of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Wind, Weather, and 

 other Observations. 



At finish— Wind 

 W.S.W., force 3; 

 weather cloudy; 

 sea, slight; tide, 2^ 

 hours flood; baro- 

 meter, 29*91; trans- 

 parency 4^ fathoms. 



At beginning — 

 Wind S.S.E., force 

 2 ; weather, hazy ; 

 sea, slight ; tide, 5| 

 hours flood ; bar- 

 ometer, 30-17; trans- 

 parency, 9 fathoms. 



At finish— Wind 

 S.E., force 2; 

 weather, sea, as 

 before ; tide, 1§ 

 hour ebb ; bar- 

 ometer, 30'13; trans- 

 parency, 6 fathoms. 



At beginning — 

 Wind S.S.E., force, 

 1; weather, hazy; 

 sea, smooth ; tide, 

 3^ hours flood; bar- 



Invertebrate 

 Fa\ma, &c, 



brought up in 

 Trawl Net. 



esculentus, r. ; 

 A Icyonium, 

 large Medusidae, 

 and Actinidae, f . 



Asterias, f.; 

 Solaster endeca, 

 r. ; Echinus 

 esculentus, fr. ; 

 Amphidotus 

 cordatus, f . ; 

 Actinoloba, fr.; 

 Alcyonium, f. 



Octopus, sp. 

 1 — a large 

 Medusid ; a 

 few Asterias. 



Size of Fish. 



Inches 



so : : oo : co : ■— < os «o : : : os i>. : : :: 



No. 



i-h • :<n : tH : cocn ; : :<mh : : » ': 



. . . i— 1 . (N ... CM . . . . 



Inches 



CM H« 



! -r-ioot^QO -*on : :soi-ioot^ ■ coos 



. . t— 1 i-IH . . | 



F— 1 



Number and 



No. 



CM • 'HH1NH i— 1 i— 1 CO • • t>. r-H <N " t— 1 1-1 



. . <N 



Inches 



HQ HNH|N 

 00 OS CO CM OS OS NiOOOiOCNH^OiN CM 

 i- 1 i— 1 r-H r-H CN 1 r-H r— 1 



i— 1 



No. 



(NHHC4H(MH HH(NMr-HO(NHH t— 1 HH 

 r— 1 i— 1 



Description of 

 Take. 



Long rough dabs, 

 Flounder, . 

 Black sole, . 

 Haddocks, . 

 W hitings, . 

 Gurnards, . , 

 Dragonet, . 



Plaice, 

 Lemon soles, 

 Common dabs, . 



Witch soles, 

 Long rough dabs, 

 Haddocks, . 

 Whitings, . 

 Brassie, 

 Dragonet, . 



Long rough dabs, 

 Lumpenus lam- 

 petriformis 



Pelagic Fauna, Spawn, 

 and young Fish. 



Bottom Tow-net. — Small 

 Eolis, r.; small Medusidae, 

 fr. 



Surface Tow-net.— Calanus 

 finmarchieus, v.; Temora 

 longicornis, i.\ Acartia, sp. 

 fr.; Centropages, sp. i; Par- 

 athernisto. r. ; Sagitta, f. ; 

 small Medusidae, f.; ova, f. 



Mid-water Tow-net.— Thy- 

 sanoessa, sp. r.; Calanus fin- 

 marchieus, f.; Acartia, f. ; 

 Centropages, f.; Evadne, f.; 

 Sagitta, ab. ; small Medusidae, 

 c; young Thysanoessa and 

 other Crustacea, f.; several 

 post-larval fish. 



Bottom Tow-net.— Temora 

 longicornis, r.; Sagitta, v.; 

 Appendicularia, r. ; small 

 Medusidae, fr. 



Surface Tow-net.— Calanus 

 finmarchieus, r. ; Acartia, sp. 

 f.; Centropages, sp. r. ; small 

 Medusida;, f.; fish ova, f.; 

 post-larval fish, 1. 



Mid-water Tow-net. —Para- 



Temperature. 



Water. 



Bot- 

 tom. 



43- 8 

 fath. 



44- 1 

 21 



fath. 



43-5 

 33 

 fath. 



Sur- 

 face. 



«p Ol o 



22 cb o 



Air. 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



. • CM »o . •-< 

 ajco «2«"> 



Station, 

 Date, and 

 Time Trawl 

 down. 



Station VII. 



15th June 

 1892. 

 12.20 p.m. to 



2.15 p.m. 

 — continued. 



Station 

 VIII. 

 9th June 

 1892. 

 1.10 p.m. to 

 3.5 p.m. 



Station IX. 



9th June 

 1892. 

 10.50 a.m. to 



12.45 p.m. 



