250 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISnEBIES. 

 Number of livers to ilie larrcl. 



ending- 



Jan. 

 Peb. 



2@ 



2 



9 



16 



23 



March 2 



9 



16 



23 



30 



April 6 



13 



400 

 400 

 400 

 500 



5001 

 500 



400! 500 

 4001 600 

 450| 650 

 450l 650 



250 300 

 250 300 

 250 300 

 300 380 

 300 380 

 300 3S0 

 400| 500 

 450[ 580 

 400 550 

 450 580 

 450 580 



.2 » .9 

 1-1 (25 m 



400.... 

 400' 300 

 4001 300 

 400 300: 

 400' 300' 

 400' 350! 

 450' 380' 

 500, 400, 

 600 400! 

 650' 430! 

 650 500j 



300 

 350; .... 

 350! ... 

 350 .... 

 350l .... 

 400! 300 

 430! 300 

 4C0 300 

 460 300 

 600 450 



... 380; 



... 380 



... 380i 



300 360| 



... 4S0! 



460' 500' 



460 500 



460 500, 



400! 500, 740, 



600 500 740, 



650! 3001 600 500! 74o! 



4601 700, 



^ 3 



^ S 



« 9 



300 



300 480 . 

 300'350 360 480 . 

 300!350'360l480 . 

 300;350;360|480 . 

 3001350 360 480l250 : 

 350 400 360 440l250'.300 

 S50 400^360!440|350'450 

 350'400i300.400 350'450 

 350!500j36«480i350,450 

 350'500;360,480 450 600 

 350 4501360|480'400 500 

 -...l...|550,700i... ... 



Highest number of livers from liue-fishiug, week ending April 13. . 700 

 Highest namber of livers from net-fishing, week ending April 13 . . 550 

 Lowest number of livers from line-fishing, week ending January 26. . 300 

 Lowest number of livers from net-fishing, week ending January 26.. 250 

 Both in 1876 and last year there was a period from the middle of 

 February tUl March when the fish increased in fatness ; and as the num- 

 ber of fish generally increased about the same time, I concluded that 

 new schools had come in. This year no increase of fatness was observed 

 except about the middle of March in the district of Sorvaagen, but on 

 the other hand it was observed that this year tlie fish were fatter than 

 last year firora the beginning of the fisheries. Fishing also commenced 

 early and promised weU at all the stations. From the middle of Feb- 

 ruary the fatness gradually decreased, so that probably no new schools 

 arrived after that time with the exception of the district extending from 

 Henningsvaer to Ure, where the proportion of liver kept unchanged 

 longest, and where there was steady and good fishing all the time. Al- 

 though the proportion of liver kept unchanged for a long time west of 

 Nufsfiord, there was no fishing from the middle of February till tlie 

 middle of March, and no net-fishing till the end of March. The unfavor- 

 able weather was probably the cause of this, as the fishermen could not 

 reach their usual fishing-places as often as was desirable. 



Price of fish (not siaitd per what quantify). 



