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Part III. — Twenty -fourth Annual Report 



cod, 7 codling, 13 whiting, and 159 gurnards, and the other flat-fishes 

 were 9 brill, 10 lemon dabs, 7 witches, and 866 common dabs. The next 

 haul, for four hours and five minutes, in from 8 to 12 fathoms, was less 

 productive, the total number of fishes taken being 791, of which 591 

 were marketable and 200 unmarketable. No marketable haddocks were 

 obtained, and only 56 unmarketable. There were 7 brill, 4 lemon dabs, 

 120 common dabs, and 559 plaice, of which 535 were marketable and 24 

 unmarketable. 



Several other drags were made in the same locality, in some of which 

 the net was badly torn and the catches were small. The particulars in 

 regard to three of them, in which this did not occur, are as follows. In 

 the first, in from 8 to 14 fathoms, and which lasted for four hours and 

 twenty minutes, the number of fishes secured was 2218, those marketable 

 numbering 1162, and the unmarketable 1056. The most abundant of 

 the fishes was plaice, which totalled 1 220, of which 1012 were marketable 

 and 208 unmarketable. Common dabs were also numerous, the total 

 being 622, but 492 of them were unmarketable. Other flat-fishes 

 included 1 turbot, 12 brill, and a lemon dab. The total of haddocks was 

 101, only 5 being marketable ; there were also 9 codling and 216 gurnards. 

 The next haul, which lasted for four hours and fifteen minutes, and was 

 made in water of from 8 to 13 fathoms depth, yielded 1569 fishes, 854 

 being marketable and 715 unmarketable. Plaice, common dabs, and 

 haddocks formed the bulk of the catch. The plaice numbered 792, of 

 which 690 were marketable and 102 unmarketable. Three brill and a 

 black or common sole were also taken, as well as 268 common dabs, 14 

 witches, and 5 lemon dabs. In the third of the hauls, lasting for four 

 hours and a half, and in the same depths, 1898 fishes were obtained, 931 

 being marketable and 967 unmarketable. The plaice numbered 919, of 

 which 826 were marketable and 93 unmarketable. There were 416 small 

 haddocks, all being unmarketable. Other round-fishes included 6 codling, 

 103 whiting, and 38 gurnard. There were also 398 common dabs and 3 

 lemon dabs. 



In the five drags collectively, the time of trawling occupying 21 hours 

 and 45 minutes, the total number of fishes taken was 10,377, the 

 marketable numbering 5017, or rather over half the aggregate number. 

 The particulars of the marketable and unmarketable of the various kinds 

 are given in the following table : — 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Haddock. 



Whiting. 



Gurnard. 



Turbot. 



Brill. 



Plaice. 



I. 



1 



4 



62 



13 





1 



31 



4,257 



II. 





36 



2,198 



164 



468 







693 



Total 



1 



40 



2,260 



177 



468 



1 



31 



4,950 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



Lemoi: 

 Dab. 



23 



Witch. 



21 



Common 

 Dab. 



585 



2,274 



Sole. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



50 



50 



Angler. 



5 

 50 



55 



Thorn- 

 back. 



17 



25 



