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summer. Of these, the former case is the more common. The skrei are on the spawning 
grounds in March and April, when the loddefisk arrive, and it would seem that the time 
of their appearance on the Finmark coast is subject to considerable variation. It may, 
however, happen, as already mentioned, that the fish arrive as early as the latter part 
of April, no loddefisk being then present in the Finmark waters. 
The years 1902, 1905 and 1913 give several examples of this. In 1902 and 1905, the 
skrei did not appear until well on in summer, in 1913 they were the first to arrive. Both 
instances are clearly shown by the composition in point of size of the samples collected at 
Bl Se WS GaSe NES COS - = 
SO) MEAOUn SON ea oa 3 re is 
Fig. 76. Different samples of Finmark fish from the years 1902 and 1905. 
VI = June. VIII = August. 
different times: for convenience of comparison, a graphical illustration of the variations in 
the three years is given in Figs. 76 and 77. The years 1902 and 1905 show, during June, 
a high percentage of the younger year classes among the Finmark fish; a decrease took 
place, however, in the course of the summer. Thus the proportion of cod under 65 cm. 
was during these years as follows: 
| 1902 1905 
TNS 6,50 , Lae 54.1% 
Julkreecesor 15 9% 13.2% 
August..... 680% ; 
