192
INVESTIGATIONS IN MORAY
1892—1893.
5
.These stations extended the points for observation more
directly into the Moray Frith.
'
,
:
Thirty—two hauls of the “ Garland’s
”
ordinary trawl were
made in 1893, and six with a shrimp net. It has been
_
thought advisable to omit the results of the latter, so as to
make the comparison uniform, and to separate those of the
__
original stations (1. to VI.) from the new ones (VH. to XVI.);
'
‘
Twelve hauls on the original six stations gave the best
_
results yet obtained, Viz., 3,837 shes, or 319 per haul.
Of this
:
total 2,168, or 180 per haul, were saleab1e, and 1,669, or 139 per
Î
haul,
The work was carried on in May and October,
‘
two
months on the whole favourable for the
_
though less productive than August. Thus the average (10
_
years) for May in St Andrews Bay is 251 and for October 223,
_
while
August it is 515.5 In the same way the average
for
_
the Forth in May is 175, October 262, and for August 4521; :
The comparison will show that the result of the work in the
_
Moray Frith in 1893 was exoeptionally favourab1e.
_
_
The highest place was occupied by the dabwith 1,577, or—
131 per hau1, yet in this respect it was 10 under 1891, Plaice‘
followed with 1,4:‘13, or 117 per haul, 57 under the average
of -‘_
the previous year—'closure notwithstandihg., Haddbcks hadï
not reached so high a gure, 379, or 31 per haul, since 1887.—Ï
Gurnards were likeWise 12 per haul over the préviOus year._
Lemon—dabswere also more than, double the number of 1892;
The reporter seemed
.
somewhat puzzled1 by the divergence
*
between May and October, but as the prepOndéranœ was chieyä
Caused by large numbers of small plaise and dabs in the latter
month no surprise need be felt. . It is observed that the cessa—
tion of traWlingwil‘l, to some extent, account for the increas‘é
of at shes, and apparentlÿit is thought that the Moray
may come up
to expectations better than either St Andrews
Bay or the Frith of Forth “ since it contains within” it exten—
sive spawning—gmunds _for White shes.” Subsequent results,
_
however, ;seem
to demonstrate the Val—11e of the saving clause“
“but it is too. soon yet
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…
…,
H‘ mu <…
‘
INVESTIGATIONS IN MORAY
1892—1893.
5
.These stations extended the points for observation more
directly into the Moray Frith.
'
,
:
Thirty—two hauls of the “ Garland’s
”
ordinary trawl were
made in 1893, and six with a shrimp net. It has been
_
thought advisable to omit the results of the latter, so as to
make the comparison uniform, and to separate those of the
__
original stations (1. to VI.) from the new ones (VH. to XVI.);
'
‘
Twelve hauls on the original six stations gave the best
_
results yet obtained, Viz., 3,837 shes, or 319 per haul.
Of this
:
total 2,168, or 180 per haul, were saleab1e, and 1,669, or 139 per
Î
haul,
The work was carried on in May and October,
‘
two
months on the whole favourable for the
_
though less productive than August. Thus the average (10
_
years) for May in St Andrews Bay is 251 and for October 223,
_
while
August it is 515.5 In the same way the average
for
_
the Forth in May is 175, October 262, and for August 4521; :
The comparison will show that the result of the work in the
_
Moray Frith in 1893 was exoeptionally favourab1e.
_
_
The highest place was occupied by the dabwith 1,577, or—
131 per hau1, yet in this respect it was 10 under 1891, Plaice‘
followed with 1,4:‘13, or 117 per haul, 57 under the average
of -‘_
the previous year—'closure notwithstandihg., Haddbcks hadï
not reached so high a gure, 379, or 31 per haul, since 1887.—Ï
Gurnards were likeWise 12 per haul over the préviOus year._
Lemon—dabswere also more than, double the number of 1892;
The reporter seemed
.
somewhat puzzled1 by the divergence
*
between May and October, but as the prepOndéranœ was chieyä
Caused by large numbers of small plaise and dabs in the latter
month no surprise need be felt. . It is observed that the cessa—
tion of traWlingwil‘l, to some extent, account for the increas‘é
of at shes, and apparentlÿit is thought that the Moray
may come up
to expectations better than either St Andrews
Bay or the Frith of Forth “ since it contains within” it exten—
sive spawning—gmunds _for White shes.” Subsequent results,
_
however, ;seem
to demonstrate the Val—11e of the saving clause“
“but it is too. soon yet
1 12thRermtser 27
'
…
…,
H‘ mu <…
‘