of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 161 
On the other hand, during December, January, and February, when 
the fish were very scarce, and the percentage of young herrings very high, 
a typical unpicked: sample of the fish consisted of :— 
“ Halflin” Herrings, 16 
Young Herrings, 2218 
Sprats, : J ‘ 54 
Young Cod, ; 38 
» Whiting, 35 
5  Sparlings, E 2 i ‘ 416 
1, wmalbne:  . : ; ; ; ; 5 
.  # EARBIeeg ht : ; ; ; ’ 12 
Sand-eels, . i : 4 ‘ ; : 25 
Gobius minutus, : d : : 21 
Liparis montagut, . : ‘ ; 11 
Agonus cataphractus, . : : : : ca 
Shrimps ( Crangon vulgaris ), 600 
There were also present in this sample about 200 larval fish, consisting 
of over 90 per cent. young herring and about 10 per cent. of young sprats, 
sand-eels, and sparlings. 
The whole of the above sample represents about one-twelfth part of a 
eran, The 40 samples of sprats and young herring examined during this 
season represented about one-thousandth part of the entire season’s catch. 
The catch was carefully examined on every day when the fish were 
landed at the Dundee Tidal Harbour, but on some days no large samples 
of sprats and herring were bought or examined, a rongh estimate only 
being made of the proportion of sprats and herring which made up the 
catch. 
By these two methods the following Table has been drawn up, showing 
the approximate composition of the catch throughout the season, 
An asterisk denotes the days when the estimate was only a superficial 
one :-— 
| 
| Estimated a Estimated 
Date. No. of Crans, | No. of Young | es prrcvost s,| Total No. of 
| Hewrinptsi|> <4 eels Fish. 
=S—_ SSS Se ee eS ee ee as 
1905. 
October . : ash 14 25,200 10,800 36,000 
2 ee ae eee aes eer 3 ee ee 
November 1 . F 1 16,800 7,200 24,000 
se Qe. ; 1} 15,000 5,000 30,000 
Be 3 8} 61,200 142,800 204,000 
os 6 186} 250,992 3,334,680 3,585,600 
; (i 56 107,520 967,680 1,075,200 
- 8 1054 243,072 1,782,528 2,025,600 
Ar 9 168} 647,040 2,588,160 3,235, 200 
- 10 403 186,624 590,976 777,600 
_ Li D354 308,160 719,040 1,027,200 
= 13 1264 1,360,128 1,068,672 2,428,800 
