bo bo oO co bo _ oo a bo = eo — bo * From Ist January. + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 165 TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- Total. trae. town. aray. say. Week ended Boats|Crans| Boats |Crans|Boats} Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Orans| Boats Orans 1893. Nov 4 210 |1870 15 | 68 225 19388 a iil 220 | 800 PLS 235 815 BS 18 210 | 897 12 | 30 222 927 “ 25 2 208 | 345 12 | 20 222 365 Dec 2 192 | 504 192 504 a Gerad : i : LS) wee Gy ; : ‘ 192 412 ed owe : is ; . {169 |1000 ; 2 5 ; 169 1000 a5 Zs 3 2 2 2 | 65 {169 |1000 f E : : ilyal 1065 <3 aU) 4 Pe ZO As LOE 2027, f 3 5 ? PATIL 2139 1894. Jan 6 9 13 | » 20 ” 27 | { Feb. SS j ve 10 é BE 17 3 3 3 3 - 24 a: March 3 ; A 10 : Fs ier 25m 5 PAD) U2 95 24 Wd P 15 3% Silke F 5 ; April 7 33 14 =; 21 9 28 May 5 : : : : 55 12 12 | 224 : 11, ey a 19 20 13 2 20 13 5 26 28 | 39 3 28 39 June 2 40 |107 | ? sooo] ? (*555 | 2] 83 . | «. 40 1153 an 9 55 1150 |110 |1516)121 66-237 s s 309 1743 as 16 75 |140 . 117 |2006/213 | 153 | 24 | 40 é .| 429 | 23393 “3 23. | 84 |307 [160 [8243229 |1125 | 26 | 413) 7? [144% 499 | 2298 of 30. | 93 [411 |177 | 349731232 [1705 | 40 |103}|105 |220 | 647 | 59363 July 7 . | 77 [370 |138 |3673|243 [2946 | 29 | 373] 83 [231 | 570 | 3952 E 14 . | 76 |246 |138 |1435|258 |3842 | 39 | 849] 47 |182 | 558 | 5789¢ is 21 . | 68 |173 |138 | 522/258 |1428 | 57 | 46 | 55 [351 | 576 | 2520 . 28 . | 73 |186 [135 |1643/245 [2611 | 65 | 74 | 55 (825 | 573 | 4839 Aug. 4 . | 50 | 43 |150 |828 1276 |4136 | 49 | 34 | 73 [164 | 598 | 5205 ee 11 . | 45 | 39 /165 |9093/204 14424) 42 | 23 | 36 |1173, 528 | 2531 Ss 18 . | 3 | 12 |162 \866 |296 | 7593) 29 | 103) 28 | 743, 518 | . 1722 i: 25 . | 22 | 88 149 |1200/296 1893 | 7 | 2 | 22 |116| 496 | 3299 * From lst January 166 Part I1T.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended 1894. Ballan- |Campbel- trae. town. _ bo We Sd OF 25 33 44 39 53 92 |339 240] . 16 tn {aes 169 | . Belch an Pies hey 68]. 38 |. Elle 9| ? 21 |126 73 |127 (152 81 |231 |190 4 |190 6 |100 15 | 90 17 {120 5 |100 2 | 70 . | 40 8 | 38 - | 16 6 20 20 12 Boats Giatslnaae Crans|Boats Inver- | Green- | Rothe- aray. ock. say. Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans 1100|260 |1089 | 13 103 12 | 56 500 1242 | 806 : soi kee |) set 1713/235 607 i : } |) ddl 800 |225 | 486 p : 5 | 244) 546 |200 |1125 t 5) 1s) 103, 3883|193 ; 527) .| . | 20] 30 106 (120 40 : Pl Db 298 393/112 424 ; 5 ilsy |) 10) 9 |120 50 : 5) UY 5 4 |100 20 : : : : . | 80 43 , 5 Ae, 8 . {210 | 510 ; 5 . 5 . |209 | 170 ; 5 1 ae S215 1/2357 . (238 |1991 5 . 1196 |2229 . 158 11658 . (130 |1573 71154] ? |*1090) . : 2 |+100 9394/154 | 263 | 39 314 60 | 100 2385|206 505 | 70 |1003| 60 | 106 284 |214 | 448 | 71 |1755| 60 | 158 734 |233 | 901 | 67 |1885| 94 | 343 * From Ist January. + Up to date. Total. Boats Crans 480 | 22593 362 | 1346 339 8045 353 13273 317 | 16865 284 9474 175 175 166 4814 148 64 106 24 92 51 210 510 221 170 215 2357 263 | 1991 216 2229 170 | 1658 130°) 2573 13| 240 29 116 9 il 30 169 37 581 . 42 414 10 : 25 68 Si 38 44 65 39 9 432 654. 561 | 1177 616 | 12964 702 | 2505 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 167 TasLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906 —continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. ; Week ended Boats/Crans|Boats|Crans/Boats| Cran |Boats|Crans/Boats|/Crans} Boats Crans 1895. July 6 85 |153 |239 | 14273/286 |1458 | 76 |1853/102 | 207) 738 3431 AA 13 63 |108 |267 |1182)249 | 941 | 58 1063 939) 213|) 730 25504 ~ 20 52 115 |247 | 13493/250 | 843 | 57 | 52 | 93 | 200) 699 25594 bi 27 70 |156 |200 |555$/150 |1029 | 37 483) 86 | 160) 543 1949 Aug. 3 74 |220 |210 |891 |266 |2108 | 61 |104 | 80 | 141) 691 3464 Fs 10 48 |120 |186 |711 '270 |12493) 53 | 85 | 76 | 140) 633 23054 i 17 30 | 19 |149 |3653/270 |1087 | 33 214 74 | 119) 556 1612 es 24 : . | 16 | 35 [276 | 3593) 7 to \p42 80) 341 4814 Be 31 Q3e (A N2Se |) (OLe | 12 54 35 36) 351 8191 Sept. 7 6 | 10 /283 | 955 8 124 30 40| 327 10173 a 14 5 | 16 |299 | 516 1 4 | 30 37| 335 573 55 21 2 3 |192 | 134 : 17 5) Dir 142 55 28 |) 20 ny 69 , 1% Gila: 87 Oct 5 3 5 | 45 27 12 9 60 41 +3 12 7 | 48! 42 36 : 49 84 ~ 19 8 | 20:| 20 49 44 128 ae 26 8 | 22 | 14 244 30 563 Noy 2 26 | 30 | 20 | 184 51 484 $5 9 11 | 52 |157 98 173 154 5 16 6 | 14 |151 | 177 159 193 na 23 . (154 {1071 154 1071 aS 30 20 | 52 154 | 454 174 506 Dec 7 : . {150 | 227 150 220, 3 14 20 |104 |148 | 765 168 869 3 21 40 | 32 |138 | 213 178 245 55 28 4 | 44/18 33 22 Ute 1896. Jan 4 ”? 11 99 18 ” 25 Feb. 1 : PB 8 : : 3 » 15 4 |185 4 185 35 22 5 |194 5 194 35 29 2 A : 2 March 7 4 3 ; 4 J c. 14 19 |150 s ; 19 150 55 21 a 5 2 ; : - 33 28 = | , | “| April 4 : ae asd si 11 ; e B : i 18 3 , | : ‘ x 25 2h Golieg PF aeee 168 : Part II] —Twenty-fifth Annual Report Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. Say. Toval Week ended Boats|Orans|Boats|Crans|Boats| Orans |Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans} Boats OCrans 1896. May 2 A 9 9| 6 9 6 ie Emme Res dc Wiis (SS iad ee aec| io PRba 7 3 es OB - LMNBB Bo Heh NE". Ueto os awe) ate FO 36 32 oe 30. | 40 | 45 2 (72914) 2 1*Q002) -. : ; P 40 45 June 6 . | 40°) 92 1126 |277 | 121) 219) 22 ) 26 s 309 614 iA 13. | 66 |158 |136 |294 | 189} 236) 35 | 273) : 426 7153 * 20 . | 71 | 99 1194 590 | 214) 321) 38 | 36 213297) SL 1046 Bs 27 =~. |} 79 1194 |1941/016 | 214) 668) 35 | 564] 75 |120 | 597 20544 July 4 . | 68 /300 |1571)193 |2211| 020) 40 1563 49 |234 | 535 29033 #1 11 . | 67 |110 )197 |739 | 217) 905) 41 )126 | 88 1/354 610 | 2234 as 18 . | 46 | 51 |240 |552 | 222) 770) 37 | 57 | 61 |122 606 | 1552 A 25 . | 23 | 14 |212 |471 | 232) '753) 30 | 40 | 42 /119 539 1397 Aug. Tt) 24 7 |203 |425 | 284) 426] 16 | 18 | 36 |108 563 984 f 8 . | 14 | 51 [140 !710 |2761| 505] 19 | 83 | 39 [317 | 488} 2666 ral 1D 5 27) 2S S445 SGA Olea St Si Ges Salman 1053 M4 22 2 4 | 15 {149 |305 |2101) 166) 8 cael eel ed) O87) 402 1586 a 29. 3 5 | 10 |193 |674 | 210) 429) 6 1 | 18 | 46 432 1160 Sept. I 5 | 12 |163 |218 |2781) O90) . = eee Whey 469 1447 a 1 1 2 1143 |276 | 238) 684). . - | 16460" = 398 1022 55 nO : Ml) efies) | Lea 98) 294) . : 4 | 22 175 441 is 26 .| 9| 22 | 56 |490 | 161; 246, .| .| 16/27 | 242-| 785 Oct. 3. | 16 |105 {731 |867 | 193) 899) . eA 0 ey bes 302 2986 a 10 . | 141 26) 61 |200 | 178) 654) . AO EA 263 920 A 17% | 14 1 16 149.1 6.9) MSeHe he . | 16 188.4) © edz a) eae uy 2A Fh LO ULO i 5 LOZ Hole = 5 raly ‘ 124 65 53 al 6 | 41] 48 |329 | 157) 416 . . | 24 | 60 235 809 Nov. io 8 ; . | 45 | o3 11641). 51 : - | 185-30 227 1598 nt 140 OE Or Ve tba aaa ee) beatae OF Lhe es Cage) a oye tel a =) aie a cs 98.24 1) 45) 1418367 aedsesh 6 |) 2) LL aes aes Dec. Hy . 2 LOR) ZOsTS4 ie al28 | 9 = cele) waice of 144 154 " 12.) ) bi Le) aa asa roo) | |. oe a 192 - LS Oa aoe VOel 27) LATE Capel aes e BB ay Pe Sal eeuies sare On dee ee se SS 1897. Jan. 2 - } 5 » 9 | . ” 16 ms 23 : ie 30 Feb. 6 : iy TT Ee Sal feet | a IR MOT Wy [= ie MM Ce Salary Sore ‘ a 20> & 9 | 28 ; : ; ; me es : ; 9 28 ut OF SALOME al eal Ae a ie ic | a 12 18 } * From Ist January. + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 169 TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. ———— SS Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock,. say. Scare Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|OCrans|Boats|Crans| Boats Orans 1897. March Bre Aa Ly , : : 2 : ; : , 14 ily; 3} WS & «| L9LIZ60 ; : : ; : Z , : 19 260 a 20 . | 18 |146 4 : : : ‘ : f : 18 146 as i ar ; ; : ; : ; ; P é : April 3 p 10 i 17 o 24 May 1 ” 8 4 15 : 22) P P ; : : : 5 29.2 : : 2 (393%) 2 | 849* June ee ee U7 7 32/124 | 139] 248 Cae? E : 188 379 Ls 12) 220 9 72| 22 | 160) 801 | 138 41). ? 265 8363 a Oo 2 S122 7 | 102) 86 | 179) 154 | 30 ; 2+|109 333 247: BS 26. | 15 | 10 | 178/556 | 189) 553 | 24 3 | 50 | 68 456 1190 July 3. | 37 |124 |2052/076 | 203) 719 | 30 | 113] 39 [113 | 514] 30433 3 10 . | 50 [197 [2201598 | 199] 779 | 33 | 62 | 43 1103 | 545 | 2739 17. | 69 |226 |2201/774 |2041| 307 | 35 | 70 | 64 j272 | 592] 3649 24 . | 58 |224 |2212/607 | 212) 849 | 49 | 92 | 64 [232 | 604 | 4004 hs 31. | 62 /108 |1871/637 |2262) 222 | 28 | 933) 54 |199 | 557 | 42594 Aug. 7 . | 43 | 68 |2061/044 | 233/2342 | 43 |144 | 52 |222 | 577 | 3820 14 . | 13 | 5 | 127\862 | 298/3204 | 32 | 50 | 42 /184 | 512] 4305 21 . | 13] 20 | 97/803 | 307/38035 | 25 | 26 | 42 [240 | 484 | 3624 28 . | 10 | 17 |\ 341/412 | 309/2216 | 21-| 21 | 32 |103 | 406 | 3769 Sept. 4 . | 12 | 35 |13711139 | 309/4099 | 10 | 13 | 35 [162] 503| 5448 G 11 . | 12 | 69 |1361/604 | 3095831 | 2| 4] 33 |391 | 492] 7899 i 18 . | 12] 64] 90268 | 3094046 | 5 | 23 | 23 1175 | 439] 4576 if 2 .|14/| 41! 981973 | 29818622 | 6 | 48 | 45 |320] 461 | 5004 Oct. 2 .{ .! .| 9711017 | 288le302 | .| .| 40! 60] 425] 3379 a 9 . | 13 | 26 | 861/745 | 24510487 | .| .| 33] 83) 377 | 4341 2 16 .| 13] 8| 50664 | 184] 320| .| .| 20! 51] 267 | 1043 i 23. | 14 | 11 | 781/135 | 18411388 | .| .| 25/59] 301 2593 i 30 .|11) 3] 19162 | 22110121} .| .|26| 58] 276! 2344 Nov. 6 .| .| .| 10164| 24i1115| .| .|16| 37) 267] 1316 f iSeeeCier (Os 4S seen |) Ic 6.5 6.) 287 |o O70 - 20 .| .| .| 64/366 | 270! 813} .| . | 13 |110] 347.) 1289 -: o7 .| .| .| 541398 | 2702049 | .| . 115 |170| 339-| 3447 Dec. 4 .] .| .] 16 2] 270120045; .| .| 6| 12] 292| 2059 fe FR) | EAR | olan ee 6 70 fs 18 ea, 8) 56+) D7 taeMet a te 2 le |) 2b lk tigea ‘ Shi IG) 6 207 |1890Nootdes 1S. 4). || Basel 1386 8 31 BU) -< \e1O7|\C4O0n Besley: *\i 1S. |) ez? ie ang nC * From Ist January. + Up to date, 170 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLeE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- Inver- Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. say. Week ended Boats|Crans!|Boats|Crans| Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans|Boats aa 1898. Spring Fishing 2/30] ? |816*) ? |*736 : ; June Aa oe OOD vem ies 95 : 3 , 55 11. | 41 |126 | 169/968 {181 | 550 2 \*44. 2 |+34 53 18 . | 48 | 86 |1861|044 |184 | 854 | 24 fe |) eee les} a 25 . | 58 |240 |1861)799 |192 | 971 | 24 d | 36 884 July 2 . | 51 |302 |1722)032 |196 11782 | 24 | 11 | 36 1124 Bn 9 . | 44 /181 |1722)163 |296 |2047 | 12 | 24 | 25 | 85 ae 16. | 55 | 82 | 173/738 |204 |1976 | 14 | 72 | 47 |288 se 23 . | 53 | 24 |1991/471 |240 |3960 | 14 4 | 48 |113 5s 30 . | 50 | 37 | 162/565 |235 |3653 | 22 | 44 | 42 [172 Aug. 6) S220 9 | 125/271 |298 |1880 8 9 | 42 |146 a 1G). 2] 47 | 110) 5 |3807 |2374 | 19 | 32 | 37 |107 - ZOE 2 Told: 90/639 |400 |2001 | 13 | 21 ; 43 |1038 a Di 8 2 3 86/865 |350 |2640 7 | 13 | 40 |122 Sept. ale ? 1 98'490 '310 | 754 i 2632 . LO) 2 6 | 306/959 |156 |1296 3 4 | 31 |108 nt 1 aoe Z . | 809/229 |188 |1697 Pb to a 2A 5 . | 116/927 |210 |1414 PG alras Oct. a : ; 80/166 |233 | 539 1 4 | 24 | 75 5 iG : : 40)162 |212 |1487 5 ae |p Z4e3 +5 iss : : 57/108 |235 |1212 1D Wee ae 22) 2 : ‘ 35| 89 |254 | 301 15 | 34 ce 29 . E 4 30) 28 |240 | 481 12 6 Nov. bee E . 10} 4 /233 | 659 23 1°24 5 14 se : 4 50|556 |220 | 883 20 |150 “5 19 . , . | 150/458 (120 | 510 21 | 48 ‘5 26); . 11541)098 |179 11725 : , Dec. 3 . | . {1201)262 | 91 11383 e OR ! : 80'576 | 91 | 843 af, ie : . | 901/842 |129 : se Aa : . {| 961/131 | 92 98 Sule ; : 36/278 ; ‘ 1899. ‘¢ Winter.” 2 (1247 ? 200 Ist to 6th May. 2?) 15 May tS 2) 38 aA 20 . | 23) 58 : : 55 Ye || Bt |) Bx! . [4120 June og pat) as 72|209 : 3 ‘ : a5 10 . | 41 | 77 | 941/066 |165 | 678 : : ; ‘ 3 7 OU ea QZGH OOS On ep 2Gn ale 4 ? |273* 55 24 . | 56 | 69 | 150/582 |179 | 423 | 20 d | 389 | 57 July 1 . | 56} 71 |1661/190 |188 |1386 | 18 83! 39 | 62 ” 8 . | 48 | 71 |1601/254 |190 |1832 | 14 | 11 | 39 |105 s3 15 . | 36 | 70 |1261/988 |190 |2304 | 10 | 14 | 20 |119 ” 22 . | 16 | 123/1761/493 |197 |2666 3 TN 24120 55 29° 2 | 30) FAMLGLSI4 | 200n 17500) 12; 65) 2 (Giz * From Ist January. + Up to date. Total. Boats Crans 265 | 784 391 1644 476 2124 495 | 31034 479 | 42394 449 4500 493 3156 554 5572 511 4471 493 2315 473 2565 546 2795 483 | 3643 441 1278 496 2373 522 1976 342 2379 338 784 269 1677 307 1351 304 424 282 515 266 687 290 | 1589 291 1016 333 | 2823 211 2645 171 1419 219 1342 188 1229 36 278 2 1447 2 15 2 38 23 58 35 34 iLila 275 300 1821 363 1859 444 1136 467 | 27174 451 3273 382 4495 416 4298 445 | 32084 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Lal TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906 —continued. Campbel- Green- | Rothe- Total town. ock. say. 5 Week ended { Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans Boats|Orans| Boats Crans 1899. Aug 5 33 | 68 |1782| 703/200 |2360 | 21 | 353) 24 |189 456 53553 - 12 24 1154 |1781) 381/200 |3320 | 22 | 78 | 27 |164 451 5097 Bs 19 56 |109 |1781) 601/260 |1795 | 29 | 89 | 34 |160 557 3754 ia 26 12 63) 72 90/260 | 934 | 25 | 39 | 19 |132 388 12013 Sept. 2 32 | 11 |197 |1164/110 |1164 9 74| 25 |175 373 25214 i 9 10 | 3 [198 | 902/110 | 579 | 13 | 6% 21 [145] 352] 16354 16 fit 8 |255 |3767| 92 | 529 7 24; 25 |184 390 44901 EN 23 ON OOMen | 855 SWSZ9) elon OOM Elo t3e 191 1326 ne 30 13 | 59 {125 ; 611/190 |1462 5 2 | 20 | 68 353 2202 Oct. 7 16 | 87 | 94 | 112) 97 | 740 3 1 al zee 225 1017 ne 14 17 | 24 |105 |1376)160 | 132 : 5 |) aes 295 1643 a 21 ls} jay . {193 | 360 f . | 25 1287 236 664 ae 28 16 | 10 4 . {193 | 459 ' PaORiboe 239 1022 Nov. 4 14 | 82 : . {230 \1079 ; | Zo 8 269 | 1169 3 11 15 | 62 : . (2380 | 445 ; alta 26 261 533 3 18 15 | 20 | 60 | 218/230 | 437 : . | 24 |242 329 917 nH 25 4 1 | 78 |1957|230 |1346 ; . | 20 {182 332 3486 Dec. 2 70 | 542/230 | 491 F ; , : 300 1033 si 9 . (220 | 644 5 4 5 ; 220 644 e 16 : . {200 |1809 : ‘ : ; 200 1809 ” 23 50 13/120 | 134 ; : : : 170 147 3 30 : eos L778 : : ? : 50 178 1-31 ? 1190 : : 2 190 1900. SOWanters : 29 2 9 Feb. 17 20 | 93 wile 20 93 x 24 d7 |356 : 57 356 March 3 64 |752 64 752 As 10 68 |2912 68 2912 May 26 ia WS) Stelaops ly PIB | ya A |) 7 18 June 2 41 | 88 120 | 373/160 | 124 F E ‘ P 321 d85 » 9 37 | 96 |158 | 979/170 | 604 . : : ; 365 1679 zs 16 40 |201 |130 | 401/175 | 417 | 18 | 26 ? 1104*| 363 1045 a 23 53 |144 |140 |1360)180 | 967 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 38 415 2537 5 30 55 |126 |158 |1184/190 |1635 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 68 450 3037 July if 41 | 74 |158 |1737|190 |1239 | 18 37/30 | 85 437 3138; » 14 33 | 65 {140 |1371)188 |1457 5 6 | 22 | 58 388 2957 ” 21 22 | 70 |130 |2057|196 |3633 8 | 19 | 20 |106 376 5885 ” 28 38 | 71 |128 |1797/210 |1194 4 3 | 33 | 66 413 3131 Aug. 4 . | 28 | 43 |130 |1892)/210 | 411 fs) || aay} alee jie ya 390 2432 at 11 . | 25 |186 |200 |3981/150 | 357 8 6 | 26 | 97 409 4627 33 18 . | 20 | 68 |200 |1815|/180 |1635 8 6 | 22 | 99 430 3623 . 25 =. 8 | 11 [104 |1764|220 |2480 ; 5 || Pr5) on 354 4356 | | | * From Ist January. 17y Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. : Week ended Boats|Orang|Boats/Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Orans|Boats|Crans| Boats Orans 1900. Sept. bs 6 8/160 |1903,180 | 440 : . | 19 |107 | 365 | 2458 55 Sie. 6 2/200 |1806)150 |1187 | 4 | 22 | 24 /130 | 384 | 3147 5 15 . | 11 | 34190 [2502140 | 511} 3) 7 | 24 1123 | 368] 3177 “5 22. ; . {190 1956190 | 673 | 2) 3 | 23] 56 | 405] 2688 Bs 29 3 : . (190 |2632)140 |1127 : . | 80 400 | 360 | 4159 Oct. 6 . | 11] 31/170 |2574/160 | 475 . . | 18 | 63 | 359] 3143 sts 13: . 6 3}120 | 70/180 | 232 | 2) 43) . ; 258 3094 a 40 Me ees 9/180 | 890/150 | 762 : | Saas") “Spa ser sis 27. : . (140 | 567/170 | 67 . 5 3 . | 310 634 Nov. Je : . |104 | 27/170 | 916 : : : 5 274 943 55 10 3 ; . |100 | 64/200} 24 : 3 2 . | 300 88 AP iD ; . | 90 | 405/190 | 156 : ; 5 E 280 561 9 24. 3 . | 90 | 114/180 | 525 : 3 : : 270 639 Dec. Sh Sha 1h) 90 . (170 | 50 ey ae ; é 273 61 a Bi us : . | 84 | 342/200 |1399 3 5 5 . | 284] 1741 * 15: : ; : . {150 : : 5 : «| bad : 53 22i : : 5 . (120 | 33 , : . : 120 33 A ZO) is 3 P : ; : é ; , 5 : c . 1901. “cWintervin _. To) ates ean me, SI. rt 128) ee ? 123 Feb 9 32 | 100 32 100 Fe 16... | (0 1641) ; 4 : 4 : : ; 70 | 1641 Re 23. {116 |2107| . , : : 5 5 : 5 116 | 2107 March 2 118 |1804 118 | 1804 a 9 49 | 159 49 159 a 16 66 |3205 66 | 3205 3 23 31 | 379 31 379 i) 30 . é May 1 See 9) 220) : aba hilee Je ae : : 9 20 x6 13-24) £845 Qian ; ? |*100 jill 2 3 ; 18 27 35 26 5 1 LO aad nies . (140 | 38 é : : : 159 "|. ae June 1 . | 25} 22) 2? | xeo97/150 | 184 : : : : 175 206 “5 8 . | 35 | 312/150 | 982/175 | 462 5 : 3 . | 3860] 1756 so 15 . | 31 | 32/170 | 595/175 | 195 | 10 | 3 : . | 396 825 ms 22 . | 44 | 36/175 |1237/175 | 311 | 18] 73) ? |281*| 412) 1591 n 29 . | 40 | 117/180 | 907/185 |1968 | 18 | 43) 11 | 57 | 484] 30535 July 6 . | 54 | 127/160 |1243/200 |1987 | 18 | 26 | 22 |115 | 454] 3498 oe 13. | 39 | 691160 | 705/200 1279 | 7 | 12 | 16 |109 | 422) 2174 a 20 . | 18 | 53/150 |1709/200 |1038 | 10 | 11 | 34 j141 | 412 | 2952 Ap 27 . | 14] 14/130 |2604/200 |1664 | 13 | 78 | 22 |141 | 379 | 4501 Aug. 3. | 30] 18/140 | 867/200 |1400 | 11 | 16 | 27 |102 | 391 | 2403 So 10. | 20 | 36/200 |1333/190 |2087 | 11 | 9 | 23 |128 | 444 | 3593 ” 17. | 25 | 63/150 |1959/180 |1459 | 14 | 15 | 22 |121 | 391) 3617 56 24. £ 4/210 |3162/200 |2623 | 14 | 25 | 25 |225 | 453 | 6039 y ole é . | 80 | 327/240 | 921 | 4/ 9/10] 50] 334) 1307 * From Ist January. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. iio Taste XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- Rothe- Total Wise ondid trae. town. aray. say. : Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|/Boats| Crans Boats|Crans Boats|Crans} Boats Crans 1901. ie a eae [: Sept. hoes 8 6} 90 |1032)240 |2306 3 7 | 18) 149|— 359 3500 eM AS ea eC 15/140 | 563/240 |3541 4 | 10 | 16 91; 410 4220 zs 7 eee 8 10/100 | 669/210 | 729 : . | 16 13) 334 1421 > 2S) 8 12/170 | 977\180 | 601 oD 3) | al; | 377 1620 Oct. oe: : . |130.| 864/170 | 665 3 De 10 38} 313 1569 8 1 3 HO 1750 (B69. Ll} 4 Te Soak) gage 5 1Ko) E . {100 13/130 | 141 : : ; ; 230 154 a IG: . . | 90 4 120 50 : : ; ; 210 50 Nov. 2's , : : . {120 | 140 ; ; , , 120 140 aA G3 . : : . 1130 34 ; : ; ; 130 34 . Gee ; a ao) 5d} 90 | 345 4 \ : : 140 400 an 23, : . | 50 | 107\140 | 275 ; F ; : 190 382 a 30) : ; . | 98 | 9191180 | 89 : ; ; : 278 | 1008 Dec. (hae ‘ . {110 |1396)150 94. 4 ; : ; 260 1490 A Ae i . {115 7 326/150 15 ; : : ; 265 341 iS 2h... 4 . | 90 | 124,150 |1649 ; F : : 240 1773 Zar. i . | 70 | 560/120 | 358 ; ; : ; 190 918 1902. Winter 3 ; : ? (3881) . F : ; j : ? 3881 Jan. in Reel at COP ecu ; ; ; : ; : : 10 14 a tS =, | ABs RDOUie |" - ; ‘ ; ; i : 46 591 i 2B) A926 A : ; ; : ; ; 92 1064 Feb. 1 TOOR ash ee ; , : ; ; : : 100 781 55 Sees LOS. | SSOlkios : : : F i : 3 105 389 a3 oes 9F |-Sallege : ; : 4 F 2 ; 97 831 5 22a OG Os OlWe es lee. ; , : : : : 97 549 March Pe OSHis0s" ~: 3 : ; ‘ : F ; 108 1303 33 Sire MOSmMBSO2 5 jean =. ; : : ; j 108 1302 ¥ 15 . | 90 4 : : : ; i 3 ‘ 90 14 53 Zahn: : : : : ‘ é : : : f 29 May 3 3 a3 10 8 28 8 28 oe 17/ 9 18 9 18 : 24 16 18 16 18 - 31 30 81 30 81 June 7 . | 36 | 131/210. | 991/150 | 124 : : : ‘ 396 1246 9 14 . | 36 | 130/150 |1692160 | 154 : ‘ é 3 346 1976 e PA ee ai) 41170 |13884170 | 210 : ‘ : ; 350 1598 A a eon Were 60)180 | 828180 | 363 : . | 18 | 58 403 1309 July . 5 . | 3d | 152/180 |2513190 |1212 F . | 19 |104 424 3981 Ae 1 Sekt) 62/180 |1939 190 | 350 elf Bale] wzZs || Al 420 2453 ” IE CS 77170 |2576 205 |1737 | 10 Net Gr 92 433 4489 3 Zon thot 83)140 2387 220 798 | 15 | 18 | 29 |149 438 3435 174 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. oe Week ended Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans|Boats| Crans |Boats|Crans Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1902. Aug. 2 . | 49 | 92 1190 |2565)200 |2276 | 14 42) 32 | 208) 485 5183 aS 9 . | 27 | 32 1210 |2933/190 |1163 | 14 23) 42 | 184) 483 4335 cK 16 . | 26 | 42 |210 |3494/180 |2033 | 12 23) 34 | 157| 462 5749 ae 23 .% «6 | «12 (220 |2023)190 | 763 | 15 24) 25 67| 456 2889 x 30 . | 18 | 20 |220 |3277|190 |1693 8 7 3b a b2 rar al 5159 Sept. (Gy 6 F . 210 |1743/200 |1382 6 11) 14 57) 430 3193 a 18} : . 1190 |2258)220 |1697 4 ; | 247) 120)" 434 4075 BA 20 nee : R60) 70/220 | 720 3 Lies 24) 291 815 5 ile F . {100 . (220 | 402 ; : 8 23) 328 425 Oct. Aa ; 31/390 . }210 | 820 : > dul sy) sill 875 ha LS. : . | 20 | 203/110 |1196 120 | 113) 90 | 500) 340 2012 da Sie : t , . {110 | 204 |140 |1064) 90 | 870) 340 2138 a Way : 5 2) 81170 | 858 | 10 | 204) 90 | 500) 310 1570 Nov. 1am = P . | 80 | 106/120 | 981 , . | 68 ) 780} 218 1867 . She - 5 ako) 251140 |1109 : . | 87 |2808) 237 3942 sa iR5) F : ; 5 AD) il P . 148 | 718} 268 1235 aA WR ! ; 2 5/160 | 493 , . (142 |3599) 304 4097 - WY) F ‘ : . {160 | 394 : . (216 \5219) 376 5613 Dec. 6. : ; 2 1/160 | 234 j . [195 13467) 357 3702 ae 1133 : ; wy 3/150 | 283 ; . 1226 |2883) 378 3169 iF 20) ‘ : : . {150 |1304 P . (104 |1727) 254. 3031 “3 at. ‘ . | 60 | 287/140 | 408 : . {112 1070) 312 1765 ws ileal : . | 70 | 824/120 | 461 ; ; ; 3 190 1285 1903. ‘* Winter ”’ : ; 2 ? 4430) 2? 12 28 |tte.. s 2 4470 Jan. By) 4 ; L 5 : ; ; ; . | 55 | 961 55 961 ve 10 . | 20 |130 : : ; : ; . (157 11938] 177 2068 ae ila 5 || ats} | : ; ; 4 4 . (112 |2630) 150 2713 “ WEBS ae ih ca) Para : , ; ‘ 4 . 1°62 | 412), LoL 683 aa Soe ZOn 46 : : j 4) ie . | 56 {1190 76 1236 Feb. (hos, |b Dash |p als ; A ; ; , . | 40) 144 68 |} 189 a9 14 28 | 94 b A , : Z : 28 94. aA 21 40 | 26 40 26 AS 28 5) |} 10 5 12 March if Smlaal:7 8 17 +3 14 30 8 30 8 Ap AA : ” 28 May 3) a) Pie) 2 3 ie 16 7 6 a 6 a 7B} 18 | 60 18 60 §3 30 PADY NOH 25 27 June 6 . | 17 | 30 |200 | 623/150 63 2 : ; : 367 716 5 13 . | 23 | 49 |170 | 575/150 | 266 : : ; ; 343 890 - 20 . | 37 | 71 |180 | 946/180 | 244 ; : : : 397 1261 ie 27 ~. | 38 |190 |150 |1036/190 | 292 , : 9 21| 387 1539 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 175 TABLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- (Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock, say. } Week ended Boats/Crans/Boats/Orans| Boats} Crans |Boats|Cransg|Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1903. July 4 . | 36 |299 |150 | 962/190 | 785 2 |e 54) 392 2107 i 11_ . | 40 /288 |146 |2043)185 |2347 | 6 | 70|16]| 59} 393] 4807 ad 18 . | 40 [242 |150 |1573|195 |2375 | 9 | 32 | 22| 61) 416] 4283 we 25. | 38 | 94 155 |2302/186 |1946 | 14 | 87 | 28 | 132) 421 | 4561 Aug. 1 . | 29 | 39 |160 |2208/195 |1850 | 14 | 60 | 27 | 107) 425 4264 f ‘oer : . {170 |1815)190 {1053 | 18 | 25 | 20 | 114) 393 | 3007 i 1s, 2 2 |180 |2957|190 | 407 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 118} 399 3496 PE D2 i 7 1185 |2844/185 | 682 : 5s oily 71) 388 3604 a 29 3 5 1195 |2181)180 | 335 3 1 |} 19) 48) 400)|" 2570 Sept 5 . | 31 | 27 |190 | 608/185 |1458 : . | 389 | 286) 445 2379 A ee i el, 6 | 96 86,250 1153 3 2 | 99 | 630) 460 1877 =, 19. 1 4 | 75 . (240 |2221 : . 102 |1482) 418 | 3707 A IGF : > (50 . |240 |1679 4 8 |160 | 929) 454 2616 Oct. oe eo e20s 6 . 240 | 609 : ; 5 SOs 664 Oy , 1 Ba . (150 | 123 : ; ‘ : 170 123 us ie : aeelO . 1130 | 515 , . | 64 | 648) 204 1163 a 2a. ; p 6 . {170 30 t . (321 |1649) 497 1679 Bs 31 F 4 . (140 , : . | 52 | 612) 196 612 Nov. ae ; ay LO eu LOO! ae 4S 3 . (144 | 965) 304 1013 2 4 ’ Maly . {130 : 3 . (126 | 312) 268 312 as Zig : era) . | 90 J : . {130 | 767} 230 767 A Oar } SOON 27250) 63 : y LELS 673i 323 1008 Dec. bee : . | 80 | 902/140 , : . | 95 | 880) 315 1782 = ie : . | 84 | 142/140 22 : . {134 |2607} 358 2771 x LOR : . | 80 | 261/150 4 : . 160 |8456} 390 | 3721 A 26u = j . | 86 | 864/160 | 616 f . {108 |8311} 354 | 4791 5, 26-3! . | 24 | 132/160 3 61 | 643) 245 es: 1904. Winter : : : 2 |5872| 2 16 2/18 2 12843) 2 8749 Jan. zy B 9 9 ¢ a 16 Coal 5) 2 5 Ae 23 AL zt 21 24 o 30 25 | 63 25 63 Feb 6 24 | 67 24 67 os 1137 30 | 43 30 43 bs 20 49 |307 49 307 ve 27 33 | 44 33 44 March 5 3) || 8 23 23 - 12 17 |105 17 105 = 19 23 |194 23 194 o 26 P ] April 2 . 9 99 16 a O30 ieee a P 4 . j PA 30) |; : : ; : 2 | *53 * Up to April 30th. 176 / Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Week ended 1905. ‘Winter May 6 » 17 . 24 26 24 17 32 Ballan- |Campbel- trae. Boats)Orans|Boats|Orans 48 58t 143 51 12 Ch town. 65 70 . | 90 . {120 564/160 271/180 143)190 402 200 170/200 363/200 190/200 982/200 403 180 619)190 531/185 350 175 272,170 246 160 139|150 379)130 26| 80 79)190 45)150 103/130 46130 24| 90 eh i seo 6H 4, 0 50 bo bo 2 2/160 8 . {130 10 . {140 80 | 377\|160 80 | 306)160 2 |*53g4] 2 . | 60 . {110 . {120 . {130 100 | 258/130 130 |1044)100 110 | 535/140 116 | 709/160 Inver- aray. 12 46 150 16 +558 134 360 398 78 8 114 10 192 * Up to 3lst May. + To 29th April. § Up to 24th June. 2048 Total. Boats Crans 65 17 70 8 90 63 120 164 293 728 324 564 arAl 562 334 1063 344 601 393 855 401 1084. 412 2167 382 1344 Ali =| P2930 407 1228 387 877 393 (oil 456 1321 427 459 302 430 350 1014 436 827 372 270 180 103 210 53 106 43 14 3 ES 12 141 23 60 12 333 498 220 58 174 60 330 794 | 272 461 | 2 843 60 134 110 360 120 398 130 78 256 | 409 254 1209 267 557 308 978 + Up to date. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 177 TasLeE XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- Total trae. town. aray. ock. say. sh Week ended i amalli Nl | Boats|Crans|Boats|Crans| Boats} Crans | Boats|Crans Boats|Crans Boats Crans 1905. July 1 . | 47 | 77 |118 | 340/170 | 188 ; | 10 | 40 345 645 & 8 . | 26 |128 |170 |1246/160 | 90 5| 10 | 36 | 373 | 1505 - 15 . | 32 |113 |160 /1396165 | 188 ES 22. | 31 | 77 |180 |2057|140 | 90 6| 16 |128 | 379 | 1831 4, 16 | 67 | 370 | 2295 7 6 3 it 29. | 31 | 61 |220 |8038)100 | 72) 8! 23) 17 | 62! 376| 3256 Aug. De 29NiG6) 1260) (L771 40 | 735) \n 4: 21 23 | 79°) 356] 1953 - 33 IOs (S207 BOO) 717) 5O 48 | 10 SR ineos: 409 1894 <3 19 . | 24 |112 |250 |1223/100 96 6 LSS a S2 493 1478 ba 26 . | 32 | 94 200 | 348/120 | 108 | 8} 22) 5 | 26! 365 598 Sept. Te Oona 20n elle S0! 40) LOR 269|5 Qott | bil 678 ss OF Noes allo 5| 90 | 31) 9 | 418] 3 222 127 763 us LGe 9] 11 ‘ . | 80 LmtOue saris 4047 103 502 = 237) 2 LS 2On ee 1607} 1645/5 10))} 36) . : 95 221 ee 30m 9] 41] 15 5 AD 8 |128 | 742} 2]22}] 299 776 Oct. (ae : 20 - 10 | £245 5001-34)... : 150 158 = a ie p ie20 . {100 | 1538 | 30 | 121) 5 | 62] 155 336 a 21 .| ..| .|40| 21120] 30] 66 11298] 20/ 88 | 246| 1418 ff 98 ‘ . | 20} 30) 80; 21] 90] 518) 6}| 88] 196 657 Nov. AS : 5 | 230) ESO 2H OOr R219) 1 | 31) £90 243 FP i BE ee ; naa) 00) . | 80 | 100 | 20 o F 110 102 ie TS. « , : 8 | 40} 90 4 3 : : : 98 44 md DAT : aieoOe 64/70) |} 136 : ; 6| 45 | 106 145 Dec. oar : . | 80; 34] 80 | 258 : : 9] 25} 119 ony = 9 . P : 8} 17|110 : ; é : ie Ls 17 re 16}: = . | 30} 67/100 | 866 : : 5 | 30] 1385 963 a, It. = : . 1920 | 16) 90} 42 : : oye pris) | alk} 73 A 30m ; : " 2560 : : . i : 60 1906. Winter : ‘ . : : ? 14 2 | 687| 2? | 57 2 758 Feb. By Bea ie iy : : : ' ; ; : : 34 147 a TOF 8 atAast4! : f : ; : : : 14 14 ae 17 22 | 9 22 9 ; 24 LOVES 10 13 March 3 12 | 98 12 98 a 10 : : 2A 17 9 | 44 9 44 x 24 24 |247 24| 247 aa 31 2 : ; April 7 home a if Shs) ee =. |. bes os pase ; : : : ? |*220 May i eee: | 40 | Sete et to ag 44 i UD > 4 FE ; > | 70 86 : : : : 70 86 - 19s : : ; . (100 | 74 , : . ; 100 74 a 26m. < : : . {120 | 188 ‘ : ; : 120 188 * Up to 28th April. 178 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report ~TasBLe XXII., showing the Weekly Catch of Herrings in the Firth of Clyde Districts from 1854-1906—continued. Ballan- |Campbel-| Inver- | Green- | Rothe- trae. town. aray. ock. Say. pia Week ended Boats|Crans| Boats|Crans|Boats} Crans |Boats|/Crans/Boats|Crans| Boats Crans 1906. Pei al cee June Dis 2 |*75 ? |$8552/190 | 130 A : ? |106§} 120 130 58 ines 23) 50 | 100/472 | 80 | 224 : : : A 203 746 a LGV: 39/109 |1201/261 |120 | 252 , ; 6| 32 285 1654. 55 WB) 1 31) 15 |1301/139 |120 42 - ; 6| 50 287 1246 sf SUN. 40} 91 | 136/520 |120 | 188 : A 10) 51 306 850 July ae 34/158 | 134/700 |130 | 359 6 | 25 10/101 314 1343 5 le. 47|251 | 150/673 {130 | 332 | 12 | 75 19) 89 358 1420 52 Dilla. 19} 17 | 160/659 |120 33 tt 8 28/153 334 870 Be 28. 36/127 |1801/454 |120 | 298 | 11 | 33 20) 73 367 1985 Aug. Aa. 33/156 | 220)175 |110 Sou e9 27! 55 402 548 3S i 36/108 | 220/207 | 90 | 179 | 13 |109 34/184 393 787 ae ES! 19|109 80) 50 | 60 16 | 19 |254 | 101/567 279 996 35 20). 27) 211 30) 12 | 40 5 | 18 |414 | 200/435 315 887 Sept. i aes 27/237 20) 97 | 20 3 | 18 /448 |1981/513 283 2298 95 tha 6} 12 : || ALO 1 | 12 |192 | 204/948 232 1153 A 15% 25)197 ; eH 20 47 | 13 |206 | 169'547 227 997 Be De 26) 34 8} 1] 50 | 284 | 17 (519 |2282)247 329 3085 35 WE) 11) 17 20} 78 | 80 | 367 | 20 |713 |2362|/328 367 3503 | Oct. 6". ‘ : 10) 5 140 |1230 | 11 |258 | 241/686 402 2179 33 1338. é : 5 » 150) 252 8 | 20 |2623/218 420 3490 Fp JO ‘ i , . {150 2 é > | 2bOl a 400 2 5 Ol) 2 ¥ Slik: || 25015 2 255 ily} Nov. BG 21) 69 é a pao) ; 4 | 38 7| 16 42 123 a Oye 29/454 : il3O) |) 255 9 | 65 5522 73 796 35 ty ia 42/266 8 56 |417 5] 25 111 708 Bn 24° 40/612 8 58 |641 : ‘ 106 1253 Dec. 1 Wro2ZdtGes ; : 4 . (164 1853 Ah $8) 222 2025 af 8 . | 681/768 4 . 8 139 |377 5| 15 220 2160 35 15 . |1251/499 41 5 ‘ 5 | 132 N53) 6) 36 187 2115 35 22 . |1244/911 j : : . | 89 1168 12| 62 175 5141 e, 29 . | 702/017 A 4 50 | 58 |518 18) 84 150 2669 * For April and May. t From Ist January. § Up to 2nd June. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 179 TasLeE XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906. Week ended 1854. July 1 Dec. 2 1855. June 23 3 July 9) 30 7 14 21 28 Boats June 21 > July 3) LBoats.|Crans. 600 | 1000 540 | 600 540 | 400 560 | 600 450 | 700 400 | 800 400 | 1200 400 | 700 400 | 400 300 | 1000 100 | 200 300 | 400 450 | 600 460 | 450 480 | 1100 480 | 2050 450 | 1200 480 | 1400 480 | 1500 480 | 950 520 | 1000 520 | 1950 500 | 800 500 | 900 400 | 800 400 | 300 400 | 1030 500 | 720 500 | 950 500 | 1100 300 | 600 300 | 350 300 | 400 250 | 450 200 | 300 100 | 550 100 | 100 100 |.1000 220 | 196 290 | 190 300 | 450 500 | 1643 480 | 1800 586 | 1405 600 | 1207 180 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLeE XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued. ) Week ended |Boats.|Crans.J Week ended |Boats.)Crans.j Week ended | Boats.|Crans. 1859 1860. Aug. 6 600 | 1125 | Aug. 4 550 | 680 30 Hs 600 | 800 pea | 540 | 500 70 2 5 20 600 | 510 a eas 500 | 600 190 | 103 ee 600 | 315 a5 oS) 550 | 2400 260 | 102 Sept. 3 600 | 400] Sept. 1 550 | 450 260) elaig yO 600 | 780 ate 8 550 | 1300 400 149 ie eaky 600 | 800 etdelo 500 | 320 500 | 605 ay y's: 3 450 | 620 nas 550 | 950 530 | 1021 29 550 | 2300 Oct: Al 400 180 580 | 1070 et aS 400 | 470] Oct. 6 560 | 800 / 600 | 2020 Bese plies 400 | 624 By el} 460 | 1100 600 | 1570 re eye 380 | 566 Se 2) 410 | 1500 585 | 2660 i D9 390 84 AULA 390 | 1720 715 | 34385 Nov. 5 300 | 200} Nov. 3 420 | 2600 705 | 2760 a4 340 100 LO 430 | 4500 689 | 2275 ny lee) 310 | 369 acted BY 400 | 1930 670 | 2880 ao) 26 400 | 3900 oe ee: 380 | 1320 675 | 3810 Dec. 3 400 | 2900 | Dec. 1 380 110 | Oct. 4 687 | 3520 sa LO 150 100 Be ttne'S 208 | 1950 ae alll 690 | 3725 hy 500 | 2000 Sed 5: 228 | 2450 > 8 687 | 2911 a7 (24 300 | 3000 SE YD 190 | 2430 5) 574 | 1690 31 250 | 452 a 8DG 85 | 660 1860 1861 Nov. 1 682 | 3074 Jane) 7 100 | 300] June 8 172 132 core 770 | 3778 ale 90 70 sna) 195 97 hp Tie i 4212 Sel zl! 80 er OD 260 12; eee, 670 |; 2730 28 50 10 uno 454 161 i 29 610 | 2399 Feb. 4 35 15] July 6 495 | 432 | Dec. 6 400 | 432 8 UL 30 23 vals 560 | 690 ls} 500 | 2700 18 30 181 ae 20) 600 | 764 A) 450 | 961 se Be 50 | 505 a Dif 600 | 1019 27 350 | 600 Zi-ol 150 50 Mar. 3 30 70 | Aug. 3 | 570} 808 1863 se lO 40 | 366 ee 10 | 565 | 18335 | June 6 85 6 ey 35 195 se 7 565 | 1980 Hau lS} 195 85 55. 24 60 | 630 soe Od. 565 | 400 45, 241) 251 69 a1 Bil 60 | 294 saa Gull 565 | 800 ye 7 3407) S25 April 7 50 116 | Sept. 7 515 | 890} July 4 458 | 608 ae 50 152 a «4. 515 890 oe Ll 490 481 tal 40 75 Hae) 615 | 1215 Ve LS 515 | 940 EOS 30 45 3;. 28 615 | 707 Bets) 541 | 1180 May 5 30 141 Oct. 5 550 | 4381] Aug. 1 539 | 918 pe 12 20 ~~ 12 570 |) 532 IS: 767 | 1733 ate JO, 16 24 ‘3. 19 470 | 672 pe NS 659 | 1450 26 DD, 60 , 26 A450; 325 Be 2D 660 | 1466 Ree) 719 | 1361 June 2 35 42 | Nov. 2 | 350 375 , 95 68 ro ae 340 162 | Sept. 5 710 | 1122 Se 16 238 188 eel6 340 29 cee LD, 718 | 823% BS | 458 | 480 ay. eB 310 72 ae 19 680 | 740 ae ed) 450 | 320 sy aU 200 117 a 26 630 | 957 July 7 442 | 473] Dec. 7 267 | 474] Oct. 3 560 | 504 Ane] 470 | 807 ao 14. 320 | 960 ast 10 487 | 1250 ag. pall 550 | 947 Al 350 120 ae U7 650 | 1346 eS 550 | 999 28 200 170 ceed: 716 | 1678 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 181 TABLE XXIII.—-Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued. Week ended |Boats.)Crans.J Week ended |Boats.|/Crans.| Week ended | Boats.|Crans. 1863. Nov. 7 530 | 968 | Sept. 2 622 | 4209 | June 8s... 88 | 115 ca a BS MIS it Oia -.ce [osGdGeOSGLan ce col bemeeses |e Room pono ea 460, G83 oo 1G. ce | S52 1 SIO OO hee ian lana a Pogsoks 411 — S00 5, 28. ... | 462) 984.0 37/0...) a20” 459 ~ 30° «2 | Sein 1496 Dec. 5 426 | 905 July, (6:7 0--s |) 4570-|! foa0 say to 365.) 3940 Oct. 7. ... | $86) 401A 3 is) |) 436 Pies 19 30 “OO os 14... | 287) S69 4.) BOee at han nenase yt Ble vy ne) 220; |," 4861 og Die an oes OSS 5 CSOGRE (S77 tai re 62 6 ’ _ | Aug. 3 447 | 3352 = odo | eral Nor: 14 195 | 225-1 ,, 10 448 | 4320 Pas eyedenc | hawen 2990 395! ,, 17 401 | 1424 jee 461 | 745 | » 18 210| 246] ,, 24 457 | 2160 iS » 2D 45)).- IStke .; Sl 470 | 2909 July 2 593 | 6733 ; 5 seals be z eee | seo} De ; eee’ Sept. 7 533 | 2114 16 6s2 | 1450] » Sai os 528 | 982 aes eet nascs || VOW Uiamem 8| 250] ,, 21 500 | 1467 r» eprlg eU 28 466 | 1764 ar 30 550 | 873 x ters. ‘ r une & ay 4 4 Aug. 6 emt! Ge... |) 156: 99) C°* 52 pen ne iw US SIGs eAeGulbes;) 16-15... |, 2500 Isl p12? 54 Sil es ee. 4k) 661 5; 23... | 284) 200} ” oF sos" 1Oe0 be 187 520°} 1452 | ;j, 30 ...|.375| 362) » Sept. 3 4g2 | 554] July 7 525| 692 | Nov. 2 iat ee EiZ0 435 | 2403 ,, 14 425 | 380] ” 46 130) (Aas ay: 563 | 11483} ,, 21 428 | 524] ” 50 174 | 1508 5 24 | 558 605]. ,, 28 603 | 748] ” 36 180 | 1470 Oct. 1 538 | 7603} Aug. 4 534 | 802 s Baths tae as 472| 7951 1 557 | 1459 | Pee: 7 LTO) wae soi bs 405 | 338] ,, 18 543 | 2503] ” 5) joa | 460 5» 22 300 | 279] ,, 25 602 | 2340] ” Oo 45 B30 Pee #00 eee 28-31 125 | 160 Sept. 1 568 | 1658 a 7 Nov. 5 0-551 4; 18 598 | 2476 7 2 121| 526] ,, 15 478 | 909 1868 Hig 60| 226] ,, 22 550 | 1384 » 26 50} 112] ,, 29 450} 570/ 5. 4 1395 | 595 Dee. 3 28| 18] Oct. 6 600 | 3260] » 8 3p [ae 16 18 Thales 13 410) 3696] ” 52 195 | 1130 34. 17 9 5] ,, 20 490 | 1588} 7 ~°? = 27 475 | 1203] 5 4 ag | 50 1865. = June 3 lhe | ARS pido, patne 16 193 | 590 i 0 149) 66) ” jy Ws gist. 18 933 | 814 Ferg 207) 152) ? 34 “(G8 Ase ce 20 265 | 1189 24 355 | 122] ” e ey 275 | 800 July 1 ere mapeee. | Neer! | Suly 44 281 | 1476 eS TEE ae 106 120 ON 341 | 1963 io 15 723| s90| ” xe Teel ciao ll 28 351 | 2180 > 22 628 | 1128] ” 34 ich eo > 2 384 | 1910 5° 29 635 | 908] ” 1867 Aug. 1 420 | 2575 Aug. 5 680 | 1343 | Jan. 5 GO le 217 1, (8 406 | 2019 aie be 667 | 2967] ,, 12 70! 