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some experimeuts this year (1895) in Tliibted-Brecliiiug, uiibourd tlif JJaiKh«. 

 Duriug my own experinieuts at 'l'liisted, in tlie raonth of May, tiie idca i^truck 

 ine that tlie stock there aluiust uxclusively fonsisted of tlie c. 82.(lU0 Hsli that 

 liad been Iraiisplanted to lliis place tliis ycar. and 1 nnisl take it i'or granted, 

 consequently, that, un an average, only c. 7 individiiais werc living tliere ])fr 

 Tønde l.and in ti\e spring, and no.w tlieiv wevc not Sd many. as ikM a h'W ol' 

 theni Imd been raught in the coursc uf t\w suinmer. Whin tlie Hau<-ii« iatei' 

 on was placed at uiy diypo.sal, I (^ontinued tliése fountings. ior wiiieli \ve used 

 a plaice-seine. 240 feet long from tlie end of one arm to tliat of tlie otliei-; 

 there was a line of 1800 feet ou eithcr aini. Tlie lisihing was carried on as 

 follows: 'l'he »Haucli« unchored on the tishing groimd: a joUy-boat rowed 

 nearly straiglit out witli oiie of the IHOti feet long lines; tlien it liirned 9(i" 

 and placed the seiue (240 feel) in the water iiearlji slraight out; this done, 

 the jollj'-hoat again tnrus 90 " and rows the other 1800 feet Inng line 

 iinboard the »Hauch«. The seine and tlie lines .sink to the bottoni, and the 

 whole a])])aratus (with the lines) describes. eonse(|ueutly. un the buttoni of the 

 sea, a triangle with two long sides, 1800 feet Imig, and a short oue (the seine) of 

 240 feet. Wlien wow the two long lines are heaved ouboard by means nf the 

 steani-cap.stan, the seine follows aloug the bott<im, but eau eateh only tlie tish 

 that lie on the bottom withiu the said triangle: tlmse whicli are caught must, 

 \ve know, Jiave been withiu the triangle, but, certainly, there liave lieen still 

 more. only they have ni:)t been caught. The nurabcr of the latter wi' do not 

 know. The area of the above-mentioned triangle is alittle under 4 Tønder Land, 

 but the seine does imt by far fish thr<aigli the whole of this area; for wlien abnut 

 oue half of the lines is hauled onboard. bi>th arms of the seine have usually got 

 (|uite together, so that no more fish can get into the seine. The area whieh 

 has i'eally been tished through may at most be estimated at nearly 2 Tønder 

 ]>and. If we use only 100 fathoms of line on eitlier arm, the area will be ' ., 

 of this or c. -/^ 'J'ønde Land. In Thisted-Bredning and Vilsund, on the 7. and 8. 

 ofJune, 1895, 8 hauls were made with loo fathmns uf line, at 7 various stations. 

 About 25 ])]iiico were caught, or scanely 5 per Tønde Land. Of these 25 3 were 

 marked witli lioles and several were damagod. The 17. September we made 

 three hauls. each of 2 Tønder Land, and the eatch was KJ plaiee, 2 of whieh 

 wei'e marked with holes and si'vend daniaged. That gave, e«inset(uently, 2- ■., 

 plaiee per Tønde Land. We ealenlated 7 jier Tønde Land in sjiring. and as 

 we know that a considerable iiunibe]' has been lished l)y an<l by, llir results 

 iif these oxperiments tu smne degree eunlirm the caleulatious. It was these 

 (\\p<M-iments tliat gave nu- tlic idea Ibat siidi etaintings by nieansof seiue-fishery 



