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BERWICK-ON- fish to the 15th of October, and many hull-trout were killed then which are 

 TWEED. not killed now. The bull-trout come up later than the salmon. The bull- 

 trout used to come up as the fishing ceased. The alteration in the close season 

 has preserved bull-trout and not salmon. Bull-trout should be killed more. 

 Cannot say if the Tweed Commissioners would agree with his proposal. Mr. 

 Crossman agrees with him. 



Has no other recommendation to make. This would be the best way to get 

 rid of the disease. 



Cannot speak as to the spawning beds. 



The salmon at the end of August are in good condition. Very few are 

 getting red at the end of September. They are in good condition to the 15th 

 October. Very few are getting red then. They could be sent to the London 

 markets. 



Bull-trout are not in good condition as late as the 15th October. After the 

 middle of September they begin to get black and discoloured. Does not think 

 they are good then. Would destroy the fish then, however. 



Can say nothing as to the Paris or other markets. 



The bull-trout feed upon the young fry. Has caught bull-trout kelts with 

 salmon fry inside them. Does not make a practice of cutting them up. Knows 

 bull-trout kelts from salmon kelts. 



Has not observed any sea fish, neither haddocks nor anything else, with a 

 fungus. Does not recollect any disease in 1871. 



To prevent overstocking the netting season should be extended. 



John Skbright, manager to Messrs. Marsh and Meadows. — Has been 

 water-bailiff for 18 years. Has seen one fish that had been diseased. It was 

 a good salmon. Saw a diseased fish caught in the Tweed. The fungus was 

 only on the shoulder. When he scraped off the fungus it was quite whole below. 

 The scales were complete. It was a well-shaped, fat salmon. Has seen several 

 fish in the fish-house here in a bad state. The salmon he caught was taken 

 two days before the nets were off. 



There should be a longer netting season. The fish are in better condition 

 here than in the Spey or Dee or Deveron, till the middle of October ; these rivers 

 close on 26th August. The fishing here should be extended, on account of 

 the condition of the fish. They are in their prime on 15th September. They 

 are in good condition now (2nd October). Has fished in other rivers up to 

 14th September. The fish here ore better than in the northern rivers. 



The bull-trout will eat the salmon spawn. Would kill hull-trout all the year 

 round. People would perhaps sell salmon kelts as bull-trout kelts ; but if this 

 could be prevented it would be well to allow bull-trout kelts to be caught. 



Has seen fish on the spawning beds, and the bull-trout eating the eggs. 



Cannot speak as to the kelts eating fry. 



Does not get many bull-trout. The netting on the Tweed should be extended 

 a fortnight. The fish coming tip at the end of November are fresh fish. 

 Knows the Spey and Deveron. One race comes up to spawn, and is followed 

 by another, and they cut up each other's beds. The fish at the end of 

 November or beginning of December are healthy. The fish before then 

 are spotted and diseased. There are too many spawners for the redds. Would 

 approve of a longer fishing season here, and on the Deveron also. The Spey 

 and Findhorn are earlier still. 



There are more salmon kelts than bull-trout kelts, from what he has seen, 

 in the Deveron. Cannot speak as to the Tweed. Sees few kelts in his stake 

 nets. Only fixed nets are used here. Has seen no hang nets here. No net 

 is allowed within four miles of each side of the Tweed or five miles to 

 seaward. 



Catches fish at times marked by nets. If the water is clean they do not 

 nurt. If the water is thick they are harmed. Does not get very many here so 

 marked. 



The fungousy fish he saw was caught by his net in the sea, four miles from 

 the mouth of the river. It was on 12th September. If he had not seen other 

 diseased fish in the fish-house he would not have known what it was. It was 

 spotted on the side. It came off quite easily when he rubbed it. It was like 

 a bluish mark below, like a scald on his own hand. The flesh was quite 

 whole. When eaten it was quite good. It was a hen fish. Thinks the fish 

 was curing. 



