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smallest 0 or J groups are found nearest to land, and in summer only quite close to the shore, 
or between the 40 metre line and the coast. 
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Fig. 34 Distribution of the youngest year classes in the North Sea. 
The 0 group, for the capture of which the implements were not prepared, and which 
I regard as a more or less accidental component of the hauls, evidently occurs nearest 
the coast. Group I was found in summer at about 20 metres depth at almost every 
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