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Line catches. 654 cod from Finmarken June 1907. 
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Of the youngest year classes, which are represented both in the trawl catches of 
small fish and among the line-caught cod from Finmarken, the average sizes are highest 
for the latter; thus: 
3 year old 4 year old 
Trawl eatehes.......... 31.2 35.0 
Kimmerk man 5 seco acoac 39.4 46.0 
The difference is naturally explained by the fact that only the largest specimens among 
these younger year classes are taken with the line. These year classes therefore only partly 
belong to the loddefisk. From five years of age upwards, however, most of the fish appear 
35 20) 5 u 5a co 70 5 EO) eS BO Ce 
Fig. 85. Variations in size and average sizes of different year classes. 
The horizontal base line gives lengths in cm. 1014 = 10/4 years old. 
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