108
FISHERY BOARD’S OPINION or RESULTS, 1887.
—
In 1887 a Committee of the Scottish Fishery Board in
referring to the progress of the scientic work gave a pre—'
liminary outline of the methods by which they hoped to obtain
information and such was chiey based on the advice theyhad
received.
'
-
In treating of the results of the year’s trawling by the
“ Garland
”
in the closed area of the Forth and just beyond it,“
the reporters
“ ConverSely, while there has been a
general advance in the numbers of flat sh at all the stations
_
in both series, the rise at the inner stations has been. by far
.
most marked, the average increase here in 1887 being 128
shot,while at the three outer it was only 22 per shot.” They
further-state"“that at the outer series of stations the increase
has been greatest in lemon soles, next in plaice, and least of all
in dabs.
.
At the inner group, on the other hand, the augmentation has been chiey in plaice, closely followed by dabs, and
at some distance by lemon soles.” At the two stations in the
'
free waters (stations 8 and 9…) “plaice, and lemon soles have
increased more than dabs.”
'
In St Andrews Bay the increase was found “to be eve
.
more marked than in the Forth.”
They state that, as might
have been expected‘from the physical characters of StAndrews
.
-
Bay, “the increase has consisted prinèipally of at sh, although
_
the round shhave also increased to a very considerable degree
-
Which is rare in the bay, diminished; whiting 1ema1ned
'
about the same;but there was a large increase in haddocks and
also in gurnards.” The station in the free waters outside showed
a diminution inplaice, increase of lemon—dabs, dabs and skate
,
-
have diminiShed, and
and .gurnards have
"increased.
reporters mention that they have had—' several
instances
of the “replacement of the round shes by the at,
and vicave‘rsa.”
J
…,
The trawling …
in Aberdeen …Bay, a Station
SPe°1&HY Selected aSomeOïüwhmhalarge amount of t1a“hng
hadbee owned enverestopped1t would havebæn
1portantto have n0tedthechængesmtheshfamwfül18
bayespecmyas sofreeb" commumcà‘üedwmhtheorensea
FISHERY BOARD’S OPINION or RESULTS, 1887.
—
In 1887 a Committee of the Scottish Fishery Board in
referring to the progress of the scientic work gave a pre—'
liminary outline of the methods by which they hoped to obtain
information and such was chiey based on the advice theyhad
received.
'
-
In treating of the results of the year’s trawling by the
“ Garland
”
in the closed area of the Forth and just beyond it,“
the reporters
“ ConverSely, while there has been a
general advance in the numbers of flat sh at all the stations
_
in both series, the rise at the inner stations has been. by far
.
most marked, the average increase here in 1887 being 128
shot,while at the three outer it was only 22 per shot.” They
further-state"“that at the outer series of stations the increase
has been greatest in lemon soles, next in plaice, and least of all
in dabs.
.
At the inner group, on the other hand, the augmentation has been chiey in plaice, closely followed by dabs, and
at some distance by lemon soles.” At the two stations in the
'
free waters (stations 8 and 9…) “plaice, and lemon soles have
increased more than dabs.”
'
In St Andrews Bay the increase was found “to be eve
.
more marked than in the Forth.”
They state that, as might
have been expected‘from the physical characters of StAndrews
.
-
Bay, “the increase has consisted prinèipally of at sh, although
_
the round shhave also increased to a very considerable degree
-
Which is rare in the bay, diminished; whiting 1ema1ned
'
about the same;but there was a large increase in haddocks and
also in gurnards.” The station in the free waters outside showed
a diminution inplaice, increase of lemon—dabs, dabs and skate
,
-
have diminiShed, and
and .gurnards have
"increased.
reporters mention that they have had—' several
instances
of the “replacement of the round shes by the at,
and vicave‘rsa.”
J
…,
The trawling …
in Aberdeen …Bay, a Station
SPe°1&HY Selected aSomeOïüwhmhalarge amount of t1a“hng
hadbee owned enverestopped1t would havebæn
1portantto have n0tedthechængesmtheshfamwfül18
bayespecmyas sofreeb" commumcà‘üedwmhtheorensea