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were taken in this drag, all marketable. In the three recorded hauls, the 
duration of fishing being ten hours and twenty minutes, 1999 fishes 
were caught, 1733 being marketable and 266 unmarketable. The pro- 
portion of large and small haddocks and plaice was as follows :— 
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Unmarketable Total 
Haddocks, 4 18 110 — 10 142 
Plaice, — 406 498 640 95 1639 
The details as to the marketable and unmarketable are these :— 
‘ Cod- | Had- | Whit-| Gur- -__|Lemon)| Meg- | Com. | Sole- |Thorn- 
Cod. ling. | dock. | ing. | nard, Blaace, Dab, | rim. | Dab. | nette.) back. 
Be ee Pe 2 le 
lh 3 5 elelis2 i - 1,544 1 1 35 - 9 
Il. . 26 10 25 3 95 - . 88 1 18 
Total 3 31 | 142 26 3 | 1,639 1 25 1 27 
Some further drags were made in Burghead Bay with, on the whole, 
good catches of fish The depth was usually from 6 to 9 fathoms, 
the length of the haul about four hours, and the aggregate number of 
fishes for a haul varied from 631 to 1027. Plaice formed the greater 
part of the catches, but there were also a good few cod, turbot, and brill, 
while haddocks remained singularly scarce. The aggregate numbers in 
the eleven recorded hauls here during the voyege—the duration of the 
fishing being forty-two hours and twenty minutes—were 9253 fishes, 
8032 marketable and 1221 unmarketable. The following Table shows the 
proportion of marketable and unmarketable of each kind :— 
ane Had- | Whit- | ~ Gur- Coal- = 
Cod. |Codling. api ing. Cat-fish. sen fish. Halibut. 
I 7] 37 42 1 1 1 
II 172 137 148 15 - 
Total 71 209 179 148 1 15 1 il 
Lemon Common Long 
|Turbot.| Brill. | Plaice. Da Witch. Dab, hes Flounder. 
I 15 136 7,580 8 ui/ 530 - 2 
II. - - 50 1 - 623 32 
Total 15 136 7,580 9 17 1,153 32 2 
ea ne Y |Sand Eel.| Sprat. | Angler. aeoud Herring. 
I - i 
II 6 16 1 il 41 1 11 
Total 6 17 1 1 41 1 if 
