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APPENDIX I. 



Preliminary Report on the Trawling Experiments 

 in the Bays on the South Coast of Devon. 



The investigation of the trawling grounds in Start Bay, Torbay, and 

 Teignmouth Bay, which had been previously investigated in 1895-8 

 by Messrs. Stead and Holt, was resumed by the Marine Biological 

 Associaton in 1901. The new investigations were placed in the hands 

 of Dr. H. M. Kyle, Assistant Naturalist to the Association, and were 

 carried out by him at nearly regular monthly intervals from the end 

 of July, 1901, to the beginning of September, 1902, by means of the 

 Association's s.s. Oithona. 



In addition to the trawling investigations. Dr. Kyle arranged for the 

 collection of special statistics dealing with the Brixham fisheries. 

 These covered the period from the beginning of February, 1902, to the 

 end of January of the current year. 



The manuscript of Dr. Kyle's report was received in March, but the 

 work of revision has been attended with considerable difficulty, owing 

 to Dr. Kyle's removal to Copenhagen and the necessity of considerable 

 correspondence. When it is mentioned that his report includes an 

 analysis of nearly a hundred and fifty hauls of the trawl, in which every 

 fish was counted and measured, and that elaborate calculations have been 

 made from these data from a variety of points of view, it will be 

 understood that the Council of the Association have felt the necessity 

 of subjecting the work to a careful revision before transmitting a 

 formal detailed report. As, however, there has already been some 

 considerable delay, it is thought that the Devon Sea Fisheries Com- 

 mittee may be glad to receive a preliminary summary of the chief 

 results of the investigation. 



This summary is limited to questions affecting tlie plaice, except 

 where otherwise stated. 



