'
INVESTIGATIQNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1897.
207.
on
the inner stations, and remarkably uniform in its average,
_
which was 8 in four years, and 5 in the fth (1896).
_
the other hand were variable ahd few, and the same may be
‘
said for hake, ling, turbOt, brill, grey skate, sandy ray and sail—
…
[
ukes.
Flounders were absent.
The mostfrequent skate was
_
f:
the starry ray, so abundant in deep water. AnglersWere more
,
'
numerous than on the inner stations.
,
In surveying the averages on the several stations (VII. to
XVI.) the ordinary variations a're evident. Station VII., off
Tarbet Ness, maintaining from the rst" a fairly high
7
stands at the head with an average of 392 per haul for all kinds '
of Shes. Station VIII., in the same region, but further sea—'
—
—wards, follows with an average of 382, yet in
and 1895
'
the two highest averages (624 and 614) occur on this ground. —
-
The others appear in the following order of averages, IX., XV.,
'
_
XVI., XIV., X., XII., XI., and XIII., the average for Which was
_
only 1345, or about half that for all the stations, viz. 251. ’
Commencing with a total average of 238 the series concluded
'
with one of 217.
The former is made up
of 122
115 unsaleable, the latterof 105 saléable and 111 unsaleable,
that is to say, a diminution in both. Such reduction, however,as
the general average shows, is as much'due to the usual
to any other cause, shes of all kinds being probably about
’
as numerous at the end as the beginning.
…
_
On the 7th and 8th of April, 1898, six hauls in acommelclal
_trawler1 were made outside the limits of the MmayFnth,
resulting in a tôtalof 5286 shes, or 881 perhaul,acontrasÛt0
the indifferent work of the “'Garland” within 1t(TablesXVand
XVI) Of this number 4914, or 819 per haul,we1esaleable,and
87 2, or 62 per haul, were urisaleable.
lemembeled
that —this_work was barried
in the opensealnthem1dSË0f
lFmth1s courtesy the author is
protablewoxk both foi—themselvesandtheownsM0160VerPetæhæd
INVESTIGATIQNS IN MORAY FRITH, 1897.
207.
on
the inner stations, and remarkably uniform in its average,
_
which was 8 in four years, and 5 in the fth (1896).
_
the other hand were variable ahd few, and the same may be
‘
said for hake, ling, turbOt, brill, grey skate, sandy ray and sail—
…
[
ukes.
Flounders were absent.
The mostfrequent skate was
_
f:
the starry ray, so abundant in deep water. AnglersWere more
,
'
numerous than on the inner stations.
,
In surveying the averages on the several stations (VII. to
XVI.) the ordinary variations a're evident. Station VII., off
Tarbet Ness, maintaining from the rst" a fairly high
7
stands at the head with an average of 392 per haul for all kinds '
of Shes. Station VIII., in the same region, but further sea—'
—
—wards, follows with an average of 382, yet in
and 1895
'
the two highest averages (624 and 614) occur on this ground. —
-
The others appear in the following order of averages, IX., XV.,
'
_
XVI., XIV., X., XII., XI., and XIII., the average for Which was
_
only 1345, or about half that for all the stations, viz. 251. ’
Commencing with a total average of 238 the series concluded
'
with one of 217.
The former is made up
of 122
115 unsaleable, the latterof 105 saléable and 111 unsaleable,
that is to say, a diminution in both. Such reduction, however,as
the general average shows, is as much'due to the usual
to any other cause, shes of all kinds being probably about
’
as numerous at the end as the beginning.
…
_
On the 7th and 8th of April, 1898, six hauls in acommelclal
_trawler1 were made outside the limits of the MmayFnth,
resulting in a tôtalof 5286 shes, or 881 perhaul,acontrasÛt0
the indifferent work of the “'Garland” within 1t(TablesXVand
XVI) Of this number 4914, or 819 per haul,we1esaleable,and
87 2, or 62 per haul, were urisaleable.
lemembeled
that —this_work was barried
in the opensealnthem1dSË0f
lFmth1s courtesy the author is
protablewoxk both foi—themselvesandtheownsM0160VerPetæhæd