8 
most conspicuous. Some very lar^e deep sea plaice were 
included. Tlie same could be said with reference to the 
other species. 
This is not to be taken as evidence that Alnmouth Bay is 
a better nursery for small flat and other fish than Druridge. 
But rather that the small flat fish have already begun their 
annual migration from Bruridge Bay. 
For a number of reasons it was found impossible to con- 
tinue the experiments until March, when a few experiments 
were made. These showed that early that month the bays 
and even the deep water at Coquet Smooth were in the winter 
condition. 
For this reason and the further reason that I desire to get 
time to consider commercial results, and to obtain further 
information from this source, I have decided to postpone the 
analysis I propose to make of the winter migration. 
First Haul. BLYTH BAY, September 2nd, 1910. 
Began 9'45 a.m., ended 10’46 a.m. Time, 1 hour. 
INCHES. 
Name of Fish. 4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
Total 
Plaice 
8 
8 
] 
3 
2 
4 
1 
3 
30 
Dab 
8 
60 
34 
11 
1 
114 
Sole ... ... 
1 
1 
2 
Turbot ... ... 
1 
1 
Gurnard 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
6 
Angler 
2 
1 
1 
4 
157 
First Haul. BLYTH BAY, September 2nd, 1910. 
Began 1110 a.m., ended 110 p.m. Time 2 hours. 
Beam upset, therefore not satisfactory. 
INCHES. 
Name of Fish 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
Total. 
Plaice 
1 
7 
7 
1 
2 
2 
3 
5 
1 
1 
30 
Dab 
7 
42 
21 
4 
1 
75 
Sole 
1 
1 
Turbot 
2 
2 
3 
1 
1 
9 
Gurnard 
2 
1 
3 
5 
5 
5 
6 
4 
1 
1 
1 
34 
Angler 
. . 
... 
2 
... 
... 
1 
... 
2 
... 
i 
8 
157 
2 more ca. this 
size overboard. 
