LANCASHIRE AND WESTERN SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEE. 



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2nd Han 7 Bog-hole, Southport, June 29th, 1894 :- 

 397 plaice 

 loo dabs 



In net of 7-inch 

 mesh 



In net of 4^-inch 

 mesh 



16 flounders 

 i skate 



5H 



4710 plaice 

 2515 dabs 

 35 young- ray 



7260 



Net down one hour. 



Of these fish, which passed through the meshes of 

 the trawl-net having 7-inch mesh, and were retained 

 in net of 4^-inch mesh, all were undersized ; in 

 fact, none of them were \\b. 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. 



Haul Bog-hole, Southport, July 26th, 1894 : 



y Net down i hour 30 minutes. 



All undersized. 



In this haul we have 3,010 small food fishes riddled out of the net of larger mesh. 



4th Haul Horse Channel, Mersey, August gth, 1894 : 

 158 plaice 

 25 dabs 



i flounder 



Net down i hour 30 minutes. 



In net of 7-inch 

 mesh 



i skate 

 3 ray 



In net of 4i-inch 

 mesh 



1 88 



976 plaice 



355 dab - s 

 6 gurnet 

 2 whitine* 



All small 



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. 



