of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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days before. In the following Table are given the number of marketable 

 (I ) and unmarketable (IT.) fishes taken in the three drags : — 



A short haul of one hour's duration was then taken oflF Burghead Bay, 

 between it and Cromarty, in thirty fathoms, with the small-meshed net 

 around the cod-end of the otter-trawl. The total number of fishes taken 

 in both nets was 1805, belonging to fourteen species, as follows : — 



Siaith Bank was then visited, and a haul with the small-meshed net 

 attached was made in twenty-one fathoms for one hour. Tbe tying of 

 the outer net was defective ; the knot slipped, and all the fish escaped. 

 In the cod-end were thirty-three haddocks, three cod, five plaice, one 

 lemon dab, five common dabs, and an angler. 



The quantity of fish landed by the vessel, as recorded on returning to 

 port amounted to 218^ cwts., as follows: — 



VIL 



The next series of trawling investigations was made on board the 

 " Loch ry an," on 11th and 12th December, in Aberdeen Bay, a strong 

 breeze blowing from the south, with a rough sea and rain. The catches 

 were small, but, as often occurs in such conditions of weather, a consider- 

 able number of cod were secured. Three recorded hauls were made off 

 the Black Dog in from four and a half to ten fathoms of water, the 

 duration of the actual trawling being twelve hours and ten minutes. 

 The total number of fishes caught in each haul was respectively 344, 



