REVIEW or TRAWLING REPORT or 1884.
dividing the saleable sh from the immature," there will be little
difculty in remedyirig it; Besides, it was not the scientic
observer who regulated the sizes of the saleable shes, but
_
shermen engaged in an industrial pursuit, and who had to
hear in mind the demands of the public. Moreover, a sh of
size that was saleable at St Andrews might not be 50 at
‘
_
Aberdeen, and 0606 versa, though, as a rule, the variation under
_
this head was not great.
According to the state of the market,
7.
again, shes—elg., gurnards—that were saleable at one season
”
Î
were
unsaleable at another.
As pointed out in the Report,
'
‘ It is remarkable that so good a sh should be liable to
variation in this respect, and that it should not always be taken
. : “:
to market, even during the height of the herring—season.’ Frog—
shes even occasionaÿ found a ready sale in the great central
-
towns of England after the head, skin, and ns were removed;
and in the Outer Hebrides dog-shes formed, and still form, an
-
important item in the crofters’ diet-roll, the piles of skins in
_- j fÏï—_
of their dwellings— being characteristic.
'
—
The supposition that because a standard of size is
,
}ÏjÂ
inÎevidence on every occasion, the conclusions will be more*'
or less fallacious, cannot be maintained when dealing With the
Question of the food-supply. The public do not care whether sa '
sh is mature or immature in the scientic sense of the
‘
_
,
.
:
but they are greatly conCerned as to whether a sh is s‘aleablè
ŸÏf
Th‘erefore, after the lapse of a cohsiderable num—
.,
the author sees no reason to alter the viewsheld
duung the eXperiments for the Royal Commission on Trawling,
-
‘
and which have
in dealing with the statistics of
’
_
the
Board in the present work. It is true the
distinCtiOn between the two groups
rests on a size—limit, and is
_
by no means. a haphazard convenience1 ; but it is unnecessary
‘
Ï
features as to maturity or immaturity _
_
_inÏanrinquiry like the present—however
'
,»bein‘otherrespects. What has to be-vdone is
between those which are .marketable and. those Which
'
_
1Bé‘sideé, some writers seem to =_forgetïwhat
;ç1-eæay stated
more than Onceçin the
the commeiclal
'
,
?
189.4, p;,m@";…pe…wk n°3031
dividing the saleable sh from the immature," there will be little
difculty in remedyirig it; Besides, it was not the scientic
observer who regulated the sizes of the saleable shes, but
_
shermen engaged in an industrial pursuit, and who had to
hear in mind the demands of the public. Moreover, a sh of
size that was saleable at St Andrews might not be 50 at
‘
_
Aberdeen, and 0606 versa, though, as a rule, the variation under
_
this head was not great.
According to the state of the market,
7.
again, shes—elg., gurnards—that were saleable at one season
”
Î
were
unsaleable at another.
As pointed out in the Report,
'
‘ It is remarkable that so good a sh should be liable to
variation in this respect, and that it should not always be taken
. : “:
to market, even during the height of the herring—season.’ Frog—
shes even occasionaÿ found a ready sale in the great central
-
towns of England after the head, skin, and ns were removed;
and in the Outer Hebrides dog-shes formed, and still form, an
-
important item in the crofters’ diet-roll, the piles of skins in
_- j fÏï—_
of their dwellings— being characteristic.
'
—
The supposition that because a standard of size is
,
}ÏjÂ
inÎevidence on every occasion, the conclusions will be more*'
or less fallacious, cannot be maintained when dealing With the
Question of the food-supply. The public do not care whether sa '
sh is mature or immature in the scientic sense of the
‘
_
,
.
:
but they are greatly conCerned as to whether a sh is s‘aleablè
ŸÏf
Th‘erefore, after the lapse of a cohsiderable num—
.,
the author sees no reason to alter the viewsheld
duung the eXperiments for the Royal Commission on Trawling,
-
‘
and which have
in dealing with the statistics of
’
_
the
Board in the present work. It is true the
distinCtiOn between the two groups
rests on a size—limit, and is
_
by no means. a haphazard convenience1 ; but it is unnecessary
‘
Ï
features as to maturity or immaturity _
_
_inÏanrinquiry like the present—however
'
,»bein‘otherrespects. What has to be-vdone is
between those which are .marketable and. those Which
'
_
1Bé‘sideé, some writers seem to =_forgetïwhat
;ç1-eæay stated
more than Onceçin the
the commeiclal
'
,
?
189.4, p;,m@";…pe…wk n°3031