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nets," to distinguish them from the large nets; and this name they have 

 kept both there and on the coast of Bohusliin. These nets are gen- 

 erally from 40 to 45 fathoms long, and from 8 to 10 fathoms deep, and 

 they have 30 meshes to the yard. They are only slightly weighted down 

 with stones, so that they are easily buoyed up by the floats when lowered 

 to a great depth. The lines to each wing measure about 100 fathoms. 

 They are, properly speaking, intended for fishing in the deep Sacke Bay, 

 with its steep shores, where other nets could not well be used. 



Two-men's or spring nets. — These are used on the southern coast for 

 catching spring-herring, from the middle of March till near midsummer. 

 Besides herring, other fish, such as cod, salmon, &c, are caught with 

 them. They are from 65 to 80 fathoms long and 12 yards deep, (only 7 

 at the end of the wings.) A wooden pole is fastened, by means of two 

 lines, some distance from the wing; and to the middle of this pole is 

 attached the line for hauling in, measuring about 100 fathoms in length. 

 The meshes in these nets are generally very fine. 



So-called "dog-nets." — These nets, which are small and have very fine 

 meshes, are used on the southern coast for catching very young herring 

 for bait, but also for catching salmon and other fish. They are used 

 during the spring and summer. 



On the northern coast, north of Hafstensund, a similar but somewhat 

 deeper net is used, generally from 25 to 30 fathoms long and 4 fathoms 

 deep in the middle and tapering off toward the wings. With these nets, 

 three or four men have made from twenty to forty successful hauls during 

 the night. As the use of these nets has been for some years prohibited 

 in the above-mentioned portion of the northern coast, 1 many of them 

 have been altered into nets resembling the small-herring nets, 2 but even 

 these were forbidden by a royal ordinance of July 19, 1872. 3 



Stationary nets. — These nets, which have been used on the coast of 

 Bokuslan from time immemorial, 4 are well known to the fishermen in 

 those parts, although they are not much in use now, since they prove 

 remunerative only in exceptional cases. On the southern coast of Hisin- 

 gen, near Ny-Elf'sborg, about 200 such nets are said to be in use, each 

 yard having about 14 meshes. Herring-fishing is likewise carried on 

 with such nets outside the mouth of the Northern River. On the Oekerd 

 coast, fishing for autumn-herring 5 with these nets seems of late years 

 to have ceased altogether. Excepting the few stationary nets here and 

 there on the coast, there is no fishing with these nets worth mentioning 

 north of the Northern River, as far as Dynekilen and the Idefjord, 

 where, however, such nets are used in the spring for catching spring-her- 

 ring. 



*New Report on the Herring-Fisheries, pp. 7, 16. 

 s New Report on the Herring-Fisheries, p. 52. 

 3 New Report on the Herring-Fisheries, pp. 3, 58. 



4 All the great Bohusliin herring-fisheries, with the exception of this last-mentioned 

 one, have been carried on exclusively with such nets. 

 6 See New Reports on the Herring-Fisheries, pp. 10-11, 43. 



