[5] THE NORWEGIAN FISHERIES OF 1885. 1059 



and the low prices of the oil caused the value of these fisheries to de- 

 cline. 



Other Polar Sea fisheries. — These fisheries employed 45 vessels, with 

 a tonnage of 1,933, aud 453 men. They yielded 10,654 seals, 721 wal- 

 ruses, 177 white-fish, 12 bottle-noses, 623 hectoliters of sharks' livers, 

 and 40 hectoliters of whale fat. The total value in 1885 was $54,603.60, 

 against $80,145.40 in 1884. Besides the above, a vessel from Vardoe 

 brought 204 seals and 6 walruses, valued at $1,447.20. 



Whale fisheries in FinmarJc. — These fisheries yielded 1,269 whales, 

 valued at $320,883.64. This result is a great increase over 1884 aud the 

 catch for many years previously. 



Seal fisheries. — These fisheries near Jan-Mayeu aud in the sea be- 

 tween Iceland and Greenland employed 18 steamers, with a tonnage of 

 4,527, and 993 men, 148 of whom were hunters. They yielded 58,028 

 seal.skins and 10,625 hectoliters of fat and oil, having a total, value of 

 $174,200. 



Bottle nose fisheries. — These employed 20 vessels (5 being steamers), 

 with a tonnage of 2,255, and yielded about 800 bottle-noses, producing 

 about 7 800 barrels of oil, valued at $83,616. 



Total value of Norwegian salt water fisheries in 1885. 



Coast fisheries $5,142,907.41 



Bank fisheries 68,278.30 



Shark fisheries 13,742.77 



Other Polar Sea fisheries 54,603. 66 



Whale fisheries 320,883.64 



Seal fisheries 174,200.00 



Bottle-nose fisheries 83,610.00 



Total 5,858,231.84 



The following twelve tables give more full details in regard to the 

 coast fisheries in 1885: 



Table I.— Number of fishermen engaged in the cod, fat-herring, and mackerel fisheries in 



1885. 



