of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 

 TRAWLING INVESTIGATIONS— TABLE I. 



101 



Place. 



1. Aber- 

 deen Bay, 

 off Black 

 Dog. 



2. Same 

 Place. 



3. Aber- 

 deen Bay, 

 off 



Collieston. 



4. Moray 



Firth, 

 Burghead 



Date. 



1902. 

 Oct. 2. 



Oct. 3. 



Oct. 3. 



Oct. 4. 



Temperature. 



Depth 

 in 



Fms, 



20 to 4 



6 to 17 



lOtolS 



to 14 



Time Trawl 

 Down. 



6.0 

 p.m. 



12.15 

 a.m. 



11.20 

 p.m. 



5.30 

 a.m. 



9.30 

 a.m. 



p.m. 



Fish Caught. 



Name. 



7.40 

 p. m. 



Cod, 



Codling, . . 

 Whiting, . . 

 Haddock, . . 

 Turbot 

 Plaice, 

 Com. Dab, . . 

 Long Rough Dab, 

 Gurnard, . . 

 Thornback, 

 Starry Ray, 



Cod, 



Codling, . . 

 Haddock (I), 



(2) , 



(3) , 



Whiting, 

 Gurnard, 

 Plaice (1), 



„ (2), 



„ (3), 



„ (4), 



Lemon Sole, 

 Com. Dab, . . 

 Long Rough Dab, 

 Thornback Ray, . 

 Starry Ray, 

 Angler, 



Cod, 



Codling, . . 

 Haddock (1), 



(2) , 



(3) , 



Whiting, . . 

 Turbot, 

 Black Sole, 

 Plaice, 

 Lemon Sole, 

 Com. Dab, . . 

 Thornback, 

 Starry Ray, 



Cod, 



Codling, . . 

 Haddock (1), 

 (3), 



Whiting, .. 



Hake, 



Ling, 



Gurnard, . . 

 Plaice (1), .. 



„ (2),.. 



„ (3), . . 



„ (4),.. 



Com. Dab, . . 

 Witch, 

 Lemon Sole, 

 Mackerel, . . 

 Angler, 

 Thornback, 



No. 

 taken to 

 Market. 



887 



No. 

 thrown 

 Over- 

 board. 



I bskt 

 32 

 59 

 2225 



2316 



161 



17" 

 143 



52 



98 

 — 310 

 5 



5 



578 

 32 

 52 

 4996 



3 

 2 

 132 

 2 



240 



6732 



2 

 92 



72 

 1011 



1083 



150 

 1 

 1 



228 



50" 

 222 

 458 

 — 730 

 27 

 122 

 21 

 1 



15 



2473 



15 

 101 



47 

 379 



62 

 2 

 162 



31 

 6 



13 

 7 



332 



45 



11 



2 

 124 

 2 

 7 



Total 

 No. 



472 

 33 

 32 



1510 



2353 

 170 

 3 



372 

 7 



330 

 31 



3300 



5 



623 



772 

 3 

 2 



143 

 4 



364 

 2 

 7 



7023 



R<;marks. 



" Star of the Sea," 

 Beam trawl 50 ft. 

 6 in. long. Shot 

 in 20 fms. and 

 towed nto 4 fms. 

 and out into 18 

 fms. There were 

 3 baskets of small 

 Haddocks. \ bas- 

 ket of medium 

 Plaice, i basket of 

 small Plaice, and 

 1 basket of Dabs. 



Otter trawl. Cod- 

 lings were not en- 

 umerated. The 

 catch in baskets 

 was :— 10 of small, 

 I seconds, and ^ 

 large Haddocks ; 

 1 of large, 3 of 

 medium, and J of 

 small Plaice ; | of 

 Codlings,li Whit- 

 ings, and 1 of 

 Dabs. 



The marketable 

 counted, besides 

 the Cod, Turbot, 

 and Soles, of 23 

 baskets small, ^ 

 large, and j me- 

 dium Haddocks; 

 4 basketsWhiting, 

 34 of Codlings, i 

 of Dabs, and 3 of 

 Plaice ; — or 34^ 

 baskets. 



Only the market- 

 able were en- 

 umerated. The 

 unmarketable con- 

 sisted of 14 bas- 

 kets, chiefly Gur- 

 nards and Dabs. 



