Analytical Index. 



'riu' |ilaico is :i iio« cniiifr in llic l^'jnnl. li is fniin.l ));iilicularly in tln' western 



pari, l'niin wliicli rriison Uu' invcstiuations an' liuiiteil tn lliis part. — A fcw lar^i^ ripe 

 plaii'O arc fnun'l. Tlic IVy cil' Ilic year ilSOi")) is niissiiij; in tln' wlnjle Kiurtl in spvinjr; 



llw liv ni' |S!t| i> niusl IVrcpuiitly fonml lowarOs the sciutli aml west. — Tiic li> of tlii' 

 M'ar ISll.^ wa.s found in June, Iml nnly at Thyborøn. — The plaice doi's niit lireetl in 

 tlie Fjord properly so calleil; Imt the Iry of the year (thc Ogroup iniinigvates iii tlii' 

 couv.se iil' tlie year. — Oii tbo oi-enrrem-e of tlie i and ll-group and tlieir migrations to- 

 wards tlie ea.st. — In all tlie expansinns uf tlie Fjord tlie lislieiy i.s i-liicHy based nn llic 

 largest speciuiens of tbe llgronp. - < bi an avorage thi.s ]Igroup gives larger lisli in llie 

 Liv and Thisted expan,sions ^Bredning«) tlian in thc more southern and western parts. -- 

 .\ strongly marked III group is missing everywhere, only a t'ew speeimcns of it are found. 

 - Oli the small nnmber of plaiee in the waters west and noitb uf JNIcirs (Thisted-Bred 

 iiinu ; lii're are biund only ilransplanled plaiee. Out i>f the r. 8n,(l(M» plaiee whieb wcre 

 Iransplanted Ibis year. every 7tb uas marked »itb a bule in llie dnrsal tin, «heii |>laeed 

 in tbe Fjord; about ever> otb of tbo.se whieh were eanght this year had siieb a iiole, 

 »hieh jiroves tliat no otber plaiee live in tbat expansion of the Fjord. — Possible mistakus 

 in niarking tbem. — On the tishing foi' the plaiee tims marked, and on their quick growtli and 

 (■(iiiaidrrabic size; — only a t'ew of theni get time to reaeh maturity, as they are oanabt 

 before lliey have Ibe neeessary total length, e. 16 — 17 inebes. — Wby tbe plaiee do not 

 ■jniw as large in Ibe otber expansions. They Icave Xissum-Breduing \\ hen they are yoiing, 

 bl immigrate iutu tbe Fjonl towards tbe east. In Venø-Bugt, on tbe otber band, they 

 stay; yet they do not reacb tbe same size as in Thisted-Bredning — seareely beeause the 

 bottom is not suitable, but tbere are hcre many more lish per Tønde Land (ii6,(MM» Oanish 

 sijuare feet*). — .\n attcraiit to count bow many tish over the size limit (t( ' \ im-hes) they 

 have caught this year in Sejitember— December per Tønde Land in Venø-Bugt, Kaas- 

 Bredning, and Lavbjerg-Bredning, by means of daily statistics of the seine and net-fishery 

 here. — It appears from this that 297, 376, and 221, respectively, have been caught per 

 Td. Land, and that thc fisb over the size limit 7uust lie supposed to have been tished 

 nji for this winter. Besides tbe said tisb over tbe size limit a very great number, per 

 Td. Land, under the size limit have lieen living tbere. — It is possible that tbe slower 

 growth of tbe tisb, jiroved by labelling tbem w illi Ikjuc buttoiis, is owing to their grcater 

 number jier Td. Land. -- l^oeal ovcrpopulation. - - It luust be jiossible to provo tbe 

 lisbingni) liy means of labelling the lisli with a nnmber. — On eounting tbe mimbir of 

 plaice in Thisted Bredning and Nissuni-Brodniug liy seine lishery. — On tbe distriliution 

 of tbe fry of plaiee in tbe seas in general and in tbe Limfjord in partieular. — Proposi- 

 tions to augment tbe protit of tbe plaiee lishery in Thisted-Bredning and Visby-Bredning 

 |iy the transplantation of fry and by a rational amnial fishery. — Tbe goverument has ob- 

 ligations to sujiporl siieli experinu'nts wbicli caiinot bc <'arried out with i)rotit by pri- 

 vate individiials iinless the liHliing rigbts are altered. — Propositions for experinients. 



Appendi\ 1. 'l'be Limfjord and its varioiis parts measured in Tonder Laml. 



— II. On labelling of living plaiee in the Limfjord in l!-i|ir>. 



— III. Kaily aeeounts of tbe plaiee fishery in Veno-Bugt, Kaas Bredning, and 



Lavlijerg Bredning 1. September — ;)1. December 1895. 



1 Tonde Land :-- c. 1' 



