The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-01-27
The Fisheries Of Denmark.

The kinds Of fish that are taken in the
Danish seas are the herring, cod, whiting,
plaice, turbot, sole, mackerel, salmon and
eel. Among the localities where fishing
is most extensively carried on is the
northeast coast Of Zaeland, where there
are many fishing villages, the inhabitants
of which supply the Copenhagen market.
But Shagen, the most northerly point of
Jutland, is considered the most important
fishing village in Denmark. The neigh
boring sea abounds in whiting, cod, tur-
bot aud sole. Skagen and Frederikshavn,
a port little 70 the south on the Kattegat,
are regularly visited by more than thirty
vessels, which 60 to and fro, taking car
goes of live fish for sale at Copenhagen
and other seapOrts ofthe kingdom. Among
the fishing villages that are plentifully
scattered along the west coast Of Jutland,
from Skagen to the mouth Of the Elbe,
Nymindegab is that at which the fishery
is most important. In one year 700, 900
whiting and 25, 1000 cod were taken there.
The fishery of Lymfofd, long arm of
the sea extending from the Kattegat nearly
to the North Sea, right across the north
part of Jutland, is scarcely less consider
able. On the shores of the Belts there
are many fishing villages, where the work
is usually very active. A single example
will suffice to show the abundance of fish
in the Belts. In the 0dense Flord, bay
of the Kattegat, on the north coast Of the
Island of .Fyen, such quantity of excel
lent Goldfish are taken in nets, each weigh
ing about four pounds, that for want of
demand, they are sometimes used for
manure, and are sold to the peasants at
twenty or thirty pence the cart load. In
the vicinity of the town of Middlefort, on
the Island of Fyen, there has been for
some time fishery of porpoises Delphi
nus phoceHa) from the beginning of
November to February, which is very
profitable. At this season Of the year the
porpoises leave the Baltic in great num-
bers. The fishery is carried on by cor
poration of thirty fishermen with ten
vessels. In 1858, an exceptional year,
they took 22OO porpoises, but the average
take is about 100, and il is calculated
that the oil from each porpoise is worth
from Is. Cd, to IS. i'd. But it is during
the herring season that the Danish fisher.
men are most busily employed, that is to
say, when the fish, in their migrations,
traverse the Danish seas in the spring on
their way to the Baltic, and on their re-
turn in the autumn. 1t is not rare that a
considerable quantity is then taken, the
greater part Of which is sold on the spot
to the farmers Many herrings are also
smoked and sold at good price, for con-
sumption in the interior 1t is on the
north coast of Zealand, at Kiertemunde,
at Karsoer, and in the island of Bornholm,
that the herring fishery is most extensively
carried on. The fishery of Bornholm,
large island in the Baltic, supports five
hundred fishermen, who catch salmon, cod
and hcrrings They take much of their
salmon to Swinemunde, on the coast of
Pomerania, and not unfrequently the fish
are eaten in Paris and Vienna two days
after being taken. The whole number of
fishermen in Denmark was calculated,
some years ago, at about $500, and the
total value of the fisheries at S2 $50 900.
Geographical Magazine.