of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 19 
] Long 
Plaiee. oe Witch. bec Sear Halibut.| Turbot. | Brill. Rough 
1. | 4,456 | 80 | 202 | 3.639 1 1 16, Wd 
Il. 136 10 . | 2,486 | : : 24 
4,592 | 90 | 202 | 6,075 1 1 16 | 24 9A 
2. The Deep-Water Grounds in May. 
A trip to the north-eastern deep-water grounds off the Shetlands was 
made at the end of May on board the “Star of Peace,” the recorder of 
the hauls being on this occasion Mr. W. Mason, one of the men of the 
“ Garland,” who was accustomed to similar work on board that vessel. 
Leaving on the 22nd of the month the trawler made for Buchanness, 
as usual when going to the grounds named, and then laid her course 
N.E. by E. easterly, and ran about 111 miles by the log. The position 
where fishing was begun lies about 80-85 miles 8.8.E. of Sumburgh 
Head, Shetland, in the upper part of Square XIX. on the chart 
(Plate I.). 
The first drag was made in 673 fathoms, the surface temperature 
being 44° F., and the bottom-temperature 42°8° F. The five hours’ 
haul on a soft bottom gave 2650 fishes, of which 2100 were market- 
able and 550 unmarketable. Haddocks were most numerously 
represented, 1445 being taken, almost all marketable; codlings 
and witches were also present in fair numbers, there being 130 of the 
former and 322 of the latter. As usual, the most abundant of the 
unmarketable forms was the long rough dab, of which 517 were caught. 
Four hauls were made in this locality, each for five hours, the depths 
being 673, 683, and 70 fathoms. The total number of fish caught 
in three of the hauls, which were fully recorded, was 7654, of which 
6044 were marketable and 1610 unmarketable, the average take per hour’s 
fishing being 510-3 fishes, and the proportion of unmarketable to the 
total catch 21 per cent. The numbers of the various species were as 
follows, the marketable being indicated by I., and the unmarketable by 
IT. :— 
Had- | Whit- 
dock. ing. Ling. | Saithe.} Tusk. | Hake. | Cat-fish. 
Long 
Common} Lemon| Grey | Starry 
Rough |"Dab. | Sole, | Skate. | Ray 
Up 2 
Il. 42 
2 42 
