SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 



239 



Asinvpecten, Ast^rias rubens, Echinus miliaria, Echino- 

 cyamus pusillus, Thyone sp., and Cucumaria plancei 

 (very abundant). 



Ccelenterata : — Actinia equina, Alcyonium digitatum 



and ffldzostoma pnlmo. Many zoophytes were, of course, 

 taken but were not identified. 



Five Hauls on December 6th and 



7th, 1905. 

 On this occasion the same fish-trawl net was employed 

 as on October 12th and 13th. All the plaice taken which 

 were over 13 inches in length were retained for hatching 

 purposes and taken to Port Erin. No special observations 

 were made on this occasion and I give only a table 

 shewing the results of the five hauls. The plaice caught 

 were, as a rule, smaller than in the fishing operations in 

 October of this vear. 



Luce Bay, December 6th and 7th, 1905. 

 5 Hauls. 



Fish Trawl. 



Fishes caught. 



I. II. 



III. ' IV. 



V. 



Plaice over 13 inches. 



do. under 13 do. 

 Dabs 



28 2 

 94 oti 

 33 2 



1 



— 1 



2 2 



38 25 



15 24 



18 48 



42 28 



2 1 



2 1 



2 3 



— 



20 

 46 



27 



Brill 



Lemon soles 



1 

 3 



Cod 



5 



Herring 



3 



Gadus minutus 



Iiaia baiis 



Raia clavata, circularis 

 and maculata 



28 



4 



48 



3 



34 



Total Edible Fishes... 



196 88 

 i 



109 ! 158 



I 



142 



