-2 Part III. — Twenty-fourth Annual Report 





Cod. 



Or, A 

 VUU- 



ling. 



iiiia- 

 dock. 



vv nil- 

 ing. 



i_/oai- 

 fish. 



r Oi- 



lack. 



Hake. 



fin* 

 nard. 



Turbot. 



Brill. 



Plaice. 



I. 

 II. 



62 



22 

 5 



1,302 

 116 



55 

 11 



2 



1 



4 



6 



1 



5 



631 



3 



Total 



62 



27 



M18 



66 



2 



1 



4 



6 



i 



5 



634 





Dab. 



Dab! 



Witch. 



1 Megrim. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Floun- 

 der. 



Her- 

 ring, 



Angler. 



Thorn- 

 back. 



Skate. 



I. 

 II. 



6 



177 



384 



1,920 

 81 



1 

 _ 



- 



197 



2 



2 



29 

 22 



76 

 15 



1 



20 



Total 



6 



561 



2,001 



1 



197 



2 



2 



51 



91 



20 



The vessel then proceeded to the Dornoch Firth, where some hauls 

 were taken, but the catches were not as a rule very large. The first was 

 made on the 9th February, mostly in 10 and 12 fathoms, and it lasted 

 for four hours and a half. The number of fishes caught was 1195, of 

 which 942 were marketable and 253 unmarketable. Plaice were most 

 numerously represented, the number being 805, of which 740 were 

 marketable and 65 unmarketable ; the former consisted of 2 large, 106 

 mediums, 260 thirds, and 372 fourths The other flat-fishes included 1 

 brill, 4 lemon dabs, 199 common dabs, and 166 flounders. Round-fishes 

 were practically absent, being represented only by 2 small haddocks. 

 The next haul was for an hour, with the small-meshed net around the 

 cod-end of the otter-trawl. In the latter the number of fishes amounted 

 to 277, of which 138 were marketable. The plaice numbered 240, of 

 which 115 were marketable and 125 too small to be marketable. There 

 were also 18 flounders and 9 small common dabs. Round-fishes again 

 were represented by only 2 small, unmarketable haddocks. The third 

 drag in the Dornoch Firth, in from about 4| to 12 fathoms, lasted for 

 four hours and ten minutes, and the number of fishes taken was 950, the 

 number marketable being 624 and the unmarketable 326. The catch 

 included 788 plaice, most of them being small ; 312 were too small to be 

 marketable, and of the 476 marketable, 254 belonged to the fourth class, 

 143 to the third, and 79 to the second (mediums). Among the flat-fishes 

 were also no less than 140 flounders, while the common dabs numbered 

 8. Haddocks were represented by a single unmarketable specimen, and 

 there were no other round-fishes. 



Omitting the haul with the small-meshed net around the cod-end of 

 the otter-trawl, the total number of fishes taken in the two ordinary 

 hauls, representing eight hours and forty minutes' trawling, was 2145, of 

 which 1566 were marketable and 579 unmarketable. The particulars 

 in regard to the different species of fish, marketable and unmarketable, 

 are as follows : — 





Haddock. 



Brill. 



Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Flounder. 



Angler. 



Thorn- 

 back. 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



2 

 1 



1 



1,216 

 377 

 1,593 



4 



17 



190 



306 



3 



20 



8 



3 



1 



4 



207 



306 



3 



28 



