Annual Report 1925-26

FISHERIES BRANCH

Department of Marine and Fisheries

FOR THE YEAR 1925-26

OTTAWA F. A. ACLAND PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1926 To General His Excellency the Right Honourable Lord Byng of Vimy, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., 1VI.V.O., 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 Excellency and the Parliament of Canada, the Fifty-ninth Annual Report of the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. I bave the honour to be, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, P. J. A. CARDIN, Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, OTTAWA, July, 1926.

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4 c'G' CONTENTS

PAGE Deputy Minister's Report covering— • Riview of the Fisheries of 1925 5 Operation of the Fish Inspection Act 8 Inspection of Canneries and Canned Fish 9 Fisheries Intelligence Service 9 Fishing Bounty 9 Fish Culture 10 North American Committee of Fisheries Investigation 11 Pacific Halibut Treaty 12 Marine Biological Board 14 Natural History Observations 16

APPENDICES 1. Reports of Inspectors of Fisheries 17 2. Report on Activities of Marine Biological Board 76 3. Observations on the American Lobster 82 4. Fishways and Removal of Obstructions 84 5. Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue 94 6. Entries of United States Fishing Ve,ssels 105 7. Summary of Licenses Issued 109

4 DEPUTY MINISTER'S REPORT

To the Hon. P. J. A. CARDIN, Minister of Marine and Fisheries. have the honour to submit the Fifty-ninth Annuü Report of the Fisheries Branch of the Department, which is for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1926. The report deals with the following subjects:—- Review of the Fisheries of 1925. Operation of the Fish Inspection Act. The Inspection of Canneries and Canned Fish. Fisheries Intelligence Service. Fishing Bounty. Fish Culture. North American Committee on Fisheries Investigation. Pacific Halibut Treaty. Marine Biological Board. Natural History Observations. Appendices to the Report include the following:— Report of Inspectors of Fisheries. Report on Activities of Marine Biological Board. Observations on the American Lobster. Fishways and Removal of Obstructions. Fisheries Expenditure and Revenue. Entries of United States Fishing Vessels. Summary of Licenses Issued.

RF:VIEW OF THE FISHERIES OF 1925 The total production of the fisheries of Canada during the year under review was greater than during the preceding year and the marketed value was almost $3,500,000 g,reater. In the following table will be seen the marketed value by provinces with a comparison of the previous year:— 1925 1924 Nova Scotia $ 10,213,687 $ 8,777,251 New Brunswick . 4,798,589 5,383,286 Prince Edward Island 1,598,119 1,201,772 Quebec 3,044,919 2,283,314 Ontario 3,436,412 3,557,587 Manitoba 1,466,939 1,232,563 Saskatchewan 479,645 482,492 Alberta 458,504 339,107 British Columbia 22,414,618 21,257,567 Yukon Territory 15,370 18,773 47,926,802 $ 44,534,235 The increased value for Nova Scotia of about $1,500,000 is accounted for by the greatly increased catches in cod and lobsters. In the province of New Brunswick decreases are noted in the catches of cod, sardines, and smelts, with a corresponding drop in the value. 5 6 MARINE AND FISHERIES The catches of cod, herring and lobsters in the province of Prince Edward Island were largeri in 1925 and caused the value to be higher. There was a considerable increase in the catch and value of cod in the province of Quebec, while the salmon and lobster catches were also greater. In Ontario and Saskatchewan the catches were about the same as in the preceding year, while in Manitoba there were greater catches of whitefish and tullibee. The increase in Alberta was due to greater catches of pickerel, pike and whitefish.. British Columbia shows an increase in value of over a million dollars which is accounted for by a larger catch of herring and an increase in the marketed value of salmon.

