28 Part III. — Twenty-third Annual Report 



average being 361-2. The particulars are given in the accompanying 



Table":— 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Coal- 

 fish. 



Gur- 

 nard. 



Halibut. 



Tur- 

 cot. 



Brill. 



II. 



19 



12 

 59 



12 

 340 



160 



1 



144 



3 



19 



121 



Total 



19 



71 



352 



160 



1 



144 



3 



19 



121 





Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Black 



Sole. 



Witch. 



Com. 

 Dab. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Skate. 



Angler. 



i. 



II. 



9,404 

 56 



20 



1 



20 



378 

 644 



10 



28 

 9 



27 



Total 



9,460 



20 



1 



20 



1,022 



10 



37 



27 



The number of haddocks, it will be observed, was very small, and the 

 remark is true indeed of round fishes generally. The ten drags yielded 

 only one dozen marketable haddocks, the same number of codlings, while 

 all the whitings were unmarketable. Flat-fishes, on the other hand, were 

 abundant. Nineteen turbot, 121 brill, 3 halibut, and 9404 plaice 

 were taken to market, as well as 20 lemon dabs, a black or common 

 sole, and some others. A considerable proportion of the plaice consisted 

 of mediums, as the following statement shows : — 



1st 2nd 3rd 4th Unmarketable Total. 

 Plaice, 91 4110 5090 113 56 9460 



In Aberdeen Bay, on the 28th, a haul was taken with the small- meshed 

 net around the cod-end, in 19 to 21 fathoms, the drag lasting for one 

 hour and fifteen minutes. The catch was a very poor one, consisting of 

 only 18 marketable fishes and 61 unmarketable, in the cod-end, or 

 79 altogether, and it comprised 30 haddocks and 31 whitings, and only 

 6 plaice. The small -meshed net contained the following : — 



Codling, - - 48 

 Haddock, 46 

 Whiting, - - 806 



Common Dabs, - 53 



Long Rough Dabs. - 1 1 



Herring, - 1 



Sprats, - 6 



The total quantity of fish landed as a result of this trip amounted to 

 183| cwts., as follows: — 



Cod. Codling. Haddock, Turbot. Halibut. Brill. Lemon Dab. Plaice. Dabs. 

 9| H 6f li I 4 146^ 3f 



Witch. Conger Skate. 

 3* £ 5 



