April ncar the mouth of the Limfjord in tlie Cattegat, but in small num- 

 bers only, and iu the middle of Mav at Frederikshavn. In 1903 it was 

 found at Esbjerg, l)y A. C. Johansen, ah-eady in the month of April; all 

 these 4 piaces as very small fish, 1 — 2 ctm. in length, and it seems, eou- 

 sequently, that it appears on the shore a little earlier iu the uorthern Catte- 

 gat and iu the North-Sea than in the BeltSea. The small specimeus 

 at Schmidt's stations 4 & 7 show that \ve have here to do with quite re- 

 ceutly transforraed fish. 



In order to give as much information as possible, also about the quan- 

 titij or frfquencij of this fry at the stations that were investigated in 1902, 

 I shall here give a copy of the journal kept by Johs. Schmidt on board the 

 Sallingsund. The reader will then be able to judge for hlmself 1) of the 

 time aud labour bestowed on the iuvestigatiou at the various piaces, also 

 where no fry was found, aud 2) through this, about the frequency of 

 the fry. 



"The Cattegat. 



Sdturday, June 1-i., 1902. (At Frederikshavn, at 2,45 o'clock). Out with 

 the jolly-boat on the sand N. of the harbour to catch young plaice. With a 

 shrinip-net with fine meshes several hundred were taken in the course of al)out 

 half an hour. One haul of c 30 m. in length gave 63 specimens. 



Wednesihty, June 18., 1902. C!aught fry of plaice on the sand S. of Asaa 

 pier, in the morning, with a shrimp-net with fine meshes. There were not by 

 far so many as at Frederikshavn; the greatest number we ever got in one haul 

 was only 8. 



Thursday, June 19., 1902. Tried to catch fry of plaice on the large plains 

 of sand at the mouth of Mariager Fjord, but there was none at all. 



At 11,15, at (inchrr off Heninyliohn. From 11, 30 — 12,30 we caught fry 

 of plaice on the sand-banks along the shore; fine, clean, sandy bottom with 

 fucus bushes. There were many plaice (as many as 12 in hauls of 30 meters), 

 though not so many as at Frederikshavn. Besides the fry of the year we got 

 here in the shrimp-net about 20 specimens of the Igroup. 



The Little Belt. 



Tuesday, June 24., 1902. Fæno in Lillesund, at 5 p. m. With shrimp-net 

 c. 100 were caught at Fæno N. of Espenhoved, mostly very small plaice. 



Wednesday, June 25., 1902. Left Fæno at 6 a. ni. Caught fry of plaice 

 with shrimp-net on the sand-banks in Baaringvig. Found both plaice and 

 fiounders. There were here many plaice (c. 10 in one haul). 



The Great Belt. 



Kerteminde, at .5,30 ]>. m. Caught fr}^ of plaice with shrimp-net on the 

 sand, straight N. of the harbour. There were many plaice; 6 score in 20 min- 

 utes with a common shrimp-net. 



Thursday, June 26., 1902. The little bay at Slipshavn (Nyborg) was searched 

 with shrimp-net for fry of plaice. Only one plaice was found. 



To Nyborg — — Under Holekenhavn. Investigated the fry of plaice with 

 shrimp-net under Kajbjerg Skov, on the sand-banks. There were rather many 

 young plaice (7 score in scanely 1 hour, with 1 shrimp-net); but nearl\' all 

 of them were smaller than at the otlier ]>laces where we have l)een this year. 



