212
INVESTIGATIQNS IN FRITH or CLYDE, 1888.
'
—
for about
4 miles, ending 5 miles S.W. off Ailsa Craig. .' ”""”
30 fathoms; clean. Station IX. 4—5 miles W.N.W. from'Ailsa
,
,
Craig and extends 43 miles in a S.W. direction. Depth 20—28
—
fathoms, mud and sand.
Station X. 4 miles long, lies ina Î
N.E. direction, 7 miles from the Cantyre coast, between it and
Ailsa Craig. 23 fathoms; sand and sea-weeds. Station XI.
:
passes round Ayr Bay for 4« miles, from 2—4 miles off the
shore.
Depth 12—20 fathoms; sandy, with rocks and hard
ground.
Station XH. 4« miles
long, extending E. midway
_
between Arran and the Heads of Ayr.
33—440 fathoms;
The area of the Clyde, thus closed by the action of the
Fishery Board and under the. impression that an increase in
the number and size of the shes would result, as well as for
experimental purposes, differs in certain features from the
Forth and St Andrews Bay, and in others approaches the Moray f
_
Frith.
'
'
-
The rst period of the “ Garland’s
”
work in the Clyde
occurred in February and March (1888), and resulted in the
'capture of 1,367.shes, of which
were
saleable and
unsaleable._ rI_‘he average for the 13 hauls was 105, or 545]
saleable and 51 unsaleablè. The small number of hauls (2) in “
February in proportion to the 11 in March did not reduce
-
average so much as it would otherwise have done.
The differ—*
ence
the number of food—shes in this area as contrasted
with the Forth was commented on in the Report of the
and'it
such was due to the
that the Forth
was
closed, whereas in
trawling was actively prose—
cuted._ But February and March were not the most productive!
months with which to institute the comparison, since the
"
average for the former was only
and for the latter
Little weight therefore need be put on this supposition as_ to
the cause
the searcity, especially as all the hauls_ occurred in
the colder months.
:
_
.
'
_
'
j' .
5
The (lab occupies the rst place with an average of 23 pe1
haul, a number about .a third that, of
Moray Frith and—
È
'
St ”Andrews Bay, but only One ;1655:23Ëh@nz- the average—the same
:
A7muctl
F 13,1888,Pa1t 111 13.32.
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Gth Annua)l-Rej}ç7‘t,—Pâtrtm;p.33.
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INVESTIGATIQNS IN FRITH or CLYDE, 1888.
'
—
for about
4 miles, ending 5 miles S.W. off Ailsa Craig. .' ”""”
30 fathoms; clean. Station IX. 4—5 miles W.N.W. from'Ailsa
,
,
Craig and extends 43 miles in a S.W. direction. Depth 20—28
—
fathoms, mud and sand.
Station X. 4 miles long, lies ina Î
N.E. direction, 7 miles from the Cantyre coast, between it and
Ailsa Craig. 23 fathoms; sand and sea-weeds. Station XI.
:
passes round Ayr Bay for 4« miles, from 2—4 miles off the
shore.
Depth 12—20 fathoms; sandy, with rocks and hard
ground.
Station XH. 4« miles
long, extending E. midway
_
between Arran and the Heads of Ayr.
33—440 fathoms;
The area of the Clyde, thus closed by the action of the
Fishery Board and under the. impression that an increase in
the number and size of the shes would result, as well as for
experimental purposes, differs in certain features from the
Forth and St Andrews Bay, and in others approaches the Moray f
_
Frith.
'
'
-
The rst period of the “ Garland’s
”
work in the Clyde
occurred in February and March (1888), and resulted in the
'capture of 1,367.shes, of which
were
saleable and
unsaleable._ rI_‘he average for the 13 hauls was 105, or 545]
saleable and 51 unsaleablè. The small number of hauls (2) in “
February in proportion to the 11 in March did not reduce
-
average so much as it would otherwise have done.
The differ—*
ence
the number of food—shes in this area as contrasted
with the Forth was commented on in the Report of the
and'it
such was due to the
that the Forth
was
closed, whereas in
trawling was actively prose—
cuted._ But February and March were not the most productive!
months with which to institute the comparison, since the
"
average for the former was only
and for the latter
Little weight therefore need be put on this supposition as_ to
the cause
the searcity, especially as all the hauls_ occurred in
the colder months.
:
_
.
'
_
'
j' .
5
The (lab occupies the rst place with an average of 23 pe1
haul, a number about .a third that, of
Moray Frith and—
È
'
St ”Andrews Bay, but only One ;1655:23Ëh@nz- the average—the same
:
A7muctl
F 13,1888,Pa1t 111 13.32.
'…fî‘r.
—
2
Gth Annua)l-Rej}ç7‘t,—Pâtrtm;p.33.
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.
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“…
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