RV Huxley contribution to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Scotland, the northern section, was treated differently). Fishery investigations began in September 1902 under the directorship of Walter Garstang. The work consisted of systematic exploration of the North Sea trawling grounds at different seasons of the year, together with studies of growth and migration of plaice "Pleuronectes platessa" based on tagging experiments, examination of the food of fish and the nature of the seabed. Detailed catch records from North Sea survey stations between 1902 and 1903 were summarised in a report published by Garstang in 1905. Research continued until
Assessor flavissimus in crevices,often swimming upside down. The males mouthbrood, guarding the eggs in their mouths. Assessor flavissimus Assessor flavissimus, the yellow devilfish or yellow scissortail, is a fish from the western Central Pacific, recorded from the Great Barrier Reef]] and Papua New Guinea. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 5.5 cm in length. It is bright yellow in colour and has a reddish-orange stripe running from the eye to the upper edge of the operculum, and a reddish-orange band on the dorsal and anal fins which is parallel to the fin margin.