[57] THE LOFFODEN FISHERY LV 1880 589 



The average was, in 1874, 270 crowns = $72.36 ; in 1875, 390 crown8= 

 $104.52; in 1876,305 crowns = $81.74; in 1877, 410 crowns = $109.88; 

 in 1878, 300 crowns = $80.40; and in 1879, 240 crowns = $64.32. 



Wages of hired men were from 100 to 120 crowns ($26.80 to $32.16) 

 and expenses. In East Loffbden they were occasionally reduced to 80 

 crowns ($21.44). 



Table LIX. 



Average share. Highest share. 



luBpection district. 



I I I I f 



! tzi i &H I Q 





Skroven $64 32 $48 24 $26 80 ; • 



Svolvaer ! 53 60 42 88 37 52 $96 48 | $85 76 



Vaagene | 75 04 32 16 160 80 : 53 60 i $53 6a 



Hopen , 64 32 48 24' 34 84 ' 134 00 107 20 



Henningsvfer 53 60 42 88 32 16 107 20 I 85 76 



Staiasund 58 96 56 28! 115 24 69 68 



Ure I 48 24 45 56 75 04 80 40 



Balstad 69 68 i 69 68 



NufaQord ' 80 40 ' 72 36 99 16 107 20 



-Snnd 75 04! 75 04 93 80 142 04 



Reine i 80 40 9112 107 20 



Sorvaagen 67 00 80 40 88 44 125 96 



MoskeniPs '. 75 04 : 112 56 



Aa I 58 96 80 40 ! 61 64 125 96 



The loss of implements has been distinctly smaller than last year, 

 <especially so far as nets are concerned. In Skroven only one link was 

 lost, and in Hopen ten to twelve, while, on the other hand, an individ- 

 wal in Kabelvaag has lost two settings. The loss of lines has been 

 proportioually greater in Henningsvser and Balstad. The loss is every- 

 where attributed to a current, which set westward with unusual strength 

 in the latter half of February. In the beginning of IMarch it set east- 

 ward. From many places comes the complaint that the implements are 

 too lightly weighted, both lines and nets, and a desire Uas been ex- 

 pressed that the law-making power should interfere. In order that the 

 weights, which are at present insniiicieut, may be satisfactory they must 

 be so heavy as to materially increase the labor of the ordinary daily 

 business, so that it is doubtful how far they will secure any correspond- 

 ing advantage. There was at one time an association in Stamsund 

 whose members pledged themselves to use anchor-stones of a fixed 

 weight; but, so far as I remember, it existed only one year, and I am 

 not aware that the experiment was repeated. 



Of Hoating implements floating lines were used exceptionally in E.ist 

 Loffbden and more commonly than before in West Loflbden. Floating 

 Tiet^ were used only a little westward of Storvaagen, and then nets 

 floated under water were always employed. Eastward nearly one-fourth 

 'Of the men used surface-floating nets. 



The Loffbden fishery this year has been next to the greatest known, 



