The Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Islands

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Excerpt from The Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Islands: Prepared by Order of the Council of the Marine Biological Association Especially for the Use of Those Interested in the Sea-Fishing IndustriesThe work which, as President of the Marine Biological association, i have the pleasure of introducing to the public with a few lines of preface, has been prepared at the request of the Council of the Association by Mr. J. T. Cunningham. The author has for several years occupied the position of naturalist at the Plymouth laboratory, being especially charged by the Council with the investigation of the structure, habits, and breeding o'fmarine food-fishes. He had previously given a large amount of study to this subject whilst in charge of the marine laboratory at Granton near Edinburgh. Since manyof Mr. Cunningham's important observations on the growth from the egg of marine fishes have been published in the strictly scientific journals and transactions of societies, it seemed to be desirable. That the results of the recent study of the reproduction of the fishes which form the material of our sea-fisheries, should be brought together in a convenient and popular form. The marked increase of attention to the natural history of these fishes which is traceable to the great Fisheries Exhibition held in London in 1883, has led to a large increase of knowledge. On various parts of our coasts, naturalists have been busy in the endeavour to arrive at an accurate estimate of the causes which determine the movements and the variations in abundance of the animals which produce the harvest of the sea. I An immense amount of work remains to be done before we shall be in a position 'to control the operations of fishermen or to assist them by advice.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.