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FISHING.
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botten, and in some parts of the liin of Jämtland, where the trapping of forest
birds and ptarmigan is still permitted by the law, the poor population are, perhaps,
•able to obtain a considerable contribution to their means of livelihood.
Considerable quantities of birds obtained in this way are annually sent in a frozen
state from these regions to more southern parts of the country. The hunter
who succeeds in killing an elk or two in the year can also be said to make a
good profit, as a full grown elk has a value of 75 to 150 kronor. That the
■coast-population can gain some sort of livelihood out of sea-fowl is mentioned above.
Otherwise, only a comparatively small profit can be gained by the individual out
of shooting, as long as the stock of game is kept on the low level to which it
has gradually fallen in the more densely populated parts. The shooting is,
however, of no small value to the landowner, inasmuch as well-to-do sportsmen,
for their own pleasure, try more and more to obtain the shooting-rights on
adjoining lands, against payment of so-called shooting-rents. What the landowner
cannot gain by his own shooting he can thus, by letting out his shooting,
obtain to an amount often considerably higher than that which the game existing
on his grounds really represents.
Though the shooting for individuals can thus be said to be of comparatively
slight importance as a source of gain, still the game killed in the whole country
represents a considerable capital, which is well worth administering in a practical
way. As game, besides, makes a wholesome and nourishing food, which is highly
esteemed for its excellent taste, and as shooting is a strengthening and
hardening sport for the growing generation, everything seems to indicate that such
attention should be paid to the game, that not only is its decrease prevented,
but its development, on the contrary, advanced. The interest in an improved
preservation of the game is, happily, steadily increasing, and shooting interests
are promoted by numerous shooting associations and unions for the protection
of game, which have united to attain this object, under the name of "Svenska
Jägareförbundet" (Swedish Hunters’ Association).
2. FISHING.
Sweden being surrounded to a large extent by the sea and possessing
innumerable lakes scattered in its interior, its inhabitants turn their eyes
to the waters as the source of a considerable portion of their livelihood.
It is true that the increasing cultivation of the country and its industrial
development, as well as the great value which its vast forests now have,
•compared with their former value, have had as a result that fishing is not
of the same importance nowadays as it once was for the few and scattered
inhabitants of former days. But even to day, fishing has a
considerable value as a source of livelihood. In consequence of improved methods
of fishing and of the higher price of fish, it is certain more remunerative
nowadays than at any previous period. With regard to the returns of the
Swedish fisheries, we have as yet only scattered and very insufficient
information. According to an approximate estimation for the period
1891—95, the annual value will, however, have amounted to about 9
million kronor, of which 4 million come from the coast-fisheries, 1-5 from
10—133179. Smeden. II.
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