169 
North Sea Investigations. 
(Continued.) 
By 
Ernest W. L. Holt. 
f Investigations. 
PAGE 
wth Sea. : =, 163 
ugh and its Neighbourhood . 176 
|, MS.), a species hitherto con- 
5 
3 é C eS 
in Pleuronectid Fishes = 85 
ith Symmetrical Eyes, with a 
F F - 188 
he Scad or Horse Mackerel . 190 
> Remarks on the occasional 
; é : . 194 
from Iceland and Faroe - 199 
"so In tHe Norru Sea. 
In subjoining the continued results of my statistical inquiries it 
is necessary to occupy but little space with introductory remarks, 
since the question has assumed no new features. The suggestions 
as to size-limits embodied in the draft report of the Parliamen- 
tary Committee would, if carried into effect, leave the North Sea 
fishery practically in statw quo. 
It is true that the proposed size-limits would prohibit the sale of 
some small quantity of fish, of several species, that now finds its way 
into our markets, but the quantity is so far insignificant that its 
exclusion would not materially affect the profits of the vessel. I 
have endeavoured to show that no size-limit that fails to exclude 
from the market so large a proportion of the immature plaice caught 
on the Hastern grounds as to render that area unprofitable, is likely 
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