722 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



8. The codfish trade. 



Bergen is the priucipal market for the cod. The arrivals of salt and 

 dried fish take place at two fixed periods, or in two distinct shipments. 

 The first shipment reaches Bergen in the end of May. It comprises fish- 

 oil, roe, antumn titilings, and autumn rotscheers. The second shipment, 

 which arrives at the end of July or the beginning of August, brings 

 Idipjisch (morue plate), runclfiscli (stoclcjisch) , and spring rotscheers, and 

 such oil and roe as has not been able to leave by the first convoy. 



a. The Tilipfisch or salted cod trade. — The time of shipment of the 

 Idipfiscli (kench-fish) varies according to localities. In Sondmore it is 

 ready to be shipped from the city of Aalesuud in the course of May ; 

 vessels take it thence for transportation to Spain and Portugal. Toward 

 the same epoch the fisheries situated at the south of Cape Stat carry 

 their iiroducts to Bergen, and those of Eomsdal and Kordmore bring 

 theirs to Molde and Christiansund. As to the Loffoden and Finmark 

 Mipfisch, it is sent to Drontheim, Christiansund, Aalesuud, and Bergen, 

 and exporters re-export it to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cuba, and South 

 America. Christiansund is the principal market of Tilipfiscli. For ship- 

 ment to Europe, they pile up the hlipfisch in the hold of vessels; for 

 countries beyond the sea it is pressed into wooden boxes, which permits 

 its preservation for several years. Molve (ling), brosme (cusk), and 

 haddock are prepared the same, whether designed for Spain or Scotland, 

 and weigh as follows: Molve (ling), made into Jdipfisch, about 2^ pounds, 

 sometimes 7 to 11 pounds ; brosme (cusk), made into JcUpJisch, about 2J 

 pounds; haddock, made into TclipfiscJi, about f pound. 



b. Tittling. — Autumn cod, dried and transformed into rimdjisch, are 

 divided into four classes: 



1. Autumn rundfisch^ weighing about 800 grams (26 ounces). 



2. Holland tittUng, weighing about 320 grams (10 ounces). 



3. Bremen tittUng, weighing about 170 grams (5J ounces). 



4. Ordinary tittUng, comprising that which has not been placed in the 

 first three categories. 



c. Rotscheer. — This is divided into — 



1. Holland zartjisch, about 900 grams (29 ounces), for Sweden, Den- 

 mark, and Holland. 



2. WacJcerJisch, about 530 grams (18 ounces), for Denmark, Holland, 

 and Italy. 



3. Hijkerjisch, of 210 grams (6| ounces), for Holland and Germany. 



4. Winter BotscJieer, which is frequently frozen and shipped to Swe- 

 den, Denmark, and Germany. 



Molves, or ling, are divided into — 



White or diaphanous molves, 2^ to 4^ pounds, for Holland. 



Great fine ling, about 4 J pounds. . ^ For Holland, Sweden, and Ger- 



Small fine ling, of about 2i pounds ) many. 



Common molve, for Sweden and Italy. 



