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THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1880. 



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somewhat again. The great diflerence between Loffoden and Ves- 

 teraalen districts, their proportion being donble that of the others, is 

 owing to the fact that net-fishing gradually decreased from 65 per 

 cent, in 1862 to 9 per cent, in 1870. Later, in 1874, it advanced to 33 

 per cent., but in the following year it again fell off to 22 per cent. 



Table XIV. — Percentage of the population. 



1862 

 1870 

 1876 



1877 

 1878 

 J 879 



MODE OF FISHING. 



South 

 Trondhjem. 



20 

 17 

 45 

 49 

 52 

 46 

 44.5 



North 

 Trondhjem, 



Hi ! H 



South. 

 Helgeland. 





7 15 



39 23 



38 21 



36 17 



32 16 



30 15 



32 20 



North 

 Helgeland. 



5 6 



18 i 13 



8 i 15 



6 : 11 



3 I 9 



4 7 

 5.5 10.5 



Salten. 



27 I 8 

 63 ' 4 



44 ! 5 



37 I 4 

 32 i 5 



.. ! 7 



LoflFoden and 

 Vesteraalen. 



3 

 1 



79 1 ... 

 74 .... 

 44 55. 5 0. 5 

 38 61 ; 1 

 31 67 2 



Senjen and 

 Tromso. 



31 



i 4 



' 5 



44 ■ 12 



43 ' 6 



32 j 11 



41 i 10 



Table XV, following, shows the changes in the use of the various 

 methods during the last twenty-one years. 



In all Loffoden net-fishing has varied between 34 and 66 per cent., or 

 32 per cent.; line-fishing has varied between 21 and 55 per cent., or 34 

 per cent.; deep-bait fishing has varied from 8 to 14 per cent., or 6 per 

 cent. 



The va.riation in net-fishing was as follows : In South Helgeland from 

 38 to 79 per cent., or 41 per cent.; in North Helgeland from 69 to 90 

 per cent., or 21 per cent. ; in Salten from 33 to 65 per cent., or 32 per 

 cent. ; in Loffoden and Vesteraalen from 9 to 49 per cent., or 40 per 

 cent.; in Senjen and Tromso from 33 to 65 per cent., or 32 i)er cent. 



The variation in trawl-line fishing was : In South Helgeland from 4 

 to 43 per cent., or 39 per cent. ; in ^N^orth Helgeland from 3 to 19 per 

 cent., or 16 per cent.; in Salten from 25 to 63 ])er cent., or 38 per cent.; 

 in Loffoden and Vesteraalen from 49 to 90 per cent., or 41 per cent. ; in 

 Senjen and Tromso from 29 to 60 iter cent., or 31 per cent. 



Deep-bait fishing with hand lines has varied : In South Helgeland be- 

 tween 13 and 24 jjer cent., or 11 per cent.; in North Helgeland between 

 3 and 15 per cent., or 12 per cent. ; in Salten between 3 and 12 per 

 cent., or 9 per cent. ; in Loffoden and Vesteraalen between ^ and 4 jier 

 cent., or 3^ per cent.; in Senjen and Tromso between 4 and 14 per 

 cent,, or 10 per cent. 



A regularity in this change from one method to another, which prom- 

 ises to become permanent, has been observed only in the two Trondhjem 

 counties, where net-fishing has gradually replaced deep-bait fishing, 

 and in South Helgeland, where trawl-line fishing has, by degrees, in- 

 creased while net-fishing has fallen oft". 



