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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

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  The 
  Storeggen 
  Banlc 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  These 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  25 
  vessels 
  

   with 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  308 
  men. 
  The 
  fish 
  caught 
  (principally 
  ling 
  and 
  torsk) 
  

   had 
  a 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  $28,050.38. 
  

  

  The 
  statistics 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1879 
  to 
  1883 
  were 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Years. 
  

  

  1879 
  

   1880 
  

   1881 
  

   1882 
  

   1883 
  

  

  Total 
  

   value. 
  

  

  $9, 
  648 
  

   15, 
  276 
  

   lf>, 
  008 
  

   19, 
  564 
  

   39, 
  932 
  

  

  The 
  sharlc 
  fisheries 
  in 
  FinmarJc. 
  — 
  These 
  employed 
  5 
  boats, 
  43 
  vessels, 
  

   and 
  200 
  men. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  livers 
  obtained 
  (5,010 
  hectoliters) 
  

   was 
  $23,732.20. 
  In 
  1883 
  and 
  1882 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  livers 
  was 
  less, 
  

   namely, 
  4,272 
  and 
  4,709 
  hectoliters, 
  respectively; 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  

   prices 
  of 
  oil 
  the 
  value 
  was 
  about 
  $5,494 
  and 
  $2,010 
  less. 
  During 
  the 
  

   period 
  from 
  1877 
  to 
  1881 
  the 
  value 
  varied 
  between 
  $8,040 
  and 
  $13,400. 
  

  

  Other 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  Polar 
  Sea. 
  — 
  These 
  fisheries 
  employed 
  38 
  vessels, 
  

   with 
  a 
  total 
  tonnage 
  of 
  1,545, 
  and 
  375 
  men. 
  They 
  yielded 
  18,019 
  seals, 
  

   319 
  walruses, 
  148 
  white-fish, 
  and 
  810 
  hectoliters 
  of 
  liver, 
  haviug 
  a 
  total 
  

   value 
  of 
  $80,145.40, 
  against 
  $70,752 
  in 
  1883, 
  $41,272 
  in 
  1882, 
  $42,070 
  in 
  

   1 
  8S1 
  , 
  $54,072 
  in 
  1 
  880, 
  and 
  $58,424 
  in 
  1879. 
  Besides 
  the 
  above, 
  2 
  vessels 
  

   from 
  Vardoe 
  brought 
  home 
  400 
  seals, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,072. 
  

  

  The 
  whale 
  fisheries.— 
  These 
  yielded 
  440 
  whales, 
  value 
  $255,018.40. 
  

   During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  1877 
  to 
  1883 
  these 
  fisheries 
  gave 
  the 
  following 
  

   results 
  : 
  

  

  Years. 
  

  

  Total 
  value. 
  

  

  1877 
  

   1878 
  

   1879 
  

   1880 
  

   1881 
  

   1882 
  

   1883 
  

  

  $19,028 
  

   70, 
  752 
  

   01, 
  640 
  

  

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  103, 
  984 
  

   198, 
  052 
  

   265, 
  052 
  

  

  The 
  seal 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  These 
  fisheries 
  near 
  Jan-Mayen 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  sea 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Iceland 
  .and 
  Greenland 
  employed 
  10 
  steamers, 
  with 
  a 
  tonnage 
  of 
  

   4,492 
  and 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  900 
  men. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  was 
  

   $300,592. 
  

  

  The 
  bottle-nose 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  These 
  employed 
  9 
  vessels 
  (one 
  being 
  a 
  

   steamer), 
  with 
  a 
  tonnage 
  of 
  911; 
  and 
  yielded 
  211 
  bottle-noses, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $38,592. 
  

  

  