400 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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eut heiriim- period, it ^vill be fouiul that during the winter of 1877-78 

 the herrino- fisheries commenced in the northern portion of the coast of 

 Bohusliin (Vrincipallv in the neighborhood of Norrviken) ; and that dnr- 

 iuo- the winter of 1881-'82 thev went as far south as Marstrand, and 

 durin- last winter (188L>-'8a) as far south as the northern portion of the 

 Gothenburg coast; and, therefore, it is to be expected that during the 

 approaching fisheries the herring will in still larger number visit the 

 last-mentioned coast, although i.robably they will not, as in 175-2, enter 

 the canals of the Gothenburg Harbor and be caught as lar inland as 

 Tino-stad. There is, therefore, reasonablr hoi)e that the herring, during 

 the'approaching portion of the herring period, will be found principally 

 on the central and southern coast, and that later during the ])eriod they 

 will again show a decided i)refcience for the coast north of Marstrand. 

 Towards the end of the year, and about the beginning of the new year, 

 however, it is probable that the northern part of the coast will also bo 



visited by herring. 



As regards the time of the year when the herringbegin to api)roach the 

 coast iirconsiderable numbers, it appears that during the first fifteen 

 years of a herring period they cauie a little earlier every year, and that 

 after the fifteenth year they gradually came later and later. According 

 to the "Oil-refuse Act," the fisheries, which during the first part of the 

 period were carried on with nets, began as follows: 



Tear. 



Day of bo- 

 I ginning. 



1753 



1754 



1755 



1756 



1757 



1758 



1759 



1760 



1761 



1762 



1763 



S.'pt. 29 

 Sept. 16 

 Stpt. U 

 Sept. 22 

 Sept. 3 

 Sept. 9 

 Ann. 23 

 Auo-. 20 

 Sept. 8 

 Aug. 16 

 Aug. 29 



Year. 



Day of 

 beginnmp 



Year 



1775 



1776 



1777 



1778 



1779 



1780 



1781 



1782 



1783 



1774 I Not given. 



Day of 

 bcgiunin; 



Not given. 

 Not given. 

 Not given. 

 Nov. 4 

 Oct. 24 

 Not given. 

 Oct. 24 

 Not given 

 Nov. I 



For the first six years of the period we have no exact data, but prob- 

 ably in the beginning of a jieriod the fisheries have always been some- 

 what uncertain, and have gradually begun earlier from year to year. 

 During the present period rich fisheries on the coast began in 1877 

 during the first half of December, in 1878 and 1870 about Christmas, in 

 1880 in the beginning of December, in bsSl about the middle of Novem- 

 ber, and in 1882 in the beginning of >:ovember (the herring having 

 already begun to approach the coast towards the end of October), li 

 the course of the (isheries is nearly the same during the iiresent as 

 during the last iieriod, it may be expected that during the coming au- 

 tumn (1883) they will begin in Octolier, possibly towards the end of 

 September, and that during the period from 1889 to 1893 they will ap- 

 proach the coast in August, and after that time in Sei)tcmber, and con- 

 tinue to come about that time till the year 1897 or 1898, w4ieu they 



