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bably, owing to the state of the weather and the roughness 

 of the sea, the anchor rope broke and fishing operations had 

 to be stopped before the full 14 hauls were made. 



No. 53 



Date : 28 -10-13. Number of hauls : 14. 

 Locality : Milnerton Beach, opposite the hotel, about ^ mile 

 from the shore. 



Condition of sea : Smooth ; shght N.W. breeze. 



Temperature : 53°. 



Condition of bottom : Rocky and weed-grown. 



4+, 5 +, 6+, 7 + 



Male Crawfish. 



Size in inches i +, 2 +, 3 +, 

 Hard old shell i 20 



Hard new shell 



Soft old shell 



Soft new shell . . . . . . 



Total number of males : 21. Average number per haul : i . 5. 

 Average size : 2 -238. 



3 +, 4 +. 5 +, 6+, ; + 



Total number of females : 23. Average number per haul : 



1 -642. 



Average size: 2.717. 



Total number of males and females : 44. Average size : 



2 -488. 



Average number per haul: 3.142. 



N B. — Some crawfish escaped through the meshes of the 

 nets and, therefore, could not be registered. At Camps Bay 

 the fishermen are now sometimes catching a few large (6 inches 

 to 7 inches) male crawfish, which they describe as being in a 

 new soft shell and as not suitable for sale. All the females 

 caught this trip at Milnerton were in hard old shells, but some 

 had a distinctly new shell forming under the old one. 



