H.—ls.

Table 4.—Dab Measurements, Combined-sexed Samples, July, 1934. Number of Fish at each Centimetre of Length.

Table 5.—Same Data as above expressed as Percentages of the respective Totals.

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Centimetres. I 7 1 .—: — Totals. I 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 j 34 35 36 j I I I I 1 Males .. .. 3 21 56 71 40 20 8 7 3 .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 232 Females .. .... .. 8 18 31 31 48 26 23 18 16 5 5 1 3 2 .. 1 .. 1 237 Total 3 21 64 89 71 51 56 33 26 18 -19 5 5 1 3 2 1 1 469 Fourteen specimens whose sex was doubtful are omitted from this table. The double bar between 22 and 23 cm. represents the legal limit of size.

Centimetres. TotalS; : j j j j Number of 17 18 19 20 21 : 22 23 24 25 ! 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 i 33 34 35 36 Fl8h ' = ! J | I Males .. .. 1-3 9-1 24-1 30-6 17-2 8-6 3-4 3-0 1-3 .. 1-3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 232 Females .. .. .. .. 3-4 7-6 13-1 13-1 30-2 11-0 9-7 7-6 6-7 2-1 2-1 0-4 1-3 0-8 .. 0-4 .. 0-4 237 Total .. 0-6 4-5 13-6 19-0 15-1 10-9 11-9 7-0 5-5 3-8 4-1 1-1 1 1 0-2 0-6 0-4 .. 0-2 .. 0-2 469