86
"
cArrunns BY LINERS' AND TRAWLERS, 1895Q
-
’
doom of the haddock all along the eastern shores of Scotland.
.
_
Yet the.greater part of this increase in haddocks, or 92,954! cwts.,
came from. the east coast, and by 110 transference of the increment
to the
Fisher Bank, the Farôe Islands, or similar distant
‘
areas, can this be under-estimated; It is sufcient to point to
the captures of the “Garland” within the limits to show that
_
'
-
the haddock, if persistently followed, was likewise plentifulinshore.
The substantial increase was not only in numbers,
"
butthe value rese by £345,756 on the total batch on the Scotch
'
shores in 1895.
Such facts strengthen the belief that the
'_
_
Scotch haddock shery is not so reduced as is stated.
It is
true that every season, indeed every week, shows its variations
_
—from weather, roving of the shoals of shes and other causes,
—
6.9. the use of unsavoury bait, yet after trawler and liner have
-
each taken as many as possible the remaining stock is such as
"
to give no cause for alarm—even to those sensitively alive to
.
the welfare of the marine sheries. The large number of boats
and the use of trawls
disturb and break up the shoals '
'
for a time, as well as cause them to change their ground, but
_
the ocean is a vast place of refuge—in which the depleted
'
' _
ranks will be augmented, their places taken by others, or by
themselves at a later stage.
It cannot be supposed that all the
manifold apparatus persistently used by liners and by trawlers
'Ï
makes no impression on the hordes of haddocks.
The
.
has always thought that the larger forms were diminished in
numbers, and this is borne out ‘
by the appearance of the
‘
captures, say off Shetland on the one hand, and off St Andrews
’
'
Baÿand the Forth on the other—except under special -circuni—_
'
_
_
_stances
instance, the presence of shoals of herrings at
their spawning Season in winter.
But to aver
"
the harasSed and more wary shes are caught in small numbers,
Ï
they are
on the road to extinction, is to shut out the facts that
.
'
the water teeins with the eggs in season, with swarms of minute
young food-shes, and with myriads of other young shes Which - '
alongwith pelagic marine organisms of a lower type form their
'
=
food.
Eggs
of haddocks in the water are as good hostages for
the 1ng _UP
Of the ranks as need bewished; while the myriads
_
_
of youngm the
water, free fi‘om‘ molestation by any
'
"
cArrunns BY LINERS' AND TRAWLERS, 1895Q
-
’
doom of the haddock all along the eastern shores of Scotland.
.
_
Yet the.greater part of this increase in haddocks, or 92,954! cwts.,
came from. the east coast, and by 110 transference of the increment
to the
Fisher Bank, the Farôe Islands, or similar distant
‘
areas, can this be under-estimated; It is sufcient to point to
the captures of the “Garland” within the limits to show that
_
'
-
the haddock, if persistently followed, was likewise plentifulinshore.
The substantial increase was not only in numbers,
"
butthe value rese by £345,756 on the total batch on the Scotch
'
shores in 1895.
Such facts strengthen the belief that the
'_
_
Scotch haddock shery is not so reduced as is stated.
It is
true that every season, indeed every week, shows its variations
_
—from weather, roving of the shoals of shes and other causes,
—
6.9. the use of unsavoury bait, yet after trawler and liner have
-
each taken as many as possible the remaining stock is such as
"
to give no cause for alarm—even to those sensitively alive to
.
the welfare of the marine sheries. The large number of boats
and the use of trawls
disturb and break up the shoals '
'
for a time, as well as cause them to change their ground, but
_
the ocean is a vast place of refuge—in which the depleted
'
' _
ranks will be augmented, their places taken by others, or by
themselves at a later stage.
It cannot be supposed that all the
manifold apparatus persistently used by liners and by trawlers
'Ï
makes no impression on the hordes of haddocks.
The
.
has always thought that the larger forms were diminished in
numbers, and this is borne out ‘
by the appearance of the
‘
captures, say off Shetland on the one hand, and off St Andrews
’
'
Baÿand the Forth on the other—except under special -circuni—_
'
_
_
_stances
instance, the presence of shoals of herrings at
their spawning Season in winter.
But to aver
"
the harasSed and more wary shes are caught in small numbers,
Ï
they are
on the road to extinction, is to shut out the facts that
.
'
the water teeins with the eggs in season, with swarms of minute
young food-shes, and with myriads of other young shes Which - '
alongwith pelagic marine organisms of a lower type form their
'
=
food.
Eggs
of haddocks in the water are as good hostages for
the 1ng _UP
Of the ranks as need bewished; while the myriads
_
_
of youngm the
water, free fi‘om‘ molestation by any
'