186
INVESTIGATIÔNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1884.
'
respect.
The paucity of whiting was equally noteWorthy,
grey gurnards especially abounded, almost all being full—grown ;
:
shes, only one or two from 7 to 8 inches having been obtained. Ê
The proportion per haul is 116, whereas in the Forth it is 59. …—
The cat—shes were also numerous, but being' unSaleable at
Macduf were thrown overboard.
The vesSels did not seem to
:
work much longer on this bank, a considerable diminution of
_
the shes having occurred.
The captures made on the present . Î
occasion were not heavy, and the long journey was expensive.”
The foregoing is probably a reliable view of the condition of
the shes of the region at a time when little agitation existed
in the neighbourhood, and when the
statementS con—a
cerning the depopulation of the waters of the Frith by trawlers— :
were seldom heard.
_
_
Γ
,
The three hauls of the trawl produced 2,711 saleableshes,
or 903 per haul (Tables XIII. and XIV.), a very moderate number“
in contrast with some of those off the Forth the same season,
:
and which produced from 1,500 to 2,74544 per haul of saleable ;
shes.
Indeed, the oft-quoted St Andrews Bay occasionally““
gave as many saleable shes per haul in 1884, so that in those
’
early days when traWling had made comparatively little pro- —
gress in the Moray Frith the captures were not remarkablé.
:
'
Only a single grey skate and a single starry ray occurred. The
total number of cod was 102, or 34: per haul, a considerably
:
higher average than generally met with during the experiË
ments, yet it Was not to be compared in value with three hauls
:o£f—the Forth 9 or 10 days later in the same season, since the
(643) in the Moray Frith were young cod (codling'),
_
'_"*only 38 being adults, whereas Off» the Forth three hauls, pro—
.-duced-8£L_ adult cod and only 13 -codling. In the latter area_a“
_ -
congrégation had probably taken place at the’spawning season,
e5—srr45>«—whereas_in the former (viz. the Moray Frith) “such a congrega-f
may— only have
been Commencing.
All the haddoCksj
Were large, Xand'their. numbers Were Considerable, 'viz’gÏ
13812; Or
per -haul ;— yettthis’£ fell _—far short *bf such,
àhau1asH
ofaddmgten)m Janua1yiwhmh
gave 959 fm—ge and905smallhaddocks : ‘ g The
“how;
v
; fàr xd thtptudn _Ap118843nyth
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INVESTIGATIÔNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1884.
'
respect.
The paucity of whiting was equally noteWorthy,
grey gurnards especially abounded, almost all being full—grown ;
:
shes, only one or two from 7 to 8 inches having been obtained. Ê
The proportion per haul is 116, whereas in the Forth it is 59. …—
The cat—shes were also numerous, but being' unSaleable at
Macduf were thrown overboard.
The vesSels did not seem to
:
work much longer on this bank, a considerable diminution of
_
the shes having occurred.
The captures made on the present . Î
occasion were not heavy, and the long journey was expensive.”
The foregoing is probably a reliable view of the condition of
the shes of the region at a time when little agitation existed
in the neighbourhood, and when the
statementS con—a
cerning the depopulation of the waters of the Frith by trawlers— :
were seldom heard.
_
_
Γ
,
The three hauls of the trawl produced 2,711 saleableshes,
or 903 per haul (Tables XIII. and XIV.), a very moderate number“
in contrast with some of those off the Forth the same season,
:
and which produced from 1,500 to 2,74544 per haul of saleable ;
shes.
Indeed, the oft-quoted St Andrews Bay occasionally““
gave as many saleable shes per haul in 1884, so that in those
’
early days when traWling had made comparatively little pro- —
gress in the Moray Frith the captures were not remarkablé.
:
'
Only a single grey skate and a single starry ray occurred. The
total number of cod was 102, or 34: per haul, a considerably
:
higher average than generally met with during the experiË
ments, yet it Was not to be compared in value with three hauls
:o£f—the Forth 9 or 10 days later in the same season, since the
(643) in the Moray Frith were young cod (codling'),
_
'_"*only 38 being adults, whereas Off» the Forth three hauls, pro—
.-duced-8£L_ adult cod and only 13 -codling. In the latter area_a“
_ -
congrégation had probably taken place at the’spawning season,
e5—srr45>«—whereas_in the former (viz. the Moray Frith) “such a congrega-f
may— only have
been Commencing.
All the haddoCksj
Were large, Xand'their. numbers Were Considerable, 'viz’gÏ
13812; Or
per -haul ;— yettthis’£ fell _—far short *bf such,
àhau1asH
ofaddmgten)m Janua1yiwhmh
gave 959 fm—ge and905smallhaddocks : ‘ g The
“how;
v
; fàr xd thtptudn _Ap118843nyth
«‘
‘Èî‘Îy-‘
Ÿ ‘
…'
Ml
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