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i'di- ilic year in tlic muntli of Au^-vist. The fish present 

 at this time are ])}(»l)ably those icsultin"' from the same 

 year's spawn iiip-. Then when the temperature of the 

 sea falls w]iitin<>> become less abundant, and a minimum is 

 I'eacdied in Ueeeniber and -lanuaiy. 



6. Occurrence of large Plaice at New Quay. 



Two hauls made by Mr. E. Williams, the Bailiff 

 stationed at Xew (^uay, aie of interest as shewinj:' that 

 larf^'c and mature ])laiee aic not necessarily confine<l to 

 coniparativelv deep watei', but may occur close in sluue. 

 The hauls were : 



Tlh March, lUU-J. Utf :sew (^uay head, four miles 



N.E. : 



Fish C a u fr h t . 



Plaice: 80, 2-)in. to Tin. in len<^th. 

 Brills: '2, l!)in. to Kiiu. in length. 

 AVliitiilgs : 15, l(Sin. to Itin. in lengtjr. 

 Skates : 2, 19in. in leno-th. 



'•2Tth March, 1905. — Near the same place : 



Soles : 5, l-tin. to l'-2in. in length. 



Plaice: -jO, 17in. to Sin. in length. 



Whiting's: (i, Kiin. to l-'!in. in lenyth. 



Skates: T, 12in. to Sin. in length. 

 'I'hat huge and mature phuce occui- only sporadically 

 in inshore waters is due, I think, to the fact that such 

 large fish are necessarily few in numbei', and are easily 

 fished out iu eomi)arison with those of smaller size, and 

 not to any necessary connection between the habits of 

 the fish and the de])th of water. 



