550 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fishing. — The largest fish are caugbt iu tbe Bay of Dublin and on the 

 Nymph Bank. It is frequently caugbt iu tbe German Ocean, near Heli- 

 goland, on tbe west coast of Scbleswig near Sylt, and on the Doggers 

 Bank, in the Skagerak, tbe Kattegat, and on the Danish coasts, esi^e- 

 cially near Elsiuore. 



Gadus virens, L., lives in tbe North Atlantic Ocean and in tbe Polar 

 Sea as far south as the 46th degree northern latitude, and is found from 

 the British coasts as far as Fiuraarken and Spitzbergen, and from the 

 Baltic to tbe coasts of North America. In Iceland it keeps cbietiy near 

 the south and west side of tbe island and does not seem to leave this 

 coast ; on tbe Swedish coast it is found near Bohusliin ; near the British 

 coasts it is found in the Frith of Forth and near Palperro. From there 

 on it does not occur till tbe Mediterranean is reached. 



FisJiing. — On the coasts of tbe Faroe Islands and Norway these fish 

 during certain years appear in such quantities iu summer and autumn 

 that nearly all tbe bays are filled with them ; this is also tbe case near 

 the Isle of Man and in the Mediterranean. On tbe north coast of Jut- 

 land they also occasionally appear in large numbers ; but in tbe south 

 of Denmark they are but seldom caugbt, and then chiefly in spring ai'd 

 autumn. Near Greenland they are seldom caugbt, more frequently in 

 Davis Strait, on tbe bank and near Boston. 



GaduH luscus, i., chiefly lives in tbe Polar Sea and the northern seas 

 but goes farther south than tbe above-mentioned varieties. Near Great 

 Britain, as far north as tbe coast of Sweden and Norway, east on the coast 

 of Siberia as far as the Obi Eiver, it is a most highly esteemed tish. It 

 is found south on the coasts of Germany, tbe Netherlands, France, and 

 Portugal (near Lisbon), and as far as the western part of the Mediter- 

 ranean, tbe Bay of Naples, and Sicily ; also near Greenland ; it is found 

 at a depth of 90 feet, li miles east southeast of Lowestoft. 



Gadus merhmgus, L., is found far north, but not in any great number. 

 Its home is therefore south of the COth degree northern latitude. It is 

 not found near tbe east of Greenland and the north of Iceland, and it is 

 rare near the south of Iceland and the Faroe Islands; it occurs frequently 

 near the south coast of Norway, near Arendal, near Great Britain and 

 the Orkney Islands. On the heights of Arendal the percentage of brine 

 at a depth of 304 fathoms was 3.53. Near Iceland Faber found it all 

 the year round only in tbe bay of Keikiavick. It is found at a depth of 

 204 feet east-northeast of Bamborough. 



Fishing. — Near tbe Danish coasts, in tbe German Ocean and in the 

 Baltic, it is common from May to September, especially on tbe Dogger's 

 Bank, the Nymph Bank, and on the south coast of Iceland ; it is also very 

 frequent on tbe coasts of Southwestern Europe. It does not seem to 

 occur on tbe western coast of the Cimbric peninsula, because it likes a 

 sandy and moory bottom at a depth of about 300 feet, and therefore 

 scarcely ever enters the shallow bays. 



Gadus namts Faber, the northern dwarf codfishj is found near tbe south, 



