DISTRIBUTION AND GENERAL NOTES ON THE SPECIES 299 



21 1 females had a mean length of 41-4 cm. K for March females of 4i-i-42-o cm. (Table 17) is 0-695. 

 Hence the theoretical weight of the females is given by 



W- 



41-4' 



X 0-695 X 211 g- 



Table 17. 



100 



= 709-56x0-695 X 211 g. 

 = 493-14420x211 g. 

 = 104,053-4262 g., say 104-1 kg. 



Table of K for female Merluccius hubbsi throughout the year, computed as described 

 in the text. Interpolated values in italics 



Length 

 in cm. 



34-I-35-0 



35-1-36-0 



36- 1-37-0 



37-1-38-0 



38-1-39-0 



39-1-40-0 



40-1-41-0 



41-1-42-0 



42-1-43-0 



43- 1-44-0 



44-1-45-0 



45-1-46-0 



46-1-47-0 



47-1-48-0 



48-1-49-0 



49-1-50-0 



50- 1-51-0 



51-1-52-0 



52-1-53-0 



53-I-54-0 



54-i-55-° 

 55-1-56-0 

 56-1-57-0 

 57-1-58-0 

 58-1-59-0 

 59-1-60-0 

 60-1-61-0 

 61-1-62-0 

 62-1-63-0 

 63-1-64-0 

 64-1-65-0 



July 



0-759 



o-y6i 



o-y62 



0-763 



0-763 



0-762 



0-762 



0-760 



0-759 



0-757 



0-755 



0-753 



0-750 



0-749 

 0-746 



0-743 

 0-740 



0-737 

 0-734 

 0-731 

 0-728 

 0-725 

 0-723 

 0-720 

 0-718 



0-715 

 0-712 

 o-7og 

 0-707 

 0-706 

 0-704 



Aug. 



0-777 



0-778 



0-780 



0-781 



0-781 



0-780 



0-779 



0-777 



0-776 



0-774 



0-772 



0-770 



0-768 



o-j66 



0-763 



0-760 



0-757 



0-754 



0-751 



0-748 



0-745 

 0-742 



0-739 

 0-736 



0-734 

 0-731 

 0-72^ 

 0-726 

 0-723 

 0-723 

 0-720 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



0-714 



0-715 



0-716 



0-717 



0-717 



0-716 



0-716 



0-714 



0-713 



0-711 



0-709 



0-707 



0-705 



0-704 



0-701 



0-698 



0-695 



0-693 



0-690 



0-687 



0-684 



0-681 



0-679 



0-676 



0-674 



0-672 



0-669 



0-667 



0-665 



0-664 



0-661 



June 



0-735 

 0-736 

 0-738 

 0-739 

 0-739 

 0-738 



0-737 

 0-736 



0-734 



0-732 



0-731 



0-728 



0-726 



0-725 



0-722 



0-719 



0-716 



0-713 



0-710 



0-708 



0-705 



0-702 



0-700 



0-697 



0-695 



0-692 



0-690 



0-687 



0-684 



0-684 



0-681 



Thus the gross weight of the whole sample should ' theoretieally ' be 39i« kg or, fi'^f''^% '» % 

 tolet our ■ probable minimum- weight, we should sa, that at the very least 3« kg. of hake had been 



The actual weights recorded at St. WS853 were: 



414 males (weighed in 4 length groups) totalled 121-350 kg. 

 529 males unmeasured, weighed in bulk , iSS'OOO kg. 



211 females (weighed in 6 length groups) totalled 103-290 kg. 



Grand total 379-640 kg- 

 and the total for males alone, for comparison with the first calculation above, was 276-350 kg. 



