[55] THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1680. 



Table LVI gives the catch of fish by the different methods. 

 Table LVI. — Yield by the different methods. 



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Table LVII shows the proportion between the different kinds of fish- 

 ermen and the yield of the methods in the last five years. In the last 

 three years the use of lines has given proportionally the best yield. A 

 com])arison of the last nine years shows that the use of lines has given 

 the most certain yield, since there were only two years — 187G and 1877 

 — wherein the catch was proportionally small in relation to the number 

 of line-fishermen, while the use of nets has furnished a relatively small 

 yield in six of the nine years. 



Table LVII. 



Table LVIII shows the yield of the guano factories in the last five 

 years. This year a factory was erected with English capital in Bret- 

 tesnaes, while the Norwegian fish-guano company (Lero.sen factory) was 

 dissolved. 