ATLANTIC COAST

Cod, Haddock, Hake and Pollock.—There were 2,872,281 cwts. of these fish taken, compared with 2,433,234 cwts. in 1924. Each of these kinds, with the exception of hake, shows an increased catch in Nova Scotia. In New Brunswick the cod catch shows a decrease, but in the other three kinds an increase. Prince Edward Island and Quebec returns each give an increased catch of cod of about 50 per cent. The quantity marketed in a fresh state - (including fresh fillets) was 306,860 cwts., compared with 331,421 cwts. in the previous year , while there were 103,116 cwts. of smoked prepared (including smoked fillets5, compared with 78,287 cwts. in 1924. The Lunenburg banking fleet had a very successful season. There were ten more vessels added to the fleet during the year. There are now ten steam trawlers operating out of Nova Scotian ports, and these supply mainly the demand for fresh fish. IVIackerel, Herring and Sardines.—The catch of these three kinds amounted to 1,428,155 ces., as compared with 1,600,179 cwts. in the preceding year. A drop of some 60,000 cwts. in the catch of herring in Nova Scotia was more than offset by increases in the other three provinces so that the total catch of 923,428 cwts. is greater than that of 1924 by 78,967 cwts. The quantity of herring smoked again shows an increase, some 89,404 cwts. being prepared in this manner as against 71,366 cwts. The catch of mackerel was 187,661 cwts., which is less th-an that of the previous year by 27,929 cwts. While the total catch was less, the catch for Nova Scotia was the second largest since 1910. The marketed value of the catch was poor owing to the American market being well stocked by their own fishermen. r • There were 158,533 barrels of sardines taken, compared with 270,064 barrels in the previous year. There was a heavy rim of these fish on the Maine coast which were sold by the Maine fishermen at a comparatively-low price; hence the demand for Canadian fish was not as keen as it otherwise would have been. Other Sea Fish.—There were 21,767 cwts of halibut taken, which is a slight decrease from the previous year. The catch of swordfish was 4.551 cwts., which is less than in 1924. Some 16,606 cwts. of tomcod and 11,893 cwts of flounders were caught. This is a slight increase in the case of the former and nearly double the quantity in the latter instance. FISHERIES BRANCH

Shellfish.-The increase in the catch of lobsters is very noticeable. There were 340,838 cwts. taken compared with 272,213 cwts. in 1924. The catch and its disposal by provinces was as follows:-

1925 Catch Catch Marketed in shell canned cwt. cwt. cases Nova Scotia 170,698 63,525 53,745 New Brunswick 65,894 10,991 27,236 Prince Edward Island 78,570 10,272 34,121 Quebec 25,676 1,313 12,395

1924

Nova Scotia 115,275 34,550 40,831 New Brunswick 68,303 26,024 23,548 Prince Edward Island 65,893 6,650 26,814 Quebec 22,742 1,025 10,925

There were 19,960 barrels of oysters taken compared with 27,319 barrels in the previous year. Clams and quahaugs also show a falling-off, some 28,459 barrels being dug compared with 40,327 barrels in the preceding year. There were 17,718 barrels of scallops landed which is an increase of 7,368 barrels. River Spawning Fish.-The catch of salmon was 57,352 cwts. compared with 57,561 cwts. in the previous year. The quantity of smelts taken dropped from 88,296 cwts. to 75,457 cwts. The catch of these fish in New Brunswick shows a big decrease. There were 56,781 cwts. of alewives taken, compared with 31,401 in 1924. The catch in Nova Scotia was more than double that of the previous year, while that in New Brunswick gives a good increase.

INLAND FISHERIES

The catch of whitefish was 186,648 cwts., compared with 167,706 cwts. in 1924. The province of Ontario was the only one to show a decrease in the catch. There were 86,877 cwts. of pickerel landed, compared with 101,610 cwts. in the previous year. In addition, some 34,453 ces. of blue pickerel were landed in the province of Ontario. This quantity is slightly greater than that landed in 1924. Some 45,555 cwts. of herring were landed in Ontario, compared with 125,013 cwts. in the year previous.

