'
sr ANDREWS BAY.
SUMMARY;
'
131
irréspective of au melancholy‘ forebodings, myriads of yôuhg
_
.
plaice people the shallow watersof the sandy bays all round
7
our shores, and afford the best refutation of his Views, and a
_
proof, beyond dispute, of the recuperative powers of nature.
'
For,
surely as these swarms of young plaice annuallÿ
appear, just as surely are the ranks of the sizes 'above them
recruited.
Does the “ practical man” nd that the dabs_and
long-rough dabs have been similarly dealt with by
—
(which makes no discrimination in regard to species)? Large
large turbot are certainly conspicùous
#—
forms that are affected by constant and effective methods of
;
shing, but it is long since their extinction was
and, so far as facts go, their cohtinuance is as yet in nodanger
The opinion expressed in the summary that the dabs and
'
long-rough dabs by their increase in the closed waters hêd‘3lîÔ
some extent supplanted the plaic_e and the lembn—dabsî‘se‘ems to
’
“ _
'
'
be in want Of further proof. The view that it is the trawl which
has caused an undue slaughter of the latter (before maturity);
_
While the two former species- escape as mature individuals
through the meshes, will not explain all the facts f01St
_“
Andrews Bay. ' Moreover, the reporter has forgotten thatthe
»
orinder is_ in the same position, its numbers having been
reduced by about a fdurth in the same period (latter half),yet
f it cannot be said that this species depends on the Outer water .:
-
_"
for its eggs and youngl. A better Case,as
diminution -
,
during
second period, could be made out for the turbot,
since in the rst period
were captùrèd, and in the latter
only 18.
Ripe turbot as a rule are offshore ShGS: and their
destruction, therefore, was as probable as that of the
_
‘
plaice.
Yet he would be a bold man whoW0hldtake up such
"
a p0sition, especially if familiar with St Andrews Bay,iu which
the young turbot have always Occurred;
to the sole, the rst period having
the number
the
Second.
But if
.
the “ Garland
”
had had a
onher
1_ It has been stated in the Fishery Reportsthatoundershavem01€aseâ
because they
inshore,
.;
°.f both Cases çd0ë8ïno‘f SbstanüatensV1ve°””her
sr ANDREWS BAY.
SUMMARY;
'
131
irréspective of au melancholy‘ forebodings, myriads of yôuhg
_
.
plaice people the shallow watersof the sandy bays all round
7
our shores, and afford the best refutation of his Views, and a
_
proof, beyond dispute, of the recuperative powers of nature.
'
For,
surely as these swarms of young plaice annuallÿ
appear, just as surely are the ranks of the sizes 'above them
recruited.
Does the “ practical man” nd that the dabs_and
long-rough dabs have been similarly dealt with by
—
(which makes no discrimination in regard to species)? Large
large turbot are certainly conspicùous
#—
forms that are affected by constant and effective methods of
;
shing, but it is long since their extinction was
and, so far as facts go, their cohtinuance is as yet in nodanger
The opinion expressed in the summary that the dabs and
'
long-rough dabs by their increase in the closed waters hêd‘3lîÔ
some extent supplanted the plaic_e and the lembn—dabsî‘se‘ems to
’
“ _
'
'
be in want Of further proof. The view that it is the trawl which
has caused an undue slaughter of the latter (before maturity);
_
While the two former species- escape as mature individuals
through the meshes, will not explain all the facts f01St
_“
Andrews Bay. ' Moreover, the reporter has forgotten thatthe
»
orinder is_ in the same position, its numbers having been
reduced by about a fdurth in the same period (latter half),yet
f it cannot be said that this species depends on the Outer water .:
-
_"
for its eggs and youngl. A better Case,as
diminution -
,
during
second period, could be made out for the turbot,
since in the rst period
were captùrèd, and in the latter
only 18.
Ripe turbot as a rule are offshore ShGS: and their
destruction, therefore, was as probable as that of the
_
‘
plaice.
Yet he would be a bold man whoW0hldtake up such
"
a p0sition, especially if familiar with St Andrews Bay,iu which
the young turbot have always Occurred;
to the sole, the rst period having
the number
the
Second.
But if
.
the “ Garland
”
had had a
onher
1_ It has been stated in the Fishery Reportsthatoundershavem01€aseâ
because they
inshore,
.;
°.f both Cases çd0ë8ïno‘f SbstanüatensV1ve°””her