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INDEX 



Marking experiments, 42. 



Marston, R. B., 8. 



Masterman, A. T., 7, 58, 73, 80, &c. 



See also Mcintosh for Britinh 



Marine Food Fishes. 

 Matthews, Mr., 162. 

 Mead, A. D., 69. 

 ' Medium Water ' lishes, 204. 

 Meek, A.. 7, 37, 74, 78, 7a, 125, 132, 



136, 137, 144, 146, 147, 168, 171, 



184. 

 Megrims [Zewjopterus megastomd), 14, 



36, 120, 199, 206. 

 Meyer, F. (herring experiments), 165. 

 Michael Sars, S.S., 15, 130, 181, 188, 



191. 

 ./. and S. Miles, S.T., 64. 

 Milford Haven, 71, 77, 88, 109, 127, 



128, 134, 180. 

 Millport Laboratory (Buteshire), 



utmty of, 133. 

 Minchin, C. 0., 129, 130. 

 Mitchell, J. M., on herring eggs (1864), 



157. 

 Monks {Lophius piscatorius), 14, 120, 



199, 206. 

 Montrose, 32, 77. 

 Moody, G. J., 7, 29. 

 Mora (abyssal lish), 112. 

 Morley, C. C, 116, 117, 159, 177. 



Nansen, F., 24. 



Neale, H. H., 120, 121. 



Neale, J. J., 118. 



Newhaven, 152. 



Newfomadland, Hjort's researches on 



cod, 94. 

 Newlyn, 180 



Nicholas Dean, S.T., 188. 

 North Sea, ' areas ' of, 41, 51, 52, 53. 



See under Fishing -grounds 

 'Northern' fish and animals, 20, 186- 



92, 198, 203, 204, 205. 

 southern boundary of their Atlantic 



territory, 186. 

 North Sliields, 76, 88, 99, 103, 128, 



134, 138, 144, 152, 180. 

 harbour improvements needed, 153. 

 Norwegian research, 15, 21, 22, 24, 73, 



83, 84-6, 94, 156, 178, 179. Set 



Hjort. 



Ocean Research : 

 achievements, 24. 



international partition of work, 21. 

 utiUty of, 25, 70, 86, 93, 98, 158, 203; 

 See also Forecasts. 

 Oithona, S.Y., 123, 192. 

 • Orkney herring laiiding.s, 152. 

 Orton, J. H., 181, 185. . 



Otoliths (or earstones), 22. 

 Over-fishing, probably not the main 



factor influencing fluctuations, 



14, 22, 178, 201, 202, 207. 

 cod, heiTing, and coalfish, 93. 

 cod, 89, 93, 04-8. 

 haddock, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 



85, 86. 

 hake, 109-14, 116. 

 herring, 154, 155, 156, 160, 16.'). 166, 



178, 179. 

 lemon soles, 147, 150. 

 ling, 135. 



mackerel, 181, 182, 183, 184, 196,197. 

 plaice, 39, 44, 64 n. 

 skates, 129, 132. 

 soles, 72. 

 turbot, 66, 69. 

 whiting, 139, 142. 

 Oxford University support to M.B.A., 



70. 



Fadstow, 71. 



Pan-Pacific Conference on li.shery 



statistics, 27. 

 Patterson, A. H., 132, 182. 

 Peridinians, 160. 

 Peterhead, 152. 



Petersen, C. G. J., 39, 48, 86, 147. 

 Physico-chemistry, term not under- 

 stood by laymen, 124. 

 Piel Laboratory, (Lanes.) utility of, 



70, 133. 

 Pilchard, 14, 198. 

 Plaice, 14, 31-64, 199, 205. 

 catch, 31, 32. 



decline in catch of large fish (pre- 

 war), 42, 43. 

 eggs, 34, 35. 

 fluctuations, 40, 205. 

 grounds, 33 ; closui'e of, 53 ; com- 

 parative productivity of, 51, 52. 

 immatute, result of catching, 44, 45 ; 



where caught, 53. 

 life -history : eggs, 39 ; feeding- 

 grounds, 39 ; fry, 36 ; larvae, 34, 

 36 ; maturity, 38 ; migrations, 

 early, 37 ; movements of adults, 

 39 ; nurseries, 37 ; spawning, 34. 

 ports, 32. 

 size limits, 56-8. 

 small plaice, 41, &c 

 stock of, 40-5. 



transplantation, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50. 

 war, alleged eft'ect on stock, 62-4. 

 Plymouth Laboratory, limitations of, 

 195. See Marine Biological 

 Association 

 Plymouth, port of, 77, 109, 162. 

 Podoii, 182, 194. See Water Fleas. 