PACIFIC FIST:1E1{1ES The fishing industry on the Pacific coast, which produces nearly half the tot-al value for the whole of Canada, was again successfully prosecuted and the results show an increase Of about a million and a quarter dollars. Salmon.-There was a catch of 1,873,376 cwts. compared with 1,965,159 ewts. in 1924. The number of cases canned was 1,720,622, compared with 1,747,505 in the year previous. Owing to higher prices obtaining, however, the 8 MARINE AND FISHERIES value of the production in this one variety was $14,973,885 or nearly two million dollars more than in 1924. There were 392,545 cases of sockeye packed, or an increase of 22,944 cases. The largest pack was that of chums 607,337 cases compared with 570,497 cases in the previous y-ear. Halibut.—The catch of halibut was 318,240 cwts., which is somewhat less than that of the year previous, when some 331,382 cwts. were landed. The value of this fishery declined considerably due chiefly to the cold storage holdings, the latter having been held for the close season with the expectation of considerably increased prices, which failed to materialize. Herring.—There were 1,437,875 cwts. of herring landed, compared with 1,157,625 cwts. in 1924. Of the catch there were 1,983,174 cwts. dry salted. This is the largest pack on record for the Pacific province. Pilchards.—The catch was 318,973 cwts. compared with 27,485 cwts. in 1924. The large increase is due to the fact that pilchards were allowed to be processed in reduction works' plants for the first time. There were 495,653 gallons of oil and 2,083 tons of meal produced on the west coast of Vancouver Island from these fish. Whales and Seals.—The operations of the whaling company were not as successful as in 1924, the number of whales caught falling from 415 to 351. The number of fur seals taken was 4,465 compared with 2,232 in the previous year.

INSPECTION OF FISH

The inspection of certain kinds of fish, and the packages in which they are marketed, is carried on under authority of the Fish Inspection Act. The Act makes it necessary for packers to have both fish and barrels in accordance with its requirements and empowers Inspectors to examine such whenever and wherever it is necessary and convenient. The work was carried on during the year 1925-26 with a staff' of two permanent and twelve temporary inspectors on the Atlantic coast and two temporary inspectors on the Pacific coq.4. On tlle Atlantic coast during the year there were inspected over fifty-two;boeregîjicYf various kinds containing salted herring, mackerel, alewives and salmon. There were also inspected 62,000 boxes of smoked herring which were prepared for export. In addition to these 80,000 einpty barrels were examined to ascertain whether they were up to the of the packers. standard required by the Act before they passed into the hands On the Pacific coast the large and very important trade in dry salted herring between British Columbia and China was .supervised by the department's inspectors. Provided the container is of standard size and filled to capacity- with fish that are properly cured a certificate to that effect is issued by the inspector to the shipper of each shipment and the inspection system is now so satisfactory to shippers that they would not think of making a shipment without the official certificate. During the year under review 290,000 boxes of dry salted herring, each containing four hundred pounds, were inspected. Under this system of inspection the quality of the cured articles 'on both coasts is being rapidl-y improved. The greatest and probably the most important improvement of all is in the quality and strength of the barrels that are now being made all over the Atlantic coast, which alone would seem to justify the institution of our inspection system. FISHERIES BRANCH :, 9

INSPECTION OF CANNERIES AND CANNED FISH The inspection of fish canneries of all kinds throughout Canada, the raw material to be used therein and the process of canning the product and the labelling and marking of the cans was carried on during the year 1925-26 as previously under the provisions of the Meat and Canned Foods Act,. This inspection is carried on by the department's staff of fishery overseers as part of their regular duties. There are between six and seven ,hundred canneries, large and small , canning fish of various kinds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. As a result of the inspection that has been conducted for several years there is a marked improvement not only in the conditions under which canning operations are carried on from the sanitary point of view but in the quality of the canned product as well. Defective buildings and equipment are being constantly rectified and improved at the instigation of the inspecting officers.

FISHERIES INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Under this service there was carried on during the season of 1924:— 1. The collection of monthly statistics of the sea fisheries, and the compila- tion of such in a summarized form for publication through the press each month. 2. The publication of a quarterly bulletin containing the statistics in detail. The bulletin is distributed to the trade and all directly concerned. The statistics are practically all collected by the regular fishery officers while performing their other duties as such and at very little additional cost. 3. The collection of information concerning supplies of bait day by day- along certain stretches of the coast during the spring and summer months. The information is gathered by the officers of the department, who send it by telegram daily to certain ports where it is posted up for the information of masters of fishing vessels and those looking for bait.

