of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



19 





Plaice. 



T lATYvnn 



Dab. 



Witch. 



Dab. 



der. 



Halibut. 



Turbot. 



Brill. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



I. 

 II. 



4,456 

 136 



80 

 10 



202 



3,639 

 2,436 



1 



1 



16 



24 



24 





4,592 



90 



202 



6,075 



1 



1 



16 



24 



24 



2. The Deep- Water Grounds in May. 



A trip to the north-eastern deep-water grounds off the Shetlands was 

 made at the end of May on board the " Star of Peace," the recorder of 

 the hauls being on this occasion Mr. W. Mason, one of the men of the 

 " Garland," who was accustomed to similar work on board that vessel. 

 Leaving on the 22nd of the month the trawler made for Buchanness, 

 as usual when going to the grounds named, and then laid her course 

 N.E. by E. easterly, and ran about 111 miles by the log. The position 

 where fishing was begun lies about 80-85 miles S.S.E. of Sumburgh 

 Head, Shetland, in the upper part of Square XIX. on the chart 

 (Plate I.). 



The first drag was made in 67| fathoms, the surface temperature 

 being 44° F., and the bottom-temperature 42-8® F. The five hours' 

 haul on a soft bottom gave 2650 fishes, of which 2100 were market- 

 able and 550 unmarketable. Haddocks were most numerously 

 represented, 1445 being taken, almost all marketable; codlings 

 and witches were also present in fair numbers, there being 130 of the 

 former and 322 of the latter. As usual, the most abundant of the 

 unmarketable forms was the long rough dab, of which 517 were caught. 

 Four hauls were made in this locality, each for five hours, the depths 

 being 67^, 68|, and 70 fathoms. The total number of fish caught 

 in three of the hauls, which were fully recorded, was 7654, of which 

 6044 were marketable and 1610 unmarketable, the average take per hour's 

 fishing being 510*3 fishes, and the proportion of unmarketable to the 

 total catch 21 per cent. The numbers of the various species were as 

 follows, the marketable being indicated by I., and the unmarketable by 

 II.:— 





Cod. ( 



Codling, 



Had- 

 dock. 



Whit- 

 ing. 



Ling. 



Saithe. 



Tusk. 



Hake. 



Cat-fish. 



I. 



IL 



15 



279 



4,502 

 3 



500 



3 

 1 



5 



4 



1 



4 

 2 





15 



279 



4,505 



500 



4 



5 



4 



1 



6 





Gur- 

 nard. 



Witch. 



Megrim. 



Long 

 Rough 

 Dab. 



Common 

 Dab. 



Lemon 

 Sole. 



Grey 

 Skate. 



Starry 

 Ray. 



I. 

 II. 



4 

 2 



708 



34 



15 



1,513 



3 



2 

 1 



2 



42 





6 



742 



15 



1,513 



3 



3 



2 



42 