200] ,, 15 444 | 2750 hae 599 | 2240] ,, 19 Te IO | 2: 82 462 | 2075 y» 26 628 | 2659] ,, 26 5 » 29 420 | 898 182 Part Ill —Twenty-fifth Annual Report Taste XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854—1906—continued. Week ended |Boats.|Crans.}| Week ended Boats.|Crans.J Week ended |Boats.|Crans. 1868. 1870. 1871 Sept. 5 479 | 2481 | Jan. 1 55 25 | Sept. 2 456 | 961 wy 2 455 | 2307 Mare 1S 80 | 145 5 437 | 334 ale) 450 | 3058 yl 70 | 210 eG 343 | 546 apt 20 485 | 1981 5) | 85] 3820 Sy BS 363 | 544 3 29 (564), 225 55 BO) 162 | 203 Oct. 3 353 | 1084 1 2 LO 398 | 2019 | June 4 165 | 500] Oct. 7 194 | 353 eed? 426 | 1363 ye all | 229 | 895 sp alia: 256 | 1229 Uae: 440 | 1445 ve gls 254 | 609 be Ol 327 | 700 poll 205 | 210 pope 13) 312 | 1430 5 pes 160 90 Nov. 7 75 45 | July 2 357 | 1859 | Nov. 4 41] 124 pe llc 30 30 et) 409 | 1549 ul 70 | 160 ma | 32 45 eG 455 | 1725 Ba lke} 109 60 save 32 60 a 495 | 2405 Eee 41 80 Bw) 521 | 3005 Dec. 5 26 25 Dec. 2 20 45 my Le 65 | 370] Aug. 6 484 | 1950 ae 9 18 40 pee |) AO alo ee ls} 616 | 1659 20 016 4 26 12s 220) a A) 562 | 1943 28) 6 1869. ba | 562 | 2420 sw) 6 Jan. 2 2 15 ea) 36 | 560} Sept. 3 681 | 1119 1872 ssa 72 | 140 =e LO 512 | 696] June 1 101 70 se eeO 70 50 ily 378 | 276 ; 166 | 200 55D) 4 4 a 2 445 | 1034 3h Dla 207 | 2385 5, 22 228 | 205 June 5 188 | 550] Oct. 1 410 | 598 S29 245 | 291 eel 233 | 730 a 8 521 | 1494 ny wl) 250 | 1180 Silo 411 | 959} July 6 343 | 695 ne O48) 317 | 2190 sy 22 367 | 1045 Wa eelle 419 ; 640 1D 307 | 729 ey 920 481 | 1240 July 3 338 | 1580 coy, 657 | 3220 x IC 467 | 1035 | Nov. 5 393 | 1633 Bo As 417 | 1800 ee LD, 328 | 816] Aug. 3 600 | 1286 aed: 504 | 2275 elo 344 | 800 wy LO) 702 | 2062 sop col 565 | 1770 226 300 | 550 etal 687 | 711 ny ee 728 | 1152 sued, 7 488 | 2355 | Dec. 3 215 | 325 ohh. Gill 589 | 1152 » 4 470 | 3588 7 10 80 80 eal 630 | 4107 ae 7 39 25 | Sept. 7 497 | 1208 Sess) 550 | 2566 S24 23; 170 ec! 349 | 598 rou 81 | 195 el 404 | 2327 Sept. 4 458 | 4081 1871 5. 28 476 | 1353 yg whl 464 , 2691 | Jan. 7 16) 140 as. 438 | 1215 ssh) 14 54 | 985 | Oct. 5 450 | 595 A ea) 399 | 588 AY 50 | 500 le 248 | 2146 2S 40°) 215 ealg 69 40 Oct. 2 381 | 941 26 18 8 So de) 452 | 2237] June 3 127 | 230 ml 400 | 1145 Salo 210 | 816] Nov. 2 i 5 2.20 135 | 302 aoe eli 304 | 730 =<. 49 stl i 30 36 95 yy 450 | 1366 3) 6 87 | 430 yy 28! 240 | 950 Nov. 6 16| 245] July 1 506 | 1417 ESD) 176 | 850 ste 10 10 i 504 | 1592 1820 4 5 ie 5 468 | 826] Dec. 7 256 | 700 55 al 22 640 | 752 a RL: 36 | 120 29 792 | 640 Dec. 4 14 35 | 1873. eu 32 | 135} Aug. 5 666 | 730} June 7 115 | 332 eELs 74 | 490 a5 512 | 1018 PNA: 169 | 312 sph eeD 85 | 465 ea) 522 | 758 pe | 204 | 596 i Ol 851 295 SO 372 | 394 By Pas) 239 | 516 a of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 183 TaBLE XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854—1906—continued. Week ended Dec. 6 1874. June 6 Boats. H bo 1875. June 5 132 266 261 362 312 271 388 294 319 302 270 149 76 114 124 126 130 166 188 1876. Week ended | Boats.) Crans. Oct Vee 954 | 456 oY 4eie ss. 250 | 520 BT Date ssa 210 | 989 St PQS 420 | 5300 Wows &8 ooo 300 | 900 cy LIA 186 | 1758 i CHa ace 82 158 Sat DOMME: 100 70 Dec. 2 46 617 eae et!) 60 6 10 », 20 1877. Jan. 27 2 June 2 ? 5 ee) 99 29 5 OB 222 | 1218 op 8) 258 | 892 July 7 287 | 1649 a a 304 | 1347 Pp aA 301 | 2535 3 28 370 | 2204 Aug. 4 550 | 3097 jp al 574 | 3844 LS 298 | 1976 25 413 | 1080 Sept. 1 482 | 1569 eS 477 | 1665 ae 5 281 248 a5 382 | 1107 eb 29 375 | 2467 Oct. 6 353 | 1629 lS 376 | 210 P20) 266 | 240 wy ed 134 180 Nov. 3 70 | 660 ” 10 7 60 eid Bly) 48 150 24: 82 Dec. 1 i St AS 78 eS 10 ey 6 yh oo 1878. June (Shece. 151 413 ii Tomi... 219 | 1115 5 DOR ee 256 | 773 pe A! 321 | 1170 elvan Olneeess 382 | 1010 i Monee 317 | 2608 & 200 oe 333 | 2908 pr rth ecenall) PAs) | Ie 184 Part I1I—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLe XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854—1906—continued. Week ended | Boats. 1878. Aug. 3 poe LO ee) ” 24 yy oul 432 319 1880. June 5 ~. 12 eee ky) abe 26 » U 18 15 20 Crans. Week ended 1881. Nov. 5 9 12 9 19 eco Boats.|Crans. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 185 Taste XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854—1906—continued. Week ended | Boats.|Crans.| Week ended | Boats./Crans.} Week ended |Boats.|/Crans. 1883. 1885. 1887. Sept. 1 ...| 534] 3086] Aug. 1 ... | 506 / 1921] June 4 ....| 270) 764 Bia ccar >) san | S206 Rites Usui)... | SOB) 22201) ie le Seaal ear ae oise® «|. 3804) 2889 Bh) 1Siel ... | 508: G608. Lares Ste a. | aoa 5» 22 319 | 1665] ,, 22 390 | 4624] ,, 25 562 | 1071 er BO 319 | 2720] ,, 29 469 | 2150 July 2 578 | 869 Oct. 6 353 | 7511 | Sept. 5 463 | 2558], 660 | 1298 ans: 337. 3876 [1 ,, 12 424| 4071] ,, 16 595 | 2049 ye 20 328 | 6257 ,, 19 524 | 6219] ,, 23 544 | 3312 ae Da 317,| 1923] ,, 26 140 | 121 , 30 460 | 10333 Nov. 3 351 | 4663 | Oct. 3 313 | 4471 | Aug. 6 421 | 1807 0 10 335 | 1564] ,, 10 436, 7814 fic 18 475 | 18124 ge tyi 330)! Taz etel VF 419| 494] ,, 20 437 | 1213 »» 24 1993 M7 Pa es 24 350| 976] ,, 27 423 | 1174 ier 182 3 Dec. 1 285 | 396 Sept. 3 378 | 768 ny aS 157 | 1491 | Nov. 7 137 a 1G 419 | 13954 Or a5 14 12 Se 437 | 3599 » 22 20 » 24 440 | 6498 1884 1886. i ne 7 292 | 1428] June 5 402 | 1394 | Oct : thle eee 440 | 7ISE * 12 404,| 9367” 45 23 Bue OT 549 | 2055] ,, 19 J6d G0a.p 2 8 Fit osee a. Og 658 | 2236] ,, 26 524 2061] ” 59 aie) Sane July a ee ie July 3 562 | 1869] vs Pe saa v 5, oem | 474 | 1348 i. aaa | 7087 spo tg.).-:: | O20 Eee 17... | 508.) 1632 36 389 4 49 2G: | Sia eeeGip Ey, 240.2 | 486 | 1193] oe tea aan Cet eh 40s | POSe Bl0 38, SOG oes | Aug. 2 612 | 3301 me tg 614 | 2159 | Aug. 7 ary) lee. PP al See » 16 439°) S500 Pe 14 496 | 1915] 74 280 | 17 ee: 460 | 3194] ,, 21 484] 243] ” 5) 590 | 999 reo 410 | 2939] ,, 28 475 | 2940] ” 1888. Sept. 6 eae 349 288 Sept. 4 Siete 388 2997 J 252 38 13... | 367.| “866 Tie sibs 960.) “dos | Lee 9 ee ay ” ag CSE 16 331 | 294 iy LO ee emoosmin hs, 1S) 2... | 232) 619 | on bsg aga » 27 ... | 330] 401] ,, 25...) 493} 339) ” 39 | 537 | 1183 Oct. 4 340 | 384 1 Oct. 2 342 | 645 ont 186 | 1262| ,, 9 353 | 363) Uy 7 pon gee St 1s 414 | 3998] ,, 16 278; 209) ” 57 562 | 3870 > 2d 400 | 4592] ,, 23 ATG) 758 |? Ge 567 | 2698 a ver 30) 394} 977] ” INOY ] 379 24 (3 See 120 | 812 | Nov. 6 272 | 360] Avs |¢ ooo eee ee te Pe 0G-n ..- 13 254} 569] ” 45 401 | 3739 ys 22 156} 410] ,, 2 364 | 600] ” 55 492 1461 » 29 Ten Woh... 27 530 | 1761] ” 1885 2 Sept. 1 528 | 2439 June 6 328, pope p DPS. © oe eee veer: 444 | 11504 MpS1S 415 | 2699] ” 4 315 5350 =p 15 450 | 21363 20... | S26) h 20GINE. 3191 22 374 | 1643 OF | 511 | 2789 Og 186 | 7464 1887. July 4 618 | 2978 | May 7 118 | 525] Oct. 6 356 | 12694 ee 580 | 2733] ,, 14 |: TSG ROO- jor 23 377 | 25534 ay 18 594 | 4166] ,, 21 1365) <34:1) (5, 20 430 | 1639 yy» «25 528 | 3285] ,, 28 152] 383 bo ,. 27 385 | 333 186 Part ITI —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TABLE X XIIJ.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued, [5 EE aS || | ee Week ended |Boats.}Crans.J Week ended | Boats.) Crans.| Week ended |Boats.|Crans. 1888. 1890. 1892. Nov. 3... | 388 | 14657 Sept. 6... 103 | 8823] July 2 ... | 489} 2470 er NO eae 120 7 vot Va Mea, oe 103 | 15013 Apt Deane 469 | 3156 oye eA cee ee 2Su 908 me PAUL coat 188] VIGIS) Ay 16s. Ny 4428 eBlos sig Pe a is 202 146 Re ihe tease 88 276 ANUS tx eae 580 | 60174 » 30 ... | 406 | 59935 Dec. Wess | 36271 28420 tOcts 4a een |to4o 473 oo) Be BEL AFIT BTS 1 8845)| 971 | Aus, F600) 2 eesonanoaem pein [synth amen 476 | 2388 eS a 328 | 810 Eat Siete. 283 | 26543 APP) ) oat He atk) |p PRIOy/ Soo bate con |, CES COs) yo 20M cM STGReaos 55) MEO ER Ss 180 | 250 | 99 27 ws |. 262) 2544s 1889. Nov. 1 aoe 448 381 June! (80%...) | 28449) 691s) eee 68)... 12) 5180! || Sept: (Ss... | te2Zoon ees So LD Rae oe BBS || GEG 3) Ts act 421 | 394 3) LO 2.) 26922982 bs MN eae 252 804 Rie AOD es 450 | 1575 eae ly beg 266 | 1663 PLO mae. alan oOSilt Hoar, SPAN shee lle GLO || ey ee eee 7i53,.\|, PADS) duly 6)... }-.413"| 1340) Dee. 6 ... | 303. | 1356 | Oct. (ieee. 725d ae Ba Me Meee 355 | 2653 sort ASAD ayes 259 | 1336 53, Wo BORE ee 280 | 1637 ae ZO eae. 368 | 320947 ,, 20 ... 149 | 1595 j¢ SLD ers 332 | 1358 AERO [Be ON. 339 | 2282 pet 2T. ere 268 | 1059 iitg Cote. ed 368 | 1753 1891. » 29 ... | S68 aineen AUG ior! eo) |) e260) a LOOLAe tine JO eo Usm | oo SAO! et 2103| W275 50 WSiepees 409 | 1800 | Nov. 5 ate 290 704 ce Ly ae 248 | 10453] ,, 20... 441 | 1950 33 LL lZ hs 330 | 1336 REAP ee... 248 | 1016 ep ah aay 507 | 1678 55 ee Oa verte 328 231 45) Bll rae 247 | 25882 ay PAD) 334 | 1290 July 4 ... | 468 | 3392 Sept: 17 7a: 21a VO825 55) 11 nee 50289463) | (Dec. tonnes 310 400 easier lee LOSs| ee coratt 65.) LS 1 eee ea olelieo a6 > 10. .2..) 53205 IGG oe ea 50¢ 100 | 1029 Rat eos feet 393 | 3295 ae rh Mee 300 } 2751 ayo PAahk upmne NeiAatell Btsteleny 5) 24... | 2607/2000 Aug. 1 383 | 5005 EOL sae 240 | 1000 Oct. 5 249 | 4514 re 8 Ree 270 , 20094 1893. 554 LD 252 | 2832 5 1D ...,| S288 GOFF June Sian. 56 69 3; LO 340 | 3024 ae UB dee 283 | 1288 sab LOM ae 477 | 1353 Fa Aa) 323 | 3876 ees) PHORM 254A aencneli ae enere 492 | 82] > 24... | 586 mse Nov. 2 ‘sie 355 | 1451 | Sept. 5 ane 242 547 aA Ora re 344 | 2245 Se aap 216 | 10883) July 1 ‘en OST 2255 ee dlG Eee eller roOlaal eal: x7, WOE... | 2IZ | “988H. 5, 8). neh) tOeOR ROMS vee DW Like x< 412 | 5388 As DO Ure sacs 22 1161 se Dae 472 | 46833 Ay a Uae are aBil 224 35 22 oe 424 | 3999 Octs) Sawaal) wszales79 93, ZO ee 372 | 4765 Dec. 7 ae 202 44 joe LOVue.. 264 8944 . ee EAN AA 283 930 pte Lp Ue Parity |) LeeAGtem | da\qunedy 5) oo 335 | 34584 ek se 132 939 SA ae rece 354 | 4390 8 eA ee 258 | 38514 28 an 88 23 ol nae 420 | 3201 55. LO ae 287 | 25434 1890. Femi eer ly erase, | Pils) Aivbovey 9 7 oe 378 183 | Nov. 7... | 373 | 5220 Pea oC: Soe es 462 254 j5% MEGS Grea 322 324 | Sept. 2... 267 | 1576 OOD oe 551 G59 PE, OT. es 4) 2984) 1688 |! g.. | Oabe.c| eo amines EP BIDS on tiles 626 | 1997 SpE DOU MIE 294 | 4120 0 AUG ies 265 6864 eS ae me-ctoyel Sill il? July. 50 eect! 550 \ne2OSie Dec.) On teen nlZOOsl LoDS >> 00 2.4 Zabn sot Ban Ase ele 557 | 4276 1, 12 en 261 | 1471 prog St... |, 6501 3870H) (5, 919... Ber gy Loe | OF Fares here dime yo, 26'%,..1 |< 380 M682 |) |, Y26 8 AN Be1 2240 |) (ze ute ta ae 26-31 ae 261 | 2253 DS er e A 28 210 436 Aug. 2 218 | 292411 1892 ” 202 tes de, (ONIN BS 288) 2671 dune 495%... 54 54) | Nova 42 ee 210 | 1870 Ante OG Wieser, 264 | 3384 Lil we 332 | 1505 Hee el me 220 800 a tee 2634155! eee Ho Lael # ve 397 | 1140 aM OVS PT e2: 210 897 810) = Coes 242 8043] ,, 25 see 455 | 2157 aD ONE: 210 345 i of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 187 Taste XXIIJ.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued. Week ended |Boats.|Crans.J Week ended |Boats.|Crans.| Week ended | Boats.|Crans. 1893. 1895. 1897. Dec. 2... | 192] 504] Oct. 5 48 32 | Aug. 7 439 | 3386 ne 192 | 412 oh) LA 49 84 5 lt 425 | 4066 LG 169 | 1000 7 Lg 28 69 555 nol 404 | 3338 88 171 | 1065] ,, 26 22 | 463 ,, 28 343 | 3628 cer 211 | 2139 1894 Nov. 2 46 483} Sept. 4 446 | 5238 June 9 231 | 1582 a TD 168 150 eel 445 | 7435 ay LG 330 | 2159 LG 157 191 os 399 | 4314 ist 28 389 | 19493) ,, 23 154 | 1071 ap 2) 396 | 4595 SH) 409 | 52024 4 8 174 | 506 Oct. 2 385 | 3319 July 7 381 | 33134] Dec. 7 150 | 227 ye, BD 331 | 4232 3 4: 396 | 5277 », 14 168 | 869 of LG 234 | 984 yo 396 | 1950 Ay ea 178 | 245 tye 0238 262 | 2523 43. 28 380 | 4254 28 22 vu OU) 239_| 2283 1896. Aug. 4 496 | 4964 | June 6 247 496 | Nov. 6 251 | 1279 7 AL 405 | 2352 aie ais 325 | 530 59s} 251 965 7 Ls 458 | 16253] ,, 20 408 | 911 5: 20 334 | 1179 oy AD 445 | 3093 Se eel 408 | 1684 sae 324 | 3277 Sept. 1 450 | 2189 | July 4 378 | 2213 | Dec. 4 286 | 2047 og. he! 342 | 1306 mo Ll 414 | 1644 ey SD 6 7 OS 325 | 7783] ,, 18 462 | 1322 noe alts: 225 | 1784 A es 345 | 1286 Som eo) 444 | 1224 ree 243 | 1326 Pa) 300 | 1671 31 107 | 400 Aug. 1 487 | 851 1898 Oct. 6 263i\n- MSs 1S 416 | 2215 | June 4 pas}: || (5)7/8" AG: pall? 160 146 5p lis} 415 906 pn tet 350 | 1518 me) 150 | 4633) ,, 22 359 | 1471 ls, 370 | 1898 sf) Ld 136 59 es 403 | 1103 a eo 378 | 2770 Nov. 3 106 24 | Sept. 5 441 | 1308 | July 2 368 | 3814 5p 80 43 Le 381 960 a co 368 | 4210 Ke iy 210! 510] ,, 19 Tz} 419 1", .. 16 377 | 2714 95, 24 209 | 170 erAD 217 | 736 ee 439 | 5431 33 30 397 | 4218 Dee: 5 1 215") 2357 | Oct. 3 266 | 2766 ap ts) 258 | 1991 soy LO 239 | 854] Aug. 6 493 | 2151 apy LG 216 | 2229 59 Le 218 | 442 3 Js 417 | 2379 SN 170 | 1658 9) 24 102 55 33. 20 490 | 2640 50 29 130 | 1573 eno L 205 | 746 st 2k 436 | 3505 1895. June 8 280 | 5023] Nov. 7 209 | 1568 | Sept. 3 408 | 1244 55S 358 | 8433} ,, 14 198 189 ae 10 462 | 2255 Se 404 | 732 ae all 168 | 427 ee OL 497 | 1926 Ay 14! 449 | 1635 5p ae: 148 , 718 », 24 326 | 2341 July 6 475 | 28853] Dec. 5 144} 154] Oct. 1 313 | 705 iy Le 516 | 2123 af pile 136} 101 Ae wete) 252 | 1649 5p) Aw 497 | 21923) ,, 19 132 | 243 pl 292 | 1320 Soe au 350 | 15844) ,, 26 63 | 198 eee 289 | 390 1397 ao 270 | - 509 Aug. 3 476 | 2999 | June 5 Wl | 372 9 10 456 | 19603] ,, 12 B52 goa NOW 3 ata Goes an a7 419 | 14523] |, 19 Pai 20 E28 a, Boy gee ig. 24 292 | 39441 ,, 26 367 | 1109 ” 96 333 | 2893 eo! 304 | 778% en ee rr July 3 408 | 2795 | Dec. 3 211 | 2645 Sept. 7 989 | 965] ,, 1 419 | 2377] ,, 10 171 | 1419 eae 304] 532] ,, 17 ADE PAOST NE. 17, 219 | 1342 aan. 2 194 137 ea’ 24: 433 | 3456 Fahae oe 188 | 1229 28 117 80 sa ee 413 | 3859 oul! 36 | 278 188 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLe X XIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued. Week ended |Boats.}Crans.{ Week ended | Boats.)Crans.J Week ended |Boats.!Crans. 1899. 1900. 1902. June 3 12 || 20S) || Crea) 330 | 3049 | July 5 370 | 3725 wre ll 259 | 1744 ee ili 250 302 ee 370 | 2289 ee me lik 296 | 1738 33. 20 330 | 1652 ae 19 375 | 4313 amor: 329 | 1005 55 al 310 | 634 sy Aa 360 | 3185 July 1 354 | 2576 | Nov. 3 274 | 943 | Aug. 2 390 | 4841 = 350 | 3086 3 10 300 88 Rae fe) 460 | 4096 pepe lb) 316 | 4292 Pally 280 561 eG 390 | 5527 Shee, 373 | 4159 ot 270 639 Aes} 410 | 2786 Ae Ae, 376 | 3064 Pou 410 | 4970 Dec. 1 260 50 Aug. 5 378 | 5063 at LO 284 | 1741 | Sept. 6 410 | 3125 Say 0) 378 | 4701 oe al 150 — nee lB? 410 | 3955 ee ai) 438 | 3396 5 Oe 120 33 a PAD) 280 | 790 apaulco 332 | 1024 oo OT 320 | 402 Sept. 2 307 | 2328 1901. Oct. 4 300 | 820 - 9 308 | 1481 | May 25 140 38 sei ot Hit 130 | 1399 57 aelG 347 | 4296 5S 210 204 soe. 150 | 1184 | June 1 150 184 im DO 150 866 ol) 315 | 2073 . 325 | 1444 Bee als 345 790 | Nov. 1 150 | 1087 Oct. 7 191 852 Sar pee 350 | 1548 etn ib ts) 159 | 1134 narle 265 | 1508 1 29 365 | 2875 > 28 ? 517 e 21 193 360 sage 162 498 evens 193 | 459] July 6 360 | 3230 | ,, 29 160 | 394 yp 1G 360 | 1984 INOW. £4) / ere: 230 | 1079 59 OS ence DON e747 8 Dec; tGieuen 162 | 235 AT 2) 1230.) 8445-075, 27... bar) 4268 [052 Tg ie eae eee Sil Stamens el een mnOoD Bg Vitis 150 | 1304 Die eal eoUSmEaaOS || Alo: 23 Jo. eleeSaOeieo267 2 od ZOOL OOS 5 LO ae 390 | 3420 ES ole 190 | 1285 Dec. 2 300 | 1033 ee ely | a 330 | 3418 ats 99) | 6441-,, 24 ... | 410 | 5785 yeu Be 200 | 1809 “fy Bl she 320 | 1248 1903. a Q8t com! alg imaleey | June 6... | 350| 686 sar oO 50 | 178 | Sept. 7 330 | 3338 rj elf Sah oes 320 | 841 pee 14. 380 | 4104 aA, AU, 360 | 1190 cote...’ |. 310" S98 bbe oy 340 | 1328 1900. a 28 ee 350 | 1578 ; June 2): ... |. 280°); 497 leoq | July 47 \..4 |, Se Op melee Re 1G sos aessyp vey ou” ae | cage | asi! Ha tS aoanad ies CG S055) SSIS aatan Seales erg |G 345 | 3948 3 320 | 2327 2 26 210 50 5 eS 341 | 4248 30 348 | 2819 a? | Nov. 2 120 | 140] Aug. 1 355 | 4058 July 7 348 | 2976 Ao 130! 34 OES 360 | 2868 550 ok: 328 | 2828 5, 6 140 | 400 pee lis: 370 | 3364 yey 326 | 5690] ,, 23 190! 3821 ,, 22 370 | 3526 SNES 338 | 2991 oO 278 | 1008 Sees) 375 | 2516 Aug. 4 340 | 2303 | Pe 7 Bea taay | Sepbee 375 | 2066 see el 350 | 43838 23 2] 240 1773 altel, 346 | 1239 vy 18 380 | 3450 My 28 190 918 peaeeh) slon|a222r Sa BS 324 | 4244 eae SeE26 290 | 1679 Sept. 1 soa |). oO) |) 28H 1902. Octats eae 246 609 ; 350 | 2993 | June 7 Bae 360 | 1115 sal) eee 170 123 an lis 5) ooOMmoUls aaa IZ b 310 | 1846 aon (7h 78 140 515 = (99>) C) Seepiogsa ipl Ol 340 | 1594] ,, 24 176| 30 Sao), 57 | 330 | 3759 5 te} 360 | 1191 Age woul 144 — | of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 189 Tasie XXIII.—Weekly Returns of Boats Fishing and Herrings Landed in Inveraray and Campbeltown Districts, 1854-1906—continued. Week ended |Boats.|Crans.| Week ended |Boats.|Crans.]| Week ended |Boats.|Crans. 1903. 1906. Nov. 7 160 48 May.j.D: 0 -- 40 44 oot 142| — pela ta ictal Skea als Dl 100s ee ered ee ey i D8 ONG || BBE he Onan 120 | 188 Decwe ay oa. |) 220 I!4:902 Pele 3) | Boe s| 64 June 2 120 | 130 eed sc: -\-230-} 265 a etg 180 | 696 , 26... | 246 | 1480 Cs 240 | 1513 See eAnS33 lee US4g 132 Ay BB 250 | 1181 5 el) 256 | 708 1904. May 7 65 17 July 7 264 | 1059 wee 4: 70 8 Aen aA: 280 | 1005 x5. pall 90 63 a || 280 | 692 Fam 2S 120 | 164 is, 28 300 | 1752 June 4 280 | 720 ela) 303 | 518 Aug. 4 330 | 258 $0515 294 | 524 $e Ui 310 | 386 REDD 304 | 1046 5 28 140 66 BeTEDD 70 17 July 2 314 | 550 ee!) 340 | . 769 yk 340 | 979 Sept. 1 40 | 100 a 340 | 2057 LS 10 1 OO 310 | 1145 » 15 20 47 5, 22 58 | 285 Aug. 6 330 | 1021 $529 100 | 445 TS 355. | 1135 20) 355 |- 815 pte 360 685 Oct. 6 150 | 1235 se 1133 150 | 252 Sept. 3 340 | 451 , 20 150 2 eit 320 | 143 a a ee Fit Wf 290 424 facet DA. 200 | 295 Nov. 3 10 — Oct. 1 260 | 121 en aD) 30: | . 255 ee: 200 | 45 e117 Sele see aoe fs) 180 103 ee: 8 — a5 EY 190 47 55. 0 100 36 Dec. 1 4 — Nov. 5 10 8 8 — , 12 BBE a 1G 4 5 Bind 116 Hi 99 PEL cts ees 52 we 29 4 50 190 Part III —Twenty-jifth Annual Report TaBLE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900. New Moon. June 19... July 18... Aug. 16.;, Sep. 15... Oct. 147" Nov. 13... Dec. 12... Total 1861. *Catch in Crans. Full Moon. Janes Heb: | 9:5: Mar. 11... Apr l052: May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Noy. Dec. Dec. Feo Bee ie a) 00 Oe Se JX) Total 1862. Jans 30... Feb. 28... Marso0ke: Apr. 28... May 28... June 27... July 26... Aug. 25... Sep. 23... Octa 2a Noy. 2h Dee. Zi, Total 132 690 1335 890 431 375 474 80 4407 102 1021 3435 3810 1690 2730 600 13288 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. Sep. ¢ Oct. Nov. Dee. Total ana ZOne: Feb. 25... Mar. 26... Apr. 24... May 24... June 22... July 22... Aug. 20... Sep. 19... Octanlse= INove 17a Dec. 17... Total Jan. 16... Heb. 14... Mar. 16... Apr. 14... May 13... June 12... July 11... Aug 9... Sep. 8... Oct Tix Nov. G:.. Dec. 6... Total *Catch in Crans. 470 23 366 116 141 68 473 680 450 800 2600 110 660 6957 2 149 2020 2275 3725 3778 432 12381 | New Moon.|. 1863. Jan Ol Feb. 18... || Mar. 19... | Apr. 18..: || May 17... June 16... July 15... Aug. 14... Sep. 13... Oct: a2... Nove ails. Dec. 10... Total 1864. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June e see) Weenis:.. Total eval Noy. 18...] in *Catch Crans. 39 513 1445 740 1346 719 394 5194 42 1007 2520 980 486 246 5281 Full Moon. _*Catch in Crans. Janene Hebse ane Mar. 5... Apr.) 3.2 May | .3).3) eee June! dee 6 July 1.2 82 July 30...) 751 Aug. 28...| 1354 Sep. 27...; 504 Oct. 26...) 1419 Nov. 25... 800 Dec. 25... Total 4916 | Jane Zone Hebsi22i-. Mar. 23... Apr. 22... May 21... Acc June 19... 400 July 19..., 572 Aug. 17.4.\> 32279 Sep. 15...) 1120 Oct: lov 338 Nov. 13... 226 Dec. 13... 5 Total 2940 Jan le i Feb. 10... Mar. 12... Apr. Liles May. 10.2.1" foc June 9... 16 July 8...| 142 Aug. 7...) 2683 Sep. 5...| 2356 Oct 410 INovesor 225 Dees, S27. PEG Total 5832 ~ * The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 191 TaBLE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. *Catch New Moon.). in Crans. 1866. Jane 1G::. Feb. 15... Mar. 16... 1130 1045 1800 1920 3058 1365 30 Dec. 14...) 510 Total | 10856 _ Full Moon. Feb. 18... Mar. 20... Apr. 18... May 18... June 17... July 16... Aug. 15... Sep. 14... Oct. 13%. Nov. 12:.. Deere lie=. Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. : Octioiln., Nov. 30... Dec. 29... ode ast Ms IS CIB Total *Catch in Crans. New Moon. in Crans. *Catch F'ull Moon. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May 25... June 24... July 23... Aug. 22... Sept 20... Oct. 20... Noy. 19::: Dec. 18... Total *Catch in Crans. 320 305 1190 800 544 939 740 80 4918 140 230 1325 249 820 101 90 45 3000 * The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case. 192 Part [11 —Twenty-fifth Annual Report TasLe X XIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. *Catch *Catch *Catch *Catch New Moon. Pay steers Full Moon. PN ontee New Moon. Gana. F'ull Moon. in Crans 1872. Jans LO: Jan Jie 4 Heb. 9:2 Feb. 20... gate Mar. 9... Mar. 21... Apr -&.2 Apr. 20 .. May 7... May 20.73) are June 6... 163 June 18... 225 July 5...) 195 July 18...| 1020 Aur 4 343 Age. Vee 915 Seps< Sci Bao waa Oct. 2...) 365 Sept. 15... 15 INGven lee 5 Oct? 1452 525 Nov. 30... 850 Novy. 138... 110 Dec. 30... Dec. 12... 90 Total 2256 Total 2904 1873. Jan. 28 Jane los. rhs 11... 30 Feb. 27. Feb. 12... 00. Bees Mar. 10 Mar. 28. Mar. 14... x a oh Apr. 26. Apr. 12... Maw eile May 26... May.12...|... June 7 eee June 24. 310 | June 10...) 125 5 a oer July 24...) 263 | July 10...! 370 Nee piles ae Aug. 23.. 1G, Aue, 8...| ° 13 qaaak Sept. 21 34 Sept. 6...| 52 ept. 3...) 622 Pea? oe ; Oct. 3 436 Oct. 21, Ody 6...) 94 | Now dee Nov. 20 Nove 4... te Ov, ois Dec. 19 Dee se Dec. 1.. 617 : ; 4 Dec. 30... Total 625 Total 654 Total 4320 1874. Jan. 18 Jane Zoe Feb. 16 Meb;-27..2. Mar. 18 Mar. 29... Apr. 16 Apr. 27... May 15. May) 27 cai, Qeeaee June 14. 75 June 25... 600 July 13. 275 July 25...| 702 Aug. 12.. 98 Aug. 23... 423 Sept. 10... 368 Sept 22... 697 Oct. 10... 30 Octs 22 180 Nov. 9... 2 Nov. 20... aM Dec. 9... Deen20.% Total 848 Total 1318 Total 2602 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 193 TaBLE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. ~*Catch New Moon. in Crans. 1878 Jane o:.. Heb: 2). Mar: 4... Apr 2... May. 2... June 1... ae June 31... 650 July 29...) 972 Aug. 28... 57 Sept. 26... 4 Octs- 255. 10 Nov. 24... 250 Dec. 23... : Total 1943 1879. ei OPE Rebs 213:. Mar. 22... ANjoreu lites 2, ies Li id ae June 19... 275 July 19... 980 Aug. 17...; 1963 Sept.16...) 726 Oct. 15... 840 Novtl475|-"- 70 Dec...13... Total 4854 1880. Jan. ale Feb. 10... Wart lites PASE Os May 9... June 7 July 7.. An Gs Sept. 4 Oct. 4 Nov. 2 Dec. 2 Total 6880 Full Moon. Jane 19). Heba liv... Mar. 18... Apr. 17... May 16... June 14... July 14... Aug. 13... Sept. 11... If. Nov. 10... Se Oct. Dec. Total *Catch in Crans. 2251 ‘ Jane L9s-. ‘New Moon. ih Mia a7 3. || June 15... | July 15... | Dec. 10... *Catch 1881. Jan, 30s Feb. 28... Mar. 29... Apr. 28... May 27... June 26... July 26...} 2536 Aug. 24... Sept 23... Ocha owe. Nov. 21... Dec. 21... Total 1882. Feb. 48... Mar. 19... Apr 7.3: Aug. 13... Sept. 12... Oct. 12... Nov. 10... Total Total | 10857 in Crans. Full Moon. ee ee Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July ve July 30... Aug. 28... Sept. 27... Oct: 262; Nov. 25... Dec. 24... Se a eDOCS sr oral Jano Hebs 225: Mar. 23... Apr. 22... May 22... June 20... July 20... Angel... Sept. 16... Oct. 16... Nov. 14... *Catch in Crans. 23 3585 1780 313 992 5240 2327 14260 Dec. 14... Total 165 6475 * The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case. 194 Part III.— Twenty-fifth Annual Report TabLeE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Hertings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. New Moon. 1885. Jan. Gs. Feb. 15... Mar. 16... Apr. 15.7. May 14... June 12... July 12... Aug. 10... Sep. 8... Ocienmosee INOVceOsee Dec. 6... Total 1886. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July July 31... Aug. 29... Sep. 27... Oct. 27... Nov. 25... Dec. 25... Pane ee eevee tee Total *Catch in Crans. Full Moon. |. Catch in Crans. Jane. dee Feb. 11... Mar.. 11... pep; 10s May 10... she June 8.. 480 July 8...| 990 Aug. 6...| 1288 Sept. 5...) 248 Ocha se 63 Nova tos Are Deer S25" Total 3069 Vein, Iba Marselee Mar: 30... Apr29 5. May 28... soy June 27...| 2112 July 27...| 959 Aug. 25...) 1361 SUE) saat ?7 BA ee Oct: 233%; 9 ING@va22es. ae Dec. 21... Total 4441 Jan. 20... Feb. 18... Mar. 20... Apr. 18.3. May 18... aa June 16... 451 July 16...} 912 Aug. 14...) 1251 Sep. 13... 552 Mcte 13228 63 Now. als. 46 Dec. 11... Total 3275 New Moon.|. *Catch in Crans. 1887. Jan. 24... Hebe 2255 Mar. 24... Apr. 23... May 22... June 21... July 20... Aug. 19;..: 392 sep. 17...| 716 Oct16.5 184 Nov. 15... Dec. 14... Total 4019 1888. Jans 3 Feb. 11 Mar. 12 Apr Lt May 11 Ss June 9... 18 July 9...) 1518 Aug. 7...| 2608: Sep. 6... 5921 Ochs) Ds. 3605 Nov. 4... Decw aos Total 50974 ‘1889. Jan. 1 Mar. 1 = Mar. 31 vet Apr. 30 bee May 29.. aes June 28... 449 July 28...) 13973 Aug. 26...) 1655 Sep. 25...) 1825 Ochs 24.2.) 167 Nov. 23.. 493 Dec. 22. Total 74902 Full Moon.|. *Catch in Crans. Jan 2 Ove Rebeca Wika B).5- Apr eae May “ia 525 June 5... 940 July 5.:. 268 Aug. 3...| 1289 Sep.) 2.25) es Octa2e 20 Oct. 31 168 Noy. 30 22 Dec. 30 FS Total 3645 Jan. 28... Hebi Mar. 27... Apr. 26... May. 25.55|) sarece June 23... 184 July 23...| 1738 Aug. 21... 1073 Sep. 20... 64 Oct. 19... 267 Nov. 18... oe Dec. Ise Total 3326 Janey Feb. 15 Mar. 17 a Apr. 15 Aon May 15 SS June 13 356 July 12 18625 Aug. 11 6765 Sep. 9...| 207% Oct. 9 1060 Nov. 7 485 Dec. 7 Total 4648 * The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 195 TaBLE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catcho Herrings in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. New Moon. |. 1890. Jans 20.3. Feb. 19... Mar. 20... Apr. 19... May 18... June 17... suly. 17... Aug. 15... Sep. 14... Octuelos. INOVeeL2. Dec. 12... Total Total 1892. Jan. 29... Feb. 28... Mar. 28... Apr: 26... May 26... June 24... July 23... Aug. 22... Sep. 21... Oct.: 20... Nov. 19... Dec. 19... Total *Catch in Crans. 10017 128403 1118 40554 2503 2038 1014 211 2000 12939} Full Moon. Total Jang Dee: Feb. 23..: Mar. 25...) Apr. 24...| May 23...| a fonaves C2) July 21... Aug ate. Sep. 18... Octs aie Nov. 16... Dec. 15... | \| *Catch || in Crans. | New Moon. June jd || July 13... Aug. tie Sep. 10... Oct: .9: Nov. 8... Dec. 8... Total 308 1965 996 9883 1016 1593 1015 79313 709 1096 1805 22964 1449 679 1000 90344 June 22... July 22... Aug. 20... Sep. 18... OctwelSe Nov. 16... Dec. 16... Total *Catch in Crans. 448 1029 3594 134 49 ier g 213 24092 Full Moon. Jan. Feb. Total Jan. 2. Rebs ZO Mar. 21... Apr. 20... May 19... June 18... July 07... Aug. 16... Sepen Lass. Zt Novello. Dees 12s Oct. Total Total BOL OY BR OTH AT. 4 SO} *Catch in Crans. 1237 3320 15594 364 82614 1125 1428 7594 607 424 510 2229 70824 263 1458 12493 955 27 18} 297 4198 *The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case. 196 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE XXIV., Showing the Relation of the Phase of the Moon to the Catch of Herrings i in Loch Fyne, 1860-1900—continued. New Moon. Total 1898. Jan. 2205. Feb. 20...| Mar. 22... Apr. 20... May 20... June 19... July 18... *Catch in Crans. 971 3960 Full Moon. Jan. 30... Feb. 28... Mar. 29... Apr: 2iic: May 26... June 25... July 24... Aug. 23... Sep. 21... Oct, 215. Nov. 20... Dec. 20... Total Jan. 18...| Heb. 27: Mar. 18...| Apr. 17... May 16...! June 14... July 14... Aug. 12... Sept. 11... Oct. 10... Noy. 9... Decoy 9:2. Total *Catch in Crans. New Moon 1898 (co Ang. 175. Sept. 16... Octaalbs: Nov. 14... Dees 3s. Total 1899. cane wile. Feb. 10... Mars... Apr. 10...) May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Novy. Dec. Total 1900. Jan. 2...| Janeeoles || Mar.. 1...| Maz. 30... Apr 2927 May 28... June 27... July 26... Aug. 25... Sept. 23... Oct. 23.4. INovs, 22-5. | Dec. 22... Total *Catch ‘lin Crans. Jan. 26... Feb. 25... Mar. 27... Apr. 25... May 25... June 23... July 22... Aug. 21... Sept. 19... Oct. 18... ove: lifes Dec! ee Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Total 16.5; 140i: 16... 1386 2666 934 329 360 437 134 6246 Ge 1g ae June 13... July 12... Aug. 10.515 Sept. 9... Oct; “Sek Nov. 6... Dec. 6... 417 1457 357 511 232 24 1399 4397 *The catch for the whole week in which the new or full moon appeared is given in each case. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 197 I1.—THE FOOD VALUE OF THE HERRING. By T. H. Mimroy, M.D., B.Sc., F.R.S.E., Professor of Physiology, Queen’s College, Belfast. Parr II. Tue HerrRinG or tHe East Coast or SCOTLAND. In my previous paper, published in last year’s Report, I dealt with the food value of the herring in the Loch Fyne and neighbouring areas, and, at the desire of the Fishery Board, I have carried out a similar investiga- tion dealing with the fish of the East Coast. The general plan of investigation was the same in the later investigation. In only one important respect did it differ, namely, in the addition of one analysis, that of the coagulable proteids of the muscle of herring. It is therefore only necessary to describe this method of analysis, and the reader is referred to the earlier paper for a description of the other methods. Under the heading ‘“‘ Proteid” in the analytical tables of the earlier paper the -amounts were given as calculated from the total nitrogen of the muscle, multiplied by the ‘‘ proteid” factor, 6°25. In this investigation it was thought advisable to estimate the coagulable proteid. The method of estimation was as follows :— Five grammes of minced fresh muscle were taken and placed in a mor- tar and 5 grammes of absolutely anhydrous sodium sulphate were added. The salt and the muscle were thoroughly mixed together so that the water of the latter might be taken up by the former anhydrous salt. About 100ce. methylated spirit were then added, and the mixture placed in a flask with a reflux condenser fitted to it. The mixture was then boiled for about three-quarters of an hour to ensure complete coagulation of the muscle proteids. The alcohol was then decanted off and the residue extracted with fresh quantities of boiling distilled water until the wash- ings were free from sulphate. The coagulated muscle proteid, which was then left, was incinerated with sulphuric acid, cupric and potassium sul- phate, and the nitrogen estimated in the usual way by Kjeldahl’s method. On multiplying the amount of nitrogen by 6°25 the amount of ‘‘coagul- able ” proteid was obtained. The results of the analyses are given in the following tables, which deal with the several batches of herrings sent to me by the Fishery Board. In conclusion, I have given a table collecting the results of the analyses of the muscle of the female fish at various stages of reproductive activity. It was not necessary in this investigation to analyse the ovarian substance, as that was done sufficiently thoroughly in the earlier paper. Under the heading “ Per average fish” the amounts of the various nutritive principles in the average fish of the series are given after deduction of one-third of the weight to cover the amount of bones, skin, &c. 198 Part ITT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report FRASERBURGH, JULY 7, 1906. These herrings were caught 30 miles N.N.E. from Kinnaird Head, and were of the class known as ‘‘ Fulls.” In the catch, however, which would be about 25 crans, the bulk consisted of much smaller immature fish. *Length. Girth: Weight. Owarien: Pe ee of Cm. Cm. Gm. Gm. Mm. 25 142 163 16°66 6-8 a 154 204 30-50 9 26 143 190 33-02 9 26 134 161 20°35 67 26 14 Wii lT-19 6-7 Avg. 26 14 178-6 23-54 *The measurements (length and girth) are given in centimetres, and the weights in grammes. The diameter of the ova is given in millimetres. The muscle of the male fish was also analysed, but the results of the analyses were practically identical with the female muscle, and so will not be given. Fresh Muscle of Females :— (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 65°24 19°21 16:50 12°44 (b) Per average fish (muscles). Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 22°85 19°63 14:80 BRESSAY, SHETLAND, JULY 10, 1906. These herrings were sent by the fishery officer, labelled “ Fulls,” but, as will be seen from the table, they were by no means fully developed. Length. Girth. Weight et wesnt of | Diameters Ovaries. Ova. 264 134 170 6°75 “45 28 134 178 5°20 45 26 . 13 155 3°61 *45 28 133 184 5°15 “45 oT 134 156 15231 7510) 29 14 198 20°80 Aer HE 13 176 5°35 304 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 199 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 60:83 19-21 16°26 14°68 (6) Per average fish (muscles). Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 22°28 17 02 As the muscles of the male fish were richer in fat than those of the females, the analyses are also given. Males (Bressay Herring )— Measurements. Length. Girth. Weight. Weight of Testes. 26 13 142 23-0 28 14 205 17-2 26 14 | 181 22°5 27 13 147 51 25 14 142 21:7 26 14 184 1s Avg. 26°3 13°6 167 1871 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 57°55 20°60 13°54 17°14 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coagulable Proteid. Fat. 22 94 15°08 19-09 Lerwick, Auacust 9, 1906. Three batches of herrings were sent on August 9, by Mr. R. Duthie, classed respectively as ‘ Fulls,” ‘‘ Matties,” and “ Spents.” As there were, however, differences in those sent as “ Matties,” these were sub- divided into two sets, A.—Hight Large Full Herrings—Ffive Females. Females. | ‘ : | Weight of | Diameter of Length. Girth. Weight. ea iala: Gra. 31 15°5 245 | 60°4 9 30 15:5 241 51°8 1:0 30 14 212 33°8 9 3] 15 247 56°5 2) 32 16 282 51:8 8 Avg. 30°8 15:2 245°4 50°8 : 9 200 Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Males. . Weight of Length Girth. Weight Gente 30 15 234 51:9 30 15 202 35°4 30 16 267 55°9 Avg. 30 15°3 234 47°7 A. Muscle (Females). (a) Percentages. : Water. Total Proteid. | Coag. Proteid. Fat. 65°25 21:26 16°37 753 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. | Coag. Proteid. Fat. 34°78 26°78 12°31 A. Muscle (Males). (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 64°20 21:67 18°28 9°72 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 33°80 28°51 15°16 B.—“ Matties” sent from Lerwick, August 9, 1906. As some of the herring sent were spent and others contained moderately large ovaries with fairly well developed ova, they were divided into two sets—B, and Ba. B. . : : Weight of | Diameter Length. Girth. Weight. cee One 24:5 13 134 15°5 7 25:5 138 140 15°5 7 25 13 137 15°5 7 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 57:27 21°10 16-90 16°68 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 201 (5) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 19°28 15°44 15°24 Ba.