FISHES AND FISHERIES OF THE IRISH SEA. 



Date. 



1 6th Sept., 1893 ... 

 25th Sept., 1893 ... 

 Nov., 1893 ... 

 i gth July, 1894 ... 

 2oth July, 1894 ... 

 2Oth July, 1894 ... 

 24th Aug., 1894 ... 

 24th July, 1895 ... 

 iyth June, 1896 .. 

 28th Oct., 1896 ... 

 i4th July, 1897 . 

 ioth Aug., 1897 . 

 24th Aug,, 1897 . 

 i4th Sept., 1897... 

 27th Jan., 1898 .. 

 1 5th Sept., 1898 .. 

 2ist Oct., 1898 ... 

 2gth Oct., 1898 ... 

 nth Aug., 1899 .. 

 5th April, 1900 .. 

 2ist May, 1901 .. 

 4th July, 1901... 

 ioth July, 1901 ... 



Station. 



Lune Deeps 

 Off Kibble 

 Lune Deeps 

 Off Jumbo Buoy 



Nelson Buoy 



Mersey Bar 



Horse Channel 



Lune Deeps 



Solway Firth 



Lune Deeps 



Off St. Bees^Head 



Lune Deeps 



Off Shore Grounds 



Off Nelson Buoy 



Lune Deeps 



Beaumaris Bay 

 Mersey Bar 

 Near Isle of Man 

 Carnarvon Bay 

 Off Nelson Buoy 

 Cardigan Bay 



XI. Record of some observations made, 1892-1894, on Burbo Bank, with the shrimp 

 trawl (Mersey pattern), showing 1 how destructive shrimp trawling 1 is to sea 

 fish,' other than shrimps. 



These trials were made with a shrimp trawl having a beam only 21 feet in length (beams 

 of 25 feet in length are allowed) from the Liverpool Fisheries sailing boat, which is of the size 

 usually employed in shrimp trawling in our Southern Division. The shrimpers often make 

 four or five drags in a day. The fish taken in the hauls enumerated below were chiefly soles, 

 plaice, dabs, whiting, codling, and ray. 



Date. 



1892. 

 July 27th ... 



,, 27th ... 

 Aug. 1 3th... 



Time 

 net down. 



Shrimps. 



Food 

 Fish 



under 

 4 oz. 



i hr. 15 min... 



...3,208 



No. of other 



Shrimp 

 Trawlers at 



work on 



this ground 



at same time. 



25 



23rd... 2 hours 



2 ...5,638 ... No entry 

 5.1 ...4,602 ... 



5 .. .6,818 ... 



RKMAUKS 



Soles and plaice alive 

 others dead. 



1 1 ) > > > 



Fish dead or dying ex- 

 cept soles and plaice. 

 Fish dead except some 

 soles and a few of the 

 larger plaice. 



