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haul taken in 1892 (November) was 3929, in September, 

 1893, 14892 were taken in one haul, and now in December 

 the largest haul is 20,889. 



We give next a comparison between these takes on the 

 Blackpool ground and the corresponding takes in More- 

 cambe Bay, in the estuary of the Mersey, and in the 

 Kibble estuary, which shows the greater numbers present 

 on the Blackpool ground, especially in autumn and winter. 

 As in the preceding list, each entry is the average of a 

 number of hauls. The column Morecambe Bay includes 

 Grange Channel, Heysham Lake, Kiver Keer, and Eiver 

 Lune. The column Kiver Mersey includes the Kock 

 Channel and the Horse Channel. The column Kibble 

 includes the Gut Channel. In the Morecambe district 

 there seems to be fewest fish in the winter and spring 

 months, December to May ; and in the Mersey fewest in 

 April and May. In the Kibble, as at Blackpool, the 

 greatest hauls are taken late in the year, in September, 

 October and November. 



R. Mersey. Ribble. 



— 823 

 H76 942 



814 1527 



471 122 

 82 



608 207 



665 313 

 247 



171 — 



1409 153 



— 43 

 2538 — 

 1513 — 



733 604 

 729 — 

 592 — 



1892. 



Blackpool. 



Morecambe B 



Aug. 



270 



719 



Sept. 



712 



577 



Oct. 



1658 



828 



Nov. 



1984 



524 



Dec. 



'2471 



275 



Jan. 



134 



124 



Feb. 



1199 



119 



March 



636 



61 



April 



302 



92 



May 



101 



238 



June 



122 



514 



July 



85 



1084 



Aug. 



437 



1160 



Sept. 



14892 



555 



Oct. 



— 



921 



Nov. 



2536 



449 



Dec. 



13055 



216 



40,794 8,559 11,686 4,816 