—Lerwick (August 9, 1906). Weight of | Diameter of Ovaries. Ova. 27 D1 130 2°2 Spent. 26 12, 132 0:2 a 26 12 120 1°4 Re 26 13 138 14 ne Avg. 26°25 12 130 173 There were large numbers of very immature ova within the capsules of the spent ovaries. (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 63°24 21°67 ane 10°42 (b) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 18-78 es 9-03 C.— Spent Herrings (Lerwick), August 9, 1906. Females. Length. Girth. Weight. | Werther | Ova, 29 13 163 2°1 Spent, but 30 14 180 27 with large 29 13 147 1:3 numbers of 28 13 150 2°0 very small 28 14 158 2:0 ova, ‘05— ——___ —_— lmm. Avg. 28°8 13-4 159°6 2°02 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid, Coag. Proteid. Fat. 67°29 19-02 16-00 8:19 (5) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 20°23 17-02 8°71 202 Part [1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report C.-—Males. Length. Girth. Weight. Weight of Testes. 28 13 138 1-4 31 14 214 2°8 29 14 178 2°9 28 13 130 1:8 29 13 165 19 Avg. 29 13-4 174 2°16 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 66°65 22°23 17:20 6:57 ~ (0) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 25°78 19°95 7°62 Kinnairp Heap, Auaust 9, 1906. Four batches of herrings were sent on August 9, 1906. They were caught 18 miles north-east from Kinnaird Head, and were labelled by the fishery officer as—No. I., “Large Fulls”; No. IL., “Spents”; No. IT1., “ Matt. Fulls” ; No. IV., “ Matties.” I shall give the analyses of each set in the above order. No. I.—‘“ Large Fulls.” Females. : ; Weight of | Diameter of Length. Girth. Weight. Ovaries. fan 29 16 230 49 1mm. 29 15 215 41 ‘8-9 30 15 228 51 "8-9 29 17 231 51 eS) 29 14 223 43 “8-9 29 14 213 45 9 Avg. 292" sa 15:1 223°3 466 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 64°84 20°28 13°28 9-06 (>) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 30°19 UOT 7 13°49 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 2038 No. I1.—WMales. Length Girth. Weight. Weight of Testes. 29 15 219 42 29 15 213 44 29 15 215 42 29 14 198 40 29 iW’6 240 50 30 15 237 43 Avg. 29 £5: 220°3 43°5 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 63°72 20°39 17°28 8:43 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 29:95 25°38 12°38 No. II.—“ Spents,” August 9, 1906. Weight of Length. Girth. Weight. Se Ova. 30 12 135 1°65 Spent ovaries, but 30 13 159 2:00 large numbers of 28 13 157 2:07 developing ova 29 12 150 1-37 present, 28 11 148 2°44 Avg. 29 12:2 149°8 2°02 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 65:09 19-90 12°66 6°14 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 19°18 12°64 6°14 No. U1.—“ Matt. Fulls,” August 9, 1906. Weight of Diameter Length. Girth. Weight. Ovaries. of Ova. 26 132 167 26°7 9 25 134 153 er 9 25 13 152 26:8 9 25 132 148 28:5 ao 25 re 134 15°5 9 204. Part ITT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 57°29 23°81 17°31 15°13 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 23°81 17°31 15:13 No. IV.—‘ Matties,” August 9, 1906. ; : Weight of | Diameter of Length. Girth. Weight. Oe arice Ota: 23°5 1] 99 8-4 57 23°5 11°5 112 3°6 4-5 23°5 10°5 102 6:8 ‘5 24 12 114 18 “4 24 12 124 0°6 08-1 24:5 11 iD 1:0 08-1 23 10:5 100 3:0 “4 Avg. 23°7 11°3 108 3°6 (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 55°72 21:16 16°92 15°50 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 15°23 12:18 11:16 Lerwick, SEPTEMBER 1, 1906. Two boxes of herrings were sent from Lerwick, one set being mature and the other spent. As a very large number were measured and weighed, it will be sufficient in each case simply to give the average measurements and weights. I.—Large Mature Herring. Weight of Diameter Length. Girth. Weight. Ovaries. of Ova, Avg. 29°5 15 240 50 1:2 The herring were just about to spawn. (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 16°92 60°23 20°72 12°44 (b) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 33°15 27°07 19:90 of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 205 II.— Spent Herring (Lerwick), September 1, 1906. Length. Girth. Weight. Weight of Ovaries. Avg. 29 13 171 These consisted only of col- lapsed membranes contain- ing large numbers of very small ova. (a) Percentages. Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat, 63°51 22°55 17:20 9:32 (6) Per average fish. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 25°70 19-60 10°62 In order to be able readily to compare the composition of the muscular tissue of the East Coast herrings in different stages of reproductive activity, it is advisable to give a table which gives the collective results. AVERAGES. PERCENTAGES. Date. Place. : : S S 3 ; | o 3S Ss P=] £3 de ® a5 oe 49 op 32 AS) on a 8 os | we s SSPE lh Shiteee ila O lot p<] Eee gre) | A =a PSI ei m1 OR July 7th, 1906, Fraserburgh, 26 14°4 | 178°6 | 23°54 6-9 | 65°24] 19°21) 16-5 | 12°44 July 10th, 1906, Bressay, 27°3 | 13°4 | 174 888} 3-5 | 60°83] 19-21| 16-2 | 14°68 Aug. 9th, 1906, Lerwick— A. “Fulls,” .. 30°8 | 15-2 | 245-4 | 50°8 9-1-1 65°25 | 21-26 | 16°37] 7°53 B. ‘‘ Matties,” 25 13 |137 | 15°5 =i 57°27 | 21°10 | 16-90 | 16°68 Ba. “ Matties,” 26 |12 |130 | 13 |Spent, | 63-24 | 21°67 10°42 but with small ova. O. “Spents,” 28°8 | 13°4 |159°6| 2-02| Spent. | 67°29 | 19°82/ 16-00] 8719 Kinnaird Head— Aug. 9th, 1906, Hy i? 29°1 | 151 | 228-3 | 46°6 8-1 [64°84 | 20°28 | 13-28] 9°06 II. ‘‘Spents,” 29 | 12:2 |149°8| 2-02| Spent. 65-09] 19°90] 12°66| 6°15 Ill. ‘‘Matt. Fulls,”.. | 25-2 | 13°3 | 150°8| 23:04) 9-1 [57-29 | 23°81 | 17-31 | 15-13 IV. ‘‘ Matties,” 23°7 | 11:2 |108 | 3°6 ‘1-7 | 55°72 | 21°16 | 16-92 | 15°50 Sept. 1st, 1906, Lerwick— ee UUs res 20°5 | 15 |240 |50 162 60°23 | 20°72 | 16-92 | 12°44 II. ‘‘Spents,” 29/13 |171 |Spent} Spent {63°51 | 22°55| 17-20] 9°32 One may shortly summarise the results of these analyses of autumn East Coast herrings as follows. The analyses in the table refer solely to the flesh (muscles) of female herrings. Oo 206 Part I11.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report (1) Referring, in the first place, to the herrings obtained in August and September, the water percentage is highest in large spent fish, and following closely upon this comes the large full fish. Spent ‘“‘ Matties” (Ba.) have a slightly lower water percentage than the large full herrings. The unspent ‘‘ Matties” (B.) and the ‘ Matt. Fulls” (No. I1I., August 9th) contain practically the same amount of water. The lowest percentage of water was present in the ‘‘ Matties” of August 9th. The only point of importance in connection with the water in the muscles of the July herring is that, with the increase in development of the ovaries, there is an increase in the water content of the muscles. One may therefore state shortly that the water percentage of the muscles rises as the ovaries become more mature, and the maximum is reached when the fish are spent. (2) The Total Proteid Percentage.—There are but slight variations in this. It was highest in the “Matt. Fulls” of August 9th and lowest in the “Spents” (C.) of August 9th. As however may be seen from the table, the proteid percentage in spent fish may be very high. (3) Coagulable Proteid.—This is more important as an indication of the nutritive value, as it represents the proteids which are coagulated on boiling the fish. Referring to the Lerwick and Kinnaird Head herrings (August 9th), which are more easily compared, the highest percentage is present in the “Matt. Fulls” and ‘‘Matties” and the lowest in the ‘‘Spents” and “Fulls.”. The September Lerwick herring—‘“ Fulls” and ‘‘ Spents ”— contained, however, a high percentage of coagulable proteid. (4) Hats.—The percentage amount of fat in the fish is probably regarded by most people as the best standard for estimating its nutritive value. It is in many respects the most valuable indication of the value of the herring ; but, as pointed out in my previous paper, it must not be regarded as the sole one. There can be no doubt about the results of the analyses. The herrings richest in fat are the ‘“‘ Matties” and ‘“ Matt. Fulls,” the poorest the “ Large Spents” and “ Large Fulls.” The lowest fat percentage was pre- sent in the “Large Spents” obtained from Kinnaird Head on August 9th. Taken as a whole, the spent fish have a lower fat percentage than the corresponding full fish, but itis possible that in some cases the fat per- centage of even spent fish may be higher than that of “ Fulls.” One may easily understand how this may occur, as the fish may have commenced to store fat again. For example, the spent fish obtained from Lerwick on August 9th were evidently, so far as the fat percentage was concerned, in slightly better condition than the Lerwick mature fish and also than the Kinnaird Head spent fish. In conclusion, on comparing these East Coast herrings with the West Coast fish (see previous paper), one is mainly struck by the lower water and higher proteid and fat percentages in the former than the latter. I never obtained such low fat percentages in the East Coast fish as were obtained in some of the winter West Coast herrings. There are many other points of interest in the tables, but these can be readily appreciated by a study of the various analyses. I have not grouped together the results of the analyses of the male fish, as this was scarcely necessary. From a study of the tables given in this paper, and the preceding series of analyses (West Coast herrings), one is struck by the fact that the fish which possess, as a rule, the highest percentage of fat in their muscles are those whose ovaries are still some time short of full maturity. Usually fish with ovaries of 15:20 grammes weight (weight at full maturity about of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 207 60 grammes) contain the highest percentage of fat in their muscles. From a careful examination of all the tables, one is led, however, to believe that practically until full maturation of the ovaries, there is an increase in the weight of the fish, while after spawning the loss of weight is greater than can be accounted for from the discharge of the ova. It is quite probable that the decrease in fat of the muscles is accom- panied by an increase in water. It is unfortunate that, especially in the case of the herring muscle, it is difficult to obtain reliable figures for the water percentage. There can be no doubt, however, that there is an increase in the water percentage of the muscles in spent fish. As regards the fat, there can be no doubt that there is a gradual loss of this import- ant food material during the later stages of maturation, succeeded by a serious loss after the spawning of the fish. This loss after spawning is evidently a very rapid one as, although there must be a short period after spawning when the spent fish contains practically the same amount of fat as the full fish, it is rare that one observes this in analyses, and when one does so it is possibly in some cases due to the fact that one is examining a spent fish that is in the period of recuperation. When one remembers that the fat is the stored material which will be used up before the proteids of the muscles after the food intake becomes insufficient to cover the body requirements, one is led to suppose that, for some time before full maturation of the ova, the fish either ceases to feed or, what is more likely, takes an insufficient supply to prevent a loss of the body fat. The analyses which I have made support, therefore, in the main, Heincke’s conclusions as to the various stages in the reproductive life of the herring (Twenty-fourth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Part III., p. 102). If my supposition be correct, then the fish is at its best, regarded as a sourse of nutritive material, at a period somewhat short of full maturity of the genitalia. The herring is, however, very unlike the salmon in that there is certainly no prolonged period during which the fish refrains from food. There is only probably a short period in the reproductive life of the herring comparable to that in the case of the salmon, and that is the month, or probably two months, just preceding spawning, when the fish has not only to obtain the necessary energising material for work from its own tissues, but has also to supply the growing ovaries or testes from the same source. It is, however, after spawning that the muscles of the fish lose the largest amount of their stored nutritive material, and it is then that the most undoubted loss of weight occurs, over and above that which can be accounted for by the complete discharge of the ovaries. There are two periods during which it would be most interesting to know the changes which the nitrogenous constituents of the muscles are undergoing, namely, in the first place, during the later stages of matura- tion and earlier period in the spent condition (a condition of starvation), and secondly, in a later stage after spawning when recuperation is taking place. I am at present investigating this subject of the alterations in the chemical nature of the proteids of the herring’s muscles during different periods of reproductive activity. I would like to thank the various fishery officers for the care and trouble taken in the packing and preservation of the fish. Without their valuable assistance it would have been impossible to get the fish in pro- per condition for chemical investigation. 208 Part II] —Twenty-fifth Annual Report ERRATA* REFERRING TO PAPER IN PART III. OF TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. (To be Corrected also in Tables on pp. 99 and 100, where the Analyses are collected together). Page 91.—Series B. Muscles—(d). Proteid. Fat. P30; 18:99 16°25 73 instead of 14:80 12°51 “55 Ovaries—(b) ‘08 instead of ‘05 P,O; Males— % Muscle—(0). Proteid. Fat. P,O,; 17-91 13:98 "DD instead of 18°44 14°39 ‘D7 Testes—(b) ‘20 instead of 13 P,O; Page 93.—Females— Muscle—(0). Proteid. Fat. P.O; 34:97 19-09 1:03 instead of 52°45 28°64 1°55 Page 94.—Ovaries (6). Proteid. Fat. - 8°46 1-02 instead of 9°82 1:00 Page 98.—Ratio of total Proteid of Muscles to total Proteid of Ovaries, Oct: B.—9-1 : 1, instead. of 7-1 : 1. Nov. 6.—4:7 : 1, instead of 7:1 : 1. Dec. 6.—3°3 : 1, instead of 2:9 : 1. Dec. 13.—3°4 : 1, instead of 3:3: 1. Ratio of total Fat of Muscles to total Fat of Ovaries. Oct. B.—36°9 : 1, instead of 28°4: 1. Nov. 6.-—22°7 : 1, instead of 34: 1. Dec. 6.—3°'3 : 1, instead of 3°48: 1. * As will be readily seen on consultation of the tables in the earlier paper, these errata only refer to the quantities per average fish and not to the percentages. NE a BS Og of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 209 III—SOME ADDITIONAL NOYES GN COPEPODA FROM THE SCOTTISH SEAS. By THomas Scott, LL.D., F.L.S., Mem. Soc. Zool. de France. (Plates XIII.-XV.) The descriptions of several of the new or rare Copepoda obtained during the investigations that have been carried out under the direction of the Fishery Board for Scotland, and published in the earlier Annual Reports of the Board, were for various reasons somewhat incomplete. In some cases only the female was available for description, the male being at the time unknown; while in others, where the species, though rare, was already established, only the fact of its occurrence in our seas was recorded and the description of it left to some future occasion. In the remarks which follow I have, with the help of the drawings prepared for me by my son Andrew Scott, A.L.S., endeavoured to describe somewhat fully three curious forms obtained from different Scottish localities, where they have occurred in sufficient numbers to permit of a more accurate study of the peculiar characteristics by which they are distinguished than was possible at the time they were first recorded. #8,These species include the two Harpacticoida Harrietella simulans, T. Scott, and Laophontodes typicus, T. Scott, of which only the females have been previously recorded, together with a description of what appears to be the male and female of a remarkable species known as Notopterophorus papilto, Hesse, found as a commensal in the branchial chamber of large Ascidians. Descriptions are also given of two Copepod parasites of fishes which do not appear to have been previously recorded, and which belong to a somewhat aberrant genus of the Caligoida, viz., Nogagus. These different forms are described in the sequel in the order in which they are here referred to. It may also be stated that the species mentioned above, though only now described, have been in my possession for several years, the publication of their description having been for various reasons delayed. Division Harpacticoida, G. O. Sars, Fam. Laophontida, G. O. Sars. Genus Harrietella, T. Scott. Harrietella simulans, T. Scott. PI. xiii., figs. 1-5. 1894 (1) Laophonte simulans, T. Scott, Twelfth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Pt. III., p. 248. Pl. vii., figs. 24-32. 1906. Harrietella simulans, T. Scott., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, vol. xvii., p. 464, pl. xi., figs. 9 and 10. The structure of Harrtetella stmulans is in some respects similar to that of Laophonte, Philippi, and, therefore, while differing considerably in one or two points, it was, when first discovered, ascribed, though 210 Part IIT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report with some doubt, to this genus, especially as only the females had at that time been noticed. The discovery of additional specimens allowed a more thorough examination to be made of the structure of the species, and it then became evident that its place in Laophonte was untenable, and this rendered its removal to another genus— Harrtetella—necessary. But while the female of this species has been known for a number of years, the male has apparently remained undescribed. I, therefore, in the following additional notes on the species, include a short description of the male form. The species is a very small one, the female being scarcely half a milli- metre in length, but the male is still smaller. It is a demersal form, and, like a number of other such forms, its distribution is somewhat restricted. I have rarely noticed H. stmulans among the numerous bottom forms occasionally captured with the dredge, even at some of the more favour- able collecting grounds in the Firths of Forth and Clyde; yet when a piece of decaying wood, the surface of which is perforated by boring molluscs or crustaceans, is brought up in the dredge or trawl net, numerous examples of this particular Copepod may be obtained living apparently in the crevices of the wood. When the pieces cf decaying wood are carefully removed from amongst the other debris and washed in a bottle containing methylated spirits, and the sediment examined under a hand lens, quite a number of little animals may sometimes be obtained. In Laophonte the body is usually of a narrow, oblong form, but in Harrtetella it is broadly ovate and considerably depressed ; and while in Laophonte the female carries only one ovisac, there are two in Har- rietella. In the structure of the mouth appendages—the mandibles, maxillze, and maxillipeds—there is a fairly close resemblance between the two genera, and the same may be said concerning the two pairs of antenne and the first pair of thoracic feet. The second and third pairs in both the male and female, and especially in the male, though in their general structure somewhat resempling those of Laophonte, they are distinctly more robust. In both pairs the inner branch is composed of two sub-equal joints, the first being rather shorter than the other. In the male, the inner branch of the second and third pairs, which does not reach the end of the second joint of the outer branch, is furnished with two apical sete. The outer branch is elongated and stout, and composed of three joints of nearly equal length; the first and second are each provided with a single moderately-long spine on the outer margin, and the third joint, which is furnished with a similar spine on the outer edge, bears also three strong terminal spines (fig. 3 represents one of the second pair of feet). The fourth pair in the male resembles that of the female in having the inner branch short, narrow, and uni-articulated, and provided with two short apical sete ; but while the outer branch in the female is two-jointed, that of the male consists of three joints, the first two being each provided with a moderately long and stout plumose seta on the outer margin, and the third with four similar sete round the distal extremity. The outer branch of the fourth pair in the male, like the same pair in the female, is remarkably stout (fig. 4). The fifth pair in the male consists of an oblong basal joint, provided with a spiniform seta on the inner distal angle and a setiferous appendage on the outer, and a small one-jointed branch bearing a few plumose bristles (fig. 5). Tm the male, the last two segments of the metasome, though nearly uniform in width with those of the urosome, are distinctly narrower than the preceding segments, and in this respect there is a marked difference between the two sexes when seen from above. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 211 In the female the width of the posterior segments decreases gradually instead of abruptly. The antennules of the male are modified to form powerful grasping organs, as shown in the drawing (fig. 2). The distribution of this curious species appears to be local rather than rare, and since its discovery in the crevices of decaying fragments of wood, its occurrence in similar situations has occasionally been noticed both in the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, and it may probably be found in such situations round other parts of our shores. Genus Laophontodes, 'T. Scott. Laophontodes typicus, T. Scott. Pl. xiii., figs. 6-15. 1894. Laophontodes typicus, 'T. Scott, Twelfth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Pt. IIL, p. 249, Pl. viii. figs. 2-8. It is thirteen years since a description of this species was first published in the Board’s Twelfth Annual Report. The description was prepared from female specimens, the male being at that time unknown ; and as, so far as I know, it has not yet been recorded, the following observations on its structure, with some additional remarks on the female, will render the former description more complete. This species, like the last, is very small, the largest of our female specimens is scarcely ‘5 millimetre (about =, of an inch) in length, while the males are only about one-sixtieth of an inch; they may therefore be easily overlooked. In both the male and female the body is elongated and narrow, and is considerably depressed (fig. 6). The male, though smaller than the female, does not differ much from it in general appearance. The anterior antenne in the male are composed of the same number ot articulations as those of the female, but the last three joints are considerably modified, as shown in the drawing (fig. 7). The third joint is small, the next is dilated and gibbous, while the last forms a slender hook-like process. The mandibles are very small, and the biting-edge is armed with a few prominent teeth. The mandible-palp consists of a single small one- jointed branch bearing several sete (fig. 8). The maxille are similar to the same organs in typical species of Laophonte, and consist of a broad masticatory lobe provided with several elongated slender spines, and a small bilobed palp (fig. 9). The first maxillipeds are small but moderately stout, and the basal joint, which is somewhat dilated, is provided with a small setiferous process on the inner margin, while the end joint terminates in an elongated and moderately strong claw (fig. 10). The second maxillipeds are as previously described. The first pair of thoracic feet are in structure nearly as in Laophonte, the inner branch being short and three-jointed, while the outer, which is two-jointed, is stout and furnished with a strong teaminal claw (fig. 11). The second pair, like the first, is somewhat similar in the two sexes; the outer branch is slender and elongated and composed of three sub- equal joints, while the inner is short and two-jointed ; the first joint of the inner branch is extremely small, but the second, though very slender, is of moderate length and furnished with two slender apical sete. The third pair in the female is similar in structure and armature to the second, but the inner branch of this pair in the male has two peculiar bo 12 Part IIT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report and moderately stout terminal appendages, one of which forms a short hook-like process, while the other is straight and terminates in two slender sete of unequal length (fig. 12). The structure of the fourth pair appears to be similar in the two sexes ; the outer branch is moderately slender and elongated, and composed of three sub-equal joints armed with long spiniform sete on the outer margin ; the inner branch is very short and two-jointed, the first joint being extremely small, while the second is slender and moderately elongated, and furnished with three small terminal setz (fig. 13). The fifth pair in the female consists of a small basal joint to which is articulated a narrow elongated plate about four times longer than broad, and provided with a number of sete arranged as shown in the drawing (fig. 14). In the male the fifth pair is similar to those of the female, but smaller and less spiniferous (fig. 15). The furcal joints in both the male and female are elongated and slender and set widely apart; they are each furnished with a long and stiff apical bristle and a few small hairs (see fig. 6). I have obtained this species in the same situations with the Harrietella previously mentioned, but it seems to be a rarer form, and males especially appear to be very scarce. Notodelphyoida, G. O. Sars. Fam. Doropygide. Genus Notopterophorus, Costa. Notopterophorus paptlio, Hesse. Pl. xiv., figs. 1-19. 1865. Notopterophorus papilio, Hesse. Observations sur des Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des cétes de France, Ann. des Sct. Nat., 5th Sér. zool., vol. 1., p. 338, pl. xi., figs. 1-13. 1878. Notopterophorus papilio, G. 8. Brady. A Monograph of the Free and Semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands (The Ray Society), vol. i., p. 142, pl. xxxi., figs. 3-12. The Entumostracan to which M. Hesse has given the name mentioned above is one of the most remarkable among a strange group of species found living as ‘‘unbidden guests” within the branchial chamber and sometimes in the alimentary canal of various simple and compound Ascidians. The distinguishing characteristic of Votopterophorus is, as the name implies, the peculiar wing-like appendages of the cephalo-thorax, which give to the creature its somewhat grotesque appearanice. These append- ages, which are situated on the dorsal aspect, appear to be six in number, and assume the form of very thin and almost transparent plates, each of which terminates in long, slender, whip-like filaments. The frontal plate, which is obscurely triangular, has a hood-like structure, and appears to be furnished with three filaments—one central and one at each of the lateral extremities; this plate seems to be an expansion of the first thoracic segment. The next four plates occur in pairs; the first pair spring from the second segment of the thorax, and the followiag pair from the third segment, and each single plate bears two whip-like filaments. The posterior plate, which is of one piece, moderately large and broadly triangular, and which springs from near the distal end of the last segment of the thorax, is apparently provided of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 213 with three slender processes; two of them are prolongations of the lateral angles, and the other of the intermediate angle by which the posterior edge of the plate is divided into two sub-equal portions. It has to be noted, however, that these dorsal expansions are so extremely delicate that, though many specimens have been examined, it was rare to find one with the appendages uninjured. The following is M. Hesse’s description of the posterior dorsal plate :—‘ Enfin la sixiéme expansion membraneuse que est aussi triangulaire comme celle placée sur locciput, est fixée -un peu audessus de la base de l’abdomen qu il recouvre, et semble destiné 4 protéger les oeufs ou les embryons. Son bord inférieur présente deux découpares, terminées per trois laniéres, dont l'une est au milieu et les deux autres & |’extrémite du bord inférieur.” The cephalo-thorax in the female is comparatively large, and consists of five segments ; in adult specimens, however, the segments are not very clearly defined. The first four do not differ much in size, but that which forms the head or cephalosome is rather smaller than the others. The last segment is fully twice the length of the preceding one, and is composed of two coalescent segments—the fourth and fifth segments of the metasome. ‘This double segment is destined, as in other members of the Votodelphyoida, to bea receptacle for the eggs and developing larve, and when packed with eggs or larve it becomes considerably enlarged, and is also more highly coloured than other parts of the animal. (See fig. 1.) In the female the abdomen—wrosome—is moderately elongated, slender, and cylindrical, and is composed of five segments, but the prefurcal segment is very small and of a peculiar structure, and seems to overlap the base of the short furcal joints. These joints, which are somewhat arcuate, are each armed with about four very short but strong curved spines (fig. 19). Neither the male nor the young female appears to be furnished with the prominent dorsal appendages possessed by the female that has reached the ovigerous stage. Figure 3 represents a young female with an adult male adhering to its dorsal surface, in both of which the wing- like expansions are wanting. The female appears to have reached the stage when these expansions vre beginning to be developed, but in the male no trace of them can be observed, though its structure shows it to be a mature example. In the specimens under consideration the antennules (anterior antenne) are in both sexes apparently nine-jointed. In those of the female the first two joints are of large size, but the remaining joints are considerably shorter and narrower, and the second and third from the end are smaller than any of the others. The male antennules are moderately stout and taper gradually towards the distal extremity ; the first two joints are not so dilated as the first two in the female, but the remaining seven joints are rather larger. (See figs. 4 and 5.) The antenne (posterior antenne) of the male, though considerably smaller than those of the female, are similarly armed with strong terminal claws, as shown in figs. 6 and 7. The mandibles are well developed and possess a broad, biting edge, armed with several irregular teeth; the mandible-palp is moderately large and two-branched ; the proximal branch appears to be uni-articulate, but the other is two-jointed ; both branches bear plumose sete (fig. 8). The maxille (fig. 9) are also moderately developed and supplied with numerous plumose sete. % The first maxillipeds have the basal part greatly enlarged and provided with a number of long plumose sete on its inner margin ; the 214 Part ITT. —Twenty-fifth Annual Report second joint bears a long stout and curved spine ; the end joint is narrow, about twice longer than broad, and furnished with a few terminal sete fig. 10). The ea maxillipeds are moderately stout and elongated ; they are also apparently three-jointed, and bear a number of plumose sete, as shown in the drawing (fig. 11). All the thoracic feet, both in the male and female, are short and moderately stout, and the general structure of the first three pairs is somewhat similar in the two sexes, though they differ somewlfat in the armature and in one or two other minor details. In the first pair the inner branches are composed of two and the outer of three joints; there is not much difference in the length of the two branches. The second joint of the inner branch is rather longer than the first, while the middle joint of the outer branch is much smaller than either the first or the third joints. Both branches are similarly armed in the two sexes. The outer are furnished with several stout spines on the exterior margin and apex, and with a short plumose setze on the inner margin. The inner branches are provided with a number of plumose sete, especially on the inner edge, but those on the inner branches of the female are more elongated. There is also a stout sigmoid spine on the inner aspect of the second basal joint in the female first pair, which appears to be wanting in that of the male. (See figs. 12 and 13.) The second pair in both sexes have the inner and outer branches three-jointed. In that of the female the inner branch is rather shorter than the outer; the first joint bears one sete, the second two, and the third two on the inner margin; the third joint has also three apical sete and another on the middle of the outer margin. All these sete are elongated and plumose. The outer branch has the proximal joint moderately stout and as long as the next two joints taken together: it bears a single seta on the inner edge and a short spine on the outer distal angle; the second joint, which is smaller than the first or third, also bears a short marginal spine, while the third joint has two spines on the outer margin and two at the apex. In the male the length of the outer and inner branches of the second pair is about the same ; the armature of the inner margin of the inner branch is similar to that of the second pair in the female, but the end joint bears two terminal spines instead of sete, with another spine on its outer margin; the armature of the outer branch in the male does not differ much from that of the same branch in the female, except that the marginal spines are rather longer. (See figs. 14 and 15.) The third pair, as in the second just described, have in the two sexes both branches three-jointed. In the male the third pair scarcely differs from the second either in structure or armature. In the female the third pair is rather smaller than the second, but the inner branch carries the same number of plumose sete, while the outer branch, though armed with the same number of marginal spines as that of the second, wants the seta on the inner rargin of the first joint (fig. 16). The fourth pair in the female is almost the same in structure and armature as the third pair; but in the male the fourth pair is very small, and though the outer branch consists of three joints, the inner is only two-jointed and distinctly shorter than the outer; both branches are provided with moderately stout spines (fig. 17). The fifth pair consists of a narrow, elongated, one-jointed branch, which is articulated to a rudimentary basal joint and furnished with two slender apical spines (fig. 18). The female represented by the drawing (fig. 1) is about 4°5 millimetres in length. