344 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [12] 



REPORT FROM THE TEOMSOE DISTRICT ON THE PAIITICIPATION OF THE 

 POPULATION IN THE FISHEUTES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN. 



Under date of January 26, 1882, tbe governor of tlie district made a 

 report, from which we take the following data : 



In 1880 this district equipped in all 21 vessels, with a tonnage of 743 

 tons, and manned by 1G9 persons. One of these, with a tonnage of 35 

 tons and a crew of 10 men, belonged to Stavanger, while the others 

 belonged to Trorasoe. Three of the vessels made two voyages each, the 

 first to the banks to engage in shark fishing. Eleven of the expedi- 

 tions were principally fitted out for cod fishing, and but few other fish 

 were caught. 



The total result of these fisheries was as follows : 



66 walruses, at 48 crowns ($12.8G] apiece 



3, 380 seals, at 12 crowna [$;^.211 apiece 



490 wbitcfisli.at 80 crowns r$-.'l.'(41 apiece 



17 bears, at 30 crowns [$9.(>4] apiec'o 



379 reindeer, at 1 2 crowns [$3.21] apiece 



990 pounds eider-down, 48 crowns [$12.80] per 30 pounds (vog) 



40, 200 IVesh fish, at 8 crowns [$2. 14] per 100 



280 bairel.s cod livers, at 13 crowns [$3,481 per barrel 



4(U barrels shark livers, at 14 crowns [.$3.75] per barrel 



10 barreLs whalo fat, at 10 crowns [$2.GS] per barrel 



Total 



Crowns. 



3,168 



40,;)60 



39, 200 



012 



4, 548 



1,320 



19, 216 



3,640 



6, 454 



100 



Dollars. 



849 02 



10, 870 08 



10, 505 00 



104 0(. 



1,218 PC 



353 70 



5, 149 89 



975 5J 



1,729 67 



26 80 



118, 818 



31, 843 22 



REPORTS ON THE FISHERIES IN THE DISTRICT OF FINMARE, THE PAR- 

 TICIPATION OF THE POPULATION IN THESE FISHERIES, THE FISH- 

 ERIES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN, AND THE RESULT OF THESE FISHERIES. 



1. The Wiis'tee and SpRiNa Cod Fisheries. 



Under date of November 30, 1880, the governor of the district made 

 the following report : 



The winter fisheries (I'rom new year's to the beginning of the caplin 

 fisheries) have during the present year been very insignificant. In most 

 of the districts they were a complete failure, and in none of them were 

 the fisheries of any importance. 



The following are the statistics of these fisheries: 



Fishermen 



Fish caught . . . 

 Barrels of liver 

 Barrels of roe . 



Nnmber. 



1,930 



364, 500 



664 



166 



Total value of the fisheries, 44,698 crowns [$11,979.06]. The number 

 of persons who lost their lives during the winter fisheries was 3. 

 The caplin weie this year first noticed near Vardoe and Berlevaag 



