'
182
_INVESTIGATIQNS IN FORTE, SUMMARY.
î
of each species in each haull.” it is apparent that “a small yet ;
denite and appreciable diminution in size has occu‘rred‘iri the
area under consideration.
This laborious calculation showsde
the members of the department were tdsift the case as
_
far as they could.
But it seems to me that another and more
_
simple solution of the question may be found; If we compare
_
the immature (unsaleable, that is, small and very'small) shes
_
captured in the tivo periods Of ve years, it'appears that 12,551
'
occurred in the rst period, or Lh6 per haul, whereas in the
second period 33,1Æ2, or 7 43 per haul, were obtained. 'The larger j
number of small shés secured in the second period, When work :
was
much more thoroughly carried on (4447 hauls' in contrast
;
with 270), would of itself have a tendency to lower the average _
in each species, and make the reduction to which the reviewer
“
_
alludes.
It is, however, stated under the cod, that about equal
:
numbers were measured in the two periods;but this affords
little information, since it is not explained
the larger
"
or the smaller series were taken in the greatly preponderating
second period.
doubtful points are made clearit
is necessary to withhold sanction from the statement that the
_
size of the.fbod-shes in the closed waters has diminished.
So
far as Personal observations have gone, the food—shes inthe_
areas
have been throughout the ten years very much as they
Were before the closure.
’
_
-
—'
In the review Of
.
the experiments of the “ Garland,” in the.
—
Î
.
Fourteeinth Annual Report of the Fishery Board, great
_
'
attached, just as in the case of St Andrews Bay, to a comparison
'
‘
-Vof the work of the rst ve years with the work duringthe
Î[
,
_'
;
in
Forth.
_
A preliminary comparisonÎis
’made of the captures in,: the closed area in' 1887 and 1889,'tlle
'
,
report showing that the average number perhaul
_
_
than double in the former what it was in the latter. Ï This
gives a key to the whole pOsiti0n, for any conclusion— 'dra’w‘h ,”
"‘from‘a comparis0n of 28
in‘ the months of
; } and September in 1887 withQO hauls'scattered
in 1889is h0pele8s, especially When it as
ï
},îmonths
with their low
It1s
__…
-_……
………
182
_INVESTIGATIQNS IN FORTE, SUMMARY.
î
of each species in each haull.” it is apparent that “a small yet ;
denite and appreciable diminution in size has occu‘rred‘iri the
area under consideration.
This laborious calculation showsde
the members of the department were tdsift the case as
_
far as they could.
But it seems to me that another and more
_
simple solution of the question may be found; If we compare
_
the immature (unsaleable, that is, small and very'small) shes
_
captured in the tivo periods Of ve years, it'appears that 12,551
'
occurred in the rst period, or Lh6 per haul, whereas in the
second period 33,1Æ2, or 7 43 per haul, were obtained. 'The larger j
number of small shés secured in the second period, When work :
was
much more thoroughly carried on (4447 hauls' in contrast
;
with 270), would of itself have a tendency to lower the average _
in each species, and make the reduction to which the reviewer
“
_
alludes.
It is, however, stated under the cod, that about equal
:
numbers were measured in the two periods;but this affords
little information, since it is not explained
the larger
"
or the smaller series were taken in the greatly preponderating
second period.
doubtful points are made clearit
is necessary to withhold sanction from the statement that the
_
size of the.fbod-shes in the closed waters has diminished.
So
far as Personal observations have gone, the food—shes inthe_
areas
have been throughout the ten years very much as they
Were before the closure.
’
_
-
—'
In the review Of
.
the experiments of the “ Garland,” in the.
—
Î
.
Fourteeinth Annual Report of the Fishery Board, great
_
'
attached, just as in the case of St Andrews Bay, to a comparison
'
‘
-Vof the work of the rst ve years with the work duringthe
Î[
,
_'
;
in
Forth.
_
A preliminary comparisonÎis
’made of the captures in,: the closed area in' 1887 and 1889,'tlle
'
,
report showing that the average number perhaul
_
_
than double in the former what it was in the latter. Ï This
gives a key to the whole pOsiti0n, for any conclusion— 'dra’w‘h ,”
"‘from‘a comparis0n of 28
in‘ the months of
; } and September in 1887 withQO hauls'scattered
in 1889is h0pele8s, especially When it as
ï
},îmonths
with their low
It1s
__…
-_……
………