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I oiily iiiciiliiiii lliit^ l<i t<\[v\\ tljat tliiTu nvv llisla^nneii iii certaiii part.« uf Ihf 

 Fjonl who consider tlie deskuction ol' lit Ile ])laice a veiy little matter, tliougli 

 tho lisli iivc badly wanted in other partfi, and because it sliows tliat tliere are 

 liiige nund)er8 ol' })laice iu Ihese regions ■■■). W'e know now, however, tliat Ihei-c 

 are none, or next to none, in Thisted-Bredning, except those whicli are placed 

 tliere. — When these 80,000 in spring are carried iuto this expan.sion of the 

 Fjord. iiotlijUgpreveuts the fishermen from t-atohing them immediately; nobody, 

 however, will perhaps fish for them exclusivcly at once, but now and theu they 

 get them into the eel-seincs, and as soon as the fish are over 10 (Ø-'/j) indies to 

 the tip of the <n;udal lin they are at any rate not thro'wn out again, for then 

 — according to law — they niay be sold. The largest are 10 int-hes ali-eafiy 

 at the time of transplantation. — Till September this year (95) e. 50 — 60,000 of 

 tiie transplanted plaice are stated to me to have been oauglit, ehiefly in this 

 way, though also by fishing exclusively for them with plaiee nets, and sold at 

 an average \nice of 13 Øre a ])iece. There were thus only c. 20 — 30,000 left 

 when the projier tishing-season was to coimneuee. — In sjiring they are deli- 

 vered from the sea at c. 2—3 Øre a piece, so that, certainly, their value is 

 con.siderabl_y inereased; but if we examine those that are left at new year's 

 time, we find that they woigh c. 25 Dis. tlie score, aml feteh about 25 Øre the 

 Ib., (•oiiso(juently e. 33 Øre a piece, and when sent to Øopenhagen they are 

 sold liere retail at e. 50 Øre per Ib. on account of their size and exeelleut 

 i|ualify. They have now grown from 6 — 10 inches in spring to 13—14 inches, 

 and weigli on an average more than 1 Ib. 



Tiic liok's and llie otlier marks (lione buttons) pro^■e that they are indeed 

 the sanie individuals with whieh we have to do, and whieh were (i — 10 inches 

 long in spring. 



The vahie of these Hsli is tluis at least 10 times as large as in sjiring. 

 r>ul there is also another thing: a j)laice is, ordinarily, not mature till its 4tli 

 year. and (bese are as yet in their 3rd; nor iiave 1 sn(^ceeded in tinding ma- 

 ture spawners among them, altbough 1 have fuund mature milters, wbicli. 

 consequently, becomo mature liere before the spawners. The few siiecimens 

 froni the transplantation in 18U4, whiih were not canglit in the same ycai'. 

 bul uf wbich one marked with the number 503 was caught in Øctober 18'.t5. 

 wIku it was KfV, inches l<mg, are generally l(i — 17 inches long and weigli 

 in good condition between 2 and 3 Ujs.; they cost 50 — 75 Øre a piece. Antonji 



*') It niay lic lufiitionrd Iutc also tliat iiuisters i)f lisliing-outtcrM, who liavc oftt'ii 

 caufjiit little |>laii-(' iii llic (icnnaii .Sea utV ThyhDiou, liavc infoiiiuHl uie that tliev 

 can ua.sily takc 50,000 |ilaiic in diic il:iy. Wlial t;iUcs iimst tiinv l'or llicMi, llu-y say, 

 is to cinmt tlioiii. 



