THE WHITE FISHERIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 
By A. MEEK. 
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CONTENTS. 
I. TllAWI.lNG Exi'KRIMF.XTS — 
A. Results for 1905 
li. Results ior 14 Ykars — 
Introduction 
iMARKKT.Uil.K Pl8B — 
1. .Seasonal Variation ... ... •• ••■ W 
2. Character of the Stations ... ... ■•• M 
3. Annual Variation ... ... ••• ••• 3 - 
First Haul— 
4. Distribution of Flat Fish ... ... ... 3 * 
5. limitations of First Haul Experiment ... 42 
Notes on the Fish Fauna EM General .. ... 43 
EE. Food ok Fish Caught at Trawling Experiments ... ... 44 
III. Migration* ok Inshore Flat Fish ... ... ... ••• 53 
Plaice ... ... ... ... ... ■•• ••• 53 
Dab 51 
Flounder ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• J" 
Turbot... ... ... ... ... ••• ■•• 55 
IV Growth or the Flat Fish — 
Relation of lireadth and Weight to Length ... ... N 
I'laice ... i.. ... ... ... ••• - • 58 
Dab ... '. « ; l 
Flounder ... ... ... ... ... ••• Jj 
Turbot... ... ... ... ... ... 62 
V. Statistical Account — 
A. Northumberland, not including North Shields ... ... <?7 
/(. North Shields 82 
VI. Protection ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 82 
I. — TRAWLING EXPERIMENTS. 
A.— RESULTS FOR 1905. 
The year 1905 completes the fourteenth year of the Northumber- 
land trawling experiments, and it is now proposed to discuss the 
results as a whole, and at the same time to bring under review the 
white fisheries of the district in general. 
It is necessary in the first place to present briefly the results 
obtained in 1905. The trawling stations, the particulars of which 
will be given in the next section, were experimented in this year on 
the same lines as in previous years. The catches of marketable fish 
made on each occasion are recorded in Table L, and the length of time 
devoted to each station, the general conditions of weather, temper- 
ature, &c, are given in Table EL In Table III. are set forth the 
measurements of the fish caught during the first haul at the stations 
visited during the year. 
