594 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [62] 



fishing was exceedingly small. In February and in the beginning of 

 March it was irregular and light except with trawl-lines during the sec- 

 ond and third weeks of February, when these implements brought good 

 and occasionally even excellent results. From the 10th of March to the 

 22d, on the other hand, the fishing was exceptionally good for all of the 

 implements. At the close of the month it declined, and in April it was 

 poor. The principal fishing this year was at "Hola." 



Svolvcer. — Trawl-lines were first used December 30, and were hauled 

 on the day following with a catch of 13 cod. The next attempt was made 

 January 10 by three boats, which took 2, 8, and 1 1 cod respectively. At 

 the close of January the catch amounted to 100 for each boat employed. 

 In February and March the trawl-line fishing was irregular and light as a 

 rule until the 8th, from which time it was uniform and good, sometimes 

 excellent, almost to the close of the month. In April it was light again. 



i^ets were first used February 9. They were set on the 11th, and 

 caught from 100 to 400. On the 12th the catch of nets set at night was 

 from 100 to 700. If we except the 19th, when nets set at night excep- 

 tionally took 800, the fishery was irregular and light until March 8th, 

 from which time it was excellent until the close of the month. 



Deep-bait and day-line fishing were poor during the whole time ex- 

 cept from the 8th to the 31 st of March, when the boats frequently got 

 two or three loads daily. 



Ostna'sfjorden. — Here the fish were found in January as well as iu Feb- 

 ruary, and were caught at Langestrand, even in quite large numbers, in 

 the second week of February, especially with day lines. At the close 

 of February and in the beginning of March the fishing was extremely 

 uncertain until the 8th, at which date it became excellent, and continued 

 so until the 20th, when it suddenly ceased. Thus on the 19th the catch 

 in nets amounted to 2,000, and on night lines, GOO ; on the 20th these im- 

 plements caught 900 and 80 respectively. The 21st was Sunday. On 

 the 22d the fishing was extremely uncertain ; on the 23d the nets and 

 day lines were not once attempted, and the catch on trawl-lines was 

 from none to 15. 



Although the fish disappeared suddenly from Ostnsesfjord, they re- 

 mained in the neighboring district of Svolvrer eight days longer; since 

 as late as the 27th as many as 1,200 were caught in nets set at night, 

 a.nd as many as 400 on trawl-lines. Tlie 28th and 29th were holidays. 

 On the 30th the fish here, also, suddenly disappeared ; the catch in nets 

 set at night was from 5 to 50. As usual, there were some herring in the 

 fjord. 



Vaagcne. — The lines set at night, six in number, were hauled for the 

 first time on the 9th of January, and took from 50 to 150 cod per boat. 

 In the first half of February this fishery became, towards the close, ir- 

 regular, but quite good. Later it was poor until March 8, from which 

 date boats as a rule returned with full loads until the close of the month. 

 In April again it was poor. 



