INDEX. 



247 



Moray Frith, trawling experiments, 185 

 Murray, Dr George, 7, 15 

 Murray, Sir J., 21, 105 

 Mussel Commission, 18 



Nets, effects of herring, 74 

 Nigg Bay, experiments, 231 

 Night-trawling compared with day, 

 106, 217 



Obelia, life-history of, 9 



„ effect of trawl on, 38 

 Old Hake deserted by herrings, 177 

 Otter-trawls, effect of, 93 



Peachia, haunts of, 10 



,, effect of trawl on, 38 

 Petersen, Dr, on plankton in Limfjord, 



7 ; on plaice in Limfjord, 230 

 Plaice, capture of, by " Garland " in 

 Frith of Forth, in 1886, 134 ; 1887, 

 136; 1888, 138; 1889, 140; 1890, 

 144; 1891, 147; 1892, 152; 1893, 

 157; 1894, 159; 1895, 166 

 Plaice, capture of, by "Garland" in 



Clyde, in 1888, 213 ; 1896, 215 

 Plaice, capture by " Garland " in Moray 

 Frith, in 1887, 188 ; 1888, 189 ; 1893, 

 192; 1894, 193; 1895, 197; 1896, 

 200; 1898, 209 

 Plaice, capture of, by " Garland" in St 

 Andrews Bay, 1886, 104; 1887, 111; 

 1888, 113; 1889, 116; 1890, 117; 

 1891, 118; 1892-3, 121; 1894, 123; 

 1895, 124 

 Plaice, capture of, in St Andrews Bay, 

 32 

 ,, disappearance of large, 130 

 ,, habits of young in St Andrews 



Bay, 181 

 ,, in Moray Frith, in 1884, 187 

 ,, life-history of, 34 

 „ occurrence of, in Frith of 



Forth, 144 

 „ and dabs, in St Andrews Bay, 

 107 

 Plants, marine, importance of, 5 

 Pogge, 198 



Polyzoa, in pelagic fauna, 16 

 „ caught by liners, 49 

 Protection of fishing grounds, 222 

 ,, ,, ,, in three- 



mile limit, 227 

 Protection of fishing grounds, Playfair, 

 Lord, 225 



Eadiolarians, distribution of, 7 



Bed coral, persistence of, 12, 241 



RMzosolenia, in St Andrews Bay, 6 



Rhytina, extinction of, 2 



Koche, G., 128, 226, 239 



Eoyal Commission on Trawling, 220, 



225, 232, 237 ; recommendations of 



do., 54 



St Andrews Bay, captures by "Gar- 

 land" 1887, 111; 1888, 113; 1889, 

 115; 1890, 117; 1891, 118; 1892, 

 119 ; 1893, 120; 1894, 122 ; 1895, 123 



St Andrews Bay, closure of, 31 

 „ ,, summary, 218 



Saleable and unsaleable fishes, 27 ; 

 limits of species, 29, 30 



Schizopods, distribution of, 15 



Scott, Mr T., 40 



Scottish Fishery Board Keport on St 

 Andrews Bay, 108 



Screw-propeller, supposed destruction 

 of spawn by, 228 



Sea-horses, 242 



Sea-pens, distribution of, 10 

 ,, effect of trawl on, 39 

 ,, caught by liners, 47 



Sea-trout in trawl, 173 



Sea-weeds as food, 6 



Shaw-Lefevre, Mr, on fish question, 238 



Skate in Forth, 180 

 ,, habits of, 181 

 „ in Clyde, 213 



Skipper rarely caught, 175 



Smelt in Clyde, 214 



Smith, Mr Anderson, 36 



Smith, Mr Kamsay, 40 



Sole, capture of, by "Garland" in 

 Frith of Forth, 1887, 136 



Sole, capture of, by "Garland" in 



