— 139 — 
Fig. 92 gives a comparative view of all the samples from which any information 
is to be obtained as regards the occurrence of the 1904 year class in the last few years. 
The figure shows the composition in point of size of the samples (the broken lines) and 
1 SkKrei Röst 1% -1913 
2. Finmarken % 1913 
7 8 9 10 12 13 
1906 1905 1904 1903 1901 1900 
22 1. Rôsti44 1913 
2 2.Finmarkenés 1913 
2 Ra ES S © i = 2 
a À gg RFR & 8B & en Si NS 
Fig. 91. Composition in point of age (uppermost) and size, of two samples from 1913. 
1. Skrei from Rost, “ls. 2. Cod from Finmarken f/:. 
the same for the year class in each sample, 1904, expressed in percentage of the whole 
sample. 
In 1905, the fish of the 1904 year class were between one and two years old. The 
great quantity of small fish taken in the fine-meshed trawl, and which in August were 
between 15 and 19 cm. long, must have belonged to this year class. These fish amounted 
to 64°/, of the cod taken in the trawl. 
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