of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 89 



TABLE VIIL— May. 





Net. 



Pelagic Eggs 

 of Fishes. 



Copepoda, 



Zoece, etc. 





MAY. 



Depth 

 in Fa- 

 thoms. 



Number 

 of 



Eggh 

 in each 



Net. 



Number 

 of 

 Eggs 

 for each 

 Station. 



Volume of Copepoda, etc 



, in each Net. 



Volume 

 of 



Copepoda, 

 etc., 

 for each 

 Station. 



Station I. 















9th: 3.55 p.m. 



0 



229 





170 Copepods, 1 y. , 1 a. 







Tow : | mile . 



1 



242 





121 c.c, 1 y., 1 a. 







Wind: N.N. W., f. 4 



2 



152 





380 c.c, 1 y., 1 a. 





2734-5 



Weather: cloudy 



4 



150 



949 



925 c.c, 4 y., 1 a. 





Sea: slight . 



6 



136 





1216 c.c, 4 y., 1 a. 





Tide : 1£ hr. ebb . 



10 













Temperature — air: 12 - 2° . 



15 



40 





92'5 c.c, 2 y., la, 







Vertical net . 





28 





80 c.c, 2 y., 1 a. 







Station II. 















11th: 9.30 a. m 



0 



95 





9 c.c, 1 y., 1 a. 







Tow : \ mile . 



1 



59 





100 c.c, 1 y., 2 a. 







Wind : N. , squally . 



2 



66 





290 c.c, 1 y., 2 a. 







Weather: cloudy . 



4 



83 



473 



149 c.c, 1 y., la. 





870-5 c.c 



Sea: slight . 



6 



105 





225 c.c, 1 y., 1 a. 







Tide: low water 



10 



22 





53 - 5 c.c, ly.,1 a. 







Temperature— air : 5.9° . 



15 



43 





44 c.c, 1 y., 1 a. 







Vertical net . 





18 





3-5 c.c, 1 y., 2 a. 







Station III. 















12th: 1.15 p.m. 



0 



97 





201 Copepods, 1 y., 3a. 







Tow : \ mile . 



1 



101 





216 c.c, ly., 3 a. 







Wind: N.W., f. 4. . 



2 



d3 





210 c.c, 1 y., 3 a. 







Weather : showery 



4 



104 



654 



432 c.c, ly., 3a. 





1439 c.c. 



Sea: slight . 



6 



101 





390 c.c, 1 y., 3 a. 







Tide : 2 hrs. flood . 



10 



105 





130 c.c, 1 y., 3 a. 







Temperature— air : 10° 



15 



83 





60 c.c. 1 y., 3 a. 







Vertical net . 





8 





18 c.c, a. 







Station IV. 















13th: 12.30 p.m. . 



0 



50 





50 Copepoda, ly., 1 a. 







Tow : \ mile . 



1 



66 





25 c.c, a. 







Wind: N.W., f. 2 . 

 Weather: cloud}' . 



2 

 4 



71 

 117 



388 



93 c.c, a. 



143 c.c, 1 y., 3a. 





370 c.c. 



Sea: smooth 



6 



70 





67 c.c, ly., 3 a., E. 







Tide : 1 hr. flood . 



10 



6 





26 c.c, a., E. 







Temperature— air : 10° 



15 



8 





16 c.c, a., E. 







Vertical net 





22 





85 c.c, a. 







Station V. 















14th: 8 a.m. . 



0 



118 





999 Copepods, y. 







Tow : \ mile . 



1 



713 





126 c.c, 2 y., 1 a. 







Wind : calm . 



2 



593 





207 c.c, 2 y., 1 a. 







Weather: cloudy . 



4 



627 



2246 



185 c.c, 2 y., 1 a. 





730-5 c.c. 



Sea: smooth 



6 



135 





150 c.c, 2y., la. 







Tide: 1 hr. ebb 



10 



35 





48 c.c, 3 c, 1Z. 







Temperature— air : 7 "2° . 



15 



25 





13 c.c, lc, 2Z. 







Vertical net . 





35 





14 c.c, a., mainly. 







Sum of Eggs ( Horizontal Nets— 4710 eggs of 23 

 obtained on the < species. 



Five Stations. ( Vertical Nets— 111 eggs of 15 species. 



SSKS?/**-" Nets-6314 c.c. 

 Pivisr™. tVertical-124c.c. 



