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therefore, would show that the salmon fisheries of Sweden 
annually amount to 63,243 Ltt. with a value of 598,572 kr. 
But not even these figures show the real extent of our 
salmon fisheries. As has been noticed in the remarks, the 
returns from many rivers and coasts are partly uncertain 
and partly incomplete, and from several salmon fisheries, 
on the coast of Pite, Skellefteelf, Gefle an, the sea around 
Gotland, Ronnean, the Government district of Bohus, and 
that part of the Wener which belongs to the Government 
district of Elfsborg, no returns are to be had. 
That those which are obtainable considerably fall short of 
the real value of the salmon fisheries of Sweden will also 
follow from a comparison with the same fisheries of the 
neighbouring country, Norway, the value of which is 
estimated by a reliable person at about 1,800,000 kr. The 
annual revenue of our salmon fisheries may therefore, 
without exaggeration, be estimated at 625,000 kr. 
C. The Eel Fishery with traps on the shores of the dis- 
tricts of Ostergotland, Kalmar, and the western part of 
Blekinge a 7 id the coasts of Skane. 
Years of 
the 
Reports. 
Ltt. of Eel 
Caught. 
Gross In- 
come of the 
Fishery. 
The government district of Ostergotland . 
„ „ Kalmar 
„ „ Blekinge (westernl 
part) . . . / 
„ „ Kristianstad 
„ „ Malmohns . 
1880 
1880 
1881 
1881 
1881 
2,835 
4,650 
1,830 
4,924 
2,995 
17,010 
27,900 
12,450 
35,445 
12,831 
Total 
17,234 
105,636 
The average gross income of this eel fishery on the 
coasts of Skane from 1879-81 was 91,287 kr. When it is 
considered that no reports have been obtained of the eel 
