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6 cod, 35 — 51 cm. 

 10 haddock, 32—40 cm. 

 6 lumpsucker. 

 1 whiting, 40 cm. 

 1 gurnard [trigla gurnardtis). 

 3 plaice, 30 — 60 cm. 

 1 large angler {lophius piscatorius). 



In 1901 the net was fixed in the same locality and remained, 

 with a few interwals occasioned by accidents and repairs, from 

 April 12— July 10. 



The yield was: 



5 salmon, 101—90-51-50-48 cm. 



16 trout, 35-30-32-35—33-33-55-39—32-36—31- 

 32—32-38-34-38 cm. 



21 lythe, 34—65 cm. 



49 cod, 33 — 65 cm. 



3 seithe, 34 — 38 cm. 



8 flounders, 10—27 cm. 



1 herring, 34 cm. 



5 lumpsucker. 



The main proportion of the catch was captured in April 

 and May. 



Not even during these experiments with fixed fishing en- 

 gines I succeeded in procuring young salmon of the missing 

 sizes, no salmon smaller than 48 cm, in length being cought in 

 my hägnets. 



c. Fisherniens catches. 



During the past years innumerable opportunities have been 

 offered of examining the catches made by those fishermen, who 

 employ seines and during their work catch sea trout, sometimes 

 in considerable quantities. These catches have been examined 

 by me, sometimes in the possession of the fishermen them- 



