of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 57 
Young Herring, . 26,037 
Sprats, : i 16,992 
Young Whiting, 317 
e. | od, 136 
5). Llaice, 68 
5,  Sparlings, 26 
»  Flounders, 18 
 . Dabs; 15 
a Auythe, 1 
43,610 
Agonus cataphractus, - 168 
Sand-eels (Ammodytes tobianus ), 40 
Viviparous Blennies, . : : 10 
Lumpsuckers. Cyclopterus lumpus, 9 
Gobius minutus, . s F : 9 
Butter-Fish. Centronotus gunnellus, 9 
Liparis montagui, p 8 
Pipe-fish, Syngnathus, sp., . 5 
Fifteen-spined Stickleback, 2 
Three-spined Stickleback, 1 
261 
In most cases, also, the sprats and herrings were carefully measured 
with a view to determining the rate of growth of the species and the 
probable growth of the fish caught. 
with on another occasion. 
These measurements will be dealt 
NUMBER OF Sprats MEASURED. 
October, 
November, 
December, 
January, 
February, 
NuMBER oF HERRING MEASURED. 
October, 
November, 
December, 
January, 
February, 
The 43,000 sprats and young herring examined represented about 
one thousandth part of the entire season’. *atch. The catch was carefully 
inspected on every day when fish were landed throughout the season, but 
on some days no large samples were counted, a rough estimate only 
being made of the proportion of sprats and herrings which made up the 
catch. By these two methods the following Table has been drawn up, 
showing the approximate composition of the catch throughout the season. 
An asterisk denotes the days when the estimate was only a superficial one, 
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