'
_
-
INVESTIGATIQNS rN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1893;
1—21
_
Average per HauZ.
'
.
‘
_
:
,
_
'P1aice
Dabs
Total
»
.
‘
-.
1891
48
86
134:
'
1892
41
34
75
_
_
«
1893
'
56
27
83
.
,
" _
The total per haul of these was therefore greatest in 1891, ;
and that while there was a rise in plaice in 1893, there was a
“
diminution in dabS. On the other hand the'total captures of
haddocks for the three years were respectively 56, 227 and 858,
a progressively increasing number.
.
.
In the summary1 it was stated that on the whole there was
a
considerable increase in at shes and a great increase in. !
'
round shes in the waters from which beam—trawng was”prœ
hibited.
Unf0rtunately,when contrasted‘ with the total
ages for 1886 the result is a diminutionof 5 in 1893, a fact
which disposes of the theory of gradual_ accumulation, and
the same time shows the uncertainty ever
attendant on shing
opérations… Again, the great increase which Was noticed in
i
'
haddocks off the east coast generally this year affected the bay
,
,
far as.to raise the perCentage of haddock‘S from 5 in 1892 to 26 '
1
, in 1893.
'
f
…
,
î
_
_
The relation of the paucity of shes with the preponderæice —
'
of Cold months was further illustrated this year, for four out
of the six, V_iz. January, February, March, and November were
;
'
more or less in this category. If, for instance, the totals (sale—
…
_
—}i
'able—a‘n‘d unsaleable)f01‘_these months are investigated it is
found that the shes caught in the months of June and July .
‘
_.aregab‘out ve times as numerous; This feature has, pe1haps,
not been sûŒciently estimated by those dealing with the
explain it by asserting that there is a
m1gmüonof atshes (6—9— PfaiC;e andï_
the ShaoWŒ
WeïïOthers perhaps suppose that thesé”shes k1
thesadm É9Ï‘Old weather—«
,.
,
NO;
bythe
_
-
INVESTIGATIQNS rN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1893;
1—21
_
Average per HauZ.
'
.
‘
_
:
,
_
'P1aice
Dabs
Total
»
.
‘
-.
1891
48
86
134:
'
1892
41
34
75
_
_
«
1893
'
56
27
83
.
,
" _
The total per haul of these was therefore greatest in 1891, ;
and that while there was a rise in plaice in 1893, there was a
“
diminution in dabS. On the other hand the'total captures of
haddocks for the three years were respectively 56, 227 and 858,
a progressively increasing number.
.
.
In the summary1 it was stated that on the whole there was
a
considerable increase in at shes and a great increase in. !
'
round shes in the waters from which beam—trawng was”prœ
hibited.
Unf0rtunately,when contrasted‘ with the total
ages for 1886 the result is a diminutionof 5 in 1893, a fact
which disposes of the theory of gradual_ accumulation, and
the same time shows the uncertainty ever
attendant on shing
opérations… Again, the great increase which Was noticed in
i
'
haddocks off the east coast generally this year affected the bay
,
,
far as.to raise the perCentage of haddock‘S from 5 in 1892 to 26 '
1
, in 1893.
'
f
…
,
î
_
_
The relation of the paucity of shes with the preponderæice —
'
of Cold months was further illustrated this year, for four out
of the six, V_iz. January, February, March, and November were
;
'
more or less in this category. If, for instance, the totals (sale—
…
_
—}i
'able—a‘n‘d unsaleable)f01‘_these months are investigated it is
found that the shes caught in the months of June and July .
‘
_.aregab‘out ve times as numerous; This feature has, pe1haps,
not been sûŒciently estimated by those dealing with the
explain it by asserting that there is a
m1gmüonof atshes (6—9— PfaiC;e andï_
the ShaoWŒ
WeïïOthers perhaps suppose that thesé”shes k1
thesadm É9Ï‘Old weather—«
,.
,
NO;
bythe