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DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN 



northern Norway I reproduce Fig. 523, in which the different 

 curves denote : — 



I. The outer limit of pelagic cod eggs during the spring of 1901. 

 II. „ minute larvae and young, June- July, 1901. 



III. „ large pelagic fry, August 1900. 



Fig. 522. — Spawning Regions of the three Species of the genus Molva. 



Vertical lines, Molva byrkelange ; horizontal lines and black portions, .1/. molva ; dots, 



M. elongata. 



(From International Reports, vol. x.) 



In northern Norway there is plainly a movement along the 

 coast and away from land. During development the minute fish 

 are carried hundreds of miles away from the spawning places. 



