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Remarks on Dr. Petersen's Report of the Danish Biological Station for 1895

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Ernest W. L. Holt
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Extract

It may be predicted of a Report by Dr. Petersen that it is sure to contain matter of great interest, both to the ichthyologist and to the student of fishery questions; and the volume for 1895 is assuredly no exception to the rule.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , August 1897 , pp. 82 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1897

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page 84 note * There is an exactly parallel condition in the Mediterranean, where Professor Marion has shown that the bands of young sardines, which every year enter some of the shallow lagoons near the mouths of the Rhone, neither return to the sea nor survive to reproduce their species within the inland waters.

page 85 note * Since Dr. Petersen is good enough to refer to me in this connection, I must remind him that I proposed 17 inches as the biological limit between mature and immature fish, and not as a size-limit for legislative purposes.

page 87 note * In Appendix III., the diary of professional fishing operations, the weather is noticed, but only when bad enough to entirely suspend fishing operations.