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.INVESTÏGATIÛNS IN MORAYFRITH, 18845.
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WhitiDgs were much less numerous than off the
though large, and ling were more frequent. .Plaice were .
in
numbers and large, Viz. 645“ per haul, and the…
majority had yet to complete spawning.
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D'abs' Were *nOt
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numerous, only 14: being present in each haul. Len‘aon—dabs
Were common, no less than an average of 50 occurfing in each
han].
Pole-dabs or “witches ”
were very few in this part of the
Frith.
Gurnards were plentiful and all of a saleable size, the
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average per han] being 116, a high gure. The wolf—shes were
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also in consider‘able numbers, ViZ. 9 perhaul.
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The main features, therefore, of the sh—fauna of the region
were the numbers of large haddocks, cod, plaice, and gurnards.]
These data are reliable for the season, and are in
category fromthe vague and unsatisfactory,though reiterat‘ed’
remarks often produced for comparison of a particular area with
the conditions at the present day.
Moreover, it is
that the trawling-ships eagerly frequented the Mor—ay
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the last moment, and that to-day all would return if ‘it were
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possible.
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Thelwork of the “ Garland” in the Moray
in August 1887, fully three years after the preceding
tiens.
Six stations were chosen close inshore as fbllows:—
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I. ' Off Burghead Bay,length 7 miles, 6"—.7 fathoms, sand.
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II.
Off Naim, length 8 miles, 9—312…fathom”s, mud.
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III.
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In GromartyFrith, length 45 miles, 3—7 fathoms, sand.
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IV.
This "and
succeeding lie
' _ Dornoch
Parallel to
for 5 miles, 7 '—Ï9 fathoms, mud and sand;
V.
Further'out, length 8 miles,
mudand
sand.
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VI.
South of v., length _5
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Each Station was traWled0Vel0C€1nthel&ttelPalt0f
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Of this number 600, or9 100Pelhaul,we1esaleable,and967,01
…been countedamougthesmallOfleFœthbutatthesameümethey
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have
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