FISHING BOUNTY Under the authority of "An Act to encourage the development of the Sea Fisheries and the building of Fishing Vessels," the sum of $160,000 is appro- priated annually by the department and paid to fishermen of the maritime provinces. The bounty is distributed under regulations made from time to time by the Governor in Council. For the year 1925, payment was made on the following basis:— To owners of vessels entitled to receive bounty—$1 per registered ton, payment to the owner of any one vessel not to exceed $80. To vessel fishermen entitled to receive bounty—$8 each. To owners of boats measuring not less than 13 feet keel—$1 per boat. To boat fishermen entitled to receive bounty—$6.30 each. There were 9,979 bounty claims paid. In the preceding year there were 10,104 bounty claims. paid. The total amount paid was $159,984.80 allocated as follows:— To 540 vessels and their crew . $ 41,948 30 To 9,439 boats and their crew 118,036 50 10 MARINE AND FISHE.RIES

FISHING BOUNTY EXPENDITURE FOR 1925-26

County 13oats Men Amount Vessels Tons Average Men Amount Total tons amount

. S cts. $ cts. $ cts. Nova &Ma .. Annapolis 141 256 1,753 80 1 44 44 10 124 00 1,877 80 Antigonish 131 200 1,391 00 1,391 00 Cape Breton 315 581 3,979 35 24 399 17 93 1,14300 5,12235 Cumberland 1 1 7 30 7 30 Digby 331 584 4,010 90 4 95 12 21 263 00 4,273 90 Ggysboro 554 774 5,465 25 28 463 17 133 1,527 00 6,992 25 Halifax 945 1,246 8,798 85 68 924 14 275 3,124 00 11,922 85 Inverness 193 600 3,969 05 9 117 13 43 461 00 4,430 05 Kings 31 47 327 10 327 10 Lunenburg 479 591 4,203 00 123 6,570 53 1,621 19,538 00 23,741 00 Pictou 25 34 239 20 239 20 Queens 133 218 1,509 00 13 226 17 80 866 00 2,375 00 Richmond 343 647 4,419 45 22 373 17 90 1,093 00 5,512 45 Shelburne 459 913 6,212 55 16 389 24 127 1,405 00 7,617 55 Victoria 217 430 2,98635 7 103 14 29 335 00 3,32135 Yarmouth 134 304 2,049 20 8 454 57 112 1,350 00 3,399 20

Total 4,492 7,426 51,321 35 323 10,157 31 2,634 31,229 00 82,550 35

Neu,Brunswick

Charlotte 255 448 3,086 75 2 13 • 6 2 48 30 3,135 05 Gloucester 249 692 4,617 35 200 3,036 15 871 10,007 00 14,624 35 Kent 54 95 652 50 652 50 Northumberland. 1 21 21 6 69 00 69 00 Restigouche 1 2 13 60 13 60 St. John 33 47 329 80 329 80

Total 592 1,284 8,700 00 203 3,070 15 879 10,124 30 18,824 30

PrinceEdleard Island

Kings 384 532 3,739 80 3 41 13 6 89 00 3,828 80 Prince 413 759 5,129 00 2 22 11 5 62 00 5,191 00 Queens 111 244 1,650 90 1,650 90

Total 908 1,535 10,519 70 5 63 12 11 151 00 10,670 70

Quebec

Bonaventure 392 745 5,09355 2 23 ' 11 5 6300 5,15655 Gaspe 2,293 4,847 32,838 80 7 125 18 32 '-381 00 33,219 80 Saguenay 658 1,226 8,398 60 8,398 60 ["Tatane 104 168 1,164 50 1,164 50

Total 3,447 6,986 47,495 45 9 148 16 37 444 00 47,939 45

Grand total.. 9,439 17,231 118,036 50 540 13,437 25 3,561 41,948 30 159,984 80

FISH CULTURE

Canada since confederation has always held a foremost place in fish culture, and at the present time its fish cultural service is second only to that of the Federal Government of the United States. It is operating thirty-three main hatcheries, six subsidiary hatcheries, four salmon-retaining ponds and one eyeing station. FISHERIES BRANCH 11

