IN THE BAYS ON THE SOUTH-EAST COAST OF DEVON. 



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It will be seen that the fishes marked were mostly from 9 to 12 

 inches in length. The percentage of recoveries over the whole period 

 distinctly exceeds that for Start Bay, and even surpasses that for 

 Teignmouth Bay, viz. 36 per cent. For the first twelve months the 

 percentage is 33 per cent. Unlike the result of the Start Bay and 

 Teignmouth Bay experiments, the majority of the fish were recovered 

 inside the bays, and almost entirely during the first half-year. 



On examining the detailed records showing locality of capture, it 

 will be seen that most of the fishes recovered during the first half-year 

 were either travelling towards or had made their way into Start Bay. 

 Only one fish (No. 347) was recovered in Torbay, a fact which is all 

 the more remarkable since the great majority of the specimens were 

 liberated in the mouth of that bay. On November 16th one of the 

 Torbay fish (No. 373) was recovered off the Eddystone by a Plymouth 

 trawler. The movements of the fish during this season were, therefore, 

 very similar to those of the Start Bay fish on their return migration 

 from the spawning grounds, and they confirm the interpretation which 

 was adopted in the section dealing with the Start Bay fish as regards 

 the return migration. 



During the second half-year, i.e. in the spring of 1903, one fish at 

 least was recovered on the Spion Kop ground (No. 328), and the records 

 of the fishes numbered 383 and 361 tend to show that during June and 

 July the remainder of the fish were again returning to Start Bay, 



In the following table the percentage of marked fish recovered from 

 the various experiments, exclusive of the smallest fish from 7 to 8 inches, 

 is shown side by side for the different periods for the sake of easier 

 comparison. It has not been thought necessary to repeat the figures 

 given in the separate tables concerning the totals of all sizes marked. 



Table XXIV., shoioing percentage of Plaice of 9 inches and upwards 

 marked and recovered in the various cxiJeriments. 



In this combination of the bays, Start Bay fish recovered in Torbay and Teignmouth 

 Bay, or vice versd, have been treated as "inside," not "outside," as in the case of the 

 tables for each bay separately. 



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