INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1894.
161
results shows that the
the
di‘er.
'number of hauls was also much fewer in the open area.
Lastly,the irregularities of the totals, caused it is true by the
sudden increase of round shes, show the usual uncertainty of
.
the pursuit.
Thus, in 1898, the average of all shes rose,
according to the Blue—book, in the open area to 267, aÏgure
-
only twice exceeded in the closed area. Further, while'in the
closed area, the at shes, which have their haunts on‘the
sandy and other grounds in the estuary, always exceeded those
'
from the open water, the round shes reached in 1898 in the
open area the highest average of the series, the next
in
the same area in 1890.
It would, indeed, have been
_
factory solution of the difculty to have found the f00d—shes
.
of the Scottish shores substantially and surely increased by the
Ï
closure, but a perusal of the tables on p. 19 of the 18th Annual
Report Of the Fishery Board, and more especially the remarks
in the concluding paragraph on the Frith of Forth after” nine
years’ work is disappointingz—1n the closed area “the tables
,
,
'
show that among at sh there was an increase of all kinds,
-
except lemon soles, turbot and brill. The greatest increase was
in long rough dabs.”…“ Among round sh there was a decrease
in-haddocks and gurnards, and an increase in whitings and
cod.”
“In the open area, the decrease in the at shes was
common to all kinds except dabs, and there was a decrease in
haddocks and
An increase due to the abundance
of dabs and long—rough dabs is not of much importance in
either area; but what is of more moment is the demonstration
_
of the fact that these returns from rst to last in both open
-
and closed areas maintain on the whole a fairly steady character.
It is difcult to see, however, What relation the closure bears
to the averages.
-
'
—
In 1895, the last year of the experiments in the Forth,
75 ,hauls of the trawl were made in the Forth during ten
months, ve being colder months, viz. January, February,
March, April and December, and ve warmer months, ViZ. May,
July, August, September and October. The total
number
‘shes captured was 20,570 or 274 per haul, a-COD1PaŒÜ‘Î91Y
high average, sufcient to meet the statement
of diminution,
’
'
M. B.
‘
11
161
results shows that the
the
di‘er.
'number of hauls was also much fewer in the open area.
Lastly,the irregularities of the totals, caused it is true by the
sudden increase of round shes, show the usual uncertainty of
.
the pursuit.
Thus, in 1898, the average of all shes rose,
according to the Blue—book, in the open area to 267, aÏgure
-
only twice exceeded in the closed area. Further, while'in the
closed area, the at shes, which have their haunts on‘the
sandy and other grounds in the estuary, always exceeded those
'
from the open water, the round shes reached in 1898 in the
open area the highest average of the series, the next
in
the same area in 1890.
It would, indeed, have been
_
factory solution of the difculty to have found the f00d—shes
.
of the Scottish shores substantially and surely increased by the
Ï
closure, but a perusal of the tables on p. 19 of the 18th Annual
Report Of the Fishery Board, and more especially the remarks
in the concluding paragraph on the Frith of Forth after” nine
years’ work is disappointingz—1n the closed area “the tables
,
,
'
show that among at sh there was an increase of all kinds,
-
except lemon soles, turbot and brill. The greatest increase was
in long rough dabs.”…“ Among round sh there was a decrease
in-haddocks and gurnards, and an increase in whitings and
cod.”
“In the open area, the decrease in the at shes was
common to all kinds except dabs, and there was a decrease in
haddocks and
An increase due to the abundance
of dabs and long—rough dabs is not of much importance in
either area; but what is of more moment is the demonstration
_
of the fact that these returns from rst to last in both open
-
and closed areas maintain on the whole a fairly steady character.
It is difcult to see, however, What relation the closure bears
to the averages.
-
'
—
In 1895, the last year of the experiments in the Forth,
75 ,hauls of the trawl were made in the Forth during ten
months, ve being colder months, viz. January, February,
March, April and December, and ve warmer months, ViZ. May,
July, August, September and October. The total
number
‘shes captured was 20,570 or 274 per haul, a-COD1PaŒÜ‘Î91Y
high average, sufcient to meet the statement
of diminution,
’
'
M. B.
‘
11