TABLE II — CONTINUED. 
5. SKATE ROADS. 
YEAR. 
DATE. 
Turbot. 
3 
pq 
d 
'o 
CO 
Plaice. 
rO 
ri 
p 
Flounder. 
Haddock. 
fcl 
£ 
£ 
Gurnard. 
d 
id 
CO 
Total Flat 
Fishes. 
Grand Total. 
Surface Temp. 
SEA. 
win: 
1894 
June 27 
2S 
• • . 
1 
371 
22 
19 
4 
441 
445 
54 
Smooth 
N.E. 
Aug. (5 
18 
... 
1 
90 
30 
9 
... 
81 
3 
148 
232 
54 
} ? 
W.SJ 
1895 
June 26 
4 
• • • 
120 
42 
6 
30 
166 
202 
58 
Rough 
Calm 
Aug. 5 
1 
... 
3 
75 
13 
... 
4 
70 
92 
166 
53 \ 
Mod. 
N. 
189(5 
June 24 
4 
... 
2 
143 
9 
34 
3 
2 
192 
197 
53 
Smooth 
WAV 
Aug. 3 
50 
i 
2 
155 
10 
32 
... 
29 
250 
279 
55 
Rough 
N.E. 
1897 
June 23 
44 
7 
5 
in 
20 
21 
6 
8 
208 
222 
Smooth 
S.E. 
Aug. 11 
33 
2 
6 
138 
30 
10 
17 
1 
219 
237 
58 
Rough 
S.E. 
1898 
June 23 
23 
5 
1 
95 
39 
6 
6 
3 
169 
178 
50 
Smooth 
W.N.l 
Aug. 1 
7 
1 
2 
154 
116 
7 
... 
187 
187 
55 
J ) 
N.W. 
1899 
June 21 
1 
104 
5 
13 
1 
123 
124 
fi* 
N.E. 
Aug. 7 
18 
... 
169 
39 
ii 
47 
6 
237 
29 J 
58 
Mod. 
N.E. 
1901 
June 20 
18 
1 
121 
19 
6 . 
22 
4 
165 
191 
50 
Smooth 
S.W. 
Aug. 9 
•21 
1 
-1 
106 
2 
! 
... 
... 
... 
130 
130 
5S 
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Calm 
The returns for Blyth Bay show that with the exception of this 
year the conditions as regards quantity of fish are little changed at 
the end of ten years. Turbot and soles have certainly decreased in 
number, but plaice and more especially dabs have increased. The 
records for the latter half of the period under consideration, as is 
apparent, do not come into parallel with those of the first part, and 
rather than attempt to rectify them by calculation I have preferred 
leaving this bay out of the following table, which brings together 
the results in a convenient form (Table III). 
In this table, under each heading, the first line gives the total 
number of fishes caught during the whole period and the second line 
shows the average catch for each excursion. In a similar manner 
the results of the first half of the period up to and including 1S0G 
and also for the second half up to and including 1901 are presented. 
Lastly all these results are gathered together into one statement 
under the title “ Total Results for above I Stations.” 
