INVESTIGATIONS IN MORAY
1894.
195
the usual variations, that this total is made up of shes brought
from ‘Norway, Iceland, and the Faroë Islands—to which
_
distant regions the ships have now to go to keep up the supply.
_
Every Scotch bay, according to these “practical
”
gentlemen, is
,
“
!
“
swept out,” or “ cleaned out,” so that it is no
protable
Ï
for liner or trawler to sh there, and the ruin of our
and our shermen is already
But, in the rst
'
place, they forget that unproductive periods in haddqck—shing
1
occur
very frequently, and have occurred from time imme—g
morial, times when the men prepare their boats for her‘ring=
_
._
shing (the unfailing nature of whiCh is marvéllous), and which
*
often richly rewards their efforts. Moreover,if the ships go ÜÔ
a great distance for large and certain gains in regard to white“
_
shes, it is not because their own waters are depopulated, but
because with less effort they secure a rich harvest
seas.
Facts, like those produced by the experiments now ;
.
under review, are therefore not to be compared with the crude
suppositions which serve the purpose of - the “sherman’s
"
friend.”
If by dipping a small trawl like that of the “
in the Moray Frith, 220 saleable haddocks of
inches in
length, and at least 33 others of a small
but also of a saleahle
-
size, are brought on board each“ haul, not to speak of Other
_
'
shes, he would be more than a bold‘man who holds that our
haddock—sheries ar‘ë"ruinèd.
Other areas and other forms are
dealt with elsewhere, but that one fact alone disposes—
of the
that any such area “as that of the
Frith îS
ont
”
by trawlers.
-
Ï
-’
Dabs still maintained a high average, viz.
87 per- haul,
01“
more thanthe previous year. Lemon-dabs‘remainedthe same,
while the captures of the long—rough dal)
been t1ebled
Whitings and surnards W6fealso
alsowele
ï instead "of 1 in 1893.
Cod, 011. the: °thelhandWäefewel
about 2 per haul instead of 5 in 1893
f_.
“
‘
It is curious that
centre of Smith Ban—”k”;
1894.
195
the usual variations, that this total is made up of shes brought
from ‘Norway, Iceland, and the Faroë Islands—to which
_
distant regions the ships have now to go to keep up the supply.
_
Every Scotch bay, according to these “practical
”
gentlemen, is
,
“
!
“
swept out,” or “ cleaned out,” so that it is no
protable
Ï
for liner or trawler to sh there, and the ruin of our
and our shermen is already
But, in the rst
'
place, they forget that unproductive periods in haddqck—shing
1
occur
very frequently, and have occurred from time imme—g
morial, times when the men prepare their boats for her‘ring=
_
._
shing (the unfailing nature of whiCh is marvéllous), and which
*
often richly rewards their efforts. Moreover,if the ships go ÜÔ
a great distance for large and certain gains in regard to white“
_
shes, it is not because their own waters are depopulated, but
because with less effort they secure a rich harvest
seas.
Facts, like those produced by the experiments now ;
.
under review, are therefore not to be compared with the crude
suppositions which serve the purpose of - the “sherman’s
"
friend.”
If by dipping a small trawl like that of the “
in the Moray Frith, 220 saleable haddocks of
inches in
length, and at least 33 others of a small
but also of a saleahle
-
size, are brought on board each“ haul, not to speak of Other
_
'
shes, he would be more than a bold‘man who holds that our
haddock—sheries ar‘ë"ruinèd.
Other areas and other forms are
dealt with elsewhere, but that one fact alone disposes—
of the
that any such area “as that of the
Frith îS
ont
”
by trawlers.
-
Ï
-’
Dabs still maintained a high average, viz.
87 per- haul,
01“
more thanthe previous year. Lemon-dabs‘remainedthe same,
while the captures of the long—rough dal)
been t1ebled
Whitings and surnards W6fealso
alsowele
ï instead "of 1 in 1893.
Cod, 011. the: °thelhandWäefewel
about 2 per haul instead of 5 in 1893
f_.
“
‘
It is curious that
centre of Smith Ban—”k”;