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INVESTIGATIONS'
sr ANDREWS BAY, 1887.
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instance of ground which “from the scientic evidence obtained, and from the testimony given on the spot,” is naturally
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adapted for the support of multitudes of edible shes. Yet
.
shes are much less plentiful there than on the eaSt coast,
since the traWlers have swept the waters, and have now left
them as unremunerative.
They also assert that a regular
migration of flat shes takes place during the winter, but
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.
not enter into details, and state further, that small shes are '
,.
chiey taken in inshore waters.’
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v
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In St Andrews Bay in 1887 an increased number of hauls,
viz., twenty—one, were made in the months of May, June,
and October, and they yielded 2,649 saleable shesj,çf
or an average
of 126 per hau'l, a great advance on the
_
year.
Nearly one half (1,2419) were plaice, and out Hof
this number
only three were large.
Most Were captured
within the Bay, and in June a large number at Station IV,
the sandy beach. _Dabs follow (838), and though
generally distributed the greatest numbers occur on themner
:Stations (L and II.); Of '
this number 63 were
With j
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considerably smaller numbers, are haddocks (200), only 9 being
large, ounders, ,gurnards, long-rough dabs (three being— large),
grey skate, whitii1gs' and lemon—dabs. Three soles and acat—sh
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«complete the list.
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The unsaleable food-Shes reached the large
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5,525, two forms, as before, being greatly in excess of the others
and” nearly equal, viz., plaice 1,786 and dabs 1,7 67. Then ' Ï
' _
follow gurnards (956), Which reached their maximum in June,
hadd0cks (810), which reached their maximum in OCË0bela,
the highest catch being.on the outer Station (V.). , That these
young shes for the most Part »makig f01thelsh@le
Î is probable, since only eleveu Were get in May,;wheleätsmthe
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f
'months, J une,
and October, thenumbels
lSkate, ounders
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INVESTIGATIONS'
sr ANDREWS BAY, 1887.
1—11
‘
ÏÎ
'
instance of ground which “from the scientic evidence obtained, and from the testimony given on the spot,” is naturally
_
__
adapted for the support of multitudes of edible shes. Yet
.
shes are much less plentiful there than on the eaSt coast,
since the traWlers have swept the waters, and have now left
them as unremunerative.
They also assert that a regular
migration of flat shes takes place during the winter, but
É
.
not enter into details, and state further, that small shes are '
,.
chiey taken in inshore waters.’
'
_
v
'
In St Andrews Bay in 1887 an increased number of hauls,
viz., twenty—one, were made in the months of May, June,
and October, and they yielded 2,649 saleable shesj,çf
or an average
of 126 per hau'l, a great advance on the
_
year.
Nearly one half (1,2419) were plaice, and out Hof
this number
only three were large.
Most Were captured
within the Bay, and in June a large number at Station IV,
the sandy beach. _Dabs follow (838), and though
generally distributed the greatest numbers occur on themner
:Stations (L and II.); Of '
this number 63 were
With j
'
_
considerably smaller numbers, are haddocks (200), only 9 being
large, ounders, ,gurnards, long-rough dabs (three being— large),
grey skate, whitii1gs' and lemon—dabs. Three soles and acat—sh
'
«complete the list.
_
.
_
Î
Ï
The unsaleable food-Shes reached the large
i
r
5,525, two forms, as before, being greatly in excess of the others
and” nearly equal, viz., plaice 1,786 and dabs 1,7 67. Then ' Ï
' _
follow gurnards (956), Which reached their maximum in June,
hadd0cks (810), which reached their maximum in OCË0bela,
the highest catch being.on the outer Station (V.). , That these
young shes for the most Part »makig f01thelsh@le
Î is probable, since only eleveu Were get in May,;wheleätsmthe
_
f
'months, J une,
and October, thenumbels
lSkate, ounders
"4
*i—i* —: :fbeenæquuedm theuseofthetwwlandfu1therthemŒd€nœ