304 REMARKS ON TRAWLING. 
has made any marked increase in the fishes of the offshore waters, 
yet the younger fishes have now had time to pass outward and become 
mature; nor have the larger fishes been driven shorewards by the 
more frequent interference with the more distant areas. No change, 
however, could be expected if the scarcity were due to general over- 
fishing. 
(To be continued.) 
