oj the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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particulars are given in the following Table, the marketable fishes being 

 represented on the first line (I.) and the unmarketable on the second line 



(ii.). 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Haddock. 



Whiting. 



Cat-fish. 



Halibut. 



I. 



13 



46 



108 



41 



2 



2 



II. 





9 



5 



8 







Total 



13 



55 



113 



49 



2 



2 





Turbot. Brill. 



1 



Plaice. 



Witch. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Flounder 



I. 

 11. 



Total 



6 64 

 - 



1,159 



327 

 . 



6 



205 

 183 



12 



i 



6 64 



1.159 



327 



6 



388 



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In addition to those in the Table, there were 3 herrings, 34 anglers, and 

 18 thornbacks. 



In the same locality, but in rather shallower water, another haul was 

 taken on the 8th, which may be here referred to. The depth was from 

 7 to 10 fathoms, but mostly 7, 8, and 9, and it lasted four hours and 

 twelve minutes. The catch was smaller than in the others, totalling 367 

 fishes, 334 being marketable and 33 unmarketable. Plaice were not so 

 numerous, consisting of 263 (3 baskets of mediums and 1 J of small). 

 There were also 2 turbot and 21 brill. Haddocks were represented by 

 2 small, unmarketable specimens, but, on the other hand, there were 

 17 cod. 



After the three first hauls above referred to, the vessel shifted a little 

 further out into deeper water. The light on Burghead pier bore about 

 S.S.E., and the depths ranged to about 25 fathoms, the distance from the 

 light being about four miles. In ihe first haul, in from 17 to 20 fathoms, 

 which lasted for four hours and ten minutes, 1295 fishes were caught, of 

 which 1011 were marketable and 284 unmarketable. The bulk of the 

 catch was made up of plaice, haddocks, and witches. There were 273 

 plaice, mostly medium and small (see page 35), and all marketable, 371 

 witches, all marketable and all except four large, while the number of 

 haddocks was 277, of which 213 were marketable, though nearly all were 

 small. The catch included 12 cod, 22 codling, 2 coal-fish, 2 cat-fish, 3 

 turbot, and 4 brill. 



The second haul, made in the same locality in from about 17 to 21 

 fathoms, and which lasted for four hours and five minutes, yielded 1 460 

 fishes, of which 1081 were marketable and 379 unmarketable. Haddocks 

 were much scarcer than in the preceding drag, the bulk of the fishes 

 being plaice and witches. The number of plaice was 384, and they were 

 all marketable ; most of them were mediums and thirds. The witches 

 numbered 528, there being 466 large, marketable, and 62 unmarketable. 

 There were also 11 brill, 1 turbot, 6 lemon dabs, 10 cod, and 2 cat-fish. 

 The number of haddocks was 148, and 63 of them were too small to be 

 marketable. It is of interest to note that in this catch there were 9 

 berried edible crabs. 



