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No. 27. 

 Date : 12/6/13. 

 Number of hauls : 14. 



Locality : Opposite the mouth of the sewer near Woodstock 

 Beach. 



Condition of sea : Very rough and choppy. 

 Depth : 3 fathoms. Temperature : 55°. 

 Condition of bottom : Sandy and weed-grown. 



Male Crawfish. 



2 +, 

 17 



3+, 

 I 



4+, 



I 



5 +, 6 +, 7 + 



Average number per haul : 4 -142. 



2 +. 



3 +: 



4 +, 5 +, 6+, 7 + 



Average number per haul : 2 -785. 



Size in inches i +, 

 Hard old shell 39 

 Hard new shell 

 Soft old shell 

 Soft new shell 



Total of males : 58. 



Average size : 1-232 



Female Crawfish. 



Size in inches i +, 

 Hard old shell 

 Hard new shell 24 

 Soft old shell 

 Soft new shell 

 In berry 

 In eyed berry 



Total of females : 39 



Average size : i 795. 



Total number of males and females : 97. Average size : 1.458 



N.B. — The small crawfish in sizes shown above swarm 

 around the mouth of the sewer in thousands, and it was only 

 on account of the large meshes of the nets used that at least 

 twenty times more were not caught. 



No. 28. 



Date : 26/6/13. Number of hauls : 14. 



Locality : Near Milnerton Beach, about ^ mile off shore. 



Condition of sea : Very smooth and calm. 



Depth : 7 fathoms. Temperature : 56 °. 



Bottom : Rocky and weed-grown. 



Male Crawfish. 



Size in inches I +, 2 +, 3+, 4 -1-, 

 Hard old shell . . . . i 8 



Hard new shell 

 Soft old shell 

 Soft new shell 



5 

 22 



6 + > 7 + 

 44 17 



