CHAPTER VII.
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
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THE uniformity of the results of the observations and
experiments in St Andrews Bay, the Forth, the Moray Frith
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and the Clyde is worthy of note, for in none can it be said that
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a substantial increment, or a greatdiminution has occurred; in
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none have the shes increased generally in size, or varied in
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kinds from what theyhave always been. Changes may
have
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happened since the days of our forefathers, but they do not {‘
seem to be of a kind to be inuenced in any marked manner
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There is no diminution in the total quantity landed, but
an
increase.
Nor Will it much alter the case to state that" this
increase has been obtained
a larger eet of ships and boats,
since these, individ1ially, may capture a proportionally smaller
Ï number of shes.
In England and Wales a similar condition
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hold&' aprogréæive increase from 1895 being apparent.
"in 1896 the total—‘uquantity‘Was 7,550,678 cwts. of the value of
while in 1897 the total was 7,946;108 cwts- of
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f
:'value of £5,568,97£8.
haddocks seem to «be the
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shes of whichthe largest quantity was taken, viz, 2,548,913
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In St _Andr'ews Bay, the condition of the sh—fauna imme_diately after the cessation of trawling showed thatthe statements.
‘;Ë:Îîa«s*to im}ooverishent could not _be suétained… Not only
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such as the Cod and
we1e captu1ed The d1stllbu—
tion of ‘ _ the foOd—sheS;
the… bay,aäremains« very