722 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



8. TUE CODFISH TRADE. 



Bergen is the principal market for the cod. The arrivals of salt and 

 dried fish take place at two fixed periods, or in two distinct shipments. 

 The first shipment reaches Bergen in the end of May. It comprises fish- 

 oil, roe, autumn Utilings, and autumn rotscheers. The second shipment, 

 which arrives at the end of July or the beginning of August, brings 

 liipjisch (morue plate), rtindfisch {stoclcjisch), and spring rotscheers, and 

 such oil and roe as has not been able to leave by the first convoy. 



a. The klipjisch or salted cod trade. — The time of shipment of the 

 Idipfisch (keuch-tish) varies according to localities. In Soudmore it is 

 ready to be shipped from the city of Aalesund in the course of May ; 

 vessels take it thence for transportation to Spain and Portugal. Toward 

 the same epoch the fisheries situated at the south of Cape Stat carry 

 their iiroducts to Bergen, and those of Eomsdal and Nordmore bring 

 theirs to Molde and Christiansund, As to the Loffoden and Finmark 

 Idipfisch, it is sent to Drontheim, Christiansund, Aalesund, and Bergen, 

 and exporters re-export it to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Cuba, and South 

 America. Christiansund is the principal market of Mipjisch. For ship- 

 ment to Europe, they pile up the liipjisch in the hold of vessels; for 

 countries beyond the sea it is pressed into wooden boxes, which permits 

 its preservation for several years. Molve (ling), brosme (cusk), and 

 haddock are prepared the same, whether designed for Spain or Scotland, 

 and weigh as follows: Molve (ling), made into Mipjisch, about 2^ pounds, 

 sometimes 7 to 11 pounds ; brosme (cusk), made into liipjisch, about 2^ 

 pounds ; haddock, made into Idipjisch, about % pound. 



b. Tittling. — Autumn cod, dried and transformed into rundjisch, are 

 divided into four classes: 



1. Autumn rundjisch, weighing about 800 grams (26 ounces). 



2. Holland tittling, weighing about 320 grams (10 ounces). 



3. Bremen tittling, weighing about 170 grams (oi ounces). 



4. Ordinary tittling, comprising that which has not been placed in the 

 first three categories. 



c. Rotschecr. — This is divided into — 



1. Holland zartjisch, about 000 grams (29 ounces), for Sweden, Den- 

 mark, and Holland. 



2. Wackerjisch, about 530 grams (18 ounces), for Denmark, Holland, 

 and Italy. 



3. Hokerjisch, of 210 grams (6^ ounces), for Holland and Germany. 



4. Winter Eotscheer, which is frequently frozen and shipped to Swe- 

 den, Denmark, and Germany. 



Molves, or ling, are divided into — 



White or diaphanous molves, 2^ to 4i pounds, for Holland. 



Great tine ling, about 4i pounds. . ^^ For Holland, Sweden, and Ger- 



Small fine ling, of about 2^ pounds ) many. 



Common molve, for Sweden and Italy. 



