“
AND DECENNÏAL SUMMARY.
175
gains no support from the work of the “ Garland ” in connection
with the lemon—dab.
_
In relation to the other forms captured in the area of the
_
Forth during the ten years the following facts suggest them- —
'
selves._ Flounders' remained at the end of theperiod very
’
much what they were at the beginning, and as it is not a sh
specially sought by any class of shermen, and is one not
aëcted by the offshore supply of eggs, it might have responded
Ï
to the view that the closure increases the number of food—
shes within the limits.
No such tendency, however, is seen
[
…
either in this species or in—the halibut, turbot, brill, sail-fluké
Sole or topknot. All the latter appear as accidental captures
_
-
andin small numbers. In the monthly aggregates during the
:
“jf:
decade the maximum for 0unders occurred in March, followed '
closely by April, these two months, especially March, being
associated with the spawning-period. The witches or pole-dabs '
occur
more
plentifully than the foregoing, show similar year-ly
variations in numbers, and were not in any visible way affected
-
by the ten years’ operations. The monthly totals for the craig'
'
uke (Witch) are, like those of the ounder, comparatively small,
the maximum being in April, and the next in October. There ' '
_
considerable irregularity in the series, though the colder
»
months have the smaller
The same remarks apply
.
to
the hake, ling, conger, ”poor cod, bib, mackerel, pollack,
7
John-dory and sea—trout Some of these, as the sea—trout
and.
John—dory, were only
neighbourhood shows that
this is in accordance ÈWith—‘ŸifOrmerg'Î-:Çonditions. It is well kn0wn
that both
iiî"the sea, andn0t
always dose mshœeyethorseldom
ma
.
trawi Th…ddtbtlynwdthdld
'
shes like thegà1plke(Belonewd
AND DECENNÏAL SUMMARY.
175
gains no support from the work of the “ Garland ” in connection
with the lemon—dab.
_
In relation to the other forms captured in the area of the
_
Forth during the ten years the following facts suggest them- —
'
selves._ Flounders' remained at the end of theperiod very
’
much what they were at the beginning, and as it is not a sh
specially sought by any class of shermen, and is one not
aëcted by the offshore supply of eggs, it might have responded
Ï
to the view that the closure increases the number of food—
shes within the limits.
No such tendency, however, is seen
[
…
either in this species or in—the halibut, turbot, brill, sail-fluké
Sole or topknot. All the latter appear as accidental captures
_
-
andin small numbers. In the monthly aggregates during the
:
“jf:
decade the maximum for 0unders occurred in March, followed '
closely by April, these two months, especially March, being
associated with the spawning-period. The witches or pole-dabs '
occur
more
plentifully than the foregoing, show similar year-ly
variations in numbers, and were not in any visible way affected
-
by the ten years’ operations. The monthly totals for the craig'
'
uke (Witch) are, like those of the ounder, comparatively small,
the maximum being in April, and the next in October. There ' '
_
considerable irregularity in the series, though the colder
»
months have the smaller
The same remarks apply
.
to
the hake, ling, conger, ”poor cod, bib, mackerel, pollack,
7
John-dory and sea—trout Some of these, as the sea—trout
and.
John—dory, were only
neighbourhood shows that
this is in accordance ÈWith—‘ŸifOrmerg'Î-:Çonditions. It is well kn0wn
that both
iiî"the sea, andn0t
always dose mshœeyethorseldom
ma
.
trawi Th…ddtbtlynwdthdld
'
shes like thegà1plke(Belonewd