SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 235 



Particulars of Fish Returned — continued. 



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2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



L941 



8 



Formby Channel, near 

 N.W. Buoy. 



9/8/06 



10 



9| 



n 



2T 



L942 



81 



12 miles N. from Liver- 

 pool Bar Light Ship, 

 15 fathoms. 



5/8/06 



10 



10 



if 



IT 



L903 



8 



Boghole, Ribble 



17/4/06 

 26/4/06 



6 



8 







2T 



L913 



8i 



S. side of Ribble, opposite 



6 



8f 



i 



SN 







Ansdell Buoy. 













L934 



8 



Bog Hole, near Birkdale 

 Gas Buoy. 



1/5/06 



7 



8| 



5 



8 



2T 



L935 



81 



Jumbo Buoy, Southport 



4/3/06 



5 



8* 







2T 



L938 



7| 



n 



Off Jumbo Buoy 



27/9/06 

 18/12/05 



2 



8* 



n 



2T 



L901 



Lune, near Glasson Dock 



2 



2T 







Light. 













L939 



H 



Roosebeck Scar, More- 

 cambe Bay. 



3/12/05 



2 



Si 



— 



SN 



L912 



81 



8 



Mostyn Deep, Dee 



14/12/05 



11/8/06 



2 



8i 







2T 



L908 



4 miles S.W. from More- 



10 



9| 



n 



IT 







cambe Bay Light Ship. 













L906 



8f 



25 miles N. from Smalls 

 Light. 



2/9/06 



11 



HJ 



2i 



ST 



Experiment 22 of 1905 (Chart I.) gives results which 

 are fairly consistent with those of other experiments. If 

 consideration be paid to the length of time that has 

 elapsed between liberation and recapture, I think the 

 movements of the plaice indicate winter alongshore and 

 summer offshore migrations. Thus all the plaice (7) 

 recaptured within the two months after liberation were 

 found in the shallow waters in the channels and on the 

 edges of the banks. Four have travelled towards the 

 Cheshire shallow waters, and three towards nibble and 

 Morecambe Bay. Then we have a group of five fishes 

 recovered about the fifth and sixth month after liberation 

 in the Southport and Mersey Channels. These have 

 probably remained there after the initial inshore 

 migration. Finally, there is a group of six fishes which 

 have migrated, or are migrating out from the territorial 

 zone, and were found after seven to twelve months in 

 relatively deep water. 