The output from these establishments during 1925 was 707,273,319, as shown by the species in the following statement:-

STATEMENT, BY SPECIES, OF THE FISH AND FISH EGGS DISTRIBUTED FROM THE HATCHERIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1925

Yearlings Total Species Eyed eggs Fry Advanced Fingerlings and distribu- fry older fish tion

Salmo salar-Atlantic sa!,- mon 732,800 8,763,898 7,336,000 7,907,460 4 24,740,162 Salmo irideus-Rainbow trout 35,000 366,000 39,500 106,455 546,955 Salnzo C/arkii-Cutthroat trout 119,890 604,426 8,807 733,123 Salmo rivularis-St eelhead salmon 157,625 10,811 168,436 Salmo rivularis kamloops-- Kamloops trout 2,020,500 276,910 2,124 2,299,534 Salmo trutta levenensis- Loch leven trout 474,350 212,000 20,654 707,004 Salmo fario-Brown trout. 74,570 33,930 108,500 Oncorhynchus nerka-Sock- eye salmon 35,524,500 53,081,025 1,450,260 9,248,789 99,304,574 Oncorhynchus tschawytscha- Spring salmon 1,337,925 644,393 253,157 4 . 2,235,479 Oncorhynchus kisutch-Coho salmon 54,000 118,500 172,500 Oncorhynchus keta-Chum salmon 207,000 207,000 Salvelinus fontinalis--Speck- led trout 1,183,000 893,829 617,500 1,803,746 151 4,498,226 Coregonu.s clupeiformis- 435,133,050 Whitefish • 435,133,050 Cristivomer namayeush-Sal- mon trout 10,535,472 5,053,000 2,563,441 18,151,913 Argyrosomus artedi-Cisco. 11,199,755 11,199,755 Stizostedion vitreum-Pick- erel 105,715,000 900 105,715;900 Perce flavescens-Yellow perch 1,350,060 1,350,000 Micropterus dolomieu-Black bass 308 308 Pomoxis annularis--Crappie 900 900

41,214,615 629,388,803 14,708,260 21,961,482 159 707,273,319

NORTH AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON FLSHERIES INVESTIGATIONS This committee continues to perform excellent services at practically no cost to the Governments represented thereon. The committee was created in 1921 and now consists of three representatives each of the fisheries services of Canada and the United States and one each of Newfoundland and France. Its duty is to determine what general fishery investigations should be undertaken in areas in which two or more of the Governments represented are interested and to arrange for co-opeiation in carrying such out,-thus avoiding needless .duplication,-and co-ordinating and correlating the results. It usually meets twice each year, once in the spring when the work to be undertaken during the summer is decided upon, and once in the fall, when the results are considered and arrangements are made for their co-ordination and correlation. The spring meeting of 1925 was held in New York and the fall meeting in Montreal. 7 The work mainly conducted during the year was a continuation of the study of the life-history of cod, haddock and mackerel. A large number of fish, prin- cipally cod and mackerel, were tagged in both Canada and the United States, 12 MARINE AND FISHERIES in order that their movements might be followed. Ocean temperatures and currents and their effect on the movement of fish bot.h directly a:nd indirectly are also being studied. Intensely interesting results are being obtained and it is anticipated that detailed reports on some of these matters will be published shortly.

