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important pait of the whole. It will be seen that on the East Coast as a whole there is 

 a double maximum in Fcbruaiy and October, and this double maximum is also shown 

 in the separate statistics for Leith, Montrose and Aberdeen. In the East Coast line-fishing 

 ports from Eyemouth to Banff the maximum is in February, except at Anstruther, where 

 the December average is slightly greater. From Buckie to Wick on the other hand the 



Table IV. Average Catch of Haddock, in cwts. at the undermentioned ports for the twenty 



years 1886— 1905. 



Eyemouth . . . 



Leith 



Anstruther . . 

 Montrose .... 

 Stonehaven . . 

 Aberdeen. . . . 

 Peterhead . . . 

 Fraserburgh . 



Banff 



Buckie 



Findhorn .... 

 Cromarty . . . 

 Helmsdale . . . 



Lybster 



Wick 



Orkney . . . . 

 Shetland .... 

 Storno\va\' . . 



Barra 



Loch Broom . 

 Loch Carron. 

 Fort William . 

 Campbeltown 

 Inverar}' .... 

 Rothesay . . . 

 Greenock .... 

 Ballantrae . . . 

 Scotland . . . . 



Dec. 



2638 

 10803 

 2030 



6796 

 1422 

 29030 

 24S3 

 261 1 



3694 

 4204 



325' 

 1002 



756 

 127 



974 



653 



4422 



1993 



380 



69 



31 



114 



'5 



98 



69 



252 



8003 s 



maximum is usually in October, but a month earlier at Cromarty. In Orkney and Shet- 

 land the maximum is in January and February respectively. Turning to the West Coast, 

 the maximum at Stornoway and Loch Broom is in December, thence southward to 

 Greenock it varies from February to April, while at Ballantrae (where it is no doubt 

 interfered with by Herring fishing in the early spring) the maximum appears in October. 



