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with the teeth somewhat crooked, by means of which the oysters were taken up 
in the shallower parts, partly also finally a diving apparatus broght from Harboøre 
for the greater depths with stony hottom. The rake mentioned is perhaps the 
most serviceable apparatus for collecting the oysters under the conditions at that 
place, as it is just suited for use in shallower water where most oysters seem to 
occur. In using it however, one must be able to see the oysters on the bottom, 
and it can also only be used when there is no great movement in the water; which 
should not however be any considerable hindrance in the way of the fishery, as 
the fishermen should be able to collect in good weather the quantity of oysters 
they need and put them in hoxes or other suitable places where they are easily 
got at when wanted. This is the method used in Norway where the oyster fishery 
proceeds everywhere, so far as I have had the opportunity to investigate, in shal- 
low water and with apparatus more or less similar to the rake mentioned. 
There can be no doubt that the occurrence of the oysters in the 
Lim Fjord is certainly connected with the breaking through of the 
North Sea, and that like the lugworm (Arenicola piscatorum Lam) and several 
other marine forms they only entered after this natural phenomenon into the wes- 
tern part of the Lim Fjord, where the conditions at several places seem also to 
be very favourable to their reproduction and growth. 
It was due quite to chance that the presence of oysters was observed at 
Lemvig. It happened that a stone-layer of that town, by name Kristian Hede, 
was taking up stones from the hed of the fjord for a pavement and observed the 
oysters; he then constructed the above-mentioned rake and collected a few by its 
means and sold them in the town. In this way the officials of the town became 
acquainted with the matter, closed the bank and sent in a report to the Govern- 
ment. But it is at the least very probable that oysters must exist in several other 
bays and creeks of the western Lim Fjord, where no one as yet has had the 
opportunity to observe them or where the ignorance of the inhabitants with oysters 
has perhaps made observations unfruitful. As regards Sallingsund, I have 
on this journey heard it stated with assurance by a sailor, (mate of the steamboat 
Odin) from his own experience, that oysters occur in the neighbourhood of 
Nykjøbing on Mors. And the same person states, though only from the reports 
of others, that oysters are likewise said to be found on two reefs north of Livø. 
In any case I consider it certain that several of the Lim Fjord bays, even though 
oysters may not as yet have found their way in there, are well suited to oyster 
culture, and thus that a by no means despicable source of income could be opened 
up for a portion of the inhabitants along the fjord. 
The question immediately arises therefore, how can the exploitation of 
these oyster banks at Lemvig and of all the oyster banks, which will 
certainly yet be found or laid down in the Lim Fjord, be arranged in 
the most advantageous manner. Should they be declared crown property 
(even where so-called cooperative fishery occurs) or made free? And in the first 
case, should the Lemvig banks be at once contracted out, or should a more exact 
knowledge of the distribution of the oysters in the Lim Fjord be sought for first 
of all? In whatever direction the question may be settled in general, I venture 
to suggest with regard to the Lemvig Bank, that since this bank is as yet 