PACIFIC HALIBUT TREATY AND INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION APPOINTED THEREUNDER Off the Pacific coast of this continent there is what is by far the greatest halibut fishery in the world, though its potentialities have been seriously mini- mized by overfishing. The fishery from both Canadian and United States ports still continues to produce from fifty to fifty-five million pounds, dressed weight. per year. This fishery was begun in a commercial way in 1888, when a fishing schooner from Gloucester, Massachusetts, lured by reports of abundance of halibut on the Pacific coast, made its way to Seattle, via cape Horn. During the first few years the industry had a struggle for existence, not because of lack of fish, as they proved to be in great abundance, but owing to inadequate and expensivc marketing facilities, the markets of importance all being east of the Mississippi river. By 1892 these facilities were greatly improved, and the business began to grow rapidly. The first fishing was conducted off cape Flat- tery and the west coast of Vancouver island, but it soon was extended to Hecate strait, where, fish of the very best quality were found to be so wonderfully plentiful that a vessel could take*a full load of 300,000 pounds in two or three days of favourable weather. At that time only the fish of desirable size were retained. As Vancouver offered equally good rail facilities for shipping fish to the eastern markets, as did Seattle, and as it was considerably nearer the fishing banks the New England Fish-Company, which for some time had been operating from Seattle, established a base in Vancouver in 1894, and the fishery from that port expanded rapidly. Owing to its attractive appearance, its flavour, firm texture, excellent keeping qualities and the slight waste as well as little trouble in handling it in a retail way the demand for halibut grew rapidly both in Canada and the United States. Hence the fishery became more and more intensive and by 1914 all -the nearby areas showed the result of overfishing. Consequently new producing areas were being sought and the fishery was extended more and more to the north and west, until now it is conducted as far west as Shuniagin islands. Every move westward, however, increases the length of the voyage, which _involves greater cost of production as well as a longer time from when the fish are caught until they ean be marketed,• As halibut banks extend from off the coast of Oregon at intervals all the way to and into Bering sea, it might at first glance seem that the producing area is so large that exhaustion should not be probable, but it must not be over- looked that the continental shelf on the Pacific coast is quite narrow, so that thc producing area is not nearly as great as would appear from its length. While the fishery- on this side of the Pacific is engaged in only from Cana- dian and United States ports, owing to the fact that it is largely carried on beyond territorial waters neither, country alone could control it At the sanae time it is highly in the interests of both countries that the fishery should be permanently maintained in a flourishing condition. Hence the question of finding an adequate method of dealing with the matter was one of those that was referred to the Canadian-American Fisheries Conference that was appointed in 1918 by the Governments of the two countries to consider a settlement of out- 'standing fishery questions between Canada and the United States. The confer- FISHERIES BRANCH 13 ence, after taking evidence on the different sections of the coast, unanimously recommended that for the purposes of conservation and for the following other reasons there should be a close season for halibut fishing from the 16th of November in each year to the 15th of February following, both days inclusive, and that the two countries should arrange for a joint investigation into the life- history of the halibut:— 1. The weather conditions are then at their worst, and all or nearly all of the serious loss of life , and vessels in this fishery has occurred during this time. 2. It is during this period-that practically all the loss of fishing gear takes . place, and such loss is then enormous. It is claimed that 50 per cent of the gear of every vessel is lost or has to be cut away during this time. When it is stated that the larger vessels " set " what is equal to 48 miles of line per day, and that hooks are fastened to these lines at intervals of about ten feet, what this loss of gear means M the aggregate will be realized. 3. Apart from the monetary loss involved in the destruction of gear, which in itself is exceedingly hea, this widwinter fishery tends to drive the fish from the grounds. As the fish bite'with avidity during the spawning season, it is reasonable to assume that when this gear is left in the water fish will become impaled on most of the hooks and will eventually die and decompose. 4. The evidence shows that 15 per cent of the annual catch is made during these three months, but in addition thereto it is estimated that 10 per cent of the total catch is taken and destroyed on this lost gear. 5. The fish caught at this time are in a very inferior condition from a food standpoint and should not be marketed. They are thin, their flesh is flabby, and they are known to the trade as " slabs." 6. Three months in the year are needed to properly overhaul and prepare the -vessels, so that these three months would be used to advantage. While there was little or no division of opinion as to the wisdom of the above course on either side of the line', as it became part of a proposed agreement for -the settlement of several questions on which action was being delayed, Canada proposed in 1922 that the halibut question should be considered by itself. This was agreed to and resulted in the Treaty of the 2nd of March, 1923. for the protection of the Pacific halibut, which is the first tpeaty that was signed on behalf of Canada by a representative of the Canadian Government only. The treaty was ratified on October 21, 1924, and became effective on the first of the following month. It provides,— (a) For the appointment of an International Commission of four members —two from each country—which commission is to e.xist as long as the treaty remains in force. The commission is to make a thorough investigation into the life history of the Pacific halibut and to report to - the two Governments; and (b) For a close season for halibut in the North Pacific from November 16 in each year ta February 15 following, both days inclusive. This close season is to remain effective at least three years, at the end of which tirne it may be modified by agreement between the two Governments on the recommendation of the International Commission. (c) The Treaty is to remain in force for five years and thereafter until two years after either party has given notice to the other of its wish to terminate it. 14 MARINE AND FISHERIES The personnel of the Commission are:— Canadian Members,—W. A. Found, Director of Fisheries; J. P. Babcock, Assistant to the Commissioner of Fisheries for British Columbia. United States Members,—Henry LO'Malley, Commissioner of Fisheries for the United States.; Capt. Miller Freeman, Publisher of Pacific Fisherman and other periodicals (Seattle). The commission held its inaugural meetings at Seattle and Vancouver in November, 1924. Keeping in view the magnitude and peculiar difficulties of the investigation with which it was entrusted it decided on the following methods of procedure:— 1. The employment of a competent man as Director of Investigations. 2. The appointment of an honorary scientific advisory council, with which not only the Commission but the Director of Investigations could consult, and to which would be submitted the plan of investigation proposed by the Director, and such expansions thereof as would from time to time be found feasible. This council consists of two members from Canada and two from the United States, viz.:— From Canada.—Dr. A. McLean Fraser, Professor of Zoology in the Univer- sity of British Columbia, and formerly Director of the Marine Biological Station at Departure Bay, B.C.; Dr. W. A. Clemens, Present Director of the aforesaid Marine Biological Station. From the United States,—Professor John N. Cobb, head of the Fisheries College of the University of Washington; N. B. Schofield, in charge Department of Commercial Fisheries of California, San Francisco. As above indicated the only compensation the members of the Council expect or receive is the personal satisfaction of assisting in a work of great value to both countries. As Director of Investigations Mr. W. F. Thompson, a graduate of Stanford University, and who at the time was Director of the California Fisheries Laboratory, was engaged. Mr. Thompson had already spent two seasons in in- vestigating the life-history of the halibut-1914-1916—when he was employed by the Fisheries Department of British Columbia. He had proved himself to possess the qualifications for which the commission was seeking. He entered actively upon his duties early in the year 1925, and since that time the work of investigation has gone cin continuously. He has now a staff of five assistants, and the commission expects that as contemplated by the Treaty the investigations will -be sufficiently advanced to enable the Commission to submit a report to the two Governments at the end of the three year period provided as a minimum for the close season. The work is being carried out on a statistical and biological basis. A thorough statistical survey since the beginning of -the industry has been nearly completed, and will be finished during the coming year. Also good advancement has been made towards determining the migration, growth, racial characteristics, etc. of the halibut. This side of the work will be greatly developed during the approaching season.

