'
AND DECENNIAL SÙMMARŸ—.
]
1655
information_as to the condition of the hadd0ck in_the Scotch
seas than those apparently in the Critic"s hands. Thus, we have
—_ ;
(
the accurate data of 1884: with which to contrast the second
Ÿ
period ; (2) the indifferent, but, at any rate, unbiassed infornia—
'
'
.
tion derived from the work of the “ Garland ”
over the greater .
part of the interval as well as the second period; (3)
observations during the period; and (45) the conditi0n of '
certain areas at the present time (1898).
These accurate
data show that the condition of the Moray Frith, as regards
haddocks in 1881, was barely equal to- what the unenolOsed
'
area béyônd it was in 1898 almost on the same dates (vida
p. 207); that a single vessel in January, 1898, captufed 60e
‘
miles E.N.E.
from Aberdeen (and this brings it within a
reasonable distance of land and of the Moray Frith), no
than 370 boxes of haddocks; besides other shes in three
hauls
of
the
trawl ;
that _very great Variations in the
captures of the” haddock by the “ Garland
”
in the Moray
Frith
occurred, the high and low numbers having little
relation to the actual abundance or scarcity, as proved, for
instance, by the captures of the liners in the area. The
same
sh in St Andrews
is much as it was in 18844,
'
now
with a high
with a 10w average, and, the
_
uncertaint—y of this…s‘hiüg‘ is shown by
sudden
“
reduction of the average in the second ve years is
-
hot due to any
.in distribution, but to other causes
elsewhere
In the same way the condition
of the
haddock in the Forth remains in 1895 as it was in 1886,
for little weight need - be placed on the increase (25 per
_
haul)‘ in the latter ve years of the decade
The
.stances under which the work was carried on in the
—
”quinquennial periods were different, as explained in its
-
'
7ï‘i>r0Per place (10- 183)- .
_
'
—
‘
ï
,
Not only do the captui‘es of -hadd00ksyary,bùt the opinions
of commemml
',
men (“practical men”) likeWiSè vary’. It
1r…Ÿ
»frôm the deeps bf the… east
Shama0hs°fïæge
“ "‘ï' ‘ îaaaœks disén‘ded with the, spav‘me thehengasapwof°fthedæüumve
capturem
AND DECENNIAL SÙMMARŸ—.
]
1655
information_as to the condition of the hadd0ck in_the Scotch
seas than those apparently in the Critic"s hands. Thus, we have
—_ ;
(
the accurate data of 1884: with which to contrast the second
Ÿ
period ; (2) the indifferent, but, at any rate, unbiassed infornia—
'
'
.
tion derived from the work of the “ Garland ”
over the greater .
part of the interval as well as the second period; (3)
observations during the period; and (45) the conditi0n of '
certain areas at the present time (1898).
These accurate
data show that the condition of the Moray Frith, as regards
haddocks in 1881, was barely equal to- what the unenolOsed
'
area béyônd it was in 1898 almost on the same dates (vida
p. 207); that a single vessel in January, 1898, captufed 60e
‘
miles E.N.E.
from Aberdeen (and this brings it within a
reasonable distance of land and of the Moray Frith), no
than 370 boxes of haddocks; besides other shes in three
hauls
of
the
trawl ;
that _very great Variations in the
captures of the” haddock by the “ Garland
”
in the Moray
Frith
occurred, the high and low numbers having little
relation to the actual abundance or scarcity, as proved, for
instance, by the captures of the liners in the area. The
same
sh in St Andrews
is much as it was in 18844,
'
now
with a high
with a 10w average, and, the
_
uncertaint—y of this…s‘hiüg‘ is shown by
sudden
“
reduction of the average in the second ve years is
-
hot due to any
.in distribution, but to other causes
elsewhere
In the same way the condition
of the
haddock in the Forth remains in 1895 as it was in 1886,
for little weight need - be placed on the increase (25 per
_
haul)‘ in the latter ve years of the decade
The
.stances under which the work was carried on in the
—
”quinquennial periods were different, as explained in its
-
'
7ï‘i>r0Per place (10- 183)- .
_
'
—
‘
ï
,
Not only do the captui‘es of -hadd00ksyary,bùt the opinions
of commemml
',
men (“practical men”) likeWiSè vary’. It
1r…Ÿ
»frôm the deeps bf the… east
Shama0hs°fïæge
“ "‘ï' ‘ îaaaœks disén‘ded with the, spav‘me thehengasapwof°fthedæüumve
capturem