— 66 - 



II. North Sea and III. Norwegian Sea 

 Neither the earlier nor the older stages of this species have been found in these 

 regions. 



i6. Brosmius brosme, Ascanius, Torsk 

 (see Chart fig. 19) 



I. North Sea 



This species spawns in the northern part of the North Sea, in the area between the 

 100 and 200 M. curve, but only in small quantities. 

 The spawning time is in May. 



II. Norwegian Sea 



(a) The species spawns on the Norwegian coastal banks in May, mostly in 

 the neighbourhood of the 200 M. curve; often rich samples are taken concentrated on a 

 small area, mostly however the specimens are scattered. It has been found that they 

 spawn on the Romsdal Bank and on the banks to the west and north of the Lofotens. 



(b) At the F œ roe s plentiful spawning occurs everywhere. 



(c) On the west and south coasts of Iceland the torsk spawns in great quantities, 

 but not on the north and east coasts. 



III. Atlantic Ocean 



The torsk also spawns here between the 100 and 400 M. curves, thus on the Atlantic 

 slope of the coastal banks from the northern margin of the Irish deep-sea Bank, on the 

 west coast of Scotland, at the Féeroes, on the ridge between the Fseroes and Iceland, and 

 as above m.entioned (under Norwegian Sea) on the southern and western slope of the 

 Iceland Bank. The main spawning place of the species lies here, between Scotland and 

 Iceland. 



17. Raniceps raninus, L., Lesser Forkbeard 

 I. Atlantic Ocean 



This species spawns in shallow water, everywhere only in small quantity, on the 

 coasts of Scotland, Ireland and in the English Channel. 



II. North Sea 

 It spawns here just as in the Atlantic. 



III. Norwegian Sea 

 It was not found spawning at Iceland nor at the Faeroes. In the Norwegian waters 

 no investigations have as yet been made regarding it. 



The spawning regions described above may now be arranged in certain groups, as 

 for example the following'': 



' In this list Gadus saida which spawns only in the Polar Sea and the rare Raniceps raninus which 

 belongs to Group I A are not included. 



