Bfsflt of the Transplanting. 

 The transplantinn: work has been a complete succesp 

 from its inception. In the hite Mr. E. A. Dawson's 

 Eeport for the Quarter ending? September, 1908, referrinp- 

 to the Morecambe mussels, it is stated :-" The mussels 

 " that were transplanted here last spring have grown 

 *' rapidly, and the fish are of first rate quality. I am 

 " informed the merchants prefer these to the mussels 





Fig. (). — Discharging nuissels^iu Ringhole. 



" taken from other beds in that vicinity." That was iho 

 result of the first transplanting experiment. Many of 

 the mussels transplanted in 1903 were what are known 

 amongst fishermen as "blue nebs " -very old mussels 

 with thick shells of a dead blue colour, much corroded, 

 especially in the hinge region, and having no epidermis 

 .on them. When the shell is opened the animal is usually 

 found to be thin and water>-. These mussels are 



