_
'
.
EFFECT ON YOUNG FISHÈS.
58
_
the sea—in St Andrews Bay, for instance, in March, would
indicate the propriety of protecting them from all interference
_
_
on this head, especially as they are
then frequently just above
the bottom.
The very young sand—eels in the same way are
often in great numbers just over the bottom, and, as this sh is
‘
perhaps
next to the herring, the most important food—supply
_
for the more valuable foOd—shes, it
should not be
intèrfered with.
The enorm0us numbers of sand—cds On certain
_
Shing—banks is one of the features of spring, and they are
often mistaken by the shermen for young 'herrings. The habit '
_
of the adult in burying itself in moist sand at and near low‘
_
water is another illustration of the fact that a trawl may pass
frequently over the same area, and yet leave, irrespective
those that escape through the meshes, a considerable number
of animals untouched.
In the course of the ordinary trawling on the shing—banks,
no indication of the great number and variety of the post—larval .
and very young
fishes is obtained.
They are swept through the
meshes, or otherwise escape.
Yet, on sinking the great tri—
_
angular mid—water net to within a fathom or two of the bottom,
or by using the bottom trawl—like tow—net, cr0wds of the post—
larval
and
very young
food—shes—at
and
round—are
,
Captured; for example, those of the long—rough dab, lemon—dab,
.
top-kn0t, ling, frog—sh, gurnard, dragonet, herring, and other
'
'
forms;
N either trawler-n0r liner would seem to interfere at
'
the stages indicated with these on such areas.
In the same
way, on other grounds, vast numbers of the young sand-eels, .
from 15 to 40 mm. (that is, from % to
inches long) occur in
the surface—nets in May, of which the only knowledge hitherto -
'
obtained was from the mouths Of the shes captured by liner Or
.
_
trawler, as heither interfered With them directly Or indirectly
'
in the pursuit of his calling.
-
'
young shes, on escaping
from the pelagic eggs, areat
'
'
rst helplessly
and thither by the currents, but.
.
_…
,
“the nature of their pigment, or even their transparenCy
in most
'
”bases, probably proves protectiVe. They are incapable of seeking
‘
shelter anywhere for a considerable time.
When the at shes
descend to the bottom their protective pigment 011 the upper-
'
.
EFFECT ON YOUNG FISHÈS.
58
_
the sea—in St Andrews Bay, for instance, in March, would
indicate the propriety of protecting them from all interference
_
_
on this head, especially as they are
then frequently just above
the bottom.
The very young sand—eels in the same way are
often in great numbers just over the bottom, and, as this sh is
‘
perhaps
next to the herring, the most important food—supply
_
for the more valuable foOd—shes, it
should not be
intèrfered with.
The enorm0us numbers of sand—cds On certain
_
Shing—banks is one of the features of spring, and they are
often mistaken by the shermen for young 'herrings. The habit '
_
of the adult in burying itself in moist sand at and near low‘
_
water is another illustration of the fact that a trawl may pass
frequently over the same area, and yet leave, irrespective
those that escape through the meshes, a considerable number
of animals untouched.
In the course of the ordinary trawling on the shing—banks,
no indication of the great number and variety of the post—larval .
and very young
fishes is obtained.
They are swept through the
meshes, or otherwise escape.
Yet, on sinking the great tri—
_
angular mid—water net to within a fathom or two of the bottom,
or by using the bottom trawl—like tow—net, cr0wds of the post—
larval
and
very young
food—shes—at
and
round—are
,
Captured; for example, those of the long—rough dab, lemon—dab,
.
top-kn0t, ling, frog—sh, gurnard, dragonet, herring, and other
'
'
forms;
N either trawler-n0r liner would seem to interfere at
'
the stages indicated with these on such areas.
In the same
way, on other grounds, vast numbers of the young sand-eels, .
from 15 to 40 mm. (that is, from % to
inches long) occur in
the surface—nets in May, of which the only knowledge hitherto -
'
obtained was from the mouths Of the shes captured by liner Or
.
_
trawler, as heither interfered With them directly Or indirectly
'
in the pursuit of his calling.
-
'
young shes, on escaping
from the pelagic eggs, areat
'
'
rst helplessly
and thither by the currents, but.
.
_…
,
“the nature of their pigment, or even their transparenCy
in most
'
”bases, probably proves protectiVe. They are incapable of seeking
‘
shelter anywhere for a considerable time.
When the at shes
descend to the bottom their protective pigment 011 the upper-