J.-W.-W. BUND — SALMON MIGRATION 699 
The next point, that the Grilse have practically left the river, is certain. 
It is proved by the fact that the average weight of the fish has only va- 
ried 907 grammes and bas gone up in the year of largest take instead of 
decreasing as it always used to do with the largest take. All the fisher- 
men agree that they have caught no Grilse. The fishmongers also say they 
get no Grilse from the Severn; what fish they get are large, mature fish. 
This point may therefore be regarded as established. 
The large fish, that is, fish over 15,875 grammes have disappeared. A 
record of those caught has been kept for some years. For the last five 
years 8 is the highest number. Table IIT shows the number for 10 years. 
TABLE I 
Number of Salmon caught in the Severn in the 10 years 1894-1908. 
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 
25,000 % 
24,000 
93.000 
29,000 
21,000 d 
20,000 
19,000 
18,000 : 
17,000 
16,000 
15,000 : 
14,000 
13,000 d 
12,000 
11,000 | 
10,000 
9,000 
8,000 L 
cas Rx) 
HAS LE 6k.,123/5k,670/5k.,670 130 5 k.,897 | 

averageweight |5k.,216 




