of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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* Herrings from Clyde and West Coast. 



t Herrings from Clyde, West Coast, and East Coast. 



February. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Ardnacross Bay, 5th February 1907: — 1 Imm 

 dev. $, 26 cm. : eggs, -25 mm. : o, 4 mm. : fat, some ; 57 W. Spr. F., 22 to 

 31 cm. : eggs, rO-1-25 mm.: o, 16-30 mm. : t, 17-38 mm. : fat, none, a 

 little. All had, with one or two exceptions, big stomachs full of copepods, 

 etc. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Davaar Island, 14th February 1905 : — 12 W.Spr. 

 F., 29 to 32 cm. 



Clyde. — Campbeltown, Kildalloig Bav, 22nd February 1907: — 4 Imm., 

 22, 23 cm. ; 23 W. Spr. F., 22 to 30 cm'. : eggs, 1-0, 1-1 mm. : o, 14-28 

 mm.: t, 10-24 mm. : fat, none; 16 W. Spt., 22 to 31 cm. : fat, none. 

 There were remains of food in the stomachs of both fulls and spents, 



Clyde.— Ballantrae Bank, 28th February 1907:— 41 W. Spr. F., 23 to 

 27 cm.: eggs, l-l-1^35mm. : o, 17-28 mm.: t, 20-30 mm.: fat, none. 

 Their stomachs were empty ; in one fish there was a brown fluid in the gut. 



Clyde.— Loch Striven, 20th February 1907 :— 169 Imm., 14 to 23 cm. : 

 eggs, -1, -15 mm. : o, 2-4 mm. : t, 2, 3 mm. : fat, large quantity, some; 

 18 Imm. dev., 17 to 21 cm. : eggs, -25--4 mm. : o, 3-5 mm. : t, 4 mm. : 

 fat, large quantity; 22 Spg. Spr., 17 to 21 cm.: eggs, -4--6 mm.: 

 o, 5-8 mm. : t, 4-8 mm.: fat, large quantity, none; 31 W. Spr., 18 to 

 21 cm.: eggs, -7-1-1 mm. : o, 9-16 mm.: t, 7-19 mm: fat, none, some. 

 The stomachs were empty. 



West Coast. — Stornoway, off Cellar Head, 5th February 1908 : — 27 

 W. Spr. F., 27 to 31 cm. Food was found in one fish; the stomachs of 

 the others were empty. 



