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of herrings and sprats 6,763,000 kr., of mackerel 659,000 kr., of coal- 

 fish, ling, &c, caught in the summer fisheries 3,328,000 kr., of salmon 

 and trout 875,000 kr., and of lobsters 369,000 kr. The value of the fish 

 and fish products exported amounted to 48,136,600 kr., and were as fol- 

 lows (in kroners) : — Salted cod (klipfisk) 18,478,500, dried cod (tfirjusk) 

 5,995,000, pickled herrings 9,782,600, smoked herrings 311,700, other 

 sea-fish pickled 1,733,200, pickled sprats 237,800, mackerel, herring, and 

 other fish (except salmon), fresh 1,142,200, salmon (fresh) 1,386,200, 

 lobsters 379,700. Considerable sums were also obtained for the skins of 

 seals (559,000 kr.), walrus, and whitefish, whalebone, codfish roe (776,800), 

 fish-guano (894,900), seal and whale blubber, and fish, seal, and whale 

 oils (5,953,600). Some curious products are included among the exports, 

 e.g., the skins of polar bears, which brought 5700 kroner, walrus teeth, 

 fish-bowels (22,300 kr.), whale fat and stearine (50,600 kr.), and fish 

 glue (32,500). 



At the great cod fishery of Lofoten, 30,378 fishermen and 7281 boats 

 were employed, the produce consisting of 21,050,000 codfish, 57,662 

 hectolitres of liver, and 19,635 hectolitres of roe, the total value amount- 

 ing to 6,673,000 kr. In the next great fishery — that of the Finmark 

 capelin cod fishery — 15,596 fishermen and 4123 boats were engaged, the 

 produce being valued at 2,828,000 kr., and consisting of 13,503,000 cod- 

 fish, 36,574 hectolitres of liver, and 158 hectolitres of roe. The great cod 

 fisheries produced altogether 49,612,000 codfish (against 63,303,000 in 

 1890), valued at 14,111,000 kr. In the summer herring fisheries 7945 

 boats, manned by 30,180 men, were employed, 852 using seine or sweep 

 nets, and 7093 the ordinary drift-net ; 867 boate with drift-nets (drivgarn) 

 and 3294 men were engaged in mackere) Cshing, the total catch being 

 5,381,000 mackerel. The figures referring to the numbers of lobsters 

 caught are of interest, since they show a gradual falling off since 1886, 

 when LI 34,000 were caught, until last year, when the catch was only 

 583,000, the lowest recorded. 



SWEDEN, i 



The Boliuslan Fishery Journal contains a number of interesting papers.* 

 In Sweden, as in Norway, Denmark, and other countries, attention is 

 being paid to the formation of systems of fishery insurance, with or with- 

 out the support of the Government. Proposals are also being made for 

 the establishment of a Fishery Board on the model of the Dutch and 

 Scottish Boards, for the sea fisheries on the west coast of Sweden, and for 

 the regulation of the herring fishery. Dr A. H. Malm, inspector of 

 fisheries, has drawn up a proposed Act of Parliament on this subject 

 dealing with such points as the loss of tackle, the throwing out of ballast 

 or dead fish on the fishing-grounds, the use of the vad and gam, so as not 

 to interfere with one another, &c. One section proposes that on Saturday 

 evenings, and on the evenings before any holiday, all tackle, except 

 strangvad, should be taken out of the sea ; that no tackle be set on Sundays 

 or holidays ; that no set-nets (sdttgarn) be set or lifted between sunset and 

 sunrise, &c. 



There is also a full account of the legislation regarding the lobster fishery. 

 The law of 1833 and 1837 enacts a close-time between 1st July and 15th 

 September, and this was confirmed in 1852. A statute of 1890 prohibits 

 lobster fishing in the latter half of September ; and this is stated to be 

 unsuitable for the west coast. 



In an interesting paper on the curing of herrings in Boliuslan it is stated 

 * Bolmslansk FisTccritidskrift, utgifven af Axel Villi. Ljungman, 1892. 