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 215 Remarks——The Notopterophorus described in the preceding notes, though it does not conform altogether to Hesse’s description of Votoptero- phorus papilio, agrees with it in several important particulars, and I am therefore inclined to ascribe it to that species. Moreover, the mouth appendages described and figured here are apparently identical with those of the form recognised as belonging to Hesse’s species in Dr. Brady’s ‘Monograph of the Free and Semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands,” vol. 1., p. 142, plate xxxi., figs. 3-12. The two habitus figures given in M. Hesse’s original work and repro- duced in the Monograph referred to are, in respect of the siender form of the cephalo-thorax, unlike any of the specimens I have examined. On the other hand, Hesse’s description of the cephalo-thorax and abdomen agrees tolerably well with Scottish specimens of the adult female.* Another point of interest which is noticed by Dr. Brady is the great similarity between this species and the members of another genus, and in referring to this he says that “except for the peculiar wing-like dorsal appendages there seems to be little to separate this genus from Doropygus,” and this corresponds with the opinions of other observers, and is also supported by the Doropygus-like form of the young female, and still more by the general character of the male. Still, the presence in the adult female of these remarkable appendages is in itself, I think, a sufficient reason for separating this and similar forms under the distinctive name established by Costa and utilised by M. Hesse. The purpose which these curious and wing-like expansions serve in the life-history of the creature may be, as M. Hesse suggests, to assist its movements “or to aid in removing obstacles from its path.” I am inclined, however, to agree with Dr. Brady, who says—“ For my own part I find it difficult to believe that these excessively delicate organs can be of much use for such purposes, or to understand why, if they are so used, they should be entirely wanting in so many other species which live under the same conditions. We must, I think, admit that their use is at present quite unknown.”T I have obtained this Copepod in large Ascidians from various Scottish localities, but nowhere so common as in Ascidians dredged in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The branchial chamber of the large Ascidians dredged there was sometimes crowded with these Copepods. Though many specimens have been examined by me from Scottish waters, they were apparently all of the one species, but examples were obtained in different stages of development, from the young females without dorsal appendages, or with a mere indication of them, to those that were adult and whose dorsum was ornamented with the appendages fully expanded. In full-grown specimens the ovigerous sac was usually so distended, and the integument so thin and transparent, that through it the eggs or larve could be seen crowded together. Occasionally examples were observed with the ovigerous sac empty and collapsed, its contents having been set free. Herr R. Buchholz has described what appears to be a different species from that of M. Hesse under the name of Notopterophorus elongatus,t which is also referred to by Dr. Giesbrecht in his remarks on the * Referring to this part of the animal, Hesse says :—‘‘ Le thorax est gros et court; il se divise en cing articles & peu prés de la méme grandeur, sauf pourtant le dernier que est le double des autres, et que acqniert encore un volume plus considérable & mesure qu il se remplit d’ceufs, et que ceux-ci se développement par l’incubation.” } Brady, op. cit., p. 144. + “* Beitrige zur Kenntniss der innerhalb der Ascidien lebenden parasitischen Crustaceen des Mittelmeeres.” Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool., Band 19, p. 127, taf. viii., fig. 6, and taf. ix., fig. 6 (1869). : bo 16 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report Notodelphyide* ; while Dr. Canu, referring to the distribution of this species, speaks of it as occurring in the Mediterranean, the English Channel (Manche), and the North Sea.t Dr. G. S. Brady records the occurrence of one or two specimens of Notopterophorus elongatus amongst some things sent to him by the Rev. A. M. Norman, but which were lost during examination and before they were described and figured.t Possibly the form described here should be referred to the same species, and ultimately this may be necessary. Meantime, however, I am inclined to identify it with the form described by M. Hesse. In the figure of Notopterophorus elongatus given by Dr. Bucholz (fig. 6a, pl. vili.) in the work referred to in the footnote, the dorsal appendages are without whip-like filaments; and the excellent drawings of the same form in plate xxii. of Dr. Giesbrecht’s Beztrdge represent these appendages as bearing minute hairs instead of the long filaments seen in WV. papilio. Tribe Caligoida. Fam. Caligide. Genus NVogagus, Leach (1819). Nogagus latus, sp. n. Pl. xv., figs. 1-9 (6). This species and the one to be immediately described are both males, and are for the present referred to the genus Vogagus, Leach ; they were observed on dog-fishes captured in the North Sea. The genus Nogagus is not a satisfactory one, and though meantime allowed to stand, is not considered valid. The various forms that have been included in this genus are all of them males, and are supposed to belong to other genera, of which the females only are known, 2.e., Pandarus, Leach, Dinemoura, Baird, Echthrogaleus, Stp. and Liithk, etc., and a few of them have already turned out to be the males of such geuera. The males and females of those species that have already been satisfac- torily identified—as, for example, Pandarus carcharie, Leach (the female), and Nogagus Cranchi, Van Beneden (the male)—are so unlike each other, not only in general appearance, but also to some extent in structure, that it is difficult to believe, without having sufficient proof of their identity, that they can belong to the same species. Yet it seems to be the case, in these examples at least, that the difference between them, though so pronounced, is only sexual, and due probably to a difference in the habits of the animals, the male perhaps living a more free life than the female, Steenstrup and Liitken divided the Vagagi into two groups, the chief differences between them being that in the firat the urosome (abdomen) and both branches of the first four pairs of thoracic feet consist of two articulations, while in the second the urosome and both branches of the fourth pair of feet are uni-articulate. One of the forms now to be described—the one named above—appears to be referrable to the first group, but the other differs slightly from both. *% 6 Beitraige zur Kenntniss einiger Notodelphyiden.” Muth. Zool., Stat. Neapel, 3 Band, pp. 327, 328, taf. xxii.-xxiv. (1882). + ‘Les Copépodes du Boulonnais.” Trav. du Laborat. de Zool. Mar. des Wimereux- Ambleteuse (Pas-de-Calais), Tome vi., p. 191 (1892). t ‘ British Copepoda,” vol. i., p. 144. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. OTT This form—Nogagus latus—has a close general resemblance to Caligus, except that the frontal plates are without lunule. The cephalic shield is sub-rotundate, being nearly as broad as it is long, and it is also nearly equal to two-thirds of the entire length of the animal. The fourth and fifth thoracic segments are short but of moderate width ; the last is about twice the length of the preceding segment and is sub-quadrate in outline. The urosome is small and appears to be composed of two segments. The furcal joints are also short and broad, while the apical setz have the appearance of small lamelliform plates fringed with delicate hairs (fig. 1). The antennules are moderately stout, and the first joint is furnished with a number of short and stout plumose bristles round the distal end, _ but the second joint is smaller and bears a few apical spines (fig. 2). The second antennules are also stout, and they areeach armed with a strong terminal claw (fig. 3). The first pair of maxillipeds are considerably elongated and resemble nearly the same appendages in Nogagus borealis, Stp. and Ltk. (fig. 4). The second maxillipeds are short and very robust, their distal end is moderately truncate, and they are each armed with a short but strong terminal claw (fig. 5). The first pair of thoracic feet have both branches short, sub-equal, and two-jointed ; each branch is provided with three stout and moderately elongated terminal sete, the outer branch having also a few short spines on the exterior margin, as shown in the drawing (fig. 6). The second pair is rather more robust than the first, both branches being two-jointed and of nearly equal length. The first joint of the inner branch has one plumose seta on the inner margin, while the second bears seven or eight similar setz round its distal end. The first joint of the outer branch is also furnished with a seta on the inner margin and a small spine on the outer distal angle, but the end joint carries five setz round the inner margin and apex and four spines on the exterior edge (fig. 7). The third pair, which, like the first and second, has both branches bi-articulated, is also moderately stout, but the branches, though armed nearly as in the second pair, are rather shorter (fig. 8). The structure of the fourth pair is similar to that of the other three, but this pair is rather smaller, and both branches are very short. One seta springs from the inner distal angle of the first joint of the inner branch, while the second joint carries three or four round the distal end. The first joint of the outer branch is provided with a small spine exteriorly, while the end joint has five setee round the inner margin and apex, and three or four small spines on the outer margin (fig. 9). Habitat—On piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthius) captured in the North Sea in 1902. Nogagus ambiguus, sp.n. Pl. xv., figs. 10-17 (8) In this species the cephalic shield is of an oval outline, and the lateral margins where they meet anteriorly form a more or less distinctly angular instead of a broadly rounded front, as in the form just described. The last two thoracic segments are of nearly equal size, and their width is about one-third of that of the cephalic shield at its widest part. The urosome (abdomen) consists of one small segment, and the furcal joints, which are also very short, are each furnished with moderately long plumose setz (fig. 10). ' The antennules, which are of average size, are also adorned with long plumose sete. (fig. 11). 218 Part ITI —Twenty-fifih Annual Report The first maxillipeds are elongated, and each is armed with a long and powerful terminal claw having a stout seta at its base nearly as in Nogagus lunatus, Stp. and Ltk.—a species which this form resembles in some other particulars (fig. 12). The second maxillipeds are short and very stout, and armed with strong terminal claws as shown in the drawing (fig. 13). The first four pairs of thoracic feet are composed of two sub-equal branches, and both branches in each of the first three pairs are distinctly two-jointed. In the first pair the end joints carry three long plumose sete, the end joints of the outer branches being also provided with four spines on the exterior margin (fig. 14). The second pair are nearly similar in structure and armature to the second pair in Nogagus latus (fig. 15). The third pair also resembles the same pair in that species, but the spines on the exterior edge of the outer branch are rather stronger, and the second joints of both branches are provided with only four elongated though stout terminal sete (fig. 16). The fourth pair are rather small, and the inner branch is bi-articulate ; a seta springs from the inner distal angle of the first joint, and the second carries three terminal sete. The outer branch, which appears to consist of two coalescent joints, with the articulation between them obsolete or nearly so, bears three sete round the inner distal margin, and four spines—three small and one moderately large—on the exterior edge ; the sete are all elongated and plumose (fig. 17). Habitat.—Taken from a piked dog-fish (Squalus acanthius) captured in the North Sea in 1902, Genus Dinemoura, Latreille (1829). Dinemoura producta (O. F. Miiller), Pl. xv., figs. 18-20 (9). This species was recorded in Part III. of the Highteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland, and I now supplement the previous description by the following additional note :—The antennules, as shown by the drawing (fig. 18), resemble in their armature those of Nogagus latus just described. ‘The first pair of thoracic feet are of a peculiar structure ; the inner branch is small, and it and the second basal joint bear a few small rounded wart-like processes. The outer branch has the first joint expanded and gibbous at the proximal end exteriorly, while the distal end is produced so as to extend partly over the small rounded second joint. Both branches are furnished with three marginal or sub-terminal | arcuate setz fig. (19). The second pair, which is also slightly distorted, has both branches three-jointed and of about equal length. The drawing (fig. 20) shows the structure and armature of this pair. This species has been obtained occasionally on Porbeagle sharks landed at the Aberdeen Fish-market. Another species usually found on the Porbeagle shark, viz., Echthro- galeus coleoptratus, has also been obtained adhering to the dorsal fin of a piked dog-fish that was captured in the Moray Firth in October, 1900. I do not kuow of any previous record of Hchthrogaleus from this fish. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 219 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XIII. Harrietella simulans, T. Scott. Diam. Fig. 1. Male, dorsal view, - - : 5 - - =) < 4200 Fig. 2. Antennule of male, - - = : x 546 Fig. 3. Foot of second pair, male, - - - - - x 546 Fig. 4. Foot of fourth pair, female, - - - - - x 820 Fig. 5. Foot of fourth pair, male, - x 820 Laophontodes typicus, T, Scott. Fig. 6. Female, dorsal view, = = = - - = =x 260 Fig. 7. Antennule of male, - - - : - = x 1520 Fig. 8. Mandible and pales = - = : - - x 780 Fig. 9. Maxilla, - - - - - - =" x<780 Fig. 10. First maxilliped, - - - - x 780 Fig. 11. Foot of first pair, male and. female, - x 820 Fig. 12. Foot of third pair, male, - x 546 Fig. 13. Foot of fourth pair, male and female, - - - x 546 Fig. 14. Foot of fifth pair, female, - - - - - x 542 Fig. 15. Foot of fifth pair, male, - - = - - - x 546 PLATE XIV. Notopterophorus (c) papilio, M. Hesse. Fig. 1. Female, side view, = : = = 2 20 Fig. 2. The same, dorsal view, - - - - - 20 Fig. 3. Young female with a male adhering to it, - . : - 47 Fig. 4. Antennule of female, - - : : 3 410 Fig. 5. Antennule of male, = - - : s : 410 Fig. 6. Antenna of female, - : : s 2 E 205 Fig. 7. Antenna of male, - - - - - - 410 Fig. 8. Mandible and Bap, - - = : 2 : 123 Fig. 9. Maxilla, - : £ = 5 s z 205 Fig. 10. First maxilliped, - - - = g i : Fig. 11. Second maxilliped, - - = = = : 137 Fig. 12. Foot of first pair, female, - - Fig. 13. Foot of first pair, male, - - - Fig. 14. Foot of second pair, female, = Fig. 15. Foot of second pair, male, - = : : - = Fig. 16. Foot of third pair, female, - - - - - - Fig. 17. Foot of fourth pair, male, - - - - - - Fig. 18. Foot of fifth pair, female, - - - - - - Fig. 19. One of the fureal joints, - - - - - - KE PRO ONG OKMION ON ONSEN ONL TOM) (OK OK KK KRESS TK bo i=) On PLATE XV. Nogagus latus, sp. n. Fig. 1. Male, dorsal view, - 2 2 = : E sce 90 Fig. 2. Antennule of the same, - - - - - mix: 20 Fig. 3. Antenna, - : - = Se Oy Fig. 4. First maxilliped, - 2 : : : x 90 Fig. 5. Second maxilliped, - - - = : 2 atm GO Fig. 6. Foot of first pair, - - - = E : ace o0 Fig. 7. Foot of second pair, - - - - = 5 Se (RI) Fig. 8. Foot ot third pair, - - - - - iste Zs Fig. 9. Foot of fourth pair, ’ - - : eee OX 220 Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Part IT].—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Nogagus ambiguus, sp. n. . Male, dorsal view, - 2 . Antennule of the same, E First maxilliped, - . Second maxilliped, - . Foot of first pair, - - . Foot of second pair, = . Foot of third pair, - - . Foot of fourth pair, - Dinemoura producta . Antennule of female, - . Foot of first pair of same, - . Foot of second pair, - (O. F. Miiller). 4 ® =} xXx xXxXXKXXK XK x xX XxX 20 F. B. REPORT, 1907 Pore A.Scott. DEL.AD NAT. Fics 1-5. HARRIETELLA SIMULANS, T.Scott. Fics.6715,LaoPHONTODES TYPIcuS. T.ScoTT. i lay vied _ B. REPORT, 19 F. a = Ye i$ 7 ae ee a os se NotopTEROPHORUS PAPILIO HESSE. A.Scortr. DEL.AD NAT. 17, Nogacus Amsicuus, spn. Fics.18-20, Dinemoura prooucta. O.F Mutter. Figs.I-9.Nocacus Latus, sp.n. Fics.10 A Scott, DEL.AD NAT. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 221 » IV.—THE SPAWNING, GROWTH, AND MOVEMENT OF THE MUSSEL (MYTILUS KDULIS, L.), HORSE-MUSSEL (MODIOLUS MODIOLUS, L.) AND THE SPOUTFISH (SOLEN SILIQUA, L.) By H. Cuas. Wittiamson, M.A., D.Sce., Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. (Plates XVI.-—XX.) CONTENTS. PAGE The Development # the epeemeuve eS, - - - 221 Spawning, - X : Z 298 Growth, - - x - 3 : 5 i 233 Movement, - - - - : 2 z 3 242 Structure of Foot, - = - : 2 : : 244 Structure of Byssus-Pit, - - 2 = é 2 247 The Byssus-Stem, - - = = : = - 250 Formation of Byssus-Stem, - - - - - 251 Growth of the Sponitish; 3 = - = 2 = 251 Literature, - - = = : 2 : 252 Explanation of Pistes, : - - : - < 253 During the past three years I have carried on certain experiments bearing on the natural history of the Mussel, and the results are embodied in the following pages. There is an extensive literature on the mussel and its culture, and, notwithstanding that fact, there are various points in its life-history which require further elucidation. While the development has been studied by several authors, especially by Wilson, there are still blanks in the early life-history. And many of the causes which influence the well-being of the mussel in different localities are not clearly defined. The facts which I am able to communicate extend our knowledge of the spawning, growth, and movement of the shell-fish. I shall first of all discuss the development of the reproductive organs, and the appearance of the mussel in different months of the year. The Development of the Reproductive Organs. In the quiescent period, according to Wilson, the mantle lobes are delicate and transparent. ‘The follicles are racemose outgrowths of the minor genital canals, . . . and they may be observed pushing their way in the mantle until they reach nearly to the pallial muscle. With a little experience it is possible to detect the sex of the specimen, the darker orange tinge and the less distinctly botryoidal arrangement of the female, as contrasted with the male glands, being usually marked. The colour may be almost absent in comparatively young forms of both sexes. The genital ducts lie mostly toward the outer side of the mantle. Where the branches enter the follicle they may have ciliated columnar epithelium on the one side and germinal epithelium on the other. The genital tube is one of two common ducts which pass to the outside.” P 222 Part ITT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report The mussels examined in the Laboratory have been obtained from two sources mainly, viz., from Mr. Allan, mussel merchant, Torry, and from the sides of the pond at the Bay of Nigg. The description of the mussels may be conveniently taken under the denomination of the month, and, beginning with September, that arrangement will be followed. SePTEMBER.—The mussels obtained from the side of the pond were fat, and had in the majority of cases yellow-coloured mantles. This colour appears to be due to fat. One or two had thin dark-orange mantles ; they are probably spent, or mussels that had not yet fattened. From a lot supplied by the merchant, two fat mussels were examined. In one the mantle was cream-coloured ; in the other it was much paler. Under the microscope very small spherical corpuscles were seen along with broken ground tissue. One or two of the corpuscles had a slight motion. NovemBer 19, 1906.—Some mussels measuring up to 13 inches in length were obtained from the walls of the upper reservoir tank. They were in poor condition, with translucent mantles. The two sexes were distinguished with difficulty. Two different classes were noted—one in which the mantle and the abdomen were of a yellow colour; the other in which the same parts are slightly orange-coloured. Brown veinings are seen in the mantle of the latter. These brown veins are lined with cilia, in parts at least, and are filled with brown corpuscles, which, vary- ing in size, debouch from the cut ends of the canals. There are also in the tissue of the mantle little colourless ovoid bodies which, under a high power, are seen to consist of several cells enclosed in an envelope. Under medium and low powers the groups are egg-like. In the other mussel the canals are, by reflected light, of a light yellow colour ; by transmitted light they are dark. They are wide, and packed with small round cells. When pressed out of the canal they are accompanied by small oscillating corpuscles. There are numbers of small cells between the canals differently arranged from the former mussel. Novemper 27, 1906.—Mussels were obtained from the big pond. They are fat, and show various conditions. Some of them had white mantles. These, certain local fishermen considered to be better for bait than the yellow mantle. They regard the yellow mantle as indicating spawning. There were mussels showing mantles of intermediate shades of colouring between the white and deep yellow or cream. The white and light cream mantles have colourless veining. Others, dark cream in colour, have brown veinings and amber spots. In one large mussel the mantle was of a light cream-colour, with amber-coloured veins, and it had its surface mottled with amber. The amber colour is due to minute amber-coloured cells of various sizes, some of them being fairly large oval cells with nuclei. There is also present a great quantity of refractive corpuscles. In the case of the deep-cream mantle, the ground is white with an amber mottling developed over it. In the light-cream mantle the brown cells are absent, but clear cells containing what resemble the heads of sperms were observed. The veining and mottling are rather colourless. NovemBer 19, 1906.—The mussels supplied were principally fat, with heavy thick mantle, white or yellow in colour. Some small mussels had pale thin mantles coloured brown, showing brown veinings with little brown corpuscles. The white mantle when teazed out showed clear round cells with large nucleus and pitcher-like cells crowded with small refractive corpuscles mixed with small fat corpuscles. Great numbers of small refractive corpuscles were free. The veins were colourless, A of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 223 second mussel had a cream-coloured mantle. It had brown veins, and was crowded with minute corpuscles which looked like the heads of sperms. DrcemBer 15, 1906.—The mussels supplied by the merchant were of two distinct colours, viz., (1) light cream mantle, and (2) dark cream, inclining to orange. In the first class, on teazing a portion a white fluid is obtained that coagulates on the addizion of fresh-water. The mantle consists of a very slight stringy tissue; hardly any basement or ground- work tissue is made out. The principal constituent is very minute oscillating corpuscles (fat) and pitcher-shaped cells full of larger corpuscles. Some round cells with iarge nucleus and nucleolus were also noticed. In one or two of the main vessels little brown patches were seen, In the second lot a slight milkiness, due to fatty corpuscles, was obtained on teazing a portion of the mantle. Pouches were made out, with large dividing cells, and also some bodies apparently glandular, showing a central cavity and a great number of minute cells. January 21, 1907.—On this date the mussels supplied to the Labora- tory were separated into two classes by the colour of the mantles—(1) a cream-coloured mantle, and (2), an orange-coloured mantle. There are others which have a pink-cream hue. Some have thin orange-coloured mantles. In large specimens the orange-coloured mantles are thick, and show traces of a creamy-coloured base. On cutting into the creamy-white mantle a pale white fluid issues Under the microscope it is seen to consist of ruptured thin-walled capsules, and there are also minute bead-like corpuscles and oil corpuscles. In the orange mantle there are little brown cells of various sizes mostly minute. They show a nucleus. . The mantle of a small mussel was full of brown capsules filled with brown corpuscles of various sizes, and also of colourless corpuscles. The brown corpuscles are in most cases very small; some larger were seen to be dividing. The brown corpuscles are attached in little groups. There is a colourless connective tissue with long cellsand an apparently albuminous blood-fluid. The capsules appear to be full of an albuminous corpusculated fluid, in which the brown corpuscles are growing. In the large mussels the capsules are not so brown, but the brown corpuscles are dividing. There are also present colourless cells with nuclei. Fesruary 27, 1907.—The mussels were now distinctly yellow (male) aud red-coloured (female). The red colour was in various stages. The male mussel was not very far advanced; the spermatophores con- tain round corpuscles, which oscillated very vigorously ; they were of all sizes, Aprit 11, 1907.—Some mussels that were shelled on the previous day were examined on this date. The cilia in some were still working. The male had a pale mantle with the spermaries forming a prominent white granular layer on it. The paler part is seen to be divided up with pale-coloured spermaries, and these are sacs full of sperms, not quite so large as the white sacs. The white sacs are large and more widely separated from one another than are the egg-sacs in the female. In some females the ground-work of the mantle is orange-coloured; the ovaries are white. The fringe of the mantle is distinctly orange-coloured, and shows brown bodies in vessels. In another female the mantle was not orange-coloured, but it had small closely-packed egg-cases and similar brown bodies. The eggs are quite white, pitcher-shaped, with a well- marked nncleus, possessing a nucleolus. The nucleus, as Wilson pointed 224 Part LII.— Twenty-fitth Annual Report out, appears to have a distinct cell-wall. The egg is oval and measures about 0°7mm in diameter; it is filled with yolk granules. The nucleus, according to M‘Intosh, shows as a cleared part in the midst of the egg. In some cases it is burst clear out of the egg, and can be seen as a clear circular body with a prominent nucleolus. It measures 0°5mm. and less in diameter. Seen alongside the mantle of the male, that of one female, with its ovisacs had a very slight cream colouration. In the female the ovisacs were more equally developed, tmter se, in contrast with the two distinct stages of development in the same mantle of the male. The latter fact will bear upon the question of the duration of the spawning period, and the possibility of the mussel spawning twice during the same season. In one mussel which had a thin orange-coloured mantle, I was unable to make out definite sexual elements. Aprit 15, 1907.—Some mussels that were taken from the wall of the big pond had been kept in a sunk box, On opening them they were found to be fat. The sexes were very distinct. The male had a deep cream-coloured mantle and abdomen. The female was of a chocolate-pink. The sperm-sacs were distinct—white. The vessels in the mantle were translucent—amber. On cutting into the mantle a milky fluid issued. The sperms were alive, and, under Zeiss Obj. D.D.: oc. 4, showed fairly large. In the female the ovisacs were only distinguished with difficulty in the general ground of the mantle. The vessels were similar to those in the male. On teasing the mantle the eggs were obtained, but in most cases they were burst. They were oval, round, or pear-shaped, measuring ‘07--1mm. in diameter. There is a large pore in the zona, and by it the yolk corpuscles pour out. The yolk granules wriggle about ; they are smaller than the sperms. I was not able to make out any connection of the eggs to the ovarian tissue, even when they were ‘sticking together en masse. The pore in the zona is a clean-cut hole. The pres- sure of the cover glass in some cases forces out the nucleus, although it is of greater diameter than the opening. In other cases the nucleus remains inside while the yolk granules nearly all pour out. The nucleus retains its shape after it issues from the pore. It exhibits a slight granular structure. Sometimes there are a few yolk granules attached to it. Occasionally the nucleus is accompanied by what appears to be a little nucleus. = The gills and labial palps in both sexes are sometimes orange-coloured ; in the female rather darker than inthe male. In the latter sex, however, they are also found colourless. Aprit 29, 1907.—The mussels supplied at this date were not apparently so far advanced as some already examined. Some of them were fat and yellow in colour. On dissecting, a pale white fluid was got; it is albuminous, and coagulates on the slide when fresh water is added. It contained small round corpuscles, and cells full of dark refractive corpuscles. The other mussels were pale and of a slight orange tinge, having thin mantles. In them were observed pitcher-shaped cells showing a clear nucleus. The eggs are not very far developed. May 1, 1906.—The mussels on this date were nearly all pink, They were females with well-developed ova, The pink region is the mantle, which is almost wholly that colour. May 31, 1907.—Some mussels were covered with barnacles. They were not fat. The mantles were thin, having a clear ground tissue, and reproductive organs nearly ripe. Cte of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 225 JuNE 3, 1987.—Some pond mussels had been kept in aquaria in order that the spawn might be observed. Up till this date none had been noticed. The mussels were examined and found to have red ovaries. The yolk granules poured out of the egg. The zona appeared to be two-layered. The nucleus seemed to be simply a naked sphere of clear protoplasm. Sperms were obtained from a dirty-yellow or amber- coloured mantle. JunE 25, 1907.—Some mussels were obtained through the kindness of Professor M‘Intosh, from St. Andrews. The mantle of the mussel had its central part filled with reproductive elements, but showed surrounding that portion a more or less broad clear margin. In the female the sexual part was orange-coloured, and in the male whitish. A larger proportion of the mantle was, in most of the cases examined, filled in the female than in the male. The thin dark-orange mantle (female) showed little white bodies all over the orange groundwork. In the male the white bodies were not so distinct, but larger, measuring about j4-inch. The eggs were of the usual type of the unripe egg, having a big pore from which the yolk granules pour, and having a nucleus with a sharp outline. The zona was all crumpled, and evidently consisted of two layers. In the spermaries there were bodies similar to the heads of sperms consisting of a circular head witha tapering manubrium-like prolongation. Several groups of these were seen united by the ends of their manubria. June 28, 1907.—Some of the St. Andrews mussels were examined on this date. Several males measured from 2 ins. to 23 ins. in length. The mantle was about ),-inch in thickness, and was only partly occupied with reproductive organs. The females, measuring 3} ins. to 33 ins., showed thin mantles, which, as in the males, were not fully occu- pled by the ovaries. Juty 16, 1907.—A mussel which was examined on this date had red ovaries approaching ripeness. The reproductive organs were restricted to part of the mantle. Jury 19, 1907.