SARDINE INDUSTRY IN RELATION TO CANADIAN HERRING FISHERIES 61 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 22a 



divisions of the dorsal fin (14-20-20) and in the relation of the eye to the head (6) as 

 given in the work mentioned (p. 163). 



On August 4 a lot of 286 specimens from Quinn's weir was made up as follows : — 





Number 





Species. 



of 



Size. 



Specimens. 







285 



263, 5—7 in. ; 22, 8-9i in. 





1 



10 in. 



On August 5 a sample was received from Miller's weir on the south side of Navy 



Island near St. Andrews, the fishermen having been instructed to bring specimens of 



all of the varieties of fish taken. This lot was made 



up as follows : — 





Number 





Species. 



of 



Size. 



Specimens. 





Melanogrammus aeglefinus, \j. (Common haddock) 



1 



11 in. 





1 



13 in. 





2 



10—12 in. 



Gadus callarias, L. (Codfish) 



2 



11-13 in. 





4 



8-11 in. 





179 



3, 11—12 in.; 176, 4|— 7 in. 



On August 9 a small sample of the catch, consisting of five fish, was received from 

 Malloch's weir, as follows : — 



Species. 



Number 

 of 



Specimens. 



Size. 



Scomber scomhrus, (Mackerel) 



1 



14 in. 





2 



^tV— 8| in. 



Pomolohus pscudoharengus 



1 



8Sin. 



Clupea harengus , 



1 



10 in. 



I may remark that the specimens marked with a ' ? ' corresponded to the description 

 of C. aestivalis in Jordan's Manual, 5th ed., p. 72, except in the relation of the head to 

 the length ; (Head 4), a detail probably subject to no little variation. 



On August 14 seven especially large specimens of C. harengus were received from 

 Quinn's weir. These ranged from 11 to 14 inches in length, and on dissection I found 

 that the ova in the females were almost mature. 



