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We therefore find, in August 1902 and July 1905 “pure” skrei samples among the 
Finmark fish, and Dr. K. Dani, who made the investigations in Finmarken in 1902, ex- 
presses the opinion that the summer samples from here exhibit great similarity in point 
of size to the skrei samples from the same year. x 
In 1915, as we have seen, the Finmark fish at the beginning of May exactly resembled 
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Fig. 77. Samples of cod from the Barents Sea, 1913. 
A. Finmarken, May. B. Murman Coast, May. C. and D. Finmarken, June. 
the skrei in this respect. We may here refer to what has previously been said as to the 
similarity between the two samples from Rost and Honningsvaag The resemblance 
was so great, that both fishermen and merchants in 1913 declared that there were only 
skrei to be found in Finmark waters. Where then, were the loddefisk at this time? By 
a mere chance, I happened to obtain some information as to this. An English trawler 
put into Vardo, after having worked several different grounds far to the east, along the 
Murman coast, and the master of the vessel declared that the cod there were of smaller 
