52
EFFECT or TRAWL ON secs AND YOUNG or rrsnns.
_
these eggs were liatched, and the larval shes Were Vigor0us,.
’
and enabled an account to be given of the development of the
-
wolf—sh (‘ cat—sh
’
of the shermen), to which it was
the eggs pertained.
At least once since the same eggs have,
been brought up
in the trawl (from the Forth) about the ’ _
period of hatehing.
It was rare to find, even in such
hays as St Andrews, that the egg—‘purses’ of the thornbèxclä
’,
‘
or
other forms were brought in by the trawl, though many
containing en‘1bryos are stranded on the West Sands after '
storms in October, and especially in November.
Such eggs:
are
at least as frequently procured on board the
'_
those of the grey, starry, and sandy rays.
Before the Spawn— ;
_
ing of the sand—cel was fully elucidatedï, it was often a matter '
.
of conjecture as to how the ova escaped the small
‘
p
inshore ground ; but now the eggs are known to be
,
,
Probably to thesand, and thus avoidinterference.
'
_
The ordinary trawl, again, seldom or never retains
active ground—shes as the smaller rocklings, the gobies, the—.
'
gunnel, the cel, and the sand-eèl, while the glutinous hag and
.
the lamprey are almost unknown‘ in it.
The hag-sh is,”on'
,
*
other hand, caught abundantly by the liners when they
their lines too near a well—known ‘hole
’ south—east of the
?
of May, and the lamprey occasionally adheres to a
the trawlis used on hard ground, wolf—shes are
,
captured, but they are as common on board the liners on the
same
areas.
Similar remarks apply to the dragonet on
ground, and perhaps it is more frequent in the trawl than onÏ
__
,
—
thelines.
»
—
'
:
If
_
a-trawl were to pass over ”masses of the Spawn
of the-i
:
herring at
young shes were —- escaping, the-f
ground-rope and other parts would certainly do serious injury—+7
just as a
on
would to the tender
_
salmon lying with the large yolk-sac amongst the gravel of the
_
spawning bed. A wound— of the yolk-sac' alone is'-- generally
fatal. ' The extraordinary multitudes
tiny young herrings (of
_
,
the thickneSs of —thread)ocoasionally carpeting square miles of
.
1
Vide NintA7mual Repbrt Fishe7‘y Board for Scotland, p.‘ 331, and. Dr
'
Masterman’S interesting account, Ann.
Sept. 1895.
EFFECT or TRAWL ON secs AND YOUNG or rrsnns.
_
these eggs were liatched, and the larval shes Were Vigor0us,.
’
and enabled an account to be given of the development of the
-
wolf—sh (‘ cat—sh
’
of the shermen), to which it was
the eggs pertained.
At least once since the same eggs have,
been brought up
in the trawl (from the Forth) about the ’ _
period of hatehing.
It was rare to find, even in such
hays as St Andrews, that the egg—‘purses’ of the thornbèxclä
’,
‘
or
other forms were brought in by the trawl, though many
containing en‘1bryos are stranded on the West Sands after '
storms in October, and especially in November.
Such eggs:
are
at least as frequently procured on board the
'_
those of the grey, starry, and sandy rays.
Before the Spawn— ;
_
ing of the sand—cel was fully elucidatedï, it was often a matter '
.
of conjecture as to how the ova escaped the small
‘
p
inshore ground ; but now the eggs are known to be
,
,
Probably to thesand, and thus avoidinterference.
'
_
The ordinary trawl, again, seldom or never retains
active ground—shes as the smaller rocklings, the gobies, the—.
'
gunnel, the cel, and the sand-eèl, while the glutinous hag and
.
the lamprey are almost unknown‘ in it.
The hag-sh is,”on'
,
*
other hand, caught abundantly by the liners when they
their lines too near a well—known ‘hole
’ south—east of the
?
of May, and the lamprey occasionally adheres to a
the trawlis used on hard ground, wolf—shes are
,
captured, but they are as common on board the liners on the
same
areas.
Similar remarks apply to the dragonet on
ground, and perhaps it is more frequent in the trawl than onÏ
__
,
—
thelines.
»
—
'
:
If
_
a-trawl were to pass over ”masses of the Spawn
of the-i
:
herring at
young shes were —- escaping, the-f
ground-rope and other parts would certainly do serious injury—+7
just as a
on
would to the tender
_
salmon lying with the large yolk-sac amongst the gravel of the
_
spawning bed. A wound— of the yolk-sac' alone is'-- generally
fatal. ' The extraordinary multitudes
tiny young herrings (of
_
,
the thickneSs of —thread)ocoasionally carpeting square miles of
.
1
Vide NintA7mual Repbrt Fishe7‘y Board for Scotland, p.‘ 331, and. Dr
'
Masterman’S interesting account, Ann.
Sept. 1895.