INVESTIGATIÛNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1895 AND 1896. 197 ,
shes usually haVig the higher numbers, such as plaice, dabs,
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._haddocks, long—rough and lemon—dabs, and gurna1‘ds. ,. Every
'station gave evidence of this feature.
Ten hauls on the Outer stations (VH. to XVI.) were somewhat more productive, resulting in the capture of 2,001 shes,
or
200 per haul.
This was composed ofl,lë4.«, Or
haul of saleable, and 857, or 85 per haul, of unsaleàble shes‘.
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Dabs were most numerous, ViZ. 57 per haul, haddocks next at
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52 per haul, followed by long-rough dabs andgurnards‘. At
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every station except XI. (across Smith Bank) a reductidn
took place.
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The inefciency of the ship probably had a close conneCti0n
with the foregoing result.
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The year 1896 was characterised by an increase both in the
number of months and of hauls of thetraw1, for work was
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carriedon in August, October, and November, yet the number
of hauls was not great seeing that the ship was free from duties
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both in theSt Andrews Bay and the Forth. It is true
number of hauls was a secondary consideration, for if they had;— g
been effective (like those of the commercial trawlei‘) their
“number would have sufced.
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Eighteen hauls in the three months on the inner statiôns
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(1. to VI.) above—mentioned gave a total of 1,553 shes, or 86
per haul, a result even more depressing than the previous year,
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for it was 33 per haul less.
Ithas to be remembered, however,
that November is one of the unproductiVe months
in the
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shallower
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water, and actually fu1mshedonlyabout 11&1f the
number prooured in OctobelIfaÿlehanœwasPlaœd by
effect of the closure 0fth1$swataræcæedonlydœappwt
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Nor …
31 per hau1füïlowedbythePlæœat30Pelha“1