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SUMMARY AND GENERAL REPORT. 
The trawling experiments were made during the autumn 
1908, and continued during the winter. The results are 
ven in the Report to May 20th, 1909. The experiments of the 
■evious season were made with a view to standardising the 
ations, and the results for 1908 confirmed the conclusion 
;fore arrived at, that the apparatus employed was sufficient in 
om one to two hours to indicate the condition of each station 
the time of the experiment. It was also seen that the factor 
greatest moment in producing variation was the state of the 
:le. It was therefore determined to make experimental hauls 
the three southern stations during the winter, giving from 
le to two hours at each station. This is the first time that the 
ations have been visited in the winter season, and the results 
ere found to be most striking. Of the dominant fish of the 
shore bays a very small number of plaice are left in the 
inter, and the dabs practically desert the region altogether. 
A synopsis of the surface and bottom life obtained at the 
awling experiments is given, and of the pelagic fish eggs 
ptured in April and May. 
