— 133 — 
The variation in the composition as to age and size is thus seen to be as great as 
could possibly be imagined. The year 1909 shows great quantities of the youngest lodde- 
Ds tO | ROOT 81065 7775 0185 = 
39 49 99 69 73 89 
Fig. 86. Composition in point of size of Finmark fish in the years 1907, 1909 and 1913. 
45 = 45 cm. 
fisk, (the five year old fish), whereas in 1913, we find the stock almost entirely composed 
of skrei (8 and 9 years old). 
In 1913 many samples were taken, several of which I subsequently analysed. We 
have already noticed, when considering the varying composition in regard to size of the 
Finmark fish, that in May 1913 these consisted exclusively of skrei, the stock on the 
Murman coast being chiefly composed of small fish, whereas in June, an immigration 
