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Appendices to Twenty-second Annual Report 



That these two Deveron fish should be still grilse in the sea on 11th 

 July following their marking as kelts, lends, I think, considerable 

 weight to the argument that the heavy spring salmon feed in the sea 

 for a whole year after descending as grilse kelts. 



Clean Grilse to Clean Salmon. 



In further considering the grilse to salmon stage T am able to present 

 the following recaptures made in the Kyle of Sutherland District. 



Marked. 



Recaptured. 



No. 



Weight. 



Date. 



Locality. 



Weight. 



Date. 



Locality. 



7508 



Lbs. 

 6 est. 



6 Aug. 1901. 



Invercarron. 



Lbs. 

 10 est. 



30 July 1902. 



Invercarron. 



7531 



4 „ 



8 „ „ 





8 „ 



30 June 1902. 



Scaup. 



*7533 



8 „ 



9 „ „ 



Bonar Bridge. 



51 



1 Sept. 1901. 



R. Carron. 



7537 



6 „ 



Q 



Invercarron. 



10 est. 



24 July 1902. 



Scaup. 



7541 



5 „ 



10 „ „ 



5 5 



9 „ 



5 ) 



Invercarron. 



7558 



8 „ 



17 July „ 



Bonar Bridge. 



ei 



9 Oct. 1901. 



Loch Shin. 



7654 



6 „ 



1 Aug. 





11 est. 



7 July 1902. 



Bonar Bridge. 



7696 



7 „ 



3 



>» 



6 



6 Oct. 1901. 



Loch Shin. 



* It would appear that some mistake has been made as to the number. — W.L.C. 



It is greatly to be regretted that the weights of these fish were for 

 the most part only estimated by eye. The marking was conducted at 

 the late Dr. Almond's fishery by his manager. Dr. Almond had the 

 commendable habit towards the end of the season, when prices had 

 sunk, of liberating all grilse taken each Friday, and he was good enough 

 to agree that such fish should be marked. The recaptures of 7533, 7558, 

 and 7696 were made by rod, when the fish were properly weighed and 

 measured. Both the Loch Shin fish were taken at the extreme lower 

 end of the loch. 30th June is the earliest recapture in 1902 (the year 

 after marking), and from the chart showing the relative abundance of 

 fish in the Kyle of Sutherland district, which I published in last year's 

 Annual Report (Appendix II.), it will be seen that the greatest runs of 

 salmon were by that time past. These fish are therefore analogous to 

 the Tay fish 9402 recaptured in July. 



The chance of a 1901 grilse being recaptured a clean salmon in the 

 spring of 1903 were, moreover, comparatively small, since the conditions 

 of the Kyle do not lead us to expect spring fish in any very great 

 numbers. 



Clean Fish Recaptured as Clean Fish 

 (Grilse excepted). 



7^qq J 15 4 : 87 cm - : M - : Sth Jan - 1903 : West Shot > Stanley, Tay. 

 ' ' yy \ 15 a : 5th Feb. 1903 : Stanley, Tay. 



