AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIES IN NORWAY IN 1^77 739 



Those using hand-liues and both lines and nets $2, 830 



Those using trawl-lines and net-trawls 7, 388 



Those using hand-lines and trawls 9, 300 



Those using nets, lines, and trawls 110 



b. Boats. 



Total number 15,135 



J*rovided with nets alone 3, 501 



Provided with lines only 5, 052 



Bottom lines or palancres (trawls) 2, 033 



Lines and nets 557 



Trawls and nets 1, 253 



Lines and trawls 2, 719 



Nets, lines, and trawls. 20 



c. Quantities of fisli. 



Total catch fish . . 40, 101, 400 



Caught with the net fish . . 20, 723, 200 



Caught with the line fish . . 16, 060, 300 



Caught with palancres or trawls fish . . 3, 317, 900 



Quantity of liver taken barrels . , 93, 482 



Quantity of roe taken barrels . . 38, 025 



Heads sold pieces. . 10, 679, 000 



d. Value on the spot of the catch. 



Total vatue $3,022,018 



Fish without liver or roe 2, 142, 988 



Liver 516, 408 



Roe - 345, 563 



Heads sold 13, 470 



Cold sold whole 3, 588 



4. Statistics of the summer fishery. 



a. The herring fishery. 



Total number of fishermen 48, 831 



Fishing with nets 25, 015 



Fishing with seines 23, 816 



Boats furnished with nets 12, 463 



Companies provided with seines. 1, 862 



Total product of catch bbls. . 617, 859 



Caught with the net bbls.. 216,612 



Caught with seine bbls.. 401,247 



Total value $2, 094, 709 



b. The mackerel fishery. 



Total number fishermen 3,436 > Quantity caught fish.. 4,191,561 



Fishing with the net 3,113 Caught with the net fish.. 4,034,661 



Number of boats 1,047 Total value |174, 000 



Boats furnished with nets 943 | 



5. Products of other fisheries. 



The brisling fishery bbls.. 109,021 



The salmon fishery kilos. . 411, 570 



The lobster fishery .pieces . . 1, 140, 514 



