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INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1887.
.
187
from Dysart to Leven, viz. 616 per haul, the highest obtained
in the whole
.
series.
This station has both a considerablé
îÏ
variety and abundance of shes. The next is Station III., with
'
_
_
589 or 165 above its number last year—when it headed the
list.
The third is Station I. with 566 per haul.
Then follow
v., vn, IX., IV., VIII., all with a higher average than in
1886, while, on the other hand, VI., the short station opposite
;
St Monance and Pittenween, had 42 per _haul less than
1886.
'
,
._
.No subsequent year was on the exceptional footing of this
year with its three productive months. It is interesting, moi‘e—
over, to nd that the average of the saleable shes was
_
ceeded by the previous year and by several subsequent
The unsaleable and the total were unique (highest) in the
series.
'
'
.
,
-
_
;
‘
So far as can be ascertained little is to be gaii1ed by a f
comparison of the various kinds of shes obtained in the Outer
and in the inner
The broad fact remains that this» }
year (1887) the average of the captures was very high, but, as _
the work was carried on only in three Very productive months
'.
in the Forth, its bearing on the supposed increase by accumula?
tion and non—interference is questionable. It might be
_
that the large number of immature shes capturedwas a proof
the closure had at least preserved the young forms wafted
,
'
into the Forth either as eggs, larval, post—larval or very young
:
shes. For the most part, they had complete immunity (by
their size) from _any kind of shing apparatus outside the limit, -
l‘_{_
'
-
and once inside the limit they were safe. Unfortunate1y,
Ÿ;
ever, every subseqùent year was in the same cond1lG,ældyet
'
—
no steady and permanent increasetookplaœmthe5hæOfle
her—s near the surface, &dC@unessS“æmS°fy0ungShesm
:
the deeper water occunedmthewtwœaasmaupmbablty
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1887.
.
187
from Dysart to Leven, viz. 616 per haul, the highest obtained
in the whole
.
series.
This station has both a considerablé
îÏ
variety and abundance of shes. The next is Station III., with
'
_
_
589 or 165 above its number last year—when it headed the
list.
The third is Station I. with 566 per haul.
Then follow
v., vn, IX., IV., VIII., all with a higher average than in
1886, while, on the other hand, VI., the short station opposite
;
St Monance and Pittenween, had 42 per _haul less than
1886.
'
,
._
.No subsequent year was on the exceptional footing of this
year with its three productive months. It is interesting, moi‘e—
over, to nd that the average of the saleable shes was
_
ceeded by the previous year and by several subsequent
The unsaleable and the total were unique (highest) in the
series.
'
'
.
,
-
_
;
‘
So far as can be ascertained little is to be gaii1ed by a f
comparison of the various kinds of shes obtained in the Outer
and in the inner
The broad fact remains that this» }
year (1887) the average of the captures was very high, but, as _
the work was carried on only in three Very productive months
'.
in the Forth, its bearing on the supposed increase by accumula?
tion and non—interference is questionable. It might be
_
that the large number of immature shes capturedwas a proof
the closure had at least preserved the young forms wafted
,
'
into the Forth either as eggs, larval, post—larval or very young
:
shes. For the most part, they had complete immunity (by
their size) from _any kind of shing apparatus outside the limit, -
l‘_{_
'
-
and once inside the limit they were safe. Unfortunate1y,
Ÿ;
ever, every subseqùent year was in the same cond1lG,ældyet
'
—
no steady and permanent increasetookplaœmthe5hæOfle
her—s near the surface, &dC@unessS“æmS°fy0ungShesm
:
the deeper water occunedmthewtwœaasmaupmbablty