of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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the aggregate number of fishes caught was only 2086 — 895 being market- 

 able and 1191 unmarketable — which was extremely poor fishing. The 

 numbers of haddocks and plaice of the various sizes taken in the hauls 

 were as follows : — 



1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 

 Haddock 57 164 65 286 

 Plaice 91 186 192 18 487 



The particulars as to the marketable and unmarketable in the seven 

 drags are these : — 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Haddock. 



Whiting. 



Coal-fish. 



Cat-fish. 



Conger- 

 Eel. 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



36 



38 

 29 



286 

 478 



72 



4 



3 



2 



36 



67 



764 



72 



4 



3 



2 





Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Long 

 Rough Dab. 



Skate. 



Angler. 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



487 



33 



439 



129 



16 

 11 



33 



487 



33 



439 



129 



27 



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The vessel then steamed to the so-called " witch-grounds," off Kinnaird 

 Head, and made two drags there on the 23rd. Owing to want of time 

 the unmarketable fishes in these drags, which were very numerous, were 

 not recorded. In the first, for four hours and fifteen minutes, in from 

 40 to 45 fathoms, 168 marketable fishes were obtained, chiefly haddocks 

 and witches ; the offal, or unmarketable fishes, filled seven baskets, the 

 contents of one of which were counted, viz., 306 dabs, 183 long rough 

 dabs, 94 haddocks, and 42 whitings. In the second drag, in from 40 to 

 50 fathoms, 163 marketable fishes were secured, comprising 4 cod, 7 

 codlings, 62 witches, and 90 haddocks ; the offal or unmarketable fishes 

 filled three baskets, and were not enumerated . Small haddocks, too small 

 to be marketable, were numerous in this locality ; the numbers of the 

 various classes of marketable haddocks were, 1st 35, 2nd 65, 3rd 68. 



Another haul for an hour and ten minutes was made here in about 50 

 fathoms with the small-meshed net laced around the cod-end, in order to 

 catch the small fishes, as described in previous reports; 2812 fishes were 

 taken, belonging to 18 species, as follow : — 



Cod, - 



7 



Witch, 



39 



Haddock, - 



249 



Lemon Dab. 



'6 



Whiting, - 



122 



Common Dab, - 



- 986 



Poorcod, 



7 



Long Rough Dab, 



- 1048 



Norway Pout, 



250 



Herring, 



2 



Three-Bearded Rockling, 



2 



Sprat, 



3 



Four-Bearded Rockling, 



5 



Lumpenus, - 



65 



Grey Gurnard, - 



2 



Spotted Dragonet 



15 



Plaice, 



4 



Hagfish, 



3 



