744 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF 'FISH AND FISHERIES. 



By the eud of JSTovember lodd-herrmg" was discovered in the district 

 of Stroinstad; and Koster fjord also displayed "herring-signs" on a, 

 large scale, even more so than the southern fjords. 



All observations indicated that this ingress into Koster Fjord had 

 passed by the north of Wiidero. 



Almost simidtaneously lodd-herriug was discovered also north of the 

 Koster Islands, as far as to Hvaleri). 



Everj'where the herring came from the south and went northward. 



Already about i^ovember 20 ^^great-Jierrings^^ were occasionally found 

 among the lodd-herring in tlie district of Fjellbackaj they were 12 inches 

 long and upwards, full of "inmeat," that is, roc and milt, i^erfectly 

 mature and ready for spawning. 



November 28 a few barrels of almost exclusively such herring were 

 caught in a small seine at the Wiidero pilot-station. On December 1 and 

 following days so much of this great-herring was obtained among the 

 lodd-herring in the inner bays of Fjellbaclia that people began salting for 

 household use, and fishermen from the district of Kungshamii, who had 

 come all the way up here to iish outside the island, got exclusively great- 

 herrings in their seines. Such was the case with one man from Smogeu, 

 who, December 1, fished at Wedholmen, and with the Fjellbacka fisher- 

 men at Trinisla and Floro on December 3, 4, and 5. 



On December 12 great-herring was found at North Dyngo, where 25 

 barrels were caught in one haul, and shortly afterward great-herring was 

 found in every fjord in the "Skargartl" of Fjellbacha, all the way up to 

 Grebbestad. The main body of these schools consisted of the same big 

 "iumeat-h erring" as that caught at Wiidero. Many of these herrings 

 had the roe and milt running. But also herring which had already 

 spawned were met with, and immature herring with some fat still left ; 

 and as a rule the herring was very much mixed. 



The same kind of herring was caught in Bottna Fjord December 10, 

 and on the IGth it occurred in great packs as well in this fjord as in 

 other branches of Sote Fjord. It was remarked — and this coincides with 

 my own observations — that these southern schools mainly consisted of 

 lugger individuals, and that more empty herring was here found in the 

 hauls than farther to the north in the fishery. 



On the 2Gth and 27th a large school entered into the so-called Hol- 

 lander's Bay, at Smogcn, where 1,200 barrels were inclosed in one lork; 

 nearly all of it was empty herring. 



In the fishery of Stromstad no great-herring was seen until December 

 20, but then within a couple of days they had entered, also here, into 

 every fjord all the way up in Siicke Fjord, and in the waters bordering 

 on Norway. This herring had spawn, though very little developed. 



About New Year's day the great-herring was standing outside, and 

 lodd herring inside in most every fjord, from Smogen to Vagnarberg — 

 au extent of more than 10 mil* — accompanied by the usual herring fol- 



*1 mil=6.G4 statute miles. 



