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by the present writer. These include material from East and West Lofoten, and from 
Rost. Figs. 56—59 give a graphical representation of the composition of each of the samples, 
these percentages being arranged for each of the three areas of the Vestfjord, while in 
a special figure the averages for the three areas are compared. With the exception of 
three (small) samples from Svolvær and Ostnesfjord, all these samples compare very 
well together, as do also the average sizes for the samples. The three mentioned samples 
from Ostnesfjord and Svolvær all included large fish, the averages being 81.3, 84.2, and 
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19 
10 
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90 59 69 79 89 99 109 119 
Fig. 56. Composition in point of size of 4 samples of skrei from East Lofoten, 
measured during the skrei season in 1913. 
84cm. The averages for all the others were considerably lower, as will be seen from 
the following. 
East Lofoten (Henningsvær) 76.8. 
West Lofoten, (Reine, Sorvaagen, Moskenes) 75.7, 74.2, 76.4, 76.1, 76.5. 
Rest, 77.0, 77.5, 75.8. 
The greatest difference between the averages is that between 74.2 and 77.5, or 
3.3 cm. The average of all those samples was 76.2, the variation in the different samples 
being slight; (+ 0.2, + 0.3 + 0.6 + 0.8 and + 1.3 cm.: — 0.1, — 0.4, — 0.5, = 2.0 cm.). 
Thus it must be agreed that the samples for the whole range from Henningsver to Rost 
exhibit great similarity, and we are probably justified im regarding the three samples 
from Hola and Ostnesfiord as exceptions, the more so, as the Lofoten reports frequently 
make mention of the fact that the fishery here is generally distinguished by the espe- 
