,
'
.
.
’AND
.
169
second ve years
in the Forth was due to the small size of the
,
'
species, enabling it to escape through the .meshes of the trawl.
captures throughout, indeed, are characterised by the usual
_
'
_
variations,
and it would tend to insecurity to interpret them
‘
,
otherwise;
There is a further feature in connection withthe
,
'
'
long-r0ugh dab which is worthy of note, viz., that though the
.
maximum monthly captures occur in September, as in the case
of the dab, yet this month and August are less prominent than '
in the dab and plaice, and the deCrease on the one hand to
January and on the other to December is less pronoùnèed.
‘
‘
‘
Whitin gs had a total of 1,526 or an average _Of 20 per h‘aùl,
:
a diminution of 41 on the previous year, though, with the usual
irregularities, it was double that of 1893. Of this number all
_
.
except 13 were saleable.
The variations in the captures of this.
.predaceous pelagic sh during the ten years
are‘ characteristic
,
In 1886 there were 9 per haul, in 1887 only 15 per haul£aS
,
-contrasted with 129 of the haddock, showing how difcult it1s
to get uniform‘ity in regard to abundan‘ce and searcity; even
under favourable
circumstances.
The
captures Were nea11y
, doubled next year, then fell to the same gure (15) 1111889
A“ -suddeh rise to 70 per haul characterised 1890, the most
f Ï
,
'
productive months being September
October.
_
Next year
Ï'
“the average was 21, decreasing the two folloWingto 19 and 10,’
then rising to 21 in 1894, and falling to 20 in 1895. It
.
.be difcult to draw denite, conclusions from such statistics
,
other
that the abundance of the species was little—affected
'
,
the closure.
The whiting is an unce‘rtain Capture at alltimes,
;
.
it being generally supposed that it often swimS higher in the
water than, the haddock, and thus escapes the trawl. Upwïardsff
'
Of—1,500, besides- other saleable shes,havebeencaptu1edma
single haul, and again near the same ground “only“affew would
_
'
reward the labours of the : shermœi. .The-appearance ofthe
wh1tmg in the Summary: of _1;hef
the deçada d1'e1s
Ï…,jfrioiîthat of {the phad'd‘ot'ak
1tsmammumlsmcœbel
(3633) Both- ‘Aùgust and Septembelhorevelaleh1gh
(2721and 2298) L1kethehadd00kthe10WeStnumbels°°°…
andeœmbel
'
.
.
’AND
.
169
second ve years
in the Forth was due to the small size of the
,
'
species, enabling it to escape through the .meshes of the trawl.
captures throughout, indeed, are characterised by the usual
_
'
_
variations,
and it would tend to insecurity to interpret them
‘
,
otherwise;
There is a further feature in connection withthe
,
'
'
long-r0ugh dab which is worthy of note, viz., that though the
.
maximum monthly captures occur in September, as in the case
of the dab, yet this month and August are less prominent than '
in the dab and plaice, and the deCrease on the one hand to
January and on the other to December is less pronoùnèed.
‘
‘
‘
Whitin gs had a total of 1,526 or an average _Of 20 per h‘aùl,
:
a diminution of 41 on the previous year, though, with the usual
irregularities, it was double that of 1893. Of this number all
_
.
except 13 were saleable.
The variations in the captures of this.
.predaceous pelagic sh during the ten years
are‘ characteristic
,
In 1886 there were 9 per haul, in 1887 only 15 per haul£aS
,
-contrasted with 129 of the haddock, showing how difcult it1s
to get uniform‘ity in regard to abundan‘ce and searcity; even
under favourable
circumstances.
The
captures Were nea11y
, doubled next year, then fell to the same gure (15) 1111889
A“ -suddeh rise to 70 per haul characterised 1890, the most
f Ï
,
'
productive months being September
October.
_
Next year
Ï'
“the average was 21, decreasing the two folloWingto 19 and 10,’
then rising to 21 in 1894, and falling to 20 in 1895. It
.
.be difcult to draw denite, conclusions from such statistics
,
other
that the abundance of the species was little—affected
'
,
the closure.
The whiting is an unce‘rtain Capture at alltimes,
;
.
it being generally supposed that it often swimS higher in the
water than, the haddock, and thus escapes the trawl. Upwïardsff
'
Of—1,500, besides- other saleable shes,havebeencaptu1edma
single haul, and again near the same ground “only“affew would
_
'
reward the labours of the : shermœi. .The-appearance ofthe
wh1tmg in the Summary: of _1;hef
the deçada d1'e1s
Ï…,jfrioiîthat of {the phad'd‘ot'ak
1tsmammumlsmcœbel
(3633) Both- ‘Aùgust and Septembelhorevelaleh1gh
(2721and 2298) L1kethehadd00kthe10WeStnumbels°°°…
andeœmbel