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waters of the North Sea, it is plain that we 

 require much further investigation before we 

 can fully understand the range, and the full 

 meaning, of this migration. 



(3) Distribution of Cod in the 

 Firth of Forth. 



The trawling experiments in the Firth of 

 Forth have been in nearly all cases conducted 

 on the old stations laid down many years 

 ago by Dr. Fulton for the "Garland's" ex- 

 periments, and which will be found described 

 in detail in the Fourteenth Annual Report of 

 the Fishery Board for 1895, Part III, page 

 131. These stations are laid down in a small 

 scale in the accompanying chart, figure 17, and 

 the following is an abbreviated list of them: 



Trawling Stations in the Firth of Forth. 



Position 



ength 

 miles 



(1) 



(2) 

 (3) 



(4) 



(5) 



(5a) 



(6) 

 (7) 

 (8) 

 (9) 

 (10) 



(11) 



East of Inchkeith, in the direction of 



May Island 



North Bay, from West Wemyss to Methil 

 East of Inchkeith towards Gullane . . . 



South Bay, off Prestonpans 



W. of Isle of May towards Inchkeith 

 West of Isle of May, nearer^to the island, 



and in shallower water 



The "Fluke Hole", off Pittenweem . . 



West of Bass Rock 



South of the Isle of May 



E. S. E. of the Isle of May 



St. Andrews Bay' 

 Carnoustie Bay 



4 



3V. 

 7 



77. 

 5 



13/4 

 4V2 



5V2 



Depth in 

 Fathoms 



10-18 

 9—12 

 8—10 



5- 7 

 20—30 



13- 

 11- 

 20- 

 29- 



-14 

 -14 



-30 

 -32 



Bottom 



Mud. 



Mud and stones. 



Mostly mud. 



Sand and shells. 



Mud. 



Sand and gravel. 



Sand and stones. 



Sand and mud. 



Sand and mud and stones. 



In dealing, at least provisionally, with the large amount of trawling done by the 

 "Goldseeker" in the Firth of Forth, as well as in the Moray Firth and other regions, it 

 is meanwhile impossible to analyse the results haul by haul, or to print at full length 

 the enormous number of measurements of the fish taken at each haul and station. For 

 the purpose of the present report I have simply taken account of the entire catch of fish 

 at each station, irrespective of season, for the whole number of years since the beginning 



I The "Garland" stations in the St. Andrews Bay were somewhat too restricted, and too shallow, for the ope 

 rations of the otter trawl. The "Goldseeker" operated in various parts of the Bay, and the exact stations are 

 not meanwhile discriminated. 



