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that is when they are 1 year old, the young redfish most likely 
have reached a length of ca. 95 — 130 mm; I namely suppose 
the I-group to be represented by the many small redfish which 
were collected in the month of May in the Davis Strait (130 —175 
fms.) by the „Tjalfe” at St. 370, 371, 396 and 397; there were 192 
specimens, measuring 70—170 mm, the great majority being 95 to 
130 mm in length. As to the further growth of the young red¬ 
fish, the records at hånd do not give any clear statement. The 
Il-group may be represented by some few specimens, 195—300 mm 
in length; in the middle of June quite many redfish, 310—410 
mm long, were caught in the Godthaabs fiord, and they do perhaps 
represent the III-group. But whether the many specimens which 
were collected in July about Frederikshaab, and which were 380— 
520 mm in length, are all of the same year, must remain doubtful. 
From the last named locality there were further a good many spe¬ 
cimens of 525 — 610 mm, some of 620 — 690 mm, and 3 specimens 
of 710 mm in length. 
4. Catch and use. 
The time proper for the Greenlanders to catch the redfish 
is winter (December—April), when food is scarce. The catch 
is generally carried out from the ice in which there is cut a 
hole, or in the open sea from a kayak. In good places, e. g. in 
Godthaabsfjord, a elever fisherman, when fortunate, may catch 
30 redfishes till noon. The fishing is not going on by fits and 
starts all over the fiord, but in limited places which the sea perch 
from experience is known to frequent, and which the Greenlanders 
recognize by aid of natural signs in the surrounding rocks. In 
certain places f. inst. in Nerutusok and Kvanefiord in the district 
of Frederikshaab and in Agdluitsok in the Southern district of Ju- 
lianehaab the natives also catch redfish in summer. 
The catching is made by hand-lines; the bait is tied to the 
piece of wood or the bone in which the hook is fixed. In Kornok 
at Godthaabsfjord I acquired a specimen of an ingenious fishing 
line with two hooks which is used there. At the lower end of the 
sinker, an almost melonshaped soapstone, two outwards curving 
pieces of bone, cut out of the antlers of a reindeer, are stuck in, 
and to the end of each of these bones a strap of sealskin is se- 
