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the North Sea. The remainder of the increase, about 120, has occurred inside the Skaw 

 and chiefly in the Kattegat itself. If, however, we ascribed the whole of this increase to 

 the fisheries outside the Kattegat, i. e. that these 120 boats all fish in the Skager Rak, 

 North Sea, Belts etc., there would remain for the Kattegat the same number of boats as 

 in 1889. But in 1889, a considerable number of Kattegat cutters were already' fishing in 

 the North Sea; consequently, the amount of fishing in the Kattegat must have increased. 



If we allowed for this dubiety, however, and simply considered, that the number of 

 Danish boats actually fishing in the Kattegat has remained constant, i. e. neither increased 

 nor decreased, we can still conclude that the fishing power and amount of fishing have 

 increased. Motor-power has been introduced, not only to the large cutters, but also to 

 the small boats which help in shooting the net (see Part I, p. 24). The rapidity of making 

 the hauls has thus become greater, and more hauls can be made. The lines of the 

 net ("snurrevaad") have also been lengthened, and may be over 1000 fathoms long. 

 The increase in the fishing power, from 1890, has probably not been so great as the 

 advance made in changing from the gill-net to the snurrevaad (about 1880), yet, any 

 improvement in the boats or methods of working the nets, must clearly have led to an 

 increase in the fishing power. 



The interesting questions now arise; if the year 1890 marked the culmination of 

 the plaice-fishery in the Kattegat, and a decrease in the stock of plaice was noted in 

 1894, how can the continued increase or even the persistence of the fishery be explained? 

 Why has the condition, described above for the Norwegian plaice fisheries of Smölen 

 and Fröien, not been reached? Is the 10 to 15 years period, after the culminating point 

 has been attained, not sufficient to reduce the fishery (or stock of plaice) to the stage 

 at which the working of these fishing grounds no longer yields a profit? 



The answer to these questions must depend on the quantities of fish which are 

 taken annually and on the value of the fish. It is of importance, therefore, to ascertain 

 what information the statistical data can give on these points. 



II. Quantity and value of the Danish plaice fishery in the Kattegat 



since 1890. 



The estimation of the exact quantities of plaice landed by the Danish fishermen 

 from the Kattegat is not an easy matter. The statistics enable one to separate the Kattegat 

 from the other waters without much difficulty, but the quantities taken by the Kattegat 

 cutters in the Skager Rak and North Sea are included in the statistics for the Kattegat. 

 For the years previous to 1895, the official reports offer no means of separating these 

 quantities. From 1895 onwards, an estimate is always given of the value of the fish taken 

 annually in the Skager Rak and North Sea, but landed in the Kattegat. These values 

 represent plaice, almost exclusively. An examination of the returns made by a number 

 of the cutters shows, that ca. 2 % of the totals represent fish other than plaice. By 

 deducting this 2 % , and then deducting the remainder from the value of the Kattegat 

 plaice fishery as given in the reports, we get a very near approximation to the actual 

 value of the Danish plaice fishery in the Kattegat alone. 



The value of the fish taken annually, since 1895, by the Kattegat cutters outside the 

 Kattegat, but included in the Kattegat returns, are as follows: 



