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islieil, niiil liere tlie fisli renc-Iies sueli a size tliat il is just salalile witli a 

 siiglit prolit; hul nol at fliis plaee neillier is llic lliiiiuini;- so cnnsidpraiilo 

 as we raio'lit desiro. Tlie eager lisliing. wc must reinemlier. is not sufficient; 

 tliat takes only tlic largest fisli, and tlie smaller oiies arc left aloue. ff \ve go 

 farther up tlie Fjord to Ijiv-Bredniug, tliere do not live by far so inany fisii 

 liere, all-iu-all. as tlierc could live, e\en lliougli \ve wislied to get large flsli 

 only, and tlie fry, properly speakiug, i^* liere quite missing. 



Only about balf of tlie area of tlie Limfjord tliat is suitable for plaice 

 can be said tlierefore to be inliabited by tbis iisb; tbe otber balf is almost 

 r|uite destitute of it. iMoreover, wbere tlie plaice oceui's there is an overpopnla- 

 tion so tbat none of tbese areas give tbe pecuniai'v profit tbey ongbt to give. 



How cun tbese unfortunatc conditions lie alteredy 



Under tbe present circumstances man bas done notliing to prevent tbe 

 migration of tbe little plaice from Nissum-Bredning to Liv-Bredning and yet 

 it lasts for years; for in spite of tlieir slow '■') growtb tbe fisb are scveral incbes 

 before tbey enter tbe lattei', and tbose expansions of tbe Fjord wbicb are far- 

 tber off tbey would certainly only be able to enter at a considerably more 

 advaneed age — but as a rnle tbey are fisbed before tbey reacb so far. If we 

 would prevent tbe lisbermen from taking tbe jilaii-e till tbey get in tbere, it 

 would certainly be necessary to forbid tbem to take tisb under ii very conside- 

 rable size, and large parts of tbe Fjord wonl«! tben be densely populated witli 

 a great mouher of sJon-l// groninij Jish. as tbe immigration from tbe sea pre- 

 sumably would go on constantly and produce an overpopulation. Tbe fisliing 

 in Venø-Bugt, Kaas-Bredning, and I>avbjorg-l>redning would tben most likely 

 be very poor, as tbese piaces would conie under tbe same conditions as Nissum- 

 Bredning at present, i. e. tbey wouM seareely jiroduce anytbing but (isb under 

 tbe size limit; tbe latter, as we bave seen, was to be fixed somewbat bigber, 

 and in sonie of tbe expansions of tbe Fjord, sucb as Tbisteil-Bredning and 

 Visby-Bredning, tbere would, even under tbese conditions, be exceedingly fcw 

 fisb. Tbis is wliat 1 fancy woubl be tbe result of too mucb preservation in tbe 

 Limfjord. — It is just ])ossible tbat we in tbis wayeouldmake tbe plaice brecd 

 in tbe inner expansions of tbe Fjord. Tbis cannot be done no\\, as tbere are 

 no full-growu Iisb, but pei'liaps tbe plaice on account of tbe natural conditions, 

 cannot breed tbere at all. If it could, we sbould be ahle to get fry in tbe 

 iimer expansions in tbis way. 



It is not uulikely, bowever, tbat tbis experimeni would give quite otber 



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