CRUISES OF THE "MICHAEL SARS 



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Romsdal and Tromsoe, but 

 greatest quantity off Fin- 

 marken, that is to say, along 

 the northernmost portion of 

 the coast, to which they are 

 carried by the current. Simi- 

 larly in Iceland they spawn 

 on the south and west coasts, 

 but the young fish are chiefly 

 found on the north and east 

 coasts. The current there 

 goes from the south to the 

 west, and thence round the 

 north and east coasts, making 

 a circuit round the island. 



The current off New- 

 foundland runs along the 

 coast in a south - westerly 

 direction, towards Nova 

 Scotia and the United States. 

 It is possible, therefore, that 

 it is mosdy young fish that 

 are found down south, de- 

 rived to some extent at any 

 rate from eggs spawned on 

 the Great Newfoundland 

 Bank. 



Cod spawn on the Nor- 

 wegian coast banks as far 

 north as lat. 70° N., and 

 chiefly during March and 

 April. Here on the New- 

 foundland Bank, a little north 

 of lat. 50^ N., and in the 

 vicinity of the warm oceanic 

 water their spawning season 

 was in July. 



The bottom-temperature 

 on the bank was, as we have 

 seen, very low — lower indeed 

 than in the north of Norway 

 during March — and it was 

 interesting, therefore, to note 



the young fish are found 



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, — Bait ( Goiiatus fahricii). 

 Nat. size, 27 cm. 



