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southerly Romsdal Bank, and haddock eggs no longer occur in the samples from Lofoten 

 and further north. The northern boundary must therefore be placed somewhat to the 

 north of Trondhjem Fjord, as at the entrance to this (Halten) but few haddock eggs were 

 found in the spring months. 



(b) Faeroes. Here the haddock spawns everywhere on the banks and round the 

 islands in large quantities. 



(c) At Iceland the haddock likewise spawns in great quantity, and eggs were found 

 on the south and west coasts but not on the north or east coasts. 



III. Atlantic Ocean 

 The haddock spawns in great quantity on the north and west coasts of Scotland, 

 and this seems to be one of its richest spawning grounds. Considerable spawning also 

 occurs on the west and south of the Irish coasts, but it decreases towards the south, so 

 that the southern boundary might be considered as at the entrance to the English Chan- 

 nel. No spawning could be found on the west coast of France. 



6. Gadus merlangus, L., Whiting 

 (see Chart fig. 15) 



I. North Sea 



In the southern part of the North Sea, as is shown by the rich Dutch and German 

 material of egg samples, the whiting spawns in great quantities from the 20 M. line to 

 the 60 M. line. There is but little spawning however in the immediate neighbourhood 

 of the shallow banks. The spawning begins in January and reaches its maximum in 

 March— April. Whiting eggs also occur in the northern part of the North Sea, 

 namely, above depths from 20 — 200 M. As soon as the depths exceed 60 M., however, but 

 few eggs are taken. The spawning time is here somewhat later than further south, 

 beginning in March and only reaching its maximum at the end of April. This statement 

 is based on the fact, that fresh-spawned eggs, which must be considered as whiting eggs, 

 were found on the Norwegian stations, as also the just escaped larvas. These catches 

 are also confirmed by D'Arcy Thompson's statistics and by Fulton's observations on 

 the spawning fish. 



In the Skager Rak the German research steamer found whiting eggs on the 

 Jutland Bank and on the Norwegian coast; and some were also taken in the Skager Rak 

 fjords of Norway. 



On the Norwegian North Sea coast the eggs only occurred close to the land and 

 in the fjords. 



II. Norwegian Sea 



(a) On the Norwegian coast of the Norwegian Sea whiting eggs have only 

 been found in the fjords and not beyond the coast. Even on the Romsdal Bank the 

 small larvœ were absent. The occurrence of these was proved right into Trondhjem 

 Fjord, but they were lacking in the samples from Lofoten and further north. The 

 northern boundary must presumably be placed somewhere between Trondhjem Fjord and 

 Lofoten. 



(b) Spawning whiting occur everywhere at the Fasroes, yet never in very great 

 quantities. 



