﻿,314 
  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  eries, 
  and 
  that 
  these 
  fisheries 
  would 
  gradually 
  cense 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Nor- 
  

   way, 
  where 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  they 
  had 
  always 
  — 
  though 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  — 
  been 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  successful. 
  In 
  1884, 
  however, 
  these 
  

   fisheries 
  had 
  again 
  reached 
  their 
  average 
  yield, 
  namely, 
  about 
  10,000,000 
  

   fish, 
  against 
  3,500,000 
  in 
  1883, 
  7,200,000 
  in 
  1882, 
  12,800,000 
  in 
  1881, 
  

   23,600.000 
  in 
  1880, 
  and 
  19,300,000 
  in 
  1879. 
  

  

  The 
  Lofoden 
  fisheries, 
  which 
  in 
  1883 
  had 
  the 
  smallest 
  yield 
  since 
  1871, 
  

   were 
  not 
  much 
  more 
  successful 
  in 
  1884. 
  In 
  the 
  Lofoden 
  district 
  proper, 
  

   and 
  during 
  the 
  fishing 
  season, 
  17,000,000 
  codfish 
  were 
  caught 
  — 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  quantity 
  as 
  in 
  18S3. 
  If 
  we 
  add 
  to 
  this 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  

   caught 
  after 
  April 
  14, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  caught 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  group 
  of 
  

   islands 
  (in 
  all, 
  6,354,000 
  fish), 
  the 
  total 
  yield 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  is 
  brought 
  

   up 
  to 
  23,354,000. 
  During 
  the 
  five 
  years 
  preceding 
  1884 
  the 
  total 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  codfish 
  caught 
  near 
  the 
  Lofoden 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  group 
  of 
  

   islands 
  (Vesteraaleu) 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  1879 
  33,201,000 
  

  

  1880." 
  31,312,000 
  

  

  1881 
  34,931,000 
  

  

  1882.. 
  32,931,0(10 
  

  

  1883 
  22,088,000 
  

  

  The 
  Romsdal 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1884 
  yielded 
  the 
  following 
  quantities: 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Sondmore 
  2,755,400 
  

  

  Romsdal 
  788,100 
  

  

  Nordmore 
  3,253,000 
  

  

  Total 
  0,796,500 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  five 
  years 
  preceding 
  1SS4 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  these 
  districts 
  

   yielded: 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  Sondmore 
  

   fisheries, 
  although 
  somewhat 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  three 
  years, 
  

   was 
  nevertheless 
  below 
  the 
  average, 
  while 
  the 
  Nordmore 
  fisheries 
  were 
  

   very 
  good. 
  

  

  The 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  Tromsoe 
  district, 
  which 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  1883 
  had 
  

   a 
  yield 
  somewhat 
  above 
  the 
  average, 
  namely, 
  996,000, 
  in 
  1S84 
  yielded 
  

   1 
  ,241 
  ,800. 
  The 
  Fosen 
  [or 
  South 
  Trondh 
  join] 
  fisheries 
  were 
  also 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  better 
  than 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  yield 
  being 
  1,765,900 
  codfish, 
  

   while 
  in 
  1883 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  about 
  1,000,000. 
  The 
  Namdalen 
  fisheries 
  

   yielded 
  424,400 
  fish, 
  against 
  854,000 
  in 
  1883. 
  

  

  But 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  merely 
  by 
  the 
  quantity, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  quality, 
  that 
  the 
  

   cod 
  fisheries 
  of 
  1884 
  far 
  excelled 
  those 
  of 
  1883. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  the 
  cod 
  

   in 
  1884 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  fat 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  contain 
  .so 
  much 
  liver 
  as 
  in 
  average 
  

  

  