SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 



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The quantities of the two kinds of fishes taken in the 

 hauls are also given. 



June 20th, 1905.— Near Puffin Island. 109 plaice 



and 110 dabs : — 



No. examined. Food. 



6 plaice ... ... Scrobicularia (common), 



Solen , Pectinaria, Echinocyamus. 



6 dabs ... ... Hermit crabs (common), 



Ophioglypha (common), polychaetes. 



23rd Tune, 1905. — Fishguard Bay. Shrimp trawl ; 

 73 plaice over 8in., 30 dabs over 8in. : — 

 3 plaice ... ... all Mactra. 



3 dabs ... ... all young Carcinus moenas,\ to J inch 



in breadth. 



July 6th, 1905. — Beaumaris 



Bay 



101 



plaice 6Jin 



to lljin.; 53 dabs 9±in. to 12 



in. : 



— 







10 plaice. 







LO da 



;bs. 



All feeding on Mactra 



1. 



Oplu 



loglypha 



■ B,nd Natica. 



and Scrobicularia, 



2. 





do. 



do. 



1 also on polychaete worms. 



3. 





do. 



do. 





4. 





do. 



do. 





5. 





do. 



do. 



6. Hermit crabs. 



7. Soft crabs. 



(S. Polychaete worms. 

 9. Mactra and Scrobicularia. 

 10. Scrobicularia. 

 In this case three of the dabs and three of the plaice 

 were feeding on the same animals. 



July 12th, 1905. Bahama Bank. 29 plaice and three 

 dabs : — 



3 d a b s . 



1. Hermit crabs. All the plaice caught were 



2. Solen, Hermit crabs. used for the marking 



3. Solen, Polychaetes, experiment. 



