Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2009
Up to 1882 the control of the Scottish Fisheries was vested in the Commissioners of British White Herring Fishery. This body, which was instituted in 1808, had for its functions the general superintendence of the herring fishery, the branding of herring barrels, the collection of trade statistics, and the administration of an annual grant from the Government for th construction and repair of fishery harbours. Later on, the cod and ling fisheries were also brought under its care. But the duties of the Commissioners were strictly limited to the fish cured, no cognisance being taken of the fish landed and used in a fresh state.
page 77 note • Fifth Ann. Rep. Fishery Board for Scotland, Appendix F, p. 43, 1887.
page 77 note † Sixth Ann. Rep., Part iii, p. 25, 1888.
page 78 note * Fifth Report, p. 82, et seq., 1887.
page 78 note † Sixth Report, pp. 95—188, 1888.
page 78 note ‡ The Scottish Mussel Fishery. J. C. Ewart. Edin., 1888.
page 78 note § Sixth Report, Part iii, p. 189.
page 79 note * Fourth Report, p. 255, 1886.
page 79 note † Sixth Report, p. 223, 1888.
page 79 note ± Fourth Report, pp. 256—260, 1886.
page 79 note § Fifth Report, pp. 218—221, 1887.
page 79 note | Fifth Report, Appendix F, pp. 257—292, pls. xv—xviii, 1887.
page 79 note § Fourth Report, Append. F, pp. 61—98, 1886; Fifth Report, Append. F, pp. 295— 316, 1887.
page 80 note * Second Report, Append. F, pp. 48—60, pl. iii, 1884.
page 81 note * This agrees with the observations of Dr. Hensen, of the Kiel Commission, who has also shown that the herring and sprat differ markedly in the mode of depositing their ova. In the sprat the eggs are translucent, dispersed and buoyant, floating freely in the water. (Vide Fünfter Bericht der Kommis. z. wissenschaft. Untersuchung d. deutschen Meere, p. 40, 1887.)
page 81 note † Fourth Report, Append. F, pp. 98—100, 1886.
page 81 note ‡ Second Report, Appendix F, pp. 61—72, pls. iv—ix, 1884.
page 82 note * See also a paper On the Natural and Artificial Fertilization of Herring Ova, by J. C. Ewart, M.D., Proc. Roy. Soc., London, 1884.
page 82 note † Third Report, pp. 32—50, pl. i, 1885; Fourth Report, pp. 31—41, pls. i, ii, 1886.
page 82 note ‡ Fourth Report, pp. 43—46, 1886.
page 83 note * Op. cit., pp. 47—61.
page 83 note † Fourth Report, pp. 100—147, 1886.
page 83 note ‡ Fifth Report, pp. 317—325, 1887.
page 83 note § Op. cit., pp. 326, 327.
page 83 note | Sixth Report, Part iii, p. 225, 1888.
page 85 note * Third Report, pp. 52—55, 1885.
page 85 note † Fourth Report, pp. 242—254, 1886.
page 85 note ‡ Fifth Report, pp. 347—349, 1887.
page 85 note § Op. cit., pp. 230—244, pls. vii—x, 1887.
page 85 note | Third Report, pp. 78—91, 1885.
page 86 note * Second Report, pp. 31—46, pls. i, ii, 1884.
page 86 note † Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xliii, p. 438, 1887.
page 86 note ‡ Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin., 1887.
page 86 note § The Preservation of Fish, London, 1887.
page 86 note | Fourth Report, pp. 166—170, pls. iii—v, 1886.
page 87 note * Op. cit., pp. 171—176, 1886.
page 87 note † Op. cit., pp. 218—222, 1886; Fifth Report, pp. 247—255, pls. xii—xiv, 1887.
page 87 note | Phil. Trans., vol., 179, p. 399, 1888.
page 87 note § Op. cit., p. 410.
page 87 note | Phil. Trans., vol. 179, p. 539.
page 87 note § Fifth Report, pp. 221—229, 1887.
page 87 note ** Fourth Report, pp. 147—154, 1886.
page 88 note * Op. cit., pp. 155—166.
page 88 note † Op. cit., pp. 231—242.
page 88 note ± Fifth Report, pp. 328—330, pl. xix. 1887.
page 88 note § Sixth Report, p. 232, pl. viii, 1888.
page 88 note | Op. cit., p. 232, pl. viii.
page 88 note § Op. cit., p. 235.
page 88 note ** Fourth Report, pp. 228—231, pl. x, 1886.
page 89 note * Sixth Report, Part iii, p. 263, 1888.
page 89 note † Fifth Report, pp. 244—247, pl. xi, 1887.
page 89 note ‡ Second Report, p. 78, pl. x, 1884.
page 89 note § Op. cit., pp. 79, 80, pls. xi—xiii.
page 89 note § Fourth Report, pp. 222—227, pl. ix, 1886.
page 89 note § Third Report, p. 68, 1885.
page 89 note ** Op. cit., p. 70, with three plates.
page 89 note †† Op. cit., p. 76.
page 89 note ‡‡ Op. cit., pp. 73—76; Fourth Report, pp. 176—188, 1886; Fifth Report, pp. 331— 347,1887.
page 90 note * Sixth Report, p. 207, pls. vi, vii, 1888.
page 90 note † Op. cit., p. 204.
page 91 note * Fourth Report, pp. 189—201, pls. vi, vii, 1886.
page 91 note † Sixth Report, Part iii, pp. 313—347, pls. xi—xiv, 1888.
page 91 note ‡ Op. cit., pp. 309—312, pls. ix, x.
page 91 note § Fifth Report, pp. 349—354, pls. xx—xxiii, 1887.