318 KNUT DAHL. 



The very same considerations as above, must in consequence 

 also apply to all fixed fishing gear and engines, in rivers and 

 river-mouths, and not only to gear and engines made of twine 

 or thread but also to those made of rigid material. 



Finally we have to discuss the conditions relating to reduction 

 of the mesh in fixed fishing engines in the sea. 



The main types of such gear, as used in this country, are 

 "kilegarn" (net ending in an open corner), "bundgarn" (stake 

 nets), "kilenot" (bag net) besides "laksevarp" (fixed seines wdth 

 bottom). 



All these fishing engines are almost exclusively intended for 

 the capture of salmon. The only exception is in the case of 

 stake nets, the yield of which also consists of trout and other 

 sea-fish besides salmon. These latter fishing engines may also, 

 under certain conditions, be exempt from some of the regulations 

 relating to mesh and weekly close-times, provided it is sufficiently 

 proved that their main catch consists of fish other than salmon 

 and sea trout. 



Respecting that kind of gear which is intended to "mesh" 

 the fish, viz. the kilegarn or corner nets, the question of a 

 reduction of the regulation minimum mesh or even total liberty 

 as to the choice of mesh, is perfectly indifferent (vide my previous 

 remarks upon the mesh question i-elating to moveable net gear 

 especially driftnets intended to entangle the fish). All the other 

 fixed fishing engines are so uniform as to their effect that they 

 may all, with regard to the mesh question, be treated as bag 

 nets. The bag net undoubtedly must be considered as the engine 

 typical to our salmon-fisheries in the sea. 



When considering if we may venture a reduction of the 

 mesh or even permit free choice as to the mesh in this kind of 

 gear, two points must in my opinion be kept in view. 



On the one hand we will have to acknowledge, that the mesh 

 question regarding bag nets or other fixed engines in the sea, 

 does not only refer to the salmon. On the contrary it is 



