Samples Percentage for each 5 cm. group 
nes © | © Hl al] nn er ler) 
ale ie 
A RE | 5 | | | 
ASE) As lee) 2) 8,8|8 )2)818)512)8|È 
= (All 12 | 
ae samples... | 3616) 77.6 ||0.5/ 0.4 | 1.2) 5.3) 14.3 | 21.2 | 22.3 113.0 7.0 | 4.5 | 4.0| 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 
= | ]Total | 
gi marked... | 2400) 76.8 |0.7|0.5|1.6| 5.2 | 16.0 | 22.7 | 22.4 112.6 | 6.5 | 3.9| 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.2) 0.4] 0.2| 0.2 
75 | Total | | 
=| recaptured | 279) 77.3 |1.1|.. [0.7| 3.9 12.2| 22.2] 26.5/16.4! 6.8/3.6 | 3.6] 1.1) 1.1/0.4 0.4 
ao | 
25 [Total 
3? marked... |1955| 73.4 ||0.9 | 2.9) 4.9 10.4 | 17.5 20.5 |18.5| 9.2| 7.0 4.0} 2.0} 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.05 
5 >|Total R | 
fs | recaptured) 121) 77.1 | .. 17117) 66) 83) 23.1 | 20.7 10.7 10.7 | 8.3) 4.1) 2.5/0.8} .. |0.8 
in 1913. It must therefore be presumed that the marked fish were in this respect repre- 
sentative of the Lofoten skrei in that year. It is also probable that the marked cod 
from Finmarken corresponded very closely in size to the actual stock present in those 
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o* TR BERN 
Fig. 63. Movements of 31 out of 100 skrei marked on ist March 1913, 
being the number recaptured up to 16th April. 
waters in May and early June 1913. As we have seen, the Finmark fish agree very closely 
in size with the Lofoten stock this year, so much so, that they must be presumed to form 
part of the same stock, a theory which is further supported by other facts. 
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