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Part III. — Eighth Annual Report 
Grand Total. 
Fiat-Fish. 
Round Fish. 
Fiat-Fish. 
Round Fish. 
Mature. 
Immature. 
Mature. 
Immature. 
Firth of Forth, 
8396 
4826 
6652 
1744 
3517 
1309 
St Andrews Bay, 
6288 
744 
3149 
3139 
519 
225 
Totals, 
14,684 
5570 
9801 
4883 
4036 
1534 
The proportion of immature to adult round fish in the comparatively 
shallow waters of St Andrews Bay was slightly less than in the Firth 
of Forth ; while the proportion of immature to adult flat-fish was about 
four times greater — the immature being almost equal in numbers to those 
of adult size. The very large proportion of immature to adult llat-fish is 
due to what has been stated under the section on distribution, namely, 
the great preponderance of immature plaice in the territorial waters 
where the ' Garland ' was chiefly employed. Thus, of the total of 4883 
immature flat-fish, no less than 4433 were immature plaice, as is shown 
in the adjoining Table. 
Plaice. 
Lemon 
Sole. 
Common 
Dab. 
Long 
Rough 
Dab. 
Flounder. 
Witch 
Sole. 
Turbot. 
Brill. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat 
Im. 
I 
Mat. Im. 
i 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Tm. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Firth of 
Forth, . 
St Andrews 
Bay, . 
2297 
1311 
1534 
2899 
932 
10 
37 
1823 
1706 
106 
211 
1 
1448 52 
1 
- i - 
42 
121 
7 
24 
99 
3 
6 
1 
4 
H 5 
5 
1 
2 
3608 
4433 
942 
37 
3529 
317 
1448j 52 
163 
31 i 99 
1 
3 
7 
9 
5 
3 
The number of immature specimens of other flat-fish is comparatively 
small. The proportion of immature to mature dabs contrasts markedly 
with the results obtained by Professor M'Intosh in 1884; but in that 
case immaturity could not be determined by the Professor strictly in 
relation to a fixed size, but rather by the judgment of the eye. Two of 
the Forth trawling stations lie beyond the mouth of the firth, one about 
six miles and the other about ten miles from shore. When the numbers 
obtained at these two stations are contrasted with the numbers obtained 
at the stations within the territorial waters, a striking difference is 
brought out. Seventy hauls were made at the latter stations, and twenty 
at the off-shore stations. In order to make the comparison complete, I 
have therefore multiplied the numbers actually obtained at the off-shore 
stations by three and a half, with the following results : — 
Plaice. 
Lemon 
Sole. 
Common 
Dab. 
Long 
Rough 
Dab. 
Flounder. 
Witch 
Sole. 
Turbot. 
Brill. 
Matjlm. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat 
im. 
Matjlm. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Mat. 
Im. 
Stations in 
Firth, . 
Stations in 
Off - shore 
Waters, . 
1 
2222 1523 
262J 38 
881 
178 
36 
4 
1601 
777 
198 
28 
~~~ 
1144 35 
1064| 59 
40 
7 
7 
46 
185 
10 
6 
. 4 
5 
1 
