of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 19 
particulars are given in the following Table, the marketable fishes being 
represented on the first line (I.) and the unmarketable on the second line 
(TT), 
Cod. Codling. | Haddock. | Whiting. | Cat-fish. | Halibut. 
| | 
—S- eS | = “| ed 
| I. IS es 46 | 108 11 2 2 
I. . 9 aha 8 
‘Total 13 55 113 49 2 2 
LEENA Ree te eth eee [eee ee ee Pe 
L | Common | 
Turbot. | Brill. | Plaice. © Witch. Dab. | Dab. | Flounder. 
| 
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ieiaiD 6 64 1,159 Somes GE thn FAQS! 12 
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Total | Gee h Gdee be Dg 327 6 | 388 | 12> 
| 
In addition to those in the Table, there were 3 herrings, 34 anglers, and 
18 thornbacks. 
In the same locality, but in rather shallower water, another haul was 
taken on the 8th, which may be here referred to. The depth was from 
7 to 10 fathoms, but mostly 7, 8, and 9, and it lasted four hours and 
twelve minutes. The catch was smaller than in the others, totalling 367 
fishes, 334 being marketable and 33 unmarketable. Plaice were not so 
numerous, consisting of 263 (3 baskets of mediums and 14 of small). 
There were also 2 turbot and 21 brill. Haddocks were represented by 
2 smali, unmarketable specimens, but, on the other hand, there were 
17 cod. 
After the three first hauls above referred to, the vessel shifted a little 
further out into deeper water. The light on Burghead pier bore about 
S.S.E., and the depths ranged to about 25 fathoms, the distance from the 
light being about four miles. In the first haul, in from 17 to 20 fathoms, 
which lasted for four hours and ten minutes, 1295 fishes were caught, of 
which 1011 were marketable and 284 unmarketable. The bulk of the 
catch was made up of plaice, haddocks, and witches. There were 273 
plaice, mostly medium and small (see page 35), and all marketable, 371 
witches, all marketable and all except four large, while the number of 
haddocks was 277, of which 213 were marketable, though nearly all were 
small. The catch included 12 cod, 22 codling, 2 coal-fish, 2 cat-fish, 3 
turbot, and 4 brill. 
The second haul, made in the same locality in from about 17 to 21 
fathoms, and which lasted for four hours and five minutes, yielded 1460 
fishes, of which 1081 were marketable and 379 unmarketable. Haddocks 
were much scarcer than in the preceding drag, the bulk of the fishes 
being plaice and witches. The number of plaice was 384, and they were 
all marketable ; most of them were mediums and thirds. The witches 
numbered 528, there being 466 large, marketable, and 62 unmarketable. 
There were also 11 brill, 1 turbot, 6 lemon dabs, 10 cod, and 2 cat-fish. 
The number of haddocks was 148, and 63 of them were too small to be 
marketable. It is of interest to note that in this catch there were 9 
berried edible crabs, 
