of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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It will be observed that only 179 haddocks were taken, and of these only 

 42 were marketable, or a proportion of about one haddock per hour's 

 fishing. None of the 1 48 whitings caught were marketable, while 37 

 out of 209 codlings were marketable. There were 15 turbot and 136 

 brill, all of them being marketable. The bulk of the marketable fishes 

 consisted of plaice, of which altogether 7580 were taken, all but 50 

 being marketable. The proportion of large and small among the plaice 

 was as follows : — 



1st 2nd 3rd 4th Unmarketable Total 



62 3222 3854 394 50 7580 



The vessel then steamed to Smith Bank, where a haul was made for 

 an hour with the small-meshed net around the cod-end in from 19 to 22 

 fathoms. In the trawl-net there were only 28 fishes, viz., a codling, a 

 brill, and 26 plaice, all marketable. The small-meshed net contained 1968 

 fishes, belonging to ten species, as follows : — 



Codlings, 

 Haddock, - 



- 53 



Sand-eel, 



1 



J'.4i 4 



Armed Bullhead 



1 



Whiting, 



- 1861 



Liparis, 



3 



Gurnard, - 



2 



Herring, 



12 



Common Dab, - 



- 27 



Sprat, - 



4 



On the way to port a few hauls were taken in Aberdeen Bay, a strong 

 N.E. wind blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The first drag was 

 for an hour, in from 17 to 19 fathoms, in the northern part, off the 

 quarries, and the small-meshed net was used. The trawl contained 143 

 fishes, of which 103 were marketable. The catch comprised 6 cod, 54 

 codling, all marketable, 41 plaice, and a few others. In the next drag in 

 the same locality, for four hours and five minutes, in from 17 to 19 

 fathoms, 182 fishes were caught, of which 136 were marketable and 46 

 unmarketable. Among the former were 19 cod, 24 codling, 2 halibuts, 

 and 78 plaice. In neither haul were any haddocks taken. 



The following Table shows the proportion of the marketable and 

 unmarketable fishes : — 





Cod. 



Cod- 

 ling. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Hali- 

 but, 



Plaice. 



Com. 

 Dab. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Thorn- 

 back. 



Grey 

 Skate. 



Ang- 

 ler. 



II. 



25 



78 

 5 



10 



2 



119 



12 

 24 



10 



33 



2 

 4 



1 



Total 



25 



83 



10 



2 



119 



36 



10 



33 



6 



1 



The total quantity of fish landed by this vessel, as a result of its trip, 

 amounted to 1 1 8 J cwts., as follows: — 



Cod. Codling. Haddock. Turbot. Halibut. Brill. Lemon Dab. 

 16§ 3 4 1 J 3 § 



Plaice. Dabs. Skate. Catfish. 



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