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D'ARCY W. 'IIIOMPSÜN 



To tlic eastward of Slietland, in area XI, we have good evidence of a double 

 maximum, in spring and autumn, about March or April, and September— October. Here 

 again the shoals in 1901 and 1902 were much larger than in succeeding years. For the 



1901 



1902 



1903 



I90A 



1905 



1906 



Fig, 33. Large Haddock. Area XXIV. 



more northern regions, as already explained, we have evidence of Large Haddock being 

 present in abundance in spring, but little or no direct evidence as to their relative 



i90l 



1902 



1903 



1904- 



1905 



©OS 



100 

 80 

 60 

 40 

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f 



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rA 



U 



s. 



r 



I 



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Fig. 34. Large Haddock. Area XIX. 



numbers at other seasons. Passing to the eastern side of the North Sea, we have in the 

 neighbourhood of the Fisher Bank (XXVI) evidence of a double maximum in spring 

 and autumn, and in the south-eastern regions nearer to the Danish Coast such evidence 



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