—Six mussels from the pond were examined on this date. They belong to the lot which was sampled in April. They measured from 2—2% inches. One of them is shown in figs. 103 and 104. Five were males, the sixth was a female. The mantle of the male mussels was in some cases of a light cream colour, in others of a dark cream “colour. Practically the whole of the mantle, with the exception of a small portion at the anterior lower side, was occupied with the cream-coioured organs. The mantle was about 3th inch in thickness. The organ is thinner towards the margin. The spermaries were not so prominent. The mantle shows an uniform cream-coloured surface, which under a lens is seen to be broken up into little roundish bodies. It differs from the condition seen earlier in the year. On cutting into the mantle a whiteish fluid issued ; it consisted wholly of ripe sperms. Where a portion of the tissue was teazed and pressed out under a cover-glass a delicate network tissue which resembles vessels, and having associated with it groups of the heads of sperms stuck together, was made out. The sperm heads had the manubrium-like process but no tails. The tissue consists of vessels, stringy fibres, and fairly large pouches crowded with heads of sperms ‘{here are also some round cells in the pouch ; they are larger than the heads of the sperms: they may be gland cells on the wall of the pouch. On dissecting the abdominal process ripe sperms, with tails, clear corpucles (fat), and groups of cells showing ranular contents were found ; 226 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report they were massed together or separate—probably glandular. The veins were of a dark amber colour. The female mussel had a@ mantle of an uniform licht-pink colour Although it is fuller than in the mussels examined in June, it is not completely filled. It wasabout th of an inch in thickness. On cutting into the mantle a pink or red-ochre fluid was obtained. It consisted of eggs (most of which were partially or wholly emptied of their yolk contents), reddish yolk corpuscles, and nuclei. All the eggs had a distinct pore in the zona ; it varied in size, and had ragged edges in some cases as if it had been torn away from some attachment (fig 12). The nuelei are very ductile, as they pass out through an opening smaller than their own diameter. They have a sharp outline, with a distinct hyaline outside layer; the contents are granular, and enclose sometimes a nucleolus. In no case did the nucleus show a_ ruptured or _ crumpled wall. In some cases the nucleus (n) plugs the pore (fig 35). The eggs are arranged in a pouch which seems to be an expansion of a large vessel. The egg would appear to be attached by its outer layer to the inside wall of the pouch. When the egg is torn from its attachment the yolk granules usually pour out, although it is not so in every case; vide fig. 12, where the inner layer of the zona is evidently preventing the escape of the yolk. The inner layer appears to be very delicate. The outside of the pouch was also supplied with what looked like vessels. The mantle tissue on teazing is reduced to eggs and a stringy material, probably vessels. There is no evident amount of fat. In the abdominal process were found eggs, aud some round cells with granular contents and others with brown granules. The round cells are in total size only about equal to the nucleus of the egg. Under a high power the yolk granules are amber-coloured. These mussels were judged to be of good quality from the fishing point of view. By one authority they were referred to as “fatty mussels ” (figs. 93 and 95). Another of these mussels had a mantle which in general colour resembled a peach. It had a cream-coloured ground, with an amber mottling. The eggs were amber in colour. Sepr. 2, 1907.—The mussels supplied at this date by the merchant were, in respect to the mantle, coloured white in some cases, cream in others, and in a proportion orange-cream. The white mantle had a slight cream tinge. It was not thick, only zis-inch. Under the lens it showed a close white network with translucent amber-culoured spaces between. Owing to the great development of the white branching in the inferior half of the mantle, the translucent parts are merely dots there. In the superior portion, that next its attach- ment to the organ of Bojanus, the branching is less close and the spaces bigger. The white branching extends over the organ of Bojanus in close connection with the surface vessels: it is along each side of the vessels and their branches. The vessels in the mantle are translucent, and their branching forms a trat.slucent network. There are a few small patches of amber-coloured corpuscles on the superior part of the mantle, near the posterior adductor. On teazing a portion of the mantle, nothing was made out except a mass of minute corpuscles bound with connective tissue, and a few groups of amber-coloured bodies. In a portion from the superior part of the mantle there was, in addition to the above, some transparent bodies, certain of which showed part granular contents and more or less irregular outline. Up till November 2, mussels containing ripe sperms and full-sized eggs were obtained. On this date the ovaries could still be made out on the of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 227 surface of the mantle in one specimen. The reproductive elements were, however, usually hid by the fat condition of the mantle. The mussels which contained ripe sperms had mantles of the following colours :—white, light cream, and deep cream. In the females con- taining full-sized eggs the mantles were coloured white, cream, and yellow, with, in each case, a pinkish tinge, and dark-red. When the mantle of the male mussel is cut across the section is yellow, and from it a white fluid oozes. In the female the section is brown-mottled. On November 2, two females were examined in which the reproductive organs were quiescent. In the first case the mantle was of a deep orange-red or chocolate, a colour nearly resembling that of a ripe mussel. The tissue was mottled with brown corpuscles. The body fluid that issued on teazing a portion of the mantle consisted of minute clear drops. In the second case the mantle was of a light yellow colour. M‘Intosh examined mussels from January to July. In January “the mantle was, when compared with an undeveloped specimen, considerably thicker. A male measuring 33 inches in length presented in the thickened generative region large, pale, round sperm-saes filled with minute spermatozoa, which have minute ovoid bodies with finely filamen- tous tails. They are lively and tenacious of life. . . . The female had the same region of the mantle crowded with a prodigious number of minute ova. Inshape they are ovoid, with a transparent investmert and an inner granular yolk with a pale circular area. In February the mantle . . . increased considerably in thickness. The whole surface of the mantle became speckled in both sexes with the reproductive elements. . . . The mantle in one case had increased in thickness to about 2-inch, and the development of the sperm-sacs seemed to proceed from the dorsal to the ventral edge of the mantle, Even in specimens in which the shell has been injured and the mantle remains thin at certain places, an immense number of ova are developed. After full maturity is obtained, as in April, the orange mantle is richly marked in an aborescent manner by racemose sperm-sacs and ducts, especially towards the margin, and when the mantle is swollen out with water the sperm-sacs project like bunches of grapes. In the female this appearance is not so evident, for the ova are grouped in masses of a circular or ovoid form and densely packed. The females at the end of May now contained comparatively few ova, and the mantle had diminished consider- ably in thickness. Much granular brownish pigment was present in the latter. On the 9th June the female mussels still showed some ova in the thickened dorsal region of the mantle, but the margins were pale and - thin. As before, much brownish pigment was present. In July the dendritic appearance of the salmon-coloured mantle was less marked, and neither ova nor spermatozoa could be distinguished microscopically. The general stroma was granular and minutely cellular, as if a general resolution of the tissue were taking place, and the characteristics of the sexes were absent.” The eggs would, then, appear to be derived from the minute brown- coloured cells seen in the mantle of the unripe mussel. The thick fat mantle is not a necessary precursor to reproductive activity. The little brown cells seem to be supplied with chlorophyll, and are found at the end of the year in thin mantles as well as in fat mantles, Any one lot of mussels consists usually of a mixture of fat and thin mantles, showing that even where the water may be abundantly supplied with food some mussels may still, from the accident of their situation, be starved. In one case the sample may show a majority of fat, in another a majority of thin mantles, bo bo ioe) Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Maturity and Spawning, Wilson says that the mussel may become ripe when one year old. He found ripe sexual elements in mussels measuring }-inch in length. At the Bay of Nigg one mussel which was 3-inch long spawned. M‘Intosh gives the spawning-time as lasting from April to June. SPAWNING OF THE FeEmate.—At the Bay of Nigg mussels were observed to spawn on three occasions, viz.—(1) a mussel measuring 24 inches on 6th April; (2) a second of the same size on Ist June; and (3) two mussels measuring respectively 3-inch and 13-inch on June 30th. Scott found that the mussels at Piel Laboratory spawned between the beginning of May and the middle of July. The eggs were being dis- charged some time before the sperms were observed, viz., 13th June. The spawning of the eggs usually took place during the night, but he had an opportunity of observing the manner in which they left the parent. ‘The embryos flow from the female in a slow distinct current. When not disturbed they settle down on the mud close to the parent as an obvious pink mass.” ‘The mussel which spawned on Ist June had been brought from Klaksvig, Faroe, by Captain Sutherland, s.t. ‘‘ Pointer,” of Aberdeen. It was obtained on Ist May, and had been kept till May 31 in the basket in which the sounding-line is coiled. On being transferred to sea-water on that date it was found to be alive. It was a very old-looking mussel, and was covered with barnacles. Next day a quantity of white stuff was seen on the bottom of the vessel near the round end of the mussel (fig. 84). This was found to cousist of eggs and some stringy tissue. SPAWNING OF THE Marg.—On June 30th the current of water was stopped in a box in which there were some mussels, and in the afternoon a greyish cloud was seen towards one side of the box and extending to the surface. When a drop of ihe water was examined it was seen to be crowded with sperms. The sperm has a tapered point and a very long tail (fig. 24), They rush about in circles with a quivering, jerky, side-to-side motion. On 13th June Scott observed the discharge of the sperm. It was so abundant that the water in the tank became quite turbid. Duration OF SpPAWNING.—Scott maintains that practically the whole of the reproductive elements were discharged at one emission, extending from one to three hours. The same animal did not again set free any more reproductive elements. When such a spent mussel was opened and examined the whole reproductive organ was found to have collapsed. This was not my experience in the case of the mussel that was brought from Faroe. It first extruded eggs on Ist June, and it spawned several lots up till June 5th. It may have, however, been a little irregular, since the mussel had been kept under exceptional conditions. According to Mr. King, the mussels at Budle Bay, Northumberland, spawn in Jily, August, and September. In warmer seasons they spawn earlier, and vice-versa; 50°-60° F. is a fair heat in summer at Budle Bay. Lebour states that ‘“‘ Mr. Mitchell finds that there are two breeding seasons, one in Spring and one about August.” Mr. Masson, Findhorn, who attended the demonstrations to fishermen at the Laboratory in 1906, informed me that in the river there the mussels empty [spawn] during a spate, and then fill up again. Red mussels (female) were more common than yellow (male). At Montrose, Fullarton and Scott report that “Mr. Johnstone was of the opinion that the mussel spats iu May, June, August, and the beginning of September, while others held that the mussels spat all through the year.” of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 229 OK, FrrtiLization.—M ‘Intosh and Wilson believe that the fertilization of the eggs takes place outside the body of the female. Wilson effected artificial fertilization of the eggs by mincing pieces of the ripe ovary and testes separately in water and then by mixing the two fluids. Scott considers that fertilization takes place within the female. He made some experiments to demonstrate this. At Piel the first eggs that were spawned were not fertilized. After the first discharge of sperms, however, the eggs were always fertilized. Garner thought that the mussel was hermaphrodite and that the eggs were already fertilized when discharged. The Mature Egq. When the eggs are present on the bottom of the aquarium in quantity, they show a pink colour. In the case of the Faroe mussel the colour of the eggs was hid by some colourless tissue that was extruded with them. Wilson describes the ripe egg thus :—‘‘ The mature egg after extrusion is quite spherical and very opaque, on account of the large development of deutoplasmic (vitelline) granules. The vitellus appears greenish-brown by transmitted light. The egg membrane is distinct. The nucleus and nucleolus are not visible in a normal mature egg, a less opaque region marking their position. The hyaline investment noticeable around the intra-follicular egg forms a broad, very translucent sheath to the ripe extruded eggs. It is presumably adherent to mature eggs naturally extruded—certainly so in the case of artificially-liberated ones. Many spermatozoa wriggle into it and cause the egg to rotate. No micropyle has been observed in it. If the vitelline membrane be ruptured the nucleus escapes as a spherical body bounded by a definite membrane and enclosing a nucleolus.” The eggs spawned by the Faroe mussel showed the following characters (fig. 6}. They were, to the naked eye, greyish in colour with a faint amber tinge. They were round in some cases, usually oval, measuring ‘O07 by ‘06: °07. One was as long as ‘1mm. The yolk is seen to be broken up into several large corpuscles or divisions, and at the periphery there are minute corpuscles similar to those that are found in the developing egg. The zona is wrinkled, corrugated on the outside, and raised into little papille. The corrugations seem to be due to the yolk being in large corpuscles which boss the zona. It has two definite layers, and in addition some eggs show what looks like a thin membrane on the yolk. The latter may be simply the sharp outer edge of the protoplasm. There are little protoplasmic thread-like projections from parts of the zona, possibly from pores (fig. 8). In one case a pitted condition of the zona was thought to be made out. A faint indication of the nucleus was made out in some, and surround- ing it large yolk corpuscles or divisions composed of the minute yolk ~ corpuscles. The large nucleus seems to be broken up more or less into large round bodies. On pressing the egg by means of the cover-glass, the contents do not flow out so readily as in an egg dissected out of the mantle in a ripening ovary. In the latter case nearly every egg exhibits the loss of some of its yolk contents. One of the naturally spawned eggs, when pressed lightly, took a pear shape with a conical end. This seemed to be at the micropyle, and to be formed by the forcing of the egg contents to project through it. 230 Part I[11.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report But the egg contents, being now more cohesive, withstood the pressure without breaking up. When the egg was crushed the yolk corpuscles poured out all oscillat- ing, leaving no nucleus to be seen ; there were some groups of corpuscles a little larger than the others. The zona retained its shape and appeared quite smooth in some, although in others it was still tuberculated, When the egg was squeezed sufficiently to cause some of the contents to flow out, a sort of perivitelline space began to appear, formed after the escape of a quantity of yolk by the entrance of water. In the partially emptied egg there were protoplasmic threads from the remaining portion of yolk to the internal surface of the egg-shell, and the zona had lost its corrugations. Wilson gives a drawing of an egg that had apparently lost some of its contents; in it little protoplasmic threads con- necting the inside of the zona to the segmented mass left inside are indicated. The clear protoplasm of which the nucleus in the ripening egg consists appears now in the ripe egg to have extended through the yolk, binding the granular matter together, and apparently making a clear, sharp, external layer to the yolk-sphere. When the yolk granules issued thiough pressure, they sometimes took up some of the clear protoplasm, and they are seen covered with a clear layer—a little entity consisting of one or many yolk corpuscles covered with a clear protoplasm (fig. 41). Out of one egg there was pushed a clear network-like mass (fig. 7), which might have been a crumpled membrane. The egg from which it came was continually changing its shape. The “network” was seen free in another case, away from toe egg. Sus-Divipine or THE UnrertiLizen Eac.—Some of the eggs were kept overnight ina dish. By next day some of the eggs had given off little spherical bodies of various sizes. They were formed by the outflow of the egg contents through the micropyle. These bodies consist of a larger or smaller number of granular yolk corpuscles surrounded by clear protoplasm. Sometimes they can be seen attached to the egg at one point like a number of little balloons attached to a large balloon. They may vary in size or may be all nearly equal (fig. 16). Changes were observed to take place in these bodies, even while the egg was examined. A dark globule was added to one egg as I watched. They become detached, and go off resembling in appearance a little egg. Although they have a sharp outline they have no cell wall (fig. 41). mene the night the eggs had been actively budding off these little spheres, so that next day it was hardly possible to treat any of the eggs in the dish as normal eggs. Some of the eggs showed a hyaline investment, which appears to be formed by the exudation of clear protoplasm from the egg. An egg had a crumpled hyaline investment, which looked as if it were the outer zona layer which had become loosened. -ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZATION.—On June 3 some eggs were obtained from the mass lying near the mussel. They were motionless and unsegmented. Some of them showed a little refractive protoplasmic process on the out- side of the zona. A piece of the mantle of a male mussel was put into water. The water became milky, and when examined was found to be alive with active sperms. Some of the fluid was put, by means of a pipette, into the dish contain- ing the eggs. It was possible to see under the microscope the sperms whirling about among the eggs. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 231 At 1 p.m. one of the eggs showed a number of little protoplasmic pro- cesses sticking out at right angles from the zona (fig. 8). They seem to be detached from the zona, though probably connected by a very fine pro toplasmic thread, which was invisible under Zeiss DD. The sperms kept boring away, but did not seem able to get closer to the zona than s shown in fig. 8. There was a protoplasmic boss sticking out of the micropyle. This was generally present, and usually on the lower side of the egg. One egg had its zona covered with papilla. Another had three or four sperms stuck with their pointed ends against the zona. A clear layer outside the zona was made out in one egg; it seemed to me merely an exudation of protoplasm. The inner of the two zona layers is applied close to the yolk, as is shown by the protoplasmic boss, which is constricted by it (fig. 18). A narrow clear division is seen between the two layers of the zona. At 3p.m. segmentation had occurred in several eggs. In one egg the division into two was proceeding from one side (fig. 10). Another egg was segmented into a macromere and a micromere ; the protoplasmic boss was on the macromere (fig. 21). Sometimes it stands right across the dividing line. Figs. 10, 11, 13, 20, 21, 22, 28, and 29 represent conditions found at 3 p.m. Most of the eggs were in the two-celled stage (fig. 13). Some eggs had taken a kidney-shape, having a hilum deeply inserted (fig. 20). The niche was filled up partly with translucent material. The zona seems to thin away over the notch sometimes. The division of the ege takes place within the zona, and is not apparently taken part in by the zona. In the two-celled stage, one egg after being quashed retained its previous two-celled shape (fig. 38). A nucleus was seen in it; it simply showed a little sphere with yolk granules attached. Round the inside of the investment there was a number of small clear corpuscles larger than yolk granules. The yolk granules when poured out oscillated. In one case of crushing the egg I saw some clear protoplasm of yolk granules after they issued form into a sphere exactly resembling a nucleus. The yolk corpuscles caused the “nucleus” to quiver. Then the excess of yolk granules moved away from it. The nucleus seems to mean simply a collection of clear protoplasm in the centre of the cell. It may, on the egg being crushed, break up, or it may retain its shape after the yolk granules have poured out. In the developing egg the nucleus is not intimately bound to the yolk granules; in the ripe egg it is distributed through the egg mass. In a three-celled stage a little clearer area in the centre indicated the presence of a nucleus in each cell (fig. 17). When the eggs were crushed the nuclei were seen to be similar to the nucleus of the ripening egg—a clear vesicle-like body showing no structure under Zeiss D.D. and oc. 2 (fig. 14). The nuclei were visible externally first in the three-celled stage. Division into four cells was noticed (fig. 30). At 7 p.m. development had not proceeded further than at 3 p.m. Fig. 25 represents one of the eggs at that time. By the next forenoon, the eggs in the dish had not advanced; they ap- peared to be dead. A number of them had a gelatinous network round them. One egg which showed a gelatinous outer network measured ‘06mm. in diameter; it is small, and may have lost some of its contents. On June 5 a new lot of eggs had been spawned 232 Part Il] —Twenty-fifth Annual Report Inrusors AnD Decaying Eaces.—On June i0 a big heap of eggs remained near the mussel. A sample was examined. They were dis- organised. There was a great quantity of very small and also big infusors among them, and the smallest infusor was not too big to get into the egg by the micropyle. They did not appear to be able to get into the egg. Next.day the infusors were quiet, apparently encrysted. On June 13, in the same dish, the infusors were big and again active. The eggs have almost altogether disappeared. I noticed infusors darting into the egg- shells, going round inside and then out again. In one egg-shell two infusors were lying still. On June 15 the mussel was dead. DeEVELOPMENT.—According to Wilson—“In 20 hours or a shorter time after fertilization, the ciliated embryo rise, it may be to the very surface, in warm, calm, water. They are moved hither and thither by the currents and by their own locomotor apparatus, the cilia, and latterly the velum.” Scott observed that the embryos rose ‘‘from the bottom at the end of 12 hours. They remain free-swimming for at least four days.” Some spawn that was observed on June 30 at the Bay of Nigg was examined. ‘The eggs were in various stages of segmentation up to the ciliated larva. The motion in the eggs and larve was very slight, and it is questionable if it would have been sufficient to raise them off the bottom. Some of the egys remained on the bottom next day. When 12 days old, the larval mussels are, Wilson says, almost semi- circular, the hinge-line being straight. In later forms, the prismatic shell- substance begins to be deposited round the margins of the valves. The growth takes place most rapidly antero-posteriorly, the mussel thus as- suming the elongated characteristic form of the adult. With the advent of the prismatic shell, the velum is atrophied and the mussel sinks to the bottom or lights on seaweeds, zoophytes, etc. The foot, at first vermiform and highly extensile, is used for progression ; at the proximal region of the foot the byssus-gland secretes the byssus wherewith the mussel may be anchored. In July and August, M‘Intosh observed that the surface of St. Andrews Bay swarmed with minute mussels of a somewhat circular outline and showing four branchial processes behind the foot. The young mus- sels, according to the same author, are found settled on zoophytes in July. At Kiel, Mobius states that the young mussels attach themselves in the latter half of June. THE SPAWNING OF MoDIOLUS. FemaLe—February 27, 1907.—The eggs in a Modiolus examined were nearly ripe, and they formed a brick-red dust to the naked eye. The most of them showed a germinal vesicle in the middle of the opaque-red yolk. Lots of the eggs are pitcher or pear-shaped. They measure ‘1mm. in diameter. Some were ruptured. Mate—June 9.—Two Modiolus that were kept in a tank measuring 5 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet deep, were seen to be spawning. A grey cloud was seen to spread from them over the bottom of the tank and ascend in a wide spiral up to the surface (fig. 98). The motion was due to the current of water in the tank. The cloud of sperms formed a thick layer on the surface of the water. A drop of water that was just covered by a cover-glass 3-in. in diameter contained 11 spermatozoa. The sperm resembled much that of Mytilus edulis. Round the head there appeared a lighter ring—a sort of halo. After some time the whole of the of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 233 tank was tinted with the colour. It was first noticed at 11 am. At 8 p.m. it was still to be seen, but more generally distributed. A cur- rent of water had been steadily flowing into and out of the tank. Spartine.—Several specimens of modiolus, obtained in February 1907, were kept alive in aquaria at the Laboratory. The water flowing out of these passed into the big pond. On July 17 some twigs which had been put into the pond on April 25, 1907, for the purpose of collecting spat were found to have young modiolus attached. Some were also attached to the cord by which the twigs were anchored. The following are the sizes of the ereee 7 3R G) 8 Le» Jo Tey ao a> 49 169 Veo Ve» Ver Ter PD as) =) 1s Pas Ps) Pe: BB) 8) 3 ae ‘They were, at most, five months ot age. They were regularly scattered over the branches of the twig, and had attached themselves, no doubt, just at the end of the pelagic stage. They had not been attached three months, If the pelagic stage does not last more than a month, these horse-mussels must have been under four months of age. The possibility of their having entered the pond by the inlet from the sea may be neglected, since, so far as I am aware, modiolus has not been found near the Bay of Nigg. The young modioius were put into a box, which was covered with a lid to exclude the light; some were still attached to the twigs, others were free on the bottom of the box. On September 2nd some of the latter had climbed up the side of the box to the surface of the water; others remained attached to the twigs or on the bottom. THE GrowTH oF THE MusseL (Mytilus edulies). Observations bearing on the growth of this shell-fish and its behaviour under certain conditions have been made on mussels of different sizes that have been kept in the Laboratory for from one to two years. One lot of mussels had been taken off the rocks at St. Andrews. They measured about 1 to 14 inch in length. Obtained in July, 1904, they were kept in aquaria with a constant run of water till April 6, 1905, when they were examined. They appeared then to be in good condition, though not very fat. On July 4, 1905, some mussels taken off the rocks were measured, and three lots were separated. In A they all measured ,°, inch in length ” ” ” ” ” about 13 ,, és ” ” a) They were put into vessels supplied with a steady run of sea water. Mud gradually accumulated on the bottoms of the aquaria until a fairly thick layer was formed. Now and then this deposit was removed. A.—On March 8, 1906, the mussels of lot A were measured ; their lengths were found to be 5%, 3%, 7, and 9 were slightly over 5°, inch long. When examined on August 5, 1906, the mussels were found to be all of a peculiar shape, roughly barrel-shaped. They were broad ey convexly curved above, concave below. Their sizes were—z, 7x, 72x 3, $s $) Te 1 16 On Feby. 25, 1907, the measurements were—7'y, 5, 8, Te 1a Ve ve gsr 3) ws: The largest was attached to the side of the aquarium a little above the bottom ; ie others were in the mud. 234 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report On March 22, 1907, the mussels were put on a floating tray, the bottom of which was made of wire gauze. They were about 1 inch below the surface. On May 28, 1907, two were dead ; they measured ,®; and + inch ; they were apparently choked with algoid growth. The remainder were measured and opened on June 11, 1907. They measured 3, 3, 34, 7%, 4, 7%; inch. The largest was a male, and the reproductive organs appeared to be ripening. In about two years’ time, then, the greatest growth of the lot had been an addition of ? inch to the original size of 8; inch, while the least increase had been only + inch. B.—They measured on July 4, 1905, 1 inch in length. Aucust 5, 1906.—The mussels were examined and the following were the respective lengths :—1 4, 14, 1 2,, 13%, 1,3,, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 1,%,, 1,°, inch. A dead shell measured 1 inch. Some-of them were buried in the mud at the bottom. Others were up on the sides of the box. It was possible to detect the increase in the shell in two of them ; it was in part of a yellow colour. On Feby. 25, 1907, the measurements were—1,4, 1,3, 1,5, 14, 14 14, 155, 14%, 1,55, 13, 14 inch. On March 23, 1907, the mussels were divided into two lots: 6 were put on a floating tray in which they were covered by about 1 inch of water; 6 were left among the mud on the bottom of the aquariam in which the tray floated. There was a depth of 7 inches of water in the aquarium. Aprit 13, 1907.—The mussels on the tray had anchored themselves. One had cast off its byssus and had moved away abit. Those on the bottom are beginning to move about through the mud which is fairly deep. June 11, 1907.—Those on the tray were—1,3,, g, ripe; 14, 9, ripe; 149, ripe; 14, 9, ripe; 1,3, 9, ripe; 13, 9, ripe. The mussels in the mud measured—14, 9, ripe ; 1,%:, d, ripe ; 14, 9, ripe ; 1-°;, 9, ripe ; 1,5, d, ripe 5 12, 3, ripe. ; In two years the largest survivor had only added 2 inch to its length, while one had only grown } inch. They were, however, ripe. C.—They were originally 14 inch long, July 4, 1905. On March 8, 1906, they were measured, and the following sizes were obtained :—14, 14, 13, 14, 13, 14%, 1;%. On August 5, 1906, they measured 14, 1;%, 15%, 14%, 193, 134, 144. They all show evidence on their shells of having grown. On September 9, 1906, one taken out dead measured 1} inch. The mussels seem to mass themselves at the bottom of the aquarium, on the side next the window ; this appears to be the darkest corner in the glass vessel. On Feby. 25, 1907, they measured 1;%, 12, 12, 13, 13, 143 inch. . They were, on March 22, 1907, put into a tray which had a bottom made of wire netting; it floated ina tank. The mussels were submerged about 3 to 4 inches. On June 11, 1907, on examination the following particulars were found :—1 8, g, ripe; 14%, d, uearly ripe; 13, g, ripe; 14, 9, ripe; 1f¢, 2, ripe ; 12 inch, g, ripe. They were ail well-conditioned. The maximum growth in two years had been only } inch, while the least rowth had been only 74 inch. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 235 D.—Some old mussels which had been living in an exposed situation were obtained from St. Andrews on April 4, 1905, The shells were thick, rough, dirty-coloured, and of a slatish hue. Some that were opened were found to contain poorly-conditioned animals. According to Fullarton, such mussels are called “Crocks” at Montrose; Scott and Baxter say that they are in Lancashire known as “ Blue-nebs.” Several of these, measuring 2} inches long, were separated; they were kept in an aquarium or box with a current of water steadily flowing through it. On April 6, one spawned ; a small pinkish mass was seen lying near it on the bottom of the box. The eggs lay there till April 12. They were then examined and found to be decomposing; they were evidently not fertilized. Marcu 8, 1906.—One of the mussels was dead. May, 1906.—Another that was dead was measured and found to be 24 inches in length. Aveust 5, 1906.—Two more dead shells measured each 23 inches in length. Two remain alive ; they measure 24 and 2,° inches. SEPTEMBER 6, 1906.—One of the mussels has moved about on the bottom of the box and left a track of byssi (see pp. 242 and 348). Fepruary 26, 1907.—The mussels measure 24 and 2;% inches. Marcu 22, 1907.—The mussels were put on to a floating tray, in which they were submerged about 1 inch. Aprit 13, 1907.—The mussels have made quite a heap of muddy excreta below them on the bottom of the box. One had its round end sticking up out of the water, and it remained thus for eight days, when it sank again, - JuNE 11, 1907.—They measured (1) 23 inches, a male; it had a thin mantle, and was getting ripe ; (2) 22 inches, rather thin mantle, was getting ripe. In two years one has grown 3 inch; the other has not increased in size, Taken all over, the flesh of these mussels (A, B, C, and D) was in average condition of fatness. Their shells, however, are characteristically shaped. They are rounder, of greater thickness from side to side, but not so high as more rapidly growing mussels. In figs. 26 and 27 are shown two views of one of these mussels, and in figs. 31 and 32 two views of one of the mussels of the same length, but which had grown on a screen in the large pond. Conditions Favourable and Unfavourable to Growth. The rate of growth of the mussel depends on a number of factors which may be briefly summarised as—(1) the quantity of food, (2) salinity of the water, (3) presence and quantity of mud, sand, and fila-_ mentous algz, (4) length of exposure to the air during each tide. Spattinc.