MARINE BIOLOGICAL BOARD The Biological Board, which operates under the control of the department, was created in 1912 by Act of Parliament. It carries on purely scientific researches at two stations, one located at St. Andrews, N.B., and the other at Nanaimo, B.C. For ten years the membership of the board consisted entirely FISHERIES BRANCH 15 of scientists, two of which were nominated by the minister and the others by universities in which biological research was being carried on. In 1923 the Act was amended with a view to bringing the board into closer contact with the practical problems of the fishing industry. Under the amended Act the board now consists partly of scientific men and partly of men familiar with the industry's practical side. With this new organization there have been established on both coasts stations at which it is intended to apply to the every clay economic problems of those engaged in the industry, the results of previous and current scientific researches. The new Atlantic station is located at Halifax, N.S. It was made ready for occupancy in the summer of last year, and in that short time a considerable amount of work of much economic value to the fishing industry has been accomplished. The new Pacific station is located at Prince Rupert, B.C. Work at this station has not yet, advanced so far as at the Halifax one, owing to some difficulty that arose over a site which is being provided by the Provincial Govern- ment, in addition to about half of the cost of the building that is to be erected thereon. The matter lias now been satisfactorily settled, however, and the work is proceeding. In the meantime facilities have been provided by some of the fishing companies of Prince Rupert for the carrying on of experimental -work, particularly with regard to refrigeration. In addition to conducting the ordinary work of the stations the board, during the year, provided short scientific and practical courses for filery officers and fish hatchery officers. It also, at the request of the department, instituted a systematic plan of investigation covering a period of years into present fish cultural methods, through the agency of a committee of the board, known as the Research Committee. The composition of the board and its various committees during the year 1925 was as follows:— Dr. A. P. Knight, Chairman, Kingston, Ont. Mr. J. J. Cowie, Secretary-treasurer Ottawa, Ont. Dr. Philip Cox, University of Neve. Brunswick,' Fredericton, N.B. Dr. C. J. ConnollY, St. Francis Xavier College, Antigonish, N.S. Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, Manitoba University, Winnipeg, Man. Dr, E. E. Prince, Ottawa, Ont. Very Rev. Canon V. A. Huard, Quebec, P.Q. Dr, A. H. Hutchinson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Dr. J. Playfair McMurrich, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. Dr. W. T. McClement, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. Dr. A. H. McKay, Halifax, N.S. Dr. R. F. Ruttan, McGill University, Montreal, P.Q. John Dybhavn, Prince Rupert, B.C. A. Handfield Whitman, Halifax, N.S. The members of the board receive no pay, but are allowed travelling expenses in connection with the board's work and its meetings. . Executive Committee of the Board.—Dr. A. P. Knight, Mr. J. J. Cowie, Very Rev. Canon Huard, Dr. J. P. McMurrich, Dr. E. E. Prince, Dr. R. F. Ruttan. Atlantic Sub-executive Committee.—Mr. A. Handfield Whitman, chairman; Dr. A. H. McKay, Dr. C. J. Connolly, Dr. A. G. Huntsman as secretary. Pacific Sub-executive Committee.—Mr. John Dybhavn, chairman; Dr. A. H. Hutchinson, Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, Dr. W. A. Clemens as secretary. 16 MARINE AND FISHERIES

