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ClupeiDtE. — Clupea harengus (Herring) is taken abun- 

 dantly a few miles south-west of the Calf. 



MuR/ENiDiE. — Conger vulgaris (Conger Eel) is taken 

 outside the Bay from north of Fleshwick to the Calf. 

 Evidently prefers mackerel to any other form of bait, and 

 undoubtedly selects it in preference to herring. 



Syngnathid^e. — Syngnatlius acus (Pipe fish) is captured 

 at low tide and in rock pools. Seems to prefer neighbour- 

 hood of Chorda filum, to detached or floating portions of 

 which it presents some resemblance. 



Elasmobranchii. — Raja maculata (Skate) and Scyllium 

 canicula (Dog fish) were taken outside the Bay when 

 ground fishing with mackerel bait for other forms." 



Work on Oysters and Disease. 



As the progress of the investigation upon the con- 

 ditions under which oysters flourish, and the connection 

 between unhealthy oysters and disease in man, carried on 

 for some years now by Prof. Boyce and myself, has been 

 noted from time to time in these Annual Eeports, it may 

 interest some readers to know that the work is now con- 

 cluded, and that the final results have been published 

 (October, 1899) under the auspices of the Lancashire Sea- 

 Fisheries Committee, as the first " Lancashire Sea- 

 Fisheries Memoir." This is a thin quarto volume* of 

 about 70 pages, illustrated by eight partly coloured plates, 

 and giving the details of the histological, chemical, and 

 bacteriological evidence upon which the conclusions as to 

 oysters printed in last year's report were based. Since 

 that report was published last year it is satisfactory to 

 know that (1) the "British Oyster Industries Association," 

 on very much the lines that we suggested, has been 



* "Oysters and Disease," published by George Philip and Son, London 

 and Liverpool, at 7s. 6d. nett. 



