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wards. They were also found over almost the whole of the west coast, in considerable 

 numbers in June and early in July; on the other hand they were quite lacking both 

 on the north and east coasts, where the conditions were investigated in all months 

 from April to the end of August. 



On the basis of these observations and of those on the spawning females, we may 

 conclude that the torsk reproduces on the south and west coast of Iceland, 

 but not on the east and north coasts. It reproduces in greatest quantities at South 

 Iceland, where the eggs are found in great numbers, but also on the west coast, and even 

 if the greatest number of eggs was found on the western part of the south coast, i. e. the 

 warmest part of Iceland, just as was the case with the ling, yet the eggs and fry of the 

 torsk are distinctly more common on the west coast than those of the ling, which thus 

 seems to be more restricted as to temperature than the torsk. 



As can be seen from the Chart the pelagic fry of the torsk are widely distributed in 

 the waters to the south of Iceland, where they occur in the summer months (June, July, 

 and partly August), both over shallow water and over greater depths (beyond 1000-meter 

 line), and the area over which they are distributed is thus very large. The specimens 

 found in July varied greatly in size, from ca. 1 cm. to ca. 5 cm.S but only the older spec- 

 imens (3 — 5 cm.) were found over great depths, i. e. beyond the 1000-meter line. 



Not very many and only the small specimens of the fry were taken off the west coast, 

 but as we chiefly worked here early in the year, in June, we could not expect to find the 

 fry in quantities, as the eggs were then numerous in the water. 



Off the east coast we never found the fry of the torsk in spite of the numerous 

 stations there, and off the north coast only 3 specimens in all were taken, at two stations 

 209 and 210 at the end of July 1904. These specimens show however that the pelagic fry 

 of the torsk may be carried eastwards along the north coast with the Irminger Current in 

 the summer time (though to a much smaller extent than is the case with the fry of the 

 cod and haddock). 



We once took 3 older pelagic specimens between the Faeroes and Iceland over the 

 submarine ridge (St. 224, July 31st 1904), which shows apparently that the pelagic fry of 

 the torsk , like those of other species occurring in deeper water (e. g. G. Poutassou), may 

 be carried in a north-easterly direction from the Atlantic over the submarine ridge be- 

 tween Iceland and the Faeroes. 



2. The Faeroes 

 The eggs of the torsk were found in great quantities everywhere round about the 

 Faeroes as the Chart shows. They were also found over the Fseroe Bank and the "new" 

 bank west of this (St. 62, 1905). We found the eggs in quantity and also spent females 

 already in the first days of May, so that the spawning must take place in the last days 

 of April as well as in May, yet perhaps chiefly in the latter month, as in May 1904 and 

 1905 we only took quite a few very small larvae at our numerous stations. In June and 

 the greater part of July we had no stations at the Faeroes. At the few stations late in 

 July the pelagic fry were found everywhere in very considerable numbers (e. g. 10 and 7 

 specimens per half hour). 



1 The oldest of these were probahly spawned in the spring, scarcely later than April, as they were 

 ca 5 cm. long in July. 



