NORTHUMBERLAND TRAWLING EXPERIMENTS. 



BY ALEXANDER MEEK. 



1. northumberland, 1920 



2. northumberland, 1892-1920 



3. Distribution of Species other than Plaice and Dab 



4. distribution of Plaice and dab 



5. Statistics of plaice and dab 



6. Marking Experiments 



7. Summary and General Considerations 



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1 .—NORTHUMBERLAND, 1920. 



Trawling experiments were conducted in the bays of the 

 Northumberland coast during the years 1892 to 1913, and the 

 desire was expressed by the Ministry of Fisheries and by the 

 Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee that they should bo 

 repeated with a view to pointing out whether the inshore water 

 had changed with respect to the food fishes during the years of 

 the war. It was expected that a change would bo indicated, as 

 the North Sea generally had undergone a period of relative rest 

 from fishing since the end of 1914, and deep sea fishing is not 

 yet restored to pre-war conditions. During the years of the war, 

 however, the inshore fishermen fished the territorial waters to 

 an increased degree, and this was due to the demand for fish and 

 the ever increasing prices. All classes of fish were landed, but 

 especially round fish, during the colder months of the year, and 

 the season of white fishing was extended. 



The experiments were commenced on July 29th and the 

 trawl net and gear employed were similar to and in most respects 



