104
INVESTIGATÏONS IN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1886._
7
dividing the shes captured into two groups, saleable and
:
unsaleable (chiey immature).
has to be borne in mind that
during the rst season or two, from insufciency of funds, the ‘
=
“ Garland
”
was not kept at work the whole year.
In 1866, the
work was carried out only during the months of June, July,
September, and November, and it is possible that the trawl was
less effective than it subsequently became.
In the Tables,
more0ver, barren hauls are
During the months men—
tioned seventeen hauls of the trawl were madein St Andrews
Bay, an area-in which there were ve stations, one (V.) beyond
the limit, and the rest within
and about which a consider‘
able amount of information has been collected during the last
forty years.
A total of 1,792 sal“eable shes were procured,
I
the majority being plaice, which were mostly Captured within ,
the limits, though
June and September a considerable
number were got
the outer station (V.), where four out of
:
the six larger were also caught. Gurnards follow, the largest
’
number of these occurring at the latter station. Dabs are next
_
_
in brder, and from the four inner stations, then haddockS—‘
dispersed generally over the area.
Long—rough dabs «were
likewise generallydistributed, though the largest number (21)
Were obtained in November at the station beyond the limit.
.
rI‘wo large lemon—dabs were got at the latter station, and fteen
—
of the twenty smaller in.the same line.
Only two large cod,
one
large haddoék, two
a
single coal—sh,
‘
_
ounders, a single tùrbot, a,_single brill, and a sprat were
'
obtained‘in the area; eight skate were likewise procured.
'
Of unsaleable (chiey immature) shes there were 1,186;
more
than half being dabs, which were generally distributed
_
…
over the area, the largest catch, however, having been made55
"
in… September on Station III. in the middle of the bay-, and “
,
the next
in order on Station I. along the s0uthern border
the same month. The plaice- (277) were
'
generally distributédf‘, the largest number having been got
September ‘on Station IV. alongthe
Of{
-
St Andrews and Abeftay,_
Were all pr —“îj
< ‘?'J=ThîsÏfefersÿfo the tables auâeä m 1892 and tô"£hè
fables
INVESTIGATÏONS IN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1886._
7
dividing the shes captured into two groups, saleable and
:
unsaleable (chiey immature).
has to be borne in mind that
during the rst season or two, from insufciency of funds, the ‘
=
“ Garland
”
was not kept at work the whole year.
In 1866, the
work was carried out only during the months of June, July,
September, and November, and it is possible that the trawl was
less effective than it subsequently became.
In the Tables,
more0ver, barren hauls are
During the months men—
tioned seventeen hauls of the trawl were madein St Andrews
Bay, an area-in which there were ve stations, one (V.) beyond
the limit, and the rest within
and about which a consider‘
able amount of information has been collected during the last
forty years.
A total of 1,792 sal“eable shes were procured,
I
the majority being plaice, which were mostly Captured within ,
the limits, though
June and September a considerable
number were got
the outer station (V.), where four out of
:
the six larger were also caught. Gurnards follow, the largest
’
number of these occurring at the latter station. Dabs are next
_
_
in brder, and from the four inner stations, then haddockS—‘
dispersed generally over the area.
Long—rough dabs «were
likewise generallydistributed, though the largest number (21)
Were obtained in November at the station beyond the limit.
.
rI‘wo large lemon—dabs were got at the latter station, and fteen
—
of the twenty smaller in.the same line.
Only two large cod,
one
large haddoék, two
a
single coal—sh,
‘
_
ounders, a single tùrbot, a,_single brill, and a sprat were
'
obtained‘in the area; eight skate were likewise procured.
'
Of unsaleable (chiey immature) shes there were 1,186;
more
than half being dabs, which were generally distributed
_
…
over the area, the largest catch, however, having been made55
"
in… September on Station III. in the middle of the bay-, and “
,
the next
in order on Station I. along the s0uthern border
the same month. The plaice- (277) were
'
generally distributédf‘, the largest number having been got
September ‘on Station IV. alongthe
Of{
-
St Andrews and Abeftay,_
Were all pr —“îj
< ‘?'J=ThîsÏfefersÿfo the tables auâeä m 1892 and tô"£hè
fables