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      <titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Fishery Board for Scotland in-letters and reports</titleproper>
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      <publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh</publisher>
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        <addressline>HM General Register House</addressline>
        <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
        <addressline>EH1 3YY</addressline>
        <addressline>Telephone: 0131 535 1314</addressline>
        <addressline>Fax: 0131 535 1328</addressline>        <addressline>Email: enquiries@nas.gov.uk</addressline>        <addressline>http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/</addressline>      </address>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1960/1999" encodinganalog="3.1.3">1960-1999</unitdate>
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      <corpname>Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland</corpname>
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      <extent encodinganalog="3.1.5">3.69 linear metres</extent>
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      <corpname>National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh</corpname>
      <address>
        <addressline>HM General Register House</addressline>
        <addressline>Edinburgh</addressline>
        <addressline>EH1 3YY</addressline>
        <addressline>Telephone: 0131 535 1314</addressline>
        <addressline>Fax: 0131 535 1328</addressline>
        <addressline>Email: enquiries@nas.gov.uk</addressline>
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  <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1"><p>This series consists of loose papers - in-letters, reports, etc - concerning harbours for which aid was obtained or sought from the Fishery Board.
Of particular interest for the Western Isles are:
AF38/154/11: Report by district officers on number and size of boats using Cromarty Harbour and Stornoway Harbour before and after improvements or erection. 1883
AF38/155/18: Return of particulars of Barra Harbour, showing name, size, whether natural or artificial, and cost of works, depth of water at low tide and rise of tides, number of fishermen, local and stranger boats using the harbour, and value of fish landed, 1888-1890. Also examples of the principal uses of the harbour. 1891
AF38/155/24: Return of particulars of Stornoway Harbour, showing name, size, whether natural or artificial, and cost of works, depth of water at low tide and rise of tides, number of fishermen, local and stranger boats using the harbour, and value of fish landed, 1888-1890. Also examples of the principal uses of the harbour. 1891</p></scopecontent>  <controlaccess>
    <corpname role="Creator">Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland</corpname>
    <subject source="">Fish</subject>
    <subject source="">Fishermen</subject>
    <subject source="">Fishing industry</subject>
    <subject source="">Fishing vessels</subject>
    <subject source="">Harbours</subject>
    <subject source="">Harbours and coastal engineering</subject>
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  <accessrestrict encodinganalog="3.4.1"><p>Records closed for 30 years from last date in a given volume</p></accessrestrict>  <otherfindaid encodinganalog="3.4.5"><p>Full catalogue available through National Records of Scotland online catalogue at http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk</p></otherfindaid>
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