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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



EESULTS OF WOEK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — Continued. 



V. G. 0. Sars. Keport of practical and scientific investiga- 

 tions on the cod fisheries near the 

 Lofibden Islands, made during the 

 years 1870-73. By G. O. Sars. 

 Translated from the Norwegian by Page. 



H. Jacobson 612 



A. Report for 1870 612 



B. Eeport for 1871 630 



C. Eeport for 1872 635 



D. Eeport for 1873 643-662 



VI. G. O. Sars. Eeport made to the Department of the In- 

 terior of investigations of the salt- 

 water fisheries of Norway during 



the years 1874-'77. By Prof G. O. 

 Sars. Translated from the Norwe- 

 gian by H. Jacobson 663 



I, Eeport for 1874 663 



II. Eeportforl875 667 



A. The mackerel fisheries of our Southern and West- 



ern coasts 667 



B. The lobster and the lobster fisheries on our South- 



em and Western coasts 674 



C. On drag-net fishing on the coast from Nevlung- 



haven to Tonsbergfiord 680 



m. Extracts from Prof G. O. Sars' report on the Norwe- 

 gian Atlantic expedition of 1876 681 



A. Zoological observations 681 



B. Investigation of the salt-water fisheries 687 



N. Preliminary report on the zoiilogical observations 



made during the second Norwegian 



polar expedition of 1877 692 



T. Eeport on the practical and scientific investigation 

 of the salt-water fisheries?, made 

 during the second Norwegian polar 



expedition of 1877 698-706 



VU. M. Friele. An account of the fisheries of Norway in 

 1877. By M. Friele. Translated 

 from the French by J. Paul Wilson. 707 



A. Introduction 707 



B. Thecodfishery 707 



1. Apparatus used in the cod fishery 710 



2. The daily fishing 713 



3. Quality of the cod 715 



4. Preparation of the cod 716 



5. Preparation of the oil 717 



6. Eoe 718 



7. Other species of the genus Gadus 718 



8. The codfish trade 722 



C. The herring fishery 723 



1. The spring herring 723 



2. The great herring in Nordland 728 



3. The summer herring 729 



D. The brisling fishery 730 



E. The mackerel fishery 731 



1. Apparatus and methods in use 731 



2. Preparation of the mackerel, and the trade 733 



F. The lobster fishery 733 



G. The whale fishery 735 



R. The seal fishery 735 



I. The salmon fishery 736 



J. Miscellaneous fisheries 736 



