1 84 NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



retaken after a year had increased to from 4*5 to 575 

 times that which was possessed on liberation ; this 

 increase being, in round terms, rather more than three 

 and a half times the growth which would probably have 

 taken place in the same period on the coastal grounds. 



The report of the Council of the Association points 

 out that since the value of plaice increases with their 

 size, the increase in value of the transplanted plaice is 

 yet more remarkable. If the most detailed statement 

 of the prices of plaice of different lengths, those drawn 

 up by Johansen for plaice of the Kattegat, be accepted 

 as accurate for the North Sea, it appears that these plaice 

 when transplanted had a value of 4 ; within a year 7 

 worth had been recovered, while those presumably at 

 liberty were of 42 value. Had the plaice remained on 

 the coastal ground, on the same calculation, their total 

 value at the end of the year, assuming that none were 

 retaken during the year, so that all enjoyed a year's 

 growth, would be but iS. The estimated increase in 

 value in two years, though based on more meagre data, 

 yet indicates that the value of the plaice retaken within 

 that period was nearly three and a half times that of all 

 the plaice liberated, while the probable worth of those 

 still at liberty was still greater. 



The Huxley s far-reaching work included important 

 investigations which added greatly to existing knowledge 

 of the eggs of many fishes. The eggs occurring in the 

 greatest quantities were those of the mackerel, sprat, 

 horse-mackerel, and solenette, and a particular cruise of 

 the vessel in June 1909 resulted in getting much 

 additional information as to the spawning of these 

 species of fishes in the Flemish Bight. June was found 



