VIII.-REPORT OF THE SEA-FISHERIES OF THE LAN OF GOTE- 

 BORG AND BOHUS IN THE YEAR 1877.* 



By Gerhard von Yhlen. 



A.— THE GKEAT FISHERY. 



The Shrejd JisheryA — Thirty-seven vessels with 322 crew engaged in 

 this fishery. According to statements from [N'orway the average earn- 

 ings per man amounted to $157.17, equivalent to 1,386 codfish, sold at 

 11 cents per " round fish." This distant fishery caused considerable losses 

 of implements and of one man's life. 



The iStoreggen fishery, during the summer season, was carried on by 11 

 vessels with 144 crew. The average earnings per man were $173.63. 

 Scarcity of fish and rough weather caused the products to be so small. 



The Jcederen fishery was carried on by 32 craft with 388 crew. The earn- 

 ings, at a low estimate, average $128.17 per man. To obtain complete 

 statistics of this fishery is, as previously remarked, more difficult than is 

 the case with those above, the products not being sold to dealers, but gen- 

 erally shared ("bytt") between the fishermen, and sold by them in small 

 lots. 



One craft from Gidlholmen, with 11 crew, was totally lost in this fish- 

 ery during a gale in the month of August. She was insured in the Fish- 

 ermen's Association. 



The Jutland Beef was visited by 30 fishing smacks, with 254 crew. The 

 average earnings per man were about $124.38. 



The Kattegat fishery was carried on with 57 craft and 327 crew. The 

 average earnings per man were about $91.80. 



Besides these fisheries, several vessels resorted to various other fishing 

 banks, and it appears that the Skrejd fishery in winter time, and fishery 

 on the reef during the summer, secure the best fares. One has in this 

 way arrived at a gross profit of $3,105 for 8 men. 



The market places for each fishing craft are stated in the tables, and 

 fromi them may be seen that every year more vessels come to Norwegian 

 ports for a market. The Norwegian merchants, who thoroughly under- 

 stand this business — which cannot be said of the Swedish merchants — 

 have already found their advantage in furnishing loans to the outfitting 

 of Swedish bank vessels; and the Norwegian " customers- system "I is 

 not far from being introduced in Bohus-Lan. 



* Translated by Josua Lindahl, Ph. D. 

 + The cod-fishery off Aalesund, Norway. — (J. L.) 



tThe Norwegian merchants bny the fish "round'' from the Swetlish fishermen, and 

 drees it and cure it on shore. — (J. L.) 



