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Now I do not meau to sav that the Il-group at u certain time imini- 

 gi-ates from Nissum-Bredning to tlie more eastern parts ot' the Fjord; tliis 

 migration takes place I dåre sav now and tlien at all times ot the year, and 

 moreover \vo luive seen hotli the I-gronp and the 0-group take part in such 

 ;i ndgrution; ])nt it seems ;it anv rate to l)C tlie rule, thnl the plaicr rt'ri/ rareli/ 

 stays in Nissuni-Brednuxi litl il is iiroicii-iip. as it goes farther into the Fjord 

 hefore this happens. — As above mentioned, tlie tisherv in Veno-Bngt and, 

 npon the whole, soutli of Moi's is based on the ll-grou]i, tlsh of c. 9—12 Ibs. 

 Ihe score and 9"/j — 12(13) indies in lenglli. Od ati (iverane fhei/ nre ncver lar- 

 <ier liere, not even late in .lutunm. Only xeiy few are larger, and these have 

 often spawn and milt. In the course of winter the fishery by litt^e and little 

 ceases for want uf plaice, i. e. none are canght in the tishing-apparatus — the 

 lish have disaii]>eared. Where they have gone to, \\e shall learu later on. 



If \ve would now oxamine the ordinary run of plaice whieh ;ire caught 

 hy Hk- Oshernieii nortli and east of Mors, we should tind thai, al limes, jiar- 

 ticulai'ly in sjtring, they are also rather small, about the same si/,e as those 

 in \'enø-Bugt and Kaas-Bredning ; but towards antunni they are eousiderably 

 larger. AVith respect to Liv-Breåninfi I cannot give (|uite satisfactory informa- 

 tion of the size-gronps. The reason of this is, partly, that it is not so easy to 

 take one's bearings in this expansion of the Fjord with its many stony shallows, 

 which prevent our seiuing, partly that there are not by far such mnltitudes of jilaice 

 everywhere liere as in the moro western and sonthern expansions. The ex- 

 jieriinents will he repeated in coming yenrs, hul il is ccrhiin Ihnt Ihe Jisli lluii 

 are fifshing for liere in unlintin is considerahlif lunier Hum llie lisli in Venø-Bngt 

 (comp. Table I, column If)) a faet which has long been well-known to the tråde. 

 for il is the same tliinij eeerif year. Nor is liere any strongly marked Ill-group 

 to be fonnd. Tlie tishery is here as well as in Venø-Bugt based on the II- 

 gi'oup. Mature lish (the Ill-gronp) are here rather rare, and are mostly ionnd 

 only among Ihe very largest. (lidse i)f If) — 16 indies in length. 



W'hen the statistics shows that the tishermen wlm live at Sallingsund. 

 Liv-Bredning tngelher with Skive-Fjonl and IIja]'|i:ek-l"|ord (Distiiet 15). have 

 an annual income from the plaice lishery i)f c !:")(). 000 Kroni'r. pi'etly 

 nearly Ihe same as the lishermen who live at (he waters nortli. west, and 

 south of Mors (District A), this is jiartly because the fishermen who live in 

 Hislrict B often lish in District .\, Iml not vice versa, partly heeause the 

 ])laicc in Oistrii-I B, tliouiih certainly miidi smaller in nmiiher, hy thcir 

 largci' size and Ihe liigli price they fetcli nii (K-count of (his, give a prn 

 [">r1iiin!illy L;rc,'i1 prcniiiarv |ir(ili1. 



