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Forth— 
No. - = - 4 | 21 | 104 114 36 93 3 3 4 0 0 | 10 
Ay. per haul, - | 0°1|0°4| 26 | 2:3 | 0:7 | 0:4} 0:07 | 0:05 | 0-08 | 0:0 | 0-0 | 0:2 
St. Andrews— 
No, - - SOs iam ne 2sOnee O4aun om 90 DL PASO || AUG |} 8! 
Av. per haul, - | 0:0} 0°7| 4:7 | 144] 7:8 |3°3} 1° 4:5 | O11 | 1:1] 0°8)1°6 
Moray Firth— 
No. - - Ae Oa lal eae, 15 2 0} 10 12 9 Oy Oy wo 
Av. per haul, - |0°0/2°5]| . 3:0 | 0:08 |0-0} 0-7 | 1:2 | 06 |0-:0)0-0/0-0 
* Seven hauls. In the Moray Firth five hauls were made in January, none in March— 
which would have given a high average—19 in June, 19 in October, 12 in November, and 
four in December. 
These figures show how the numbers rapidly increase in February, 
March, and April, and diminish in May and June, increasing again 
slightly in August. 
The particulars of the flounders taken by the trawlers employed in the 
inshore waters of the Moray Firth and Aberdeen Bay may be contrasted 
with those of the “Garland,” but no hauls were made in the month 
of April in either of the areas named, and not in Aberdeen Bay in 
August :— 
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Aberdeen Bay— 
No, of hauls, -| 2] 1 Br hie 8 |. oy ; 3 2 Ty 2, 
No. caught, -| 0} 1] 14]. 33 6} 5 10 87 | 148 5 
Av. per haul; - |0°0| 1:0) 4:7 | . | 4:2 |12)07) . 3°38 | 43°5 | 11°9 | 0°4 
Moray Firth— 
No. of hauls, -| 3]18}] 14] . US He else De | 14 10 14 27 «| 23 
No. caught, -| 0 |220/786 | . 1 0 | 11 | 194 0 0 2 9 
Av. per haul, - | 0:0 12:2] 56:1] . | 0°06 |0°0} 2:2} 13:9 | 0°0 | 00 | 0:07 | 0-4 
It is evident from these figures that the migration a little offshore in 
spring is very marked, and that there is also a migration of the same 
kind in autumn much less considerable, and not quite corresponding in 
the period in the different regions so far as these hauls show. The 
spring migration is for spawning, the spawning period being in Feb- 
