_
232”
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
.
-
'
experiment till the issue is clear, and -it is to be hoped that the
'.
,
experiments at Nigg Bay will be denite.
The transference of
such valuable shes as the soles might well be extended with
benet to the Scottish shermen, and without injury to the
English watersl.
‘
Before leaving this part of the subj ect, it may be remarked
that we-lately have heard much of the advantages to science of
a costly expedition proposed to be sent to the Antarctic regions.
'
=
The increase of knowledge, even when not directly bearing on
the industries of man, always meets with a sympathetic response
'
from
our
countrymen.
But
there
are
so many unsolved
problems confronting us in connection with the sheries
_
this moment that one is tempted to ask if those in_power
would not in the rst instance do what has most immediate
bearing on the welfare of the many thousands depending on
the marine shes for a livelihood.
Why should we not be
_
'
in a position to say, in this nineteenth century, that a sh, say
the haddock, extends in great numbers from either hémispheœ
'
into the Atlantic, and, if so, whether the pigmy belt of the
,
three—mile or even the thirteen—mile limit can have any more
'
inuence on this form than on the ever-abundant herring ?
_
.
The trawling experiments of the “ Garland
”
have in the fore—
going pages been linked on to those carried out for the Royal
'
Commission in
so that continuous observations have been
_
,
made for fteen years, and, in certain areas, for a longer period.
-
The aim in all this has been to arrive at reliable results.as to
the effects of the closure on the captures in the protected areas,
on the size of the shes within the limits, on trawling, and on
the welfare of the sheries generally.
Some are in doubt concerning the sufciency of time
(ten Or fteen years) given to the experiments, asserting
.
that 25 or even 50 years would be necessary, but such argu'
-
_
ments rest on no solid basis and are occasionally used ad
’
1
It was intended in 1894 to transfer a much larger number of soles, but au
agitation amongst the shermen of Yorkshire appeared,
the “ Gerland”
'
was not permitted to remove more examples.
The idea that such would injure
the shing off the Yorkshire coast is untenable.
Besides, none of those con—
nected With the experiment w0uld have suggested any measure calculated to be
-
productive of permanent or even temporary prejudice to the local shernien.
.
.
232”
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
.
-
'
experiment till the issue is clear, and -it is to be hoped that the
'.
,
experiments at Nigg Bay will be denite.
The transference of
such valuable shes as the soles might well be extended with
benet to the Scottish shermen, and without injury to the
English watersl.
‘
Before leaving this part of the subj ect, it may be remarked
that we-lately have heard much of the advantages to science of
a costly expedition proposed to be sent to the Antarctic regions.
'
=
The increase of knowledge, even when not directly bearing on
the industries of man, always meets with a sympathetic response
'
from
our
countrymen.
But
there
are
so many unsolved
problems confronting us in connection with the sheries
_
this moment that one is tempted to ask if those in_power
would not in the rst instance do what has most immediate
bearing on the welfare of the many thousands depending on
the marine shes for a livelihood.
Why should we not be
_
'
in a position to say, in this nineteenth century, that a sh, say
the haddock, extends in great numbers from either hémispheœ
'
into the Atlantic, and, if so, whether the pigmy belt of the
,
three—mile or even the thirteen—mile limit can have any more
'
inuence on this form than on the ever-abundant herring ?
_
.
The trawling experiments of the “ Garland
”
have in the fore—
going pages been linked on to those carried out for the Royal
'
Commission in
so that continuous observations have been
_
,
made for fteen years, and, in certain areas, for a longer period.
-
The aim in all this has been to arrive at reliable results.as to
the effects of the closure on the captures in the protected areas,
on the size of the shes within the limits, on trawling, and on
the welfare of the sheries generally.
Some are in doubt concerning the sufciency of time
(ten Or fteen years) given to the experiments, asserting
.
that 25 or even 50 years would be necessary, but such argu'
-
_
ments rest on no solid basis and are occasionally used ad
’
1
It was intended in 1894 to transfer a much larger number of soles, but au
agitation amongst the shermen of Yorkshire appeared,
the “ Gerland”
'
was not permitted to remove more examples.
The idea that such would injure
the shing off the Yorkshire coast is untenable.
Besides, none of those con—
nected With the experiment w0uld have suggested any measure calculated to be
-
productive of permanent or even temporary prejudice to the local shernien.
.
.