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Eggs and young of cod, 1904. 



Pelagic yonng of cod were taken in 1904 as early as February. On the 

 »Tlior's« spring cruise in 1904 A. C. Johansen took two tiny young in the Skager 

 Rak on the 17th of February and one in the North Sea on the 26 th of February 

 (see Tab. 1). Apart from these we have not taken the pelagic young of cod in 

 February 1904. Even in March the pelagic cod young are few and small. In 

 1904 extensive investigations were made during March in all the Danish waters 

 from the Skager Rak to the true Baltic, 44 hauls altogether of a total duratiou of 

 ca. 20 hours l^eing made in the intermediate waters with the young-fish trawl; a 

 very large number of the young from demersal eggs was taken (see Tab. 3 B), but 

 only tliree, all small, young of the cod, one in the Kattegat, one in the Great Belt 

 and one in the true Baltic. 



Up to April, therefore, we have nowhere talcen the cod young in quantities, 

 hut we have found them singly in most of the Danish waters from the North Sea to 

 the true Baltic. 



In April and May 1904 we have found the pelagic cod young in all 

 waters, where we sought for them, but not eveuly distributed everywhere. Of the 

 377 pelagic cod young taken in the months raentioned, 127 come from the Skager 

 Rak and 131 from the true Baltic, yet no great time was sjient on the investigations 



