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(1) 1') li(M'riiigs caug-lit in Xcvin Buy. Carnarvou T3ay, 

 one mile from shore ni tlir(>e fathoms on December 1st, 



1905 



(S wi'vc spent I'rinalcs ; 



•") were s])ent males. 

 In all cases the stomachs \v(>re empty. 

 C-J) I'J lieiiint!'s eiuip'lit ott' New (^nay on Deremher 

 4th, 19()o, at niu'lit 



1 was a spent female : 

 •'! were spent males ; 

 4 were full females : 



4 were full males. 



All llie slo]naclis were empty. 



(•")) 12 herrino-s eaug-ht close inshore in Xevin Bay, 

 Carnarvon liay, on sand and on gravel on l-Uli December, 



1905— 



5 were spent females ; 



'! were spent males: 

 1 was a full female ; 

 -') were full males. * 



All the stonmchs were empty. 



These results are (>xtremely inl(Mesl in^:'. It is 



evident thai ftill lieiTin<i' ju'c to be found oft the Welsh 

 coast in wintet, and piobably deposit their spawn tlier(>. 

 It is most desirable that sam])les of lievriug from all the 

 Welsh fishei-ies slinuld be obtained ;ind examined. 



5. Sea temperature and catches of Whitings. 



The connection between hydrof^'raphical observations 



and the abundance of ff)od hsJies is \\-elI illustrated* by a 



discussion of the sea teni])erature and the catches rd' 



haddock juadc by steam trawlers fishing' off Grrantun on 



the East coast of Scotland. A curve is given in the 



■■' See D'Arcy Thompson, Granton Trawling Statistic;?. Report 

 on North Sea Investigations, p. 265, 1905. 



