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(c) At Iceland the whiting, as has been shown, spawns on the south and west 

 coasts but not on the north and east coasts. A rich occurrence of the eggs was only 

 found on the south coast and especially to the westward. 



III. Atlantic Ocean 

 The whiting spawns in quantity everywhere on the west coast of Great Britain from 

 Shetland to the south coast of Ireland and also in the English Channel. The most 

 southerly spawning place of the whiting seems to be the south coast of Brittany, as its 

 eggs and larvae could not be detected further south in the Bay of Biscay. 



7. Gadus Esmarkii, Nilsson 



I. North Sea 



This species spawns in quantities in the deeper, northern part of the North Sea, 

 north of the Dogger Bank. Very few young fishes were found south of the 50 M. curve. 



Large numbers of the young fishes were found in the Norwegian Channel and in 

 the deeper Norwegian Qords. 



fl. Norwegian Sea 



(a) It was found in quantities on the bank on the Romsdal coast, especially in the 

 deeper channels, as also in the fjords in the intermediate water layers. 



(b) It spawns in abundance at the Faeroes. 



(c) At Iceland the south coast and the southern part of the west coast are ex- 

 ceedingly rich spawning places; on the other hand, no spawning takes place on the 



north and east coasts. 



III. Atlantic Ocean 



The species spawns on the coasts of the British isles but decreasingly from north 

 to south; no spawning in the Channel or Bay of Biscay. 



8. Qadus minutus, L., Poor cod 



(see Chart fig. 16) 



I. Atlantic Ocean 



This species spawns everywhere in the coastal waters, in the neighbourhood of the 

 land, in the Bay of Biscay from Spain in a northerly direction and probably also towards 

 the south, as it is widely distributed on the coast of North Spain. 



It spawns in quantities in the Channel and on the coasts of Great Britain, at both 

 Scotland and Ireland. The spawning time falls in the spring months. 



II. North Sea 



In the North Sea no spawning takes place in spring; on the other hand, it spawns 

 in summer in the North Sea and in the Skager Rak, as also in the more southern Norwegian 

 fjords, though in considerably smaller quantities than in the Atlantic Ocean. 



Norwegian Sea 

 (a) From the Norwegian coast of the Norwegian Sea extensive investigations 

 are lacking. We know, however, that the species occurs in fairly large quantities as far 

 as Trondhjem Fjord and singly to the Polar Circle. 



