202 
Fish, immature, capture and destruction 
of, (7) 53 (9) 201 ; (12) 18, 302. 
—— capture by bag-net or stow-net 
fishing, (8) 190; (23) 156. 
—— —— capture of, by hooks. (8) 378 ; 
(13) 14, 133. 
—— —— capture of, by liners, (8) 187. 
—— —— capture of, by lines and beam 
trawls, (9) 29. 
—— —— capture of, by shrimp nets, (8) 
185; (9) 206. 
—— —— capture of, by trawling, (8) 
179, 195. 
— — —— capture of, in North Sea, (13) 
332. 
——  —— comparison of territorial and 
extra-territorial waters regarding, (8) 
177. 
—— —— comparative destruction of, by 
trawl and hook, (6) 3. 
—— —- — conference on the destruction 
of, (8) 360; (9) 201, 389 ; (10) 345. 
—— —— definition of, (8) 160, 163. 
——- —— destruction of, (8) 362. 
destruction of, by seines, (8) 
—— --— destruction of, by weirs, (8) 
—— —— distribution of, (8) 10, 157; 
(13) 333. 
—— —— distribution of, according to 
depth and distance from shore, (8) 
166, 167, 169; (10) 338. 
—— —--- distribution of, in inshore and 
offshore waters; (8) 163. 
—— —— distribution of, offshore, (9) 
4, 182, 391, 395, 406. 
—— —— enquiry as to destruction of, 
in Belgium, (9) 416. 
—— —— enquiry as to destruction of, 
in Holland, (9) 412, 413. 
—— —— enquiry as to presence of, in 
deep water, (9) 391. 
—— --— enquiries regarding, (8) 159. 
—— —— escape of, from otter-trawl, 
(20) 327. 
—— —— experiments on vitality of, (12) 
387. 
—— —— investigations on, in Denmark, 
(13) 340. 
—— —— legal sizes for, in Denmark, (8) 
374. 
—— — — legal sizes for, in Italy, (8) 375. 
legislation for the protection 
of, (8) 157. 
—— —— limits of, (22) 18. 
—— —— limits suggested for sale of, 
(12) 385. 
—— —— minimum sizes fixed for, (8) 
158. 
—— —— nurseries of, (9) 4. 
—— —-—- official enquiries regarding des- 
truction of, (8) 159. 
—— —— practical difficulty of enlarging 
mesh of trawl-nets for protection of, 
(8) 196. 
—— —— principles of the protection of, 
(8) 192, 196. 
—— —— proportion of, to adults taken, 
(8) 164. 
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Fish, immature, protection of flat fish, 
(14) 148. 
—— —— proportion of, landed by line 
fishermen, (8) 378. 
—-- —— proportion of, landed by trawl- 
ers, (22) 16. 
—— —~— regulations proposed regarding, 
in England, (9) 393. 
—— — — regulations regarding, in Bel- 
gium, (9) 416. 
—— —— regulations regarding in Den- 
mark, (9) 411 ; (10) 247. 
regulations 
France, (9) 202. 
regulations regarding, in Hol- 
land, (9) 413 ; (10) 350. 
—— —— regulations regarding, in Italy, 
(9) 202. 
—— —— regulations regarding, in New 
South Wales, (9) 399. 
—-— —— size of, among different species, 
(22) 17. 
—— —— their distribution and capture 
by various modes of fishing, (8) 157. 
—— ——- used for manure, &ce., (8) 158. 
—— importance of accurate measure- 
ments of, (20) 326, 330. 
— — influence of cold on, (9) 420. 
—-— landed, imperfection of statistics of, 
(20) 76. 
—— lateral sense organs of, (16) 216. 
—-- limit of size dividing mature from 
immature, (8) 161, 163. 
—— -meal, (6) 297. 
—— method of determining solids of, 
(5) 222. 
—-— method of preparation of, in tins, (5) 
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a gees regarding, in 
methods of rearing larvee of, (15) 177. 
migrations of, in relation to 
currents, (15) 375. 
—— notes on teleostean development, 
(16) 211. 
—— numerical 
seasons, (6) 36. 
—— nurseries of young, (8) 177. 
—— -oils, (4) 258. 
—— preservation of, (4) 259; (6) 289. 
—— proportion of mature and immature, 
caught by trawling, (8) 180. 
—— relative abundance of, (6) 91. 
—— relative proportion of small, cap- 
tured, (6) 36. 
—w— rearing experiments with flat, (16) 
219. 
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variation at different 
—— rearing post-larval plaice, (16) 223. 
—— reproduction and development of 
teleostean, (7) 386. 
—— respiration of teleostean embryo, 
(16) 213. 
—— supply on German coast, diminution 
of, (9) 405. 
transport of live European, to 
America, (8) 363. 
—— weight and sizes of, brought to 
Aberdeen market, (22) 89. 
Fisher Bank, catches from, (21) 38. 
— — plaice on, (21) 41. 
—— statistics relating to, (21) 38. 
—— trawling investigations on, (21) 25. 
