THE SCARCER FISHES OF THE ABERDEEN MARKET 



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THE SCARCER FISHES OF THE ABERDEEN 

 MARKET Part III. 



By D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. 

 [Concluded from page 46.) 



IV. The Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio^'L.). 



In one practical way the Sturgeon differs from the other 

 fishes (or most of them) with which we are dealing ; it is 

 so valuable a fish that we may be sure that every one caught 

 has been brought ashore, and that our record of the 

 Aberdeen catch is therefore complete, for the period over 

 which it extends. Our list is as follows: 



Date. 



Locality. 



50 m. E.N.E. of Aberdeen, 60 f. 



24 m. S.E. I S. of Aberdeen, 40 f. 



170 m. N.E by E. of Aberdeen, 65-70 f. 



18 m. E.S.E. of Aberdeen 



14 ra. E.N.E. of Aberdeen 



12 m. S. i E. of Aberdeen 



(The above recorded by Dr Fulton, Scottish 



Report, pt. iii., vol. xxi., 1902, p. 228.) 



6 m. N.W. from Fair Isle 

 15 m. S.E. from Bressay 



9 m. S.E. from Tod Head 

 18 m. E. by S. h, S. from Auskerry 

 18 m. S. 4 E. of Aberdeen 

 Off Shetland 



Iceland .... 

 4-8 m. N.W. from Fitful Head . 



10 m. S.E. from Fair Isle 

 140 m. E. \ N. from Aberdeen . 

 6-15 m. E. by S. to S.S.E. of Aberdeen 



11 m. N. by E. from Rattray 

 8 m. S.W. by S. from Rattray . 

 6 m. S. from Foula 

 65 m. E. h S. from Aberdeen 

 Skerries 



6 m. W.S.W. from Old Man of Hoy 

 14-15 m. E.S.E. from Auskerry. 

 12-14 m - S.S.E. from Pentland Skerries 

 10 m. E.S.E. from Pentland Skerries 

 Locality unknown 

 Locality unknown 

 6 m. N.N.E. from Foula 

 6 m. E.S.E. from Buchanness 

 13 m. N. by E. from Rattray head 



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