37-2 REPORT or COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, [10] 



^„f<->Ptr,lw The Biaiority of the berring canglit 

 "" rt^trh^ltoCr' awig peidf,-. e., tUe. are fuUof roe 

 are not at tne uei^uu u i niatured or in a flowing condition. I 



and milt, but these are ^^^J'^ re very rarely caught a„ring 

 have been assured that >'P-'™ "= "^ » ^^ ^,^3^ „f t^e hsheries late 



^^'tt^TtrerorSctbeirtfiblgiuuingof^oveu^^^^ 



,u autuiuu, at ^h^ ™" ° 4,^^ mountainous coast of KuUa, espe- 



of these herring seek shelter near I ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



eially ^hen the «md .s ™f ^;jt;[^,t:,™en%hemselves. That 

 These flsh are ^^^M^ •>" before thev spawn is of the greatest im- 

 the herring are thus '^^^f^J^^^'^ll^^^ I'.erriug from the west coast 



ir.^ reputation -n.ave^lwa^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^._^^ 



division IS made accoidino to the nura .^ 1^.^ ^^^^^ 



?fe nfm e:'of ^e :: t ™.ies-aceording to the size of *« boats f™m 

 l: or "x to ten men, and one or two bo>.. The.o boy^ ,n the fir 

 vear receive one net share, and in the second year two. They also „et 

 those be ing that fall off when the net is hauled in and which ai^ 

 di, Ted n wi°th hand-nets. Every fisherman has a girl as an assis a„t 

 Al mends and dries the nets and pulls the ,^«"™S ft"- * « ^ 

 •which she "ets her board and one net share. Every boat has tw o extra 

 leif and the fish caught in these fall to the share of poor widows and 



cliildreu 



Near Viken, when the owner of the boat supplies the buoys and the 

 lines he gets a whole share, otherwise only half a share per boat. I 

 the girl(who a«ts as assista'nt) has a net, she gets whatever is caught 

 in it, otherwise she receives half a net share. 



At the fishing stations on the south coast, where the crew gen- 

 erally are only two or three men per boat, who have equal shares in 

 the-boats and nets, they divide all the fish which -r^^;^^"^^^^^^^//^ 

 among themselves. On the east coast, near Skillmge, the boa owner 

 gets one man's share. The girl gets whatever is caught m a net wh^l^ 

 is set specially for her. As has already been mentioned, the fish caught 



