INVESTIGATIONS IN 'MORAY FRITH,
205
statidns the maximum period is in OctOber, closely folloWed by
‘
August, then May, the other months being nearly equal. Now
the; comparatively high average of 53 with which the observa.
tions commenced was obtained in August during a year (1887)
_f
in which exceptionally high averages were present in the areas5
:_
of St Andrews Bay and the Forth.
Next year (1888), with an
'
'
_
a“verage of
the work was done only in May, a month which
shows. an average not half that of August.
third year
(1889) had its working period conned to June, in whichthe
average is not half that of
There was a decrease to 10.
'
The irregularities so common in shing operations might easily
reduce the total average of three “poor” months to four, or one
under the lowest, Whilst the same cause might readily diminish
_
an average of 5 to 3.
No great weight need be placed on the
'
"p
suppositions of the last sentence, yet the whole history of _
shing operations is full ”of such irregularities, which moreo_ver '
_
strongly charactérise the haddocks in the second period. Thus_
in 1892 the hauls occurred only in September, yet the result .“
‘
(9) is 44 above the average.
In 1893 a rise to 31 per haul,Îthe
_
‘
second highest in the series, -took_place in the maximum and a
'_
month, the third (April) being a blank as 1ega1ds
haddocks.
Next year, the maximum month and one
—Ÿ
average only resulted in 10.
The last three years of this
‘.
.
period had diminishing averages
of 8, 2," and 3; yet the,rst
had a working period including one productive month
haddocks, viz. August, whilst the second included both August
Ï
and October, so that the diminution must have been due ro.
‘
causes,“ which also
seem to '
have affected the
—
stations since their average was smaller during these yeais
(inde Table ’XXVÏ.); Haddocks apparently' were not plent1ful
the inner stations during the working periode, butthe1r
Ï —
numbers increased Seawards, as the return'5frdl theoute1
Stations and the Captures of
Ï-rÿeturns‘. from that, region :
0fhaddoeks at léast
205
statidns the maximum period is in OctOber, closely folloWed by
‘
August, then May, the other months being nearly equal. Now
the; comparatively high average of 53 with which the observa.
tions commenced was obtained in August during a year (1887)
_f
in which exceptionally high averages were present in the areas5
:_
of St Andrews Bay and the Forth.
Next year (1888), with an
'
'
_
a“verage of
the work was done only in May, a month which
shows. an average not half that of August.
third year
(1889) had its working period conned to June, in whichthe
average is not half that of
There was a decrease to 10.
'
The irregularities so common in shing operations might easily
reduce the total average of three “poor” months to four, or one
under the lowest, Whilst the same cause might readily diminish
_
an average of 5 to 3.
No great weight need be placed on the
'
"p
suppositions of the last sentence, yet the whole history of _
shing operations is full ”of such irregularities, which moreo_ver '
_
strongly charactérise the haddocks in the second period. Thus_
in 1892 the hauls occurred only in September, yet the result .“
‘
(9) is 44 above the average.
In 1893 a rise to 31 per haul,Îthe
_
‘
second highest in the series, -took_place in the maximum and a
'_
month, the third (April) being a blank as 1ega1ds
haddocks.
Next year, the maximum month and one
—Ÿ
average only resulted in 10.
The last three years of this
‘.
.
period had diminishing averages
of 8, 2," and 3; yet the,rst
had a working period including one productive month
haddocks, viz. August, whilst the second included both August
Ï
and October, so that the diminution must have been due ro.
‘
causes,“ which also
seem to '
have affected the
—
stations since their average was smaller during these yeais
(inde Table ’XXVÏ.); Haddocks apparently' were not plent1ful
the inner stations during the working periode, butthe1r
Ï —
numbers increased Seawards, as the return'5frdl theoute1
Stations and the Captures of
Ï-rÿeturns‘. from that, region :
0fhaddoeks at léast