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FISHES AND FISHERIES OF THE IRISH SEA. 



Time 

 Date. Net Down. 



Aug.2ist... 40 minutes 



3 ist --- 

 Sept. 4th... ,, 



,, 6th... ,, 

 ,, i4th... ,, 

 ,, 27th... 



Oct. 3rd... 40 minutes 



,, 4th... i hour 



Quarts 



of 

 Shrimps. 



Food 



Fish under 

 4 oz. 



REMARKS. 



23rd... i hr. ro min... 10 



,, 28th... i hour 



18 

 64 



13 

 36 

 20 



28 

 80 



,, i9th... i hr. 10 min... 22 



3>5 6 5 

 ..4,319 . 



.1,608 

 .1,262 



.5,487 

 .2,339 



.1,355 

 .2,560 

 .1,957 . 



H 2 



.1,240 . 

 .2,300 . 



No. of other 



Shrimp 

 Trawlers at 



work on 

 this ground 

 at same time. 



31 ... Most of fish dead before 

 we could get them 

 out of the net 



33 ... Boarded two boats and 

 found they had made 

 similar catches 

 No entry ... Plaice alive, the rest 



dead or dying. 



36 ... Soles and plaice alive, 

 others dead or dying. 

 36 ... Fish all dead or dying. 

 21 ... Soles and plaice alive, 



remainder dead 

 7 ... Soles alive 

 36 ... Fish alive 

 41 ... Flat fish alive, others 



dead or dying. 

 26 



i ... Soles and plaice alive, 

 remainder dead or 



dying-. 



37 ... Also 23 boats using 

 shank or bow nets. 

 Soles and plaice alive, 

 remainder dead or 

 dying. 



NOTE. Hauls have been made on this ground at other times of the year ; but we have 

 only mentioned here the hauls made in June, July, August, September, and October. 



XII. Result of some experimental hauls made with the shrimp trawl on the Burbo 

 Bank shrimping 1 ground during 1 the years 1895-1901. 



The fish taken were chiefly soles, plaice, dabs, whiting, haddock, codling, and ray. In 

 considering the amount of undersized sea-fish taken in shrimp trawls, it should be remembered 

 that each shrimp trawler makes several hauls during the day. It will be noticed that more 

 undersized soles have been found during the years 1898 and 1899 than for some time past. 

 This may possibly result from the fact that this ground was little fished upon by the shrimp 

 trawlers in 1897. Frequently, on days when the experimental hauls were made, other boats 

 were boarded, and their takes were found to be similar, 



