130
sr ‘ANDREWS BAY.
SUMMARY.
:
of local traw1ers had Swept the bay, was succeeded, ‘after an.
—
interval of four years by eVen smaller numbers for three con”:”
secutive years, and a fourth year by the same gure. Further”,
as if to dispose of the view that the general over-shing, or the
detriniental inuence of free shing, in the open waters, had—
slowly sapped the supply, the last year of the “ Garland’s
”
work
——
hada Very high average.
The highest of all the averages
Was
in 1887—the year after the closure,‘ the next in 1895.
Again,
_
the cOmparatively high average
of 288 in 1890 was followed by
low averages for three years.
The reporter in his summary1 of ‘ —
the results of the “ Garland’s
”
work considers that “ the imme—
”
diate consequence of the cessation of trawling appears
to have
:
been an increase in the abundance of at shes within the
…
enclOsed areas ;” and, further, “the fact that this increase Was
_
not only not maintained, but that a progressive. decrease in
,
:
'
plaice and lemon soles Occurred subsequently, indicates another f:
inuence, namely, excessive trawling on the offshore grounds
Ë
'
where these shes spawn.”
It should be borne in mind that the work in 1887 was done“
:
during productive months, viz., in May, June, August and
’
'
October, a fact which alone would
add to the
-
percentage, since not only flat shes, but gurnards and other “
forms would swell the lists.
No winter months increased the
number of hauls, while
diminishedthe percentage of captures.
-in the tables is such a combination of favourable coh—
‘
ditions_to be found, and-consequently in no year is the average ,
—
so high.
.
_
-
‘
,
Much has been said about the disappearance of the
and larger plaice which were so common about the period
trawling began, but surely no other result could ”have been
eXpected, -Any method
of shing persistently and effectively
”
‘
'
out on anarea where at shes ocCur
a
*
;
remove the larger examples—of
lblai—ce, turb0t,—**
-
sha1îbut amd @_thefr
th1sdoesnot mean that —‘the race1s
Thaï‘îr5Œcüèäliman'î? Zaf01‘gets ‘thà1sthe1e are,?Ï
other sizes of
asusefulto
*“Ïv
'
20mchpïæceef@rsetsthatyearbyyear
sr ‘ANDREWS BAY.
SUMMARY.
:
of local traw1ers had Swept the bay, was succeeded, ‘after an.
—
interval of four years by eVen smaller numbers for three con”:”
secutive years, and a fourth year by the same gure. Further”,
as if to dispose of the view that the general over-shing, or the
detriniental inuence of free shing, in the open waters, had—
slowly sapped the supply, the last year of the “ Garland’s
”
work
——
hada Very high average.
The highest of all the averages
Was
in 1887—the year after the closure,‘ the next in 1895.
Again,
_
the cOmparatively high average
of 288 in 1890 was followed by
low averages for three years.
The reporter in his summary1 of ‘ —
the results of the “ Garland’s
”
work considers that “ the imme—
”
diate consequence of the cessation of trawling appears
to have
:
been an increase in the abundance of at shes within the
…
enclOsed areas ;” and, further, “the fact that this increase Was
_
not only not maintained, but that a progressive. decrease in
,
:
'
plaice and lemon soles Occurred subsequently, indicates another f:
inuence, namely, excessive trawling on the offshore grounds
Ë
'
where these shes spawn.”
It should be borne in mind that the work in 1887 was done“
:
during productive months, viz., in May, June, August and
’
'
October, a fact which alone would
add to the
-
percentage, since not only flat shes, but gurnards and other “
forms would swell the lists.
No winter months increased the
number of hauls, while
diminishedthe percentage of captures.
-in the tables is such a combination of favourable coh—
‘
ditions_to be found, and-consequently in no year is the average ,
—
so high.
.
_
-
‘
,
Much has been said about the disappearance of the
and larger plaice which were so common about the period
trawling began, but surely no other result could ”have been
eXpected, -Any method
of shing persistently and effectively
”
‘
'
out on anarea where at shes ocCur
a
*
;
remove the larger examples—of
lblai—ce, turb0t,—**
-
sha1îbut amd @_thefr
th1sdoesnot mean that —‘the race1s
Thaï‘îr5Œcüèäliman'î? Zaf01‘gets ‘thà1sthe1e are,?Ï
other sizes of
asusefulto
*“Ïv
'
20mchpïæceef@rsetsthatyearbyyear