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|i|-i'rf(liii;i yi'.-ii' (tiic 0.un>u|i ainl Ihc lgnpn|i). i-*^ ncil u(|Uallv divliiliiitfil nhiiii;' 

 all oiir shdi'es. it is nitlier scarcc (ni tin.- sliorcs ol' Fuiien, mure nmiiennis 

 iJi'i'haps north <i[ Sealand, /ve// iiiiitn-nitif oii tlio contrai'v oii tiiu iKnllieni shorcs 

 uf tlie C'attegal as also at sfvei'al ]>Iaoos dn the western sliurcs ol .)utlixii<l, l'or 

 iiistanee at l'^sbjiTi;- m\<\ Tliyhoron, aml im iluubt it is tlio (.•urrents (iiidirectly. 

 cuusi'iHK'iitly, llie wirui) ainl llu' saiinity (thc specirK- gravity) ol' llic Cieriiian 

 Sca and llic ( 'attt'nat whicli lirsl ol' all decidc fn wliicli slioi'cs tlie tloatin«"' 



(.'gg.s and tliL' tendcf irv \\ill he carriid 



hc fosull is at anv rate tliat tlic 1' 



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gathers tugetlier at eertuin piaces aml is not at all equally di.slribnted in the 

 waters. Evc-ry (iernuin Sea plaiee must pass its earliest infaney on the shore, 

 and the direetion ol' tlie curreiits as well as of the wiiid is such, that both have 

 a teudenej' to carry the eggs aud youug that fioat about towanls the east, 

 among other plaees to fhc western shore^ of Jutlaml, irhicli ure, iio doiihf, hy far 

 the tiwst iniportani leariny-phtrc offhe stod: of the (iei man Sea. W'hen a cutter, 

 tishing for h-y for traus))lantation into the Limfjord, does not get at least c. 4000 

 yiiuug plaiee in every liaul with the seiue, he is dissatisfied aud goes else- 

 where, he says, aud yet he tishes only the tish of the Il-group, conserjueutly 

 proportioually large fish somewhat mider the size limit. 



It is a shoal of tliese iramense (|uantitiesoffryon om- western shores that, 

 assisted by tlie curreut, is carried through tlie Thyborøu canal and farther into 

 the Limfjord. Tt will be understood that this fry, whicli must be estimated at maiiy 

 millions of tish every year, easily will tind the room in this closed Fjord too nar- 

 row, so that they canuot grow as (juickly as in a larger \\-ater, where there is a 

 larger area for each fish to live upon, particularly as they meet difficulties in going 

 into some of the expansions of the Fjord. Wo have seen that wliile there live 

 at least c. 1000 per Tønde Laud in Nissum-Bredning, there are other expan- 

 sions of the Fjord where the plaiee would thrive very well indeed, which are 

 alniost quite ilestitute of tish. As long as so mauy tish live in Nissum-Bred- 

 ning, we can scarceh" expect to produce large tish there in a iiumber wortli 

 mentiouing; if on the other band there were only ' .ø of the wliole number, 

 they would probably all grow (juickly. 1'he great number evidently prevents 

 the productiou of salable tish in this expansion of the Fjord. We know also 

 from other piaces that too dense a population checks the growth, from ponds 

 in which we have placed too mauy tish as well as trom gardens or forests 

 where we have not thinned sufticientlv. The fish, evidently, do not go 

 up the Fjord quickly enough to preveut the iujurious results of local over- 

 population. — In the expansions of tlio Fjord east of Nissiun Bredning, Lav- 

 bjerg, Kaas, and Veno-Bugt, the number per Tnndo r.and is exceedingly diiiiin- 



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