of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 17 
the aggregate number of fishes caught was only 2086-895 being market- 
able and 1191 unmarketable—which was extremely poor fishing. The 
numbers of haddocks and plaice of the various sizes taken in the hauls 
were as follows :— 
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Total 
Haddock 57 164 65 — 286 
Plaice SE 186 192 18 487 
The particulars as to the marketable and unmarketable in the seven 
drags are these :— 
Cod. | Codling. | Haddock. | Whiting. | Coal-fish. | Cat-fish. COUBSE: 
Common 
Dab. 
Lemon 
Dab. 
16 
Il. 11 33 
Total 487 27 33 
The vessel then steamed to the so-called “ witch-grounds,” off Kinnaird 
Head, and made two drags there on the 23rd. Owing to want of time 
the unmarketable fishes in these drags, which were very numerous, were 
not recorded. In the first, for four hours and fifteen minutes, in from 
40 to 45 fathoms, 168 marketable fishes were obtained, chiefly haddocks 
and witches; the offal, or unmarketable fishes, filled seven baskets, the 
contents of one of which were counted, viz., 306 dabs, 183 long rough 
dabs, 94 haddocks, and 42 whitings. In the second drag, in from 40 to 
50 fathoms, 163 marketable fishes were secured, comprising 4 cod, 7 
codlings, 62 witches, and 90 haddocks ; the offal or unmarketable fishes 
filled three baskets, and were not enumerated. Small haddocks, too small 
to be marketable, were numerous in this locality ; the numbers of the 
various classes of marketable haddocks were, lst 35, 2nd 65, 3rd 68. 
Another haul for an hour and ten minutes was made here in about 50 
fathoms with the small-meshed net laced around the cod-end, in order to 
catch the small fishes, as described in previous reports ; 2812 fishes were 
taken, belonging to 18 species, as follow :— 
Winds) 2? tan ae as alc Witch ene! pe a 
Haddock, - - - 249 | Lemon Dab. - - 3 
Whiting, - : - 122 | Common Dab, ~ - - 986 
Poorcod, - : - 7 | Long Rough Dab, - 1048 
Norway Pout, - - 250] Herring, - - = 2 
Three-Bearded Rockling, 2 | Sprat, : - - 3 
Four-Bearded Rockling, 5 | Lwmpenus, - . - 65 
Grey Gurnard, - - 2 | Spotted Dragonet = - 15 
Plaice, - - : 4 | Hagfish, - - - 3 
