240
_
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
,
of immature shes is common to all classes of shermen, and
nowhere is proved to have resulted in the ruin of any sea—_—
:
shery ; that because the rst five years of the decade (1886—
‘
1895) had a higher average
than the second in the Fishery
Board’s experiments, it therefore followed that diminution of
'
the shes had occurred, and called for further closures beyond
the three-mile limit to remedy it, is shown to rest on insecuœ
data; that the closure of the three-mile limit has failed to
increase the number or the size of the food-shes, is ineffeotive
in regard to the supply of the public, and is a continual source
of friction and expense, while falling short of the expectations
'
of those who clamoured for it; that the evidence given before
*
the Trawling- Commission of “ trawling out
”
certain grounds in
three years with a small vessel carrying a small trawl, the :
working period being about three times a week for three
months in autumn, is at variance with experience; that the
statements to the effect that shes captured by the trawl are
u
inferior as articles of food to the general public cannot be main—
tained either by science or by a knowledge of the markets ;- that
,
the “Garland’s”_ work shows the comparatively small destruction
"
; ' _
of immature shes of value, even though she often trawled
*
where no commercial ships would; that the perusal of masses
-
of shery—statistics shows the constant series of changes that
take place on every area, yet the sheries are not destroyed;
'
that such a shery as that_f0r sparlings in the estuary of the,
;
Tay has from time iminemorial been very much as itis; that
_
though Salmon and
abound in the sea man derives
little knowledge of their presence by either trawl or hook, and
yet many of both must come in their Way.
?
;-"_
.La‘stly, the
of the foregoing investigationsdonôt,
'
to
basis for the tting—out of fast cruisers with '
search—lights to pursue thetrawling vessels _ofourcôuntrymen _
in their own waters. - They'may be of importance, however, in
4
p1‘eServing order between the various classes of shermen,and .
in carrying out properly organised scientic experiments
observations in connection with the food—ShGS, Wh10h,ltls
have—, not …œœîÿed anyaPPŒŒablebenetomthe
_
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.
,
of immature shes is common to all classes of shermen, and
nowhere is proved to have resulted in the ruin of any sea—_—
:
shery ; that because the rst five years of the decade (1886—
‘
1895) had a higher average
than the second in the Fishery
Board’s experiments, it therefore followed that diminution of
'
the shes had occurred, and called for further closures beyond
the three-mile limit to remedy it, is shown to rest on insecuœ
data; that the closure of the three-mile limit has failed to
increase the number or the size of the food-shes, is ineffeotive
in regard to the supply of the public, and is a continual source
of friction and expense, while falling short of the expectations
'
of those who clamoured for it; that the evidence given before
*
the Trawling- Commission of “ trawling out
”
certain grounds in
three years with a small vessel carrying a small trawl, the :
working period being about three times a week for three
months in autumn, is at variance with experience; that the
statements to the effect that shes captured by the trawl are
u
inferior as articles of food to the general public cannot be main—
tained either by science or by a knowledge of the markets ;- that
,
the “Garland’s”_ work shows the comparatively small destruction
"
; ' _
of immature shes of value, even though she often trawled
*
where no commercial ships would; that the perusal of masses
-
of shery—statistics shows the constant series of changes that
take place on every area, yet the sheries are not destroyed;
'
that such a shery as that_f0r sparlings in the estuary of the,
;
Tay has from time iminemorial been very much as itis; that
_
though Salmon and
abound in the sea man derives
little knowledge of their presence by either trawl or hook, and
yet many of both must come in their Way.
?
;-"_
.La‘stly, the
of the foregoing investigationsdonôt,
'
to
basis for the tting—out of fast cruisers with '
search—lights to pursue thetrawling vessels _ofourcôuntrymen _
in their own waters. - They'may be of importance, however, in
4
p1‘eServing order between the various classes of shermen,and .
in carrying out properly organised scientic experiments
observations in connection with the food—ShGS, Wh10h,ltls
have—, not …œœîÿed anyaPPŒŒablebenetomthe