SEA-FISHERIES LABOR ATORY. 275 



Remarks on the different experiments. 



Station I. — Luce Bay. 



Strictly speaking, Luce Bay is not within our 

 Lancashire and Western Fishery District, but as we have 

 been interested in this fishing ground for the last few 

 years we thought it a useful thing to " plant " some 

 marked plaice there. There is very little fishing of any 

 kind, and no trawling, in the neighbourhood of Luce Bay, 

 and the chances of a successful result depended on 

 offshore migration of the fishes, or migration into the 

 Solway Firth. This offshore migration was indicated by 

 one fish which crossed the North Channel and was found 

 in Campbelltown Loch, and the Solway migration was 

 shown by another fish which was found near Annan. 

 Only one other fish was recaptured, and this was taken in 

 the Bay itself. 



Station II. — Eamsey Bay. 



Only four fishes were found out of 34 liberated in 

 this Bay. Three went offshore and one was found on the 

 North-West Coast of the Isle of Man. Here again there 

 is little inshore fishing, and in consequence of the Manx 

 Fishery Laws all the territorial waters are closed against 

 trawling. 



Station III. — Off Puffin Island. 



Unfortunately the aluminium labels were used for 

 this experiment, and as the label itself appears to have 

 been corroded away in a comparatively short time, 

 leaving only the button and wire attached to the fish, it 

 is probable that many of these fishes have been recaptured 

 but have escaped notice. The migration of the fishes 

 actually found are indicated on Chart II. by the red 

 circles surmounted by a horizontal line. Most of the 



