XXIII.-EXTRACTS FROM A REVIEW OF A. ANNANIASSEN'S 

 VOYAGE TO ICELAND.* 



By A. TnoRSTEiNSON. 



Mr. Annaniassen was sent to Iceland, in tbe summer of 1883, by the 

 Society for the Promotion of the Norwegian Fislieries, in order to study 

 the Iceland sea fisheries; and extracts from the report on his voyao-e, 

 which was made during the months of June and July, are given in the 

 annual report of the above-mentioned society for 1883. 



He made his longest stay at Isafiord, where he visited the large fish- 

 ing stations Bolungarvig and Alptafiord, at a time when the fisheries 

 are not carried on with the same energy and results as during the 

 principal fishing season, which comes earlier in the year. He also 

 paid hasty visits to the stations where the mail-steamer calls, staying 

 from six hours to two days; and thus had occasion to visit the West- 

 manna Islands, lieykjavik, Eskifiord, Husavik, Sc.ydisfiord, Ofiord, 

 Siglefiord, Sandarkrog, Skagestrand, and lieykjafioid. Owing to his 

 short stay at each of these places, he was not able to collect (iomplete 

 data regarding the fisheries; and in resi)ect to the curing of fish he 

 could not make man}' personal observations, as the time was much too 

 short and as the curing offish has generally come to an end about that 

 season of the year. He was not able to see the Iceland fisheries as 

 they are carried on during the tishing season, cxce])t, ])erhaps, at Eski- 

 fiord or Seydistiord, where there are considerable summer fisheries. 

 He did not see anything of the important fisheries in the Southland 

 and Westland, which, during the period from March 1 to May 14, fur- 

 nish about three-fourths of the entire quantity of fish exported from 

 Iceland. Owing to the season of the year at which he visited Iceland, 

 therefore, and the shortness of his stop at the fishing stations, several 

 mistakes have crept into his report. I aim here to point out some of 

 these mistakes, make corrections, and show the true state of affairs. I 

 will first make a few observations on the manufacture of klip-fish, fol- 

 lowing the lettering used by Mr. Annaniassen and omitting such divis- 

 ions as call for no remarks. 



* " Hr. Annaniassens liejseberetning fra Island." From Fiskerilidende, Copeuliageu, 



December 23 and 30, 1881, and January 6, 1885. Translated from tlie Danish by 

 Herman Jacobsox. 



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