No. 4 (T921) FISHERIES OF DENMARK 35 



are highly ingenious antl withal simple. Described briefly it is as 

 follows : — 



On arrival at the spot considered likely by the skipper, a 

 heavy anchor is put down and a buoy attached to the upper end of 

 the anchor rope. To the same rope one of the hauling ropes is 

 made fast ; the cutter then takes a course that describes a sector 

 of a large circle having the anchor buoy as the centre, paying 

 out the rope and net as she proceeds ; when all or nearly all of 

 the net is payed out, the cutter turns towards the mark buoy and 

 pays out the second hauling rope to its full extent. By the time 

 this is nearly all out, the buoy should be reached. The end of the 

 first hauling rope is then taken aboard and led, together with 

 its companion, to a special reeling-in winch, worked off the motor 

 engine. By a most ingenious arrangement the ropes as reeled 

 in, are coiled down automatically on the deck, by an accessory 

 device, patented by an Esbjerg firm, a great saving of labour 

 to the crew. If the first haul be successful, the same operation is 

 conducted again from the same centre, but over a different section 

 of the circle around the buoy. A third and even a fourth haul 

 may be taken from the same centre, new ground being covered 

 each time, if plenty of fish be present. 



The dimensions of a typical snurrevaad net as used in plaice 

 fishing (roedspcettvaadj are as follows : — 



Length of wings (as given as Esbjerg), 26 metres (84 Danish feet). 



Length of bag do. 10 „ 



Depth of wings at near end, 50 meshes. 



Depth of bag at the mouth, 3 to 4 metres. 



Mesh of the wings, 65 mm. knot to knot. 



Mesh in the bag, 50 mm. 



Mesh of the bunt or tail end, 45 mm. 

 A snurrevaad for haddock fishing {kullervaad) differs in several 

 particulars as these fish are more active than plaice. The figures 

 are: — 



Length of each wing (as given as Esbjerg), 26 metres. 



Length of bag (as given as Esbjerg), 15 metres. 



Depth of wings at stick, 50 meshes. 



Depth of bag at mouth, 7 to 8 metres. 



Mesh of wings, 65 mm. 



Mesh of bag and i fathom of wings, 45 mm. 



Mesh of tail end, 35 mm. 



