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landings from these areas during these months is estimated at about 8 million kg. 

 per annum, it follows that about 2.5 million kg. of undersized, and about 4 million 

 kg. of small plaice are destroyed every year; in actual numbers about 23 and 27 

 million fish. Even these figures do not however represent the full extent of the 



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Fig. 4. English Market-Measurements 1905/08. 



a. Percentage by number below 23, 25, 26, 29, 31 and 36 cm. in the total measurements 



for the three years; by months. 



b. Percentage by weight of the market-class "small" in the total landings of the three 



years; by months. 



c Total landings in million kg. ; by months. 



destruction of young undersized plaice; we have still to add those very small 

 fish which are taken on the young fish grounds by the trawls, and brought to the 

 surface, but not brought to land, being thrown overboard again as valueless. As will 

 be further shown later on, these very small plaice thus uselessly destroyed, amount 

 in number, during the summer months, to twice or four times the whole of the rest of 



