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INVEST1GATIONS IN FORTE, 1893 AND 1894.
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decadènce of the sheries.
The month of December, in which
9 hauls took place, showed a somewhat high average, viz.
117 per haul, as compared with 114 in November. Such
was
chiey due to the increased number of small cod and
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haddocks.
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In 1894 seventy—one hauls of the trawl Were made in the
Forth during nine months of the year, six of these,however,
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belonging to the colder series,'Viz. January, February”, March,
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April, November and December, and only three pertaining to
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the warmer, viz., June, August and September. The appor—
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tionment of the working season therefore must have inuenced ‘
the results, since the productive months" of
and October
were wholly absent. These 71 hauls captured a total of 19,581
shes, the third highest in the series, the average per
being 275—which held the same position. A striking feature,
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as
in 1890,'Was the large proportion of saleable shes, viz.
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15,349 or 216 per haul, a number exceeding any record during
the period, being 27 over 1.890, 81 over” the successful year
1887, and
over
the preceding year (1893). The unsale—
able were 45,232 in number or 59 per haul, a ”very moderate
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number, and no less than
per han—l under the unsaleable
1887.
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The inuence of, the colder months in affecting the
of a year is clearly observed by taking‘the four warmer m0nths,
ViZ. April, J une, August ahd;September, and contrasting them
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with the average for the ve
viz. January, February,
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November and December; '
Although April is us'ual‘ly
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f .«classed" with the colder months,
may be included on the
in the” present instance,so as to‘lgive a fair eld.
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hauls in the .warrher months was 36 'and‘ the
average Was 370 per '11au‘l1, a,siinilar,g—ure
that (378) ob—
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in-18‘87, When the
W01“k
on
in
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511137: August andSeptembe1 If the ve; winter
of
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