DOMINION OF CANADA FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES (SIXTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL FISHERIES REPORT OF THE DOMINION) FOR THE YEAR 1933-34 OTTAWA J. O. PATENAUDE PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1934 To His Excellency Captain the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, P.C., G.C.M.G., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of Canada. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: I have the honour to submit herewith, for the information of your Excel- lency and the Parliament of Canada, the Fourth Annual Report of the Department of Fisheries, being the Sixty-seventh Annual Fisheries Report for the Dominion. I have the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, ALFRED DURANLEAU, Acting Minister of Fisheries. DEPARTMENT OF FISHERLUS, OTTAWA, April 6, 1934. CONTENTS DEPUTY MINISTER'S REPORT COVERING-- PAGE Review of the Fisheries, 1933 5 Foreign Trade in Fisheries Products 13 Fish Inspection Services 14 Instructional Work 15 Lobster Transportation Service 16 Fisheries Intelligence 17 Increasing the Demand for Fish Foods 18 Fish Culture 19 Oyster and Scallop Investigations 19 Biological Board's Work 20 Fishing Bounty 21 Pelagic Sealing 23 International Fisheries Commission 24 Passamaquoddy Bay Investigations 26 North American Council on Fishery Investigations 27 APPENDICES 1. Reports of the Chief Supervisors of Fisheries 30 2. Report on the Work of the Biological Board of Canada 76 3. Report of the Fish Culture Branch of the Department 78 4. Report of the Fisheries Engineer 153 5. Report on Inspection of Fish and on Technical Instruction to Fishermen and Fishery Officers 162 6. Report on Oyster Cultural Work by the Department in 1933 166 7. Report on Scallop Investigations in 1933 172 8. A Statement of Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue for 1933 and a Summary of Expenditure and Revenue, by Provinces, for the Period 1867 to 1933 173 9. A Summary Showing the Number of Licences Issued in 1933 179 10. A Summary of Lobster Fishing Licences Issued Each Year Since 1928 182 11. A return Showing the Prosecutions for Offences under the Fisheries Act 184 DEPUTY MINISTER'S REPORT To the Hon. ALFRED DURANLEAU, Acting Minister of Fisheries. Sin—I have the honour to submit the Fourth Annual Report of the Depart- ment of Fisheries, which is the Sixty-seventh Annual Report on the fisheries of Canada, and is for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1934. The report refers t,o the following subjects, among others:— Fisheries Operations in the Calendar Year, 1933. Fish Inspection Work. Fisheries Instructional Work. Fish Culture. Oyster and Scallop Investigations. The Work of the Biological Board of Canada. Fisheries Intelligence. Lobster Transportation Service. Foreign Trade in Fisheries Products. Fishing Bounty Payments. Pelagic Sealing. Departmental Effort to Increase the Demand for Canadian Fish Goods. The Work of the International Fisheries Commission, or Pacific Halibut Commission. The International Passamaquoddy Commission. The Work of the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. The appendices include:— Report of the Chief Supervisors of Fisheries. Summary of the Work of the Biological Board of Canada. Report of the Fish Culture Branch of the Department. Report on Inspection of Fish and on Technical Instruction to Fishermen and Fishery Officers. Report of the Fisheries Engineer. Report on Oyster Cultural Work by the Department in 1933. Report on Scallop Investigations in 1933. A Statement of Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1933-34 and a Summary of Expenditure and Revenue, by Provinces, for the Period 1867 to 1933-34. A Summary Showing the Number of Licences Issued in 1933. A Summary of Lobster Fishing Licences Issued Each Year Since 1928. A Return Showing the Prosecutions for Offences under the Fisheries Act. REVIEW OF, THE FISHERIES 1933 The year's total catch of aIl kinds of fish, both sea and inland, and including shellfish, amounted to 785,460,000 pounds, having a marketed value of $27,558,053. In comparison with 1932 results these figures represent a decrease 5 6 DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES of 20,922,000 pounds in' catch but an increase of $1,600,943 in marketed value. Of the catch, 719,865,000 pounds were taken in the sea fisheries while 65,595,000 pounds were taken from the inland waters of Canada. The sea fisheries produc- tion had a marketed value of $23,494,695 and the inland fisheries output