INVESTIGATIÔNS IN FRITEÈ OF'GLYDE, 1888
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year in
Forth.
The dab in the Forth, therefore,had not _
been beneted by the closure if we entertain the opinionthat
this sh in the Clyde had sufered from
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gurnard is next with 20 per haul, or 7 more than the average iri
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the Forth, while it is 4.« less than in St Andrews Bay, and
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‘8’ less than in the Moray Frith.
The sh next in order is the
witch or hole—dab, which has an average of 13 per haul, a
number far greater than in the
Frith.
In the Forth
_
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only one or two ocCur in a haul, while in St Andrews Bay it is
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_,
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‘
absent.
This form therefore is, in quantity, characteristic of the
—
_
area, just as the succeeding one, the hake, is. In the Clyde
the average for the hake is 9 per‘ haul, whereas only 1 or 1'5
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:_occur per haul in the Moray Frith, while it is rare in the Forth,
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at most 1 in 13 hauls, and it is altogether absent from the
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returnsin St Andrews Bay.
The lemon-dab was less‘frequ‘ent
than in the Forth, only 7 per haul having been obtained,
'
whereas
17 were
procured in the Forth the same year,
_
where they were, indeed, 2 abOve the average of
'
the
rst
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quinquennial period, and much more numerous than in St
Andrews Bay.
The next in Order is the whiting with“ au
'
average of
.
6 per haul, the smallest of the series, since that
,
for St Andrews Bay was 10, the Moray Frith_ 22, and the
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Fth of Forth “ 27Q
Plaice come next with an average .. of
“
5 per haul, whereas in the Moray Frith it was1ä, in the _
Forth 450, and St Andrews Bay 106. Long—rough dabs were
numerous than in - St Andrews Bay, considerably
than in the Forth and the Moray Frith.
Grey skate
more
frequent than in any of the
the next being,
the Mo’ray Frith.
other» fshes 'sail-ukeS
_
more numerously, on the whole, than in the other
areas. ‘
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The next year in which work was “carried On in the- Clyde
was 1890, and the whole of; the hauls‘ (12) Were mae
1n July
ÎÈ1201 shes, 854, or an average
of which were sa1eable,
and 3417, , or an average of 29,— were unsal‘eable; the total ave1àg®
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