'
PRESENT CONDITION or Frsnme cnonnns.
101
Ÿ
ingly worked; and it cannot be doubted that they contained,at _
any rate in 1894, ’an immense number of small
M0reovei‘, these small haddocks had migrated from the distant
waters, for it is a remarkable fact that, so far as -ascertained, ne
great shoals of very small haddocks (i.e., less than 3 inches)
have been encountered
waters.
The life—history of
,
_
the haddock, indeed, shows that between its post—larval condition
.
”
'and the adolescent stage of between 2 and 3 inches, it is”a
deep—water sh. Before the appearance of these hordes of small
haddocks, it was generally asserted that the haddock had been ‘
_
more or
,
less extirpated; hence; the necessity for caution in
'
dealing with such subjects, Again, the question as to the
completeness of ”the statiStiCs of shes caught round the
,
Scottish shores has to be;-considered, and there are some who
.
_
think much improvement is required in this direction. Indeed,
the only satisfactory method would be for every liner, trawler,
net—, crab—, or other sherinan'to hand ”to the ofcial on reaching
‘
Ï '
the port a slip Stating the amOunt and kind of the ‘ catch,’ and ; .
the ground on which it was ïmade, as indicated in the Trawling
Report 0f18845.
- _
_
'
—
‘
_
_
The condition of the ins—here waters (within the 8-_mile
limit) has elsewhere been dealt withï and will again form the
subject of future remarks. All that needbe said at present 1s
‘
that, so far as can be ascertained, it would not appear that the
_closure of the inshore waters has made any marked increase in
_
_
the shes of the offshore waters, yet the younger
have
‘
now had time to pass
outw“ard and become mature; nor have
the larger shes been driven shorewards by the more frequent
‘ _
’
interference with the more distantareas.
No change, however,
f
could be expected if the scarcity were due to general over—
_
shing.“
'
.
‘
'
'_,Ÿ
A consideration of all the
gives no grounds ,
rfor despairing of the
in every way
'
show that the condition is notunsat1sfact01y1n regard
to the
PRESENT CONDITION or Frsnme cnonnns.
101
Ÿ
ingly worked; and it cannot be doubted that they contained,at _
any rate in 1894, ’an immense number of small
M0reovei‘, these small haddocks had migrated from the distant
waters, for it is a remarkable fact that, so far as -ascertained, ne
great shoals of very small haddocks (i.e., less than 3 inches)
have been encountered
waters.
The life—history of
,
_
the haddock, indeed, shows that between its post—larval condition
.
”
'and the adolescent stage of between 2 and 3 inches, it is”a
deep—water sh. Before the appearance of these hordes of small
haddocks, it was generally asserted that the haddock had been ‘
_
more or
,
less extirpated; hence; the necessity for caution in
'
dealing with such subjects, Again, the question as to the
completeness of ”the statiStiCs of shes caught round the
,
Scottish shores has to be;-considered, and there are some who
.
_
think much improvement is required in this direction. Indeed,
the only satisfactory method would be for every liner, trawler,
net—, crab—, or other sherinan'to hand ”to the ofcial on reaching
‘
Ï '
the port a slip Stating the amOunt and kind of the ‘ catch,’ and ; .
the ground on which it was ïmade, as indicated in the Trawling
Report 0f18845.
- _
_
'
—
‘
_
_
The condition of the ins—here waters (within the 8-_mile
limit) has elsewhere been dealt withï and will again form the
subject of future remarks. All that needbe said at present 1s
‘
that, so far as can be ascertained, it would not appear that the
_closure of the inshore waters has made any marked increase in
_
_
the shes of the offshore waters, yet the younger
have
‘
now had time to pass
outw“ard and become mature; nor have
the larger shes been driven shorewards by the more frequent
‘ _
’
interference with the more distantareas.
No change, however,
f
could be expected if the scarcity were due to general over—
_
shing.“
'
.
‘
'
'_,Ÿ
A consideration of all the
gives no grounds ,
rfor despairing of the
in every way
'
show that the condition is notunsat1sfact01y1n regard
to the