‘
'
INVESTiGATIONS IN sr ANDREWS BAY,
1051
c‘1ired within the limits of the bay,
so were the long-rough
dabs, but a few ounders appeared on the station (V) beyond
'
the limits.
The small cod were all got. in November, and were
-
generally distributed; and the small haddocks were procured in
_
September and November, probably on their passage shore—
'
wards.
A single turbot and one whiting were obtained. A
'
few skate (17) and one or two frog—shes and skulpins were iii
'
the list.
.
'
‘
.
_
,
Calculated on the total hauls (17) the average of
.
__
saleable was 105 shes, and the unsaleable 69 or a
’Ï
[
'
This therefore formed the basis for future observations in ' Ü
St Andrews Bay, but it might well have been moreèxhaustive,
since the conditions immediately after the cessation of steam,“
other trawling had to be determined. Fortunately, how—‘:
_
ever, records made in 1884, either for purposes of trade or for
scientic experiment, are available. Thus four hauls of the
,
trawl (which was over
feet in length) were made by the.
.
'
powerful iron ships of the General Steam Fishing Company,—.
_
_
Granton ;. two by shing-boats of the place with the
'
’
trawl of 30—foot beam; and fourteen by the “Medusa,” the
little steam ‘vessel‘, from the Granton Laboratory with _a traWl—
beam of ten feet, and a net of small mesh.
-
-
1
-'
It has also" to be remembered—'—in considering the work Ïof
the
“ Garlad”—_—thatthe results obtained by small trawls, even
with a net of the same mesh as the larger, deviate considerably
”
Ï
from those of a beam of fty—six feet raiSed about 41 feet‘from‘
.
_
the bottom.
Thus the large shes, which often escape such a
trawl as that of the “ Garland,”_ are captured in numbers by the
large _net of the trawlers from Granton.æ
]
shes, such as the cod and haddock,mtheleSpectiveships,
and further by the absenceasalule@fsuchashastheheumg
'
"
from the returns of the “Gaand”Furthe1,theworkofthe
‘ΗGarland” was for— themostpmtcæed°nmdayhght
'
whereas the commewmlshlisutwed°°tmuousÙmghtas
'
well—ras dayandthen“holeenelglesWBlecmenüaædmthen
'
INVESTiGATIONS IN sr ANDREWS BAY,
1051
c‘1ired within the limits of the bay,
so were the long-rough
dabs, but a few ounders appeared on the station (V) beyond
'
the limits.
The small cod were all got. in November, and were
-
generally distributed; and the small haddocks were procured in
_
September and November, probably on their passage shore—
'
wards.
A single turbot and one whiting were obtained. A
'
few skate (17) and one or two frog—shes and skulpins were iii
'
the list.
.
'
‘
.
_
,
Calculated on the total hauls (17) the average of
.
__
saleable was 105 shes, and the unsaleable 69 or a
’Ï
[
'
This therefore formed the basis for future observations in ' Ü
St Andrews Bay, but it might well have been moreèxhaustive,
since the conditions immediately after the cessation of steam,“
other trawling had to be determined. Fortunately, how—‘:
_
ever, records made in 1884, either for purposes of trade or for
scientic experiment, are available. Thus four hauls of the
,
trawl (which was over
feet in length) were made by the.
.
'
powerful iron ships of the General Steam Fishing Company,—.
_
_
Granton ;. two by shing-boats of the place with the
'
’
trawl of 30—foot beam; and fourteen by the “Medusa,” the
little steam ‘vessel‘, from the Granton Laboratory with _a traWl—
beam of ten feet, and a net of small mesh.
-
-
1
-'
It has also" to be remembered—'—in considering the work Ïof
the
“ Garlad”—_—thatthe results obtained by small trawls, even
with a net of the same mesh as the larger, deviate considerably
”
Ï
from those of a beam of fty—six feet raiSed about 41 feet‘from‘
.
_
the bottom.
Thus the large shes, which often escape such a
trawl as that of the “ Garland,”_ are captured in numbers by the
large _net of the trawlers from Granton.æ
]
shes, such as the cod and haddock,mtheleSpectiveships,
and further by the absenceasalule@fsuchashastheheumg
'
"
from the returns of the “Gaand”Furthe1,theworkofthe
‘ΗGarland” was for— themostpmtcæed°nmdayhght
'
whereas the commewmlshlisutwed°°tmuousÙmghtas
'
well—ras dayandthen“holeenelglesWBlecmenüaædmthen