of the, Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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The hauls in September 1900 wei'e made at Stations I. — V., and the 

 total number of fishes of all kinds caught was 1220, the average per 

 haul being thus 244. The number of flat-fishes taken was 654, with an 

 average of 130-8, and the number of i-ound fishes 544, with an average 

 per haul of 108-8. In September oi'the first period— 1886-1890— fifteen 

 hauls were made at these stations and 5452 fishes were c-aught, the 

 average per haul being 363-5. The number of flat-fishes was 3178, with 

 an average of 211-9, and the number of round fishes 2172, the average 

 being 1 44-8. In the second period — 1 891 -1 895 — the number of hauls at 

 the same stations was twenty-four, 9272 fishes being taken, or an 

 average of 386-3 per haul. The flat-fishes numbeied 5181, the average 

 being 215-9, and the round fishes 3948, with an average of 164-5. In 

 the hauls in September 1900, 1220 fishes were taken, the average being 

 244. Flat-fishes numbered 654, with an average of 130-8 per haul, and 

 round fishes 544, with an average of 108-8. 



In March, in the fii-st period, 1362 fishes were taken in the fourteen 

 hauls, the average being 97-3. Flat-fishes numbered 906, the average 

 per haul being 64-7, and round fishes 378, with an average of 27. In 

 the twenty-six hauls in the second period 3456 fishes Avere taken, the 

 general average being 132-9. The number of flat-fishes was 2331, and 

 the average 89-6, the number of round fishes being 963 and the avei'age 

 37. In the seven hauls in 1901 the number of fishes taken was 970, 

 flat-fishes numbering 694 and round fishes 217, the respective averages 

 per haul being 138-6, 99*1, and 31-0. 



Including skates and " other fish. 



