EËFECT ONEGGS OF,FISHES."
‘.
,
51
and injures the spawn and spawning shes. No details,
", Ï
ever, are given as to whether line-traw1in g or beam—trawlingis
referred to, nor 'are the facts dealing with the destruction of the
spaWn and the lesions of the spawning shes presented in a
,
tangible form.
The herring is a sh sometimes exceedingly
,
-
tenacious of
_
purpose, and a thousand intervehing beats with
.
._
-
their
as
at Peterhead, will not prevent it from breaking
.
throughand spawning inshore. Again, it has been known to -
_
leave old spawning-grounds,
the ‘Old Hake ’ off the coaSt’
,
‘
of Fife, upon Which no trawl ever descended, or indeed_could
'
descend with safety. Many reasonshave been given fOr
_
changes—from the breaking up of the shoal by the boats at
,
sea, to the ring of big guns—_—but there is a lack of denièl
tion._ In the Trawling Report of
it was recommended
-
that trawlers (de., beam—trawlei‘s) should avoid. shoals of '
-
herring, and the same suggestion holds to-day.
,
Ï
Since 1884,— no opportunity of observing the effect of a
.
'
trawl
.
on
ground covered by “the spawn of
_
the
has
occurred.
The boats employed in herring—shing in winter,…
however, frequently bring to port masses of the spawn ,0f
;
the
on
.
their decks, and little difculty is ”found in
hatching these eggs in the Laboratory,- even after sixte‘en
hours’ exposure on deck.
Thu—S, even if the eggs
the
_
.
herring were brought on board during the operations).
there are good
_
grounds for believing that
3
survive after being replaced
the water.
In St Andrews
Bay the local trawlers formerly. brought to land pieces
of
Seaweed, Zoophytes,'and similar structures to' which the eggs
of
'
sucker and other forms adhered. These were all ' _
.
'
,
readily hatched in the
The
same
eggs are
-
frequently brought up on the
of the liners.
Furthei:,…_
.ab0ut
the
middle
of January 1886, one of these
…
'
brought a huge adherent mass of large eggS amongst
?
_
"
to the harbour—thinking it was‘,the
‘.
,
51
and injures the spawn and spawning shes. No details,
", Ï
ever, are given as to whether line-traw1in g or beam—trawlingis
referred to, nor 'are the facts dealing with the destruction of the
spaWn and the lesions of the spawning shes presented in a
,
tangible form.
The herring is a sh sometimes exceedingly
,
-
tenacious of
_
purpose, and a thousand intervehing beats with
.
._
-
their
as
at Peterhead, will not prevent it from breaking
.
throughand spawning inshore. Again, it has been known to -
_
leave old spawning-grounds,
the ‘Old Hake ’ off the coaSt’
,
‘
of Fife, upon Which no trawl ever descended, or indeed_could
'
descend with safety. Many reasonshave been given fOr
_
changes—from the breaking up of the shoal by the boats at
,
sea, to the ring of big guns—_—but there is a lack of denièl
tion._ In the Trawling Report of
it was recommended
-
that trawlers (de., beam—trawlei‘s) should avoid. shoals of '
-
herring, and the same suggestion holds to-day.
,
Ï
Since 1884,— no opportunity of observing the effect of a
.
'
trawl
.
on
ground covered by “the spawn of
_
the
has
occurred.
The boats employed in herring—shing in winter,…
however, frequently bring to port masses of the spawn ,0f
;
the
on
.
their decks, and little difculty is ”found in
hatching these eggs in the Laboratory,- even after sixte‘en
hours’ exposure on deck.
Thu—S, even if the eggs
the
_
.
herring were brought on board during the operations).
there are good
_
grounds for believing that
3
survive after being replaced
the water.
In St Andrews
Bay the local trawlers formerly. brought to land pieces
of
Seaweed, Zoophytes,'and similar structures to' which the eggs
of
'
sucker and other forms adhered. These were all ' _
.
'
,
readily hatched in the
The
same
eggs are
-
frequently brought up on the
of the liners.
Furthei:,…_
.ab0ut
the
middle
of January 1886, one of these
…
'
brought a huge adherent mass of large eggS amongst
?
_
"
to the harbour—thinking it was‘,the