SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 307 
OiKoPLEURA In 1908. 
As in the previous year this widely distributed and 
constant form occurs in nearly every gathering from 
Port Krin Bay. It is difficult to see the exact point of 
the maximum, but fairly high numbers (in the hundreds) 
are kept up pretty constantly through May, June and 
July; these numbers, however, are all under 1,000, until 
September. In the last four months of the year we 
again see the difference in the catches with the coarse and 
the fine nets—the catches in the coarse nets being much 
larger, e.g. 2,400 as against 400 on September 14th, and 
7,000 (the maximum) as against 85 on October 28th. 
After this date the numbers caught in the coarse nets 
rapidly drop to a few hundreds in November, and to less 
than a hundred after December 4th; while, in the fine 
nets, after October 17th the numbers are never higher 
than 150, and drop to 2 on December 4th and 0 on 
December 15th and 23rd. 
In the open sea, high numbers are much commoner 
in August and September than im April, the largest catch 
being 4,400 with the “pulley” net on August 6th, at 
station III. In 1907 the highest numbers occurred in 
April, while this year the maximum was in August for 
the open sea, and in October for the bay; but it must be 
remembered that no gatherings were taken outside the bav 
after September. 
Fist Kaes 1x 1908. 
Fish eggs occurred in the bay im small numbers only 
until March llth, when the numbers rose to 59 per haul—— 
of these, however, 50 were Rockling eggs. The totals kept 
high until April 25rd, the numbers on April 22nd being 
40 Rockling eges and 81 other fish eggs (30 of these were 
Bib, 20 Whiting, 10 Dab, and 10 Topknot). From 
