CONTENTS 



PAOB. 



Summary and General Report ". 5 



The Prawn (Norway Lobster, Xej^hroj^s 7iorvegicus) and the 



Prawn Fishery of North Shields 10 



B. Stokrow. 



Lobster Culture 32 



A. Meek. 



Protection of the Lobster 35 



A. Meek. 



Protection of the Crab 43 



A. Meek. 



Sea Waves and the Destruction of Crab Pots ... ... 45 



H. Morris- Aieey. 



Mussel Culture 50 



A. Meek. 



Trawl- Caught Herring landed at North Shields 52 



A. Meek and B. Storrow. 



The Spawning of the Plaice 59 



B. Storrow. 



Biological Investigations 61 



A. Meek and B. Storrow. 



Report on the Condition of the Water of the Tyne during 



October, 1911 71 



A. Meek, w^TH the collaboration of Professor Bedson, 

 Professor Hutchens, G. Sisson and B. Storrow. 



Some Observations upon the Chemical Composition and the 



possible Commercial Value of Seaweeds 77 



Herbert W. R. Haselhurst. 



The Seals at the Farne Islands 83 



A. Meek. 



Sand Eels 86 



W. Mark Pybus. 



Faunistic Notes 89 



B. Storrow. 



