'
'
INVESTIGA'I‘IONS IN FORTE, 1888.
139
proportions during the various months, though of course in
diminished numbers.
Next Were dabs at 12434, or 24 per haul
—exactly half the number per haul when Contrasted with the
previous year. They followed the plaice in regard to the
-
months, though the highest number occurred in September
instead of in August. The fall was less striking in November
'
Ç
and December, but it was likewise present.
Alar‘ge proportion
,
of the dabs were unsaleable.
The total number of lemon—dabs
was
888 or 17 per haul—no less than 30 per haul below 1887;
long—rough dabs had a total of 688. Cod” and gurhards were
fewer than the previous year.
"
_
In contrast with 1887, the stations throughout showed a
reduced number of food-shes in the average per haul, therst
and third having only about half the number. The rst-two
had about the same average as in* 1886, while the third had
little more than half that of 1886.
The fourth and fth were '
'
-
not very different from what they were in 1886. The sixth
'
…
was less by more than half, the seventh, eighth and ninth had '
considerably increased.
_
This yeareight hauls by an ordinary steam—trawler1 were
made by the Board in the Forth at the beginning of February
as a check on the work of the “Garland,” but no systematic
.
treatment of the results is given in the Blue—book. It is simply
'
stated that the main results corresponded with those obtained
]
-
by the “ Garland.”
It is_unfortunate
that an—accurate
table of
,
each of these hauls was not preserved,
.
The lesson learned from this
was not a striking
_
l
one, but it brought out the uhŒrtainties of shing operat10ns
(mainly perhaps due, in this _Q&S®' tOiïS0ïmy weather), and
‘
showed the greater variety infÎthjeÿcommercial captures of the f_::_
Forth as contrasted with
_
The
kinds ;
.
of skate were scattered
and _SuCh forms
as the cat—sh
WÏtoh {pole—dab)
and
-
pollack, Were perhaps more
“Of,
the ‘F°1Ÿïza
The
-
conerg ng, sp.—…s h1bt1boÿh,
wh1th
haddock, whiting andcodWelem8163ælnumbelsm
theF01th
Further 1n01ea560fl3heïmmbelOfthehaulq
'
INVESTIGA'I‘IONS IN FORTE, 1888.
139
proportions during the various months, though of course in
diminished numbers.
Next Were dabs at 12434, or 24 per haul
—exactly half the number per haul when Contrasted with the
previous year. They followed the plaice in regard to the
-
months, though the highest number occurred in September
instead of in August. The fall was less striking in November
'
Ç
and December, but it was likewise present.
Alar‘ge proportion
,
of the dabs were unsaleable.
The total number of lemon—dabs
was
888 or 17 per haul—no less than 30 per haul below 1887;
long—rough dabs had a total of 688. Cod” and gurhards were
fewer than the previous year.
"
_
In contrast with 1887, the stations throughout showed a
reduced number of food-shes in the average per haul, therst
and third having only about half the number. The rst-two
had about the same average as in* 1886, while the third had
little more than half that of 1886.
The fourth and fth were '
'
-
not very different from what they were in 1886. The sixth
'
…
was less by more than half, the seventh, eighth and ninth had '
considerably increased.
_
This yeareight hauls by an ordinary steam—trawler1 were
made by the Board in the Forth at the beginning of February
as a check on the work of the “Garland,” but no systematic
.
treatment of the results is given in the Blue—book. It is simply
'
stated that the main results corresponded with those obtained
]
-
by the “ Garland.”
It is_unfortunate
that an—accurate
table of
,
each of these hauls was not preserved,
.
The lesson learned from this
was not a striking
_
l
one, but it brought out the uhŒrtainties of shing operat10ns
(mainly perhaps due, in this _Q&S®' tOiïS0ïmy weather), and
‘
showed the greater variety infÎthjeÿcommercial captures of the f_::_
Forth as contrasted with
_
The
kinds ;
.
of skate were scattered
and _SuCh forms
as the cat—sh
WÏtoh {pole—dab)
and
-
pollack, Were perhaps more
“Of,
the ‘F°1Ÿïza
The
-
conerg ng, sp.—…s h1bt1boÿh,
wh1th
haddock, whiting andcodWelem8163ælnumbelsm
theF01th
Further 1n01ea560fl3heïmmbelOfthehaulq