of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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The above Table represents the percentage proportions (in cwts.) of 

 three voyages of a trawler, the fish in No. 1. being caught in 65 fathoms 

 about sixteen miles off Fair Isle ; the fish in No. IT. were caught in 65-G8 

 fathoms, sixty-five miles S.E, by E. of Sumburgh Head, Shetlands {i.e., 

 nearly halfway towards Norway), and the fish in No. III. were caught in 

 8-10 fathoms in the Dornoch Firth, and therefore within a few miles of 

 the shore. The proportions of the various flat-fishes and of the long fishes 

 are noteworthy m the different cases. 



As another example I may give the results of five drags taken (I.) about 

 111 miles N.E. by E. easterly, from Buchan Ness (about 110 miles due 

 east of the Orkneys and about 140 miles due west of Norway) in 70 

 fathoms, and (II.) in 34 fathoms about 170 miles E. by S. from Girdleness, 

 in the neighbourhood of the Fisher Bank, and about 105 miles from 

 Norway. The position of the place where the second five drags were 

 taken (a week later) is about 120 miles southerly and easterly from 

 the place where the first five drags were taken, but in much shallower 

 water. I give the average number of fishes in each drag. 



Haddocks, whitings, and "long" fish, it will be observed, were much 

 less abundant on the eastern grounds, and the proportion of flat-fishes was 

 very different. Thus on the northern grounds, in deeper water, no plaice 

 at all were caught, while the average per drag on the Fisher Bank was 

 G6-7. On the latter no megrims were taken and only 0-6 witches ; on tha 

 former the average catch of megrims was 9-6 and of witches 187'4:. 



