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SoUTHPOfiTaNB MaPSHSIDI. 

 MORECAMBE Bay AAFA 



I890 i»9' ' 1892 1893 185+ 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 /900 1901 1902 190J 190^ 



Fig. 2. Value of Wet and Shell-fish in £'s landed at South- 

 port and Marshside, and in the Morecambe Bay area 

 (Cark, CTlverston and Morecambe) during the period 

 1890-1904. 



In both these districts the fish are entirely caught in or 

 near the territorial waters, so that for the greater if not the 

 entire portion of their life history they are protected by the 

 Committee's bye-laws. 



The number and description of the fishing boats proves 

 this, they are entirely second or third-class boats and con- 

 sequently do not fish at any great distance from the land. 

 The shell-fish are also within the Committee's jurisdiction. 

 Assuming that the co-efficient of error in the Board of Trade's 

 figures is constant, one feels convinced that the Committee 

 may legitimately be satisfied that not only have the fisheries 

 in the two instances not retrograded, but that there is on the 

 whole a steady and uniform increase, modified in the case of 

 Southport and Marshside by two exceptional years, namely, 

 1893 and 1895. 



