'
”188
INVESTIGATIONS
IN MORAY FRITH, 1884.
161 per haul, were unsaleable, a comparatively poor result
when contrasted with the work either in St Andrews Bay or in
the Forth during the same month. Further, the contrast with '
the three hauls of the converted tug
“ Royal Saxon” (a paddle
'
steamer) in April 1884 is still more marked, for the average
per haul was no less than 903, and all saleable, and it must be
‘
remembered that August is the most prolic month of the year.
.
Much of the divergence is probably due to the inefcient work
of the “ Garland,” and the position of the stations.
.
.
'
'
Plaice held the rst position with a total of 559, or 93 per
haul, a comparatively high average, though much under that
obtained in St Andrews Bayduring the warmer months, and '
'
even during the entire year, as in 1890, when the average per
haul was 169: comparatively few were large plaice.
‘
Dabs followed, with a total of 370, or 61 per haul, an
_
average requiring no comment, further than that it was
_
-
moderate, though larger by far than the captures at Smith
Bank in 1884, or beyond the Frith in 1898.
The total for
haddocks was 318, or 53 per haul, a small number, and in
marked contrast with the captures in April 1884: in the Frith,
'
and in 1898 beyond it ; the former showing an average of 6045
'
per haul, and the latter of 695, in both cases the numbers being
more
than ten times higher.
Gurnards were fairly numerous,
the total being 182, or 30 per haul. Lemon-dabs averaged
about 7 per haul, and thus Were more numerous than in St An.
drews Bay. - It is doubtful, hoWever, how much reliance should
be
“011 the “ G&rland’s”
since in the comme1Œal
.
_
in
was 50, and in 1898 (outside the
’_Long—rough dabs‘ were veryfew, about 2”per haul,
’,
f '
…“
*:about
,
3 per haul, ounders and g16y
"
_.-«skatç;,; about …2 per haul, turbot and' brill about 1 in three
in ;6 hatils,
about 3 per haul. The
captures
occasion shoWed that shes in all probability
and only required efcient apparatus and
VIA”
Stat1n
…mClomaltYFuthseemedt0haveslendercapablmes
”188
INVESTIGATIONS
IN MORAY FRITH, 1884.
161 per haul, were unsaleable, a comparatively poor result
when contrasted with the work either in St Andrews Bay or in
the Forth during the same month. Further, the contrast with '
the three hauls of the converted tug
“ Royal Saxon” (a paddle
'
steamer) in April 1884 is still more marked, for the average
per haul was no less than 903, and all saleable, and it must be
‘
remembered that August is the most prolic month of the year.
.
Much of the divergence is probably due to the inefcient work
of the “ Garland,” and the position of the stations.
.
.
'
'
Plaice held the rst position with a total of 559, or 93 per
haul, a comparatively high average, though much under that
obtained in St Andrews Bayduring the warmer months, and '
'
even during the entire year, as in 1890, when the average per
haul was 169: comparatively few were large plaice.
‘
Dabs followed, with a total of 370, or 61 per haul, an
_
average requiring no comment, further than that it was
_
-
moderate, though larger by far than the captures at Smith
Bank in 1884, or beyond the Frith in 1898.
The total for
haddocks was 318, or 53 per haul, a small number, and in
marked contrast with the captures in April 1884: in the Frith,
'
and in 1898 beyond it ; the former showing an average of 6045
'
per haul, and the latter of 695, in both cases the numbers being
more
than ten times higher.
Gurnards were fairly numerous,
the total being 182, or 30 per haul. Lemon-dabs averaged
about 7 per haul, and thus Were more numerous than in St An.
drews Bay. - It is doubtful, hoWever, how much reliance should
be
“011 the “ G&rland’s”
since in the comme1Œal
.
_
in
was 50, and in 1898 (outside the
’_Long—rough dabs‘ were veryfew, about 2”per haul,
’,
f '
…“
*:about
,
3 per haul, ounders and g16y
"
_.-«skatç;,; about …2 per haul, turbot and' brill about 1 in three
in ;6 hatils,
about 3 per haul. The
captures
occasion shoWed that shes in all probability
and only required efcient apparatus and
VIA”
Stat1n
…mClomaltYFuthseemedt0haveslendercapablmes