CONTENTS. 



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General Statement . ... . . .7 



The Influence of Trawling ...... 8 



The Hatching and Rearing of Food Fishes . . . .10 



Researches on the Development and Maturation of the Eggs of 



Fishes ........ 12 



The Post-Larval Stages of Flat Fishes . . . .14 



Seine-Net Fishing for Herrings . . . , .15 



The Pelagic Fauna of the Firth of Forth .... 15 



The Invertebrate Fauna of Inland Waters . . . .16 



SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 



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



the Fishery Statistics relating thereto . . .17 



Introductory ........ 17 



The Trawling Experiments of the ' Garland ' in 1897 . . 18 



1. The Moray Firth ...... 18 



2. The Firth of Clyde ...... 22 



Special Statistics of Fish caught by Line Fishermen . . 18 



Statistics showing the Quantities of Fish caught by Line 



Fishermen within the Moray Firth . . . .18 



Table A. — Showing Summary of Fish taken by the 'Garland' 



in Trawling Operations in 1897 . . . .24 



Table B. — Analysis of the ' Garland's ' Statistics relating to the 



relative Abundance of Fish . . . .28 



Table C. — Record of Observations made on Board the 'Garland' 



during 1897 ...... 29 



1. Fish caught ...... 29 



2. Invertebrate Fauna ..... 57 



3. Physical Observations ..... 72 



