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MeIntosh in regard to certain fisheries on the east coast of 
England and Scotland.” 
Invertebrates taken in the trawl net. 
No special attention was paid to the bottom inverte- 
brate fauna, but the following forms were identified among 
the contents of the net :— 
Mytilus modiola, Alcyonidium, various compound and 
simple aseidians, lustra, Pecten, Asterias, Solaster, Astro- 
pecten, Echinus, Cucumaria frondosa, Ophioglypha, Fusus, 
Dentalium, Hyas, Stenorhyncus, Pagurus, Portunus, Porcel- 
lana, Aphrodite, Sabella and other Polychaetes, and Actino- 
loba. Pontobdella (from a ray) was also taken. Zostera was 
present in the North Western portion of the bay. A female 
lobster of 83 inches in length was caught in the first haul, 
and two females, one recently berried, 10 inches in length, 
were obtained in the third haul. 
Food of the fishes taken. 
The majority of the fishes were examined for food 
contents of the stomach. Ray were feeding on fishes (too 
much decomposed for identification); plaice and dabs on 
Scrobicularia and Nucula (especially the latter), and the 
soles on annelids with a few Scrobicularia. 
Plankton. 
Surface tow-nettings were taken during every haul 
except the last. The pelagic organisms present were, 
however, remarkably scarce (not more than 10 ce. in all 
the five hauls), and the only animals present were Plewro- 
brachia (relatively abundant), Caligus rapaa (male), a 
young Cyclopterus lumpus, some larve decapods, and the 
Copepods Paracalanus parvus, and Oithona similis. This 
is in marked contrast with the fishing operations in 
October, 1902, when an enormous catch of Copepods (over 
*See Report of the Trawling Commission, Appdx. A., p. 378, 
and Report, p. xvi.; 1885. 
