—
58
BOARD’S REASONS FOR FURTHER CLOSURES.
was
impossible in the circumstances—especially of time
ship. Further, when the high averages of the ‘Ga11and’s’_
captures in 1887 in the Forth and St Andrews Bay are
critically examined it is found that these were largely due to
the fact that work was carried on
during
months, viz., May, June, August, and September, no winter
_
month with its small captures reducing the average The_sam€
_
misapprehension occurred later, when contrasting the captureSi
of the ‘Garland’ during the rst ve years with those of the—
last ve years of the period.
The F ishery Board came to the
conclusion that, since the captures during the rst period Were
greater than in the second, deterioration had taken place in
the
protected» waters—a very different nding from that
(based on their earlier experiments) which they had fonnerly
given as a reason for extending the closed areas. The Boa1d
now asserted “that there has been a diminution of the more
important at shes in the closed waters, instead “of an increase
as was
anticipated; and that this may probably be traced to
'
the inuence of beam-trawling in the open waters where the
_
shes spawn.”
Consequently it was urged that the Board
should experiment by closin g certain spawning-areas, such as
the Moray Firth, and it was
d0ne.
.
*
_
No one will question the right of the Government to take
such a step in the interests of - the sh1ngpopulat10n—on
-
philanth—‘ropic, Social, or even on political grounds; but if sucha
step were taken on the basis of the scientic evidence furnished
_
”by the Fishery Board, then it would appear that the p1emises
(and here all matters of fact are included) do not wauantthe
—-=c0nClusi0n. There “is, for instance, a serious m1sapprehenswn
_
“an experimental periodiof ve years 1nwhmha
of work falls ’
on
the summer
productive
witha equal period in which the preponderance
bt&C€sufcelnSt Andrews Bay,,in thei*s“t period, no=.hauls
ofthetrawl Wer—einiä@{èÿÿirre—iunpmdumvé month of February
Wh<—neasnoless than21haulsoccmred dur1nth1smonthm
58
BOARD’S REASONS FOR FURTHER CLOSURES.
was
impossible in the circumstances—especially of time
ship. Further, when the high averages of the ‘Ga11and’s’_
captures in 1887 in the Forth and St Andrews Bay are
critically examined it is found that these were largely due to
the fact that work was carried on
during
months, viz., May, June, August, and September, no winter
_
month with its small captures reducing the average The_sam€
_
misapprehension occurred later, when contrasting the captureSi
of the ‘Garland’ during the rst ve years with those of the—
last ve years of the period.
The F ishery Board came to the
conclusion that, since the captures during the rst period Were
greater than in the second, deterioration had taken place in
the
protected» waters—a very different nding from that
(based on their earlier experiments) which they had fonnerly
given as a reason for extending the closed areas. The Boa1d
now asserted “that there has been a diminution of the more
important at shes in the closed waters, instead “of an increase
as was
anticipated; and that this may probably be traced to
'
the inuence of beam-trawling in the open waters where the
_
shes spawn.”
Consequently it was urged that the Board
should experiment by closin g certain spawning-areas, such as
the Moray Firth, and it was
d0ne.
.
*
_
No one will question the right of the Government to take
such a step in the interests of - the sh1ngpopulat10n—on
-
philanth—‘ropic, Social, or even on political grounds; but if sucha
step were taken on the basis of the scientic evidence furnished
_
”by the Fishery Board, then it would appear that the p1emises
(and here all matters of fact are included) do not wauantthe
—-=c0nClusi0n. There “is, for instance, a serious m1sapprehenswn
_
“an experimental periodiof ve years 1nwhmha
of work falls ’
on
the summer
productive
witha equal period in which the preponderance
bt&C€sufcelnSt Andrews Bay,,in thei*s“t period, no=.hauls
ofthetrawl Wer—einiä@{èÿÿirre—iunpmdumvé month of February
Wh<—neasnoless than21haulsoccmred dur1nth1smonthm