XL-STATISTICS OF THE LOFFODEN FISHERIES FOR 1878. 



(From (he official report of the Superintendent, First Lieutenant iu the Navy, Niels 



Juel.) 



]S"iimber of fishing-stations \ 56 



Extent of fishing-district in nautical miles 123^2 



Highest number of vessels in the district. 722 



Highest number of boats in the district 4, 912 



Highest number of men in the district 27, 350 



Ktanber of telegrama. 



Number of boats in the district at the end of each week. 

 Week ending January 19 , 



January 26 

 February 2 . 

 February 9 . 

 February 16 . 

 February 23 . 



March 2 



March 9 



March 16 . . . 

 March 23 . . . 

 :.Iarch 30 . . . 



Apill 6 



April 13 ... . 



2,227 



2, 549 



3, 087 

 4,003 

 4,180 



4, 357 

 4,400 

 4^670 

 4, 073 

 3,010 



Kumier of men, loata, ^-c, grouped according to the different ¥inds of apparatus. 



^S." Crews. 



Boats. 



Ket-fisliing 



Line-fisluiTg 



Deep-bait Sshing. 

 Hired men 



13, 168 

 7,258 

 2,297 

 3,311 



2,154 

 1,689 



844 



Total. 



23,034 



4,687 



*2, 430 

 1,977 

 t844 



5,251 



* 269 of these also occasionally used Unes. 



t701 of these used no lines and 143 used lines. 



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