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Part III. — Twenty-third Annual Report 



Statistics, fishery, information regarding 

 the place of fishing necessary, (20) 88. 



in relation to method of fish- 

 ing, (20) 79. 



in relation to place where fish 



caught, (20) 80. 



necessity of ascertaining dura- 

 tion of fishing operations, (20) 90. 



necessity of ascertaining place 



of capture of fish, (20) 80 ; (21) 38. 



necessity of dealing with 



catches of individual vessels, (21) 38. 



new system of, described, (20) 



75. 



report on, (7) 178. 



of Buckhaven haddock line-fishing, 



(5) 130. 



of East Coast fisheries, (6) 18, &c. 



of fish caught by forty-three East 



Coast fishing boats, 1887, (5) 132. 

 of fish caught by line and net boats 



in inshore grounds, (5) 82. 

 of fish caught by line-fishermen, 



(14)21. 



of fish caught by line-fishermen and 



beam-trawlers, (7) 19 ; (8) 26 ; (9) 24 ; 

 (12) 28, 179. 



of fish caught by line-fishermen in 



the Moray Firth, (i4) 23, 120. 



of fish caught by trawlers, (20) 74. 



of fish caught in Aberdeen district, 



(6) 97. 



of fish caught in Anstruther district, 



(6) 117. 



of fish caught in Leith district, (6) 



124. 



of fish caught in Montrose district, 



(6) 108. 



of fish caught in Stonehaven district, 



(6) 100. 



of fish caught within the area 



restricted from trawling in Anstruther 



district, (5) 131. 



of fishermen and boats, (10) 12. 



of fishing boats, (7) 27. 



of fishing boats and fishermen 



engaged, (9) 8. 

 of fish landed, Act empowering 



collection of, (20) 78. 

 of fish landed, imperfection of, (20) 



76. 



of fish landed in Leith district in 



1884, 1885, and 1886, (5) 217. 

 of fish landed by net and line boats 



and by steam beam-trawl boats, 



1886-7, (5) 206. 

 of "flounder, plaice, and brill," 



analysis of, (20) 77. 



of great-liners, (20) 86. 



of line-caught fish from territorial 



waters, (12) 30; (14) 21. 



of North Sea fisheries, (21) 37. 



of Scottish fisheries since 1809, 



(10) 15, 174. 



of Tay sprat fishery, (23) 157. 



Stauroneis anceps, (9) 274. 

 Stebbing, Rev. T. R. R., (10) 244. 

 Stegocephaloides aurates, (15) 138. 

 ehristianiensis, (15) 138; (17) 265; 



(20) 478. 



Stegoplax brevicornis, (20) 510. 



brerirostris, (19) 260. 



longircstrin, (18) 401. 



Stenhelia blanchardi, (18) 390. 



can/ma, (20) 449, 458. 



denticidata, (12) 240. 



dispar, (12) 239. 



hirmta, (12) 239 ; (20) 457. 



hispida, (12) 239; (15) 149; (19) 



248 ; (20) 457. 

 ima, (6) 239 ; (8) 318 ; (15) 149 ; (20) 



457 ; (21) 114. 

 intermedia, (15) 169 ; (19) 248 ; (20) 



457. 



pyqmoza, (23) 144. 



reflexa, (13) 167. 



Stenorhynchus phalangium, (6) 256. 



rostratus, (6) 256. 



Stenothocheres egregius, (22) 242, 250. 

 sarsi, (22) 225. 



Stenothoe marina, (7) 319 ; (15) 138 ; (16) 

 170, 177, 210; (17) 265; (20) 516, 527, 

 529. 



monoculoide*, (6) 246; (15) 138. 



pollexiana, (6) 246. 



Stephanopyxis turris, (15) 214. 

 Stephos fultoni, (16) 266 ; (18) 383. 



gyrans, (15) 146 ; (19) 237 ; (21) 110. 



minor, (16) 266; (20) 450. 



scotti, (20) 450; (21) 110. 



Steven, Dr J. Lindsay, (10) 323. 

 Stewart, Dr C. Hunter, (7) 412, 472. 

 Sthenometopa robusta, (20) 478. 

 Stichaster roseus, (15) 161 ; (20) 309, 319, 

 324. 



Stickleback, fifteen-spined, {Gasterosteus 



spinachia), (18) 281 ; (23) 157. 



fecundity of, (9) 254. 



food of, (20) 486, 505. 



in Loch Fyne, (4) 232 ; (15) 111. 



nest of, (4) 212. 



parasite of, (18) 147. 



three-spined (Gasterosteusaculeatiis), 



(18) 281 ; (23) 157. 



food of, (20) 486, 504. 



parasites of, (9) 273 ; (18) 147, 



179 ; (19) 122. 

 Stilifer turtoni, (7) 324. 

 Stiliger modestus, (8) 331. 

 Sting ray. See Ray, sting. 

 Stirling, Professor W., (2) 31 ; (4) 166, 



256. 



Stomatopora granulata, (15) 157. 

 Stomphia churchia, (15) 163. 

 Stone bass [Polyprion americanus), (18) 

 274. 



spawning period of, (4) 244. 



Stonehaven, pelagic eggs of fishes off, 

 (12) 300. 



Storms, effect of, on marine fauna, (4) 

 215. 



Stow-net fishing and the destruction of 



immature fish, (8) 190. 

 Streaked gurnard. See Gurnard, 



streaked. 



Streblocercus minutus, (17) 141, 184, 199. 

 Striped wrasse. See Wrasse, striped. 

 Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, (20) 



316, 319, 324. 

 Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), (18) 289. 



