244 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Experiment 9, 9th May, 190 6. 



Station : 3 miles S. from Piel Gas Buoy. 

 Fish taken from Piel tanks, originally caught in 

 Barrow Channel. 



Analysis 



OF 



Sizes 



OF 



Fish Liberated. 







Size (inches) ... 



8* 



8* 



8f 



9 



9i 



9| 



9| 



10 



m 



101 



11 



ill 



12* 



No. of flounders 



3 



2 



7 



4 



2 



8 



6 



5 



5 



3 



2 



i 



1 



Particulars of Fish Returned — All Flounders 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



LL117 



9 

 9 



9* 



9* 



12* 



9i 

 8* 



ioi 



101 





8/06 



26/5/06 



11/6/06 



14/5/06 

 18/6/06 



11/5/06 



21/5/06 

 4/6/06 



3 

 1 



1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 



9 



n 



91 



91 



12* 



9i 



9f 



10| 



10* 



1 



* 



i 



4 



| 



1 



SN 



LL118 



LL123 

 LL131 



1J miles below Hum- 

 phrey Head. 



Kirby Pool, Duddon 



Baycliff Sands 



SN 



SN 

 SN 



LL135 

 LL142 



Near Millom Pier, 



Duddon. 

 Baycliff Sands 



B 



SN 



LL152 



Foxfield, Duddon 



B 



LL154 



Foxfield, Duddon 



SN 



LL157 



Bolton-le-Sands 



SN 









Experiments 8 and 9 may be considered together. 

 Experiment 8 was made with plaice, flounders and dabs 

 caught off Duddon Bar and liberated in a closely adjacent 

 place. Experiment 9 was made with part of the stock of 

 spawning flounders kept at Piel Hatchery and liberated 

 annually. These fish were mostly caught in Barrow 

 Channel. They were marked in the Hatchery and 

 liberated near the entrance to Barrow Channel. 



The results of Experiment 8 (Chart III.) indicate the 

 usual two groups of recaptures. Four plaice and four 

 flounders travelled inshore towards Morecambe Bay and 

 the Duddon, and six were recaptured within the first three 



