166 Tromso Museums Aarshefter 27, — 1904, 
Summary. 
Tromsø Sound in the North of Norway is the sound 
between the isle of Tromso and the mainland. It is about 
7 English miles long and 2—4 miles wide. It is 
connected with the open sea only by several channels and 
sounds, of which some are very narrow, and through which 
a very strong tidal current runs with a velocity of 40—50 
miles, and in the Tromsø Sound of 15—30 miles. These 
strong tidal currents, carrying fresh water, richly filled 
with plancton organismes, contribute greatly to the deve- 
lopment of a variety of animal life, and thereby also aug- 
menting the quantity of fish. Besides this, close outside 
the coast, large fishbanks are found, which belong to the 
richest spawningbeds in the world. The fiords inside must 
thus necessarily be recruited by fry (young fish), which 
by the sea currents is carried towards the coast!). 
Fish is also plentiful in the Tromsø Sound in ordi- 
nary good years, so that every farmer, who will fish out- 
side his farm, can easily procure fish enough for his hou- 
sehold and also a good quantity to be hung up for drying.’ 
Therefore one can see at almost every farmhouse near 
the water long rows of fish hung up for drying (vide fig. 
4). At the fishmarket of Tromsø (vide fig. 3) cod, had- 
1) Vide: Dr. Hjort, Fishery and Whaling. 
