40 NOKTII SEA INVESTIGATIONS. 



with making a note of the fish saved according to the information given 

 me by the mate : they were : — 



9 baskets of haddocks. 



1 „ „ medium phxice. 



I score cod. 



II pair of soles. 



1 turbot, 2 small brill. 



2 latchets. 



Small plaice occurred in insignificant numbers. 



Fifth haul, 6. a.m., June 7th. Soon after the trawl was shot, at 

 12.25 a.m., the Amrum Light was seen just on the horizon, about 20 

 miles distant. The vessel was steered towards the land, and just before 

 hauling we sounded 10 fatlioms, near the edge of the Amrum Bank. 

 The fish of this haul were also not completely examined by me ; there 

 were saved : — 



3 baskets medium plaice. 



5^ „ haddock. 



18 pair of soles. 



Nearly a basket of turbot and brill, some small. 



3 large cod, some latchets. 



Very few small plaice. 



Sixth haul, 9 a.m. The trawl was hauled up after being down about 

 two hours, in consequence of an accident in putting over the buoy. 

 The captain gave orders to put out the usual buoyed flag-staff to mark 

 this ground, where the fish was fairly plentiful, and when the anchor 

 and line belonging to the apparatus were thrown overboard they were 

 caught by the trawl, and it became necessary to haul. 



The largest plaice was 15 in. long, the smallest 8^ in. There were 

 11 turbot and 15 brill, 3 turbot and 1 brill being under 12 in. Of 

 latchets, 11 were taken; one I opened was a female approaching ripe- 

 ness, with about 6 sand-eels in the stomach. The latchets were not 

 considered very valuable fish : none were thrown overboard, but a 

 considerable number were eaten on board : the other fish taken for 

 cooking were dabs, whiting, and roker, and occasionally small plaice. 

 The fish thrown overboard from this haul were plaice up to 11 in., dabs 

 up to Hi in., and also some grey gurnard and whiting. The other fish 



3 baskets small plaice. 



2 „ medium plaice. 

 1 „ codling and dabs. 



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i ,, gibbed haddock. 



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