59 



Total number of males : 69. Average number per haul : 

 4 -928. 



Average size : 2 717. 



Female Crawfish. 



1 Size in inches I +, 2+, 3+, 4+, 5+, 6 +, 7 + 

 Hard old shell . . 21 

 Hard new shell 

 Soft old shell 

 Soft new shell 

 In berrv 

 In eyed berry 



Total number of females : 36. Average number per haul 



2 -571. 



Average size : 3. 



Total number of males and females : 105. Average size : 

 2 -814. 



Average number per haul : 7 -5. 



N.B. — Peter Sangiorgio, a fisherman, says that the females 

 at Camps Bay are already losing the eggs, which are white 

 and eyed. 



A good many small crawfish escaped through the meshes 

 of the nets. 



No. 50. 



Date : 18/10/13. Number of hauls : 14. 



Localit}^ : Milnerton Beach, opposite the hotel about ^ mile 

 from the shore. 



Depth : 8 fathoms. Temperature : 52°. 



Condition of bottom : Rocky and weed-grown. 



Male Crawfish. 



Size in inches I +, 2 +, 3+, 4+, 5+, 6 +, 7 + 

 Hard old shell . . i 

 Hard new shell 

 Soft old shell ^ 



Soft new shell 



~ Total number of males : i. Average number per haul : -16. 

 Average size : 2-25. 

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