a value of $4,063,358. The individual fishery showing the largest gain was the salmon, which had an increased catch and marketed value both in the sea and inland waters. The total marketed value was idivided as follows: To British Columbia forty-three per cent, vvhich is five per cent more than last year; the three Mari- time Provinces thirty-six per cent; Quebec and Ontario seven and one-half each and the Prairie Provinces and Yukon the remainder. Table I, below, shows the marketed value of the 1933 production by prov- inces, and gives also the figures for each of the four preceding years. In table II, the marketed value figures for the sea and inland fisheries, respectively, for 1933 are shown. TABLE I — 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 Nova Scotia 6,010,601 6,557,943 7,986,711 10,411,202 11,427,491 New Brunswick 3,061,152 2,972,682 4,169,811 4,853,575 5,935,635 Prince Edward Island 842,345 988,919 1,078,901 1,141,279 1,297,125 Quebec 2,128,471 1,815,544 1,952,894 2,502,998 2,933,339 Ontario 2,089,842 2,147,990 2,477,131 3,294,629 3,919,144 Manitoba 1,076,136 1,204,892 1,241,575 1,811,962 2,745,205 Saskatchewan 186,417 186,174 317,963 234,501 572,871 Alberta 144,518 153,789 153,897 421,258 732,214 British Columbia 12,001,471 9,909,116 11,108,873 23,103,302 23,930,692 Yukon TerritorY 17,100 20,060 29,550 29,510 24,805 Total 27,558,053 25,957,109 30,517,306 47,804,216 53,518,521 TABLE II — Sea Inland Total Nova Scotia 6,010,601 6,010,601 New Brunswick 3,038,808 22,344 3,061,152 Prince Edward Island 842,345 842,345 Quebec 4 1,601,470 527,001 2,128,471 Ontario 2,089,842 2,089,842 Manitoba 1,076,136 1,076,136 Saskatchewan 186,417 186,417 Alberta 144,518 144,518 British Columbia 12,001,471 12,001,471 Yukon Territory 17,100 17,100 Total 23,494,695 4,063,358 27,558,053 Capital Investment and Personnel.—The total capital invested in the indus- try—that is, the amount represented by the plant and equipment in use—was $40,907,470 of which $24,912,482 was invested in primary operations or the ves- sels, boats and gear used in catching the fish while the remainder, $15,994,988, represents the value of the canneries, fish curing plants, etc., where operations were carried on ashore. The total capital invested shows a drop of less than half a million dollars. While the value of vessels, boats and gear used in the primary industry was slightly more than in 1932, the value of the buildings on shore where canning and fish curing operation were carried on showed a drop of a little more than $600,000. REPORT OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER 7 The total number of persons employed in the industry was 79,328, of wham 65,391 were engaged in catching the fish and 13,927 employed on shore in can- neries and fish curing establishments. In both instances there were slight increases in the numbers employed. Major Fisheries.—The chief branch of the industry, from the monetary standpoint, is the salmon fishery which had a total marketed value for the year amounting to $9,758,346. The Pacific coast had a production of salmon valued at $9,184,090. The lobster fishery ranked second, with a marketed value of $3,524,355, while the cod fishery dropped in value to $2,598,756. The white- fish fishery, which is the most important of the inland fisheries, had a marketed value of only $1,136,060, which is only a little more than half what it was a few years ago when market conditions were more favourable. NOVA SCOTIA The marketed value of the fisheries was $6,010,601, as compared with $6,557,943, although the quantity of fish landed, 215,521,700 pounds, was 19,- 808,100 pounds more than in the previous year. Lobsters again led in point of marketed value, $1,884,715, while cod was second with a marketed value of $1,442,599. The catch of lobsters 17,685,800 pounds, a decrease of 6,037,200 pounds, while the catch of cod, 86,603,300 pounds, represents an increase of 7,004,900 pounds. The catch of haddock dropped from 34,706,900 pounds in 1933 to 25,495,400 pounds, while the marketed value of $799,218 represents a decrease of $287,125. There were 20,970,600 pounds of mackerel taken, or nearly double the quantity of the year previous, with a corresponding increase in the 5 value. The salmon and alewife catches were slightly less than in 1932 while the smelt catch of 682,800 pounds was only two-thirds of the previous year's land- ings. There were 450,000 pounds of tuna landed, which was not quite double the catch of 1933, and the 1,713,700 pounds of swordfish shows an increase of 677,800 pounds.