CONTENTS. 



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General Statement . . . . . , .7 



The Influence of Beam-Trawling . ..... 9 



The Trawling Experiments of the ' Garland ' . . .9 



Special Fishery Statistics . . . . .11 



Overfishing of the Sea, and its Eemedies . . . .12 



The Hatching of Sea Fish . . . . . .13 



Seine-Net Fishing for Herrings at Ballantrae Bank . . 15 



West Coast Expedition of the * Garland ' . . . .15 



The Migrations and Rate of Growth of the Food Fishes . . 16 

 The Pelagic Fauna and Food of Fishes . . . .17 



The Life-Histories and Development of the Food and other Fishes 18 

 The Diseases of Fishes ...... 20 



Physical Investigations ...... 20 



Contemporary Fishery Work .. . . . .20 



SECTION A.— GENERAL REPORTS. 



I. Report on the Trawling Experiments of the 1 Garland,' and on the 

 Statistics of the East Coast Fisheries relating thereto. — Part 

 VII. By Dr T. Wemyss Fulton, F.R.S.E., Superintendent of 



Scientific Investigations. (Plate I.) ... 23 



i. Introductory ....... 23 



ii. The Work of the ' Garland ' ..... 24 



1. The Firth of Forth ...... 24 



2. St Andrews Bay ...... 25 



iii. Special Statistics of Fish caught by Line Fishermen and Beam- 



Trawlers ....... 26 



1. Relative Quantities of Fish taken by Line and Beam-Trawl 26 



2. Statistics showing the Quantities of Line-caught Fish 



obtained from Territorial Waters . . .29 



3. Buckhaven Haddock and Cod Line Fishing . . 30 



iv. Summary . . . . . . . .30 



