not very rich, it might perhaps be considered an advantage to preserve it for a 
couple of years and keep a constant watch as to whether the protection causes any 
appreciable increase. I do not believe however, that if at once contracted out it 
would run any risk of heing quite destroyed, as the oysters living in the deeper 
water and on stony ground could neither be taken with the dredge or rake, and 
are thus fairly safe from the fishermen. On the other hand, the oyster belt wbich 
extends from four to six feet of water would soon probably be cleaned out, as it 
is so casily got at, and the fishermen would have in the high prices for oysters a 
strong stimulus to carrying on an advantageous and but little difficult mode of 
livelihood. 
If the bank mentioned were to be considered as crown property and con- 
tracted out, its discoverer, Kristian Hede, might perhaps be reasonably recommended 
for a small reward; especially as it would be an inducement to others to make 
the neighhouring stretches of the Lim Fjord the object of close investigation. 
Kjøbenhavn, 23rd July 1851. 
Most respectfully 
Henrik Krøyer. 
H. Krøyer's Report. 1852, 
Having concluded the investigation of the Lim Fjord oyster banks entrus- 
ted to me, as far that is as the shortness of the time permitted it, I hasten to 
respectfully submit the results obtained. 
1) According to the statements of both the fishermen and others acquain- 
ted with the matter, no oysters have ever been detected in that part of the 
Lim Fjord which extends between Hals and Løgstør grounds. The result 
of experiments with the oyster dredge gave further confirmation of this. In Løg- 
stør Bredning, Feggesund and Thisted Bredning as also the arm of 
the Lim Fjord which separates Mors from Thyland, oysters are still ab- 
sent, or if found they occur but rarely and singly and thus could not be the 
object of a fishery. Aithough experiments induced by the catch of oysters 
elsewhere in the Lim Fjord have been made at several places in the neighbour- 
hood of Thisted, these have hitherto given no result and the people have been 
restricted to the oysters obtainable over Nykøbing... Sallingsund right from Glyng- 
øre down to Kaas has been fairly well provided with oysters, especially 
however on the Salling side, and it is here that the greatest part of the Lim 
Fjord oysters met with in trade are taken; for this reason also I have made a 
special point of investigating as far as possible the present condition on this stretch. 
The result I have arrived at is not very pleasant; with exception of a small strip 
right in at the head of Harrevig and a point running out from Mors just at 
the mouth of this bay — Sillerslev Øre — the whole stretch seems to be quite 
devoid of any oysters of commercial value, on account of the harmful fishery. 
And it will therefore be necessary to deal carefully and cautiously with 
this part for some years, so as to give the oysters an opportunity to increase. 
In the south beyond Jegindø and Kaas we come to the broads round about Wenø. 
In this I have observed oysters at the following places: near Struer, though 
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