STATISTICS OF THE . LOFFODEN FISHERIES FOR 1878. 251 



Price of liver ^ roe, and halt {per barrel), and of heads {per 100). 



Fresh liv^er per barrel. . $4 28 to 7 50 



Oldliver do. 4 28 to 4 82 



Eoe do. 2 14 to 5 35 



Fresli herring for bait. . , do. 2 64 to 4 28 



Salt herring for bait do. 2 14 to 4 82 



Cuttlefish for bait do. 3 21 to 6 43 



Muscle,? for bait .... do. 2 14 to 4 28 



Heads per hundred. 8 to 



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This year's fishery has been the second largest ever known ; and if the 

 weather had not been so very unfavorable during February and March, 

 the number of fish would — ^in spite of the total failure of the fisheries in 

 April — have been as large as last year ; for it is my opinion that the 

 scliools on the banks were much larger. In January and February 

 4,500,000 were caught; in April, 2,500,000; and in March, 17,750,000; 

 whilst last year (1877) the number was 16,000,000 in March. The first 

 of the two following tables shows the result of the Loffoden-fisheries for 

 every week from 1869 to 1377, and the second shows the result per month, 

 calculated for the last and the first week of the month according to the 

 days when fishing was going on and the number of fish caught during 

 the week. According to these data an average Loffoden-fishery ought 

 to yield about 20,500,000, of which 4,300,000 (21 per cent.) are taken in 

 January and February, 12,300,000 (60 per cent.) in March, and 4,000,000 

 (19 per cent.) in April. This year (1878) the percentage was as foUows: 

 January and February, 18.2 per cent.; March, 71.7; and April, 10.1. 



