— 149 — 
Table VII. No. of cod of different sizes, per 100 kilos cured. 
| | Sa ee | | 
| Under 100-200 200—400 400-600, Over | nan 
Year | 
| 100 gr. qe, |. ge | ee, 600 gr. | 
| | | | 
SIR Aas, A. | 1 | Se 176 67 © | = Bi 
Or Nida (ue eg Vie 77 11 — 283 
EN ele AL | a | ae 133 | 94 14 || = 256 
CIE ioe hak ame | 80) 12 18 | = 240 
Table VIII. No. of kilos fresh loddefisk taken in Finmarken 1909— 1913, 
and calculated no. of cod (at 425 kilos fresh per 100 kilos cured fish). 
| 
Year | Million kilos No. of cod 
taken 
OO RE ae ee 52 35.6m. 
LOSE Ra ER NE MAT a Lin ie ak ER 63.1 A 
TSH ne aa eet Mine DR. err one Ome heme. ren ee 80.4 | 48.4 ,, 
ON AL SR A See lee RRA RE ota Sc LC 99.2 | 5e >» 
following “movement” of the sizes. In 1908 and 1909, many of the fish were small, belonging 
to the groups 100—200 and 200—400 gr. Krom 1909—1912, the numbers of the 200 
—400 group decrease, while the 400—600 group is seen to increase from 36.4 % in 1909 
to 61.5 % in 1912. During the last two years, 1911 and 1912, the “over 600” group 
(Table II) also increased. This was still more noticeable in 1913, as will be seen from 
the Tables IV—VI, where my own weighings and measurements of whole fish are expres- 
sed as for torfisk, enabling us to directly compare these with the corresponding figures 
for the previous years. 
A graphical representation of Mr. Rogerrson’s Table II will be found in Fig. 96 B. 
On comparing this with the table, it will immediately be noticed that the numbers of 
the smaller sizes greatly decreased in 1909—1913, with an increase of the larger, (over 
400 gr). I have also drawn, on the basis of torfisk observations, a curve expressing the 
composition in point of size of the fresh fish in 1911, no actual measurements of such 
being available for this year. In Fig. 96 A, this curve will be found compared with that 
for the size of the Finmark fish m the years 1909 and 1913, and it will be noticed, that 
a constant increase is apparent in the latter during this period. It is most interesting 
to note, that a comparison of the above table with those furnished by Mr. RoBERTSON 
immediately shows this to be due to the increasing number and size of individuals of 
the 1904 year class among the Finmark fish. In 1909, the most important group 
according to the trade assortment was that of 200—400 er; in other words, many 
of the fish caught must have been 5 and 6 years old. This is also indicated 
by the determinations of age for the 1909 sample (Fig. 92). By 1910, the 
fish of the 1904 year class have grown to a size when some, at any rate, pass into 
the trade group 400—600, this bemg to a still greater degree the case in 1911, while in 
1912, they would have been predominant among the 400—600 er. fish. The 1903 year 
