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cumstance, that they were found in quantities at places where streams flow out 
into the fjord, and where the water has thus a less salinity than usual. The 
oysters are on the whole widely scattered and single, more rarely two or 
three fixed together. On account of the general situation of the banks, the 
fishery here must be light, simple and inexpensive, which is of no small 
importance in respect to the farming out of the beds. In Sallingsund a so-called 
»brile« is used for the fishery; it is a small iron harrel-hoop fixed on the end of 
a 10 to 12 feet long pole and provided with a bag of wide-meshed netting. At 
Lemvig a kind of rake was used with 4 or 5 teeth of 4 inch nails. Wherever the 
oysters occur in quantity the fishermen according to my experience should be 
able to take up about half a hundred in half an hour; and this agrees fairly 
well with what experienced fishermen have told me, that they have fished 
1200—1500 oysters per day. The fishing cannot be carried on in all kinds of 
weather, but requires calm and sunshine, when the oysters are most readily 
and most distinetly seen on the bottom. The oyster dredge is here not only 
unnecessary but even useless. This apparatus is namely adapted to soft bottom; 
it does not penetrate into the hard gravelly bottom and is thus dragged over the 
oysters without taking them. When it is stated in the report that the oysters are 
right on the shore, so that the water does not rise above the wooden shoes of the 
collector, this may apply perhaps to one or another single oyster, but is to be 
regarded as an exaggeration in any question of the oyster fishery. 
3) Ås regards the nature of the oysters in the Lim Fjord, they possess 
certain peculiarities which make them easily recognizable to the traimed eye, and 
separate them from the »fladstrand« oysters. They are large, but very flat and 
thin, almost leaf-like, and the shell has an obvious green colour. The ani- 
mals themselves I have as a rule found to be bluishwhite, fairly lean and 
inferior in taste to the »fladstrand« oysters. The consumers all say also 
that the Lim Fjord oysters are too insipid and sweet to the taste. and cannot 
be eaten without salt etc. In the trade they will therefore probably have a less 
value than the »fladstrand« oysters, though they bave almost the same size, a 
circumstance which will come into consideration in any farming out of the beds, 
and which may be said to neutralise to a great extent the advantage arising 
from the easy method of fishing in comparison with the »fladstrand« oysters. 
What seems to me to characterize the Lim Fjord banks in contrast both to the 
»fladstrand« and Schleswig banks, so far as these are known to me, is the large 
quantity of the growth-stages or spat one finds on them; the small oysters, 
sometimes so small that they can scarcely be seen with the naked eye, are fre- 
quently found on both adult oysters and empty shells of mussels etc. This means 
that the banks should thrive well and even where they are now spoilt, 
should recover fairly quickly if protected for a couple of years. There 
seems also to be an excellent opportunity for the eventual contractors or others 
to establish oysters ponds with advantage. On the other hand, it would 
be desirable if the too great production of the animals harmful to the oysters, 
star-fish etc. could be restricted. These are found already in somewhat considerable 
quantities on the banks. 
