t^^] THE FISHERIES OF SWEDEN. ggj 



water and is going to its spawning place. In goins over »11 ti,„ „k, 

 t.ons regarding the hommor eel flsLries on the Bfireo" of S™,™' 

 and m the sounds and the belts, we find that this the ac ual faTa", 



whTthe f: ""'' ™^' '■" ""'"" "'" '^"""^'"^ '^ placed a^tiet-r 

 when the (isher.es are carried on. The Iwmmor on the east ,wh of 



Sweden are so set that the eels mnst come from the north; „n 1 ,1,, 

 coast of the Skane, so that they must come from the ea f a i n^ 



ties the eel fisheries coiumence ranch later than on the east eoist <,f 



the coast to the more salty waters of the Cattegat ; and.asihis mi.iS 



takes pace at a, certain season of the year, it is in the highes deg ee 



probab e that it is in some way connected ^ith the propagat on of^Ihe 



eels, altliough tor the time being we do not know whe.e ™d how the 



l>ropagatmg process is carried on. By the discovery made by Snslis 



.1 relation to the male generative organs of the eel, and the discoverv 



by Hermes of these organs in the male „f the sea-ee (Co,, . 'Zlf 



lias been settled beyond dispute that both se.es are found among 



he eels and that eels do not give birth to live young ones as was 



thought m former times. Some progress has therefore been inl^e 



' tf ee f^;:'' " "'" "'""r "' *'' »'™P«8-tio" of the eel Th. 



, li^ eel for this imrpose seeks Salter water is as easily explained as 



.hat other migratory fishes, as the salmon, seek fresh wafer for Te^ime 



P..n.ose The circumstance that this migration of the eel s ^o jced 



raamly m these portions of the Baltic which are nearest to the Cat 



I tegat IS easily explained by the fact that eels from diflerent localU.es 



1 --gather here in considerable numbers. The objection i^gh be 



' md^ t H ' ""'" '"" "'''"''' eel.flsheries must be in the Sound 



, membeied that the nature of the coast, the currents &c doubtless 

 exercise a considerable influence on the eel fisheries, and thl J, sll 

 I cn^umstances it will principally depend whether, in' their 4r Zs 



i ^/ZZZ tT """ "i" 'T "^"' '""'^ "^■' "« -"Slit with t:iz; 



eels reach the S?„;''T'''' ««:'-fel'eries which take place before th^ 



^o, f™ t ? '""'' <'«"'»"'y ''eo'-'^ase their number, as eels are 



I not found m such enormous schools as herring and cod. The eels [n 



m of'^sT'""" P^^l'"V"" -■"'-'"o^t fishtng stations on h! t^ 

 coast of Skane, namely, Tosteberga and Landon, but are caught alons 



1t:t.Tk1 7 '" r «-""'— "" .>=c-„:rcoL thf 



I eels go as far as Kaseberga, but no eels are found near Ystad which is 



I r:r t^h-: r^orttr^r:- cr t "■", ''°- *^- -"- 



Smyge and Beding^ but girl" Z:^::ZZ:^Z: 



! ^Vz:r^^:;T ^""'■"^ i"" ^^'^"'■"" p-"->--ea!d;::;: 



^ yju cne west side of this peuinsiila and iu the Holeviken mr.lp P-,v\ 

 , uorth of it, no ..blank eels" are found, ami the s^e is Ihe'":! atall 



