THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 820.— October, 1909. 



ROUGH NOTES ON THE FISH AND FISHERIES 



OF EAST SUFFOLK. 



By Arthur H. Patterson. 



(Plate IV.) 



For the following rough and random notes on the Fish and 

 Fisheries of the North-eastern part of the County of Suffolk I 

 offer no apology : their compilation has heen to me an inter- 

 esting task, gathered as were many of the facts on some very 

 pleasant odd-day outings during my summer holidays of 1909. 

 Some of these excursions will be noticed in the context. I have 

 to thank several gentlemen for valuable help rendered me in 

 piecing together the list of species, the first of its kind, I believe, 

 for East Suffolk, and their names will be a sufficient guarantee 

 for accuracy and veracity. Many of the rarer records have been 

 gleaned from the pages of that excellent journal, the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Naturalists' ' Transactions.' I frankly admit the crude- 

 ness of these " notes," but I hope they will form a nucleus for 

 more elaborate and exhaustive work. 



As the premier fishing-port of Suffolk, I take my bearings 

 from Lowestoft, which, to quote from a Suffolk directory, " ranks 

 next to Yarmouth among the most important fishing stations on 

 the Eastern Coast, and is a handsome and rapidly improving 

 market-town, bathing-place, and sea-port. It is pleasantly 

 situated on the most easterly point of England, upon an 

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