165 



352 days, north and east of the Bell Rock, at 37 miles distant to the north and west ; 

 and the third, of 34'5-36'5 cm., after 335 days, at a distance of 19^ miles in the same 

 direction. 



In the fourth quarter, therefore, 12 of the marked plaice, or 16"9 per cent., 

 were recaptured, 7 (58"3 per cent.) to the north and west ; 3 (25 per cent.) to the 

 south and west, and 2 to the north and east. 



In the first 12 months after hberation, 52 fish, or 73*2 per cent., of all those 

 recovered, were taken, the position of 51 being known ; of these, 20 (39"2 per cent.) 

 went to the south and west ; 19 (37'2 per cent.) to the north and west ; 8 (15'7 per 

 cent.) to the north and east ; 2 to the west, and 1 each to the south and east and 

 to the north. 



Particulars for these 12 months are given in the following table : — 



Of the other marked fish, 6 were taken in the remainder of 1913. In July, a 

 male and a female were recaptured, the male, of 34-38"7 cm., after 379 days, far 

 offshore, to the south-east of Aberdeen, at a distance of 22^ miles, and the female, 

 of 29-34-2 cm., after 373 days, to the east of the Isle of May, at a distance of 26 

 miles. Two females were taken in August, 1, of 34-5-39-4 cm., after 400 days, 

 22 miles to the north and west, and the other, of 32-37-6 cm., after 405 days, near 

 the Bell Rock, at a distance of 40 miles. A male and a female were recaptured 

 in September, the male, of 34*5-38 cm., after 449 days, far offshore, at a distance 

 of 41 miles to the north and east, and the female, of 33'5-42-9 cm., aftc 433 days, 

 south-east of Aberdeen, at a distance of 24 miles to the north and west. 



