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INVESTIGA'I‘IONS IN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1889.
uns”aleable.‘ '
The haulS were made in January, March, Apul,
J1ine,' August, October and November, and thus both the
colder and the Warmer months were represented.
The ave1age
per haul of saleable shes was 176 and of unsaleable 80.
”This,
therefore, when compared with the previous year, shows a
considerable diminution
per haul) of saleable shes, and
a
slight increase (7 per haul) of unsaleable. If the stations
are
taken in series, as before, Station 1. has' an average
{saleabl'e and unsaleable) per haul of 245—67 more than 111
the previous year.
A' diminution of 19 per haul takes place
at Station II., and it is little more than half the catch of
“1887.
On Station III. a remarkable condition is found, the
average being no less than 88 below what it was in 1886,
a
third of what it was in 1888, and not ”half what 1t
was
in 1887.
The captures on Stations IV. and V. are also
below what they were in 1888.“ Such variations appear
.
to be connected with the season, the captures indeed forming a
.
spindle from January to December.
As Dr Fulton pointed out
in the summary of the year, plaice had increased but dabs had
_
.diminished; thus in 1888 the average per
‘ haul ’
was for plaicez
.
_
106 and dabs 944,'Whereas in 1889 the averages were 117 and
.
5Æ respectively. It is also observed “that at Stations
and
II. there Was a
increase of
shes (almost
;
;
entirely of plaice) and large decrease at Stations III; and IV
‘
.
(chiey of dabs and plaiee).’—’ The gures in our tables show
-
_
that
in 1888 the total captures of
were
as follows—
1- 284 ,01" 56 per
or
101 per MM; 111
4510r90 per
; IV.
per _haul, whereas in 1889the
f
gures Were: Station
haul=; ‘;H 736_or15
hau1g III. 551 or 78 per haul ;_ IV 1561 or 223 pe1haul
For plaice, therefore, there _ ' is an increase on
statlons
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