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CONTENT8
OHAPTER I.
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INî1‘RODUŒ‘ORY.
General Review of the Resources of the Sea {md the Inuence of Man
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C‘HAPTER II.
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Remarks on the Scientic Report to the Royal Commission on Trawling
(1884)
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Effects of Trawling on the Invertebrate Fauna
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b.
Effects of the books of the Liners on the same grounds
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c.
Effects of the Trawl on the Eggs of Fishes, on certain Ground—
shes, and on very young shes on the bottom
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The Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Trawling (1888—85),
and the methods adopted by the Fishery Board for Scotland in
carrying them out
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Closure of Areas
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Changes in the Trawling—vessels and their Apparatus .
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Changes in the Line-boats and their Apparatus
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The present state of the Line and the Tra.wl Fisheries in relation to the
Fishing Grounds and the Fishes
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CHAPTER III.
INVESTIGATIQNS IN ST ANDREWS BAY, 1886—1896 (p. 108).
CHAPTER IV.
INVESTIGATIONS IN FRITH or FORTH, 1886—1896 (p. 133).
CHAPTER V.
ÏNVESTIGATIQNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1887—1897 (p. 185).