of the FUlierij Board for Scotland. 



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taken, 1137 marketable and 30G7 unmarketable. The numbers of the 

 two classes are as follows : — 



The very foggy weather which prevailed interfered with fashing operations 

 near the shore ; partly for this reason the vessel shifted its position and 

 made a haul in from sixteen to twenty-five fathoms off Tarbet Ness. The 

 drag.lasted for one hour and forty-five minutes, and it was found that the net 

 was considerably torn. The catch was small, amounting to 543 fishes, 

 of which 431 were marketable and 112 unmarketable. The number of 

 haddocks taken was 338, of which 315 were marketable ; there were 

 seventy plaice, fifty-two being marketable, thirteen marketable codlings, 

 five coal-fish, forty-two whitings, twenty-seven marketable, as well as six 

 lemon dabs and sixty-three common dabs. 



Two or three hauls were then made in the Dornoch Firth, in from 

 seven to twelve fathoms, but the work was difficult owing to the thick 

 fog, and in one of the drags the net was foul and came up without any 

 fish. In a recorded haul, which lasted for four hours, the number of 

 fishes caught was 1095, of which the marketable amounted to 933 and 

 the unmarketable to 162. The catch included 825 haddocks, all but 55 

 being marketable, as well as eight cod, two turbot, four brill, 148 plaice, 

 and some dabs. On the 27th a haul was made for sixty-five minutes, in 

 from eight to ten fathoms, with the small-meshed net, around the cod- 

 end. The total number of fishes taken in the two nets was 880, belong- 

 ing to sixteen species. Ou the following day another similar drag was 

 taken with the small-meshed net for an hour, and they may be both 

 considered together. The following is a list of the numbers of each kind 

 of fish caught in the two drags, nineteen species being represented, and 

 the total being 3657 fishes : — 



From the Dornoch the vessel steamed to the j 

 where a drag was made for four hours and a quarter 

 twenty-two fathoms. The net was found to have 

 coming up, and the catch was very small, amountin 

 fishes, all marketable. The catch included two cod, 

 and a few plaice and whitings. 



The next place visited was Smith Bank, where a 

 twenty-seven and twenty-eight fathoms, on the ed 



rounds oflf Lybster, 

 in from eighteen to 

 been badly split on 

 g to only sixty-two 

 forty-four haddocks, 



haul was made in 

 ge of the bank, for 



