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Part III. — Twenty-third Annual Report 



were taken in this drag, all marketable. In the three recorded hauls, the 

 duration of fishing being ten hours and twenty minutes, 1999 fishes 

 were caught, 1733 being marketable and 266 unmarketable. The pro- 

 portion of large and small haddocks and plaice was as follows : — 



1st 2nd 3rd 4th Unmarketable Total 

 Haddocks, 4 18 110 10 142 



Plaice, — 406 498 640 95 1639 



The details as to the marketable and unmarketable are these : — 





Cod. 



Cod- 

 ling. 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Gur- 

 nard. 



Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Meg- 

 rim. 



Com. 

 Dab. 



Sole- 

 nette. 



Thorn- 



back. 



[. 



o 



5 



132 



1 





1,544 



1 



1 



35 





9 



II. 





26 



10 



25 



3 



95 







88 



1 



18 



Total 



3 



31 



142 



26 



3 



1,639 



1 



1 



125 



1 



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Some further drags were made in Burghead Eay with, on the whole, 

 good catches of fish. The depth was usually from 6 to 9 fathoms, 

 the length of the haul about four hours, and the aggregate number of 

 fishes for a haul varied from 631 to 1027. Plaice formed the greater 

 part of the catches, but there were also a good few cod, turbot, and brill, 

 while haddocks remained singularly scarce. The aggregate numbers in 

 the eleven recorded hauls here during the voyage — the duration of the 

 fishing being forty-two hours and twenty minutes — were 9253 fishes, 

 8032 marketable and 1221 unmarketable. The following Table shows the 

 proportion of marketable and unmarketable of each kind : — 





Cod. 



Codling. 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Cat-fish. 



Gur- 

 nard. 



Coal- 

 fish. 



Halibut. 



I. 

 II. 



71 



37 

 172 



42 

 137 



148 



1 





15 



1 



1 



Total 



71 



209 



179 



148 



1 





15 



1 



1 





Turbot. 



Brill. 



Plaice. 



Lemon 

 Dab. 



Witch. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Flounder. 



I. 

 II. 



15 



136 



7,530 

 50 



8 

 1 



17 



530 

 623 



32 



2 \'\ 



Total 



15 



136 



7,580 



9 



17 



1,153 



32 



2 





Thorn- 

 back. 



Sandy 

 Ray. 



Sand Eel. 



Sprat. 



Angler. 



Cottus 

 Scorpius. 



Herring. 



II. 



6 



1 



16 



1 







41 



1 



11 



Total 



6 



17 



1 



1 





41 





11 



