of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



499 



428,984 kr. ; mackerel at 21,607 kr. ; eels at 281,305 kr. ; and shrimps 

 at 126,671 kr. The number of men employed was 7,734, compared with 

 7615 in 1890. The fisheries in the Limfjord employed 1142 vessels, 

 valued at 141,262 kr., and the total value of the fish landed was 945,190 

 kr.— chiefly eels (441,090 kr.) j flounders (228,075 kr.) ; and cod 

 (158,220 kr.). 



The fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerack have recently undergone 

 considerable improvement, the cutters employed being larger and furnished 

 with steam-power for raising the seine (" vaad "). Complaints are made 

 that since the general introduction of steam-power in trawling, foreign 

 trawlers go nearer the Danish coast, and frequently damage the lines of 

 the line fishermen. The government granted a sum of 25,000 kr. fur 

 experiments in sea fishery at Iceland and in the North Sea, and the 

 " Prinsesse Marie," a vessel of 72 tons, was selected for the purpose, and 

 other four cutters were associated with it ; and the government also 

 advanced 50,000 kr. for insurance of vessels at Iceland and the Faroes, to 

 cover risks which the ordinary insurance societies do not undertake. A 

 zoologist accompanied the "Prinsesse Marie " to investigate the conditions 

 of the fishing-grounds, &c. The cutter made four voyages to the North 

 Sea, and as one result it is stated that cod cured as " Laberdan " (Haber- 

 dine or Aberdeen), prepared according to the Dutch method, will have a 

 good sale in the country. It brought from 35 to 45 kr. per barrel of 

 about 260 pounds of fish. At the Faroes various experiments were made. 

 Lobster fishing was tried, but not a single lobster was got. Particulars 

 are given as to the plaice fishing at Iceland. There is also a report to the 

 minister of a visit of inspection to Norway, and interesting details are 

 given of the fish-preserving establishments at Stavanger, and of the 

 process of freezing bait (capelan) along the Lofoten and Finmark coasts. 



Owing to the gradual decrease in the quantity of plaice in the Lim- 

 fjord, experiments have been made by transferring large numbers of small 

 plaice from another part of the coast, where the young fish come in 

 in large numbers from the sea, to the inner reaches of the Limfjord. In 

 this way over 63,000 young plaice have been planted at a cost of 

 1987 kr. 



Dr C. G. Joh. Petersen, the Director of the Marine Biological Station, 

 has published a very interesting paper " On the Eggs and Breeding of the 

 Gobiidse." The gobies exist in very large numbers in Danish waters, and 

 Dr Petersen has investigated and described the eggs of all the common 

 species, G. niger, G. ftuthensparri, G. win.utus, and G. microps, The 

 paper, which is also given in English, is accompanied by two plates. 



HOLLAND. 



The scientific fishery investigations referred to in last year's Report have 

 been continued by Dr P. P. C. Hoek, the adviser on fisheries to the Govern- 

 ment. His researches on the habits and propagation of the Rhine salmon 

 are, I believe, in an advanced state, and the results will probably be pub- 

 lished early next year. Another very extensive investigation concerning 

 the generative organs and genital ducts of teleosteans is also far advanced, 

 and, coming from so eminent a zoologist, will no doubt greatly increase 

 our knowledge on this important branch of fishery investigation. Dr 

 Hoek, owing apparently to the recent labours of Dr Ehrenbaum on the 

 subject, has made a renewed study of the anchovy — an important little 

 fish in Dutch waters. Floating eggs of the anchovy have been discovered 

 in large numbers within the Zuiderzee ; and Professor Hoffmann of 

 Leiden is also working at the subject. The investigations on the question 



