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THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN If 



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The total number of fishermen was 27,232, representing 5,753 crews, 

 which is the largest force recorded in Loffoden. Compared with last 

 *year the increase is 1,676 men, or 471 crews ; and, as compared with 

 1872, when the fleet was the smallest, 10,459 men, representing 2,107 

 crews, or 58 per cent. 



Table XI gives the number of fishermen from the different parishes 

 for the last five years, as well as the relative proportions in the parishes. 



The mass of the Loffoden fishermen (23 per cent.) are from Salten and 

 from Senjen and Tromso, 22 per cent. Next come Loffoden and Ves- 

 teraalen with 20 per cent.. South Helgeland with 17 per cent., North 

 .Helgeland with 9 per cent., and, finally, the two Trondhjem counties 

 with 8 per cent, jointly. This proportion has been kept comparatively 

 unchanged of lat« years. In the beginning of the sixties, on the con- 

 trary, 14 to 16 per cent, of the Loffoden fleet was from Northern Helge- 

 land, and only 15 to 17 per cent, from Loffoden and Vesteraaleu. The 

 increase, so far as Loffoden and Vesteraalen are concerned, is caused 

 partly by a larger ratio of hired men in Flakstad and Buksnaes, partly 

 by a considerably increased fishing fleet from Hadsel. The decrease 

 from North Helgeland is due chiefly to Nsesne and Kodo, whose fleets 

 now carry on fishing from home stations to a greater extent than 

 formerly. 



For five years the increase of fishing at Loffoden has been greatest 

 from the Trondhjem counties, reaching 132 and 143 per cent.; next 

 from South Helgeland, 29 per cent. From the remaining bailiwicks 

 the growth has been about 20 per cent. 



In Table XII are named the districts from which the Loffoden fleet 

 has been increased by over 50 men or diminished by more than 15 since 

 last year. It will be seen that there has been a gain in nearly 74 per 

 cent, of the districts. 



