18/9.] 



OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE. 



745 



3 fathoms 65°; 4 fathoms, 63°; 5 fathoms, 61°; 6 fathoms, 60°; 

 7 fathoms (at bottom), 59°. ' ' 



If I now confine my figures to the temperature and species of fishes 

 taken by trawling solely in Ballinskellig Bay in 18/8 and 1879 I 

 hud as follows :-Trawling was only employed on four days in July 

 18/8, in from 3 to 5 fathoms of water, with the surface-temperature 

 at 7 a.m. 60 to 62° or having an average of 61°: the total cap- 

 T-n To^T"/ Sa PP hirine Gurnards; 1 Dory; 18 Turbot ; 11 

 Brill; 99Paice; 11 Dabs; 11 Flounders; 157 Soles; 2 Lemon 

 boles. In August 18/8 trawling was employed on 15 days, with 

 the surface-temperature at 7 a.m. 60° to 64°, giving an average of 

 \i \ Tr reinarked ou A »g^t 7th that four scrapes were taken 

 with a 16-foot beam-trawl, and that the Plaice captured nearly 

 doubled the Soles in number, probably due to the speed at which 

 the boat was driven, and to the elevation of the "head-rone" above 

 the ground, as effected by the trawl-beam. Two of the scrapes were 

 in 3 fathoms and two in 5 fathoms of water; but there was no 

 very marked difference in the result. The total captures in the 15 

 days of August were as follows :— 1 Bass ; 2 Sea-Bream ; 31 Sap- 

 phirine Gurnards; 3 Grey Gurnards ; 4 Dory; 18 Mackerel; 34 

 lurbot; 28 Brill; 194 Plaice; 25 Dabs; 23 Flounders; 246 Soles ; 

 1 Lemon Sole. 



In the year 1879, trawling was employed for 12 days in July 

 fjh surface-temperature at 7 a.m. 50° to 56°, having an average 

 of 53 -9. 1 he total captures were :— 1 Sea-Bream ; 2 Sapphirine 

 Gurnards; 2 Grey Gurnards; 8 Dory; 2 Angler; 2 Lin- • 25 

 Turbot; 32 Brill; 393 Plaice ; 117 Dabs; 4 Lemon Dabs '; 2 

 Flounders ; 229 Soles ; 1 Lemon Sole ; 4 Whiffs. Dunn- Au-ust 

 trawling was carried on 11 days, with the surface-temperature at 

 7 a.m. 54 to 58° having a mean of 56°-5. The total captures 

 were:— 9 Sapphirine Gurnards; 5 Grey Gurnards; 4 Piper- 12 

 Dory; 1 Angler; 19 Turbot; 45 Brill; 448 Plaice; 137 Dabs; 

 5 Lemon Dabs ; 4 Flounders ; 269 Soles. We find, therefore, that 

 tne nshes captured in the two years were about as follows :— 



> Trawling was resorted to on eleven days, but only on nine of thein have I 

 the numbers of each species captured. 



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