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Monthly Reports on the Pishing in the Neighbourhood 



of Plymouth. 



By 



W. li. Calderwoo«l, 



Director of the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association. 



II. 



The four charts published in this number^ being' for the months 

 of May, June, July, and August, form a continuation of the series 

 of reports commenced in the last number (vol. ii, No. 3) and are 

 intended to show the position of the fishing fleets. 



The same symbols have been used, which, for convenience, are 

 again given below. 



I do not propose to attempt a full description of each month's 

 fishing, but rather let the charts explain themselves, giving only a 

 few necessary notes on the dates of the movements of shoals, which 

 may be of use on a subsequent occasion. 



May. — The mackerel fishing marked on this chart only lasted 

 till the 7th of the month. The shoals were travelling rapidly 

 towards the westward, and on the 10th were found 20 miles 

 south-west of the Eddystone. On the 14th all the fleet left 

 Plymouth and proceeded to St. Ives, from which port large catches 

 were obtained. 



The whiting fishing was very poor, and the boats changed 

 ground so frequently that a proper estimate of their position became 

 difficult. 



The majority of trawlers worked much more to the westward 

 than can be shown on the chart, the positions shown being only 

 taken up on the dates placed against them. 



The pilchard fishing marked in Whitsand Bay occurred on the 

 22nd inst. 



June. — The mackerel are in this chart marked as being close 

 inshore, and extending from the Mewstone to the Eddystone. The 

 fish occurred in this position for only a short time about the 10th ; 



