The  catch  was  chiefly  made  up  of  haddocks,  mostly  small ;  of  a  total  of
727,  the  number  thrown  overboard  as  unmarketable  was  604 ;  there  were
only  three  large  and  no  mediums.  The  second  haul,  for  five  hours  and
ten  minutes,  yielded  3055  fishes,  of  which  784  were  marketable  and  2271
unmarketable.  The  total  number  of  haddocks  captured  was  2458,  and
of  these  2086  were  too  small  to  be  marketable.  In  the  two  hauls,  the
time  of  fishing  being  ten  hours  and  fifteen  minutes,  4204  fishes  were


of  ths  Fisliery  Board  for  Scotland,


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taken,  1137  marketable  aud  3067  unmarketable.     The  numbers  of  the
two  classes  are  as  follows : —


1

i

•a

366
14

i

•

•s

■

s

1

Lomon
Dab.
•

O
11

Long

Rough

Dab.
T.
II.
Total

12

9
26

495
2,690

196
228

21

35
91

2

1

7

12

35

3,185

424

880

21

*  126

2

1

11

7

The  very  foggy  weather  which  prevailed  interfered  with  fishing  operations
near  the  shore ;  partly  for  this  reason  the  vessel  shifted  its  position  aud
made  a  haul  in  from  sixteen  to  twenty-five  fathoms  o£f  Tarbet  Ness.  The
drag.lasted  for  one  hour  and  forty-five  minutes,  and  it  was  found  that  the  net
was  considerably  torn.  The  catch  was  small,  amounting  to  543  fishes,
of  which  431  were  marketable  aud  112  unmarketable.  The  number  of
haddocks  taken  was  338,  of  which  315  were  marketable  ;  there  were
seventy  plaice,  fifty-two  being  marketable,  thirteen  marketable  codlings,
five  coal-fish,  forty-two  whitings,  twenty-seven  marketable,  as  well  as  six
lemon  dabs  and  sixty-three  common  dabs.
