178
INVESTIGATIONS IN FORTE, 1895,
’
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.
.
It need not be said that they give but a feeble indication of the
vast numbers of herrings
present in the inshore
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,
_
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and the offshore waters, yet they aid in familiarizing us with
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the true facts of the case.
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The Forth is a favourite habitat of the cat-sh o'r wolf—
.
sh, which is “born and bred” within its, limits, especially ‘_ :_
on
the stony ground near Crail.
In no form is the contrast
greater between the Forth and St Andrews Bay, since they
'
are
seldom
caught in the latter.
The cat—sh, moreover,
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from its habits, is one that ought to have been beneted by”
”
'
Herring
Wolf—sh (Cat-sh)
'
Unsaleable
Saleable
Total
Unsaleable
Saleable
Total
.
January
7
45
52
_
28
28
‘
February
51
49
106
_
2
48
50
'
,
March
8
.
8
16
3
54
57
April
28
'
16
*
44
1
74
'
75 '
.
May
10
——
10
1
87
88
_
June
44
——
'
44
1
53
54
_
_
'
'
July .
10
_
10.
_
_
12
12
,
August
—
—
——
—
6
_
6
_
September
1
_
1
_
1
.
1
October
2
—
2
—
2
'
2
"
…
November
15
2
'
17
—
'
3
.
3
-.
'
December
11
11
22
_
—
9
9
,
'
‘
,
:_
'
Wolf-sh.
_
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
Total
"
'
_
_
_
1
_
_
5
7
4
5
6
28
._
_
.
_
_
_7
3
12
2
10
13
5
50
_…
_
'
_
_13};
6
4
26
_
16
4
57
_
__
_”
_
7
7
9
10
19
11
75
;
-
_
_
_
6 10
21
4
16
_
31
-
88
_—
1
4
L ’7
—
_
32
7
3
_
54
‘
_
——
_
_
2
1
2
1
_
4
12
_
_
_
2
'1
_
2
_
_
_
1
_
6
,
' —
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
1
’
_
1
‘
_
_
_
_
_
_
'_
__
—
2 —
2
—
—
1'
,
1
_
.l
_
_.
_
_
_
3
.
_
_g_…_
1
5__‘
2
_
1
_
9
_ .
_
1
E:; 7
38
29
58
81
51
57
65
the Closure.
It is a comparatively sedèntary form in adultlife,
being only pelagic in its post—larval condition. But
it is a
species frequently caught by the liners, and _hence Was affected
.
"by other
Beginning ”with a single example in 241.
_
hauls in 1887, the average slightly roSe in 1888, and still more,
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