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3. The spawning Cod 



From May to Septcnibor cod i.s iiractiially not (islnnl for in llio fjords of the 

 Skagerrack. Tlie main lisliing is in the aiiluiim and winter and the cod are nearly all 

 eauRliI in traps. Almost all cod are sold alive. A little is .sold in the small towns on 

 the Skagerrack coast, \nû the l)uik is carried in well-smacks to Christiania. 



There are no statistics to illustrate the extent of these cod lishcries. On this 



Fig. (i. Chart of the Helle Fjord. 



account it has only been possible to form an idea of the nature and extent of these 

 from the fishing in a single locality. 



The aggregate annual export of live cod to Christiania from Risoer averaged in the 

 years 1903 — 1905 (according to reports kindly given by the fish traders) about 16000 kilos 

 amounting to about 45000 individual cod. The majority of these cod vifere caught in 

 traps in the Sondeled Fjord. The majority of fishermen engaged in cod fishing with 

 traps in the Sendeled Fjord and in the skiaergaard around Riser have kindly sent me 

 weekly records of their catch from August 1904 until November 1905. According to 

 these reports the following quantities of cod were caught, mainly in the Sendeled Fjord, 





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