_
PRESENT CONDITION or.—rrsnmd GROUNDS.; -'
97
'
’
lemon-dabs—being more abundant. For the night of the 29th '
‘.
,May 18 boxes of haddocks and at shes were Landed, besides cod
'
and ling. For each box'of good haddocks
168. Were
'
_
obtained, a much lowerprice than in Aberdeen, where,howeVer, ‘
,
the box was heavier (8 stones or more).- The
for
night was about a ton in all.Ï A small liner, With ve men' on
'
board, which went out between 9 and 10 AM, on the“ 29th,'
_
landed at 5 RM. (i.e., in,8 hours) % box of large, % box of
_
2 boxes of small haddocks, many about 9 inches long ; _"1 lemon‘ë
dab, 2 very ne cool, and 4 codling, “and this though
lines
f
Were ‘ shot ’ in broad daylight. The shing—ground was from
_
__“9
to 10 miles off.
This is a small ‘catch,’ but the circumStances
'
under Which it was made were_not favourable.
_
There can be
_
no
doubt that the entire eastern coast
with
_
tudes of small haddocks, and that theSe had been capturedï
_
in immense numbers by both liners and trawlers.
—y
_
The best trawling Ships at Aberdeen, which were: about 80
.
in number in 1894, chiey frequent the Great Fisher Bank,
about 200 miles_off, and from 30 to 450 fathoms in depth,
.
'
being
general opinion amongst shermen that this and up to
_
60 fathoms is the most favourable depth for their pursuit, for
they think that in deep water (100—175 fathoms) they get only
_
_
conger,‘ halibut, and skate ; and GlSGWhGI‘G, 88 Off the CO&SË Ôf
'
only sharks are procured at 500 fathoms. Yet the
.
_
S: Green, off the west coast of Ireland, got ‘witches,’
'
ling, haddocks, and conger at 170 fathoms, and skate and
_
,
forkbeards .at 500 fathoms.
On this ground (Great Fisher
‘
Bank), which is about"120 miles from east to west, and from 60 - -
to 80 miles from north to south (a larger area than the” incloséd
_,
region of the M oray Frith), the
Vary'
from 80 to 180 boxes or"m016,CODSISÜŒgOfPIŒCG,
days, includiùg the tmespentonthewyageSmœtheMmaÿ
_
Frith‘ Was closed; theseshlpsthelef°rendltœmunemüvet°
‘
undertake this lansJ0ureyandb1mgthenshesplesmedm
,
themarketmAbŒdeeTheydwotseemhoweve”°
PRESENT CONDITION or.—rrsnmd GROUNDS.; -'
97
'
’
lemon-dabs—being more abundant. For the night of the 29th '
‘.
,May 18 boxes of haddocks and at shes were Landed, besides cod
'
and ling. For each box'of good haddocks
168. Were
'
_
obtained, a much lowerprice than in Aberdeen, where,howeVer, ‘
,
the box was heavier (8 stones or more).- The
for
night was about a ton in all.Ï A small liner, With ve men' on
'
board, which went out between 9 and 10 AM, on the“ 29th,'
_
landed at 5 RM. (i.e., in,8 hours) % box of large, % box of
_
2 boxes of small haddocks, many about 9 inches long ; _"1 lemon‘ë
dab, 2 very ne cool, and 4 codling, “and this though
lines
f
Were ‘ shot ’ in broad daylight. The shing—ground was from
_
__“9
to 10 miles off.
This is a small ‘catch,’ but the circumStances
'
under Which it was made were_not favourable.
_
There can be
_
no
doubt that the entire eastern coast
with
_
tudes of small haddocks, and that theSe had been capturedï
_
in immense numbers by both liners and trawlers.
—y
_
The best trawling Ships at Aberdeen, which were: about 80
.
in number in 1894, chiey frequent the Great Fisher Bank,
about 200 miles_off, and from 30 to 450 fathoms in depth,
.
'
being
general opinion amongst shermen that this and up to
_
60 fathoms is the most favourable depth for their pursuit, for
they think that in deep water (100—175 fathoms) they get only
_
_
conger,‘ halibut, and skate ; and GlSGWhGI‘G, 88 Off the CO&SË Ôf
'
only sharks are procured at 500 fathoms. Yet the
.
_
S: Green, off the west coast of Ireland, got ‘witches,’
'
ling, haddocks, and conger at 170 fathoms, and skate and
_
,
forkbeards .at 500 fathoms.
On this ground (Great Fisher
‘
Bank), which is about"120 miles from east to west, and from 60 - -
to 80 miles from north to south (a larger area than the” incloséd
_,
region of the M oray Frith), the
Vary'
from 80 to 180 boxes or"m016,CODSISÜŒgOfPIŒCG,
days, includiùg the tmespentonthewyageSmœtheMmaÿ
_
Frith‘ Was closed; theseshlpsthelef°rendltœmunemüvet°
‘
undertake this lansJ0ureyandb1mgthenshesplesmedm
,
themarketmAbŒdeeTheydwotseemhoweve”°