It ,is quite clear thr.t hit^h teinperntviro is of the grer.test iinport- 

 rvnce; in spibe of oil the disc\ppoin.tneuts of last year, v/e hope for 

 a better result in 1914., because vre have nor: chosen q nev; piece, 

 ^inehilenj vrhich coribines the salt vmber of the south const -i-ith 

 the highest possible tenperat\u:*e-< The teriperabiure Blight be higher 

 ;aany places farther east on the const, but it is not desirnble to 

 have the rearing r.ioved to places v/hore people are reluctiint to 

 store fully developed lobsters for a longer tijiien 



Also I want to emphasize the inportance of training an inter- 

 ested and capable personnel and of getting .a best possible appara- 

 tus r> 



The temperature 



The Nonregian Metereological Institute has kindly giv.en us a 

 copy of observations concerning sea v/ater tenperatures for the 

 last three years from the t\To nearest points east and vrest of 

 Korshnvn« This report helps to evaluate the result of the hatching 

 at Korshavn in 1913 by stating two important factors: 



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 (t. 



le The temperature at Korshavn in comparison with 

 other places* 



2» The temperature in 1913 in comparison v/ith the 

 tvro preceding years e 



On the diagrams (2 to 4) the temperature has been given graphically. 

 You will see that the temperature in Korshavn in 1913 was just as 

 high as in the other tv/o places, the temperature curves of which 

 are given on the sane diagrams iou will also notice the great 

 variation in the surface temperature; this seems to be peculiar to 

 the year 1913. During the two preceding j'-ears the sea water temper- 

 ature was steadier as well as higher in the places v;hcre observations 

 were made, and this was probably t>ie caSe also at Korshavne 



In order to avoid the unfavorable temperature conditions vre 

 moved the whole rearing station from Eavnesundct to j^inekilen on 

 August 9; liere the water v;as considerably warm.er and not exposed 

 to such grent variations in temperature, The^ result was that some 

 young vrh.ich were hatched that same day completed the development 

 in much shorter time than the other young which were kept for a 

 while in the colder water at Havnesundete 



It vras considered rather unsafe to move the apparatus into 

 jZ^inekilen, as Dr, Appell/f strongly eiiphasizes the importance of 

 fresh, flowing v/ater. But as the results at Eavnesundet were very 

 poor, \7e had nothing to losej the apparatus vras moved and the 

 ^result pra\,'es that ^inekilen is a much better place. Of course the 

 renev/al of v/ater goes much slower here than in a sound v:here the 

 cui'rent goes right through. Hovrever, the m.outh of ^inekilen is 



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