CONTENTS 



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Introduction 3 



A. Plaice fishery in Norway 5 



B. The plaice fisheries of the Kattegat 7 



1. The Danish plaice fishery of the Kattegat 8 



2. The Swedish plaice fishery of the Kattegat 15 



3. The Danish and Swedish plaice fisheries of the Kattegat 17 



4. Summary and conclusions with regard to the Kattegat plaice fishery 20 



C. The fisheries of the North Sea 23 



1. The physical conditions of the North Sea in relation to the present problems 24 



2. Statistics of the plaice fishery in the North Sea 26 



3. — — sole fishery in the North Sea 31 



4. — — turbot and brill fisheries in the North Sea 34 



5. — — haddock fishery in the North Sea 36 



6. — — cod fisheries 39 



7. — — herring fisheries in the North Sea 41 



8. — — total quantities of fish landed for the most part at North Sea ports 43 



9. — — total value of all fish landed for the most part at North Sea ports 48 



10. — regarding the average price of the principal species of food-fishes 48 



11. — — — number of boats engaged in trawling from North Sea ports 52 



D. General summary and conclusions 1 56 



N.B. Great assistance has been rendered in the preparation of the statistical tables by Hr. Knud 

 Andersen. 



