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April, and most of the fish were taken on the spot; we have, however, instances of some 
specimens having gone as far as Vero and Rost, to Vesteraalen and Finmarken. And 
from Rest, some of the fish moved to West Lofoten, to Vesteraalen, and Finmarken. 
The most interesting cases are unquestionably those of the three specimens which 
had made their way to Finmarken. Two of these were set free at Moskenes on the 8th 
of April, and retaken, one in Skjetningsberghavet on the 30th of May, the other near 
Vardo, (off Horngen) on the 16th of June. The third was set free at Rost on the 18th 
of April, and retaken on the 24th of May near Baadsfjord in the eastern part of Finmarken. 
The lengths of these three fish were 89, 95 and 102cm. We have thus entirely reliable 
proof that the skrei can, in the course of 5—6 weeks, cover the distance from Lofoten 
to East Finmarken, a journey of between 800 and 900 km. 
Comparative size of skrei and Finmark fish in 1913. 
The further investigations carried out in 1913 show, moreover, that the number 
of fish following this route was not restricted to some few individuals. First of all may 
be mentioned the great similarity in the composition in point of size noted this year 
between the skrei and the Finmark fish. We have already seen, in the table on p. 99, that 
the size of the fish measured and marked at Lofoten corresponded very closely indeed 
with that of the Fmmark specimens marked. The fish marked in this latter water in 
May and June were taken at many different places between the North Cape (Honnings- 
vaag) and Vardo, just as the marked Lofoten fish were found all the way from East Lo- 
foten to Rost, in spite of which, all the samples together exhibit the similarity shown 
by the figures in the table. It is particularly interesting to compare the composition 
in point of size of two samples, one examined at Rost on the 14th of April, the other 
at Honningsvaag (Finmarken) on the 6th of May, the times and places here corresponding 
very closely to the marking and recapture of the specimens. The respective composition 
of the two samples is therefore given in tabular form below. 
Composition in point of size. 
| H | en | ei a | — | a | a | =) le = 8 
TO, ee 
| | i | | Do 
lee fee) ee ee: 
— — sees m = — 
| * | | I = 
Da MINE I Een | a7 | 208 |222 |227 | 97| 39 | 39 | 24| 19 | 2.9 
Honningsvaag. 6. V.... | 05 | 45 | 105 | 215 | 225 | 225 | 120 | 50 | 10 | as 
There is this point of difference between the two samples, that the Finmark samples 
shows a somewhat greater admixture of small fish under 65 cm» (15.5 %, as against 9.7 
in the sample from Rest) while on the other hand, the large fish are fewer in number. 
If we consider, however, the three groups most numerously represented, those from 
65 to 79 em., we are forced to admit that the similarity here is as great as could well be 
expected between two samples, even had they been taken at one and the same locality. 
The Finmark fish moreover, exhibited every sign of being spent, the ovaries being 
small; there is therefore little doubt that the great majority of the fish were skrei, which 
had made their way to Finmarken after having spawned on the banks farther to the 
west and south. 
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