SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 205 



The Stendalsfjord, to the westward of Lillesand, was 

 investigated by me, and on behalf of the Nedenas 

 County, in the first part of September, .1904, 1905 and 

 1906, and fry were planted in spring 1905 and 1906, in 

 all about 16 millions. All investigations have been made 

 with the same seine, 22 fathoms long and 4'2 metres deep 

 in the middle. In Sondeledf jord 106 hauls, in Hellef jord 

 21 and in Stendalsfjord 34 hauls. The hauls were made 

 in the same places, almost on the same date in the 

 different years, and as uniformly as possible. The 

 numbers given are the entire quantities except where 

 given as the mean of two years. 



The results are : — 



I. — Before Planting of Fry. 



Place and Year. 



Sondeledf jord, 1903 

 Hellef jord, 1903 + 1904 + 2 

 Stendalsfjord, 1904 



Total 



Place and Year. 



Sondeledf jord, 1904 + 1905 + 2. 

 Hellef jord, 1905 

 Stendalsfjord, 1905 +1906 + 2. 



Cod. 



Whiting. 



Pollack 



and 

 Saithe. 



426 



1,309 



137 



85 



259 



23 



454 



99 



131 



965 



1,667 



291 



g of Fry. 





Cod. 



Whiting. 



Pollack 

 and 



Saithe. 



1,328 



1,150 



160 



143 



180 



3 



855 



230 



197 



Total 2,326 1,560 360 



All yearlings. Only cod fry planted. Now it is 

 incontestable that the cod have increased. The question 



