30 Part LI —Twenty-fourth Annual Report 
cod, 7 codling, 13 whiting, and 159 gurnards, and the other flat-fishes 
were 9 brill, 10 lemon dabs, 7 witches, and 866 common dabs. The next 
haul, for four hours and five minutes, in from 8 to 12 fathoms, was less 
productive, the total number of fishes taken being 791, of which 591 
were marketable and 200 unmarketable. No marketable haddocks were 
obtained, and only 56 unmarketable. There were 7 brill, 4 lemon dabs, 
120 common dabs, and 559 plaice, of which 535 were marketable and 24 
unmarketable. 
Several other drags were made in the same locality, in some of which 
the net was badly torn and the catches were small. The particulars in 
regard to three of them, in which this did not occur, are as follows. In 
the first, in from 8 to 14 fathoms, and which lasted for four hours and 
twenty minutes, the number of fishes secured was 2218, those marketable 
numbering 1162, and the unmarketable 1056. The most abundant of 
the fishes was plaice, which totalled 1220, of which 1012 were marketable 
and 208 unmarketable. Common dabs were also numerous, the total 
being 622, but 492 of them were unmarketable. Other flat-fishes 
included 1 turbot, 12 brill, and a lemon dab. The total of haddocks was 
101, only 5 being marketable ; there were also 9 codling and 216 gurnards. 
The next haul, which lasted for four hours and fifteen minutes, aud was 
made in water of from 8 to 13 fathoms depth, yielded 1569 fishes, 854 
being marketable and 715 unmarketable. Plaice, common dabs, and 
haddocks formed the bulk of the catch. ‘The plaice numbered 792, of 
which 690 were marketable and 102 unmarketable. Three brill and a 
black or common sole were also taken, as well as 268 common dabs, 14 
witches, and 5 lemon dabs. In the third of the hauls, lasting for four 
hours and a half, and in the same depths, 1898 fishes were obtained, 931 
being marketable and 967 unmarketable. The plaice numbered 919, of 
which 826 were marketable and 93 unmarketable. There were 416 small 
haddocks, all being unmarketable. Other round-fishes included 6 codling, 
103 whiting. and 38 gurnard. There were also 398 common dabs and 3 
lemon dabs. 
In the five drags collectively, the time of trawling occupying 21 hours 
and 45 minutes, the total number of fishes taken was 10,377, the 
marketable numbering 5017, or rather over half the aggregate number. 
The particulars of the marketable and unmarketable of the various kinds 
are given in the following table :— 
| 
Cod. \Codling. Haddock. | Whiting. Gurnard.| Turbot. Brill. | Plaice. 
I. ] 4 62 1B mes ie Fes 31 | 4,257 
Ul. | 36 2,198 164 468 : : 693 
| fase (edev cv feed. cer ov hws dll ia 
Total 1 | 40 2,260 177 468 1 | 81 | 4:950 
pn, 
Lemon ; Common , Long Thorn 
Dab. Witch. Dab Sole. Hovee Angler. ban 
ab. 
e 23 17 585 1 2 5 rh gee 
Il 4 | 1,689 50 50 Sie y 
| 
Total 93 21 2274 | 1 50 Bb 25 
