M
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSION.
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:
side so closely miniics the sand or mud which they frequent
"
that they are independent of growthS, such as zoophytes or sea—
The very young round shes again keep to the Open—
water until they are of some size, and do not seem to seek e1the1
food or shelter at the bottom, and thus do not come in the way
of the trawl.
As they get older, many, such as the cod,
sh, and pollack, approach the rocky margins, swimming act1vely
_
amidst the forests of tangles and other sea—weeds, and feed on
the abundant animal life in that region. There they are also
freed, for the most part, from interference by man.
THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
THE
ROYAL
COMMISSIONON
TRAWLING (1883—85) AND THE METHOD ADOPTED
_
THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SOOTLAND IN CARRYING THFM
OUT.
CLOSURE OF AREAS.
‘
-
‘
_
.
IT is now necessary to _glance at some of the efforts of man
to interfere with the marine food-shes.
As many are
aware
Ï
'
certain areas of the east coast have been closed for
'
,
years, and the whole of the three—mile limit for a shorter period
formeraréas were selected in
and 1885—Very much
at the authofs suggestion—by the ROyal Commission on
'
‘
Trawling and its lamented chairman, the late Lord Dalhous1e,
One of the most deservedly popular admihistratorsScotlad has
rNO'one has watched with keener interest, therefore,
i“Ï_'w
the
of this. experiment than the author, whofelta
amount of resp0nsibility, _at least to science, onthese
1mp01tant
After operations of
than
1T11eseyoungat Shes swaunall
Our shores 1nApr11andMay,on
sand—”nd
:ï@S;he Edenandm
jthe
Sweanbmn asdebouches ° thesandsaS Andrews
ÎÏÏÏ53 ?
,2
t0daywou1dlmagmethat
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSION.
‘
:
side so closely miniics the sand or mud which they frequent
"
that they are independent of growthS, such as zoophytes or sea—
The very young round shes again keep to the Open—
water until they are of some size, and do not seem to seek e1the1
food or shelter at the bottom, and thus do not come in the way
of the trawl.
As they get older, many, such as the cod,
sh, and pollack, approach the rocky margins, swimming act1vely
_
amidst the forests of tangles and other sea—weeds, and feed on
the abundant animal life in that region. There they are also
freed, for the most part, from interference by man.
THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF
THE
ROYAL
COMMISSIONON
TRAWLING (1883—85) AND THE METHOD ADOPTED
_
THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SOOTLAND IN CARRYING THFM
OUT.
CLOSURE OF AREAS.
‘
-
‘
_
.
IT is now necessary to _glance at some of the efforts of man
to interfere with the marine food-shes.
As many are
aware
Ï
'
certain areas of the east coast have been closed for
'
,
years, and the whole of the three—mile limit for a shorter period
formeraréas were selected in
and 1885—Very much
at the authofs suggestion—by the ROyal Commission on
'
‘
Trawling and its lamented chairman, the late Lord Dalhous1e,
One of the most deservedly popular admihistratorsScotlad has
rNO'one has watched with keener interest, therefore,
i“Ï_'w
the
of this. experiment than the author, whofelta
amount of resp0nsibility, _at least to science, onthese
1mp01tant
After operations of
than
1T11eseyoungat Shes swaunall
Our shores 1nApr11andMay,on
sand—”nd
:ï@S;he Edenandm
jthe
Sweanbmn asdebouches ° thesandsaS Andrews
ÎÏÏÏ53 ?
,2
t0daywou1dlmagmethat