34 and 27 per cent, end. in Hnlse and HrTteinrk 33 and 26 per cent, 

 ..This will, be the reduction v/hich the fishernen ivill have to take 

 the first season after the increase in the nininun neasure.ient . 

 LikeVjlse the second year, but this year he -v/ill recatch 44 per 

 cent in nur.Jber. - or 60 per cent in Tz-eight of v;hat he thre\7 out the 

 ■preceding jy ear. The third year he must again throw out loV^sters 

 between 21 and 22 ,cine, but navr he vdll recatch 44 per cent of the 

 nuri-jer he threw out the preceding year plus part nf r/hat he threxT 

 out the first year, and this part has novj- grovm considerably, 



Byneans of tagging and measi^-ing the gro'Tbh v/e are in this 

 way able to fifi,ure out hov/ a fisherman's catch will be affected by 

 r.n increase -if the niniinura neasurenent to 22 cm. 



Table 3 shov/s a fisherman's catch before and 1 to 3 years 

 after the increase of the ninimun neasurenent froi.i 21 to 22 cn» 

 The figures are based on an annual catch of 1000 lobsters prior to 

 the increase, ■ . ■ 



. Jonfruland 



Nui±)er Weight in Kilogrraa etc 



Present catch v/ith 



nine raersvtrenent 21 en, . » . , , 

 First year with (See Table, p. 43) 



i.iine neasurenent 22 cn»».*.. 

 Second year etc. 



Trble 4 is a revision of Table 5n This shows directly the loss 

 in weight ivhich a fisherrxin will suffer by an increase in the nini- 

 mun ner surement fron 21 to 22 cua with a presupposed annual catch 

 of 1000 lobsters before the increase* 



(See Table at the bottom of p, 43) 



You v^ill see fron Tables 3 and 4 thatiiie loss xvill be consider- 

 able, especially the first year when it Vifill vary betv/een 21 and 

 27 per cent in vj-eighto ; .- 



The fishernen will ;:;et a jfull catch already in the third year. 

 I Virish to state that these calculations are totally based on the 

 average results which vfe have obtained year a.fter year. It is no 

 rough estinr.te*. .... 



If T/e look at Table 1 b, p» ,56, concerning the percentage of 

 the recatch of -the tagged lobster,, we see that the sizes b etween 21 

 and 22 are ^ust the ones nostly exposed to catching; here we can 

 count on an annual recatch of 60 per cent instead of 44 per cent 

 which \Te have used for t?ie calculationso Our calculations are there- 

 fore completely on the safe sidq. 



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