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THE
'
BIOLOGY OF FISHES
'
of the sea, known to the shermen as
“
sh—food, or
spawn.”
'
-"
'
*
For the winter Herring of ' the Channel M. Lehour
_
*
found that Euphausids (Nyotiphanes) formed the bulk of
,.
the food,partly on account of their large size, but the smaller
;
f
Copepods, Temora, Calanus, etc., were also abundany ;
represented. As it is generally thought that shes do not
*
eat when spawning, it is of interest to note that the Herring
"',';
is not tronhled in this way.
Running females sometimes
;
were
full of food,
“
one
With newly hatched Herring,
Herring eggs, and Sagitta.”
»
Other pelagic shes,like the Maekerel, feed in the same '
1. ‘j
way on these planlrton Crustacea, at least when they corneñi
near ' the coasts to spawn, but whether they direct their
î{Î*
movements according to the presence and ahu'ndance ofthe
Copepods, as the Herring seems
to do, is not yet certain. ;
During and after spawning they pursue the young sh, ",—.f' —' Ï,Îç"
“ BŒackérel midges,” young ‘ÏVhiting, Green Cod and
'
Scads, and a bent piece of white metal With green on theone Ç
side forms an attractive hait to catch them in the
months.
When they retire to deep water,: they feed mainly
on
also Amphipods, occasionally CoPepodsf
and a Sand—ed or ,tWO (Ehrehbaum, 1923); ,
'
T_he bottom- shés, likelthe Haddock and Elät=Shes, -
feed On the bottom
'
animals, Worms, Star—shes
'
Ï
other shes —— and ; particularly Jvari0u's fï kinds ;fd_f
"
'
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its 99W preferencesThePlæce {
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.
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,
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:
'
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THE
'
BIOLOGY OF FISHES
'
of the sea, known to the shermen as
“
sh—food, or
spawn.”
'
-"
'
*
For the winter Herring of ' the Channel M. Lehour
_
*
found that Euphausids (Nyotiphanes) formed the bulk of
,.
the food,partly on account of their large size, but the smaller
;
f
Copepods, Temora, Calanus, etc., were also abundany ;
represented. As it is generally thought that shes do not
*
eat when spawning, it is of interest to note that the Herring
"',';
is not tronhled in this way.
Running females sometimes
;
were
full of food,
“
one
With newly hatched Herring,
Herring eggs, and Sagitta.”
»
Other pelagic shes,like the Maekerel, feed in the same '
1. ‘j
way on these planlrton Crustacea, at least when they corneñi
near ' the coasts to spawn, but whether they direct their
î{Î*
movements according to the presence and ahu'ndance ofthe
Copepods, as the Herring seems
to do, is not yet certain. ;
During and after spawning they pursue the young sh, ",—.f' —' Ï,Îç"
“ BŒackérel midges,” young ‘ÏVhiting, Green Cod and
'
Scads, and a bent piece of white metal With green on theone Ç
side forms an attractive hait to catch them in the
months.
When they retire to deep water,: they feed mainly
on
also Amphipods, occasionally CoPepodsf
and a Sand—ed or ,tWO (Ehrehbaum, 1923); ,
'
T_he bottom- shés, likelthe Haddock and Elät=Shes, -
feed On the bottom
'
animals, Worms, Star—shes
'
Ï
other shes —— and ; particularly Jvari0u's fï kinds ;fd_f
"
'
VVhilst the-diet is âfor
its 99W preferencesThePlæce {
whingnthtmhmdm
:
.
= bÏuî Offshorewhen1thaSSPawn€d1tseeksôut the Worms'è*Ïfîî1‘-ÏÎËÊ"
fTh'èï Dab;ôñ£thèotherhanä,P“efersthe
at=alï rime$£ .jt—s
,
'
,
and is, P€ïhàP$._mC0nsequencea more
:
'
sh; to* eat, whenfreshTheSole13also
'{'
:_
"
WOÏmS,SlphonsOfS®lenandCumaceæ (E. l‘/Ïohr)
—.
'
'
ntthddttuthmn"Ôfplntand animal"
bd whhnk @ thbtthyfwfthman