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Fart III. — Eleventh Annual Report 



that tin- euivrs are adopting more and more a good and rational system of 

 euro, ' due, without doubt, in great part to the introduction of Scotch 

 1 coopers.' In the report of the inspector for 1891-92, it is stated that all 

 the spent fish (' tomsill') were treated according to the Scottish method, 

 while most of the full herrings (\fulhill '), which are nearly all consumed 

 in Sweden, were treated in the Norwegian mode. The old curing-yards, 

 founded on the model of the packbod arne, in Bergen and other Norwegian 

 towns, and which are described as dark and dirty, are giving way to the 

 Scotch style, which began to be introduced about ten years ago. It 

 appears also that some of the Swedish curers are imitating the Scotch 

 brands, and it is recommended that a similar system should be introduced 

 into Sweden, for Swedish-cured herrings, as follows : — 



For Fulls — 



* F.,' when total length = 32 centimetres. 

 F.A., 

 F.B, 

 F.O., 

 M., 



Spents to be similarly distinguished, ' S.,' replacing the C F.' on the 

 brand. 



Dr Rudolf Lundberg in another publication * gives an account of the 

 investigations made in the inland waters of Sweden, and publishes the 

 address of Professor Otto Pettersson on ' The Hydrography of the North 

 * Sea/ delivered before the meeting of Scandinavian naturalists at 

 Copenhagen last year. The latter is a very important contribution, but 

 is too long to even summarise here. Professor Pettersson describes in 

 great detail the movements of the waters in the Baltic, and between the 

 Baltic and the North Sea, and shows how they appear to be related to the 

 Bohuslan herring fishing and to the mackerel fishing. 



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 = 26 „ 23 

 = 23 „ 20 



DENMARK. 



The Official Report for 1891-92 contains a number of additional bye- 

 laws under the fishery law referred to in previous reports. These deal 

 with hook fishing, tackle, the setting of nets and marks, close times, 

 closed grounds, under-sized fish, &c.f 



The statistics deal with the Danish fisheries in different groups. Those 

 referring to the west and north-west coasts of Jutland (exclusive of 

 deep-sea fishing in the North Sea), show that from 1st March to 31st 

 December 1891 the total value of the fish landed in this district was 

 595,633 kroners, or over £30,000 (haddocks, cod, plaice, and lobsters 

 bringing in the largest amounts), and to this may be added about 100,000 

 kr. as the earnings of two steam-trawlers. The Danish fishing fleet in 

 the North Sea in 1891 numbered 521 boats and vessels, with a total net 

 tonnage of 5219, the tonnage varying from 68*66 to 0'99. The fisheries 

 inside the Skaw (exclusive of those of Limfjord) yielded in 1891 fish 

 valued at 3,795,349 kr., as against 3*728,110 kr. in 1890, or an increase 

 of 67,000 kr. The value of plaice and flounders was 1,111,486 kr., a 

 decrease of 64,000 kr. from 1890; of soles, 180,006 kr., a' decrease of 

 21,688 kr. ; of turbot, 12,324 kr., a decrease of 1061 kr. Herrings were 

 valued at 811,387 kr. (those caught by set-nets bringing 301,144 kr. ; 

 those by drift-nets 510,243 kr. • cod and haddock were valued at 



* Svensk FisJceritidskrift. 



t Fiskeri-Beretning for fiiwntsaaret, 1891-92, C. F. Dreclisel. 



