VII. Result of a few hauls with a 7-inch mesh experimental trawl net, 
Date. 
24th Oct., 1896 
24th Feb., 1897 
26th Feb., 1897 
22nd Dec., 1898 
24th Nov., 1899 
1st Dec., 1899 
22nd Dec., 1899 
14th Feb., 1900 
19th Feb., 1900 
20th Mar., 1900 . 
Nore.— 
APPENDIX II. 
the 7-inch mesh will take Codling. 
Length of Duration 
Trawl Beam, of Drag. Locality. 
Feet. Hour. 
23 I .. Barrow Channel 
23 I Se op » 
23 I aaG 59 58 
23 I onc 36 49 
23 I mee 9 5 
23 I my 5) 
28 I 4 59 
23 I ” ” 
eg I S on) 
23 i — as: ” 
The 7-inch mesh will take codling of 1lb, weight. 
gli 
showing that 
Number of 
Codling, 
Lbs. 
17 
VIII. Result of some hauls with a Shrimp Trawl on Blackpool Closed Ground, 
showing how injurious it would be to open this ground. 
25th 
7th 
28th 
2nd 
14th 
19th 
2nd 
2oth 
4th 
15th 
16th 
18th 
31st 
29th 
18th 
21st 
18th 
3rd 
1st 
22nd 
5th 
gth 
3rd 
26th 
Date, 
Sept., 1893 
Nov., 1893 
Dec., 1893 
Jan., 1894 
Feb., 1894 
Mar., 1894 
Nov., 1894 
Dec., 1894 
Jan., 1895 
Mar., 1895 
July, 1895 
July, 1895 
Oct., 1895 
Nov., 1895 
Dec., 1895 
Jan., 1896 
Jan., 1897 
Feb., 1897 
Dec., 1897 
Dec., 1897 
July., 1898 
Aug., 1898 
Dec., 18098 
July, 1899 
2nd Aug., 1899 
24th 
Jan., 1900 
Duration Amount of Number of 
of Drag. Shrimps. undersized seafish. 
1 hour 3 quarts 14,892 
+ hour ane Boag 6,198 
Homminutes e222 55 20,889 
45 minutes ... (6 et 8,512 
45 minutes ... oe 4,729 
r hour Ace 24, 3,076 
50 minutes... ba Gh 10,810 
45 minutes OF a5 7,083 
45 minutes 85s 2,864 
70 minutes... I % 1,905 
1 hour ane yf ooh 15557; 
70 minutes ... a 1,748 
45 minutes ... Boon 12,695 
1 hour see 4 An 1,050 
"99 10 36 19,800 
ire 18 ; 18,530 
Ty 1k 45 3,914 
im ip | ae 5,051 
If 55 ee 4,640 
It ,, none 1,910 
If 5, 2b 5, 25477 
Lets 10 x 6,541 
1} ,; 82 Cy, 3720 
It 55 aes a 5 1,207 
rt ,, none 1,027 
ny 3 Ste 10 ‘4 5,855 
