XXXII -NOTES ON THE NORWEGIAN FISHERIES OF 1885. 



| Abstract from a Compilation of A. N. Riser.*] 



Cod fisheries. — The yield of the cod fisheries in 1885 was larger than 

 in any of the four preceding years; while it was considerably less than 

 in 1880, which was the most productive year since 1800, when somewhat 

 complete statistics of these fisheries were first taken. The amount of 

 cod taken in 1885 was above the average, while the value was some- 

 what below it, owing to a decided fall in prices. A comparison of the 

 results of 1884 1 and 1885 may easily be made by referring to the follow- 

 ing table: 



The amounts for 1885 are owing partly to the Lofoden fisheries and 

 partly to the spring fisheries in Fiumark, which gave a regular and 

 average yield. The Lofoden fisheries, which had such poor yields in 

 1883 and 1881, improved very much, and in the Lofoden district proper 

 during the fishing season 2(5,530,000 codfish were taken. If to this are 

 added the number of fish caught after April 14 and those caught near 

 Vaeroe and Kost and near the outer group of islands (in all 7,480,000 fish, 

 500,000 of which were caught in the Lofoden district proper after April 

 14), the total yield of these fisheries is brought up to 34,010,000, while in 

 1881 it was only 23,354,000. 



* From the Norges Officielle Slatistik, 3d scries, No. 29, Christiania, Norway. 1886. 

 Compiled by A. N. Kiser. Mr. H. Jacobson has assisted in the translation and Mr. H. 

 P. Jerrell in preparing and reducing the tables. 



Throughout this article reductions are made to dollars and pounds, by considering 

 the crown as worth $0.2(58, and the kilogram equal to 2.204« pounds. The hectoliter 

 contains nearly 2i;i gallons, wine measure, or about 2£ bushels. 



t For the statistics for 1884, with comparative tables covering the live preceding 

 years and other details, see the IT. S. Fish Commission Report for 1885, p. 31:5. 

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