SEA FISHERIES LABORATORY. 148 
m, transfer contents of bottom tow-net to large jar of sea- 
water labelled “bottom tow-net,” and put aside in 
laboratory, 
nm, take again the observations noted under 0, ¢, d, e, f, 
and g, at other end of Station, 
0, eXamine trawl contents, and sort out the fishes on one 
side and the invertebrates on the other, 
p, look over invertebrates and note on form a rough 
approximation to numbers of the prevalent common 
forms such as star-fish, common crabs, zoophytes, 
&c., which can be identified at a glance (these may 
then be shovelled overboard), 
q, transfer any rarer or unusual invertebrates, or anything 
which for any reason requires further examination, to 
jars of clean sea-water, or if the examination cannot 
be made at once, to jars of methylated spirit to be 
forwarded to the laboratory at Liverpool, 
r, separate out the different species of fish and note on a 
form, the species, numbers, sizes, and remarks about 
condition, 
s, pick out a few of each species, small individuals as well 
as large, and transfer them to a tub through which 
sea-water is circulating (by means of hose and waste 
pipe), and leave them there for half-an-hour in order 
to test vitality, 
t, if experiments on migration are being carried on, pick 
out for the purpose some of the more lively fish, 
attach numbered tags to them and record on a form 
number, fish, size, date, and locality, and then return 
them to sea, 
uw, examine as many of the remaining fish as there is time 
for, noting the following on a form, species, size, sex, 
condition of reproductive organs, and contents of 
stomach, 
