of oil are n o w produced.,-from brown oil to the finest white cod-
liver-oil.
The roe is salted, and most of it sent to France, where it is
used as bait in the sardine fisheries. In 1897, 1,323,000 gallons
of roe were exported, the value being kr. 1,323,100.
In former times, the head and intestines were thrown away, and
even now are fa r, from being utilised as they should be. Of late
years, however, manure has been exported for about one million kr.
Besides the above winter ’cod fisheries, there- are also large
cod fisheries- at other seasons of the year. Among these, the
«capelan-fishery» of Finmarken, during the months of April and
May, occupies the most prominent position. In this, in 1897,
18,173 fishermen took part with 4777 boats. The fishery is
called capelan-fishery because the cod is supposed to go landwards
chiefly after the eapelan ‘.(Mallotus villosus), a fish of the. salmon
family, that is'-alsb used as bait.. I t seldom occurs in any quantity
south of 65 °* -'but in April and May it gathers round the coast of
Finmarken in enormous numbers in order to spawn. Shoals of
cod come after it, together with whales and birds, and revel in
the abundance of eapelan.
The fishing is carried on for the most part with deep-sea bait
from ten-oared boats (see p. 356), manned by 5 men. The eapelan
-fishery is a very uncertain one, as will be seen from the following •
table showing the profits of the fishery in Finmarken for the years
1895 and 1896.
Cod Haddock Heads Halibut
cwt.
Liver
galls.
Roe
galls.
Profits
kr.
1895. . • 9,659,400 11,845,016 5,526,0.00 2,008 325,974 6,996 1<662,320
1896. . . 16,982,200 2,579,000
ca
cb
oo
5,500 767,184 9,108 4,769,892
In addition to these large, periodic. fisheries, fishing with hook
and line for round fish is carried on all along the coast. This
fishing is less periodic, and is only restricted on account of the
weather, to the best time of the year, from April to September.
Thesè fisheries are long-line fisheries, especially for other kinds of
fish, e.g. haddock (Gadus ceglefinus), ling (Molv'a vulgaris), tusk
(Brosmius brosme)j rose-fish (Sebastes norvegicus), and the large
deep-water flat-fish, halibut (Hippoglossus vulgaris). This fishing