SOME RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS. 447 



Theu to the eastward there is a wide edging of water which is less salt, 

 containing less than 34 parts of solid matter per 1000. This is 

 Bank water, and results from the fusion of North Sea water with 

 the fresh water from continental rivers and from the outHowinfj 

 Baltic stream. In this month Atlantic water is seen to be present in 

 the north-west part of the North Sea ; that is, the Norwegian stream 

 has begun to flow round the north of Scotland, and covers the deeper 

 part of the North Sea, north of the Dogger Bank. 



Salinity of 

 Surface-water, 

 lanoarv. 1904 



Fig. 4. 



So far there is no indication of the entrance of Atlantic water into 

 the North Sea area from the southern entrance. This, however, is 

 represented in Fig. 4, which shows the conditions oljtaining in January, 

 1904. Here we see that the northerly tongue of Atlantic water pro- 

 ceeding from the Faeroe-Shetland channel has become much larger and 

 now covers quite an extensive area of the sea. Towards the south 

 Atlantic water is also entering through the Straits of Dover, and these 

 north and south influxes of salt water are apparently approximating to 

 each other. In the next chart (Fig. 5), which represents the conditions 



