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It will be seen that quite a number of recaptures were 

 made shortly after the date of this experiment. I 

 expected that a large proportion of these fishes would be 

 recaught, but after the second month none has been 

 caught. 'The cause is probably the wild weather of 

 November and December, which has not only affected the 

 fishing, but has also probably led to considerable shifting 

 of the fishes normally present on the fishing grounds. We 

 find that heavy gales have this effect on the shallow water 

 fishing grounds on the West Coast of England. 



Experiment 18, -3rd October, 1906. 



Station : Luce Bay. 



Fish caught in Luce Bay. 



Analysis of Sizes of Fish Liberated. 



Sizes (in 



ches) . 





81 



n 



Hi 



11| 



llf 



12 



m 







No. of p 



.aice . 





1 



i 



l 



1 



1 



5 



4 









Sizes (inches) . 





121 



12| 



13 



131 



8 



m 



9 



13f 



1 



14 







No. of p 



laice 





5 



2 



10 



1 









Particulars of Fish Caught. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



LL506 



12| 



Luce Bay, ofV Chapel- 

 rossen, 6 fathoms. 



11/10/00 



1 



123 



— 



GN 



This experiment was made while trawling in Luce 

 Bay for spawning plaice for Piel Hatchery. 



