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like basket-work. There is also a chapter on the growth and age of the 
sardine, and one on the variations of the dimensions of the sardine de 
ropue at various places since 1864. M. Bietrix gives an account of the 
pelagic fauna of Concarneau Bay. 
7. BELGIUM. 
The destruction of immature fish by the operation of trawling around 
the coast has recently engaged the attention of the Association 
Commerciale Maritime d'Ostende.* The president of the section on 
fisheries (M. Aug. Hamman) has reported to the Association and 
recommends the international regulation of the fisheries off the coast 
during certain months of the year, and the prohibition of the capture of 
fish before they have reached maturity. 
8. DENMARK. 
The Danish Government recently published their annual Fishery Report 
for 1888-89. f 
This report was prepared by Captain C. F. Drechsel, the superinten- 
dent of Danish fisheries. It contains the new Danish fishery law and a 
description of the arrangements made by the administration in relation 
thereto ; reports from the commanders of the gunboats engaged in fishery 
duties ; statistics of the fisheries and a description of the new biological 
station which the Government has established. The Danish fishery law 
was referred to in our last Report. I may add here the particulars as to 
the prohibition of the capture or sale of certain fish under a fixed size — 
These are as follows : — measured from the tip of the snout to the root of 
the tail. 
1. Eel, pike, and salmon, . . . under 12 inches. 
2. Tusk, whiting, plaice, turbot, brill, bream, 
tench, trout, and shad (Hcelt), . . „ 8 „ 
3. Dabs (Skrubbe, Slette), perch and bleak, „ 6 „ 
4. Crabs, „ 3 „ 
5. Lobsters, . . . . . „ 7 „ 
The biological station, which is under the charge of Dr C. G. Joh. 
Petersen, cost 34,000 kroner, and a sum of 8600 kroner will be 
annually set apart for its up-keep. Dr Petersen has contipued his re- 
searches into the migrations of plaice. The method originally adopted of 
affixing a metallic label by means of a silk cord has been discontinued, 
and I am informed by Dr Petersen that his new method of branding a 
large sized number upon the fish is expected to yield better results. 
9. NORWAY. 
The well-known hatchery for seafish at Flodevig, Arendal, has re- 
cently undergone enlargement and reconstruction. Captain Dannevig, 
the director, has adopted a new plan of collecting the cod ova for 
hatching. Instead of keeping ripe fish and pressing the ova from them 
at intervals as described in our last Report, J and artificially fertilising them, 
* Bulletin mensucl, No. 3, Mars, 1890. 
+ Fiskeri-Beretning for Finantsaaret, 1888-89, Kjfoerihavn, 1890. 
J Seventh Annual Report, part iii. p. 403, 1889. 
