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87
kind of commercial apparatus,
act as a bulwark
É
against extinction.
Everything is on the side of nature in the
—
struggle.
Even the capture of the adult Spawning haddocks is
not the nal stage, for the decks of the vessels are often covered
'
with masses of ripe eggs and'milt which even the most carelesS
manipulations in throwing or washing overboard cannot alto—
gether sacrice.
More romantic than the Gorgon’s head are
the never failing resources of nature in connection with these
and other food—shes.
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increase had also occurred in the captures of
cod, which showed 4,969 cwts. and £1,452 over that of last
l
year.
There was a smaller increase in the quantity of toisk,
_
conger and whiting, but the value of the latter was £1,112 less
than in 1894.
On the other hand ling had recedèd by6,864
and £8,042, green cod (saithe) by no less than 19,546 and
£2,853.Ï'
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.
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._
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The trawlers also produced a larger amount of round shes
than in 1894, viz. 434,129 cwts. = £174,880, the increase—being
86,302 cwts., but only£6,244 more
last year, which had a
decit of £10,168 on the previous year (1893). As in the case
of the liners the captures of
make a large proportion
of the increase, viz. 78,389 cwts. and £2,675, showing that the
size of the haddocks-h‘ad been small, or that the values had
been low.
Cod show an increase of 6,603 cwts. and £4,032,
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,
and there is also a slight increase in ling, whiting, and a slight
diminution in saithe.
,
.
Of at shes the liners 1aùdèd 111,011 cwts.
ora
slight increase "of 5,767 cwts., the value remaining almost the
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last year. Their chief increase in weight was in_ halibut,
Îviz. 2,709 cwts. over the previous year, but the value had been
diminishéd, since the triing addition of £318 only rèsulted.
,
l
Flounders, plaice and brill were less by 2,305 cwts. and £1,675.
A large increase in skate was noteworthy of the year,
viz.
10,877 cwts.'= £1,778, yet this sh is as liable to be captured
in the trawl as any
other form, though, as it happened, the
captures by trawlers were under those of 1894, one of the
f
irregularities so prevalent in marine shing.” Of other kinds of —
-shes there
a
diminution on the returns
the previous
'
CAPTURES BY LINERS AND TRAWLERS,1895.
.
87
kind of commercial apparatus,
act as a bulwark
É
against extinction.
Everything is on the side of nature in the
—
struggle.
Even the capture of the adult Spawning haddocks is
not the nal stage, for the decks of the vessels are often covered
'
with masses of ripe eggs and'milt which even the most carelesS
manipulations in throwing or washing overboard cannot alto—
gether sacrice.
More romantic than the Gorgon’s head are
the never failing resources of nature in connection with these
and other food—shes.
_
'
-
increase had also occurred in the captures of
cod, which showed 4,969 cwts. and £1,452 over that of last
l
year.
There was a smaller increase in the quantity of toisk,
_
conger and whiting, but the value of the latter was £1,112 less
than in 1894.
On the other hand ling had recedèd by6,864
and £8,042, green cod (saithe) by no less than 19,546 and
£2,853.Ï'
'
"
-
.
'
-
._
-
'
The trawlers also produced a larger amount of round shes
than in 1894, viz. 434,129 cwts. = £174,880, the increase—being
86,302 cwts., but only£6,244 more
last year, which had a
decit of £10,168 on the previous year (1893). As in the case
of the liners the captures of
make a large proportion
of the increase, viz. 78,389 cwts. and £2,675, showing that the
size of the haddocks-h‘ad been small, or that the values had
been low.
Cod show an increase of 6,603 cwts. and £4,032,
'
,
and there is also a slight increase in ling, whiting, and a slight
diminution in saithe.
,
.
Of at shes the liners 1aùdèd 111,011 cwts.
ora
slight increase "of 5,767 cwts., the value remaining almost the
'
last year. Their chief increase in weight was in_ halibut,
Îviz. 2,709 cwts. over the previous year, but the value had been
diminishéd, since the triing addition of £318 only rèsulted.
,
l
Flounders, plaice and brill were less by 2,305 cwts. and £1,675.
A large increase in skate was noteworthy of the year,
viz.
10,877 cwts.'= £1,778, yet this sh is as liable to be captured
in the trawl as any
other form, though, as it happened, the
captures by trawlers were under those of 1894, one of the
f
irregularities so prevalent in marine shing.” Of other kinds of —
-shes there
a
diminution on the returns
the previous
'