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,
-
134
INVEST1GATIONS IN FORTE, 1886.
:
1886, and was continued in July, September, October, and
_
Only“ in J une, however, were the stations syste—
E
matically gone over (with the exception of VIH.). Twenty—
_”
seven
hauls of the trawl produced a total of 5,896 shes, of :
which 45,649 were saleable and
unsaleable.
Of the
—
saleable shes the majority were haddocks, no less than 2,273 €
having been captured, or an average of about 84: per haul.
_
The largest captures were in July, 6.9. 357 and 882 respectively
_
occurring at Stations III. and VII.
The average number per
Î
haul in July was 297, the next (78) being in June.
The other
:
_
three months were much less productive in haddocks.
The
,
deeper waters of the Forth probably:prove more attractive to
‘
_
the haddock than the shallow waters of St Andrews Bay.
The _
.
next were plaice—1,056, or 39 per haul, most having been
procured in September, viz., an average of 80 per haul ; dabs _
791 or 29 per haul; lemon—dabs (total) 45453 long-rough dabs
_
4519 ; whiting 253; gurnards 279 or 10 per haul; cod 2411. In
contrasting these captureswith those in St Andrews Bay the
'
greatproportion of haddocks is a prominent feature, about nine
:
times as'mahy being present in the Forth.
Cod and whitings
are also in larger
Gurnards, on the other hand, Were ;
much more common, and plaice and dabs were twice as
_
in St” Andrews Bay.
Lemon—dabs and long-rough dabs were
mere abundant in the Forth, while ounders Were more common
5
in‘ St Andrews. As already “mentioned, the deeper water and;
.
more varied bottom, together with the periodical abundance.of
_
herrings probably pro'ved a greater attraction to bOth cod and
…
_
The absence of thornback for the rst year in the,}:
returns
of, the
“ Garland ” inÎ St AndreWs Bay leaves some
hesitation about a cdmpàrison of the skate of the two areas, but
on the whole they correspond, with theexception“of the sandyÎ
_.
133% Which occurs only in the area ”of St Andrews, a
…
however, of no moment If We
the months,
is
,
found that July
as 14 jhaul”s produced 2,223 food—shes _c‘>r‘
555 per haul, June w1th8hauls gave 1,813 of164£ per hau1,
—
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-
134
INVEST1GATIONS IN FORTE, 1886.
:
1886, and was continued in July, September, October, and
_
Only“ in J une, however, were the stations syste—
E
matically gone over (with the exception of VIH.). Twenty—
_”
seven
hauls of the trawl produced a total of 5,896 shes, of :
which 45,649 were saleable and
unsaleable.
Of the
—
saleable shes the majority were haddocks, no less than 2,273 €
having been captured, or an average of about 84: per haul.
_
The largest captures were in July, 6.9. 357 and 882 respectively
_
occurring at Stations III. and VII.
The average number per
Î
haul in July was 297, the next (78) being in June.
The other
:
_
three months were much less productive in haddocks.
The
,
deeper waters of the Forth probably:prove more attractive to
‘
_
the haddock than the shallow waters of St Andrews Bay.
The _
.
next were plaice—1,056, or 39 per haul, most having been
procured in September, viz., an average of 80 per haul ; dabs _
791 or 29 per haul; lemon—dabs (total) 45453 long-rough dabs
_
4519 ; whiting 253; gurnards 279 or 10 per haul; cod 2411. In
contrasting these captureswith those in St Andrews Bay the
'
greatproportion of haddocks is a prominent feature, about nine
:
times as'mahy being present in the Forth.
Cod and whitings
are also in larger
Gurnards, on the other hand, Were ;
much more common, and plaice and dabs were twice as
_
in St” Andrews Bay.
Lemon—dabs and long-rough dabs were
mere abundant in the Forth, while ounders Were more common
5
in‘ St Andrews. As already “mentioned, the deeper water and;
.
more varied bottom, together with the periodical abundance.of
_
herrings probably pro'ved a greater attraction to bOth cod and
…
_
The absence of thornback for the rst year in the,}:
returns
of, the
“ Garland ” inÎ St AndreWs Bay leaves some
hesitation about a cdmpàrison of the skate of the two areas, but
on the whole they correspond, with theexception“of the sandyÎ
_.
133% Which occurs only in the area ”of St Andrews, a
…
however, of no moment If We
the months,
is
,
found that July
as 14 jhaul”s produced 2,223 food—shes _c‘>r‘
555 per haul, June w1th8hauls gave 1,813 of164£ per hau1,
—
With 5 hu1511710236 pe hIOtbewth
'
ӑf
FerhauïandNovembmmthô hauls613
ofï102 pet;haùl-Çy
.
,
v
“ï
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fÿf
!
…==…
… m
…
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