390 REPORT OF COMMIPRTONER OF FI«H AND FISHERIES. [28] 



success as to place the flounder fisheries in the background The crns^ 

 aceLs caught are mostly sent to Copenhngen, where they fetch from 50 

 ore t'l "own [13.4 centi to 2G.8 cents] per ,ot (.pot = about 1 quart). 

 Besides with fish-pots, these fisheries are also earned on with purse-nets 

 attacbed to a pole (Fig. 21). The incomo derived trom these fisheries 

 in 1881 was 11,890 crowns [$3,180.52]. 



Statistics of the Skane fisheries. 



Tears. 



1 Number of 1 



I fisbei men en-j Income from 



i^iified in all .ill the lisbeiics. 



tbo fisberies. 



1874 . . _, 



1875... '.[...'/'"/.'.'. I 1.039 1 189,452 41 



1, 967 $170, 052 96 

 1, 067 1 179, 770 64 



1876 •2,216 1 . 22f',75300 



1877 1 2,322 236,792 SO' 



1878 1 2,602 1 215,.'-)71 96 



1879 ' 3,115 248,667 55 



1880. 2,9:i8 254,408 91 



1881 



Total . 



1, 723, 470 23 



STATISTICS OF THE SWEDISH FISHERIES AKD REMARKS ON THE m 

 PORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS CONCERNING THEM. 



There is no longer any doubt in the mind of any one that it is of great 

 interest to have reliable data relative to the average annual yield which 

 may be expected from our salt-water and fresh-water fisheries. It is 

 generally acknowledged that statistics are of very great importance in 

 forming a proper indgment of any industry in itself and in its relations 

 to other industries, and the matter lias of late years received considera- 

 ble attention n Sweden, as far as the fisheries are concerned. In the 

 Instructions to the Superintendent of Fisheries, issued February 12, 

 1864, he was enjoined "to prepare statistics of the fisheries considered 

 as an industry in reUition to the other occupations of the i)opulatioii, 

 the capital ilivested, the income derived therefrom," &c. Thus far 

 we have not been able to obtain statistics of our entire fisheries; and 

 the same applies to every other country. Unfortunately we do not yet 

 possess statistics embracing the more important fisheries of the entire 

 Kingdom of Sweden; and in this respect Norway is ahead of us, as tol- 

 erably complete statistics of the Norwegian cod and herring fisheries 

 are taken every year.' In most other c(mntries fishery statistics are still 

 in their infancy,' and the subject has not by any means been given the 

 attention which it deserves. As a general rule people are satisfied with 

 approximate figures based on rather uncertain calculations. Among 

 the reasons therefor we must mention as the most important the diflB- 

 culty in obtaining reliable data relative to the yield of the fisheries, a 

 difficulty, however, whieh is often considered much greater than it 

 really is. 



