LANCASHIRE AND WESTERN SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEE, 75 
2nd Haul—Bog-hole, Southport, June 29th, 1894 :— 
397 plaice 
too dabs 
In net of 7-inch 
h 4 bene Net down one hour. 
wags 1 skate 
514 
4710 plaice Of these fish, which passed through the meshes of 
In net of 44-inch} 7515 dabs the trawl-net having 7-inch mesh, and were retained 
mesh 35 youns ray in net of 44-inch mesh, all were undersized ; in 
7260 fact, none of them were }lb. in weight. 
Again we see the great saving of young fish life by use of a larger size of mesh. A 
number of independent witnesses were present when the haul was made. 
rad Haul—Bog-hole, Southport, July 26th, 1894 :— 
3 s P yy 94 
337 plaice 
248 dabs 
7 flounders 
In net of 7-inch 5 gurnet 3 
2 i ;Net down 1 hour 30 minutes. 
mesh 4 ray 
whiting 
603 
( 1197 plaice 
1771. dabs 
In net of 44-inch 21 gurnet A hoe 
Pech , 14 whiting -All undersized. 
7 small ray 
3010 J 
In this haul we have 3,010 small food fishes riddled out of the net of larger mesh. 
4th Haul—Horse Channel, Mersey, August 9th, 1894 :-— 
158 plaice 
25 dabs 
In net of 7-inch 1 flounder ‘ 
te é b -Net down 1 hour 30 minutes. 
mesh 1 skate é 
3) Tay: 
188 
‘ 976 plaice 
55 dabs 
Srengnes -All small 
2 whiting 
In net of 43-inch 
mesh 
« 3339 
Si 
Here we have 1,339 undersized fish passing through the net of larger mesh, and which, 
under ordinary circumstances, would have escaped. Members of the Liverpool City Council 
and Lancashire Sea Fisheries Committee witnessed this haul, 
