124
'
.
INVESTIGATIQNS IN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1895.
a notable increase on the previous year was evident, and on
Station IV. the number exceeded all except those of 1887 and
1890, the two highest in the series.
Plaice showed a large
—
increase per
haul on
year, while dabs were more
.
than doubled.
It is quite legitimate to draw attention to the
increase in such forms in St ”Andrews Bay in connection with
‘
'ÏÈ;
the supposed inuence of the closure in the Forth.
There it is
:
stated that an increase occurred in the protected area, and a
:
diminution in the open area.
But St Andrews Bay draws its
supplies of eggs
in the case of plaice from the ”open area, and
'
should have suffered equally, which
it did not.
Lemon—dabs
were four times as numerous, long—rough dabs were less (17 to
total numbers), while ounders had considerably increased
'
on the preceding number (total 89 to 1430). Of round shes,
cod were only 12 as compared with 17 in 1894. Haddocks
were 15 per haul instead of 21, whitings were only 38 instead
of 85, but
the high average
of 445 per
the second highest in the series, the—highest being in 1887
with 49 per haul.
As some of the numbers, 6.9. cod, were
small, these remarks are of limited value, but they show that
the increase was chiey in dabs and gurnards, shes of secondary ’
1mport‘anCe. -—
.
-
The three hauls on
Station VÏ. produced 679 shes or 226
ï
‘
per haul, the ”second highest number in the four years.
The
unpr0tected
waters did not therefore give evidence of progressive
_
_
deterioration from over—shing.
-
-—
_
'
_
In glancing at the results as shown in the averages of the
various stations during the 710 years it would not seem that
they. Point to a gradual accumulation of shes due to the. ÿ
afforded by the closure.
The higher numbers are
succeeded by the smaller in such “
a
way as to remove doubt
on this point. ,
,
Moreover, if they (higher gures) have, a
‘
connection with anything it is with the warmer months of
the
WiÈh_
Of thèse
'
the working. period.
feature
‘ 3 has been overlooked 1n
te review ,-of the
1—0 yearS’ work for inStanceg;in contastlg
1887 and 1892 as
the marked— ûc—tùal—îsï‘f
'
.
INVESTIGATIQNS IN sr ANDREWS BAY, 1895.
a notable increase on the previous year was evident, and on
Station IV. the number exceeded all except those of 1887 and
1890, the two highest in the series.
Plaice showed a large
—
increase per
haul on
year, while dabs were more
.
than doubled.
It is quite legitimate to draw attention to the
increase in such forms in St ”Andrews Bay in connection with
‘
'ÏÈ;
the supposed inuence of the closure in the Forth.
There it is
:
stated that an increase occurred in the protected area, and a
:
diminution in the open area.
But St Andrews Bay draws its
supplies of eggs
in the case of plaice from the ”open area, and
'
should have suffered equally, which
it did not.
Lemon—dabs
were four times as numerous, long—rough dabs were less (17 to
total numbers), while ounders had considerably increased
'
on the preceding number (total 89 to 1430). Of round shes,
cod were only 12 as compared with 17 in 1894. Haddocks
were 15 per haul instead of 21, whitings were only 38 instead
of 85, but
the high average
of 445 per
the second highest in the series, the—highest being in 1887
with 49 per haul.
As some of the numbers, 6.9. cod, were
small, these remarks are of limited value, but they show that
the increase was chiey in dabs and gurnards, shes of secondary ’
1mport‘anCe. -—
.
-
The three hauls on
Station VÏ. produced 679 shes or 226
ï
‘
per haul, the ”second highest number in the four years.
The
unpr0tected
waters did not therefore give evidence of progressive
_
_
deterioration from over—shing.
-
-—
_
'
_
In glancing at the results as shown in the averages of the
various stations during the 710 years it would not seem that
they. Point to a gradual accumulation of shes due to the. ÿ
afforded by the closure.
The higher numbers are
succeeded by the smaller in such “
a
way as to remove doubt
on this point. ,
,
Moreover, if they (higher gures) have, a
‘
connection with anything it is with the warmer months of
the
WiÈh_
Of thèse
'
the working. period.
feature
‘ 3 has been overlooked 1n
te review ,-of the
1—0 yearS’ work for inStanceg;in contastlg
1887 and 1892 as
the marked— ûc—tùal—îsï‘f