304 TRAWLING IN BAYS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF DEVON. 



PAINTED RAY (R. microcellata). 

 No of 

 Haul— i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii viii. ix x. xi. xii. xiii.xiv.xv. xvi.xvii.xviii.xix. xx.xxi. 



lliu. _ — — _ — — — — — 1 



12 „ 1 



13,. 



14 „_ _ _ 



15,,--- 1 



16 „- - - 



17 „_ 1 1 



18 „ 



19 „ 1 



20 „-------- 1 



21,. 



22,. 



23 „ 1 



Total ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?— 2 21—1 2 



(Under BLONDE RA Y (R. blanda). Large smooth spotted ray. 



8 „-------- 



9„ 



10 „- 11 



11 „ 1 



Total ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?— 1 311 



(Under HOMELYN (R. maculata). Small smooth spotted raij, 



8 in.)— — — — — — — — — 1 — — 87 13 51— 11 — 



8,, — — — — — — — _ __i 1 2? 



9 „ 1 1 



Total ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?1__97 14 71—112? 



Table II. 



Numbers and Peixentages of Fish at given sizes at different 



seasons in Start Bay, 



PLAICE. 



Season — March. May, June. July. Oct. Dec. 



Hauls — viii., x.-xii. xiii.-xv., xviii. xix., xx. i.-iii., ix. iv., v. 

 Hours— 9 hrs. 8 his. 50mins. 3 hrs. 45 niius. 15 hi's. ca. 8 hrs. ca. 



Unsaleable . . 112 66 17 2 2 



Under 8 inches . 26% 46% 29% 0% 0% 



Immature . . 322 124 46 276 101 



Under 12 inches . 76% 86% 79% 39% 32% 



Large ... 26 8 4 76 31 



15 inches and over 6% 6% 7% 11% 10% 



Gross number . . 423 144 58 698 313 



DABS. 



Unsaleable . . 343 102 81 394 24 



i.e., under 8 inches 71% 67% 75% 39% 11% 



Gross number . . 483 153 108 1007 212 



