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sidered to be the finest and most delicious of herrings. 
On the southeastern coast of Norway, on both sides of 
the entrance to the Christiania fjord, a herring fishery has, 
Since the beginning of the eighties, also been carried on 
with varying success. This fishery occurs about New 
Years. In1891-92the result was very good, and amounted 
to several hundred thousand barrels. The catch consists 
of large, full herring (with roe, or milt). 
The Norwegian herring fisheries are carried on with gill- 
nets and drag-nets, perhaps principally the latter. Speci- 
mens of both kinds of apparatus are exhibited in the Nor- 
wegian section. 
Sprats (Brisling—Clupea sprattus) are fished for in the 
autumn with small-meshed drag-nets, chiefly in the fjords 
between Stavanger and Bergen. It is a small, palatable 
fish, which is extensively used for anchovies and hermetical 
preparations. A portion of the catch is also salted in the 
usual manner. 
The above mentioned fisheries (winter and spring cod 
fisheries and the herring fisheries) supply usually 75 to 80 
per cent. of the total value of the Norwegian coast fisher- 
ies. The so-called summer fisheries—cod, ling, haddock, 
cusk, coalfish, sea perch (Sebastes norvegicus), halibut, 
flounder, etc., as well as the mackerel fishery, salmon, sea 
trout and lobster catch—supply the remaining 20 to 25 per 
cent. The total annual value of these fisheries has during 
the period 1887-91 averaged six and three-tenths millions 
of dollars, calculated at the prices paid at the fishing sta- 
tion. In this amount the home consumption of fresh fish 
and bait is not included, as this is not included in the offi- 
cial statistics. 
Besides her fisheries, Norway also takes part in the fol- 
lowing closely allied marine occupations: Whaling in 
Finmarken, sealing, bottlenose whaling and Arctic Ocean 
expeditions fitted out from Tromsé, Hammerfest and 
Vardo. 
