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l>ri.Mliuui; ;iuil \'ilsiiii(l (Miiisisls ijiilv iii |ilaicc nwv c 7 IiicIk-s, afs ;i\^<> tli;i( 

 tliere aie Imt vc-ry lew liviiig tlierc |iei;'ri)ni]i' Laml coiupured to Nissum-]>red- 

 niiiLC iiii'l V'eno-Bii.i;l. Mureovcr. a iii<i]M)rli()iially j^rcat iiunilu'r ol' tliesc lisli 

 weix' inai'ked in tlie liiis or in ullicr ways (laiuaged. Il vcry sooii struck iiic llial 

 |K'i-lia|is \\\v\v wL'vo .scai'cely aiiy oUkt jilaice hore tliaii tliuse wliicli arc an- 

 iiually Irausplauted Ironi tlic Cieriiuui Sea, partly by Messrs. Melilscn. ainl 

 Sori'iitti'}! Itdini. tlir lisliinoniicrs (of .Struer), partly liy Tlic J'lslimncit's Ihiimt. 

 of Thiulcd (itnJ Ihc Sitiy(iiiii(liii(i ('mtiil iii, liotli witli siihsidios from tJie Govcrn- 

 ment. These traiisplaiitcd lisli are c 7 — KJ inc-hes at tlie time of tran^planla- 

 (ion, and as tliev grow (|uickiy, tlic largest may very well iiave growii from 10 

 to 1 I '■ I iuelies; moreover tlie marks in tlieir lins sliowed tliat some of tliem al 

 leasl must tie idenlical with tlie lisli plaeed tliere in tlie spring of Is'.lf). — 

 'J'lie tisliermeu had some few very large plaice; tliese must be supposed to 

 beloug to the transplantations of former years, a thought witli wliieli tlie 

 lishermen Avere ijuite lamilar. 



The said trausi)lantatioii commeueed iu the spring of lsy2, on the initia- 

 tive of Messrs. (lir. Mildeisen and F. H. Mehhen, and has since been repeated 

 every spring. Their idea was: the i)laice in the northern and eastern jiarts ol 

 the Jjimfjord are largo, but thore are too few of them, eonsequently some more 

 must be fetched in. In Thisted-Bredning this trans])lantation soon resiilted in 

 quite considerahle (tdranfafjes ; »the large plaice from Vilsund«, certainly, had 

 long bef<ire that time beon a wcll-known dainty, but the transplantation had 

 a eonsiderablo intluenee on their number; l'ormerly they had been ver}' rare, 

 as far as I have lieen able to learn. — This year, as 1 am informed. e. 82,5S() 

 |)laice have been ti'ansplantcd inio Thisted-Bredning, 10,1)00 of whicli are marked 

 with a hole in the dorsal lin. 8200 wei'c transplanted into \'isby-]iredning, 

 ;5000 of whieh were marked with two holes Iti the dorsal tin, moreover a 

 number were transplanted into Liv-Bredning, some of whieh were marked with 

 Olie hole in the dorsal lin and om- in the anal lin; linally, a nund)er were 

 plaeed in Jjouus Bredning and Hvalpsund, some ol' ■whicli were marked with a 

 hole in tlie anal lin. - Thesi' holes are eut very easily and (|uiekly witli an 

 iron punch, and k'a\e a sear whieh is almost always distiuet from any aeei- 

 dental damage; the punehed rays, |)arlieularly. are easily reeognisable. The 

 Hsh were marked by the ins))eetors, on my initiative and iu accordauee with 

 my direetions. - - This way ol marking the lish has niany advantages; it is 

 i|uick, eheap, lasting, and does not liui-l Ihr lish; bul it is not easily percep- 

 lible wlien you do not know the mai-ks and llieir sears, and i/aii riDinat rcro;/- 

 itisc /lir siiii/lr iiii/iriiliiiils. Il answered my ]inrpose. howcver, )i(M-|eelly \vell. 



