of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 33 
‘ Cod- | Had- | Whit-| Tur- | Black|p,,-.. |Lemon} Com. |Thorn |Starry| py 4, 
Cod. ling. | dock. | ing. | bot. | Sole. Platce. Sole. | Dab. | back. | Ray. Epa 
IIe 5 578 | 5,080} 690 3 2 132 2 240 : : 6,732 
Ua [te 45 18 82 ; : ali 2 124 2 7 291 
5 623 | 5,098 | 772 3 2 143 4 364 2 7 | 7,023 
The next haul was made on 4th October in the Moray Firth, at 
Burghead Bay, in from nine to fourteen fathoms, and it lasted for four 
hours and ten minutes. Only the marketable fishes were enumerated, 
and of these 2473 were taken, consisting mostly of small haddocks and 
small plaice. The catch included two cod, ninety-two codlings, and 1083 
haddocks, of which only seventy-two were large or “ firsts,” all the 
others being small. Whitings numbered 150, and gurnards, 228—this 
part of the coast being usually very rich in gurnards—while one hake 
and one ling were also taken, as well as a mackerel. Among the flat- 
fishes plaice numbered 730, of which 458 were very small; there were 
also twenty-seven common dabs (marketable), 122 witches, and 
twenty-one lemon soles. The unmarketable fishes, consisting mostly of 
dabs, haddocks, and gurnards, filled fourteen baskets. 
The next haul was made in the same place, in from five to twenty - 
fathoms.of water, but mostly in from seven to nine and a half, for four 
hours and forty minutes, and the marketable catch consisted of 3598 
fishes, haddocks and _ plaice again forming the greater proportion. 
The haddocks numbered 2225, but they were, with the exception of 
sixty, all small; the fourth selection of very small marketable fishes 
numbered 857, and the “thirds” 1308. There were 696 marketable 
plaice, of which 407 were “ thirds,” and 114 “fourths,” or the smallest 
marketable. The marketable common dabs numbered 409, and four 
witches, thirteen lemon soles, and one black sole were included. The 
unmarketable fishes, mostly dabs, filled twelve baskets. 
The third haul in the Moray Firth, on the same ground, in from five 
to nine fathoms, lasted for four hours and twenty minutes, and the 
catch was a large one. The marketable fishes, which were alone 
enumerated, numbered 4786, comprising 2014 haddocks, 2139 plaice— 
of which 1354 were “ fourths” and 536.“ thirds ”—482 common dabs, 
thirty lemon soles, seventy gurnards, three brill, and six thornbacks, 
as well as two saithe and forty codlings. The aggregate number of 
fishes taken must have been very large, because those that were un- 
marketable, mostly dabs and gurnards, filled fifteen baskets. 
The catch of the fourth drag, in the same place, in four to eight 
fathoms, and lasting five hours, was completely enumerated. The 
fishes numbered 4532, of which 2397 were marketable, and 2135 un- 
marketable. There were twenty-five unmarketable codling, 290 
haddocks—the reduction in the numbers in this fish being no doubt 
owing to the shallower water in which the drag was made—of which 
twelve were unmarketable, seven whitings, 174 gurnards, and 2131 
plaice, of which 827 were medium, 174 large, 548 small, 160 ‘‘ fourths,” 
and 425 unmarketable. Common dabs numbered 1885, all being 
unmarketable except 245, and there were also one ling, three small 
lemon soles, fourteen thornbacks, and two sand-eels, as well as 240 
squids. 
Other five hauls were made in Burghead Bay, in from five to 
twenty, and mostly in from six to thirteen or fourteen fathoms, the 
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