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72*1 to 174*4, ;he increase being chiefly due to an increase in flat-fish, 
especially, as at Montrose, to common dabs and plaice. 
The stations in the Moray Firth were examined in June. The general 
results show a decrease both in round-fish and flat-fish. 
The results of the experimental trawlings at the Orkney Islands are 
given at page 119. 
Besides the examination of the ordinary stations above referred to, the 
1 Garland ' was on several occasions employed in trawling operations in 
the offshore vaters, especially at the well-known spawning ground, Smith 
Bank, in the Moray Firth; and at a fishing ground lying about 21 miles 
east of May Island (Liston Bank). The results obtained are referred to 
more particularly in the special Reports dealing with the spawning of 
marine fishes (p. 257) and the distribution of immature fish (p. 157). 
III. SPECIAL STATISTICS OF FISH CAUGHT BY LINE 
FISHERMEN AND BEAM-TRAWLERS. 
The statistical information obtained for comparison with the results of 
the 'Garlard's' trawling experiments on the East Coast are given on p. 121. 
These refer to (1) the fish landed by fishing boats and by beam-trawl 
vessels in the Leith, Anstruther, Montrose, Stonehaven, and Aberdeen 
Districts, during each month in the year, with the total value (Table 
E., p. 122); (2) the amounts of fish caught from month to month by fish- 
ing boats within the territorial waters of the Leith, Anstruther, Montrose 
and Stonehaven Districts (Tables G., H., p. 137) ; (3) the amount of fish 
landed by beam-trawlers and line fishermen along the whole East Coast of 
Scotland (Table L, p. 156) ; (4) the quantities of large haddocks, small 
haddocks and whiting, and of cod landed monthly by the Buckhaven 
fishing boats in 1888 and 1889, (Table D., p. 121) ; (5) the amounts of 
large and small fish landed in the Leith, and Aberdeen districts by 
beam-trawlers and line fishermen (Table F., p. 133). 
1. Relative Quantities of Fish taken by Line and by 
Beam-Trawl. 
The statistics referring to this subject are given in Table E. (p. 122), 
which shows in detail the amounts landed monthly in five East Coast 
districts; and also in Table I. (p. 156), which shows the gross amounts 
landed in the northern and southern group of East Coast districts, and 
along the whole East Coast, during each month in the year. 
It must be noted that these tables give only the amounts landed, 
without furnishing any indication of the localities where the fish were 
caught. In the Leith district, in 1889, line fishermen landed a much 
greater quantity of cod, ling, and saithe, and also a larger amount of 
halibut, lemon soles, and skate, than they did in 1888. On the other 
hand they landed less haddock, whiting, turbot, flounder, and plaice. 
Beam-trawlers in 1889 landed about the same quantity of cod, a slightly 
greater amount of ling, turbot, halibut, and skate ; slightly less saithe, and 
much less haddock, whiting, lemon sole, flounder, and plaice. The total 
value of the fish landed in 1889 by fishermen (which, however, includes 
net-caught fish and shell-fish) was £78,014, as compared with £77,439 in 
1888. The value of the fish landed by beam-trawlers in 1889 was 
£35,876, and in 1888 £41,423. 
In the Anstruther district no fish caught by the beam-trawl were landed. 
The quantities landed by fishermen showed an increase of cod, torsk, 
