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Show Fasts Concerning Herring. Sonio now facts concerning tho herring her-ring aro contnlncd In tho scientific section of tho fishery board for Scotland. Scot-land. According to a paper by Dr. Wemyss Fulton, certain theories as to tho growth and ago of tho fish .which havo been accepted for tho last quarter quar-ter of a century aro not well founded. found-ed. It now appears that tho herring Is a fish of slow growth, and Ib barely 2',i Inches In length when ono year old. It does not rea:h maturity and spawn until flvo years old, nnd Is then of an uverago length of 0 inches. Herrings over 12 Inches long, llko tho large Loch Fyne fish, may bo ten years old and more, and the largo specimens that aro occasionally caught, measuring from 14 to 15 Inches, aro probably over 15 years old, and may bo 20. Investigations aro In progress to discover tho reason for tho decline In tho herring fishery of Loch Fyno In recent years. An Interesting Inter-esting method which has been adopted adopt-ed to tra.:o tho migrations of tho fish consIs'tH In marking iiomo of them whllo In tho bolno net with a printed silk tan and sotting them free. Over 500 have been thus marked, but, so far, only five havo been caught aivil!r and theso wore near tho placo of liberation. |