INVESTIGATIONS IN FRITH or CLYDE, 1890, ”95, ’96. 215
5 and the plaice had also diminished, but the dab remained
-
the same.
Lemon—dabs had increased to 7, and hake' to 6—per
‘
…
haul.
Cod and haddock were about the Same, while the whiting
;
,
had diminished.
Thornbackswere slightly reduced, and Soles
,
more
distinctly so.
Amongst characteristic unsaleable sheg ,
were
the John Dory, wrasse, nurse—hound, and black-mouthed
‘
dog-sh.
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'
‘
In 1897 the number of hauls was increased to 36, of which
’
12 occurred in April, 12 in May, and 12 in September.
_
total number of shes captured was 4926, Or. 136 per haul,
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an
increase of 16 on the previous year, and 31 on 1888,’ a
period of 9 years.
The gain was not great, but the advocat‘es
of. the closure are entitled to it, the more so as a comparison
of the twelve hauls in April in each year gives the following
result:—1896, 114; 1897, 160.
An increase of 456 perhaul
thus took place in the year 1897 in this month.
The witches.
had increased to 47 per haul, a steady rise
_
having taken
place from 1888; indeed, their numbers were trebled. The
'
witch, or pole—dab, by soine will be held as a typical sh for
testing the effects of the closure, since it does not readily take
and as a proof they will cite its steady rise from: 13
perhaùl- in 1888 to 457 in 1897.
it is- unsafe to tlüSt
to an individual form without care_ful scrutiny of the ,ÇOlf
lateral circumstances.
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,.
the witch commenced in 1888 could not but be a low nuD'—if
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bei, since the work was carried …on only in Febfü&l‘ÿ &ïld Î;
March, two months in which the average& al‘é GODlP&ŒË1‘T61Y;
}Ï small.
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