FOOD PRODUCTS OF THE SEA — FISHES. 271 



Besides the smoked, salted, and fresh fish locally con- 

 sumed in Norway, about 250,000 lbs. is sent annually to 

 England, packed in ice ; 1,000 to 1,200 barrels of salted 

 salmon is exported, and the sale, of salmon brings in 

 about £100,000. 



Norway exported in 1880 — 



Dried or split cod kilos.. 72,215,000 



Herrings hectolitres' 536,333 



Other salted fish „ 118,348 



Anchovies „ 11,755 



And fresh fish to the value of £51,000. 



For home consumption in Iceland, under the name 

 of heingefish, the cod is split along the back and hung 

 up unsalted to dry, in sheds, when it has a shrivelled 

 up appearance. It is eaten uncooked hy the natives, 

 •who likewise dry and eat the refuse heads with great 

 relish. 



The export of fish products from Norway averages 

 about 170,000 tons per annum, of which l-J- per cent, is 

 fresh or iced fish, and the remainder salted, dried, pickled, 

 spiced, or smoked fish, roe, and fish oil. The value of the 

 exported fish will average now about £2,500,000 ; and 

 if all the fisheries are put together, there is an average 

 export dried and dry-salted fish of 75,000,000 yearly, 

 which would answer to about 375,000 tons of live fish, 

 leaving out of account the home consumption. 



The number of species of known fish in Swedish waters 

 is at present about 170, of which, however, only fifty are 

 commonlj'' caught. 



The Baltic herring (stroemming), a smaller variety of 

 Clupea harengm, Lin., is , sold either fresh in the towns 

 a,long the coast, or else salted in barrels. The barrelled 

 article is generally sold in Sweden, salted herring being 

 the daily food of the Swedish peasant, but of late years 

 it has also been exported to Germany. 



In Northern Europe the herring of the second year is 

 called " Christiania herring," in the third year "middle 

 herring," in the fourth " merchant's herring," and in the 



