— 2) — 
Recruiting of the spawning shoals from those of the fat herring. 
The table on p. 29, showing the composition, in point of age, of the different sam- 
ples of spring herring, reveals one great discrepancy, viz. between the two samples from 
Vaanöild. Alderssammensætning 1907-1909. 
Foina, feb. 1908. 
Kalvaag. mars 1909 
Ron 1205 1894 AAaz 1002 ROA 
1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 1899 1898 1897 
Fig. 22. Composition in point of age of spring herring for the years 1907—1909. 
1908. The February sample contained 15.9, that of April 65.2 % of the 1904 year 
class. This fact will however, be explained if we compare the samples from 1907 on 
the one hand, and those from 1909 on the other. The composition in point of age of 
these samples will be found in Fig. 22. In 1907, the spring herring contained only 1— 
