18 Part ITT.— Twenty-third Annual Report 
The quantity of fish landed at the end of the voyage, according to the 
market returns, amounted to 99 cwt., as follows :— 
Cod. Codling. Ling. Saithe. Hake. Haddock. Whiting. Turbot. Halibut. Brill. 
23 4 1 2h 1 16} t 3 g 
Lemon Dab. Plaice. Witch. Megrim. Conger, Skate. Cat-fish. 
3} 27 61 } } 3 4 
II. 
The second series of trawlings was made at the end of March and the 
beginning of April, the steam trawler ‘Star of the Wave” being 
employed. The first place visited was Burghead Bay, where several 
hauls were taken, in from 4 to 16 fathoms, on 28th and 29th. 
In the first, which was carried into water of 30 fathoms depth, 1202 
fishes were taken—780 being marketable and 422 unmarketable. The 
fishes most abundantly represented were common dabs, plaice, haddocks, 
and witches ; there were also 24 brill and 19 lemon dabs, all marketable, 
as well as 5 herrings. All the haddocks and most of the plaice were 
small. The next three hauls were made nearer the shore, in water of 
from about 4 to 16 fathoms. In the first of these 975 were secured— 
574 being marketable and 401 unmarketable. Common dabs and 
plaice were best represented, numbering respectively 360 and 325— 
90 of the dabs and 302 of the plaice being marketable. The catch 
also included 89 haddocks—all small, and 37 marketable—6 catfish, 
20 lemon dabs, and 35 witches. The second haul brought up 698 fishes, 
mostly plaice and dabs, the marketable fishes including 23 brill, 2 
turbot, 10 lemon dabs, and 9 witches, as well as 18 haddocks, 3 cod, and 
2 catfishes. The third haul, for five hours and twenty-six minutes, 
yielded 2331 fishes, of which 1181 were marketable and 1150 unmarket- 
able. The catch included 1116 common dabs, 576 plaice, 208 haddocks, 
30 lemon dabs, 13 brill, and 2 turbot; there were also in this haul 28 
anglers, 8 herring, and a lumpsucker. 
The aggregate number of fishes in the three inshore drags referred to 
was 4004, 2168 being marketable and 1836 unmarketable. The numbers 
of haddocks and plaice of the various classes according to size were as 
follows :-— 
Ist Ind 3rd 4th Total 
Haddock 16 = 204 — 220 
Plaice 96 276 416 335 Lis 
The details of the four hauls referred to are summed up in the 
accompanying Table :— 
‘ . Had- «4: | Coal- - | Gur- | Tur- «1, |Floun- 
Cod. |Codling. dock, |Whiting-| 53, | fish. ard abet Brill. |" ger. 
[ Continued. 
