CONTENTS. 



PACK 

 I. INTRODUCTION ........ l 



II. THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE IRISH SEA - 4 



1. AREA - - - ... 



2. DEPTH ....... 



3. RIVERS AND ESTUARIES .... 5 



4. TEMPERATURE ---... g 



5. SPECIFIC GRAVITY . . . g 



6. TIDES AND CURRENTS .... 7 



7. THE BOTTOM DEPOSITS - - - - 10 



III. DISTRIBUTION OF FISH, &c., IN THE IRISH SEA 20 



IV. THE FISHES OF THE IRISH SEA - . 32 



PISCES,* &c. (classified Zoologically) - 32 



THE GURNARDS . - - 35 



THE MACKERELS . - 



THE COD FAMILY - ... - 46 



THE FLAT-FISH FAMILY . 



THE SALMON FAMILY . - c8 



THE HERRING FAMILY - . 60 



THE EELS - . - - 62 



SHARKS AND DOG-FISH 63 



SKATES AND RAYS - . 65 



V. THE LANCASHIRE AND WESTERN SEA-FISHERIES DISTRICT: 



ITS REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION - - 70 



APPENDIX I. DRAFT BYE-LAWS OF THE DISTRICT - - 81 



APPENDIX II. TABLES SHOWING RESULTS OF HAULS - 85 



* Only a few of the more important Families, from the commercial point of view, are 

 mentioned in this contents. 



