168
mvnsmcÆmrvs ÎN FORTE, 1895,
*
highest, 3,4326, being in September; July follows with
and June with 2,400, then M'ay with 1,982, whilst January
and December are lowest.
_
_
Dabs follow with a total of 2,7458 or 36 per haùl, seven under
that of last year.
Of this number 1,751 or 23 per haul were
saleable, and 997 or 13 per haul were unsaleable.
This form
bas on the whole kept up fairly throughout, now rising now ‘
falling in the usual manner. It cannot he said that unrestrict'ed
shing outside steadily affected this species, nor is there evidence
_
of accumulation.
Beginning with an average of 29 per haul in
,
1886 it ran up suddenly to 48 in 1887, then next year was
reduced to exactly half the number, and in 1889 to three less,
then the average improved to 33 in 1892, fell next year
27,
rose to 37 in 1893 and to
in 189%.
Ingenious arguments
explaining theincrease of theubiqùitôus dabs andlong-rough -
dabs as due to their facility in escaping where the more valu—
able plaice cannot pass through the meshes of the commercial -
‘
trawl nd no
these investigations… The dab holds
its own, irrespectivè of line or trawl, both in the enclosed and.
in the open waters of the British seas.
_
During the decade, the highest numbers occurred in Sep5
tember, viz. 45,740, though August was very little behind, viz.,
45,678. It is interesting to notice the gradual rise from January
to September, then the decadence in October, and the rapid fall
to December.’ These variations are seasonal and present no
_
feature attributable to the inuence of man. -—
_
_
Thelong-rough dab comes—next with a total of 2,176- or— an
'
_
of 29 per haul, the same’as last year. Of
-
_
861_0r 11 per haul Were saleable, and 1,315 or 17 -per haut
_unSaleable. Beginning in 1886 with an average of 15 per haul,fÿ
_
'
rose in 1887
per haul, then-sunk the followmg
'
year toless than half
again gradually rose with a» little
‘
29
A consideration of the111egulantœs
in
Working—periods Of the rsthve years and of; the second
ÉÏ;1—- ve-“years resre@tîvely, of Ï the ”fact that. there Was. & decrease
mvnsmcÆmrvs ÎN FORTE, 1895,
*
highest, 3,4326, being in September; July follows with
and June with 2,400, then M'ay with 1,982, whilst January
and December are lowest.
_
_
Dabs follow with a total of 2,7458 or 36 per haùl, seven under
that of last year.
Of this number 1,751 or 23 per haul were
saleable, and 997 or 13 per haul were unsaleable.
This form
bas on the whole kept up fairly throughout, now rising now ‘
falling in the usual manner. It cannot he said that unrestrict'ed
shing outside steadily affected this species, nor is there evidence
_
of accumulation.
Beginning with an average of 29 per haul in
,
1886 it ran up suddenly to 48 in 1887, then next year was
reduced to exactly half the number, and in 1889 to three less,
then the average improved to 33 in 1892, fell next year
27,
rose to 37 in 1893 and to
in 189%.
Ingenious arguments
explaining theincrease of theubiqùitôus dabs andlong-rough -
dabs as due to their facility in escaping where the more valu—
able plaice cannot pass through the meshes of the commercial -
‘
trawl nd no
these investigations… The dab holds
its own, irrespectivè of line or trawl, both in the enclosed and.
in the open waters of the British seas.
_
During the decade, the highest numbers occurred in Sep5
tember, viz. 45,740, though August was very little behind, viz.,
45,678. It is interesting to notice the gradual rise from January
to September, then the decadence in October, and the rapid fall
to December.’ These variations are seasonal and present no
_
feature attributable to the inuence of man. -—
_
_
Thelong-rough dab comes—next with a total of 2,176- or— an
'
_
of 29 per haul, the same’as last year. Of
-
_
861_0r 11 per haul Were saleable, and 1,315 or 17 -per haut
_unSaleable. Beginning in 1886 with an average of 15 per haul,fÿ
_
'
rose in 1887
per haul, then-sunk the followmg
'
year toless than half
again gradually rose with a» little
‘
29
A consideration of the111egulantœs
in
Working—periods Of the rsthve years and of; the second
ÉÏ;1—- ve-“years resre@tîvely, of Ï the ”fact that. there Was. & decrease