From 1880 on the Association for Promotion of IJorvregian Fish- 

 eries continued the e::perinents up to 1891, but vathout r.ny pr^.rtic- 

 ular success o 



Already. in 1883 I got the idea that, if lobster-hatching should 

 ever be carried out on a large scale, vre...had to get av/ay fron the 

 nethod used up to this tine, ieCo to keep i;he nother lobster in con- 

 finenent vdiile the eggs T;ere hatched. Instead the sprvm should be 

 loosened froi.i the nether lobster and hatched just like other fish 

 spavme The experiJients v/ere successful and already in 1885 it r/as 

 proved' that it \iv.s possible to hatch the . loosened spavm and to rear 

 the brood to the bottom 'stages ■ 



The Fishery Association in Bergen acknoT/ledged this fact in its 

 letter of Oct» 7, 1891 to the goyernnent, but nr.intained that the 

 nethod vjT.s too expensive and that they therefore had to drav/ the 

 attention to the earlier experiments of the association. "These 

 experinents have failed, but wo do not have- to give then up as 

 hopeless e" For continuation of these experiments'' by a zoologist, 

 the association recooaended t-o give an amount of IcTo 2,000 to the 

 Stavanger Branchj this v/as granted by the Storting. 



/ ,, -'"Jid thereby Fl/devigen dropped out as far as lobster-hatching 

 .is concerned. 



In foreign countries the follovdng has been done: 



In 1885 i got several inquiries from the United: States Fishery 

 Association concerning roaring of lobster. I gave the information 

 they vj-anted, and hatching of loosened lobster spavm vms started 

 i:nm.ediately over there. 



The work, Virhich partly has given excellent results, has 

 increased steadily. In 1909-1910^ 163 million young lobsters were 

 put out. • - > 



In 1889 I got a similar inquiry from, the Canadirn govermient 

 concerning the method used by me ir_ the ho.tching nf lobster. Based 

 on the inform-at ion given, an. excolle.'it ?iatchery vras built near 

 Pikbou (Pictou) in i391. " ' ' • 



Later four similar hatcheries have been built. In 1908, 501 

 million young lobsters were pub nut; three nevr hatcheries are now 

 being built, so the result must have been satisfactory. 



In 1888 the Ncv;f oundland ' s Fishery Association adopted my method 

 of hatching loosened spa\'m on an immense scale. 



I have no information as to the results. 



Scientific investigations hai^e .been continued in Norvray. The 



results are to be found in Dr. Appell^z^f's book, which I have criti- 

 cized above. 



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