CLOSURE or FORTE, sr ANDREWS,- ANDABERDEËN BAYS. ' 55,»
twelve years’ duratiOn can it be said to—day that the closure
of the areas of the Forth and St Andrews Bay or any other —
area
has been followed by a notable. increase in
numbers
‘and in the size of ’ the food—shes therein?
What evidence
have the experimentersproduced in regard to the oft-repeated
statement that trawling on the same line soon exhausted the
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_
stock of shes?
has been done—in the opportunity
afforded by closure—to increase the valuable forms such as the
sole and turbot in Scottish waters?
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,
'
Before answering these, it may conduce to perspicuitÿ if
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the various stepsof the executive are briey narrated. The
'
,
_
areas
carefully selected for closure—in 1884 “and 1885—were,
from south to north, the Forth, St AndreWs Bay, and Aberdeen
…
_‘
Bay.
The Forth gives the results of closure in a great estuary
_
or inland gulf having a considerable depth of water and various
intrinsic sources of food-supply.
‘
St Andrews Bay is a typical
_
' __,-‘»
shallow sandy bay on the east coast, with the estuaries of the
Eden and the Tay opening into it. This area is more open to
the North Sea than the Forth, and thus the “pulse
”
of the
.
North Sea is more readily felt. The third, Aberdeen Bay,…is
wholly different from the others, since its
board is- dened—to the three-mile limit—only by
lines running eastward from Girdleness on the one hand and
the Cruden Sears on the other, a distance of about 18
_‘It appeared to be important to have an accurate re0'ord o£ the
,
Seasonal variati0ns of the food—shes inAberdeen Bay—fœœn—
'
_
trast and comparison with the two
coast
is even more exposed to the North SeathanStAndiewsBay
‘
‘
The Reporters in the SixthAnnuaïeP°lt0ftheFmhŒ-S
,
performed by the t1awlmsexrellments°ftheGallandm
“what effect thlsmodeofshmgwashkel?tohaveuPwthe
twelve years’ duratiOn can it be said to—day that the closure
of the areas of the Forth and St Andrews Bay or any other —
area
has been followed by a notable. increase in
numbers
‘and in the size of ’ the food—shes therein?
What evidence
have the experimentersproduced in regard to the oft-repeated
statement that trawling on the same line soon exhausted the
__
_
stock of shes?
has been done—in the opportunity
afforded by closure—to increase the valuable forms such as the
sole and turbot in Scottish waters?
_
»-‘
-
,
'
Before answering these, it may conduce to perspicuitÿ if
7
__
the various stepsof the executive are briey narrated. The
'
,
_
areas
carefully selected for closure—in 1884 “and 1885—were,
from south to north, the Forth, St AndreWs Bay, and Aberdeen
…
_‘
Bay.
The Forth gives the results of closure in a great estuary
_
or inland gulf having a considerable depth of water and various
intrinsic sources of food-supply.
‘
St Andrews Bay is a typical
_
' __,-‘»
shallow sandy bay on the east coast, with the estuaries of the
Eden and the Tay opening into it. This area is more open to
the North Sea than the Forth, and thus the “pulse
”
of the
.
North Sea is more readily felt. The third, Aberdeen Bay,…is
wholly different from the others, since its
board is- dened—to the three-mile limit—only by
lines running eastward from Girdleness on the one hand and
the Cruden Sears on the other, a distance of about 18
_‘It appeared to be important to have an accurate re0'ord o£ the
,
Seasonal variati0ns of the food—shes inAberdeen Bay—fœœn—
'
_
trast and comparison with the two
coast
is even more exposed to the North SeathanStAndiewsBay
‘
‘
The Reporters in the SixthAnnuaïeP°lt0ftheFmhŒ-S
,
performed by the t1awlmsexrellments°ftheGallandm
“what effect thlsmodeofshmgwashkel?tohaveuPwthe