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and 50 fathom curve, just as Cod and Haddock do, though the eggs 

 appear far less regularly than those of Cod or Haddock. So far as 

 our scanty records go, Silver Hake do not begin to spawn in the Gulf 

 until June, for none of their eggs were found at any of our stations in 

 May; spawning is at its height in July and August (Stations 10300- 

 10305) ; and continues, though greatly diminished, through September 

 and the first half of October, as illustrated in the table, p. 262. 



Fig. 83. — Grampus records for young fry and eggs of the Silver Hake, 1912-1915: 

 • , eggs; O, fry; ® , eggs and fry. 



Unfortunately no quantitative hauls were made at the Stations 

 (10300, 10302, 10303, 10305, off Rye, or off Wooden Ball Island), 

 wjiere Silver Hake eggs were most numerous, so no estimate can be 

 made of the actual numbers present there. At the only other Station 

 (10304), where the total catch was more than 100, the quantitative 

 haul yielded thirty-eight eggs, i. e., 190 per square meter. In only 

 two other quantitative hauls did Silver Hake eggs occur (Station 



