_
_
INVESTIGAT10NS IN _FÔRTH,,1892.
158
‘
_
-
Like the _dabs, the majority of the 10ng-rough dabs were un—
'
…
saleable.
Thus out of a“ total of2,274: or 22 perhaul, 782 or
f Ÿ
.
7
haul were saleable and 1,492or about 15 per haul unsaleable.
The two species just mentioned have always held a
prominent place amongst the unsaleable forms in trawling, but '
neither is a sh of great importance in the market, th0ugh dabs
are excellent food.
They take a cônspicuous position, however,
as the food of other shes.
In mOst respects the captures of
the long—rough dabs coincided with those of the previous
j
Gurnards reached the highest number yet met within the
Forth, viz. a total of 1,914: or 19 per haul.
Of this number"
1,234 or 12 per haul were saleable and 710 or 7 per haul
saleable.
There was no sign of any special accumulation of
such
species by the closure, for it varied much both before
’
restriction and
_
'
-
:
The total for the whiting was 1,898 or 19’per haul—tWO
below last year;
The saleable were 740 or
per haul, andt‘he,“
_
unsaleable 1,158 or about 11 per haul, in both cases contrasting
.
with the condition the previous year, in which only 3 per haul
-
Were unsaleable and 18 per haul saleable.
The maXimum of
the saleable whitings was in January, but, as for the last two
—
years, the maximum for all sizes was in October, this being due
to the, capture of 505 unsaleable young forms of the season as 5
they were seekingthe inshore waters.
,
"
—
…
There were 951 lemon—dabs or 9 per haul, only a fth of the
.
'
number captured in 1887, and one under last year.
They were
.
nearly equally divided between saleable and unsaleable. The
-
:—tôtal for cod was 8451 or 8 per haul, the same as in 1886,
Ÿ
the lowest gure on the list. All were saleablè, and
cod.
A single sea—trout of 9% in. was captured. Smgl€
_
;e‘iia1ples of this
as a rule, when about
mches
‘
are procured in herring—nets—sometim‘es
the stations showed a reduction in the ave1agepel
The following had an increase,
V. î‘0f 61,VÏOÎ7,
Gu1na.1dsshowedacoumde1ablefalhg0f(1892P25)
_
INVESTIGAT10NS IN _FÔRTH,,1892.
158
‘
_
-
Like the _dabs, the majority of the 10ng-rough dabs were un—
'
…
saleable.
Thus out of a“ total of2,274: or 22 perhaul, 782 or
f Ÿ
.
7
haul were saleable and 1,492or about 15 per haul unsaleable.
The two species just mentioned have always held a
prominent place amongst the unsaleable forms in trawling, but '
neither is a sh of great importance in the market, th0ugh dabs
are excellent food.
They take a cônspicuous position, however,
as the food of other shes.
In mOst respects the captures of
the long—rough dabs coincided with those of the previous
j
Gurnards reached the highest number yet met within the
Forth, viz. a total of 1,914: or 19 per haul.
Of this number"
1,234 or 12 per haul were saleable and 710 or 7 per haul
saleable.
There was no sign of any special accumulation of
such
species by the closure, for it varied much both before
’
restriction and
_
'
-
:
The total for the whiting was 1,898 or 19’per haul—tWO
below last year;
The saleable were 740 or
per haul, andt‘he,“
_
unsaleable 1,158 or about 11 per haul, in both cases contrasting
.
with the condition the previous year, in which only 3 per haul
-
Were unsaleable and 18 per haul saleable.
The maXimum of
the saleable whitings was in January, but, as for the last two
—
years, the maximum for all sizes was in October, this being due
to the, capture of 505 unsaleable young forms of the season as 5
they were seekingthe inshore waters.
,
"
—
…
There were 951 lemon—dabs or 9 per haul, only a fth of the
.
'
number captured in 1887, and one under last year.
They were
.
nearly equally divided between saleable and unsaleable. The
-
:—tôtal for cod was 8451 or 8 per haul, the same as in 1886,
Ÿ
the lowest gure on the list. All were saleablè, and
cod.
A single sea—trout of 9% in. was captured. Smgl€
_
;e‘iia1ples of this
as a rule, when about
mches
‘
are procured in herring—nets—sometim‘es
the stations showed a reduction in the ave1agepel
The following had an increase,
V. î‘0f 61,VÏOÎ7,
Gu1na.1dsshowedacoumde1ablefalhg0f(1892P25)