216
iNVESTIGATIONS IN FRITH or CLYDE, 1897.
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been shown to be in a line with the results obtained on the
east coast.
.
_
The pole—dab, again, is not more important than thedab
in thus substantiating the benets of the closure in the Clyde,
!
and yet the dab commenced with 22 per
haul in 1888, and
_
concluded with but 12.
The plaice began similarly with 5
per haul, and ended with a little over 2.
The lemon—dab
began with 7 and ended with 5. The whiting began with 6
—
and ended with 2.
A diminution occurred likewise in the
Cod, sail-uke, ounder and grey
skate.
On the other hand,
the long—rough dab commenced with
haul and concluded
with 17, but this number also occurred in the second period,
V1Z.111 1890; the gurnard began with 20 and concluded with
;
21, and the hake with 9 and 9.
The average captures of the
’
_
'
sole during the ve years were 11, 5, 9, 8 and 25 per haul, the
latter being more than double the number in 1888, but the
fact that three low averages intervened shows that an element
'
_
of Uncertainty exists, and that in all probability such an in—
crease
is due to the inuence of the months of May and
L'
September, which are not represented in the previous Work
of the “ Garland ” in the
The haddock showed a slight
increase, beginning with
and ending with a little over 3.
—With the exception of the pole—dab and'the long—rough dab,
it cannot be said that any increase occurred in the at shes.
-The vicissitudes in_the returns of the majority of the shes
;“
arise “from the usual irregularities, and a consideration of -
the
gives“ little support to the cumulative theory, but
rather favours the opinion that food—shes in general in the
area of the Clyde were practically una‘ected by the closur€.J
A similar c0nclusion is apparent by an examination of the
"
—.
,
returns
for each station.
For three of these, without regard to .
“the greatly increased
number Of hauls, the last entry was
_
-
,
than the rst.
"
'
'
__
.
_
L
The essential differences between the work 'of the “GarlandÎ’
'
and that of a commercial trawler is clearly brought _Out by Con—
'
tl“aSbîng the results in the pr0tected area of the Clyde with that
,
east ,ÔQast
in 1884 in the 'u@r‘o,teoted Waters.
ÎSGŸG_H
hauls of the “ Garladfs
in the Clyde afea_pmduæa
…
uM'\
\“
\
l
iNVESTIGATIONS IN FRITH or CLYDE, 1897.
€
been shown to be in a line with the results obtained on the
east coast.
.
_
The pole—dab, again, is not more important than thedab
in thus substantiating the benets of the closure in the Clyde,
!
and yet the dab commenced with 22 per
haul in 1888, and
_
concluded with but 12.
The plaice began similarly with 5
per haul, and ended with a little over 2.
The lemon—dab
began with 7 and ended with 5. The whiting began with 6
—
and ended with 2.
A diminution occurred likewise in the
Cod, sail-uke, ounder and grey
skate.
On the other hand,
the long—rough dab commenced with
haul and concluded
with 17, but this number also occurred in the second period,
V1Z.111 1890; the gurnard began with 20 and concluded with
;
21, and the hake with 9 and 9.
The average captures of the
’
_
'
sole during the ve years were 11, 5, 9, 8 and 25 per haul, the
latter being more than double the number in 1888, but the
fact that three low averages intervened shows that an element
'
_
of Uncertainty exists, and that in all probability such an in—
crease
is due to the inuence of the months of May and
L'
September, which are not represented in the previous Work
of the “ Garland ” in the
The haddock showed a slight
increase, beginning with
and ending with a little over 3.
—With the exception of the pole—dab and'the long—rough dab,
it cannot be said that any increase occurred in the at shes.
-The vicissitudes in_the returns of the majority of the shes
;“
arise “from the usual irregularities, and a consideration of -
the
gives“ little support to the cumulative theory, but
rather favours the opinion that food—shes in general in the
area of the Clyde were practically una‘ected by the closur€.J
A similar c0nclusion is apparent by an examination of the
"
—.
,
returns
for each station.
For three of these, without regard to .
“the greatly increased
number Of hauls, the last entry was
_
-
,
than the rst.
"
'
'
__
.
_
L
The essential differences between the work 'of the “GarlandÎ’
'
and that of a commercial trawler is clearly brought _Out by Con—
'
tl“aSbîng the results in the pr0tected area of the Clyde with that
,
east ,ÔQast
in 1884 in the 'u@r‘o,teoted Waters.
ÎSGŸG_H
hauls of the “ Garladfs
in the Clyde afea_pmduæa
…
uM'\
\“
\
l