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Show ^879.] OF WESTON-SUPER-MARE. 745 3 fathoms, 65°; 4 fathoms, 63°; 5 fathoms, 61°; 6 fathoms, 60° 7 fathoms (at bottom), 59°. If I now confine my figures to the temperature and species of fishes taken by trawling solely in Ballinskellig Bay in 1878 and 1879, I find as follows:-Trawling was only employed on four days in July 1878, in from 3 to 5 fathoms of water, with the surface-temperature at 7 A.M. 60° to 62°, or having an average of 61°: the total captures were:-7 Sapphirine Gurnards; 1 Dory; 18 Turbot; 11 Brill; 99 Plaice; 11 Dabs; 11 Flounders; 157 Soles; 2 Lemon Soles. In August 1878 trawling was employed on 15 days, with the surface-temperature at 7 A.M. 60° to 64°, giving an average of 62°. It was remarked on August 7th that four scrapes were taken with a 16-foot beam-trawl, and that the Plaice captured nearly doubled the Soles in number, probably due to the speed at which the boat was driven, and to the elevation of the "head-rope" above the ground, as effected by the trawl-beam. Two of the scrapes were in 3 fathoms and two in 5 fathoms of water; but there was no very marked difference in the result. The total captures in the 15 days of August were as follows :-1 Bass; 2 Sea-Bream ; 31 Sapphirine Gurnards; 3 Grey Gurnards; 4 Dory; 18 Mackerel; 34 Turbot; 28 Brill; 194 Plaice; 25 Dabs ; 23 Flounders ; 246 Soles ; 1 Lemon Sole. In the year 1879, trawling was employed for 12 days in July, with the surface-temperature at 7 A.M. 50° to 56°, having an average of 53°*9. The total captures were:-1 Sea-Bream ; 2 Sapphirine Gurnards ; 2 Grey Gurnards ; 8 Dory ; 2 Angler; 2 Ling ; 25 Turbot; 32 Brill ; 393 Plaice ; 117 Dabs; 4 Lemon Dabs; 2 Flounders ; 229 Soles ; 1 Lemon Sole ; 4 Whiffs. During August trawling was carried on 11 days, with the surface-temperature at 7 A.M. 54° to 58°, having a mean of 56°*5. The total captures were:-9 Sapphirine Gurnards; 5 Grey Gurnards; 4 Piper; 12 Dory; 1 Angler; 19 Turbot; 45 Brill; 448 Plaice; 137 Dabs; 5 Lemon Dabs; 4 Flounders ; 269 Soles. W e find, therefore, that the fishes captured in the two years were about as follows :- o July 1878, 4 days, mean temp. 7 A.M. 61 .. „ 1879, 12 days, „ „ „ 539... Aug. 1878, 15 days, „ „ „ 62 ... „ 1879, 9 days1, „ „ „ 56*5... a" 03 1 a a a CD W 1 2 1 CO V d a E 3 7 4 34 4 o ft 1 1 4 8 u <D o 3 18 CD i - I tajo a *4 1 2 8 •a 1 2 • o CD a i; 30 80 55 80 1 Trawling was resorted to on eleven days, but only on nine of them have I the numbers of each species captured. 48* |