1058 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Oyster fisheries. — The comparative total statistics of these fisheries for 

 1884 and 1S85 are shown in the following table: 



The total value of the Norwegian coast fisheries in 1885 was 

 $5,142,907.41, as against $6,535,4S8.45 for 1884, showing a considera- 

 ble falling off for 18S5. This small total value, which was less than 

 for any of at least the six preceding years, was due principally to the 

 low prices of the products of the cod fisheries. A comparative table 

 showing the value of the coast fisheries according to the kinds of fish 

 caught is as follows: 



Fisheries. 



Cod fisheries 



Fat-herring fisheries 



Spring-herring fisheries 



Sprat, etc, fisheries 



Mackci el fisheries 



Summer fisheries 



Salmon-trout, etc., fisheries 



Lobster fisheries 



Oyster fisheries 



Total 



1884. 



Total value. 



Per 



cent. 



Total value. 



$4, 103,732. G8 

 685, 070. 34 

 390. 95 

 605. 74 

 094. 43 

 900.41 

 707. 07 

 922. 1 5 

 991.J8 



387, 

 78, 



v.n. 



770, 



132, 



111, 



1, 



6,535,488.45 



03. 7 

 10.4 

 9 



■> I 



3.0 



11 8 



2.3 



1.7 



,951,275.23 

 801,823.84 



203, 048. 80 

 57, 586. 77 

 209. 502. 60 

 053, 593. 57 

 158,056.22 

 100.001.05 

 1,299.27 



5, 142, 907. 41 



Per 



cent. 



57. 4 

 15.0 

 3.9 

 1. 1 

 4.1 

 12. 7 

 3. 1 

 2.1 



Storeggen Bank fisheries. — The results of the fisheries, which were 

 especially for ling and torsk, were not very favorable in 1885, owing 

 chiefly to the stormy weather. 



The fisheries on the banks near Stordy Bet were comparatively more 

 successful, being carried on simultaneously with the Storeggen fisheries. 



The following table gives the statistics for 1885, and affords a partial 

 comparison with the figures for 18S4: 



Shark fisheries in Finmark. — These employed 14 boats, 25 vessels, 

 and 17-4 men. The tola' value of the livers obtained (4,078 hectoliters) 

 was $13,742.77. The quantity obtained was less than for several years 



