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Tusk (Brosmius brosme). 



Of eighty specimens examined by fishery officers sixty were found ripe, 

 seven in April, and fifty-three in May. They were obtained on the East 

 Coast. 



Catfish (Anarrhichas lupus). 



Of nineteen specimens obtained in the Firth of Forth, three obtained 

 in February, towards the mouth of the Firth, were ripe, and one nearly 

 ripe. All the others obtained in January, April, June, August and 

 November were unripe, but one in August was nearly mature. 



Angler (Lophius piscatorius). 



Of thirty-two specimens obtained chiefly in the Firth of Forth during 

 August, September, October, November, February and March, and also 

 in the Moray Firth in June and July, all were more or less unripe. 



Other Fish. 



Specimens of the father-lasher or cobbler (Cottus scorpius), dragonet 

 (Callionymus lyra), lump-sucker (Cyclopterus lumpus), brassie (Gad us 

 luscus), greater weever (Trackings draco), and pogge (Agonus cat aplir actus) 

 were obtained, but they were so few that little positive information was 

 derived from their examination. Of eight specimens of the dragonet 

 obtained in the Firth of Forth, one was ripe in June, and two nearly 

 ripe in May, and one in St Andrews Bay in June was quite ripe. Two 

 specimens of the pogge obtained in the Forth in May were nearly ripe. 

 Of two specimens of the lump-sucker obtained in the Forth in March one 

 was quite ripe and one nearly mature. 



