166
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTH, 1895,
"
Haddocks for. a time ”may be scarce, but generally they appear
—
in similar numbers or in greater abundance than before, and
…
:
there is nothing in the whole history of this sh for hundredS
'
of years that would lead to the conclusion that any great
change by way of reduction has occurred.
'
:
meet the foregcing it is necessary
for the critic to
resort to the _arbitrary and very uncertain method of subtracting no less a sum than £137,981 from the average
—
amount of the period 1895 and 1896, for haddocks caught
.
beyond 20 —miles from shore.
But he ought rst to have
pr0ved that there were no haddocks to be captured within
the 20-mile limit.
It
will not
do to reply that large
,_
’
captures were made at the greater distances. That is suf—'
ciently known, else the ships would not repeat the experi—
_
ÏÎ
ment.
If these ships had chosen to work within the 20-mile
_
limit they would have captured by skill and energy a large
number of
which have been proved to be there,
and their fresh condition on landing would have enhanced
their value, so that this method of argument is dubious.
_
‘
Besides, the records of haddocks caught beyond 20 miles
—
from shore, on which the calculation is made, have not been
'
If the liners .do not work the enclosed waters
_
for haddocks with the same pertinacity as the trawlers out—
=
_.
side,that
not to be made the fault of the waters. Certain
shes are there to be captured by every legitimate method
:
…
of shing, and there are few—with therealinterests of the
_
'
shermen and of
country at
would, after
_
‘
.
cæ*eful deliberation, restrict* the method to line—shing, which
:
"
very much to-day what it was centuries ago.
If some
enclosed waters are _01ily-occasi0nally shed, and that with little
—
“
energy
and e11l3€1‘brise,the question as to whether the country
‘
gains all the benet from'such areas that it should at once
.
suggests itself.
.
_
:
._ .
_
‘
' _
_
l?laic‘e
come, DGXÜ Wlth a total; of
or
per haul,
:
‘
Of _8 per haulonla8t,'year. Of this number
'
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much higher
du…gungthewmne monthS_
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the… proportion
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INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTH, 1895,
"
Haddocks for. a time ”may be scarce, but generally they appear
—
in similar numbers or in greater abundance than before, and
…
:
there is nothing in the whole history of this sh for hundredS
'
of years that would lead to the conclusion that any great
change by way of reduction has occurred.
'
:
meet the foregcing it is necessary
for the critic to
resort to the _arbitrary and very uncertain method of subtracting no less a sum than £137,981 from the average
—
amount of the period 1895 and 1896, for haddocks caught
.
beyond 20 —miles from shore.
But he ought rst to have
pr0ved that there were no haddocks to be captured within
the 20-mile limit.
It
will not
do to reply that large
,_
’
captures were made at the greater distances. That is suf—'
ciently known, else the ships would not repeat the experi—
_
ÏÎ
ment.
If these ships had chosen to work within the 20-mile
_
limit they would have captured by skill and energy a large
number of
which have been proved to be there,
and their fresh condition on landing would have enhanced
their value, so that this method of argument is dubious.
_
‘
Besides, the records of haddocks caught beyond 20 miles
—
from shore, on which the calculation is made, have not been
'
If the liners .do not work the enclosed waters
_
for haddocks with the same pertinacity as the trawlers out—
=
_.
side,that
not to be made the fault of the waters. Certain
shes are there to be captured by every legitimate method
:
…
of shing, and there are few—with therealinterests of the
_
'
shermen and of
country at
would, after
_
‘
.
cæ*eful deliberation, restrict* the method to line—shing, which
:
"
very much to-day what it was centuries ago.
If some
enclosed waters are _01ily-occasi0nally shed, and that with little
—
“
energy
and e11l3€1‘brise,the question as to whether the country
‘
gains all the benet from'such areas that it should at once
.
suggests itself.
.
_
:
._ .
_
‘
' _
_
l?laic‘e
come, DGXÜ Wlth a total; of
or
per haul,
:
‘
Of _8 per haulonla8t,'year. Of this number
'
'
much higher
du…gungthewmne monthS_
_
_
-
…
the… proportion
-
ri
,
'
-
‘\
ll…
'
l
\
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