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NORWEGIAN 



The law has also cultivated the science of pisciculture, has trans- 

 ferred the salmon to lakes where it had previously not been known, 

 and has erected ladders over many water-falls and insurmountable 

 obstacles, which justifies the belief that the salmon will be more 

 abundant in Norway. 



In the spring the salmon come from the sea, where they live dur- 

 ing the winter, and mount the rivers to the lakes. 



It is impossible to value exactly the produce of this fishery, but 

 it is estimated at 2,000,000 francs, or ,80,000. 100,000 kilos, 

 about 200,000 Ibs. English weight, of fresh salmon are exported in 

 ice every year to England. 



In Norway a great number of the proprietors of rivers let the right 

 of fishing, at comparatively large rents, to English amateurs who spend 

 the summer in Norway, and who, independently of the rent they pay, 

 give up the fish they capture. 



The trout visits the same rivers as the salmon, and the fishing of 

 these two fish are regulated by the same laws and is exercised in the 

 same manner. 



SEALS 



Are found along the coast of Norway, and in this fishery they man 

 about 20 ships, of from 200 to 300 tons each, with crews of from 40 

 to 50 men each. The produce amounts to 2 or 2 millions of francs, 

 (80,000). 



RIVERS AND LAKES, 



Norway possesses a great number of rivers and lakes, but, from 

 neglect, the majority do not yield much fish. There is good reasou 

 to hope that this state of things will be rapidly improved. The tak- 

 ing of small fish has been prohibited ia all seasons, and experiments 

 in pisciculture have been commenced on a large scale, and has suc- 

 ceeded beyond all expectation. Numerous lakes have been stocked 

 with fish, and they have increased prodigiously. As we have already 

 stated, the salmon has been introduced into rivers and waters where 

 it had previously never been known. 



The value of these fresh-water fisheries cannot be estimated at 

 less than from If to 2 millions of francs per annum (60,000). 



The following table shews exactly the amount and value of the an- 

 nual exports of the fisheries of Norway, and we may see from the fol- 

 lowing figures it is considerable, and is always increasing : 



Winter herrings, 600,000 barrels at 18 francs .. 

 Summer herrings, '200,000 do. at 20 fraucs . . 

 Cod, salted, 2-2,000,000 kll., at 40 francs the 100 kil. 

 Cod, dried, 1-2,000,000 kil., at 35 francs the 100 kil. 



Salted fish, 60,000 barrels, at iO fravcs 



Fish liver oil, 1^0,000 barrels, at 90 francs .. . 

 Koe (rogues of fish), 35,000 barrels, at f-0 francs . 

 Lobsters, '2,000,000, at 30 cents (about2f Ji.) each . 



Fresh fish 



Fish guano, 3iO,000 kilo?., at 20 francs the 100 kilos. 

 The consumption of the country may be estimated at 



The total produce of the fisheries .. . . 



