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CHAPTER XXVII. 



The Fisheries of Norway. The Herring Fishery. The Cod Fishery 

 Salmon and Salmon-Bivers in Norway. 



IT is well known that the principal wealth of Norway 

 consists in her fisheries ; these are to be found on the 

 west and northern coasts. The herring fishery is 

 carried on about Stavanger and other parts of the 

 west coast, while the cod fishery is to be found in the 

 neighbourhood of the Loffoden Islands, and on the 

 west coast of Finmark. The town of Bergen main- 

 tains a considerable and lucrative trade in the export 

 of stock-fish and salted herrings. Thousands of bar- 

 rels of cod and herrings are sent every year from 

 Bergen to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and other Roman 

 Catholic countries, to be eaten on fast-days. 



The herring fishery here commences with the new 

 year, and lasts for three or four months ; it is also 

 carried on for a short time in autumn. As the season 

 approaches, many precautions are taken, so that the 

 arrival of the shoals of fish may be known as soon as 

 they make their appearance in the shallow waters off 

 :he coast. The letting down of the nets into the sea 



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