In  August  a  record  was  kept  of  the  hauls  made  by  the  steam-trawler
"  Glenogil  "  on  the  fishing  grounds  lying  off  the  mouth  of  the  Firth  of
Forth.  The  vessel  left  Aberdeen  on  the  17th  August,  and  ran  for  about
sixty  miles  on  a  course  S.  ^  E.  from  Girdleness,  and  continued  fishing
southwards  for  several  days,  landing  the  catches  at  Granton,  to  about
thirty-four  miles  S.E.  of  the  Isle  of  May.  The  weather  was  good  and  the
sea  calm.  The  grounds  visited  on  this  trip,  as  may  be  seen  from  a  chart,  lie
off  St.  Abb's  Head  and  the  coast  of  Berwickshire  and  Northumberland,
and  are  much  fished  by  the  trawlers  belonging  to  Gran  ton.
The  first  drag  was  made  in  thirty-four  and  thirty-five  fathoms,  about
thirty  miles  £.  ^  S.  of  the  Isle  of  May,  and  it  lasted  for  three  hours.
The  catch  was  a  moderate  one,  the  number  of  fishes  taken  being  608,  of
which  only  381  were  marketable.  They  consisted  almost  entirely  of
haddocks,  which  numbered  519,  the  marketable  numbering  360;  the
other  marketable  fishes  were  seven  codlings,  nine  whitings,  and  five  lemon
dabs.  The  unmarketable  were  made  up  of  haddocks,  whitings,  and
gurnards.  The  next  three  shots  were  much  the  same  both  in  regard  to
species  and  amount,  the  bulk  of  the  catches  being  composed  of  haddocks,
but  there  were  in  addition  a  few  cod,  coal-fish,  plaice,  and  ling.  After-
wards the  catches  improved.  In  the  sixth  haul,  which  was  for  three
hours  and  five  minutes,  2145  fishes  were  captured,  1713  being  market-
able. The  haddocks  numbered  1755,  of  which  1535  were  marketable ;
there  were  also  130  marketable  whitings,  one  cod,  nineteen  codUngs,
twelve  plaice,  and  sixteen  lemon  dabs.  The  unmarketable  consisted
entirely  of  haddocks,  whitings,  and  gurnards.
