of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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were also in the cod-end 79 haddocks, nearly all small, 13 plaice, and 76 

 common dabs. The contents of the small-meshed net filled six baskets, 

 one of which contained 348 small haddocks, 93 dabs, 4 whitings, 3 

 codlings, 103 gurnards, and 4 lemon dabs, so that the total number of 

 small fishes which had passed through the meshes of the cod-end would 

 number about 3300, mostly haddocks and gurnards. 



Two hauls were then made in Aberdeen Bay in the neighdourhood of 

 Newburgh, in from 5 to 13 fathoms. In the first, for four hours 

 and ten minutes, 384 fishes were caught, of which 242 were marketable 

 and 142 unmarketable. Haddocks, plaice, whitings, and dabs formed 

 the greater part of the catch, most of the haddocks being unmarketable. 

 In the next drag 572 fishes were obtained, 274 being marketable, 5 of 

 which were turbot. The particulars of these two hauls, the time of fishing 

 being eight hours and fifteen minutes, are as follows : — 





Had- 

 dock. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Gur- 

 nard 



Turbot. 



Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Angler. 



I. 

 II. 



41 



103 



48 

 21 



13 



5 



364 



3 



55 

 298 



3 



2 



Total 



144 



69 



13 



5 



364 



3 



353 



3 



2 



The statistics showed that the total quantity of fish landed at the 

 market amounted to 65 \ cwts., as follows : — 



Cod. Codling. Ling. Hake. Haddock. Turbot. Brill. Lemon Dab. Plaice. 



14| 3 If \ 21* \ I % 18 



Dabs. Witch. Skate. Cat-fish. 



i 4 2 i 



IV. 



Early in November another series of hauls was made in Aberdeen Bay 

 by the "Ocean Bride." The first, for three and a quarter hours, was 

 between the "Black Dog" and Newburgh, in 11 to 13 fathoms, and 689 

 fishes were caught, of which 422 were marketable and 267 unmarketable. 

 Haddocks numbered 185, all but 15 large enough to go to market; 

 there were 73 plaice, 163 common dabs, 9 cod, 63 codling, 154 

 whiting, as well as a halibut and 3 turbot. Other five recorded 

 hauls were made in the same locality in from 4| to 13 fathoms, 

 and the total number of fishes taken in the twenty-one hours and 

 forty minutes of actual fishing was 2398, 1410 being marketable and 988 

 unmarketable. The particulars are given in the following Table : — 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whiting. 



Gurnard. 



Ling. 



Coal-fish. 



I. 

 II. 



Total 



62 



181 



9 



685 

 66 



69 

 293 



9 



1 



2 



62 



190 



751 



362 



9 



1 



2 



[Continued, 



