Catch of eels at the Kilen outlet, autumn 1906: 

 August 16. 472 '^ eels. 



— 25. 28 » » 



— 26. 30 -> » 

 September 6. 170 » y 



— 13. I6OV2 » » 



— 15. 128 » » 



— 17. 437 » » 



— 22. 102 » » 



— 29. 100 » » 

 October 7. 205 » » 



— 10. 215 » » 

 13. 144 » » 



— 25. 85 » » 



These data do not indicate the exact daj's of capture but the dates when 

 the eels takeu were put up for sale. The price per U was 30 Øre for the small 

 and 58 Ore for the large eels; ca. 300 IT undersized eels were naturally not sold. 



After the above was written, it has come to my knowledge that the fisher- 

 men, amongst others of Korsør, have begun this year to use stake nets for the 

 capture of sil ver eels, that is, a kind of apparatus with high guiding net; the}' 

 are said to have had verj' good results. It is not the first time that such appa- 

 ratus has been used in Denmark for the fishing of silver eels; but it is quite 

 possible that the discussion about the experiments to stop the eels made by the 

 Biological Station, and the idea that these migrate up in the water, have induced 

 several fishermen to make experiments in this direction with high guides; these 

 experiments have come to my knowledge from several piaces just this year (1906) 

 — piaces wliere they were not made before. I mention this because it is perhaps 

 an example of how ideas can travel without one knowing exactly how they manage 

 to spread about. So much at any rate is certain that the Station's experiments 

 on eel-fishiug have interested the fishermen extremely; I can onl}' hope that the 

 use of the light will also soon be taken up seriously by them. It will not be 

 the first time that the Station has atfaiued good results by cooperating with 

 the fishermen; and if this is oulj' attained, it is .quite unessential whether the 

 Station succeeds in carrying out the matter thoroughly or the fishermen do so. 



