222
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
is chimerical,
cannot be seriou'sly entertained in these days.
All the naval resources of Britain would scarcely be adequate
to patrol the vast “ spawning areas” round our shores, just
as the few gunboats and cruisers are insufcient in an area so
' _
limited as the Mo.—ray Frith. Besides, there are limits in regard .
,
,
to eXpenditure, and to the patience of thepublic, though there
.
'
may be no dened boundary to a
“ spawning area.”
‘
A much more effective method of protecting the shiriggrounds, if such were necessary, would be to limit the number
of steam-trawlers, sailing-trawlers and other shing beats.
.
But
while such might be possible in our own country, it would be
extremely diicult, if not impossible, to control other nations in
this respect.
‘
The result of the closure of the great area included within »
three miles beyond the Mull of Cantyre, and a similar distance
,
beyond Corsewall Point on the west coast of Wigtownshire, .
gives no other result than that taught by the three foregoing
_
experiments.
No
accumulation
of food—shes, no general
in their size and no alterati0n of the ways
of nature
‘
have been effected by the interference of man in this respect.
,
'
Thus the great labour and very considerable expenditur'e'
during at least ten years prove that the balance of nature
in
'
.
.
the neighbouring seas is steadily maintained, and that so far as
j
_
facts go there need be n0 anxiety concerning the continuance
!
‘
‘
of every species“of' food-sh.
—
‘
-
'
It is true that in some quarters attempts to minimise the _
'
_
advicevof'
are made on the plea that science is not
_
practical, Îbutç‘whether“thisrefers to the experience gained from
7 *
'
_“
'
the sale cf shes and *èhell—shes' On land, or minute acquaintance
_
{
Αat sea, is not
stated. ' The rst
—
J__. alternatiVe'
,ntà—
and the last ’will' give it's
…
_
believers
with shes
;
"
,
pr9bablyça'
what is,
our shoi*es
on
.
;ï'r
mththe
“on“ this: subject, and the
‘*
‘
:
1n1—,hedepartmentHe1sfamlæ«wmhthe manipulations f
of 1mert1awle1netshmgofeverykmdandother methdds
,
v
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
is chimerical,
cannot be seriou'sly entertained in these days.
All the naval resources of Britain would scarcely be adequate
to patrol the vast “ spawning areas” round our shores, just
as the few gunboats and cruisers are insufcient in an area so
' _
limited as the Mo.—ray Frith. Besides, there are limits in regard .
,
,
to eXpenditure, and to the patience of thepublic, though there
.
'
may be no dened boundary to a
“ spawning area.”
‘
A much more effective method of protecting the shiriggrounds, if such were necessary, would be to limit the number
of steam-trawlers, sailing-trawlers and other shing beats.
.
But
while such might be possible in our own country, it would be
extremely diicult, if not impossible, to control other nations in
this respect.
‘
The result of the closure of the great area included within »
three miles beyond the Mull of Cantyre, and a similar distance
,
beyond Corsewall Point on the west coast of Wigtownshire, .
gives no other result than that taught by the three foregoing
_
experiments.
No
accumulation
of food—shes, no general
in their size and no alterati0n of the ways
of nature
‘
have been effected by the interference of man in this respect.
,
'
Thus the great labour and very considerable expenditur'e'
during at least ten years prove that the balance of nature
in
'
.
.
the neighbouring seas is steadily maintained, and that so far as
j
_
facts go there need be n0 anxiety concerning the continuance
!
‘
‘
of every species“of' food-sh.
—
‘
-
'
It is true that in some quarters attempts to minimise the _
'
_
advicevof'
are made on the plea that science is not
_
practical, Îbutç‘whether“thisrefers to the experience gained from
7 *
'
_“
'
the sale cf shes and *èhell—shes' On land, or minute acquaintance
_
{
Αat sea, is not
stated. ' The rst
—
J__. alternatiVe'
,ntà—
and the last ’will' give it's
…
_
believers
with shes
;
"
,
pr9bablyça'
what is,
our shoi*es
on
.
;ï'r
mththe
“on“ this: subject, and the
‘*
‘
:
1n1—,hedepartmentHe1sfamlæ«wmhthe manipulations f
of 1mert1awle1netshmgofeverykmdandother methdds
,
v