CONTENTS. 



I. Introduction . 



Total Number of Plaice marked and liberated and Total 

 recaptured, 1910-1913 



Methods of Marking .... 



The Interval between Liberation and Recapture 



Ports at which landed . 



II. The Migrations 



1. The Distances Travelled 



2. The Direction of the Migrations 



(1) Firth of Forth Region 



(2) Aberdeen Bank 



(3) Fair Isle 



3. The Spawning Migration . 



I. Fish described as " Spawning 



(1) Firth of Forth . 



(2) Great Fisher Bank 



(3) Tod Head 



(4) Aberdeen Bank . 



(5) Aberdeenshire Coast 



(6) Moray Firth 



(7) Fair Isle . 



II. Fish described as " Ripe " 

 : (1) Fii-th of Forth . 



(2) Great Fisher Bank 



(3) Aberdeen Bank . 



(4) Aberdeenshire Coast 



(5) Moray Firth 



(6) Fair Isle . 



4. Relation of the Migration to the Prevailing Current 



III. Growth . ...... 



1 . Fish recaptured after one year or more 



IV. The Intensity of Fishing .... 



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