—As a rule mussels spat readily, and in large quantity ; the scarcity of mussels in a locality is not usually due to a deficiency of young. The young may not have a suitable area upon which to settle ; they may settle too high up, and in consequence be uncovered for too long a period each tide. They may settle on a high scaup and swamp it, and the increased competition for food that results will militate against the growth of the individuals. In July and August the surface of St. Andrews Bay, according to M‘Intosh, swarmed with minute mussels of a somewhat circular outline. The same author states that they appear in the zoophytes in 236 Part IIT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report July, like grains of millet seed, measuring from +, to 3, inch in length. Young mussels have been noticed on the ropes of the salmon nets about the middle of June. The young mussels seem to settle high up in greater profusion than in the deep. Qn a wharf the upper limit of the mussels was between tide-marks, but several feet below high-water mark. Barnacles (Balanus) settle high up. A curious circumstance was noted with respect to the attachment of barnacles (Balanus) in a slate tank. The inflowing water was taken down to the bottom of the tank by means of a rubber pipe. The water leaving the mouth of this pipe impinged at once on one of the sides, and here an area of about 6 by 2 inches was covered by barnacles, but nowhere else on the tank, which was 5ft. by 2ft. 6ins. broad, was any barnacles attached. It would seem as if the impinging against the hard surface helped the barnacle to become attached. tte: found on the ropes of the salmon nets mussels measuring from 5}; to -%, inch in length. The largest were got near the surface, and the smallest near the bottom. They were at most five months old. M‘Intosh observed mussels up to % inch in length on the buoys of the salmon nets; the buoys are in the water from February to the end of August. At Montrose, Fullarton and Scott say that the bulk of the spat is carried out to sea by the quickly-running tide. Dredging the navigable channel destroyed seed and preveuted it settling. In the experiment of laying down mussels in Coquet, Meek found that the mussels grew there to a good bait size and were well filled. The unfavourable circumstances in that locality were (1) the mud which comes down the river during a fresh flow, and (2) the dredging of the harbour, which would interfere with the lodgment of spat. M‘Iutosh, however, observed in the Tees “ that immediately (100 yards) behind the dredger, and directly in its track, young mussels from ;}, inch to } inch long, with dull yellowish or pale olive valves, occurred on 11th June. These small examples attach themselves to fragments of stone broken by the dredger, or to stratified clay, so that the fresh surface left after the operations of the steam dredger is soon covered with mussels.” THe Musset Bep.— According to Calderwood—‘'The mussel will grow on almost any natural sea or estuarine bottom, Lut the rich flats where sand and gravel are covered by mud charged with diatoms, infuso- ria, spores of alge, and other vegetable matter rear, large fat mussels most quickly. . . . Mussels grow well in some places where they are covered at low water by 10 to 15 feet of water, and in the beds of estuaries where they are never uncovered. . . . ‘The favourite position of the mussel may be said to be between the low-levels of spring and neap tides. In Holland the Government beds are usually laid down where the water has a depth of from 7 to 15 feet at low tide. The mussels grow commonly to a length of 2 or 24 inches. They are, therefore, of excellent quality, ©. 2. es ‘Beds should be protected as far as possible from the deposition of silt. This evil, if present, can only be remedied by trans- planting the mussels from the high bed, and causing the available currents to scour and wash down the deposit.” The Budle Bay mussel is, Mr, King states, much broader than the Boston mussel, which is inclined to be round and plump, According to Lebour, “the mud and sand brought down by floods and currents during storms are hurtful, as they frequently choke up and kill large patches of mussels.” In the river Blyth many of the mussels are “‘ burrowing in the mud generally so deep that only the smallest part of posterior end of the shell is visible.” In the river Aln “ many of the of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 23:7 mussels are very small and thin, too small and thin to be of any value for bait. Although all the specimens examined in October and November were quite thin, in the Spring the reproductive lobes were spreading into the mantle to a small extent, so that they probably still shed some spat.” I received some information from the Elginshire deputation of fisher- men regarding the mussels near Dingwall and at Findhorn, At the former locality mussels about two inches in length were to be obtained in September, but by next Spring nothing remained of them but empty shelis. The fishermen said that they filled up with sand. In the Findhorn, according to Mr. Masson, mussels taken out of the deep in September and put into shallow water open up to the warm sun and die Calderwood mentions that ‘seed taken from deep-water beds will not admit of being carried so well as seed which is inured to exposure from being left bare by the tide.” Gregg Wilson, in his report on the mussel beds of Northumberland, recommended that, “ where there are not at present mussels, but where there is shelter from storms, freedom from shifting sand and mud, a fairly hard bottom, and a good current of water, mussels might be laid down by way of experiment.” Mr Wm. M ‘Bride, jur., Pirnmill, Arran, who was one of the deputation of Buteshire fishermen attending the demonstrations in 1906, informed me that the mussels on the wharves grew the fastest in that locality. According to M‘Intosh, “ the fishermen regard the mussels got on the piles of the bridge the finest examples. (Riyer Esk, England.)” At Kiel the mussels, according to Mobius u. Meyer, are cultivated on branches of trees that are stuck into the bottom below low-water mark. The salinity of the water exerts an influence on the size of the mussels. Brandt says in this connection that in Kielbight the mussel grows to a size of 110mm. (44 inches), but in the Gulf of Bothnia, where the salinity of the water is less, the mussel only reaches a size of about one inch. Moreover, the shell of the Baltic mussel is thinner and lighter than the North Sea mussel, notwithstanding the fact that the water of the Baltic has the larger proportion of lime in it. In the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal Brandt found that the salinity of the water decreased as one proceeded along it, from east to west. Ripe mussels were found of a smaller size in the fresher parts, viz., at 17—-22mm, in length (3-3-inch), than in the salter portion of the canal, where the smallest were from 35 to 40mm. (14-13-inch) in length. Tue AGE cr THE MusseL.—‘‘ A size suitable for bait, viz., 2 inches in length, would be about two years old in a favourable locality. In less favourable localities, where the mussels are left iong dry, the time taken to reach the size indicated appears to vary from 4 to & or 10 years” (Calderwood), In the Wash, according to Donnison, “a 2 years old mussel on a high scalp is probably not 14 inches in length, but on low ground the length is probably 3 inches,” Two lots of mussels were obtained from St. Andrews. The first lot, which was estimated to be conposed of two-years-old mussels, measured from 12 to 2 inches, shown in uatural size in figs. 1 and 2. The other lot, consisting of three-years-old mussels, varied in length from 2 to 24 inches (figs. 4 and 5). In Northumberland Lebour states that a mussel 2 inches long and about 3-inch in thickness is considered a fair bait, ‘‘The mussels,” at Budle Bay, ‘are from a year and a half to two years old when they are lifted and planted in the stream channels, where they are covered for six or seven hours each tide, or even not uncovered at all, as these last are Q 238 Part 17 —Twenty-fifth Annual Report perhaps the best. They reach bait size quickly, and are eSnerally allowed to fatten for a year, so that at four years they are ready to be sold for bait or food, but are often kept until they are 5 or 6 years old.” The Budle Bay mussel is an excellent bait at 3 years of age (King). TRANSPLANTING.—In the Eden, Wilson says, the scaups are mostly found on muddy flats, uncovered at low water. They are cropped in rotation,. The “seed” consisting of young mussels from 3-inch to one inch or thereabouts in length, are dredged from parts where they have been deposited naturally. These have in many cases previously carried a crop of mussels. ‘The seed may, however, grow on places unadapted for rearing saleable mussels. The rate of growth is very rapid, an inch to an inch and a half in a year being no uncommon addition to the length. It seems to be the case that the longer the mussels are dry between tides the slower is their growth. The quickest growth is made by those lying in the bed of the stream, where they are never uncovered ; the higher the scaup the less chance of success. Some hurdles erected for Professor M‘Intosh in the Eden became densely covered with young mussels. Mussels are commonly dredged in the Eden 4? inches in length. According to Fullarton and Scott, “the bed of the river is a fruitful source of seed at Montrose. Sometimes seed has been obtained by taking quantities off the foreshore rocks. When the seed attains a suitable size, 3—3-inch, about the size of an ordinary bean, it is dragged from its bed by means of rakes into the cobles. If the mussels are left long on a high bank they beeome stunted in appearance, and additions take place to the shell in thickness rather than in length, the consequence being that the mussel assumes an inelegant shape and a blunted aspect at the posterior end, and instead of a brownish-black layer of periostra- cum on the outside of the shell, a greyish coating there indicates the dwarfing of the mussel. These mussels are locally known as ‘crocks.’ When they are transferred to lower banks, and banks more within reach of the tide, they soon begin to grow, and the capacity of the contained space becomes enlarged. It is found that the time required for the seed to mature and reach the bait size varies from three to eight years. On one of the best banks it may grow to two inches or larger in three years or so, but on most of the banks a much larger time is required. Severe winters retard the growth of the mussel.” On Budle Bay, Northumberland, King had some of the dwarf mussels found on the rocks near the shore transplanted ; they were all failures. He says that a mussel requires a twelve months’ growth before it will stand transplanting. Meek writes that at Montrose seed mussels, 2 to 3 years old, are lifted from the channel and deposited on the bank, where they remain from 2 to 5 years more before they attain a saleable size. ‘In the Eden the seed is taken from the higher and shoreward parts of the banks at 2 to 3 years old, and removed to suitable places near the channel, where it requires 24 to 3 years before it reaches bait size.” Scott and Baxter describe transplanting operations which they carried out at Morecambe. The mussels, which were small through overcrowding, were removed to lower ground where they were practically always under water, being only exposed for a short time at very low ebbs. ‘ Many of these mussels were what are locally known as ‘blue-nebs’—very old mussels with thick shells of a dead-blue colour, much corroded, especially in the hinge region, and having no epidermis on them. When the shell is opened the animal is usually found to be thin and watery. These mussels are commonly met with on the sea-shore. They are exposed to the air for a long time between each period of high-water and are beyond of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 239 the reach of a continuous supply of food. They may justly be regarded as mussels that have ceased growing and are only existing.” At the end of five months they had grown 32-inch, and instead of being thin and watery, they were in fine condition. Six months after transplanting some mussels that originally measured 13-inch were found to have added Z-inch to their length, while the mussels that had been left in the original bed had increased j-inch in the same period. The authors drew attention to the fact that it is comparatively easy to detect a mussel that has been transplanted. ‘The new part of the shell is black and clean, in contradistinction to the slatey-coloured originally stunted shell. Vide fig. 105, which is a drawing of a transplanted mussel from St. Andrews, natural size. A-—B represents the original seed; B-C increase in the shell after transplanting. The mussel that grows to a full size in the deep without transplanting has a uniform shell, darker and cleaner. The barnacles (Balanus) do not settle on mussels in the deep to any considerable extent. THe MussE_s in THE LaBoraTory AND Ponp.—None of the mussels in the Laboratory grow to any extent. They were supplied through the upper reservoir from the inlet pipe of the big pond. In the pond a large quantity of mixed mussels were got. They were attached in a broad row on the side of the pond about a foot from the bottom, and three feet below the surface of the water at one part, and six feet below it at another. They were most thickly packed near the inlet of the pond, and extended along one side, across the end, becoming gradually fewer. Practically none were found on the third side. It is remarkable that they were not spread all over the pond. The barnacles (Balanus) were spread all over the sides right up to the surface of the water. The row of mussels coincided with the line that the current flowing into the tank takes. A wire-netting screen inside the tank intercepted the current to some extent, and the mussels attached themselves to it in quantity. On one occasion when the screen was removed the greater part was choked with a sheet of mussels. The mussels in the pond were of all sizes up to 22 inches and they were fat. Some baskets of them were tried as bait by the local fishermen, and they were found to do just as well as the mussels they were using. Mussels were found in the upper reservoir tank up to a size of 12- inch, and when examined in November they showed thin, ill-conditioned animals, This seems to indicate that the water-supply was poor in suitable food, generally so for part of the year. The pond itself would probably breed its own supply of diatoms and other food, and that may account for the fatness of the mussels there. The water supplied to the Laboratory contained, no doubt, at certain times of the year a good supply of suitable food, but probably on the whole the quantity of food was not abundant. That will account in some measure for the fact that the mussels grew so little. But there were other mechanical drawbacks. The vessels in which the mussels were kept soon had a deposit of fine mud on the bottom. This was in part excreta; the mussel took in the fine mud that entered in suspension in the water supply, and which, if not arrested by the mussel, would have largely passed out by the overflow, and excreted it in a compact ribbon form. It was now much heavier, and lay on the bottom close to the mussel. This would tend to arrest fine mud. When the mud accumulated to the depth of possibly half-an-inch, the mussel sometimes moved about to free itself from it. It might simply shift its position on the bottom, showing its movement by the track it left in the mud, or it might climb up the side of the vessel. 240 Part III—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Some mussels taken off the wall of the big pond were put into a fish- box, which was sunk to the bottom near the inlet valve. The bunches of mussels were clean when they were put in. In the Spring (April), after having been in the pond since the previous November, that is, for a period of five months, the box was examined. The mussels were now found to be embedded in a thick bed of slimy adhesive mud. The bottom of the pond had comparatively little mud on it at that part. The mussels had gradually collected the mud from the water that passed through the box, and when they passed it out in the form of excreta it had been retained there. In the bottom of the mud some of the mussels had been choked, the empty shells alone remaining. These had been bound by the other mussels in the bunch, and had not been able to free themselves. Other individuals had grown. Some bunches of these mussels were washed and put into a floating box, in which the mussels were submerged about six inches, and were three to four feet above the bottom of the pond. On July 19, when they were examined, they were found to have collected a fine greasy coherent mud in a corner of the box where there was no opening in the bottom to permit of the excreted mud escaping, as it could do in other parts of the box. This indicates their capacity for collecting mud. The box was floating in a part of the pond which was shaded by the floor of the tank house, The mussels were judged by an authority to be of good quality. The surface of the box was thickly coated with barnacles (Balanus), especially on the side facing the inlet of the pond. In addition to the accumulation of mud, the mussels in the aquaria in the Laboratory suffered under another unfavourable condition. Being exposed to the light, they were in the summer months coated more or less with a growth of filamentous alge, which also lined the interior of the aquarium. This prevented them feeding to their full extent, Fig. 56 shows a mussel fully opened. The mussels were in the quality of their soft parts in good condition generally, but they had not grown. The majority had survived. The permanent conditions, salinity of the water, and quantity of food were suitable ; the latter was possibly not specially favourable. The local and temporary condition, viz., accumulation of mud and algoid growth, were unfavourable. They were never left dry, so that they had not this recognised interference with growth to contend with. The mussels were put into floating trays to escape the mud, but this arrangement intensified, if anything, the growth of the alge, in that way neutralising the advan- tage accruing from the freedom from mud. A sufficiently strong current running over the mussels, or a current interrupted and reversed, such as is afforded by the tide, might have prevented the accumulation of the mud, It would also appear to be an advantage that the mussels be kept away from a strong light, by being well submerged, where these growths would not develop. FrEpING.—When the apertures of a mussel are wide open (fig. 56), a large quantity of water is taken in, and the water issuing by the anal siphon forms a very considerable current, as has been noticed when the mussel was near the surface. When a mussel is surrounded by a thick layer of mud, or with filamentous alge, it does not open its inhalent aperture freely, and therefore cannot obtain a full supply of food. Even although there is a considerable quantity of mud in suspension in the water, that does not seem to prevent the mussel opening its inhalent aperture to the fullest extent. Diatoms, foraminifera, and spores gpave been found in the mud in the aquaria. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 241 The mussel sometimes rests a long time with the valves of its shell practically closed, even in clear water. I made some experiments on the behaviour of the mussel when exposed to very muddy water. A mussel was Jeft in clear running water until it opened its apertures fully. A quantity of muddy water was then poured out close to its siphons from a pipette. The fine mud entered by the inhalent aperture, and immediately thereafter the mussel shut the frill of that part, and sometimes its exhalent siphon and its valves. It then began at once to expel the mud from its branchial chamber by the upper part of its inhalent aperture, the lower part of the same being meantime shut by means of the frills. The mud came out mixed with mucous in the form of small balls sometimes. No mud is allowed to remain in the branchial or mantle chamber of a healthy mussel. The mud, if it enters in suspension, passes on into the gut; if in quantity it is excreted without getting to the mouth. It is, therefore, apparent that an excess ot mud is not of advantage to mussels. A situation where the mussels could get diatoms and other micro- scopic forms, larve, etc., with as little mud as possible, should be most favourable for growth. It is possible that they might grow well sus- pended above a sandy bottom. The young attach themselves to wrecks and other objects lying on a sandy beach. King thinks that there is more fucd for the mussel in brackish water than in sea-water, and that the brackish water promotes more rapid growth than sea-water. ‘‘ Nevertheless, where there is any kind of shelter and freedom from travelling sand, mussels do very well in their native element. A little sand or mud is not of great consequence. The mussels are able when in a body to raise themselves up through it, the more so when a running stream is passing over them,” Tue Excreta.—The excreta take the form of a narrow ribbon (fig. 98) ; it is very often discharged in small pieces, but on one occasion it was seen projecting from the exhalent siphon as a band 4 inches in length, In section it is arched, vide fig. 97. In a box in which there was only a thin layer of mud, the mussel each day had a little heap of excreta lying near its round end. The water flowing through the box was not muddy to the eye. In the ribbon were found the remains of diatoms; but it consisted mainly of mud. SENSITIVENESS TO SHock.—It was noticed on several occasions that on approaching a vessel in which there was a mussel with its inhalent aperture widely open, it would suddenly shut, and close its valves partly; after a little it would shortly open out again. Difference in Colour of Mantle, and Fringe, and Siphon. In two mussels which spawned in June, the fringe of the mantle was darker in colour than in some of the other mussels near them. One large mussel, a male, had the inhalent siphon and the frill of the inhalent a very dark purple colour (fig. 47). In another, the inhalent siphon was dark at its base, and had a white distal part ; the frill of the inhalent had a dark amber base with a lighter amber colour on the free border (fig. 40). Another, which had prin- cipally an amber colour in these parts, had the whole of the anal siphon dark, The frills are sometimes dark to the tip, sometimes distinctly lighter there. The inhalent siphons are sometimes tipped with white or wholly white, amber, or purple. Some shelled mussels were examined in order to see if the difference in colouring was sexual. But no definite rule was made out. 242 Part IIT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report The Movement of the Mussel. In its larval stage stage the mussel floats about subject to the drift of the water, and possessing an independent motion from its own cilia. When it sinks to the bottom, it travels about over seaweeds and stones, by means of its long foot, which is ciliated It extends its foot, takes a hold with the tip, and draws its body up to that position. It does this actively and moves at a fair rate. It has also the power of attaching itself by means of its byssus. M‘Intosh informs us that these young mussels, when attached to zoophytes, “can detach themselves at will, and if the water in which they are confined be impure, they become restless, and soon, forsaking the zoophyte, swim to the side of the vessel, where they swarm at the water line. In some cases they have been noticed to migrate merely from the lower portion of the zoophyte to the upper branches, near the surface of the water.” They measure about 4) to sj-inch. Towards the end of September many minute mussels, } inch long, are found on the bases of the zoophytes. This power of moving by means of its foot and of detaching itself the mussel retains during its whole life. Asa rule, active continued move- ment of the mussel in a line is only noticed in the earliest bottom stages. Some mussels about 1+ inch in length, when put on August 5 into an aquarium, became fairly active. They can move themselves along sharp end first, leaving a trail like a snail track; it is narrow, as is the foot when ex- tended. The mussel does not need to form byssus threads when it travels on the level, at this size at least. It can draw itself round by putting out its foot at right angles to its long axis and slewing its sharp end. None were seen to go round end first. One had its foot straight out in front of the round end, but no actual movement was detected before the foot was withdrawn. Big mussels do, I think, move round end first. All mussels are anchored by means of the threads which they form with the foot, and they may be held fast by the threads of another, or of several mussels. If they wish to shift their quarters in consequence of unfavourable conditions, as, for example, the risk of becoming choked with mud, the mussel may, without difficulty, do so if it is not bound by other mussels. In the latter case, it may have to stay and be destroyed. When the mussel is not bound by other mussels, it may break its attachment in several ways. It must first find a solid object to which the tip of its foot may firmly adhere. Then by shortening its foot it throws a strain on to the byssus. That strain may result in snapping the threads, or some of them, upon which the strain bears, and the mussel may be able to move a little away while the remaining threads still hold fast. The mussel may then make new threads to stay it on either side in its new posi- tion. The movement may have been made in any direction, end on or side- ways. From the new position it may drag itself along in another direction, snapping some more of the threads that detain it. The discs of some of the threads may become detached from the stone to which they were ad- hering when the strain was put on them. On an old byssus many threads are found loose and bearing their discs. Finally the mussel may cast off the whole byssus, when the byssus is too strongly attached to break, by tearing it out by its root. So far as my observations have shown, the mussel after this happens does not go very far before it spins itself new byssus threads. In fact, it would appear simply to make the one step, and then attach itself by one or several threads put out anteriorly, posteriorly, and across (vide fig. 67). Two mussels were kept in a box in which the mud accumulated. One of the mussels was observed after some montbs to have been shifting its of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 243 place, leaving a track in the mud. When the box was cleaned a track of byssi on the bottom was seen, showing the stages of its progression. This track is reproduced in fig. 67. Nos. 1-11 indicate successive positions of the mussel in its journey over the bottom of the box. The track is reproduced about natural size; the mussel is shown in natural size in fig 69, The same two mussels were put into a glass aquarium, and a track was also found on the bottom of it. This is shown in fig 68. The mussel had evidently proceeded by little, fairly regular stages. The length of its stay at a place is indicated by the number of byssus threads there. The shorter the stay the fewer the threads. In some positions it has apparently only formed one thread, and then given it up to shift another stage. I have noticed a mussel move itself by minute jerks within the limits of movement permitted by the attached byssus threads. It is, of course, able by means of the muscles of its byssus to throw a strain on or slacken the byssus threads, independently of any pull which it may be making with its adhering foot. The mussel may remain months without shifting out of the spot. Its track is sometimes in a circle, coming back to cross itself. Lang mentions that the mussel is able to climb up a perpen- dicular wall by lifting itself by the foot and then making a thread fast. The thread may be made while the foot 1s in any condition of extension or contraction; the length of the thread and its character various with that condition. From the position thus secured, and suspended by the thread now drawn tight by the byssus muscles, a further or a side position may be got for other threads, From this situation it may then climb a further stage. A mussel formed a thread, that is, withdrew its foot and exposed a new thread, at 2 o'clock. At 2.23 it was noticed that the foot had been again extruded. By 2.25 a new thread was exposed. It had taken less than 25 minutes to make the thread. The movement of the mussel was observed in different boxes in which mud accumulated, and it was also noticed in some mussels that were on a floating tray. The latter were covered in part with filamentous alge. Figs. 70-80 represent pericdic drawings of a mussel and its byssus threads from the time it was put intoa clean aquarium by itself. The feces was kept clear of it by being removed each day for the first month or so. During the first night it had put its foot out in every direction, and had cleared away the thin layer of mud, leaving an impress of the positions that its foot had taken up. It had made only three threads. Its changes in position were watched from April till July; during this time it shifted its position slightly now and then. It began to move in the beginning of May; at the end of the month the excreta had accumulated near the inhalent aperture and the mussel had slewed round to the right to a position at right angles to its original one. The following day it had gone back to the left. On June 18 the mussel was now enveloped in a growth of alge, and it had turned right round in the same spot, after breaking some of the threads. On July 4 it occupied the position shown in fig. 80. It has moved away a little, having thrown off two byssi that represent tem- porary positions, On July 11 some algoid filaments were attached to the shell near the edge, and the inhalent aperture was only opened a little. The shells were separated, but the aperture was closed by the frills. It had broken free and moved off a little way by July 13. On July 15 it was over to the right, having made two small byssi tracks, and on the following day it was found over to the left. Its shells were hardly open ; 244 Part III. —-Twenty-fifth Annual Report the alge were tending to retain the feeces in close proximity to the mussel. Several of the mussels, though set originally on the bottom, climbed up the sides. Mussels, if placed on their back in water, very soon turn back up, usually within 24 hours. Some mussels, 23 inches long, were put on the bottom of a box filled with water, with the hinge down. Certain of them showed some activity in turning back up; they had done so by next day. They put out the foot, round the shell and down to the bottom of the box, and, taking hold with the tip of the foot, they pull themselves round till they lie back up. One moved a good bit out of the run of the current which ran over the bottom of the box. Others attached themselves where they happened to have been set down. On July 12 one in a glass aquarium had not yet succeeded in turning over. It attached some threads to its own shell, and a few days later some threads were fastened to the bottom, A day or two after it was seen to be back up. It had been back down for nine days. Some mussels were put into a box, and 18 hours afterwards they were all attached by byssus threads. Another rose up on end and attached itself with:a large number of threads in the same time (fig. 81), Mussels Trying to Keep in the Water by Slackening the Byssus—Some small mussels, about 13 inches long, were attached up on the side of a box filled with water. When the water was being let out the mussels, as they were being left by the water, slackened their byssi (fig. 82) in order to keep themselves in the water; but when, having come to the end of their tether, they found the water still receding, they hauled in again and lifted themselves up tight against the side of the box fig. 83 ) “Movement of the Modiolus modiolus—On March 22 some Modiolus were put into a tank. They were very slow in attaching themselves. By April 4th one of them had attached itself by some very long threads, had cast its byssus and re-attached itself. Later, there were several of these cast byssi, some of them having only a few hairs. The Modiolus therefore appears to behave exactly similarly in the matter of movement to the Mytilus edulis, It does not appear to be so active, however. The Anatomy of the Byssus and Foot. The most important publication on the subject of the byssus with which I am acquainted is Tullberg’s. He gives drawings of sections of the byssus-pit and foot, and also of the septa of the pit and various glandular elements. From Tullberg’s extracts it is clear that Miiller’s theory regarding the mode of formation of the byssus is wrong, in parts at least, as Tullberg maintains. I have not been able to consult Reichel’s paper, “Ueber die Bildung des Byssus der Lamellibranchiaten, Zool. Beitriige, Schneider. 2 Bd., 1888.” Lang summarises the description thus :—‘‘ The byssus can generally be thrown off or replaced by a new one, and many forms can move about ona smooth perpendicular pane of glass by means of alternate attachment and rejection of portions of the byssus applied by means of the foot. [It is doubtful if a portion of the byssus can be rejected, unless merely the snapping of threads is here meant by the expression.