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Lawrence and about Newfoundland gave a prolific 1904 year- 
class. In the south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence the year-class 
of 1903 was of greatest importance. 
NorTHeRN Warters.—Hjort and Lea* examined many 
samples from Norwegian waters and from the Faroes and Iceland, 
and the 1904 year-class was very good. 
It would appear that, whatever the conditions were which 
produced the 1904 year-class, it took as long for them (the time 
reckoned by the scales of the herring) to make way against the 
cold current from Davis Strait as it did for them to reach the 
waters of Northern Europe. 
Norru SEA.—The importance of herrings with three winter 
rings in summer shoals has been shown already. The 1904 year- 
class would appear in our east coast fishery in 1907, and if it were 
as rich as in Norwegian waters the fishery for that year would show 
a considerable increase. The catches made on the east coast of 
Scotland in the early summer and great summer and autumn 
fisheries were as follows in cwts.t} 
Year. 1904... 1905. 1908. 1907. 1908. 1909. 
Early Summer ... see) Ooo 210,090 €18,475 980,744 507,440 604.262 
Gt. Summer and Autumn 2,240,252 1,865,588 1,882,122 2,567,982 2,203,914 1,634,955 
THE CHANNEL.—Russellt gives some interesting data relating 
to the herring fishery of the Channel. The monthly landings of 
herrings in the counties of Devon and Cornwall are given on pages 
32-35 of Russell’s paper for both steam and sailing vessels. As 
the records for steam vessels are not uniform in that they show a 
large increase in the use of steam for herring fishing commencing 
1910, those from sailing vessels are considered here only. Further, 
the Channel fishery is carried on chiefly during the winter months, 
and the total landings for the three months, November, December 
and January of the following year, have been taken to show the 
fluctuations in the fishery. The quantities caught, number of 
landings, and the average quantity landed per vessel for the years 
1906 to 1911 were as follows :— 

* Pub. de Circ.,No. 53. + Reports, Fishery Board for Scotland. 
{Report on Log-Book Records relating to Mackerel, Pilchards and Herring kept by 
fishermen during years 1895-1911. Fish. Invest., Seties 1I., vol. III., No. 1. 
