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Part III. — Twenty-first Annual Report 



Date. 





Place. 





Depth 



No. 









in F'ms. 



9 Not. - 



Dornoch Firth 







7-10 



1 





Do. 







9-13 



1 



11 



Do. 







9-13 



3 



19 Dec. 



Do. 







6-10 



3 



19 „ 



Do. 







9-10 



19 



20 „ 



Burghead Bay 







7-24 



44 



24 „ - 



Do. 







10 



15 



•24 „ - 



Do. 







10 



1 



17 Jan. - 



Off Dunbeath 







24 



4 



18 „ - 



Burghead Bay 







7i-22 



5 



Herrings are sometimes landed in considerable quantities by trawlers, 

 and as they are always large they command a good price. They are 

 mostly taken in September, October, and Xovember, and over a ton is 

 sometimes brought to port by one trawler. They get them sometimes 

 near the coast, but more commonly out towards the middle of the Xorth 

 Sea, as the Great Fisher Bank, and on the north-eastern grounds in 

 deep water. From the following particulars of catches last year, it will 

 be seen that in September they were caught mostly from 150-180 

 miles E.S.E. from Aberdeen, on the western part of the Great Fisher 

 Bank, in from thirty to forty fathoms. They were also got there in 

 November, but in October they came from further north, midway 

 between the Orkneys and Norway, and at greater depths. 



Date. 



Place. 



Depth in 

 Fathoms. 



Cwts. 



1 Sept. ■ 

 10 „ 



18 miles E. by N. ; about 13 miles off coast of 



Aberdeen. 

 180 railed E.S.E. ; Great Fisher Bank - 



30-40 

 30-40 



24 



17 „ - 



155 ,. „ - . - 



40-45 



22 



18 „ 



150 „ „ „ . - - 



40 



4 



19 „ - 



180 „ „ - - - 



30-40 



4* 



1 October 



150 miles N.E. oy E. ^ E. - 





5. 



1 „ - 



150 miles N.E. by E. 





2 



8 „ - 

 15 „ - 



160 miles E.N. E. 



140 miles N.E. by E. 





3 



19 Nov. - 



140 miles E..S.E. ; W. of Fisher Bank - 



40-50 



1 



25 ,, 



140-160 miles E.S.E. : „ „ - - 



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