_ 13 — APPENDIX J: NORWAY 



The report on the statistics is divided into two main divisions: the first part giving 

 comparative tables for a number of years, the second part giving the details for the year. 



The form taken in the first part, is first of all, to compare the value on landing, of Di"«i»°ä »f ">= 



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the (coast) fisheries for the year with the corresponding values for the six previous years. coast 

 The value of the fisheries according to region is then given, the whole Norwegian coast 

 being divided into four main regions, viz. 



Skager ßak (from the Swedish boundary to the Naze), 



North Sea (from the Naze to Cape Stat), 



Norwegian Sea (North Atlantic from Cape Stat to Ser Island in Finmark), 



Arctic Sea (from Sere to the Russian boundary). 



The numbers of fishermen engaged in the principal fisheries are then stated and com- 

 pared with those for a period of years (to 1876). Then the values of the several fisheries 

 are dealt with, the comparison being taken for six years. 



Whilst these deal with the fish landed and the market-values, another set of tables 

 give the quantity and value of the fish exported. The various species are given according 

 to the trade-divisions, e. g. herring as fresh, salted, smoked etc. A final table shows the 

 average export-values of fish over a period of years. 



In the second part of the statistical tables, the details are given on which the above 

 summarising tables are based, and given in the most thorough manner. In Table 1, the 

 number of fishermen and the market-value of the different fisheries are stated: (I) accor- 

 ding to governmental distrists ("Amter"); (2) according to parishes ("Fogderier") ; (3) accor- 

 ding to places ("Herreder"). 



In Table 2, corresponding details with regard to ^the cod-fisheries in particular, are 

 given of the number of boats and fishermen in the difi'erent provinces etc. The various 

 modes of fishing, net, long-line and hand-line are separately distinguished and likewise the 

 amounts of the various products of the cod-fishery: liver, roe, heads. In Table 2 b, the 

 average prices in the different regions are given. In Table 2 g (1902), the manner in 

 which the cod is disposed of (as salted or dried fish etc.), is stated. 



Table 3 gives similar details for the summer (fat-) herring fishery and Table 4 for 

 the mackerel fishery. In T&ble 5, these details are given for the other kinds of herring, 

 for sprat, salmon and sea-trout, and lobster. In the report for 1901, the data given in 

 the tables over many years, are gathered together in graphic representations serving the 

 same purpose as curves. 



It may be mentioned finally, that the form of the Norwegian statistical tables has 

 remained practically the same since the year 1876 (report published in 1879). 



General Information from the statistics 



From what has been said above, it will be evident that the statistics of Norway, though 

 not quite complete in one or two ways, furnish an important body of facts whose definite- 

 ness and accuracy cannot be surpassed in any other country. What is specially commend- 

 able in them, is their uniformity over a long period of years and the clear and precise 

 manner in which the information is given. In the following tables for example, the total 

 quantities and values of the most important species, and also their average price, can be 