| The byssus cavity is divided into narrow shelves by numerous folds which project from each side into its lumer. A septum descending from its roof further divides it into two lateral parts. The byssus secretion is yielded partly by the of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 245 ) cells of the epithelial walls, partly by the glandular cells which lie in the surrounding tissue, their ducts passing between the epithelial cells. The secretion takes the form of the cavity, and is thus held fast as with roots by the numerous lamellz which occupy the shelves. As the amount of the secretion in the cavity increases these lamelle are pressed into the duct, where they unite to form the main stem of the byssus. When a bivalve attaches itself it forms a bysses thread in the groove [of the foot] which fuses with the end of the main stem.” Tullberg says that the groove of the foot, the side of the byssus-pit, and the septa are clothed with cilia. These I have not been able to see. Tullberg throws doubt on Sabatier’s observation that the middle vessel of the foot opened to the exterior in the depression at the end of the groove. I have been able to confirm this, Tullberg describes at length and discusses the function of the main gland-masses present in the foot. The main gland is white (yellow from outside the foot); above it there is the green (or purple) gland, and on either side of the groove a less gland somewhat similar to the latter. He says that the walls of the byssus pit as well as all their sheaths are principally formed of connective tissue, to which the muscles which surround the pit are attached. In the connective tissue, and between adjacent parts of the muscle-bundles, are found glands similar in nature to the white gland of the foot, although they are separated a little more from one another. The root of the byssus consists of a multitude of thin structureless lamella, one in each compartment. They can be easily split into threads. They are folded in many plaits, where the byssus pit narrows to form a neck. He divides the lamell into primary and secondary lamelle, The septa in the hind part of the pit end sooner than in the other parts, and the lamelle, according to Tullberg, are enveloped by the lamelle from the front part of the pit, forming an outer binding rind to the byssus stem. In section this is seen to be composed of concentric rings, Each of the byssus threads is attached to one of the above-mentioned con- centric layers, and appears to be formed simultaneously. I do not agree with this, as is shown below. No part of the lamelle takes part in the formation of the thread. Tullberg says that the thread appears to consist of a quite homogeneous substance, although in sections the surface stains differently with carmine than does the internal part. But this muy be due to the outer surface having been acted on by sea water, not to any difference in origin and quality. ‘he thread splits up into fine threads, just as do the lamelle and the stem. Miiller had described seven openings from the foot-gland into the end depression. Tullberg found one only. I have observed a number of slits in the floor of the depression, but I did not make out their connection to any gland. The lamelle grow through the flow of secretion. He says that it is possible that the secretion of the green gland may be used to coat the thread with a fine skin. I have examined the structure of the byssus and the foot. My results are in general agreement with those of Tullberg, except in one or two points. For example, I do not agree that there is any enveloping rind to the stem such as he describes. The base of each thread forms such an envelope, and, where the threads have been made one after the other in rapid succession, a thick rind is formed by their overlapping bases. On those parts of the stem where there are no hairs attached there is no rind, I will discuss the structure of the foot first, then the byssus-pit and finally the thread and its formation. Foor (figs. 3. 43, 45, 60).—The foot is a brown or purple-coloured organ. It is very muscular, capable of retraction into a small body, 246 Part III —Twenty-fifth Annual Report as is seen in a dead mussel, or extended into a long narrow band, as is the case when the animal is forming a thread or dragging itself along by means of it (fig. 43). The tip of the foot differs from the remainder of the organ. It is possessed of a sucker property by which it can take firm hold of any hard foreign object. On the under surface of the foot there is a groove (fig. 42) continuvus with the byssus pit (by-p) proximally, and distally opening out into a broad heart-shaped depres- sion (de), a little short of the extremity of the foot. The tip of the foot, that is, the part including and beyond or distal to this depression, has the power of making vermiform movements, even after the foot is cut out of the mussel, ‘The whole of tbis tip, including the depression, acts as the sucker. The depression is simply a widening out of the groove, to vanish gradually distally. The groove (fig. 42) consists of two cushion-like lips (1) and a narrow inner part, which is closed in by the cushion lips to form a tube in which the thread is moulded. The sides of the groove and its lips are crenate and vertically laminate. When the foot is contracted the groove is a sinuous line, but the more the foot is extended the straighter the groove and the smoother the sides become. The foot is a mass of muscles and glands. On the outside the skin is longitudinally grooved, and when contracted it is circularly grooved. The muscles of the foot enter it at its distal end and proceed right along the foot to the tip, and are inserted all along the skin of the whole of the foot on every side, in big bundles along the upper side and edges, single fibres into the glandular areas, The only part where they do not appear to reach the skin is the groove. They go to the lips of the groove, ‘The muscles are in bundles of various size, and between the bundles there are lacune, which give in cross section a spongy structure, except in the glandular area. When the under surface of the foot is examined, it is seen that a yellow-coloured band (y-g) borders the groove on either side, and is continued right round the byssus-pit (fig, 45). This is the series of glands which supply the secretion that forms the thread. There is a separate gland to supply the depression in which the button that attaches the thread to a foreign body is formed. This end gland (the purple gland) appears to be different from the other, but that is possibly due merely to it being differently set in the foot to supply this altered part of the groove. Transverse Section of the Foot. (Fig. 51.) In the transverse section there are shown first the groove, its cushion lips, and on either side granular areas, viz., white glands, yellow when seen from outside (y-g). |The remainder of the section is taken up with muscle bundles cut across (m), the so-called green (or purple violet) glands (p-g) (fig. 55) and the vessels, of which three are prominent—a median (m-v) and two lateral (1-v). THe Sxrx.—The skin forms a rind of varying thickness; it is especially thick at the edge of the foot. Outside there is a thin clear layer, the cuticle (ct) present all round except in the groove (fig. 54) ; it is present on the lips of the same. Next that layer comes the pigment layer, which is formed of large columnar cells (cl) containing more or less pigment ; they are mottled with brown or violet colouring matter. The columnar cells vary in size in different parts. Next the columnar cells there is a fairly thick layer consisting of what resembles circular muscles, On the inside of the rind come the longitudinal muscle bundles (m) that of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 247 are inserted into the skin in rows, which, when the skin is separated, show as ridges (fig. 39). The space between these ridges is occupied by glands (g). The large white glandular area surrounding the groove on three sides is that which was indicated on the outside of the foot by the yellow band. When cut into there issued a copious, finely granular fluid that coagulates soon. The white gland is laminated in structure, although its connective tissue seems practically solid. It teazes into stringy material. Muscles run longitudinally through the white gland (m, fig. 51). Next the side of the groove a part of the glandular area is distinguished from the rest by a slight difference of colour, It consists apparently largely of oblique muscular fibres with glandular tissue (m and g). The longitu- dinal muscles of the foot give off fibres to the glandular area. The skin at the lip of the groove is thin and is connected by fibres to the white gland. THe Muscies.—Between the large glands and the skin are the longitudinal muscle bundles, inserted into the skin and giving off fibres to the glandular parts. ‘There are also oblique muscles on either side of the lip of the groove (m and g). Associated with them can be seen some violet pigment, The longitudinal muscles consist of two main median muscles and a lateral on either side, Large lacune are to be seen opening between the muscle bundles. There are glands associated with the muscle bundles and fibres Tue Vesseis.—The median vessel occupies a position between the two median groups of muscles, and is flanked also by the so-called green glands. This vessel opens to the depression at the end of the groove, as Sabatier maintained. It continues past the opening for a little distance into the tip of the foot. Each lateral vessel is associated with a lateral muscle. GREEN oR PurPLE Guanp-—The green (or purple) gland is situated above the main glandular area. There are muscles in this gland. An apparent vessel which was noted by Tullberg was also seen. It was dark violet in colour, and showed its centre a deep violet. The muscles of the gland are inserted in sheaths into the lower surface of the foot beyond the white glands. This gland is much bigger than the white gland near the end depression of the groove. The glandular tissue next the gland is mottled lightly violet, and the muscle fibres have a slight violet tinge. Fig. 55 shows an element of the purple gland. Tue Groove.—I found no cilia in the groove. In the section I saw a hair sticking out from the side, but it appeared to be merely a thread of the secretion, which had taken the shape of the opening of the duct from which it issued. The secreting region in section shows a mass of little tubes (secs, fig. 55). The cushion lips show an outside cuticle. Longitudinal Section. In longitudinal section it is seen that the muscles gradually taper from the proximal part to the distal ; that is due to the fibres being gradually inserted into the skin. The white gland is seen to be smaller in the proximal part than distally. The Byssus Pit. The byssus issues from the proximal extremity of the groove in the foot. If the byssus pit and the foot be dissected away from the remainder of the mussel the relationship of the parts is more readily seen. (Figs. 45 and 60.) 248 Part ITT —Twenty-fifth Annual Report The neck of the pit grips the stem of the byssus tightly ; it is formed by the continuation of the side of the groove of the foot. The neck has a soft collar which is everted when a strong pull is made on the byssus, and which is smooth on its inner surface (i-c and i'e, fig. 46). Muscies.—The byssus pit is supplied with two sets of muscles, one set arising near the hinge from the surface of each half-shell. If the two sets of muscles be torn apart, and the separation assisted by a knife, the pit will be split into halves, and so will the byssusstem ; the pit is bi- laterally symmetrical (fig. 63). One group of muscles occupies a position where it gives off fibres to the outside of both halves of the pit. Between the muscles are crowded large masses of yellow glands (g, fig. 23). The foot and the byssus pit are not strongly bound together, the only connecting part being the neck of the pit. The neck does not belong to the pit ; it belongs to the foot. The relation of the pit and the foot is expressed thus—that the byssus stem passes through the groove of the foot at its proximal closed end (fig. 42). Septa.—-The pit itself is roughly pear-shaped, the byssus-stem forming the stalk (fig. 37). It is divided vertically by thin septa into a great number of slit-like loculi, set parallel with the median vertical longitudi- nal plane of the mussel. The septa are flat in their greater extent, but inferiorly they are curved in a slight spiral as they go to join the byssus stem. This condition is shown diagrammatically in fig. 95. When the pit is split into two as above, some of the septa are cut across. Each muscle is inserted across all the septa in its own half of the pit ; 2.e., each septum gets some strands of each muscle. A septum was dissected off (fig. 34). It is striated in texture, and is transversely ridged. The ridges are mostly developed on the lower half ; towards the upper limit they disappear. Some of the fibres of the muscle on the outside of the pit come away with the septum ; they are straight and have glands attached to them (g). The septum is attached firmly to the binding tissue uniting the insertions of the muscles. At one part of the outside of the pit the edges of the septa are free. The septum shows a tendency to split alonga line between the insertion of two groups of muscles. In the upper narrow part of the septum the ridges crossing obliquely are in connection with the muscles inserted on one side. In preserved specimens, killed in formalin, the ridges are very promi- nent, the septum being thrown into wave-like section. | When dissected out of fresh specimens the septum is smooth, not ridged. It seems to be muscular. The septum is coated on either side by a thin gelatinous layer and it ends inferiorly in a clear, gelatinous, tapered tip. This tip teazes easily into strands. There is no sharp dividing line between the pit muscle and the septum. The septa are simply external continuations of the muscle fibres. The septum may thus be regarded as a sort of combination muscle or tendon, formed out of fibres from three main groups of muscles. This is shown diagrammatically in fig. 86. The septum itself shows numerous small glands (g) scattered through it. The transparent part of the septum (tr) shows tubes in it. Frum (figs. 61 and 62).—Each loculus is occupied by a thin gelatinous film or lamella. It has the size and shape of the loculus and septum, and it tapers away into a thread-like termination inferiorly where, it unites with its fellows to form the byssus stem. Figs. 49 and 85 exhibit the structure diagrammatically. The film very often comes away with the septum when it is dissected off, and if the septa are thrown into ruge the film is similarly rugose; it is moulded between the two adjacent septa. Fig. 36 shows the longi- tudinal section of a ridged film. i of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 249 It is striated longitudinally, and splits up readily longitudinally. It extends right to the limits of the loculus, It is difficult to get the film separated whole, as it is so thin, and readily splits, Moreover, it is thrown into a curve inferiorly, as the loculus is. The top end of the film is the thinnest part. That means that the loculus is slightly wedge- shaped. The edge of the film is all thready, as if in separating it fibres had been broken that connected it to the glands round the edge of the loculus. The film is lightly reticulated, but the main rows of striz run longitudinally with cross wrinkles. The upper two-thirds is all punctu- ated with dots, and-it is whitish to the naked eye, while the lower termination is clear and marked by parallel striation (fig. 62). Round the outer rind of the pit are situated among the muscle fibres, the glands which supply the secretion which forms the film. When the byssus is drawn out of a fresh mussel the films are whitish and they stick together, z.e., they are more or less in a plastic condition, In preserved mussels the film is hard, transparent; the byssus cannot, as a rule, be drawn out of preserved mussels, The septa are contracted and thrown into ridges, which serve to hold the films fast. In the fresh mussel they often slide out easily. The sheath of the muscle includes a film-like tissue resembling the above film, and both are probably derived from similar glands A mussel which had been opened, its adductor muscle being cut, had some of the threads of its byssus attached to its own shell. It was seen to be exerting a strain on the byssus. Part of the white portion of the stem was drawn out of the pit, and the inner soft collar of the neck was everted. The byssus root came gradually out, drawing a final thread of adhesive matter with it. This thread was sticky and connected the root still to the pit. Under the microscope it was seen to be rather granular. The root was bathed in a similar fluid. The soft transparent films were crumpled, but not regularly cross-barred, as in those mussels killed in formaline. The force exerted on the muscles and on the pit when the byssus root was withdrawn will cause a copious outflow of the secretion from the glands into the loculi. It will lubricate the films in the passage out, and fill the loculi with secretion, which will be moulded into new films. The films grow, and that process seems to take place as follows:—- Round the edge of the loculus the ducts pour out their secretion in a semi-fluid condition as threads. These are moulded in the loculus into a flat sheet, but the film shows its thread formation even in the hard con- dition. The growth of the byssus may be due to successive pulls upon it, which will result in drawing out the films a little, when the secretion from the glands will pour out toa similar extent, so that the threads which form the film retain their connection by plastic threads right into the gland ducts. Inthe loculus the film hardens, but does not do so completely, except at its lower extremity, when it comes out into the neck of the pit. The films thus retain a continuous connection down through the stem of the byssus, and also above with the glands. The gelatinous termination of the septum dips down between the thread-like terminations of the films as they leave the loculi, and in the neck of the pit the films are moulded tightly into a rod-like stem of the byssus. It is possible that there is poured out from the ends of the septa a secretion that serves to bind the films together into the byssus stem. The thin outer skin that clothes the septum on both sides is in its nature similar to the tilm. In one case pieces of this outer clear layer were bearing what looked like little short fibrille. I made out no cilia on the septum, nor in the neck of the byssus-pit, 250 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report Byssus stem. The byssus stem is a bundle of longitudinal plaited fibres. It is of slightly greater diameter at the proximal end than distally. The byssus stem grows independently of the formation of the threads. The growth may be simply due to continued small pulls which the muscles exert on the byssus thread. When a thread is being formed the foot of the mussel is extended, and its tip having the depression is attached to the object. In this position the groove is closed on every side. The byssus stem passes through it. ‘The secreting surface of small ducts surrounds the stem, and the secretion that is poured out fills the groove, surrounds the stem, and fills up the depression. Now from the short time which is required to make a thread, it is evident that some special force is used to drive the secretion out until it fills the whole groove, neck of pit, and depression. This may be attained by the distension with fluid of the lacune between the muscles in thefoot. And the internal pressure may be relieved by the issue of the fluid from the median vessel into the depression. This will relieve the sucker and permit of water getting into the groove in the foot. The water would tend to harden the thread. This seems to me to be modus of the formation of the thread. In some cases parts of threads are found in the groove of the foot. Some sticky material that had a thread for- mation was drawn out of the depression at the end of the groove, and it was connected by a thread to what looked like a pore at one side. It stuck to the glass. Under the microscope it was seen to be formed of longitudinal fibres and moulded externally with a crenate edge. The complete thread (fig. 53) is flattened laterally in its proximal half and is rounder at its distal half. It appears to be made in layers laid one on top of the other. The part of the thread inside the mussel remains pale, that outside grows yellow and finally black. Owing to being flattened the thread shows a core very distinctly in its proximal part. Each layer is corrugated as it is laid on. This layer formation is _probably due to the distention of the foot being exerted intermittently at short intervals. The external corrugations on the thread depend on the extent to which the foot is extended. The thread is crossed by fine lines in its whole course. These probably represent rows of gland openings or the division between. I think it is probable that the secretion is pressed out of the ducts in little semi-plastic threads at right angles into the grooves. There they are moulded by the sides of the groove, the comvlete thread being built up of several layers. The buttons at the ends of the thread were seen in one case to be tinged with violet. The proximal end of the thread is in the form of a ring round the stem (fig. 57). When the threads have been laid on in rapid succession a longitudinal section of the stem there shows the bases of the thread overlapping like a series of steps (fig. 62). The threads may be made so quickly one after the other that the bases overlap and increase the thickness of the stem very much (fig. 70.). In other cases the interval between the formation of the two threads has been such that the stem of the byssus had grown in the interval (fig. 57). The attachment made by the dise toa clear surface, ¢.g., glass, is very strong The foot of the mussel seems ‘o a certain extent to clean the surface to which the button is to adhere. Occasionally the thread breaks as soon as it is formed; sometimes the button alone is seen sticking to the object. Threads may be broken by the muscles putting too great a pull on them. The adherent discs ot the Fishery Board for Scotland. 251 may loosen their holds. A byssus often contains many black threads earrying their discs that had been pulled away from their points of attachment. Finally, if the discs are firmly attached, and they generally stick well if lately formed, the mussel can, when it desires to go, draw out the byssus by its roots. Where the stem grows much the threads will become so much the longer, and the mussel may no longer be able to put a tight strainon them. It will then probably form new threads upon which it can exert a strain. The stem and the thread are formed independently of one another. The former is composed of the fibres from the byssus pit, possibly glued together by secretion from the tips of the septa, while they are moulded into shape by the neck of the pit. The mussel very often attaches some of the threads to its own shell. One advantage which this may have will be to tend to lessen the rocking of the mussel. A curious condition happened in the case of one mussel. It had attached some of its byssus threads to the bottom of the tauk and some to its own shell. It drew out the byssus by its roots, and moved off, but was checked at a little distance by the byssus thread attached to the shell (fig. 69). It, however, when found, had formed new byssus threads on its new situation. Later on it snapped the threads that detained it ; they were four in number, and together must have made a fairly strong combination. The Formation of a new Byssus Stem. The rudiment of a new byssus stem is formed by the old root as it is being drawn out. When the films forming the root slip out of the loculi a secretion is poured out by the glands and this secretion accom- panies the film outside, and is drawn out of the pit in a thickish thread. The remains of this may be seen attached to cast byssi. he loculi are now full of secretion that will be moulded into films. And this little thread of secretion that is left sticking out in the neck of the byssus pit, and which is continous with that in the loculi, is sufficient for the mussel to attach a thread to. It will harden at once. ‘This is especially well seen in the byssus tracks where the mussel has simply formed a few threads, and then cast its byssus completely. Fig. 50 shows the formation of threads on a new byssus. Very soon the byssus grows, increasing rapidly to its normal thickness. The beginning of the stem is shown at (b), and the gradual widening in diameter is shown by an optical section. The root is marked thus (v), and the threads by the letter (t). The withdrawal of the films seems simply to open the ducts of the glands, and give their secretion free exit. Then by filling the loculus with secretion they seal themselves. Except for the bases of the threads no rind is found to the stem. There appears to be a sort of outer skin, but it may be simply the flattening of plastered films. In some cross sections of the byssus stem a cavity was shown in the centre. The byssus stem probably grows through the strain put on it by the muscles drawing it out bit by bit. GrowTH oF THE Spout-FisH (Solen siliqua.) Several stages of the spout-fish have been kindly sent by Mr. Wm. MacBride, jr., Pirnmill. They were collected on April 30th. 252 Part IID.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report They are readily sorted into 5 groups, viz., (1) in which the shells measured in length 47, 42, and 43 inches (figs. 87 and 88) ; (2) having shells 53 and 53 inches long (fig. 89); (3) 63, 64, 63 inches long fig. 90); (4) 7, 7, 7g, 7g imches long (fig. 91); (5) 8, 8 inches long (fig. 92), Two pairs of shells showed a different breadth to practical equality of length, e.g. (a) 6% by 1 inches, 64 by 1,4; inches; and (b) 7 by 1 inches, and 73 by 1 inches. A specimen of what is probably Solen silsqua, var. arcwata, measured 53 inches in length. It is markedly curved. Mr. MacBride informs me that this form is not got of a larger size. Another specimen, measuring 73 inches, had a slight bend on the posterior end of the shell. It may be a variety. It is probable that the samples given represent year groups; but the crux of the question is in deciding the age of the first group. Mr. MacBride regards the first three groups as representing one, two, and three years old respectively. It is probable that spoutfish living in the sand will grow fairly regularly in any one locality. Except for the age of the first group, which seems to me to likely exceed one year, the interpretation of the other groups as representatives of consecutive year-groups seems to be correct. LITERATURE CONSULTED. Branpt, K.—‘‘ Die Fauna der Ostsee.” Verhandlungen der deutsch, Zool, Gesell. 1897. © Leipzig. CaLpERWoopD.—-‘‘ Mussel Culture and the Bait Supply.” London, 1895. Donnison.—Eastern Sea Fisheries. ‘‘ The Mussel Question.” Boston. Lincoln- shire Newspaper and Printing Coy. 1897. Fuuiarton.—-‘‘ On Bouchét Mussel Culture and the Bouchét Experiment at St. Andrews.” Ninth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Pt. III., for the year 1890. Edinburgh, 1891. Pp. 212 et seq. FuLLARTON and T. Scorr.—‘‘ Mussel-Farming at Montrose.” Seventh Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. Pp. 327 et seq., Pl. VII., 1889. GARNER. —‘‘On the Anatomy of Lamellibranchiate Conchifera.” Trans. Zool. Socy., London. Vol. II., 1841. Kine.—‘‘ Mussels and Mussel Culture.” Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee Newcastle, 1891. Lane, AnnoLtp.—Text-Book of Comparative Anatomy. London, 1896. Lresour.—‘‘ The Mussel-Beds of Northumberland.” MapsI-VI. Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee. Report on the Scientific Investigations for the year 1906. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1907. pp. 28-46. Merxk.—(1) ‘‘Some of the Mussel-Beds on the East Coast of Scotland, and the Desirability of Forming Mussel-Beds on the Coast of Northumberland.” Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee. Report on the Trawling Haxcur- sions for the year 1899. pp. 45-50. (2) ‘The Mussel Experiment on the Coquet.” Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee. Report on the Trawling Excursions for the year 1901. pp. 35 and 36. M‘Intoso.—(1) ‘‘ Notes from the St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under the Fishery Board for Scotland). I. On the British Species of Cyanea and the Reproduction of Mytilus edulis, L. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. V., vol. 15. 1885. pp. 148-152. (2) ‘‘ Report on the Mussel and Cockle-Beds in the Estuaries of the Tees, the Esk, and the Humber,” 1891. Mosius.—‘‘ Ueber Austern u. Miesmuschel Zucht.” Berlin, 1870. Mostus, u. Mrever.—‘‘ Fauna der Kieler Bucht.” Leipzig, 1866. 1 Bd. Scorr, A.—‘‘ Note on the Spawning of the Mussel.” Ninth Report of the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory for 1905. Liverpool, 1901. pp. 36-39. Scort, A., AND Baxter.—‘ Mussel Transplantation at Morecambe.” Fowrteenth Report of the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory for 1905. Liverpool, 1906. pp. 58-87. Plates XI. and XII. UD Ty 99 PO ps of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 253 EXPLANATION OF PLATES. PLATE XVI. Two-years old mussel, St. Andrews. March. Nat. size. Mussel opened to show the relation of the foot (f) and byssus (by). Three-years old mussel, St. Andrews. March. Nat. size. ; Ripe Egg of Faroe mussel, Cam: Lue. Obj. DD: Oc. 2, Zeiss. Egg of Faroe mussel. os at 1 p.m., June 3rd. . Section of byssus-pit showing glands (g). . Egg of Faroe mussel at 10.30 a.m., June 4. 2. N early ripe egg of mussel, removed from the mantle. J uly 1. . Egg of Faroe mussel at 10.30 a.m., June 4. and 15. Eggs at 3 p.m. June 3. The yolk contents have beer squeezed out, leaving real or apparent nuclei. . Unfertilized egg of Faroe mussel: budding. . Egg of Faroe mussel at 1 p.m., June 3rd. E Enlarged drawing of process from the micropyle of the egg shown in Fig. 18. . Egg of Faroe mussel at 10.30 a.m., June 4. 29 ” 29 9 : Longitudinal section of byssus-pit and foot, showing muscles (m), glands (g), septum (sep), groove (gr), byssus (by), foot (f). . Sperm of mussel. . Egg of Faroe mussel at 7 p.m., June 3. . Bean-shaped slow-growing mussel, which had been kept for two years in Laboratory. Side view. Nat. size. . Bean-shaped slow-growing mussel, which had been kept for two years in Laboratory, view from above. Nat. size. Compare with Figs. 31 and 32. . Egg of Faroe mussel at 3 p.m. June, 3. ” BB) ” a3 ” be) ” 9 9 7” . Broad mussel from pond, quick-growing, side view. Nat. size. » y ” view from above. Nat. size. Compare with Figs. 26 and 27. . Shows the evertible inner collar (i-c and i’c) of the byssus-pit, outer collar (o-c), byssus (by). . Septum from byssus-pit : glands (g). Cam. luc. Obj. a and Oc. 2, Zeiss. . Egg of mussel nearly ripe, July. Part of the yolk contents has been pressed out. Nucleus (n). . Diagrammatic longitudinal section of the film of root of bysus of a preserved mussel. . Byssus-pit and byssus seen from the side. The skin and glands have been dissected off, and the edges of the septa exposed. Anterior side (ant), posterior side (post), muscle (m), septum (sep). . Egg of Faroe mussel at 7 p.m. It has been burst; a “nucleus” remains inside the capsule, and a little collection of protoplasm is attached to the outside of the zona. . Skin of foot seen from inside—showing the longitudinal muscle strands (m), and the glands (g) between them. . Mussel which had a dark amber-coloured frill to the inhalent aperture (in), and a white exhalent aperture (ex). . An apparent nucleus formed by the union of clear protoplasm and yolk granules, both of which had been pressed out of an egg. . Groove of foot opened out to show the cushion lips (1), byssus (by), byssus-pit (by-p), and depression at end of the groove (de). . Mussel that travelled actively by means of its foot (f) along on the level. Nat. size. - Mussel (female) that spawned. Nat. size. - Foot of mussel, showing yellow glands (y-g) that border the groove in its whole extent. Fic. Part III.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report 46. View of outside of byssus-pit, showing the outer (0-c) and inner collars (i-c and i’c). 47. Mussel that-had a purple-coloured frill to the inhalent aperture (in), and a purple-coloured exhalent siphon (ex). PLATE XVII. 48. Byssus root (r), thread (t), shreds of secretion (sh). 49. Diagram of the relation of septa (sep) and the films (f), root (r). 50. Root of a new byssus showing the beginning of the byssus-stem (b) and the first threads laid on overlapping one another. The ragged edge of the bases of the first threads are seen at (r). Cam. luc. Obj. a and Oc. 2, Zeiss. 51. Transverse section of the foot of the mussel—gland (g), yellow gland (y-g), purple gland (p-g), muscle (m), longitudinal muscle (l-m), median vessel (m-v), lateral vessel (l-v). (Fig. 55 shows an element of the purple gland.) 52. Stem of byssus showing the formation of nodes by the overlapping of the bases of the threads (t), stem (st), root (r). 53. Drawing of byssus thread—base of attachment to byssus-stem (b), disc for attachment to foreign body (d). 54. Transverse section of the groove (gr) of the foot—cuticle (ct), columnar pigmented cells (c-1), purple-coloured glands (p-g), secreting surface (sec-s), secretion (sec). Cam. luc. Apoch. Obj. 8 mm., Oc. 2, Zeiss. 55. Element of purple gland of foot. Vide Fig. 51. 56. Mussel showing inhalent aperture (in) and exhalent siphon (ex) widely open. May, 1907. : 57 and 58. Byssus-stem (st) showing the attachment of the bases of threads (t). The bases overlap and are of one size. The stem has no rind. The root has apparently brought away some of the septa from the byssus- pit. Cam. luc. Obj. a and Oc. 2, Zeiss. (Another view of this byssus-stem is shown in Fig. 58.) 59. Drawing to show the glands (g) which surround the byssus-pit, and in which the muscles (m) are embedded—foot (f). 60. Longitudinal section through the byssus-pit and foot to show the connec- tion of the median vessel (m-v) with the end depression of the groove (gr)—purple gland (p-g), yellow gland (y-g), muscle (m), septum (sep). 61 and 62. Parts of film. Cam. luc. Obj. a and Oc. 2, Zeiss. 61a. Egg of Faroe mussel at 10.30 a.m., June 4. 63. Byssus-pit split longitudinally to show muscles (m), gland (g), byssus- pit (by-p), groove (gr), byssus stem (st). 64. Diagram to show the relations of the films (f) and the tips of the septa (sep). The tips of the septa unite with the films, but they do not go far into the stem. 65. Section of byssus-pit—position of byssus (by), collar of pit (c), groove (gr), film (f), septa (sep), posterior deep groove (d-gr), yellow gland (y-g), glandular tissue (g). 66. Byssus-pit laid open—-groove of foot (gr), byssus (by), outer collar (0-c), inner collar (i-c). PLATE XVIII. . 67. Track of mussel—discs without hairs (p). 69. Mussel attached to glass by discarded byssus. PLATE XIX. . 70-80. Successive drawings of the same mussel to show the formation of byssus-threads—-dise without a hair (p). 81. Drawing of a mussel that raised itself on end on the bottom of a box, and attached itself by numerous threads in 18 hours. 82. Mussel with byssus slack. _ PA hauled tight. — 84. Drawing of Faroe mussel showing heap of spawn at its round end— spawn (sp). PLATE XX. . 85. Diagrammatic section of byssus-pit to show septa and films. 