of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Jan. 



Feb. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



June. 





Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Forth— 



























No. - 



4 



21 



104 



114 



36 



23 



3 



3 



4 



0 



0 



10 



Av. per haul, - 



0-1 



0-4 



2-6 



2-3 



0-7 



0-4 



007 



0-05 



0-08 



0-0 



. . 



0-0 



0-2 



St. Andrews- 



























No. - 



0* 



11 



112 



230 



94 



79 



19 



90 



1 



30 



16 



3 



Av. per haul, - 



0-0 



07 



4-7 



14-4 



7-8 



3-3 



1-0 



4-5 



0-1 



1-1 



0-8 



1-6 



Moray Firth- 



























No. - 



0 



11 





15 



2 



0 



10 



12 



9 



0 



0 



0 



Av. per haul, - 



0-0 



2 -,5 





3-0 



0-08 



0 0 



0-7 



1-2 



0-6 



0 0 



0-0 



0-0 



* Seven hauls. In the Moray Firth five hauls were made in January, none in March — 

 which would have given a high average— 19 in June, 19 in October, 12 in November, and 

 four in December. 



These figures show how the numbers rapidly increase in February, 

 March, and April, and diminish in May and June, increasing again 

 slightly in August. 



The particulars of the flounders taken by the trawlers employed in the 

 inshore waters of the Moray Firth and Aberdeen Bay may be contrasted 

 with those of the " Garland," but no hauls were made in the month 

 of April in either of the areas named, and not in Aberdeen Bay in 

 August : — 





Jan. 



Feb. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



o 

 O 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Aberdeen Bay — 



























No. of hauls, - 



2 



1 



3 





8 



5 



7 





3 



2 



12 



12 



No. caught. 



0 



1 



14 





33 



6 



5 





10 



87 



143 



5 



Av. per haul, - 



0-0 



1-0 



4-7 





4-1 



1-2 



0-7 





3-3 



43-5 



11-9 



0-4 



Moray Firth- 



























No. of hauls, - 



3 



18 



14 





18 



18 



5 



14 



10 



14 



27 



23 



No. caught, 



0 



220 



786 





1 



0 



11 



194 



0 



0 



2 



9 



Av. per haul, - 



0-0 



12-2 



56-1 





0-06 



0-0 



2-2 



13-9 



0-0 



0-0 



0-07 



0-4 



It is evident from these figures that the migration a little offshore in 

 spring is very marked, and that there is also a migration of the same 

 kind in autumn much less considerable, and not quite corresponding in 

 the period in the difierent regions so far as these hauls show. The 

 spring migration is for spawning, the spawning period being in Feb- 



