of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



319 



No. 



85 



Date of 

 Capture 



20.7.86 



28.9.86 

 6.10.86 

 ii 



11.10.86 



13.10.86 

 15.10.86 

 19.10.86 



Locality where 

 caught. 



Firth of Forth 



Off Cromarty 



6 m. off Stone- 

 haven, 40 fath. 

 gravel 



35 m. S.E. Mon- 

 trose, 30 fath., 

 sand & gravel 



8 m. off Buckie, 

 18 to 20 fath. , 

 sand, shells, & 

 mud 



Off Berwick 



3 m. off Burg- 

 head, 28 fath. 



8 to 10 m. N.E. 

 Fraserburgh,40 

 to 60 fs.,muddy 



2 m. S.Peterhead 



Contents of Stomach. 



Fish. 



Three 3 in. sprats 



Four sprats 

 Sprats (full 

 grown) 

 it 



Small white fish 

 remains 



Head of about 

 6 in. codling 



Small white fish 

 remains • 



Three 

 One U 2 „ 

 Two 4 in. M 

 Two 1 in. white 

 fish backbones 



Head of about 



6 in. cod 

 Four 3^ in. to 4 



in. sprats 



One 6 in. codling 



Remains of very 



small sprats 

 Five 3^ in. sprats 



Five 3 in. sprats 



Small white fish 

 remains 



Do.3in.remains 

 Small sprat or 



herring 

 Several „ 



Crustacea. 



2 s 



Two f in 

 tunus 

 one common 

 shrimp 



For- 



(SP-), 



One common 

 shrimp 



Three 

 Twelv< 



Several | in. Por- 

 tunus (six), one 

 small crus- 

 tacean 



One 1£ in. Por- 

 tunus (sp.) 



Two shrimps 



Three shrimps 



One shrimp 

 Shrimp remains 



Remnants 

 shrimps 



Remains 

 shrimps 



of 



of 



A few minute 

 Crustacea 



Other Kinds of 

 Food. 



One Mytilus 

 eclulis 



One Mytilus 

 edulis 



One Mytilus 

 edulis 



One Mytilus 

 edulis 



One Mytilus 

 edidis 



One 



edulis 



Small piece 

 Tubularia 



Remarks. 



Trawled. 



I 12 in. to 16 in. 

 )■ whitings, 

 line-caught. 



13 in. to 15 in. 

 Y whitings, 

 trawled. 



J 



Line-caught. 



16 in. whiting, 



trawled. 

 13 in. whiting, 



line-caught. 



Line -caught. 



