‘
REVIEW OF TRAWLING REPORT OF 1884.
‘The at shes, such as turbot, brill, plaice, soles, dabs, and
.
thornback (skate) would certainly ’be left iii comparative se'—
_
curity in certain hays, as at St Andrews, the larger only,
,perhap‘s, seeking the grounds in the ofng.’ These larger
at-shes, many of which are mature (that is, Spawning) are,
captured outside the three—mile limit in great numbers, and
thus the supply of ova and young
shes for the inshore waters
is affected, for, as previously pointed out, the latter waters
depend to a large extent on the former in this respect.
or no
spawningplaice (none within our experience) are ever
captured within the bay, though eggs and young in, various
'
‘
stages are abundarit.
lt is stated, however, that adult
plaice were formerly procured by hook and line off the rocky
shore towards the mouth of the bay
Boarhills
Fife—Ness, on hard ground on which no trawl could w0rk.’ The
”
adult spawning plaice in greater numbers occur in the Offshore
,
waters, and, so far as known, there is no passage
of these from
the outer to the inner area for the purpose of dischargiùg their
eggs—_—as
wa‘s formerlÿ believed in regard to manÿshes.
it
had been for the advantage of the eggs and larval plaice that
_
the adults should only spawn close inshore in the shallow
water, there is no reason to doubt that such would have been
the arrangement. It is apparent, however, that it is.
Before reaching the shallow water of the hays the scatteredova
,
have advanced towards hatching ‘
or have hatched, the mayor1ty
%_,
probably in the latter condition, the open water being pe1haps
better suited for their safety. The yolk-saC of the larVal shls
_
abSorbed, the symmetñcal post—larval condition is reached,
;Ï.Ï:Ï
byêand—by transformation occurs, and the
to the
-
_
bottom, SW&TŒS being
in the muddy rock—pools, towa1ds
the endrof April and beginning of
life-h1storyof
_
this species would
that+in deal1ngart1c1ally
Wlhthe ‘eggs and
mOst natural method is toplaœ
thelarva1 sheS,‘ajustubeforie the.—ryolk—Sad iS abSonbed; some
dlstancefrom show They
,
aremme
and
beforebemgcmœddoælSoreW111elthelbetransformedor
aboutt0beümfmmedandm0recapableofæcapmsbytheu*
REVIEW OF TRAWLING REPORT OF 1884.
‘The at shes, such as turbot, brill, plaice, soles, dabs, and
.
thornback (skate) would certainly ’be left iii comparative se'—
_
curity in certain hays, as at St Andrews, the larger only,
,perhap‘s, seeking the grounds in the ofng.’ These larger
at-shes, many of which are mature (that is, Spawning) are,
captured outside the three—mile limit in great numbers, and
thus the supply of ova and young
shes for the inshore waters
is affected, for, as previously pointed out, the latter waters
depend to a large extent on the former in this respect.
or no
spawningplaice (none within our experience) are ever
captured within the bay, though eggs and young in, various
'
‘
stages are abundarit.
lt is stated, however, that adult
plaice were formerly procured by hook and line off the rocky
shore towards the mouth of the bay
Boarhills
Fife—Ness, on hard ground on which no trawl could w0rk.’ The
”
adult spawning plaice in greater numbers occur in the Offshore
,
waters, and, so far as known, there is no passage
of these from
the outer to the inner area for the purpose of dischargiùg their
eggs—_—as
wa‘s formerlÿ believed in regard to manÿshes.
it
had been for the advantage of the eggs and larval plaice that
_
the adults should only spawn close inshore in the shallow
water, there is no reason to doubt that such would have been
the arrangement. It is apparent, however, that it is.
Before reaching the shallow water of the hays the scatteredova
,
have advanced towards hatching ‘
or have hatched, the mayor1ty
%_,
probably in the latter condition, the open water being pe1haps
better suited for their safety. The yolk-saC of the larVal shls
_
abSorbed, the symmetñcal post—larval condition is reached,
;Ï.Ï:Ï
byêand—by transformation occurs, and the
to the
-
_
bottom, SW&TŒS being
in the muddy rock—pools, towa1ds
the endrof April and beginning of
life-h1storyof
_
this species would
that+in deal1ngart1c1ally
Wlhthe ‘eggs and
mOst natural method is toplaœ
thelarva1 sheS,‘ajustubeforie the.—ryolk—Sad iS abSonbed; some
dlstancefrom show They
,
aremme
and
beforebemgcmœddoælSoreW111elthelbetransformedor
aboutt0beümfmmedandm0recapableofæcapmsbytheu*