,
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1894;
159
caution is
It is easy to raise hopes by new measures
in a struggling industry: it is less easy to allay—the disappoint—
ment entailed by their failure.
'
,
,
-
The haddock again ou‘tstrips all the other shes in the“
returns for 18943, the total being 6,681, or an'average of 9Æ
,
haul, the third highest in the ten years’ experiments.
;
Of this total, 5,84:1 or 82 per haul were saleable and 837
11 per haul unsaleable.
Not
was the general
average high, but the average of the saleable wasthe highest“ ,
in the ten years.
If we compare the haddocks captured in
_
the warmer months, as given above, with the colder, the
average per haul in the former is 130, or a higher average
by 1 than
in the Very productive monthsof June,
_August and September in 1887. The ve colder months give;
an average Of only 56.
.
The. next in regard to numbers
the dab, the total fof
Which, is 3,111 or 48 per han—1, a comparatively high average,
1
six over the preôeding year and only ve behind—that of 1887
to
it comes next.
Of these 1,903 or 26 per haul were—__
saleable and 1,208 or 17 per haul were
Such a
_
is one of the vicissitudes co‘nstantly met with in the
"
and little weight is to be attached to it further than that 11}
-
‘
indicates the resources of nature.
,
,_
Plaies follow with a total of 2,624 or 86 per han], anaverzige
-
of only one more than last year, and three below What it was 1
in 1886 Of this number all were saleable except 53———in this '
.
g;
*
respect resembling the haddockof the same season.
-
'
'Long-roug‘h dabs had a total of 2,087 or 29 per haul, the "
highest average attained in the
(9 years); Of these“
‘
"
only 6£k1 Or 9 per haul were saleable, whilst
or
20 per
_'
haulwere unsaleable.
This is not a sh of much 1mp
5126
-
]
as a rule.
Other. sh6‘S prey on :it to” a; large extent—.— Whitmgs
;
(“had— a t0tal of 1,746 or 24
than
the
52:
of
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INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1894;
159
caution is
It is easy to raise hopes by new measures
in a struggling industry: it is less easy to allay—the disappoint—
ment entailed by their failure.
'
,
,
-
The haddock again ou‘tstrips all the other shes in the“
returns for 18943, the total being 6,681, or an'average of 9Æ
,
haul, the third highest in the ten years’ experiments.
;
Of this total, 5,84:1 or 82 per haul were saleable and 837
11 per haul unsaleable.
Not
was the general
average high, but the average of the saleable wasthe highest“ ,
in the ten years.
If we compare the haddocks captured in
_
the warmer months, as given above, with the colder, the
average per haul in the former is 130, or a higher average
by 1 than
in the Very productive monthsof June,
_August and September in 1887. The ve colder months give;
an average Of only 56.
.
The. next in regard to numbers
the dab, the total fof
Which, is 3,111 or 48 per han—1, a comparatively high average,
1
six over the preôeding year and only ve behind—that of 1887
to
it comes next.
Of these 1,903 or 26 per haul were—__
saleable and 1,208 or 17 per haul were
Such a
_
is one of the vicissitudes co‘nstantly met with in the
"
and little weight is to be attached to it further than that 11}
-
‘
indicates the resources of nature.
,
,_
Plaies follow with a total of 2,624 or 86 per han], anaverzige
-
of only one more than last year, and three below What it was 1
in 1886 Of this number all were saleable except 53———in this '
.
g;
*
respect resembling the haddockof the same season.
-
'
'Long-roug‘h dabs had a total of 2,087 or 29 per haul, the "
highest average attained in the
(9 years); Of these“
‘
"
only 6£k1 Or 9 per haul were saleable, whilst
or
20 per
_'
haulwere unsaleable.
This is not a sh of much 1mp
5126
-
]
as a rule.
Other. sh6‘S prey on :it to” a; large extent—.— Whitmgs
;
(“had— a t0tal of 1,746 or 24
than
the
52:
of
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