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Part III. — Ttventy-third Annual Report 



The quantity of fish landed at the end of the voyage, according to the 

 market returns, amounted to 99 cwt, as follows : — 



Cod. Codling. Ling. Saithe. Hake. Haddock. Whiting. Turbot. Halibut. Brill. 



23 4 1 2* * 161 I I \ I 



Lemon Dab. Plaice. Witch. Megrim. Conger. Skate. Cat-fish. 

 H 27 6\ a I 3 i 



II. 



The second series of trawlings was made at the end of March and the 

 beginning of April, the steam trawler " Star of the Wave " being 

 employed. The first place visited was Burghead Bay, where several 

 hauls were taken, in from 4 to 16 fathoms, on 28th and 29th. 

 In the first, which was carried into water of 30 fathoms depth, 1202 

 fishes were taken — 780 being marketable and 422 unmarketable. The 

 fishes most abundantly represented were common dabs, plaice, haddocks, 

 and witches ; there were also 24 brill and 19 lemon dabs, all marketable, 

 as well as 5 herrings. All the haddocks and most of the plaice were 

 small. The next three hauls were made nearer the shore, in water of 

 from about 4 to 16 fathoms. In the first of these 975 were secured — 

 574 being marketable and 401 unmarketable. Common dabs and 

 plaice were best represented, numbering respectively 360 and 325 — 

 90 of the dabs and 302 of the plaice being marketable. The catch 

 also included 89 haddocks — all small, and 37 marketable — 6 catfish, 

 20 lemon dabs, and 35 witches. The second haul brought up 698 fishes, 

 mostly plaice and dabs, the marketable fishes including 23 brill, 2 

 turbot, 10 lemon dabs, and 9 witches, as well as 18 haddocks, 3 cod, and 

 2 catfishes. The third haul, for five hours and twenty-six minutes, 

 yielded 2331 fishes, of which 1181 were marketable and 1150 unmarket- 

 able. The catch included 1116 common dabs, 576 plaice, 208 haddocks, 

 30 lemon dabs, 13 brill, and 2 turbot; there were also in this haul 28 

 anglers, 8 herring, and a lumpsucker. 



The aggregate number of fishes in the three inshore drags referred to 

 was 4004, 2168 being marketable and 1836 unmarketable. The numbers 

 of haddocks and plaice of the various classes according to size were as 

 follows : — 



1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 



Haddock 16 — 204 — 220 



Plaice 96 276 416 335 1123 



The details of the four hauls referred to are summed up in the 

 accompanying Table : — 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whiting. 



Coal- 

 fish. 



Cat- 

 fish. 



Gur- 

 nard. 



Tur- 

 bot. 



Brill. 



Floun- 

 der. 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



8 



19 

 27 



440 

 99 



220 



53 



2 



17 



11 



8 



4 



100 



9 



8 



46 



539 



273 



2 



17 



19 



4 



100 



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[Continued. 



