of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 85 



TABLE IV.— January. 





Nets. 



Pelagic Eggs 

 ov Fish. 



Copepoda, Zoece, etc. 













Volume 



of 



Copepoda 



etc., 

 for each 

 Station. 



T A NTT AT? V 



Depth 

 in Fa- 

 thoms. 



Number 

 of 

 Eggs 

 in each 

 Net. 



Number 



Eggs 

 for each 

 .Station. 



Volume of Copepoda, etc., in each Net. 



Station I. 













17th: 10.5 a.m. 



0 







15 cc. 





Tow : 11 mile 



1 











Wind: W.S.W., squally . 



2 







4 cc. 





Weather: cloudy . 



4 





2 



6 cc. 



55 c.c. 



Sea: slight . 



6 







8 5 cc 





Tide : 5 hrs. ebb . 



10 







12-5 cc 





Temperature— air : 10 - 5° . 



15 







9 cc. 





Vertical net . 









6-5 cc. 





Station II. 













20th: 11.10 a.m. . 



0 







6 cc 





Tow : | mile 



1 







6-5 cc 





Wind : N., light . 



2 







9 cc. 





Weather: overcast 



4 





5 



8 cc 



48 c.c. 



Sea: smooth 



6 







3 cc. 





Tide : 1 hr. ebb 



10 







6 cc 





Temperature — air: 67 g . 



15 







9-5 cc 





Vertical net . 









220 Copepods, 1 Zoea 





Station III. 













20th: 8.35 a.m. 



0 







148 Copepods : 69 Cumacea, 24 Zoece 





Tow : 1 mile 



1 







1*5 cc 





Wind: S., light 



2 







1*5 cc 





Weather : slight haze 



4 





0 



9 cc 



35 c.c. 



Sea: smooth 



6 







4 cc 





Tide : 4± hrs. flood 



10 







5 cc 





Temperature - air : 5 '3° . 



15 







13 5 cc 





Vertical net . 









82 Copepods, 2 Zoece 





Station IV. 













19th: 1.45 p.m. 



0 







i r* 



19 cc 





Tow : 1^5 mile 



1 







12 5 cc 





Wind: W.S.W., squally . 



2 







9 cc 





Weather : rain, hazy 



4 





0 



28*5 cc , y. mainly. 



106 c.c. 



Sea: moderate 



6 







15"5 cc. 





Tide : 4£ hrs. ebb . 



10 







8 "5 cc 





Temperature— air : 11° 



15 







13 cc 





Vertical net . 









360 Copepods. 





Station V. 













19th: 9.15 a.m. 



0 







2 Copepods, 81 small Isopods, 5 

 Amphipods. 





Tow: I mile . 



1 







4 Young Amphipods, 1 young Schizopod. 





Wind: S.W., squally 

 Weather : fog, rain 



2 

 4 





0 



135 Copepods, 17 Zoece. 



About 

 16 c.c. 



Sea: slight . 



6 







170 Copepods, 127 Zoece. 





Tide : near high water 



10 







7 cc. 





Temperature— air : 11.5° . 



15 







7 c.c. 





Vertical net . 









16 Copepods, 26 Zoece. 





Sum of Eggs C Horizontal Nets— 7 eggs of 2 species, 

 obtained on the-; 



Five Stations. \ Vertical Nets— 2 eggs of 2 species. 



( Horizontal Nete-260 o.o. 



PmfaSSoiB. r erticai NetB - 85 c - c - 



Note.— In Tables IV.-XI. the vertical columns labelled "Number of Eggs for each Station" and 

 "Volume of Copepoda for each Station" contain the total contents of the Horizontal Nets alone. 



