20 Fishery Board for Scotland. 
TABLE X. (continued), 
PLAICE. Small and Extra Small. 
Area. Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl.| May.| June. | July. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov.| Dec. | Mean. 
| | | 
XG ...| 1904-7 | 10 8 8 Te + 5 5 Se aes 3 6 5°4 
1908-12; 5/11! 11)|10; 9 7 3 1 8 2 7 3 6-4 
NOM 8) .5)) 1908-7 6 3 | 13 | 20 | 16 10 2) 24 | 26 | 12 1 4] 13:0 
1908-12) 15 elon alley | 15 5 5 10 | 20 | 21 6 | 13) 12°3 
XVII. :..| 1904-7 |1-75| 5:5 | 5°0:| 2:5 16:75) 2°75 | 6:25 | 2°3°|7:75)4-25) 3°31 12:5) 50 
| 1908-12) 4 qj 10 Tl 16 8 6 11 5 u 7 7:2 
XVIII. ...| 1904-7 0 OMe Pyle) 4 2 0 0 2 6 2 7 
| 1908-12) 0 3,| 10 8 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 32 
XXIII. ...| 1904-7 | 15) 1.4 1) 11-6! 38 5 5 T| 6) TD Ss SiGe Oe 
1908-12) 43 | 39 | 23 | 14| 7 6 4 13 | 25 | 50 | 65 | 64 | 29°4 
XXVIII | 1904-7 | 22 | 22) 15| 46/23] 0| 3] 9] 1] 22| 20/94) 172 
1908-12) 20 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 17 12 Wy 19 | 28 | 41 | 49 | 22 | 24°6 
XXIX. ...| 1904-7 | 4 Daa 7 4 2 2 2 Ls ie) 8 7 59 
1908-12, 16; 9| 7} 8| 6 3 1 AL} > Giles Cane 6:2 
C. ...| 1904-7 1 By eZ al ote |p elk 2 4 Se) 100 | iGa| toe ao 4°0 
1908-12, 2) 4) 5| 10) 7 6 7 Te |. Oe)" AGh mesa aes 5:8 
It will be seen that in all, or almost all, cases the monthly 
percentages form a regular series, showing definite seasons of 
maximal and minimal abundance of the small fish relatively to the 
large. 
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Fic. 20. Percentage proportion of codling (in total catch of cod and codling), in 
certain Areas, from month to month ; mean of the years 1908-1912. 
(Smoothed curves. ) 
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