176
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTH, 1895,
resting that two of these have pelagic eggs (for we may include
the large eggs
of the angler carried in sheets of mucus in this
category for the moment), and two demersal or attached, Viz.
the wolf-sh and herring.
The frog—sh (angler), so far as the
The Angler or Frog—sh, a destroyer of foodshes.
experiments show, was not affected by the closure either in
regard to increase or diminution, and the few sprats captured
indicate, in waters abounding with such small forms, how difcult
it is to estimate their numbers.
The pelagic herring, again,
is quite independent of such measures as the closure, and the
few captured only indicate the shoals that frequent the mouth
of the Forth, especially in the rst four months of the year.
Judging from the captures of the “ Garland,” the autumn herrings
are much less numerous.
Thus of saleable herrings in the ten
years
45 were captured in January, 49 in February, 8 in March
and 16 in April, while a blank occurred till November and
December, when 2 and 11 respectively were obtained. Herrings
under 7 inches were captured in the other months of the year
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTH, 1895,
resting that two of these have pelagic eggs (for we may include
the large eggs
of the angler carried in sheets of mucus in this
category for the moment), and two demersal or attached, Viz.
the wolf-sh and herring.
The frog—sh (angler), so far as the
The Angler or Frog—sh, a destroyer of foodshes.
experiments show, was not affected by the closure either in
regard to increase or diminution, and the few sprats captured
indicate, in waters abounding with such small forms, how difcult
it is to estimate their numbers.
The pelagic herring, again,
is quite independent of such measures as the closure, and the
few captured only indicate the shoals that frequent the mouth
of the Forth, especially in the rst four months of the year.
Judging from the captures of the “ Garland,” the autumn herrings
are much less numerous.
Thus of saleable herrings in the ten
years
45 were captured in January, 49 in February, 8 in March
and 16 in April, while a blank occurred till November and
December, when 2 and 11 respectively were obtained. Herrings
under 7 inches were captured in the other months of the year