SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE SEA FISHERIES BILL. 



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3 March 1904.] 



Mr. James Ingram. 



[Continued. 



Chairman — continued. 



486. Much the same as Borkum Flat ? — Yes, 

 much the same. 



487. They caught large numbers of round fish, 

 cod especially ? — Yes, that is what they 

 "wanted. 



488. Do you think they caught the cod on 

 these banks ? — No. 



Duke oi Abercorn. 



489. Would you advocate a larger mesh for 

 trawling ? — No, I do not think it would be of 

 much consequence. 



Duke of Abercorn — continued. 



490. For what reasons ? — It cannot always be 

 depended on that the mesh sets square when 

 the operation of trawling is going on. 



Lord Twcedniouth. 



491. Is it not the fact that a very big mesh 

 often involves a tighter net than a smaller one, 

 that the strain on the net draws the meshes too 

 close together ? — I could not .'ipeak as to 

 that. 



Duke ol Abercorn. 



492. Would a larger mesh be liable to let 

 out the Ion? fish ?- 



-Yes, 

 much, but the long fish. 



not the fiat fish so 



The Witness is directed to withdraw. 



Ordered : That this Committee be adjourned to to-morrow at Eleven o'clock. 



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