of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 25 
were also in the cod-end 79 haddocks, nearly all small, 13 plaice, and 76 
common dabs. The contents of the small-meshed net filled six baskets, 
one of which contained 348 small haddocks, 93 dabs, 4 whitings, 3 
codlings, 103 gurnards, and 4 lemon dabs, so that the total number of 
small fishes which had passed through the meshes of the cod-end would 
number about 3300, mostly haddocks and gurnards. 
Two hauls were then made in Aberdeen Bay in the neighdourhood of 
Newburgh, in from 5 to 13 fathoms. In the first, for four hours 
and ten minutes, 384 fishes were caught, of which 242 were marketable 
and 142 unmarketable. Haddocks, plaice, whitings, and dabs formed 
the greater part of the catch, most of the haddocks being unmarketable. 
In the next drag 572 fishes were obtained, 274 being marketable, 5 of 
which were turbot. The particulars of these two hauls, the time of fishing 
being eight hours and fifteen minutes, are as follows :— 
Had- | Whit-} Gur- Marhot! 
; Long 
= M Lemon |Common Rough | Angler. 
dock.| ing. | nard ab 
Plaice. Dab. Dab. 
Ts 41 48 . 5 364 3 55 
Il. 103 21 13 - - : 298 3 2 
Total | 144 69 13 5 364 3 303 3 2 
' The statistics showed that the total quantity of fish landed at the 
market amounted to 653 cwts., as follows :— 
Cod. Codling. Ling. Hake, Haddock. Turbot. Brill. Luemon Dab,  Plaice. 
14¢ 3 18 4 214 4 2 18 
13 2 t 4 
8 
Dabs. Witch Skate. Cat-fish, 
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LY, 
Early in November another series of hauls was made in Aberdeen Bay 
by the “Ocean Bride.” The first, for three and a quarter hours, was 
between the ‘‘ Black Dog” and Newburgh, in 11 to 13 fathoms, and 689 
fishes were caught, of which 422 were marketable and 267 unmarketable. 
Haddocks numbered 185, all but 15 large enough to go to market ; 
there were 73 plaice, 163 common dabs, 9 cod, 63 codling, 154 
whiting, as well as a halibut and 3 turbot. Other five recorded 
hauls were made in the same locality in from 43 to 13 fathoms, 
and the total number of fishes taken in the twenty-one hours and 
forty minutes of actual fishing was 2398, 1410 being marketable and 988 
unmarketable. The particulars are given in the following Table :— 
Cod. Codling. Had: Whiting, | Gurnard. Ling. Coal-fish. 
I 62 181 685 69 1 2 
II 9 66 298 ‘) 
[ Continued, 
