'
sr ANDREWS BAY. '
SUMMARY.
'
'
125
ti0ns during the period.
In 1892, however, one half the
hauls Were in wintry months, viz., in February, March, No—
-
vember and December, while an intermediate month—April—
,
also tended to lower the percentage.
The comparison, there—Ÿ '
,
f0re, with such a year as 1887, in which the hauls were allin
'
productive months leads to erroneous conclusions. In dealing
with St Andrews Bay, further, the remarkable activity of the
'
"
'
local shermen in scattering their lines throughout the area
"
for the capture of plaice must have tended to interfere with _'
the exact observations of the closurel. This point indeed was
specially brought up
at the Royal Commission in 1884 when the
closure of
_
the bay was suggested, but, as it would have been a
hardship on the local shermen,it was decided to exclude trawlers
'
,
only. This factor therefore is one that should not be ovérlooked
_
In the report, for the better illustration of the position,“
the rst half has been contrasted With the last half of …;the
period, vis., 1886—1890
'
with 1891—1895, and it was found
that the average for the former period was 290 per haul,
while in the latter period it was only 18Πper haul, or
‘
reduction of more than 100 shes per haul.
A basis
-
afforded for concluding that this progressive decrease, especially
_
"
in at shes—_—so predominant in St Andrews Bay, is due to two
'
causes, viz. general oVer—shing-in the open area, and, secoùdlÿ',
the destruction of too many of the spawning shes on which
f
the supply. of oating‘ eggs is dependent. . Therefore it is pro—
'
'
_
'posed to extend the closure to the open area beyond the
'
three-mile limit Where such would include the “ Spawning
;
areas” of the food-shes_.
'
—‘
'
'
,
’ _
_
_
«Ï
"
But, before suggesting a step so important it would have,
‘
been well to study the foundationS on which the opinion :
Tested;
If
map (Table I-> is mée of the months dmmg
—
the hauls took place in:-the
period, vi—z., from‘1886
,
to'1890, it
dottedm
_
f
thementhsofAugustandC’ü0berandhwe
sr ANDREWS BAY. '
SUMMARY.
'
'
125
ti0ns during the period.
In 1892, however, one half the
hauls Were in wintry months, viz., in February, March, No—
-
vember and December, while an intermediate month—April—
,
also tended to lower the percentage.
The comparison, there—Ÿ '
,
f0re, with such a year as 1887, in which the hauls were allin
'
productive months leads to erroneous conclusions. In dealing
with St Andrews Bay, further, the remarkable activity of the
'
"
'
local shermen in scattering their lines throughout the area
"
for the capture of plaice must have tended to interfere with _'
the exact observations of the closurel. This point indeed was
specially brought up
at the Royal Commission in 1884 when the
closure of
_
the bay was suggested, but, as it would have been a
hardship on the local shermen,it was decided to exclude trawlers
'
,
only. This factor therefore is one that should not be ovérlooked
_
In the report, for the better illustration of the position,“
the rst half has been contrasted With the last half of …;the
period, vis., 1886—1890
'
with 1891—1895, and it was found
that the average for the former period was 290 per haul,
while in the latter period it was only 18Πper haul, or
‘
reduction of more than 100 shes per haul.
A basis
-
afforded for concluding that this progressive decrease, especially
_
"
in at shes—_—so predominant in St Andrews Bay, is due to two
'
causes, viz. general oVer—shing-in the open area, and, secoùdlÿ',
the destruction of too many of the spawning shes on which
f
the supply. of oating‘ eggs is dependent. . Therefore it is pro—
'
'
_
'posed to extend the closure to the open area beyond the
'
three-mile limit Where such would include the “ Spawning
;
areas” of the food-shes_.
'
—‘
'
'
,
’ _
_
_
«Ï
"
But, before suggesting a step so important it would have,
‘
been well to study the foundationS on which the opinion :
Tested;
If
map (Table I-> is mée of the months dmmg
—
the hauls took place in:-the
period, vi—z., from‘1886
,
to'1890, it
dottedm
_
f
thementhsofAugustandC’ü0berandhwe