338 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Table XI. — Details of the oyster fisheries in 18S0. 



Distiricts. 



Akershua 



Bnskerud 



Jarlslierg and Laurvig 



Neilencea 



Lister and Mandal 



South Bergenlius 



North Bergenhus 



Uoriisdal 



South Trondhjem 



iSTort h Trondlijem 



Nordland 



Total 



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Barrels. 

 1 

 2 



55 

 14 

 1 

 9 

 22 

 10 

 24 

 20 



164 





$10 72 



13 40 



692 51 



125 90 



5 36 



55 21 

 213 86 



53 60 

 155 44 

 128 6t 



51 45 



1, 506 15 



■^2 



$10 7i 

 6 70 

 12 60 

 9 00 



5 3G 



6 16 

 9 73 



5 30 



6 4Si 

 6 4;l 

 8 58 



9 14 



REPORT ON THE MACKEREL FISHERIES NEAR ULEHOLMENE, AT 

 TJOMOE, IN THE DISTRICT OF JARLSBEBG AND LAURVIG. 



Number of fishermen 599 



Number of boats ™ 155 



Number of fisb caught 775, 000 



Total value of the fish at the fishing station $24, 924 



Of the boats, 21 had a crew of 3 meu each, and 134 of 4 men each, and 

 each boat had 40 drift-nets. It is stated that oue-tenth of the fish caught 

 was consumed in the district, and the remainder sold at other places in 

 Norway. 



Besides the above-mentioned boats and crews, about 130 vessels, with 

 a crew of 2 men each, were engaged in buying up fish. Of the mackerel 

 caught in this district, the greater portion was sent to Christiania, and 

 the remainder to Drammeu, Tonsberg, Horten, Moss, and Frederikstud. 

 The fisheries were carried on from 1 to 2 [Norwegian or Danish?] miles 

 south of Lillefeerder, and began May 23 and closed on July 21, The 

 best fisheries lasted from June 12 to July 4, but throughout the entire 

 fishing season they were subject to great changes, owing to calms or 

 stormy weather. When the net fisheries come to a close, all the boats 

 leave the Uleholmene and return to their homes. No further data can 

 therefore be furnished as regards the fisheries carried on after the close 

 of the fishing season proper, because only pilots while on service catch 

 some fish for their own use. No one was fined for selling liquor or beer 

 without a license, no life was lost, no one was injured, and no one was 

 arrested. 



THE HERRING FISHERIES AT THE LOFFODEN ISLANDS AND IN THE 

 DISTRICT OF VESTERAALEN. 



Under date of February 15, 1881, the superintendent made a report on 

 these fisheries, from which the following extracts are given : 



The appearance of th(^ herrriug was first noticed at Sortland, wherein 

 the Sor Fiord, the inner nrm of the Hogne Fiord, tiierc were caught dur- 



