of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



3] 



The average numbers per hour's trawling of the total fishes, the 



marketable and unmarketable, and of the plaice and haddocks are as 

 follows : — 



Marketable. Unmarketable. Total. 

 All kinds, . . 230-7 246-4 477 0 



Plaice, . . . 195-7 31-8 227*6 



Haddock, . . 2*9 101*0 103-9 



They furnish a strong contrast to the corresponding figures for the 

 Dornoch Firth. 



The quantity of fishes, in cwts., landed at the market as the result of this 

 trip is given in the following Table, the total amounting to 123^ cwts : — 



Cod. CodKug. Haddock. Turbot. Halibut. Lemon Dab. Plaice. 



H 2 5 i | 1 99 



Brill. Common Dab. Witch. Skates. 



1| 5£ I 6 



Of the plaice, there were 5| cwts. of large, 25| cwts. of medium, and 68 

 cwts. of small. 



IV. 



At the beginning of November another series of hauls was made in the 

 Moray Firth, mostly at Burghead Bay and in the Dornoch Firth, but 

 also on the Caithness coast. The weather was rather stormy, and the 

 vessel, the 6: Cairntoul," had to be run for shelter to the Cromarty Firth. 

 The fishing turned out to be poor from the market point of view, haddocks 

 especially, which usually form an important item in the catch, being 

 extremely scarce. 



The first haul at Burghead Bay, in from 8 to 10 fathoms of water, was 

 for three hours and five minutes, and the total number of fishes taken 

 was large, viz., 4331. They consisted, however, mostly of unmarketable 

 fish, the marketable numbering 780 and the unmarketable 3551. Plaice 

 was by far the most important, the total being 1005, of which 679 were 

 marketable and 326 too small for market. One turbot and 7 brill were 

 among the flat-fishes, as well as a few common dabs. A feature of the 

 catch was the large numbers of small unmarketable haddocks that were 

 taken. They totalled 2852, whereas not a single haddock of marketable 

 size was taken. There were also 23 unmarketable codling, 90 whitings, 

 and 117 gurnards. In the next haul, in the same locality, the depth 

 being from 8 to 13 fathoms and the duration of the haul three hours and 

 fifteen minutes, 3859 fishes were secured, of which 324 were marketable 

 and 3535 unmarketable. The former were made up entirely of plaice, 

 with a few dabs and two thornbacks ; the plaice numbered altogether 

 445, of which 301 were marketable. All the round-fishes were unmarket- 

 able, and they comprised 2748 haddocks, 198 whiting, 47 codling, and 

 204 gurnards. 



The total number of fishes taken in the two drags, the time of actual 

 trawling being six hours and twenty minutes, was 81 90, of which 1 104 were 

 marketable and 7086 unmarketable. The particulars are as follows : — 





Codling. 



Haddock. 



Whiting. 



Gurnard. 



Turbot. 



I. 











1 



II. 



70 



5,600 



288 



321 





Total 



70 



5,600 



288 



321 



1 



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