.INVESTIGATIONS IN MORAY FRITH, 1897.
199
or
92 per haul, and unsaleable 660, or 55 per haul.
While
June in other areas has not been one of the most productive
.
months, and November is classed with the unproductive, yet,
'
in this instance, the peculiarity exists of a higher average in
'
November than in June, viz. an average of 205 in the former
'
_
and less than half, 87, for the latter.
A tendency to this
condition had been noticed in former years, 6.9. in“ 1896, in
which the total of 45 hauls in November exceeded that of 6
hauls in
The marked differences in the captures
of haddoeks, dabs, and plaice, in the present instance (1897) ‘
-
sufciently account for this feature. Thus in June they. were
respectively 10, 196, and 76, whereas in November they were
35, 537, and 473.
Plaiœ thus shoWed an increase of 397, and
dabs of 341.
Of the eight months during which operations in
the Moray Frith were carried out in the years
.
a period of eleven years, the highest average occurs in October,
'
September being next, then August, July, November, May,
_
June, and April.
November stands thus as fth in the series. ..
_
f
The number of hauls, however, is comparatively small, so that
'
too
much weight need ”not beput on this feature, but it
.
'
is necessary to allude to it.
‘
_
__
_
As in 1896, the dab was the most plentiful sh, the average
per haul_(61) being almost twice as great as_ inthe year
'
_
just mentioned. Only a single dab over 11 inches was obtained,
- _
the majority (4436) being unsaleable, while 286,
7 to
7
11 inches, Were saleable.
This average (61)was,precisely
.
.,with which the experiments
1887, :' the
‘
falling to half next year, and the
_Oll'1ÿ 18
€
then springing up
to 72 and 141, the Lattel 136111g theh1ghest
'
average during the 11 y6aŒ, andomW01k done Only1nthe
month of September.
does DOÙfOHOW,hOWGVŒ: thatthis
month always held thesal€ pOSIÈIOD,fŒ thefollow1g yea1the
average was only sa… Aftelllsmgml3ïm 1893 .it feHdu1mg
Ï the next three years
evem€®«.@fàîë
seriesThe average - for theveYeæs 1887—91 .-WaS Gsand
f ‘:fœ the six ;e1s1892—9777bubwmkwas°æuedonthuæ
199
or
92 per haul, and unsaleable 660, or 55 per haul.
While
June in other areas has not been one of the most productive
.
months, and November is classed with the unproductive, yet,
'
in this instance, the peculiarity exists of a higher average in
'
November than in June, viz. an average of 205 in the former
'
_
and less than half, 87, for the latter.
A tendency to this
condition had been noticed in former years, 6.9. in“ 1896, in
which the total of 45 hauls in November exceeded that of 6
hauls in
The marked differences in the captures
of haddoeks, dabs, and plaice, in the present instance (1897) ‘
-
sufciently account for this feature. Thus in June they. were
respectively 10, 196, and 76, whereas in November they were
35, 537, and 473.
Plaiœ thus shoWed an increase of 397, and
dabs of 341.
Of the eight months during which operations in
the Moray Frith were carried out in the years
.
a period of eleven years, the highest average occurs in October,
'
September being next, then August, July, November, May,
_
June, and April.
November stands thus as fth in the series. ..
_
f
The number of hauls, however, is comparatively small, so that
'
too
much weight need ”not beput on this feature, but it
.
'
is necessary to allude to it.
‘
_
__
_
As in 1896, the dab was the most plentiful sh, the average
per haul_(61) being almost twice as great as_ inthe year
'
_
just mentioned. Only a single dab over 11 inches was obtained,
- _
the majority (4436) being unsaleable, while 286,
7 to
7
11 inches, Were saleable.
This average (61)was,precisely
.
.,with which the experiments
1887, :' the
‘
falling to half next year, and the
_Oll'1ÿ 18
€
then springing up
to 72 and 141, the Lattel 136111g theh1ghest
'
average during the 11 y6aŒ, andomW01k done Only1nthe
month of September.
does DOÙfOHOW,hOWGVŒ: thatthis
month always held thesal€ pOSIÈIOD,fŒ thefollow1g yea1the
average was only sa… Aftelllsmgml3ïm 1893 .it feHdu1mg
Ï the next three years
evem€®«.@fàîë
seriesThe average - for theveYeæs 1887—91 .-WaS Gsand
f ‘:fœ the six ;e1s1892—9777bubwmkwas°æuedonthuæ