CAPTURES BY. LINERS
AND TRAWLERS, 1897.
93
though the value was £1,689 above that of 1896. "Lemon—dabs ‘
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showed a triing decrease, as also did oundérs, plaice and brillf
Skate showed an increase of 3,379 cwts. and £3,188, and Other
kinds of shes showed the slight diminution of
cwts., but
*‘an
increase in money of £76. The year, therefore, was an
average one, and the variations were probably in a large
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measure due to the weather.
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Of at shes the trawlers secured 71,808 cw—ts. = £108,Æ54,
f
a 'considerable diminution on the totals of the preceding year, —
viZ. of 18,844« cwts. and £16,041, a result, .as regards weight,
less than any year since 1889, the period at which the statistics
began.
The value, however,
considerably enhanc‘ed,
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and therefore the total is only less than the two preceding
years. Turbot were less than in the preceding year by 410 cwts!
.
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and £54«0,
lemon—dabs by 5,355 cwts. and £5,989, While
ounders, ’plaice and brill showed the serious diminution of
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14,156 cwts. and £10,299. Therewas a large increase
on the results of 1895 under this head, so that the 1eductmn
,
was
comparatively sudden.
Whether, as suggested in “the
RepOrt of the Fishery Board, the new otter—trawls capture…
more
round than at shes, or there has been a lack of
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tion to this department remains to be seen... Ce1ta1nly1n
insh0re waters plaiee—shing has not been prosecuted
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the year with the usual energy, but whether this was the result
Of scarcity of shes or pre-occupation with more remunerative
…
work is unknown. The closure of the inshore sandy areas places
à
the supply of plaice‘from 7 to 13 inches or more in the hands of '
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the liners, and there can be no question as to the great diminu'
tion of this class of food
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