anil imexpected i'esnlts, aud it is scarcely advisable, at present at any rate, 

 to Irv it: l)ul tlicrr is another way hy wliicli it is possible to change the little 

 liivalvi's tiiat iivf in tlie iiiuer expansions ol tije Fjord into flesh of plaice. and 

 tims get a prolit whicli is now lost, viz. by fishing some ol' the small, super- 

 Humis plaice in tlic uuter t'x|)ansions and in a tishing-sniack witli a well sail 

 tlieni into the inner expansions wliere thej' might then be distributed in suit- 

 able numbers per Tønde Laud. I>y so doing \ve should benefit also the ex- 

 pansions of the l'"jord that snlTer trom overpopiilation oi' little fish. A siniilar 

 transplantation l'rom tJie (ierman Sea and NissnmBredning has already been 

 attempted, as we have seen, on a smaller scale, for instance at Thisted-Bred 

 ning and Nissum-Bredning, with the resnlt that the fish thrive well and give 

 tlie tishermen u good profit. The expcriment must be made with a far greater 

 number of iish thau hitlierto. and a partit-ulur law must be passed for fishing 

 in tiic waters where thesc experiments are earried out. The latter is neces- 

 sary in order to get the projier pei-uniary protit; l'or tiie lisliermen might, for 

 instance, hegin to catrh the tish tln^ very day tlie transplantation was com- 

 jnciiced, as it is done a })resent. 



Young plaice eaught in tlie Uerman Sea eau be delivered at Tliyboron 

 ("'anal in exceedinglj' great numbers: I am told 50,000 pieoes per fishing-day 

 liy one eutter. From this ]ilaee it might be towed in suitable eorvesinto Tlusted- 

 Bredniug by a steam-tug; the distance is 40 English miles in a smooth sea. 

 — The cost of the experiment depends ver}" much on tlie weuthcr. as the ex- 

 penses consist only in hire of a cutter and a steam-tug, and the buildiug of 

 some curves. With favoural)le weather a fow weeks will surely suffice to mako 

 the lirst exjieriments of tiansplantation. 



The aim of these exi)erinients, more partieularly, ougiil to hc n i/rculfr 

 iiieuiiic from f/ie fislier;/ in T kisted-Bredniwj , Init at the same time we should 

 try tfj find out lioir imtny pluke ite can traiispkittt w'tth protil. Tliere raust be 

 some limits, of eourse. to the ([uantity of plaice which a certain water can }iru- 

 duce every year. it will be of interest. from a peeuniary point of \-ie\v, to knfiw 

 this limit for the sake of tlie very transplantation. The limit will be reached 

 whcn so great a number of Iish are transplanted tluil tliey check one another 

 in their groAvth. 



Tf by this experiment we produued a mature stock of plaice which sur- 

 vivedaspawning-season. we should soe irhctlicr Ihe idu'wc ttpou llie ivlwleran hrccd 

 hen-. Bul eveu if it can, it will eertaiuly be more prutiktlilc not Iv mffcr il lo 

 (Jo so. on Ihf rontror;/, we should wnstanthi nnderlahe netv trmisplttntutionn everii 

 y/inni/: in this \\ av the Iish of one year oiily will l'eed on tlie l'ood which is 



