AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIEiJ IN NORWAY IN 1877. 



739 



Those using Iianil-lines and both lines and nets $2, 830 



Those using trawl-lines and net-trawls 7, 388 



Those using hand-lines and trawls 0, 300 



Those using nets, lines, and trawls 110 



6. Boats. 



Total number 15,135 



Provided with nets alone 3,501 



Provided with lines only 5, 052 



Bottom lines or palancres (trawls) 2, 033 



Lines and nets , 557 



Trawls and nets 1, 253 



Lines and trawls - 2, 719 



Nets, lines, and trawls 20 



c. Quantities of fish. 



Total catch fish . . 



Caught with the net fish . . 



Caught with the line fish . . 



Caught with palancres or trawls fish . . 



Quantity of liver taken barrels.. 



Quantity of roe taken ' barrels . . 



Heads sold pieces.. 



d. Value on tlie spot of the catch. 



Total value , $3,022,018 



Fish without liver or roe 2, 142, 988 



40, 101, 400 



20, 723, 200 



10, OGO, 300 



3,317,900 



93, 482 



38, 025 



10, 679, 000 



Liver 



Eoe _ 



Heads sold 



Cold sold whole 



516, 408 



345, 563 



13, 470 



3, 588 



4. Statistics of the summer fishery. 

 a. The herring fishery. 



Total number of fishermen 48, 831 



Fishing with nets 25,015 



Fishing with seines 23,816 



Boats furnished witli nets 12,463 



Companies iirovided with seines. 1,862 



Total product of catch bbls. . 617, 859 



Caught with the net bbls.. 216,612 



Caught with seine bbls.. 401,247 



Total value $2,094,709 



1). The macherel fishery. 



Total number fishermen 3,436 



Fishing with the net > 3, 113 



Number of bo. ts 1, 047 



Boats furnished with nets 943 



Quantity caught fish.. 4,191,561 



Caught with the net.... fish.. 4,034,661 

 Total value §174,000 



5. Products of other fisheries. 



The brisling fishery. bbls.. 109,021 



The salmon fishery.. kilos.. 411,570 



The lobster fishery .pieces . . 1, 140, 514 



