Observations on the herring population in the Flemish Bight and the eastern part of the Channel in the winter 1938—1939

This winter we have examined samples of herring caught by drift-nets and regularly sent from October, 1938, to end of January, 1939. In October and November supplies came frotn the East Anglian fisheries, and from the eastern part of the Channel, somewhat beyond Cape Gris-Nez, in the following period. As usual each sample contained about 200 fish, and the routine observations on length, maturity, age and race were made. In all some 2600 fish were examined