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is nowadays the most remunerative, and is employed chiefly during the great winter her- 

 ring fishery on the coast of Bohuslän, from off Gothenburg to the Norwegian boundary. 

 The fixed gill-net («sättgarn») is also employed during the winter fishery, but to a much 

 less extent. 



For the autumn herring fishery in the east Kattegat and southern part of the Sound, 

 drift-nets are mostly employed. The drift-net is also used in the mackerel fishery, which 

 is carried on in the Skager Rak and northern Kattegat, from May to the middle of July. 

 Seines are likewise employed for the mackerel at a few places in Bohuslän, during the 

 summer. Later on, from July to September, whiffing for mackerel with ndörj» is carried 

 on in the Kattegat by the small decked boats of the coast, and in the North Sea by the 

 large deep-sea cutters. A great part of the mackerel taken in the North Sea is sold in 

 Norway, chiefly in the south-western province of Mandai, at the towns of Christiansand 

 and Arendal. 

 H lat-ftsh Fishery Thc flat fish of most importance within the region considered, are the plaice, turbot, 

 sole and halibut. Other species taken are brill, long-rough dab, common dab and lemon 

 dab. The chief fishing grounds lie in the Kattegat on its shallow western flats, and the 

 boats from Bohuslän and Skaane go to fish there along with the Danes. The boats mostly 

 used now are of the so-called okvassen-type, that is, a cutter with 5 to 7 men and of some 

 5 to 20 tons, provided with a well in which the plaice are brought alive to market. These 

 boats are now adopting the dsnurrevaad» or so-called plaice-seine of the Danes. Formerly 

 however, the chief method of fishing was the gill-net, and this along with hooks and 

 lines, is still employed along the deep and rocky coasts of both Halland and Bohuslän. The 

 halibut is obtained on th» lines of the deep-sea fishing boats, in the deep water of the 

 Skager Rak and northern Kattegat, but in relatively small quantities. 



In addition to those mentioned, several fisheries are or used to be of considerable 

 importance. Until within recent years, green cod (Q. virens) were taken by the Bohuslän 

 fishermen during the summer, and a certain though never very great amount of hake 

 [M. vulgaris^ but these are now omitted from the statistics. Until 1899, the hake was 

 taken at certain places west of Orskär, but in that year the fishery was a failure and the 

 fishermen have apparently not since returned there. 



Of more importance are the salmon, lobster and sprat fisheries. (See Table I.) 



Statistics 



The Swedish statistics for the region here considered, i. e. Kattegat, Skager Rak and 

 North Sea, are found in the annual reports on the fisheries of the districts of Halland and 

 Bohus. Each district has a small separate publication for itself, in the one case (Bohuslän) 

 as a report to government (governor of the province), in the other (Halland) as a report to 

 the provincial board of Agriculture of Halland. These reports are quite independent of 

 one another and likewise from those of other provinces. 



Within the last two years, however, a general summary of the value of all the 

 Swedish fisheries, so far as known, has appeared in the government inspector's report 

 which forms part of the annual report of the Board of Agriculture (3). Since 1890, this 

 Board has had the administration of the fisheries in its hands, and the chief inspector of 

 fisheries. Dr. T r y b o m , is one of its members. During 1904, the whole of Sweden was 

 divided for the purposes of fisheries administration into 6 districts, each with its fisheries 



