‘
SUMMARY.AND CONCLUSIONS.
.
231;
'
bays._ rl‘heir life—history is not yet fully worked out, but the
'
large forms of 6 ft. would appear to be of corisiderable age.
Hence they are kept in check wherever constant attacks, are
'
made. The race, however, continues and is likely to continue.
f
‘
In some cases it would seem that when the large plaice are
'
fŸ;' Ï,' .-,:
'
shed out of inshore areas, as near Girdleness, theydo' not '
-
return, that is to say, no large plaice have been caught there ,
since.
But whether the ground
carefully examined is
..
DOË stated.
It may be frequented by smaller forms. The large
'
haddocks of Dublin Bay form another instance. They have
not returned
But in neither case is the ruin of the sheries _‘
threatened, though these instances should be remembered ill'
dealing with the subject.
'
'
.
'
'}
…
'
_In regard to the question, What has been done,
the:
"
opportunity a‘orded by closure, to increase the valuable forms, ,
"
-
such as soles and turbot in Scottish waters? two steps have
.
been taken by the Fishery Board, viz.— the articial hatching of
plaice, turbot and other forms at Dunbar, and the transferençe
'
_
of 500 or 600 solés from English to Scottish waters. Th_ef
former, that is, the articial
of sea—shes,‘is still. 111
the experimental stage,'and_may have been on too small a scale
' fË -
for‘ efciency .
What the author wrote in 1894! Still
'
'
“ It has still, of course, tOËbe proved that the articial hatchj
ing of marine shes, even on a large scale, will be benecialto
the sheries generally ; yet the importance of the issue demandS
'
an exhaustive trial.
Almost everywhere during the last decedé
or
two complaints have been made as 130 the decrease Of 1m—
portant marine food-shes. Especially have the large hahbut,
'
turbot, brill, soles and other at _sheS become rare. 111 Butam
',
-
'
this alleged diminutionhas been
thelastdecade
Ï at least—with the extension of .beam—Ûl‘&W_gfin 0111" wate1s
,Consequently, the Legislature; has
r@ùnd Scottish shoreS, and even
certain places, as in the
the Flrbl1®fÛlde
Manythousand
mesaœ thus
AllthatcanbeaddedlsthmuPpm‘îSh0uïdbeglve“°the
SUMMARY.AND CONCLUSIONS.
.
231;
'
bays._ rl‘heir life—history is not yet fully worked out, but the
'
large forms of 6 ft. would appear to be of corisiderable age.
Hence they are kept in check wherever constant attacks, are
'
made. The race, however, continues and is likely to continue.
f
‘
In some cases it would seem that when the large plaice are
'
fŸ;' Ï,' .-,:
'
shed out of inshore areas, as near Girdleness, theydo' not '
-
return, that is to say, no large plaice have been caught there ,
since.
But whether the ground
carefully examined is
..
DOË stated.
It may be frequented by smaller forms. The large
'
haddocks of Dublin Bay form another instance. They have
not returned
But in neither case is the ruin of the sheries _‘
threatened, though these instances should be remembered ill'
dealing with the subject.
'
'
.
'
'}
…
'
_In regard to the question, What has been done,
the:
"
opportunity a‘orded by closure, to increase the valuable forms, ,
"
-
such as soles and turbot in Scottish waters? two steps have
.
been taken by the Fishery Board, viz.— the articial hatching of
plaice, turbot and other forms at Dunbar, and the transferençe
'
_
of 500 or 600 solés from English to Scottish waters. Th_ef
former, that is, the articial
of sea—shes,‘is still. 111
the experimental stage,'and_may have been on too small a scale
' fË -
for‘ efciency .
What the author wrote in 1894! Still
'
'
“ It has still, of course, tOËbe proved that the articial hatchj
ing of marine shes, even on a large scale, will be benecialto
the sheries generally ; yet the importance of the issue demandS
'
an exhaustive trial.
Almost everywhere during the last decedé
or
two complaints have been made as 130 the decrease Of 1m—
portant marine food-shes. Especially have the large hahbut,
'
turbot, brill, soles and other at _sheS become rare. 111 Butam
',
-
'
this alleged diminutionhas been
thelastdecade
Ï at least—with the extension of .beam—Ûl‘&W_gfin 0111" wate1s
,Consequently, the Legislature; has
r@ùnd Scottish shoreS, and even
certain places, as in the
the Flrbl1®fÛlde
Manythousand
mesaœ thus
AllthatcanbeaddedlsthmuPpm‘îSh0uïdbeglve“°the