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(2.) These fishes are generally most abundant during 
June, July, August and September. But on certain of 
the grounds in winter (December and January) plaice 
may be more abundant than im summer. 
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Mersey Shrimping Grounds. 
(3.) The number of fish caught by}the shrimp trawl 
varies greatly from time to time. On the Mersey grounds 
the average for September, 1893, was nearly 3,000 per 
haul, and the average for September, 1899, was nearly 
