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the Welsh coasts is so very trifling, and that the fish have 

 simply not had a chance of being caught. Most of the 

 fishes liberated on the Welsh stations have been caught 

 on the grounds round Kilan Head, in Tremadoc Bay, and 

 on the trawling grounds extending from New Quay to 

 Dinas Head. That the comparative lack of success 

 attending these experiments is due to the absence of 

 fishing on the part of the local Welsh population may be 

 seen by considering the tables where I have given the 

 port of registration of the vessels catching the fish (when 

 ascertainable). In the case of the fish caught ofi Kilan 

 Head the captors were Southport half-decked boats, and 

 the fish caught in the waters South of Kemmaes Head 

 were taken by Liverpool, Milford, or Brixham boats. In 

 only one case was a marked fish taken by a Welsh boat — 

 a Carnarvon smack. Even in the case of the Hed Wharf 

 Bay fishes, the captures were usually made by Hoylake 

 vessels registered (for some reason or other) out of 

 Douglas. 



Station XX I. — L u c e Bay. 

 On the occasion of trawling the Bay for spawning 

 plaice for Piel, 20 plaice were marked and liberated. Only 

 one has been reported to me, and this was caught on the 

 shore of the Bay. 



Station XXI I. — ¥ ormby Channel. 



Several attempts were made to mark a number of fish 

 in October last, but on two occasions very rough weather 

 was experienced and the experiments were abandoned. 

 The last lot of plaice marked in 1905 were set free in 

 Forrnby Channel on October 20th. It is, of course, far 

 too soon to discuss the results of this experiment. 

 Hitherto only six fishes have been returned. Three have 



