156"
INVESTIGATIGNS IN FORTE, 1893.
.
experiments, extending over 8 years, 8,978 or Æ1 per haul
were saleable, and 8,522 or 881 per haul unsaleablé:
‘
It might be said, however, that if we glance at a table (viz.
Table XI.) of captures of haddocks from 1886 onward, that at
'
any rate the saleable haddocks had greatly diminished——since
theaverag‘e in 1886 was 77 per haul, while subsequently it had
never reached more than 444 (1888), and had been as low as 11
(1892).
But the same argument is applicable to the unsaleable, in Which the range is even greater, viz. from 1 to
112, and, besides, the accurate Separation of the saleable from
’
the unsaleable was not carried out in 1886 on the same lines
as subsequently.
The captures showno lack of haddocks, but
demonstrate the proverbial chance of the pursuit.
In another way the contrast with 1887, for instance, may
be brought out, viz. by calculating the average of the haddocks
caught in the colder and in the warmer months.
in the .
former 1899 or Æ4.« per haul were procured, while in the latter
no
less than 10,581 or 199 per haul were obtained.
When
_
weighed in the same balance, therefore, the prominent position
assigned to 1887 disappears.
‘
_
: The average for last year had been but a fth of the
number, and yet, without preliminary warning, this great
increase demonstrated the
.
insecurity of the position held
by the pessimist, and showed that now, as in all previous
…
times, there are few departmei1ts so full of surprises as in
-
'
the” sheries.
A consideration of the-history Of the herring—_ _
'
_shery,
for instance, is _an excellent illustration, and it is
'
'
still more
in those shes with pelagic eggs; J u‘ly,
Î
and September were the months in Which the had,—
docks were in greatest numbers—both” saleable and
'
,_
…
able.
In regard to size, comparatively few, only. 22, were
large, 281 being medium, and the small- saleable (from 8 to
.
9 inches)
formed the majority (3,7 27). —
werîe
obtained chiey
in the coldrär-“months, probably in
!
-‘àd‘îent Of
ananuaryand
; “…
=;
‘
f;i. numbers
is
the
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—…
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…
…—
"…
INVESTIGATIGNS IN FORTE, 1893.
.
experiments, extending over 8 years, 8,978 or Æ1 per haul
were saleable, and 8,522 or 881 per haul unsaleablé:
‘
It might be said, however, that if we glance at a table (viz.
Table XI.) of captures of haddocks from 1886 onward, that at
'
any rate the saleable haddocks had greatly diminished——since
theaverag‘e in 1886 was 77 per haul, while subsequently it had
never reached more than 444 (1888), and had been as low as 11
(1892).
But the same argument is applicable to the unsaleable, in Which the range is even greater, viz. from 1 to
112, and, besides, the accurate Separation of the saleable from
’
the unsaleable was not carried out in 1886 on the same lines
as subsequently.
The captures showno lack of haddocks, but
demonstrate the proverbial chance of the pursuit.
In another way the contrast with 1887, for instance, may
be brought out, viz. by calculating the average of the haddocks
caught in the colder and in the warmer months.
in the .
former 1899 or Æ4.« per haul were procured, while in the latter
no
less than 10,581 or 199 per haul were obtained.
When
_
weighed in the same balance, therefore, the prominent position
assigned to 1887 disappears.
‘
_
: The average for last year had been but a fth of the
number, and yet, without preliminary warning, this great
increase demonstrated the
.
insecurity of the position held
by the pessimist, and showed that now, as in all previous
…
times, there are few departmei1ts so full of surprises as in
-
'
the” sheries.
A consideration of the-history Of the herring—_ _
'
_shery,
for instance, is _an excellent illustration, and it is
'
'
still more
in those shes with pelagic eggs; J u‘ly,
Î
and September were the months in Which the had,—
docks were in greatest numbers—both” saleable and
'
,_
…
able.
In regard to size, comparatively few, only. 22, were
large, 281 being medium, and the small- saleable (from 8 to
.
9 inches)
formed the majority (3,7 27). —
werîe
obtained chiey
in the coldrär-“months, probably in
!
-‘àd‘îent Of
ananuaryand
; “…
=;
‘
f;i. numbers
is
the
' ÏË
îSœOdh1€heStm
8 years-=— f this number 1M00rlo
—…
tmp
‘
…
…—
"…