86. Diagram to show the morphology of the septum, viz., that it is formed by the united tendons of three sets of muscles 4 & B. REPORT, 1907 H.C.W. Mytitus Eputis. LSM AAS KOR AMO RMAs eAReaerne TS SeRs ES Sill we wus. vw sete Su eyess enadgseuseee Myritus Eputis. F. B. REPORT, 1907 ‘ n ae Po eae ee as XS az t f () f weet er (| Bog = a ii é ; / te VY re él bi Sa 4 H.CW. Myrtitus Eputis. April 17% April 18% April 2204 April 25th Vi/ a VU) ; \\ a . ? ot Op. at | > < { a\| Soa. ) | } 1 le May 12 78. May 3d , not May 20" Vo | \ = f | we \ 4 _ . Ge r \ Sone \ \ p A an oo Xx \ v 5 RS \ ANS ee \ \ \ \ : ee 5 :) \“\ > - 2S \\s 80. duly Fie Op . Myritus Eputis. * 7 REPORT, 1907 ell \\ Gece SOLEN SILIQUA, Fics 87-92. MYTILUS EDULIS, Fics. 85,86,93-97,99: MODIOLUS MODIOLUS, Fis: 98: H.CW. ~ _ = "iL Reed ee) of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 255 87. Spout-fish (Solen siliqua), nat. size—4$ x 2 inch, April 30. 88. ” ” ” 4ts x 1 ” ” 89. ” ” ” 58 x 1 ” ” 90. ” ” ” 64 x 1's ” ” 91. ” ” ” 7% x14 ” ” 92. ” ” ” 8 x 1} ” ” 93. Drawing (natural size) of a mussel that had grown in the pond at Bay of Nigg. July 20, 1907. View from above. 94, Diagrammatic median section of the byssus-pit. 95. Side view of mussel shown 1n fig. 93. 96. Drawing of excretum of mussel. 97. ne +5 By section. 98. Drawing showing the cloud formed in tank by the discharge of sperms by two examples of the horse-mussel (Modiolus modiolus. 99. Transplanted mussel. (St. Andrews.) A-B is the size of the original seed ; B-C is the increase after transplanting. 256 Part II]—Twenty-fifth Annual Report V.—REPORT ON THE OPERATIONS AT THE MARINE FISH HATCHERY, BAY OF NIGG, ABERDEEN, IN 1906. By Dr. T. Wemyss Futon, F.R.S.E., Scientific Superintendent. In the Annual Report for last year* an account was given of the arrangements at the hatchery and the alterations which had been made, together with a number of plates showing the hatchery, ponds, etc. It need only be said here that the adult plaice from which the spawn is obtained are confined in a large tidal pond, where they are kept throughout the year and fed on mussels. At the spawning season the eggs are shed into the water of the pond, from which they are collected by a large gauze net and transferred into the hatching apparatus. They are maintained in the apparatus until the young hatch out, the length of this period depending directly upon the temperature of the water. At the commencement of the spawning season, when the temperature of the water is low, the duration of the period of incubation is on the average about three weeks; at the end of the season, when the temperature has risen considerably, it occupies about a fortnight. The larval fishes, after they are hatched out, are kept in the apparatus for several days, until the yolk-sac is partly absorbed, and they are then placed in the sea. It is estimated that, including both periods—the time of incubation of the eggs and the period during which the larve are retained— protection is conferred upon the eggs and larve for about half of the time that naturally elapses from the spawning of the eggs until the complete transformation of the larval fish, when the characteristic adult form and habit is assumed. The success of the hatching operations depends very largely upon two circumstances—an adequate supply of eggs and a sufficient supply of pure water. In order to obtain a large supply of eggs it is necessary that the number of adult fishes in the spawning pond should be large. Hitherto the method adopted of obtaining the adult brood stock was as follows :—By the authority of the Board a steam trawler was permitted to trawl within the territorial waters, and more particularly within the Moray Firth and Aberdeen Bay. By an arrangement with the owners of the trawler and the skipper the hatchery attendant accompanied the vessel on such occasions, taking with him and fitting up on deck a number of large wooden tubs, through which a constant circulation of sea water was maintained by means of the donkey-pump. Into these tubs the plaice which were selected from the catches brought on board were placed, and when the vessel returned to Aberdeen they were transferred in tanks to the hatchery pond. The plaice required for the purposes of the hatchery were thus obtained gratis, the rest of the catch of fish being the property of the owners, and regarded by them as sufficient compensation for their trouble. By the method described the stock of adult plaice at the hatchery has been maintained since the beginning of the work at Aberdeen, for although a large proportion of the stock of one season survives to the next, there is always a considerable loss which requires to be made up each year. Unfortunately, as mentioned in last Annual Report, the trawler which was engaged in this work at the beginning of ‘December, 1905, was stranded in Aberdeen Bay, and owing to the loss of life occasioned thereby the Board have thought it right to refrain from making use of such vessels for inshore work. In consequence of this the stock was not renewed, and the supply of spawn, as mentioned * Twenty-third Annual Report, Part III., p, 108. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 257 below, was much under the supply in former years. Under present circumstances it is not possible to get supplies of living adult plaice from the ordinary commercial trawlers working in the North Sea. As arule the quantity of plaice obtained by them from near grounds in any single voyage is smal], and it would require many expeditions to obtain a sufficient number for the hatchery; aud the fish would, more- over, have to be purchased at their market value, and the cost of this can scarcely be borne by the present vote for scientific investigations. It is only within the sandy bays near the shore that large quantities of plaice can be secured. The eggs were first observed in the spawning pond last year at the beginning of February, which is later than usual, owing to the smaller number of adult fishes in the pond. The spawning gradually increased towards the end of the month, and, as usual, was greatest in March and in the early part of April, declining towards the end of the latter month, and ceasing in the early part of May, a few eggs being obtained on the 13th. The number of eggs obtained in each of the months was estimated to be :—February, 796,000; March, 3,320,000; April, 3,290,000 ; May, 80,000, making a total of 7,486,000. In the previous year the estimated number was 40,110,000, so that the decrease, for the reason mentioned, has been considerable. The estimated number of fry which were hatched out and put into the sea was 4,406,000, the death-rate being thus equivalent to about 41 per cent., which is unusually high. The principal cause of this was the impurity of the water and a scarcely adequate supply, especially towards the end of March and the early part of April. Owing to the stormy weather there was sometimes difficulty in filtering the water properly ; and it was found that the arrangement of the filtering apparatus in the re-built hatchery was defective, and the “ head” of water was insufficient to furnish a plentiful supply. The fry were put into the sea off Girdleness and Aberdeen on five occasions—in March, April, and May, the last lot being set free on the 23rd of the latter month. The temperature of the water varied from 1°5 C. (34:7 F.) to 10-7 C. (51°3-F.) during the hatching season. It was lowest in the early part of March. The specific gravity was under 27 on only six occasions ; it was usually about 27:5-27°8, and the lowest was 26°6. The number of the eggs of the plaice collected from the spawning pond and the number of fry hatched out are as follows in the different years at Bay of Nigg :— Eggs Collected. Fry Hatched. 1900, bea 43,290,000 ne 31,305,000 1901, ‘ 63,370,000 51,800,000 1902, 72,410,000 55,700,000 1903, 65,940,000 53,600,000 1904, 39,600,000 34,780,000 1905, 40,110,000 15,790,000 1906, 7,486,000 4,406,000 332,206,000 247,381,000 It may be mentioned that the expense in connection with the hatching work is comparatively small, since it is carried on in con- junction with the Marine Laboratory, and without any additional staff. The total expenditure for extra coals, food for the fishes, etc., is estimated at under £80. During the season the hatchery was visited by delegations of fisher- men from the counties of Argyll, Bute, Caithness, and Elgin, under arrangements made with the various County Councils. 258 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report TaBLE I.—Showing the Daily Progress at the Hatchery, and the Temperature and Specific Gravity of the Water. In Pond. In Hatchery. nee | le Date. Col- Ree Temperature. Temperature. lected. MOV.6 (Seer Cent. Fahr, Cent. | Fahr. February 5 2:2 36:0 27°9 ; 6 2°6 367 27°8 a5 7 ae 2°9 372 27°8 Bs 8 Ad 3°0 37°4 27°8 a 9 7,000 se 0 bee os 10 7,000 2a 35'8 27°7 251) 35°8 E 11 we a2 was ee Aas ot - 12 | 3,000 21 | 35°38 | 27:7 AD os 13 Bs 21 35°8 27°8 aa nee rf 14 13,000 31 37°6 27°6 2°8 370 5 15 we PAL 36°9 207 < 16 | 183,000 2°6 36°7 PALL 55 17 13,000 x. 2:2 36:0 207 5% 18 Ses ae set ise e 19 80,000 | 10,000 3°2 37°8 27°77 FA 20 ae was 3°0 37 °4 27°8 - 21 | 100,000; 20,000 2:2 36:0 27:7 an 3 22 AY ae ae ane 27°6 Aa ae 23 =| 110,000 27 36°9 27°38 en, 36°0 - 24 at. te oy re A ee 5 25 eee 8 ae th, - 26 | 170,000 4,000 22 36:0 27°8 5 27 ae Hie #3 e EF e 28 | 160,000 2°4 363 27°8 March J aa as. 1:8 35'2 278 2 Af. i 2 | 160,000 mae 1e5 34°7 27°8 1:3 34:3 ‘3 3 aS 24,000 16 34°9 27°8 os ca A 4 ade bee rae ie 5 | 200,000 3:2 37°8 27°7 ° He 6 5 bee 4:0 89°2 27°6 lay) 41:4 mi 7 | 280,000} 40,000 46 40°3 27°6 ve ait i; 8 1a 140,000 46 40°3 27°6 3 9 | 420,000 3°6 38°5 27°6 10 Ay 3°0 37°4 27°7 Br 11 Ree ois we Re ne 12 ae 40,000 hess ae x 13 | 440,000 - 1:9 35°4 2735 AS 14 | 480,000} 80,000 16 34°9 20:7 9 15 ae ve aie M2 ae A 16 | 240,000 | 88,000 2°5 36°5 27°6 ” 17 ae es 3:2 37°8 27°6 ” 18 sae ne ee ie 19 | 440,000 |; 27,000 oer ” 20 nis Aad 4°5 40°1 27 6 ’ 21 | 260,000} 40,000 : ae ” 22 ate fasie 4:9 40°8 27°5 ” 24 ae 660,000 41 39°4 27°3 ” 25 ee ae! : i a 26 | 400,000 3°6 38°5 27:2 4:0 39°2 ” 27 eee 3°6 of the Fisheru Board for Scotland. 259 TABLE I.—continued. In Pond. In Hatchery. Eggs | Dead Date. Col- 34 Temperature. Temperature. lected, moved. | ————_—______| Sp. Gr. Cent. Fahr. Cent. Fahr. inal: ate > Rt Pint March 29 ae 240,000 4:0 39°2 27:0 Pa 30 men ae 5.2, 41°4 27:0 3 31 5:2 41°4 27°0 April 1 ea ae ae as Ie 55 2 | 500,000 ee 5°8 42°4 27:0 4 3 ,3: 187,000 ae Ab ae a 4 | 400,000 a5 6:0 42°8 26°8 BS 5 zs 520,000 6:0 42°8 27°71 3 : 360,000 | 200,000 6°4 43°5 27:2 i 8 i 4 vf e “ 9 | 280,000 | 130,000 x ” 10 =56 ane 7 4 45:3 27 1 Pe 11 | 100,000 ap 8:0 46°4 27:71 53 iv gle AN 78 46-0 27°52 ” 13 | 420,000 ae se 14 Ms 78 46:0 27:1 BA 15 ree is 16 | 180,000 a: 8-0 46°4 26°8 ss 17 ay 2, 74 45°3 27:0 nfs 18 .| 206,000 | 160,000 Bae is - - 19 oh 90.000 2 44°9 27:0 a 20 | 220,000 as : bis se * 21 ae 7:3 45:1 27:2 ee 22 Boh Bas af 5 23 | 440,000 6°7 44-1 27°4 oS 24 Se ere 61 43:0 27°4 * 25 80,000 a 671 43°0 27°5 3 26 ae Me 6:2 43°2 27°4 5 27 60,000 | 180,000 6°8 44:2 27°4 i 28 Bs ee ge ies x 29 ae Ec aye 556 = BR 30 50,000 AA Vis) 45°7 27°4 May 1 a8 er ‘i a 2 40,000 79 46°2 27°6 3 3 she 8°6 47°5 27:0 st 4 26,000 9°3 48°7 26°8 a 5 as 9-1 48-4 26°8 A 6 eS 9:0 48°2 27°2 ” 7 we 9°6 49°3 27°4 5 8 12,000 as 10°7 51°3 27°3 =f 9 ae be 9°8 49°6 26°6 A 10 de 200,000 Le Se »” 11 de 9°6 49°3 27°3 53 12 one 9:7 49°5 2iee - 13 2,000 9°8 49°6 26°6 Totals, - |7,486,000/3,080,000 260 Part IIT.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report VI.—SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOOD OF THE HERRING. By Tuomas Scorr, LL.D., F.L.S., Mem. Soc. Zvol. de France. The organisms which constitute the food of the herring—-their various kinds, their distribution, and their influence on the movements of the fish—have for a long time engaged the attention of students of marine natural history, and it is now many years since the Fishery Board for Scotland commenced investigations into the nature of the food of the herring and of various other problems connected with the herring fisheries of Scotland. In 1885 an important paper on the food of the herring was con- tributed to the Fourth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland by the late George Brook, F.LS., in collaboration with Mr W. L. Calderwood, the present Inspector of Salmon Fisheries for Scotland, In this paper the results of the examination of between fourteen and fifteen hundred stomachs of herring containing food are given in detail in a Table which fills eighteen pages of the Report. The stomachs had been received from various places all round Scot- land, including the district of Berwick-on-Tweed, the Firths of Forth and Tay, Aberdeen, the Moray Firth District, Loch Broom, West Ross-shire, and the Firth of Clyde, including Loch Fyne. All these stomachs were such as contained food that could in most cases be ideutified. Many other stomachs had been examined, but as they proved to be empty or the food they contained was so disintegrated by the digestive fluids as to be undistinguishable, they were by the authors excluded from the paper in question. The observations which follow, and which may be considered as supplementary to the paper by Brook and Calderwood, describe the results obtained from the examination of fully five hundred herrings’ stomachs, selected from various fishing centres in Scotland. The Table appended contains a summarised statement of the number of stomachs and of the dates when they were examined, and also of the localities from whence they were sent.* TaBLeE I. Dates when the | Number of stomachs were | stomachs Localities whence the fish were sent. examined. examined. December. 1904 17 Loch Fyne. February 1905 55 Loch Fyne, Loch Broom. June ‘3 122 Campbeltown, Loch Broom, Stornoway, Anstruther. July 3 93 Loch Fyne, Campbeltown, Stornoway. August i" 19 Kilbrennan Sound (Pirnmill). September _,, 33 Loch Fyne, Carradale. December _,, 38 Loch Fyne. January 1906 31 Campbeltown. September ,, Il Loch Fyne. October ee 1l Loch Fyne. November _,, 12 Loch Fyne, Shetland, Wick, Peterhead. December _,, 11 Loch Fyne, Girvan, Rothesay. January 1907 17 Clyde, Stornoway. February ,, 19 Campbeltown, Rothesay, Stornoway. March Be 22 Campbeltown, Skipness, Stornoway. April os 5 Skipness, Machrie Bay (Arran). * [ desire to acknowledge the assistance I have received in this inquiry from my colleague, Dr. H. C. Williamson. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 261 Rather more than half the number of stomachs examined were found to be empty or the food they contained could not be satisfactorily determined ; fully forty-five per cent. of them were the stomachs of female fish, and fifty-two per cent. males; a few had their reproductive organs so immature that it was considered doubtful whether they were milters or spawners. Those found to contain food that could be identified numbered two hundred and forty-three. Of these stomachs about fifty-two and a half per cent. were those of female fishes, two were doubtful, and the others those of male fishes, as shown in the subjoined Table. Tasie II. TaBLE showing the proportion of stomachs containing food and those containing no food that could be identified, the proportion of males to females, and the names of the districts from which they were sent. Stomachs Stomachs Mesuleiot Total containing | containing ‘ Names of the Food. " No Food. Pand d and aN ine of Districts. Sepbaee ert Examined. OC eeeee eOe erg 1G |g 2 Loch Fyne 42 | 36 | 1 | 26] 32} 0} 68} 68 | 1 |137 Stomachs Clyde = - | 42] 41 1 | 41 | 48 4 | 83 89 5 1177 As Loch Broom — - = 0 One O) 40035 0 | 40] 35 | O|} 75 oe Stornoway =o ea lode wee ee Gun (rl Zor 30 |. O | 59 55 Anstruther - So lilies O | 15 |} 20 0 | 23 | 33 O | 56 He Peterhead, Wick, |} 8| 0/ 0] 0/ O} O} 8| O| O] 8 53 Shetland. 127 {114 2 124 |141] 4 |251 |255 6 Totals 243 269 512 512 “3 Description of the Food observed in the Stomachs of Herrings sent from Loch Fyne, the Firth of Clyde, Loch Broom, Stornoway, Anstruther, and other places. In describing the food observed in these herrings’ stomachs, the various samples from the same place or district are arranged together under the name of the district and according to the date on which they were examined, and for convenient reference the names of the districts arranged as in Table IT. (1) Loca Fyne Herrines. December, 1904.—The stomachs of seventeen herrings sent from Loch Fyne were examined at this date. They all contained some food, but it was so disintegrated by the digestive fluids that only in three examples could the nature of it be determined, and even in these to a limited extent. The food in these three stomachs appeared to consist exclusively of Schizopods belonging to the Euphausiidw. Neither the species or genus could be satisfactorily determined, but probably they were all young Vyctiphanes, norvegica as that species is common in Loch Fyne. Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report February, 1905.—The stomachs of six herrings from a sample sent from Loch Fyne contained each a considerable amount of Calanus helgolandicus. July, 1905.—No more herrings from the Loch Fyne district were submitted for examination till July, when the stomachs of twenty-three specimens were examined. ‘These form part of a sample captured about the end of April and retained during the interval in a cold storage chamber. All the stomachs contained food, and in most of them the quantity observed was considerable, and with two exceptions consisted entirely of Copepoda—Calanus helgolandicus being apparently the only species represented. In the two exceptions referred to the food consisted of post-larval fishes and Calanus, and my notes indicate that the food in these two was more decomposed than in the others, due probably to the presence of the young fishes. September 22nd, 1905.—The stomachs of eight herrings were examined. They were from a sample sent from Strachur, and captured two days previously. Two of them were considerably distended, but contained no food ; three contained some red-coloured matter, but there was nothing that could be identified ; ore was packed full with Calanus; in the other two there was some red-coloured stuff with fragments of Copepods mixed up with it. December 11th, 1905.—The stomachs of thirty-four herrings sent from Loch Fyne were examined. Sixteen were found to be empty, or con- tained some red-coloured matter probably derived from Calanus, but no trace, even of their appendages, could be detected. All the others contained the remains of Calanus, the specimens being in a number of cases tolerably whole, in others they were more or less fragmentary. There was also present in many of the stomachs a quantity of red- coloured oily matter derived probably from the Calanus. The fish whose stomachs contained food comprised 6 9 and 12 4, and the others 792 and 6 ¢. January, 1906.—The stomachs of twenty herrings sent from Strachur were, with one exception, found to contain food, which appeared to consist entirely of Calanus. Some of the stomachs contained a con- siderable quantity of food. The fishes comprised 11 9 and 8g. The empty stomach belonged to a male fish. September 8th, 1906.—Eleven stomachs from Loch Fyne herrings were examined at this date. One contained some food too much digested for identification. One contained Calanus, Centropages hamatus, Metridia lucens, and young Euphausiide. One contained Calanus, Centropages hamatus, Evadne nordmannii, and some Decapod larve, and another contained a small quantity of Calanus only. The food observed in five of the others consisted entirely of Vyctiphanes norvegica, while two contained the remains of Euphausiide which probably also belonged to Nyctiphanes, but they were too much digested to be satisfactorily determined. October 12th, 1906.—The eleven stomachs of Loch Fyne herrings examined at this date all contained food, in most cases in considerable quantity. The sexes represented comprised 99 and 2. The food observed in two stomachs consisted chiefly of Calanus, but Centropages hamatus, Temora longicornis, Oithona similis, and Decapod larve were also present. A small quantity of food, apparently all Calanus, was observed in another. A third contained a moderate quantity of Calanus, but Temora longicornis was also present. The food observed in other four appeared to consist entirely of Euphausiide, and were probably all Nyctiphunes—at least this was the only species that could be identified. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 2638 One contained Calanus, Metridia lucens, another a small number of Decapod larve, while one contained the remains of a considerable mumber of Euphausiide (Vyctiphanes probably), and a few post-larval fishes which appeared to be sand-eels. November 9th, 1906.—The stomachs of four herrings from Loch Fyne examined at this date contained a considerable quantity of food which appeared to consist entirely of Calanus. The fishes com- prised 2 9 and 2 ¢. December 18th, 1906.—A small sample consisting of the stomachs of three Loch Fyne herrings (2 2 and 1 3) contained a small quantity of food of a semi-fluid nature, but no trace of anything that could be identified. (2). THE Cuype. June 2nd, 1905.—Examined the stomachs of twenty-seven herring sent from Campbeltown. One contained one or two fish scales, another was filled with Nyctiphanes, and two contained some red-coloured matter with fragments of Calanus mixed up with it; the others were either empty or contained nothing that could be identified. July 3rd, 1905.—Examined the stomachs of thirty-six herrings also from Campbeltown, but only five of them contained food that could be determined even in a limited degree. These fishes had been captured on 11th March, and kept in a cold storage chamber. In one the food con- sisted of Annelids (Chetopoda) and Amphipoda (Hyperiide), while the other four contained the remains of Crustacea, apparently belonging to Calanus. August 9th, 1905.—The stomachs of nineteen herrings from Pirnmill, Kiibrennan Sound, were examined at this date, but captured on the 26th of the preceding month. Seven were empty or did not contain anything that could be identified. Ten contained food which appeared ‘o consist entirely of Schizopods (Euphausiide), probably all Vyctiphanes nozvegica, —at least those specimens that could be satisfactorily distinguished belonged to that species. In one which contained only a small quantity of Crustacean remains, the only species identified was Centropages hamatus, while another contained Crustacean remains that could not be determined with certainty. September 2nd, 1905.—Twenty-five stomachs of herrings from Carra- dale were examined, but they had been captured on July 26th. They were all empty, and many of them were distended with air. The fishes comprised 14 9 and 114. “In several cases the stomachs were covered externally with white clean fat. January 21st, 1906.—Eleven stomachs of herrings from Campbeltown contained food that consisted chiefly of Vyctiphanes norvegica, some Calunus being also present. Most of the stomachs were full, and some were considerably distended by the large quantity of food they contained. Five of the herrings were females and six males. December, 1906.—No further stomachs of herrings from the Clyde were submitted for examination till December, when four from a sample sent from Girvan and the same number from a sample from Rothesay were examined. Those from Girvan all contained food that could be identified. One contained a moderate quantity of food which appeared to consist entirely of Calanus in a fragmentary condition. One contained Euphausiide very much digested, while the food observed in the other two consisted of Euphausiide and Calanus. Three of those from Rothesay contained only a small quantity of food, which consisted entirely of Calanus, and the other was well filled with 264 Part I1I.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report apparently the same organisms, but too much decomposed to be satisfactorily identified. January, 1907.—The stomachs of fifteen herrings from the Clyde were examined; they comprised small samples from two or three different places. Five sent from Rothesay contained food that appeared to consist entirely of young Euphausiide, some of which that could be identified, and probably the others also, belonged to Myctiphanes norvegica. The food observed in other six stomachs consisted of Calanus only, of which there were a considerable quantity. In other three the food consisted of Calanus (chiefly), Sagitté and young Euphausiide, and one was distended with food consisting chiefly of Myctiphanes, but some Calanus were also present. February, 1907.—The number of stomachs from Clyde herrings examined in February was thirteen. Iight were from two samples sent from Campbeltown, and five from a sample from Rothesay. Four of the stomachs from Campbeltown herrings contained food that consisted entirely of Calanus. One contained a large quantity of Nyctiphanes, while the food observed in the other three consisted of Calanus and Nyctiphanes. The stomachs of the five herrings from Rothesay differed much from those from Campbeltown ; two were empty, two contained a small quantity of red-coloured matter, but nothing that could be distin- guished, while the only thing distinguishable in the other consisted of a few fish scales. March, 1907.—The stomachs of eighteen herrings from the Clyde were examined in March; they included eleven from Campbeltown, four from Skipness, and three from Girvan. All the stomachs of the Campbeltown herrings contained food that could be identified. In four the food appeared to consist entirely of Calanus; other organisms may have been present, but the food had become so much decomposed that only the Calanus could be satisfactorily identified. The food in one stomach con- sisted entirely of young Euphausiide, while the contents of the other six comprised Calanus and Euphausiide in varying proportions. In three cases the Euphausiide present in these stomachs were certainly Vyctiphanes norvegica, and probably all those observed belonged to the same species. Of the four stomachs from Skipness herrings two were empty; one con- tained a small quantity of food, but it was too much decomposed for identification, while the other which was tolerably well filled contained Kuphausiide and Calanus in a partially digested condition. The con- tents of one of the stomachs of the Girvan herring consisted of Calanus, Pseudocalanus elongatus, young Euphausiide, and some fish eggs. This stomach was moderately well filled with food, but the other two were empty. April, 1907.—The stomachs of a few herrings from Skipness and Machrie Bay (Kilbrennan Sound) were examined—two from the former and three from the latter place. Those from the Skipness herring con- tained so much food as to be somewhat distended with it; one was filled for the most part with Calanus, but three moderately large Vyctiphanes were also present; the other contained Vychtiphanes and Calanus in about equal quantities. On the other hand, the stomachs of the herrings from Machrie Bay, though at first sight apparently containing a moderate amount of food, were found on examination to consist only of some red- coloured stuft that could not be identified, though probably it was part of the remains of some Calanus. (3) Locn Broom. February Ist and 2nd, 1905. The stomachs of forty-nine herrings captured in Loch Broom, West Ross-shire, were examined in February, of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 265 1905 ; a considerable proportion of them were entirely empty, a number of the others contained some red-coloured fluid, probably derived from organisms captured by the fishes, but theré was nothing that could be identified. In several instances the stomachs were distended with air, the result perhaps of fermentation. The fishes represented by these stomachs comprised 29 @ and 20 2. June Ist,1905.— Thirty-six stomachs of herrings sent from Loch Broom were examined at this date. The results obtained resembled generally those of the previous sample. A number of the stomachs were found to be entirely empty, and theothers contained some semi-fluid matter usually of a reddish colour, but no trace of anything that could be identified with certainty. In some cases, as in the previous sample, the stomachs were considerably distended with air. (4) Stornoway. June, 1905.—The stomachs of thirteen herrings, being part of a sample sent from Stornoway on May 19, were examined in June. They all contained food which, with one exception, consisted for the most part of post-larval fishes. In the one stomach referred to, however, no fishes were observed, but the food consisted entirely of Decapod larve, of which there were a considerable quantity. Eight stomachs contained fishes only, while the others contained both fishes and crustacean larve. The fishes appeared to be mostly sand-eels, but Clupeoids may, in some cases, have also been present; the food, however, had already undergone digestion to some extent, and the species could not in a few examples be satisfactorily determined. One stomach at least was crammed full with post-larval sand-eels, and two others were fairly well filled with the same kind of fish. The only other organism observed in addition to the Deca- pod and fish larve was a single specimen of Caligus rapaxr. All the thirteen herrings were females with undeveloped ovaries. July 7th, 1905.—The stomachs of thirty-four herrings seut from Stornoway wereexamined. Hight of them were either empty or contained a small quantity of semi-fiuid matter, but nothing that could be identified. The other twenty-six contained food which consisted for the most part of post-larval fishes, chiefly sand-eels. In only two examples were fish remains apparently absent, and the food in one of these consisted of the remains of Calanoida and in the other of Euphausiide, but these organ- isms were so much disintegrated that the species could not be satisfac- torily determined. Eight stomachs were disteuded with the large quantity of young fishes they contained, while as many more were tolerably well filled with them. In a few cases Calanus were found in the same stomachs with the fishes. Seven of the thirty-four herrings were spawners, but there was no indica- tion that difference in sex resulted in any difference in the nature or quantity of the food consumed. January 17th, 1907.—The stomachs of two herrings (2 and $)—part of a sample from Stornoway—contained each a small quantity of food consistiig of fragments of Schizopods (Euphausiide) ; they were so disintegrated as to be almost indistinguishable, but the only fragments that could be identified with certainty belonged to Nyctiphanes. February 14th, 1907.—Six herrings (5 Q and 1 3), from another sample sent from Stornoway, had all of them food in their stomachs. Two were tolerably full, but the quantity in the others was small. One contained post-larval fishes—apparently Clupeoids, but the food observed in the ethers consisted only of Vyctiphanes. 266 Part ITI.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report March 16th, 1907. The stomachs of four herrings (3 ¢ and 1 9), part of a sample also from Stornoway, contained each a fair quantity of food. In one, which was tolerably well filled, the food consisted partly of Nyctiphanes and partly of Hyperiide (Parathemisto), but in the other three it consisted of Vyctiphanes only. (5) ANSTRUTHER, FirtH or Fortu. June 6th, 1905.—The stomachs of fifteen herrings from a sample sent from Anstruther were examined for food; with one exception, they were all male fishes. Only three of the stomachs contained food ; all the others were empty. The food observed consisted entirely of Parathemisto oblivia. One of the stomachs containing Parathemisto was that of a female fish. June 10th, 1905.—Twenty-fivestomachs from another sample of herrings sent from Anstruther were examined, Eleven were found to be empty, and of the others one contained the remains of crustacea— probably fragments of Parathemisto—but they could not be satisfactorily determined. The food observed in five of the others appeared to consist entirely of the species of Amphipod just referred to, while that contained in the other eight stomachs included both Parathemisto and Euphausiide, These Schizopods, though they could not be identified with absolute certainty, appeared to belong to Thysanoessa sp. Four of the stomachs (two from female and two from male fishes) were distended with the large amount of food they contained, and which consisted of Amphipods and Schizopods in about equal proportions. (6) PETERHEAD, WICK, AND SHETLAND. November, 1906.—The stomachs of a few herrings representing samples sent from Peterhead, Wick, and Shetland, were examined in November. Two, which were those of fishes belonging to a sample from Peterhead, contained each a tolerable amount of food. In the one case it consisted for the most part of the Decapod larve and in the other of Calanus helgolandicus. Three stomachs of herrings from a sample sent from Wick were also found to be well supplied with food. In two of them the food appeared to consist entirely of Metridia lucens, and in the other of young fishes which were too much decomposed to be satisfactorily identified. The remaining three stomachs were those of herrings from a sample sent from Shetland. Like the others, they each contained a considerable amount of food, but in this case it consisted entirely of Euphausiide, but it was not in a condition to permit of an exact determination. From a careful examination of the fragments, however, I think it highly probable that they belong to the geaus Thysanoessa. IT now append in tabular form the names of the various organisms referred to in the preceding notes. [ TABLE. of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 267 Tasue III. List of organisms observed in the preceding notes with the localities where the herrings were sent from. : Loch Loch | Stor- |Anstr-| Peter-|,,,. Shet- Namesiof the, Organisms. Fyne. Clyde. Broom |noway.| uther.| head. Wick: land. Post-larval fishes —Clupeoids (?)} + goa] x 2 a i +? “ie 78 =" Sand-eels - | +? of 8] +4 at Fish eggs - - - : + (RBS! ... ss Fish scales = - =| ae + aos a re Nyctiphanes norvegica - -| ++ ] ++ /83 ea] + bes ?Thysanoessa, sp. - ea A, eae ES eit ek + ++ Euphausiide - - - S|) srap |) ase ike & sete | ae Se aa Hyperia galba? + legs no Parathemisto oblivia stuuileeee as fe fee Evadne Nordmanni + ne 3 Bee See Bins St Calanus helgolandicus eae | a E