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Figure 5. — Percentage length distributions, grouped by 3-millimeter categories and smoothed once by three’s for herring of 1927 
year class caught in 1930 (their fourth summer). 
Table 9. — - Body lengths in various localities for 1929 and 1930 by months 
Locality 
Age 
Date sampled 
Num- 
ber of 
speci- 
mens 
Median 
Qi 
Qi 
Qi Qi 
Year 
Month 
4 
1929 
June... ... ... 
226 
199.2 
193.7 
204.6 
10.9 
4 
1929 
do _ 
470 
194.2 
189. 4 
200. 1 
10.7 
4 
1929 
do_ 
226 
199.6 
195. 1 
204. 6 
9.5 
Do - --- -- 
4 
1929 
July 
221 
202.0 
197.2 
206.3 
9. 1 
4 
1929 
May31__ __ _ 
85 
191.7 
185. 1 
198. 3 
13.2 
4 
1929 
June. _ 
60 
194.5 
187.7 
202. 0 
14. 3 
4 
1929 
do. _ . 
87 
190.4 
185. 1 
197. 1 
12.0 
4 
1929 
... do_ - 
38 
194.2 
187. 4 
198.0 
10.6 
4 
1929 
do_ __ 
147 
203.4 
199. 2 
208. 5 
9.3 
4 
1929 
do. _ . ... 
74 
186.9 
183. 7 
191.0 
7.3 
4 
1929 
95 
185. 9 
178.8 
190. 9 
12. 1 
4 
1929 
July 
161 
200.8 
196. 4 
205.7 
9.3 
Favorite Bay 
4 
1929 
do 
57 
201.8 
192.8 
205.3 
12.5 
4 
1929 
do. .. 
49 
185.8 
176. 1 
191. 4 
15. 3 
4 
1929 
do. 
71 
188.3 
182. 4 
198. 1 
15.7 
4 
1930 
do. . .. 
96 
203.5 
197.3 
207.9 
10.6 
Do - 
4 
1930 
September. _ .. . 
152 
206.4 
201. 4 
211. 6 
10.2 
4 
1930 
June 
45 
196.8 
191.8 
201.9 
10. 1 
4 
1930 
July 
47 
198. 4 
194. 3 
208. 1 
13.8 
4 
1930 
do 
80 
197. 7 
193. 8 
204. 5 
10. 7 
4 
1930 
June ._ . . 
121 
192.8 
188.3 
197. 2 
8.9 
iWJ po 
4 
1930 
July 
87 
187.8 
181.3 
190.5 
9. 2 
4 
1930 
June.. .. ... 
160 
176. 0 
169. 5 
181.9 
12. 4 
5 
1930 
_ do 
80 
210.8 
204. 2 
214.8 
10. 6 
5 
1930 
July. . .. . . . 
539 
212.0 
206.8 
217. 9 
11. 1 
Do - - - — -- 
5 
1930 
August 
113 
216.3 
211. 5 
221.0 
9.5 
Do - -- - -- -- --- 
5 
1930 
September 
372 
216. 0 
210.6 
222. 1 
11.5 
5 
1930 
Jun9 ._ _ 
215 
210.4 
204. 2 
214.8 
10. 6 
~~ Do - 
5 
1930 
August . . . 
43 
213.3 
209.8 
219.6 
9.8 
5 
1930 
July 
63 
207. 1 
201. 7 
210.8 
9. 1 
5 
1930 
do 
256 
214.8 
209. 3 
219. 8 
10. 5 
5 
1930 
August— . . . 
48 
212.5 
204.8 
217. 2 
12. 4 
5 
1930 
June... 
38 
212.2 
209. 5 
218.9 
9.4 
5 
1930 
July __ 
332 
210.4 
204.9 
214.9 
10. 0 
6 
1930 
June ... 
134 
204.5 
199. 6 
210.8 
11. 2 
5 
1930 
July 
54 
198.5 
194.7 
206.0 
11.3 
Point Gardner 
5 
1930 
do 
29 
214.0 
209.8 
217.8 
8.0 
5 
1930 
do. 
195 
213.6 
208.0 
218.8 
10.8 
