of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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As pointed out in previous reports, the inquiries made concurrently into 
the distribution of immature fish in tbe territorial and extra-territorial 
waters, into the spawning grounds, and thg reproduction of the food fishes, 
and into their migrations from one zone to another, are closely connected 
with the trawling experiments. It has been shown that from the biological 
point of view no sharp line divides the territorial sea from the waters off- 
shore. The investigations of the ' Garland ' into the former zone have 
resulted in important additions to our knowledge of the food rishes, the 
special value of which has been recently recognised both in England and 
the Continent. Our knowledge, however, of the great fishing banks at 
some distance from shore is of the scantiest description, although it is from 
them that the bulk of the fish supply is drawn. A systematic investiga- 
tion of these fishing-grounds, similar to those now conducted by the 
authorities of the United States, Germany, and Denmark, would be of 
immense value in itself, and also in connection with the enquiries in the 
territorial waters. 
T. WEMYSS FULTON, 
Secretary for Scientific; Investuiations. 
