Abstract
Notable catches of boar fish (Capros aper) were taken near the Eddystone on 30 October and in early November 1951. From what is known of the distribution of boar fish and from the hypothesis on the genesis of “submarine eagres” in canyons on the continental slope, a further hypothesis has been derived to explain this occurrence. It is suggested that strong west to south-westerly winds on 24 September created conditions to produce a submarine eagre the following day, and that this swept a shoal of boar fish from the yellow-coral encrusted walls of a submarine canyon in the southern edge of the Celtic Sea on to the continental shelf. Thence during quiet weather the shoal was carried by currents to the neighbourhood of the Eddystone at about 6 miles a day. Further deductions which lead to means of checking the present hypotheses have been drawn.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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