SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
221
square miles of the sea were closed, 'and kept closed, besides
_
schemes for further
The conclusions point to
»
the closure of the offshore areas during the spawning time, but
'
._
the size and precise position of the areas that should be closed
in relation to any given part of the territorial waters have not -
yet been well determined; nor indeed the situations and extent
Ï
,
‘
‘
_
of the principal breeding—grounds 1.” A perusal of the fore—
going chapters, and a close scrutiny of the tables at the end of Î
this work, it may be, will enable those who give earneSt
attention to the subject to reach
different conclusions…
.'
It has also been recently stated2 that since St _Andrews
Bay and the Forth are “ devoid of spawning-grounds
”
it is
proposed in future to conduct the experiments in the Frith' of;—
Ûlyde and the Moray Frith, Where important spawning-grounds
exist, and where the results of the closure will therefore bte
probably much more marked than in the former areas…- It
is further asserted
3
that “before the investigations of the
“
“ Garland ”
were
begùn, it was believed that the
propagated principally in inshore waters, and that an area like
the Frith Of Forth was in consequence to a large extent self—
supporting.
But it has been proved that the 1mportantfood—
shes do not spawn on the east coast within the te111tor1al
'
limits, and that the territorial zone is directly dependent:çï
ïÏî’ _
the spawning grounds situated in the outer seas, whence
'oating eggs and fry are borne by the currents.”
however,to the Trawling Report of 1884 4, _shoWs that thisWaS
clearly brought before the Royal Commission then,
that
—
instead of being new it only corroborates_ what
been
.“ formerly pointed out._ 'NOW, what are theresults Of theten
mdependent
221
square miles of the sea were closed, 'and kept closed, besides
_
schemes for further
The conclusions point to
»
the closure of the offshore areas during the spawning time, but
'
._
the size and precise position of the areas that should be closed
in relation to any given part of the territorial waters have not -
yet been well determined; nor indeed the situations and extent
Ï
,
‘
‘
_
of the principal breeding—grounds 1.” A perusal of the fore—
going chapters, and a close scrutiny of the tables at the end of Î
this work, it may be, will enable those who give earneSt
attention to the subject to reach
different conclusions…
.'
It has also been recently stated2 that since St _Andrews
Bay and the Forth are “ devoid of spawning-grounds
”
it is
proposed in future to conduct the experiments in the Frith' of;—
Ûlyde and the Moray Frith, Where important spawning-grounds
exist, and where the results of the closure will therefore bte
probably much more marked than in the former areas…- It
is further asserted
3
that “before the investigations of the
“
“ Garland ”
were
begùn, it was believed that the
propagated principally in inshore waters, and that an area like
the Frith Of Forth was in consequence to a large extent self—
supporting.
But it has been proved that the 1mportantfood—
shes do not spawn on the east coast within the te111tor1al
'
limits, and that the territorial zone is directly dependent:çï
ïÏî’ _
the spawning grounds situated in the outer seas, whence
'oating eggs and fry are borne by the currents.”
however,to the Trawling Report of 1884 4, _shoWs that thisWaS
clearly brought before the Royal Commission then,
that
—
instead of being new it only corroborates_ what
been
.“ formerly pointed out._ 'NOW, what are theresults Of theten
mdependent