[^^] ™f' I'lSHEEIES OP SWEDEN, ;j,S,-j 



these fisheries become, partly because the number of the.e fl.i, i . 

 large, aurt partiv owiu,- ,o the greater distance frZ t Xt ,,en '' 

 gen hsh-n,arket ; lor the greater portion of the cod an Ifl^Zls r , ; 

 on the coast of Sliane are sold fresh and it i. .(, f "<>""'>"■■'' <""isht 

 tion that any of these tish are saTted or dried Col', 7 "'""' """"""'■ 

 scale .ight pay even in ,he Baiti:':;';;^ i^t rrr:';: t^ 

 the nuujber of these fish is very considerable, aud wheretr go" \rti le 

 of cod in brine might be prepared " 



th^easttt^t orsi"" " V"" ''"'' ™"'"^' '"""^^ P'-'-t^-J ^'.V ice. On 

 the east coast ot hkane, however, the more remunerative sal „ fi,l, 



gro ind. The co,i hsher.es are exclusively carried on with lines bofl, 

 on the coast of Skaue an.I in the Sound, wherever a sufflc 'n^! 



ot suitable bait can be obtained. For bait are used a k m o snia 

 {P«*m- and £„,„■«„„,), crabs [Pakemon s<iuUlu), or, if these ,.au„„tb' 

 obtained, Cran^on vulgaris. An excellent bait is IreuZ pZ^^ 

 and ako herring cut up. Near Kaa the fishermen have fansformej 

 heir boats into small vessels in which the cod are bronghtashoiTrve 

 Here hey are ke,,t i„ a sort of fish-baskets until larger vessels come rd 

 take them to Oop..nI,agen. Live codfish there selffor trou ' ." euts to 

 $1.07 per 18J pounds. Dead fish are .sold by the score and are of 

 course cheaper. Of late years some codfish and flounde" s ha" d. rii". 

 winter even been sent by railroad as far as Stockholm, in iLtZl 



ms from 12 to 20 pounds, are caught, but seldom in the Sound The 

 codfish caught in the Soun.l generally weigh only about 37 pounds per 

 scM-e, and the larger kind abont .51 pounds per s^orc. ' 



Of late years, since 1,S78, fishermen from Eaa on the coast of Skane 



Kattegat. In the first year the number of vessel.s engao-e.l in the 

 floun^r fisheries ue.r Aiiholt was 4, which in 1881 had'in; a ed to 



for the last-mentioned year, when the 28 vessels engaged in these fish 

 eries had crews numbering 130 uieu and used 2,600 floundernets and 

 caught fish o the value of $11„524. The floundek caught near Auh "it 

 a e larger than those of the Sound aud the coast of Ikane" bu1 " 

 meat IS coarser and does not have the delicate flavor of the sml 

 flounder.s. These Anholt fisheries begin in April aud^last til the Td 

 die August when people begin to get read,' for the herring h"' 



herrii r^'r'" *^ "" """ """"""■ '"^'"'^ -"»«■"=« as soon as tte 

 herring fisheries have come to a close iu autumn, aud continue unless 



hiudered by ice, through the entire winter. ThrL flshermenl^u "X' 



are dn id.. I at the end ol every week. The owner of the boat o-ets a 

 q.arate share, and the remainder is equally divided amoug I^ fll h r 

 H Sls.'S'^tf "' '""■"' ""■'■■'' ^'•'' •'"-'■^- two men to each 



