INVESTIGATIONS IN—Î FORTE, 1895.
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ground for any other view than that of condence in
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of the haddock.
Years occur in which the captures are' Very
,
Ï:i
small, as in 1889 and in 1891, butthey either graduallyuor
suddenly rise to their former standard Or exceed .it, as has '
,
happened in every department of the sheries of the open
probably from time immemorial.
The maximum
irrespective of hauls, are found in August, which is
marked by 11,190 in the decade, followed by 6,959 in September, and about equally supported by October and July, the
former
and the latter with 6,175.
_
Warmèr months
months
‘
‘
,
May—Oct.
J an.—APL, Nov.— & Dec.
‘
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1st period
_
*
Total,
Difference
No. of Hauls 159
110
_
_
269
m
.
;
favou‘l“ of‘aï î.
_
_
'
'
"
‘
_
warm
_
2nd period
'
—
.
‘
‘No. of Hauls 214
‘
219
433 '
+,"51‘n l‘;‘î'
_
_
'
favour
.
-
,
.
colder
The haddocäk in 1883—84 and in 1895—96 has been spemally
'
singled out for a demonstration of the progressive
ruin of the
Scottish Shéries. ? The period of 1883
is cont1asted
With 1895 and 1896, and it is stated that in the latterperlodŸ
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there is a decrease of
-‘ No heed is given
view that either period might have been exceptional,_ as has
so often happened, for instance, in the her-ring— as well as the
haddock-shing. The gures, h0Wever, may be
eXamledm
A preliminary statement is made that in 1883—84
“ there Were only a few trawlers on the cdast, wh05e_ statlStles
not kept separate,” but this is scarCely accurate,
f01 the
powerful new ships of the General Steam
Companyof
-
Granton, others from—' the“ Same
Lelthth°æ°m
:
Dundee and
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«SèQtish: waters; we1eaetwelyengagedmtha11æmd“°‘Ü
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of 1884 theauthœestmatedthe°aPtmeSbym“elsm
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