Aberdeen Fishery Statistics. 21 
‘Thus, as is partly shown in Fig. 20, codling are relatively scarce, 
and the larger cod are relatively plentiful, in spring on the great 
majority of our fishing areas. This is true for both our West and 
East Coasts, and is well shown at Faeroe also. Only towards the 
Norwegian coast, in Areas XV. and XVI., have we some indication 
that the larger cod attain their maximal abundance, relatively to 
the codling, in spring. The same diagram (Fig. 20) further 
illustrates the fact that the percentage of codling is especially high 
in the inshore areas, such as those at the mouth of the Firth of 
Forth (XXVIII.) and eastward thereof (XXIX.); they are less 
numerous, proportionately, on the Aberdeen grounds (XXIITI.). 
On Area XVII., the Pentland Firth region, while the proportion 
of codling is high in the summer time, the spring minimum is 
particularly low. 
Fic. 21. Percentage proportion of small and extra small haddocks (in the total 
catch of that fish), in certain Areas, from month to month; mean of 
years 1908-1912. (Smoothed curves.) 
In the case of haddock, it will be seen from Fig. 21 that certain 
differences exist between different areas. In most cases we have a 
double maximum of small haddock, relatively to the large ones, the 
small being especially abundant both in spring and autumn, but 
tending towards a minimum in August. In Area XXVIII., on 
the other hand, there is a well-marked minimum in early spring, 
and the maximum is reached in the month of August. We should 
find, were we to consider all the available evidence, on all our west 
coast areas, and round the north of Scotland to the Moray Firth, it 
is everywhere the case that the small haddock are relatively most 
abundant in spring, while further to the eastward and southward, 
in the North Sea areas to the east of Scotland, the maximum occurs 
during summer-time. There is also a distinct maximum of 
small haddock during the latter season at Faeroe. 
