of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 61 
Date. Place. teen Quantity. 
1901. Cwts. 
30 March - | About 60 miles W. of Ekersund, Norway. 40-50 14 
8 April - | About 20 miles 8.E. of Aberdeen ; 20 miles from 40-50 4 
coast. 
1) er - | About 75 miles E, of the North of Shetlands. 70 (2) 6 
2Sept. - | About 45 miles §.8.E. of Aberdeen; about 35 miles 46 2 
1902. off coast of Kincardine. 
15 Feb. - | About 146 miles E. by N. of Aberdeen. 40-50 1 
22 April - | About 10-12 miles off Loch Laxford. é 2 
23 4; - | About 15-16 miles 8.S.W. of Cape Wrath. , 3 
1 May ~- | The Minch. F 2 
1 ieee - | ‘* Fisher Bank,” about 175 miles E. from Aberdeen ; 40-45 16 
about 90 miles W. of Ekersund, Norway. 
PllBiacs55 - | ** Fisher Bank,” about 170 miles HE. 4 N. of Aber- 40-45 1 
deen, and 90 miles from Ekersund. 
215; - | ** Fisher Bank,” about 200 miles E. $8. of Aber- 40-50 2 
deen ; 65 miles from Ekersund. 
70) ee - | ‘* Fisher Bank,” about 180 miles E. by S. ; about 35-45 2 
90 miles W. of Naze. 
7 June - | About 37 miles §.S.E. of Aberdeen ; 30 miles from 30-40 4 
coast. 
10 ,, . - | 70 miles S.E. ; 50 miles off coast of Kincardine. 40-50 2 
TS 55 - | 50-60 miles §.S.E. ; about 50 miles E. of St. Abb’s 40-50 4 
Head. 
8 October | 50 miles S.E. by 8. ; 45 miles off coast of Kin- 36-38 4 
eardine. 
13. 4, ~=- | 230 miles HE. $S. ; about 55 miles off Ekersund. 40-50 2 
22 ~=,, - | 27 miles E.S.E. ; about 30 miles off coast of Aber- 30-40 4 
deen. 
27 ~=«,,.~=-- | 180 miles E. by S.; about 90 miles W. of Ekersund. 35-37 1 
6 Dec. - | 170 miles E. by S.; about 125 miles W. of Naze. 40 14 
12. ,, - | 200 miles E. ; about 75 miles W. of Ekersund. 43-46 1 
The facts are of interest. With the exception of those taken on the 
West Coast, and six ewts, taken to the east of the north of the Shet- 
lands, all the pollack landed were caught in two localities—(1) on the 
eastern and northern part of the Great Fisher Bank, from about 
sixty to one hundred miles from the south-west coast of Norway, in 
from thirty-five to fifty fathoms, (2) off the east coast of Scotland, 
between Aberdeen and the Tay, at a distance from about twenty to 
sixty miles from the coast, and in from thirty to fifty fathoms (see 
Chart, Plate I.), The period in which they were taken was either the 
spring and early summer, from 15th February to 13th June—and 
mostly in April or May—or September, October, and December, 
The spawning-period of the pollack was found by Holt to be from 
March to June on the west coast of Ireland, and Williamson obtained 
the floating eggs in Loch Fyne also in these months, but mostly in 
March.* On the Kast Coast ripe fishes were obtained at Shetland in 
May ;f while some authorities, as Dunn and the authors of the 
Scandinuvian Fishes, believe that it spawns towards the end of winter, 
It appears highly probable, therefore, that the catches of the pollack on 
* Ibid. 
r Tenth Ann. Rep., Part IT7., p. 288. 
