98
-
PRESENT CONDITION or FISHING GROUNDS.
In the same way, the powerful ships which prOcéed to Icela
,
bring from 200 to 400 boxes of shes in about 14 days. . The
in this region are recognised by the dark spots,
and as these, the haddocks, cod, and other forms, have been
‘ gutted
’
and preserved in ice, they do not have so attractive an
appearance as those caught by the liners.
'
.
Besides the areas just mentioned, some trawlers proceedto
Blacksod Bay, off county Mayo, on the west coast of I1eland,
for soles and turb0t, while in February and March others goto
ground 20 to 40 miles off Scarborough, where, perhaps, 20 score
of cod are caught in a night. Some, again, work on the turbot—
,
ground, from 80to 90 miles off Aberdeen, and others nden
'
the Dogger Bank catchès of from 18 to 20 boxes of plaice._
,
When the trawlers from Granton and Leith are cons1dered,
.
it is found that, Imtwithstanding the closùre of the Forth (for3
miles beyond the Island of May), these ships have mcreasedm
number, have been improved in equipment, and have been able
-
to overcome the difculties with Which they were hand1cappe
-—in comparison With the -liners.
In the case of the General
Steam Fishing Company’s ships, and probably in
_
however, very
instructi0ns—based on carefully recorded
data, compiledduring the last twelve years—aie issued toeach
.;
captain as to the distance to be traversed (by the log),and
Ï
the direction On every occasion. No haphazard selectmnof
,
”shing-groundsis made. Thus in December, 1893, bes1desthe
-
ordinary shes, numerous cuttle—shes (so valuable for ba&t)W€l€«
proôured off
Isle of May. In January, February, March,
;
_
and April they work from »5 to
s.E. of the IsleofMay
_
Èviz., more or less ont—he. groundsfrequented in 1884, In March
_
April the—;codaracaptured as before inconsîderable numbers
asthey 00Bg1egatedurmg -_thec "spaWn‘ing.
’ season,
1nthe
earlieimonths .;as theyfollow the
In June,.hy,
AugustSePtember : etoberand November they ,. take tothe
byNE
"
—…v
t0thedechneofthetrawïmgmustrymtheForthandthe
-
PRESENT CONDITION or FISHING GROUNDS.
In the same way, the powerful ships which prOcéed to Icela
,
bring from 200 to 400 boxes of shes in about 14 days. . The
in this region are recognised by the dark spots,
and as these, the haddocks, cod, and other forms, have been
‘ gutted
’
and preserved in ice, they do not have so attractive an
appearance as those caught by the liners.
'
.
Besides the areas just mentioned, some trawlers proceedto
Blacksod Bay, off county Mayo, on the west coast of I1eland,
for soles and turb0t, while in February and March others goto
ground 20 to 40 miles off Scarborough, where, perhaps, 20 score
of cod are caught in a night. Some, again, work on the turbot—
,
ground, from 80to 90 miles off Aberdeen, and others nden
'
the Dogger Bank catchès of from 18 to 20 boxes of plaice._
,
When the trawlers from Granton and Leith are cons1dered,
.
it is found that, Imtwithstanding the closùre of the Forth (for3
miles beyond the Island of May), these ships have mcreasedm
number, have been improved in equipment, and have been able
-
to overcome the difculties with Which they were hand1cappe
-—in comparison With the -liners.
In the case of the General
Steam Fishing Company’s ships, and probably in
_
however, very
instructi0ns—based on carefully recorded
data, compiledduring the last twelve years—aie issued toeach
.;
captain as to the distance to be traversed (by the log),and
Ï
the direction On every occasion. No haphazard selectmnof
,
”shing-groundsis made. Thus in December, 1893, bes1desthe
-
ordinary shes, numerous cuttle—shes (so valuable for ba&t)W€l€«
proôured off
Isle of May. In January, February, March,
;
_
and April they work from »5 to
s.E. of the IsleofMay
_
Èviz., more or less ont—he. groundsfrequented in 1884, In March
_
April the—;codaracaptured as before inconsîderable numbers
asthey 00Bg1egatedurmg -_thec "spaWn‘ing.
’ season,
1nthe
earlieimonths .;as theyfollow the
In June,.hy,
AugustSePtember : etoberand November they ,. take tothe
byNE
"
—…v
t0thedechneofthetrawïmgmustrymtheForthandthe