24 The Salmon 
has a careful record of the dates of capture and of the weights been 
kept, but all the different classes of fish have been carefully noted 
down. When there was 
any doubt about a fish 
the scales were examined. 
Few could have the oppor- 
tunity of capturing or 
marking the fish so well, 
as we control the whole of 
the river Tay, from Stanley 
s tothe mouth, and also part 
= of the coast. “ihe mrostof 
E the fish that are caught 
~ on the Way theretore pass 
< through our hands. It 
= was during the net-fishing 
= season, which opens on 
4 the 5th of February and 
z closes on the: 20th mon 
: August, that we had the 
& best opportunity of catch- 
ing them. Only two have 
been caught with the rod. 
EG: 
The wires have thus served 
their purpose quite well, 
and, as was expected, have 
grown up with the fin (Fig. 
16) in many cases, and have 
remained in it. Those 
which were put in farther 
forward have remained 
farther down. The fol- 
lowing are the dates of capture and the weights of marked fish 
caught in 1906: 

