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not exceed 10 îf and was often as low as 8 ft per score. From all accounts, it appears 



that the plaice taken south of Horns Reef, are just on the borderland of the limit (9^/4 Da. 



in. or 25-6 cm.) below which, the Danish law forbids the sale of plaice. 



Average weight For the sake of comparison, we may state the average weight of the plaice landed by 



pTaicrîrthe *^ß Danish fishermen from the Kattegat. During the three years mentioned, it varied 



Kattegat between 12-2 and 13-8 ffi per score, i. e. each plaice weighed a little more than V2 îfc. 



This average, however, varies a great deal according to the ground. In the deeper water 



and towards the Swedish coast, it is from 15 to 16 ÎÏ per score. 



The average price again, is slightly higher on the eastern than on the western side of 



Denmark. Thus, as regards the plaice and cod, the average price per pound in 1902, for 



the fish landed at ports within the Skaw, was 14 Ore and 9 0ie respectively, whereas on 



the west coast the prices were 8-7 and 7-7 -Ore. 



Total quantity An approximate estimate can be made of the total quantities of plaice captured by the 



"tlrl'd'ol "the Danish fishermen in the North Sea and Skager Rak. We must add to the quantities already 



west coast givcn, the amounts landed at the Kattegat ports and at Hamburg. 



With regard to these amounts, the reports give simply the total values of all species 

 taken together, but practically all the fish are plaice. The tables containing the returns 

 of the fishery in the Skager Rak and North Sea by a number of Kattegat cutters ' show, 

 that the value of the species landed other than plaice, is barely 2 **/o of that of the plaice. 

 Again, some quantities of plaice are included both in the Kattegat and west coast statistics 

 (for Esbjerg). Deducting these amounts, we obtain the quantity and value of the plaice 

 caught on the west coast but landed at Hamburg or the ports on the Kattegat. 



Kr. Q Danish 



1900 132,000 1,375,000 



1901 324,000 3,304,000 



1902 396,000 4,541,000 



The quantities are calculated in round numbers from the average prices for the re- 

 spective years. If we add these to the quantities given in Table XII, we have: 



'S Danish 



1900 6,102,000 



1901 8,556,000 



1902 13,839,000 



These amounts represent the leas.t quantities of plaice taken in the North Sea and Skager 

 Rak. As over 90 °/o of these plaice were taken south of Horns Reef, we should not be 

 far astray in taking the average weight to be ca. V2 ffc (Danish), so that the number taken 

 in 1902, for example, would be in round numbers about 28 millions, and the average size 

 not above 11 inches. 

 Lim Fjord A furthcr addition might be made to the numbers of plaice taken annually on the 



west coast of Jutland. As is well known from Petersen's researches, the plaice captured in 

 the Lim Fjord, a series of salt water lakes or fjords in the northern part of Jutland, do 

 not reproduce there, but migrate in when young from the North Sea. The total quantity 

 of plaice taken annually amounts to over 2,000,000 S on the average. The average weight 



' vide BeretQing for 1902—1903. pp. 146—147. 



