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sooner or later the plan will be carried out, and Port Erin 

 will become an important centre for the propagation of 

 young food fishes. In the initial stages of the work at 

 the hatchery there is every probability that our tanks in 

 the aquarium house will be of great service for experi- 

 mental work. It may be of interest in this connection 

 to note that during the past summer the following species 

 of common fish have lived for longer or shorter periods in 

 our tanks : — Gottus scorpius (Bullhead), C. bubalis (Father 

 Lasher), Trigla hirundo (Sapphirine gurnard), A g onus 

 cataphractus (Pogge), Gobius minutus (Goby), Gyclopterus 

 lumpas, Liparis montagui (Sucker), Lepadogaster bima- 

 culatus (two-spotted sucker), L. gouanii, Blennius pJwlis 

 (Shanny), Gentronotus gunnellus (Butter fish), Gadus 

 virens (Saithe), Motella cimbria (Rockling), Pleuronectes 

 platessa (Plaice), Clupea harengus (Herring), Gonger vul- 

 garis (Conger eel), Syngnathus acus (Pipe fish), and 

 Nerophis cequoreits. 



In May, Captain Gr. Dannevig, the Director of the well- 

 known Norwegian fish-hatching establishment at Flodevig, 

 near Arendal, paid a visit to Port Erin at the request of 

 some of the Lancashire Sea Fishery Committee in order 

 that he might judge of the suitability of the locality for 

 fish culture. He expressed himself as thoroughly satis- 

 fied with the place, and in his evidence before the Select 

 Committee of the House of Commons, on June 15th, he 

 mentioned Port Erin as a most suitable place for the 

 establishment of a hatchery. 



Dredging Expeditions. 

 During the year 1893 various dredging expeditions in 

 steamers have been arranged, partly under the auspices of 

 the small Committee of the British Association, referred 

 to in last report. The following is a brief account of the 

 results of these expeditions ; — 



