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
Gaeana maculata as on the upper side. Wing-span 3¾ inches (95 mm). Gaeana maculata Gaeana maculata is a species of cicada. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773, from China. Upper side: head black. Eyes yellow brown, round, and projecting from the head a little; between them are two small orange spots. Antennae small and short. Thorax black, with four orange spots in a row, placed across it, and behind them two others. Abdomen black, consisting of seven annuli or rings, besides the tail part, the last of which is edged with orange. Anus orange-coloured, and furnished with a bristle