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APPENDIX F: HENKING 



2. Whiting are not always separated from the small haddock, and the quantities 

 have therefore been mentioned above. So far as they are distinguished, the largest 

 maximum lies in October, a smaller from March to May (1902). In the following year 

 (1903), the maximum occurs in March— April, but is absent from October. 



3. Cod. The following is the average catch per day: 



1902 1903 



I sort 202'4i pounds 17V84 pounds 



11 „ 148-16 „ 138-35 „ 



350-57 pounds 316-19 pounds. 



Both years show two maxima, namely, in June and again in about December. 

 Depressions occur between these two periods (Fig. 17, 18, p. 25). 



The data in the journals of the catches for 1902, show similar positions for the two 

 maxima; but the summer maximum is somewhat later, in July. 



Ling. The average catch per day is: 



1902 1903 



45-65 pounds 40-64 pounds. 



The curve showing the fluctuations in the catch of this species, is extraordinarily 

 similar in its course to those of the cod, and both years are the same in this; a very 

 great depression in April — May and a second smaller depression in October, are separated 

 by sudden elevations with maximum points in August and December — January. The 

 latter may apparently be delayed into February. 



The more precise data of the journals of the catches show the same movement in 

 the same fluctuation in the intensity of the catches (Fig. 21, 22, p. 26). 



5. S ai the and Pollack play an important role in the Skager Rak. The average 

 catch per day is: 



1902 1903 



165-21 pounds 103-18 pounds. 



The curve of the catches is almost identical with those of the cod and ling, viz. a 

 distinct maximum in July (1902) or August (1903) and a second in November (1903) or 

 December (1902). 



The journals for 1902 show quite the same curve. 



The elevations in the curve for these species are very prominent, thus in 1903, the 

 greatest depression of the average in February, with 18-94 pounds, is contrasted with a 

 maximum of 198-79 pounds in August. In 1902, the catch was greater and the maximum 

 in July was as high as 348-69 pounds. 



6. Gurnards play but a small part in the Skager Rak. The average catch 

 amounts to: 



1902 1903 



6-77 pounds 5-83 pounds. 



