of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 1 27 



Analysis of the Collection of Fishes. 





1 1 



March 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Totals. 



Cod, 





1 



31 



55 



3 



1 



1 



92 



Plaice, 





... 



5 



2 









7 



Gadoids, . 







5 



8 



2 





5 



20 



Pleuronectids, . 





'3* 



20 



4 









27 



Species B., 







33 



267 



140 



11 



0 



453 



L. bimaculatus, 

















57 



Other Fishes, . 

















2279 



Totals for each Station. 



Station I., 







6 



2 



4 



12 



3 



27 



„ II, 





22 



71 



3 



33 



12 



7 



149 



„ HI-, 



1 



5 



77 



300 



72 



4 



4 



463 



„ iv., 







6 



14 



6 



47 



1 



74 



v., 



i 



4 



22 



184 



92 



1872 



U 



2189 



Total Number of Fishes for each Net. 



Fathoms, 



_ 



0 



1 



2 



4 



6 



10 



If 



Vertical 



Number of 



Fishes, 



2752 



121 



115 



261 



281 



195 



155 



55 



Grand Total, 2,935 young fishes. 



The collection of fishes is marked by the very small proportion of the 

 young of the food-fishes. Out of a total of 2935 fishes, 143 only 

 belonged to the Gadcid and Pleuronectid genera. Of these, the majority 

 were cod, plaice being represented by seven individuals. Twenty 

 undetermined Gadoids and 27 Pleuronectids completed the total of these 

 genera. Of Species B, a large number of specimens were obtained— viz., 

 453. On the other hand, a fairly large number of other forms, which, 

 however important they may be as food for more valuable fishes, are not 

 of themselves of any commercial importance, were obtained. The absence 

 of the food-fishes is probably accounted for by the fact that the nets did 

 not fish deep enough at the time. The vertical distribution of young 

 fishes in their early post-larval stages is not very well understood, and the 

 reason why the young of coarse fishes are found in large numbers in the 

 upper zone, while the young of food fishes are absent, is a matter deserving 

 attention. It will be noticed in the Table giving the numbers of fishes 

 for each net, that the vast majority were found at the surface. The - 

 total 2752 here given is, however, made up almost wholly of one catch — 

 viz., that made on Station V. in July — when 1729 fishes, almost entirely 



