142
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1890.
The adding of new stations during the progress
of the inquiry
was also perhaps unnecessary, and thus for example Station X.,
"
'
which was arranged for in 1892, has simply been struck out of
-
the reck0ning.
.
'
The comparison of the closed with the open area, that is,
*
of the stations beyond the limit with thoseWithin it has always
Î'Ç
appeared to produèe slender results, and accordingly it has not
been deemed necessary to allude to it.
…
_
'
The foremost place was held by the whiting with a total of
5,545 or 70 per haul, of WhiCh 5,098 were saleable and 452 un—
saleable. Large numbers of young whitings had been observedin
the Forth and neighbourhood by the “ Garland
”
in the autumn
of 1889.
—Dr Fulton, indeed, computed the immense shoal in
-
territorial waters to reach at least 230,000,000 individuals —.
.
betWeen 8 and 5 inches in length. Nor is this condition to be
considered as exceptional. The young whitings come inshore '
_
from the more distant grounds where the majority pass their
_
early stages in similar shoals annually in autumn, but they are
_
not always discovered, and probably may often be much more
'
Seattered.
Very considËrable captures of saleable whitings were
'
also made in 1884 south of the estuary of the Forth, no less
than 1,522 being brought up in a single haul of the trawl on
the 7th February, 18841, so that the general diminution of this
species is by no means proved. Trawl—shermen consider,
,
whiting is a species less apt to come in the
way of the net _'than such as the haddock, since it often feeds
higher-in the “Wa—ter, a fact borne-out by its active habits and
pisciVor0us
'
Besides, capture by hookor by trawl
times givesbut an Ïh1diferent view of the number of shes on
anareaOf the
of 5,545 whitings no less than
inches, in length—captured in the
î
"
.
_’
…
9
February256 August , 182
9
Malch385Sepæmber 608 ‘i
APÏ111339*ÏÏÏÂJQÔËÔB@I‘N
'
ÎË Ï
=
449—f '
=
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1890.
The adding of new stations during the progress
of the inquiry
was also perhaps unnecessary, and thus for example Station X.,
"
'
which was arranged for in 1892, has simply been struck out of
-
the reck0ning.
.
'
The comparison of the closed with the open area, that is,
*
of the stations beyond the limit with thoseWithin it has always
Î'Ç
appeared to produèe slender results, and accordingly it has not
been deemed necessary to allude to it.
…
_
'
The foremost place was held by the whiting with a total of
5,545 or 70 per haul, of WhiCh 5,098 were saleable and 452 un—
saleable. Large numbers of young whitings had been observedin
the Forth and neighbourhood by the “ Garland
”
in the autumn
of 1889.
—Dr Fulton, indeed, computed the immense shoal in
-
territorial waters to reach at least 230,000,000 individuals —.
.
betWeen 8 and 5 inches in length. Nor is this condition to be
considered as exceptional. The young whitings come inshore '
_
from the more distant grounds where the majority pass their
_
early stages in similar shoals annually in autumn, but they are
_
not always discovered, and probably may often be much more
'
Seattered.
Very considËrable captures of saleable whitings were
'
also made in 1884 south of the estuary of the Forth, no less
than 1,522 being brought up in a single haul of the trawl on
the 7th February, 18841, so that the general diminution of this
species is by no means proved. Trawl—shermen consider,
,
whiting is a species less apt to come in the
way of the net _'than such as the haddock, since it often feeds
higher-in the “Wa—ter, a fact borne-out by its active habits and
pisciVor0us
'
Besides, capture by hookor by trawl
times givesbut an Ïh1diferent view of the number of shes on
anareaOf the
of 5,545 whitings no less than
inches, in length—captured in the
î
"
.
_’
…
9
February256 August , 182
9
Malch385Sepæmber 608 ‘i
APÏ111339*ÏÏÏÂJQÔËÔB@I‘N
'
ÎË Ï
=
449—f '
=