Ægir - 15.11.1970, Qupperneq 17

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5. mynd: Meðalstærð 1—15 ára hörpudisks i Jökulfjörðicm samkvæmt mælingum vaxtarbauga. Mynd-
in sýnir ennfremur fjölda mælinga og sveifluna frá meðalstærð hjá hverjum aldursflokki.
Austurland og er af miklu að taka, þar eð
aðeins hluti þessa svæðis hefur þegar ver-
ið kannaður.
ABSTRACT
In July—August 1970 new grounds of Iceland
scallop (Chlamys islandica Miiller) were dis-
covered in Breiðafjörður, West Iceland, during
a scallop survey carried out there by the Marine
Research Institute. The survey showed the exis-
tence of a number of grounds in the midfjord
region of Breiðaf jörður, at mainly 15—30 fathoms
depth on sand, shell and gravel substrates (see
Figs. 1—3).
Approx. 5 min. dredgings yielded anything up
to 180 kgs of scallops, averaging 80—90 kgs per
haul in some areas. Average height of scallops
varied from 75—84 mm in samples taken in vari-
ous areas (Table 1 and Fig. 4).
During the last two years, surveys have shown
the existence of stocks of Iceland scallops in a
number of localities on the west and northwest
coasts of Iceland. Furthermore, there are good
hopes of new grounds being discovered elsewhere,
with the probable exception of the south coast.
Framhald á bls. 329.