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with young soles of the same size; as to whether 
‘nurseries’ are already overstocked with young fish, or 
may with advantage be replenished as the result of arti- 
ficial hatching operations. 
“If public opinion has advanced, and _ Fisheries 
administration is more enlightened now than it was fifty 
or twenty vears ago, let us see to it that the reproach of 
the nineteenth century is not continued on into the 
twentieth. I submit this Scheme to the Committee in 
the hope that they will authorise its immediate adoption 
on board the steamer, with a view to starting the new 
century well by having reliable and adequate monthly 
Fishery Statistics taken for the first time in January, 
1901.” “W. A. Herdman.” 
“Suggested Scheme of Fishery Observations. 
“Regular Monthly Observations (as far as possible 
during the first week or ten days of each month) should 
be made on the following five Stations—as shown on a 
Chart marked by Mr. Dawson : — 
Station 1.—Blackpoo] Closed Ground. 
STaTion 2.—A similar area a little further South. 
Station 5.—Mersey Shrimping Ground, Burbo Bk. 
Station 4.—Outside N.W. Lightship to 20 fath. line. 
Station 5.—Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. 
“Stations 1 and 2 are important for comparison with 
one another; Station 5 gives information on shrimping 
and immature fish questions; Station 4 is on interesting 
ground, just outside the territorial waters; and Station 4 
is an important trawling area in the newly amalgamated 
Welsh portion of the District. 
“The Observations made should include: — 
I. Drags with the fish trawl and shrimp trawl. 
II. Plankton collections with surface and bottom 
tow-nets. 
