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THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1880. 



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abuiulauce as after the close of the fishing. The fishing took place in 

 from IG to 30 fathoms of wat«r. 



8und. — Lines were first used January G, and caught from 50 to 100 

 cod. Later the fishing was done farther in, and the catch here appeared 

 to be somewhat more uniform. In February and until March 11 the 

 fishing was evenly good ; later it was i)oor, until the close of the mouth, 

 when it again became good. In April it was variable, mainly good, 

 until the 9th, when it began to be small. 



Kets were first used by two boats January 28, with a catch of 200 

 cod. After that this fishery became about like the line fishery. 



On the Gth of March fish were observed at "Islaendingen" (the lower 

 part of Sundstrommen). In the following week fishing was carried on 

 here by all kinds of implements; but the catch was extremely irregular, 

 because the weather was unfavorable to the business. 



Sorvaagen. — Trawl-line fishing here was somewhat better, net fishing 

 somewhat smaller, than at Sund. 



Table LXII shows the catch at the remaining cod fisheries which 

 were of any importance. 



M,500 barrels of this was medicinal oil. 



Table LXIII gives the yield of the winter and spring fisheries for the 

 last five years, and the aggregate export, reckoning 50 fish to the hun- 

 dred-weight of split cod and 75 of dried cod. 



