BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 101 
33.— A VISIT TO THE CHIEF FISHING PEACES OF JUTLAND.* 
By C. G. VON OTEBENDOKP. 
The principal result of my observations was to convince me that, if 
anything, the wealth of fish on the coast of Jutland is not so great as on 
the German coast of the North Sea ; but the favorable results obtained 
are due to the energy and skill of the Danish fishermen, who, with much 
toil and danger, take this rich booty from the waves of the sea. 
Fredericia was specially interesting for its extensive eel fisheries, in 
the Little Belt, and Banders for its large fiord fisheries, which unfor- 
tunately during my visit were seriously hindered by the ice. Of still 
greater interest to me was Frederikshavn, for at the time of my visit 
considerable quantities of Swedish herring were landed there by the 
Swedish fishing-boats, which are small but neat and seaworthy. These 
herring are carried by railroad to nearly every town and village in Jut- 
land, where they are both a cheap and fresh article of food. Many are 
sent to the Sleswick-Holstein smokehouses, a large quantity goes to 
Germany, and car-loads of fresh herring are sent to Belgium. 
The transhipment is managed in a practical and convenient manner, 
as the car-tracks run close to the landing-place of the fishing-boats, 
where the fish are transferred direct from the boats to the cars. The 
Danish Government is constructing an additional larger harbor-basin, 
as the present one has proved too small for the very considerable traf- 
fic, and no longer meets the demands of the fisheries. 
Permission is readily granted to the fish-dealers to use the harbor for 
a larger number of fish-tanks. At the time of my visit these tanks con- 
tained only plaice and lobsters. Cod, eel, plaice, and lobsters keep 
very well in them ; only when a cold east wind sets in, the lobsters suf- 
fer very much, because under these circumstances deeper tanks than 
those in use at present are required. The new harbor-basin will in every 
respect be better adapted to these purposes. 
The best Swedish fishing-boats, admirably adapted to line-fishing, are 
said to be made by Isaac Andersen Bussoe, of Stromstad. They cost 
about 3,000 crowns ($804) apiece, but have to be furnished with more 
ribs and an inner keel for use in the Danish waters. The fish caught all 
along this coast, as far as Skagen, are brought principally to Frederiks- 
havn. The haddock caught in the neighborhood and brought here are 
small ; but the cod, halibut, and plaice are larger and are brought in 
greater quantities. Large quantities of the last-mentioned fish are sent 
to the Sleswick-Holstein smokehouses, or to Copenhagen to be con- 
sumed fresh. 
* “ Eine Beise nach den Hauptjischpltitzen Jiitlands." From Mittheilungen der Section 
des DeutscJien Fischer ei- Ver eins fiir Kiisten - und Rochsee-Fischerei, No. 3, Berlin, March, 
1886. Translated from the German by Herman Jacobson. 
