66 Part I11.—Twenty-first Annual Report 
Date Place. | pens No. 
9 Nov Dornoch Firth 7-10 1 
O55 Do. - 9-13 1 
ION een Do - 9-13 3 
19 Dec. - Do. - 6-10 3 
1 Os Do 9-10 19 
20. - Burghead Bay - - . - - - - 7-24 44 
24 - Do. - - - - - - - 10 15 
24 i Do. U 2 - : - - 10 1 
17 Jan. - Off Dunbeath - - - . - . - 24 4 
Sie - Burghead Bay Bian gies cs eae - - | 74-22 5 
Herrings are sometimes landed in considerable quantities by trawlers, 
and as they are always large they command a good price. They are 
mostly taken in September, October, and November, and over a ton is 
sometimes brought to port by one trawler. They get them sometimes 
near the coast, but more commonly out towards the middle of the North 
Sea, as the Great Fisher Bank, and on the north-eastern grounds in 
deep water. From the following particulars of catches last year, it will 
be seen that in September they were caught mostly from 150-180 
miles E.S.E. from Aberdeen, on the western part of the Great Fisher 
Bank, in from thirty to forty fathoms. They were also got there in 
November, but in October they came from further north, midway 
between the Orkneys and Norway, and at greater depths. 
Date. Place. ve pa Cwts. 
1 Sept. - | 18 miles E. by N.; about 13 miles off coast of | 30-40 24 
Aberdeen. 
OMe - | 180 miles E.S.E. ; Great Fisher Bank - ; - 30-40 24 
Wh» 5 - | 155 -5 5s 5p - - - 40-45 22 
Sse, - | 150 _ 3 + - - - 40 4 
IS) - | 180 45 0 - - - 30-40 4h 
1 October | 150 miles N.E. ony E. 4 EB. - - - - : : 5 
1 » - | 150 miles N.E. by KE. - - - - - - 2 
8 » - | 160 miles E.N.E. - - - - - - - ; 2 
15 », - | 140 miles N.E. by KE. - - - - - - : 14 
19 Nov. - | 140 miles E.S.E. ; W. of Fisher Bank - - - 40-50 1 
250s - | 140-160 miles E.S.E.; ,, 5 - - 37-38 14 
