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riif next ijuestioii is no\\. wiiu is U> i;iiry uiit svuh ;i trmisplautatiou: 

 the (ioverunient, or private iieopleV If tlie Hslierv beluuged to one'inan, or if oii 

 the whok' eitiier any private man or auy coiuiiiuiiity owncd sut-ii a Hsliery, 

 tlie parties conceriied of course iiiight iiiiderlake the transiJantatioii or leave it 

 aloue, as fluy pleased; but as the fishery, as a nile. in all our fjords is open 

 lo evei'y Danisli tisherman, \\(- eaniiot expect lo get very far iu this matter hy 

 private meaus. ' It must he supposrd tlierefore that the (ioverniiieut is indeed 

 linder an obligation to our lisliery in tliis resjiect, and tliat at any rate tiie (irst 

 experiments certainly ougiit to be carried out by the Government. Further, 

 it would bo a deeided advantage if these experiments were made aceording to 

 a Jijcd plan, so that we by and by aci|uii'ed some expericnce as to the best 

 way of carrying them out in all details. The seas seleeted for theni, as well 

 as the number of tish tluit \\ere trausplauted, their growth, ctc, will have a 

 great influence ou tlie result of the experiments, and it would be a good tliing 

 therefore if the Biologieal Station were ahvays closely conneeted with them, 

 uay, at iirst at any rate, conducted them and earried them out. — At present, 

 liowever, the Station is not at all jirepared to undertake sueh u task. 



other regions aic iiearly destituto of listi, tliuugli they arc lirh iii food suitable for 

 lilaice. Wlien I sav tlint I tliink, for instance, of removiug fry from tlif .Valbæks- 

 bugt to tlio deei>er parts of the nortliern Cattegat, wliere the large bnt te« plaii-e 

 arc living, cvery cutter-iislierman will understand what I niean. At present, Ikjw 

 ever, it is (|uite inipossilile for rae to entcr more closely into tliesc iiiie.stions with 

 respei't lu our more open uators, as nu itivestigations have been made liere Ironi Ibis 

 jHjint of view. 



.\s I ha\e said in an eai'lier re^iort, it is si-areely the number of the yonng 

 lisli in the Cattegat tlial is too small, it is (he lish that is eaught wliich is lnu snjall. 

 To renicdy this defect I jiroposed prohibitions againsl the landing of lish under e. 1:.' 

 iucfies; 1 think we should get still greater and earlier results from thi« size limit, 

 by means of an artitieial transplantation (spreading) of the fry. Both work in the 

 same direetion, vijc. towards an annual jircjduetion of the grcati'st possible numbiT 

 uf vdlnahli' ]>laife. — I considei- it ([uite probable that the Cattegat, witli respeet to 

 plaiee-fishery, ean be managed ahnost like a large lisb-pond, in which we anuually 

 lish up nearly cverything tliat is of an\ valne: I sliciuld think that this li.shiug-u|i 

 really lakes plaee every year already now. The i^ndeavours of niau U) get the 

 greatest possible protit are still lur bebind, lio\\(\cr, in oiber resjiect« analogous to 

 |iond c-nlture. 



1 sliall expre.ssly meiition that I have no statisti<'s by wliic'b to |iro\e wbal I 

 have set fortli liere with respeet to the Cattegat; no iloubt, however, it would nnt 

 be impossible to get .sueh statistie.s, if the uecessary materiel were at hånd. 



Wlietber it is possible to transplant other salt water fishes, turbots, hrills, erls. 

 xd/rx, rti-., intii i>ur fjords with |>nilit, is a i|iirstinii ubii-b I sball mit disciiss hen'. 



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