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Part III. — Eleventh Annual Report 



261*3 in the previous year. Hound-fish, on the other hand, increased 

 from an average per 'shot' of 30 - 8 in 1891 to 53*6 last year. The 

 averages for each year since the trawling experiments were initiated are 

 given in the following table : — 

















CLOSED Altf'A. 









Average Catch per Haul. 



Year. 



No. of Hauls. 



















Flat Pish. 



Round Fish. 



All Fish. 



1886 



15 



147'0 



27-6 



176-8 



1887 



16 



340-7 



87-5 



428-8 



1888 



20 



213-2 



68-9 



286-0 



1889 



28 



187-4 



19-2 



209-5 



1890 



24 



302-9 



40-0 



347-2 



1891 



27 



109-4 



19-8 



133 8 



1892 



32 



84-0 



36-6 



128-4 



















OPEN AREA. 









Average Catch per Haul. 



Year. 



No. of Hauls. 



















Flat Fish. 



Round Fish. 



All Fish. 



1886 



: 3 



97-2 



72-8 



171-6 



1887 



4 



129-4 



173-3 



308-4 



1888 



5 



148-3 



72-4 



221-2 



1889 



7 



151-4 



29-8 



183-1 



1890 



6 



29-8 



35-6 



66-8 



1891 



6 



261-8 



30-8 



300 1 



1892 



8 



50-3 



53-6 



105-7 



With regard to the increase or decrease of the various kinds of fish 

 within the closed waters, the tables show that there was a great decrease 

 in common dabs, and an increase of flounders, while the abundance of 

 plaice remained the same. Among round-fish there was an increased 

 catch of cod, whitings, and gurnards, and a falling off in haddocks. At 

 the station in the open area there was a decrease of plaice (15*0 as against 

 48-8 in 1891), common dabs, cod, and whitings, and an increase in flounders 

 and haddocks. 



III. SPECIAL STATISTICS OF FISH CAUGHT BY LINE 

 FISHERMEN AND BEAM-TRAWLERS. 



1. Relative Quantities of Fish taken by Line and Beam-Trawl. 



In considering the influence of beam-trawling on the fish supply, it is 

 necessary to bring into comparison with the results of the trawling experi- 

 ments certain facts^ relating to the quantities of flat-fish and round-fish 

 captured by line and trawl in the districts where the trawling experiments 

 are carried on. In Table E. (p. 132) will be found, as in previous years, 

 the statistics showing the quantities of flat-fish and round-fish landed by 



