of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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Simburgh Head and in the north around the north of Unst. At various 
places between the islands haddocks are got in considerable numbers. Ten 
years ago halibut were very plentiful all round the Shetland Isles — so 
plentiful that it is stated they occasionally came to the piers and ate the 
herring offal thrown into the water during the curing season. But now 
halibut are getting scarce on almost all the grounds. 
