H,— ls.

These results expressed as percentages of the totals will be seen in Table 3. Note. — 23 centimetres represents the legal limit (9 in.), below which fish must not be retained. In practice most fishermen discard all fish below 24 cm. unless they are in exceptionally o-ood condition.

Note.—23 centimetres represents the legal limit (9 in.), below which fish must not be retained. In practice most fishermen discard all fish below 24 cm. unless they are in exceptionally good condition.

Table 3.—Numbers of Fish at each Centimetre of Length exprsseed as a Percentage of the Total Fish in each Sample. Combined Results for each Trip.

Table 2.—Dab Measurements. Numbers of Fish, at each Centimetre of Length. Combined Results for each Trip.

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Centimetres. TriT> t — Total I I I ! Fish. 17 18 19 j 20 21 J 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 29 30 31 32 33 j 34 | 35 j 36 j 37 April . . 11 58 165 242 324 315 244 187 174 163 183 144 83 31 33 11 1 1 9 370 June .. .... .. 3 20 57 58 58 43 39 20 16 14 10 7 5 6 4 1 " *"'361 July .. .. 5 34 86 113 98 72 78 54 45 29 31 13 9 1 5 2 .. 1 .. '1 " 677 Totals .. 5 34 100 191 320 372 460 412 328 236 221 190 202 152 93 39 37 13 1 ī Ī 3,408

Centimetres. rr„!„ Number inp. , — . _ 0( 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ! 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Fish. i i April .. 0-46 2-44 6-96 10-21 13-66 13-28 10-29 7-88 7-34 6-87 7-71 6-07 3-SO 1-30 ]-39 0-46 0-04 0-04 2 370 June .. .. .. .. 0-83 5-34 15-78 16-06 16-06 11-91 10-80 5-54 4-43 3-87 2-77 1-94 1-38 1-66 1-11 0-28 '36I July .. .. 0-74 5-02 12-70 16-68 14-47 10-62 11-52 7-98 6-64 4-27 4-55 1-92 1-32 0-15 0-74 0-29 .. 0-15 .. 0-15 !! 677 Totals .. 0-15 0-99 2-93 5-60 9-38 10-91 13-49 12-08 9-62 6-92 6-48 5-57 5-92 4-46 2-73 1-14 1-08 0-38 0-03 0-03 0-03 3~408~