128 NORTH SEA INVESTIGATIONS. 
such as those taken last year in the “ Vallota,’’? were present in the 
river from the beginning of April, and I have little doubt that some 
remain there throughout the whole year. 
Haddock.—The appended figures show the total number of boxes 
of ‘small’? landed during the months specified. 
March, less six days . : : . 1,107 boxes. 
Rr ee a ee Ande 
May, less one day . : c - 2,890 5; 
June . 9 5 c : : 5 BHO a, 
July, less one day : ; . 2 13,549 5. 
August, less five days . : : a Ho 
Cod.—The appended figures relate to the boxes of small codling, 
as explained in the previous number of this Journal, landed by 
trawlers only, during the months specified. 
March, less six days . é E . 2,037 boxes. 
April . ‘ 2 a ; 4 Ug s. 
May, less one day 2 ‘ : Pyle OAs 
June, less one day 5 E A 5 Oe 
July, less one day : : : 7 ESS aes 
August, less five days . : : cee Ses 
In the last number of this Journal I expressed the opinion that 
statistical inquiries would confirm the general belief that the amount 
of small haddock and codling landed by trawlers was less during 
the summer than during the winter months. The above figures, com- 
pared with those given for last winter, point, however, to the opposite 
conclusion, especially in the case of haddock, which show a steady 
increase throughout the summer. Codling,it is true, showa diminution 
between March and August, but it is only a shgeht one. However, 
since in the case of this species the summer supply of fish of all sizes 
was undoubtedly greater than that of the winter, it follows that the 
proportion of undersized fish was considerably larger during the 
latter period. This is very probably true also with regard to the 
haddock, but I have not the figures to show it. It is lamentable to 
reflect that whilst these wretched immature haddocks found a ready 
sale, at least double the quantity of large fish, of magnificent quality, 
had to be thrown overboard by Iceland trawlers as utterly unmar- 
ketable. 
Whiting.—From examination of the catches of shrimp-trawlers, 
and from my own trawling operations in the Humber, I found that 
small whiting were very scarce in the river during the spring and 
summer, so that there was no possibility of any great destruction of 
the young of this species by river fishermen. I found some diffi- 
culty in obtaining sufficient numbers of small fish, even from deep- 
