94
_
CAPTUR_ES BY LINERS AND ’TRAWLERS, 1897.
_
flat shes in these inshoi*e waters
before the experiments
began, and there does not appear
to be any Cogei1t reason why —
_
«
the public should not benet by their presence.
'
The
'
of a powerful and efcient trawler into such bays now and then
'
'
would have been a valuable test of their condition, and Would
'.
have enabled the Fishèry Board to arrive
conclusions of
considerable practical importance,
,
_
The value of
.
the round shes in 1897 ' wasfor the liner
'
73. 8d. and for the trawler 98. 2d., the
in faVour of
_:
the trawl’er when contrasted with the condition in 1896 being
661. ‘The liner received "123. 961. for at shes, the
"
2cl.,-here again the increase mainly falling to the trawler,
_
whose total (308. 5201.) was 28. 9d. over that of the preceding
year. —
Ï
*
The grand total of all kinds of shes (other than
;
S_hes)lande‘d in 1897 was 5,001,672 cwts., a diminution of
no
less than 1,145,066 cwts. on the previous year, yet the
aggregate value was £55,951 over the captures of 1896. This
reduCtion was due to the” small catch of herrings, which fell by;
‘
1,010,7 01 cwts. under that of the 1896, yet the quality of the
Î
shes and the prices obtained actually gave their captors a
Surplus of £32,390 on this head alone over 1896.
The totalcaught by the liners and trawlers (after dedùcting the herrings,
'
850.) is
a decrease of 1344365 cwts. on 1896, that
"
is to say, this decit removes the excess of 1896
1895.
The share of the liners in this total fell shortby 172,967 cwts;
'
and £11,715 of the captures of the previous year (1896) but?
the ’trawlers’ kept advancihg, as ”they have done since 18845,”
_
'
their increase this year being 38,601 cwts. and £35,276. There
is reason to believe that but for the activity and energy of the
’
steam—liners, the line—shing would not have held in later years
so gdod a position in comparison with the trawlers, whose total
was
598,344 cwts. ':
A. further reduction of 480boats propelled by _sail‘s .o_r cars
1,049 resident
and non—resident men'and boys—connected with the
ment.
An improvement, however, of the value cf £10,‘767Ï -
,
took place
ill those remaining. On the other. hand 45. Steam=.
'
VGSS€l$ and,87 men and' boys were added to
Which?
_
CAPTUR_ES BY LINERS AND ’TRAWLERS, 1897.
_
flat shes in these inshoi*e waters
before the experiments
began, and there does not appear
to be any Cogei1t reason why —
_
«
the public should not benet by their presence.
'
The
'
of a powerful and efcient trawler into such bays now and then
'
'
would have been a valuable test of their condition, and Would
'.
have enabled the Fishèry Board to arrive
conclusions of
considerable practical importance,
,
_
The value of
.
the round shes in 1897 ' wasfor the liner
'
73. 8d. and for the trawler 98. 2d., the
in faVour of
_:
the trawl’er when contrasted with the condition in 1896 being
661. ‘The liner received "123. 961. for at shes, the
"
2cl.,-here again the increase mainly falling to the trawler,
_
whose total (308. 5201.) was 28. 9d. over that of the preceding
year. —
Ï
*
The grand total of all kinds of shes (other than
;
S_hes)lande‘d in 1897 was 5,001,672 cwts., a diminution of
no
less than 1,145,066 cwts. on the previous year, yet the
aggregate value was £55,951 over the captures of 1896. This
reduCtion was due to the” small catch of herrings, which fell by;
‘
1,010,7 01 cwts. under that of the 1896, yet the quality of the
Î
shes and the prices obtained actually gave their captors a
Surplus of £32,390 on this head alone over 1896.
The totalcaught by the liners and trawlers (after dedùcting the herrings,
'
850.) is
a decrease of 1344365 cwts. on 1896, that
"
is to say, this decit removes the excess of 1896
1895.
The share of the liners in this total fell shortby 172,967 cwts;
'
and £11,715 of the captures of the previous year (1896) but?
the ’trawlers’ kept advancihg, as ”they have done since 18845,”
_
'
their increase this year being 38,601 cwts. and £35,276. There
is reason to believe that but for the activity and energy of the
’
steam—liners, the line—shing would not have held in later years
so gdod a position in comparison with the trawlers, whose total
was
598,344 cwts. ':
A. further reduction of 480boats propelled by _sail‘s .o_r cars
1,049 resident
and non—resident men'and boys—connected with the
ment.
An improvement, however, of the value cf £10,‘767Ï -
,
took place
ill those remaining. On the other. hand 45. Steam=.
'
VGSS€l$ and,87 men and' boys were added to
Which?