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Appendix Å. 
Statistics of the number of oysters taken by the lessees during the last 7 years, 
from 195% to 1906. 
The statistics show that the oysters in the Lim Fjord have heen chiefly 
taken in recent years by means of diving and dredging; pole-dredging has only 
been of subordinate importance and has not been carried on at all in certain 
years. The reason is not that the fishermen have no desire to pursue this method 
of fishing, but the lessees could obtain a sufficient number of oysters with the 
dredging and diving boats belonging to them. Ås will be seen, most of the oysters 
are obtained by diving; Thisted Bredning with the large Livø Bredning (Livø and 
Løgstør Bredning together) with Fuur Sund yield the largest quantities of oysters 
(diving). Dredging which has considerably increased since 19%3 proceeds mainly 
on the large banks N.E. ot Feggeklit in Livø Bredning. Each year a certain 
portion of the Lim Fjord is quite closed to fishing; the lessees themselves propose 
what portion. We can see nothing in these statistics which would indicate that 
the quantity of oysters has anywhere decreased, even at the places most fished; 
even the large dredged bank N.E. of Feggeklit seems to remain just as rich, 
although dredging is carried on there every year. The reason why so much dred- 
ging is done there is that the true dredgers have permission from the Govern- 
ment only to fish there and in Nissum Bredning; this bank lies nearer the depot 
(Nykøbing) than Nissum Bredning. It will be noted in the statistics that dredging 
was carried on a single time outside these two localities; this occurred because the 
diving boats have also permission under unfavourable conditions when the water 
is not clear enough for diving to fish with the dredges. 
Ås exactly the same boundaries are not maintained in the statistics each 
year, for example in Livø Bredning, Risgaards Bredning etc., we can only place 
general reliance on the data. It seems to be the rule that most oysters are ob- 
tained on the banks which look towards the west and north, thus right on the 
west and north coasts of the land. Of such hbanks well-fished by divers may be 
mentioned the banks in Thisted Bredning east and south, in Venø Bugt south and 
east, in Risgaards Bredning east, m Fuur Sund east, in Vilsund east. The reason 
for this, I should imagine, is that there is very little growth of weed here, the 
prevailing westerly and northerly winds causing so severe a wave-motion that the 
vegetation is kept under more than on the coasts sheltered from these winds. 
Several things I have noticed during this past year whilst dredging seem to indi- 
cate in my opinion that there is in general a less dense growth of weed on the 
coasts named. This weed (Zostera) is naturally also a great hindrance in the way 
of the divers, preventing them from seeing and working; but whether there are 
really fewer oysters on the coasts mentioned than on the others, that is another 
question. It will probably be very good for the oyster banks if the growth of the 
weed were kept down at many places by means of dredging. I may mention in 
this connection. that it might well pay to sell the weed dried to- foreign countries 
as packing material. This is done in the Lim Fjord or was at least a short time 
ago. It is possible that more might be done with this industry. 