Research Committee.—Dr. A. G. Huntsman, chairman; Dr. R. E. Foerster, secretary; Dr. W. A. Clemens, Dr. A. H. Leim, Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, Dr. Philip Cox. Director Atlantic Coast Stations, Dr. A. G. Huntsman. Direcfôr Pacific Coast Stations, Dr. W. A. Clemens. A detailed report of the activities of the board's staff of workers will be found at appendix No. 2 of this publication.

NAT-URAL IIISTORY OBSERVATIONS

During the summer and fall of 1925, the department's naturalist carried on investigations, as follows:— A study of the American oyster, chiefly in regard to the development of the sex elements within the gonad; Tidal observations at Buctouche and vicinity in relation to where oysters can live in the winter, the food of the oyster and parasites which infested it; Observations as to how oysters are locally distributed at certain parts of the strait of Northumberland; Observations of the mussel and soft-shell clams; Observations of the present condition of the scallop at Mahone bay; Observations of the value of Jumbo lobsters as reproducers; Observations of the spawning habits of smelt. At appendix No. 3 of this report, the naturalist's observations on the value of the Jumbo lobster will be found given in full. I regret to report that twenty-nine fishermen lost their lives during the year in pursuit of their calling—twenty on the Atlantic coast and nine on the Pacific- coast. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A. JOHNSTON, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. FISHERIES BRANCH 17

APPENDUC REPORTS OF INSPECTORS OF FISHERIES

REPORT OF WARD "FISHER, CHIEF INSPECTOR OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA, FOR 1925 The total landed catch for the year was 249,000,000 pounds, an increase of 28,000,000 pounds, as -Compared with the catch .of 1924. The total marketed value of all fish and fish products was $10,213,687, or $1,436,436 greater than 1924. The above is evidence that . the fisheries, generally, were operated with satisfactory results to both fishermen and dealers. The conditions were favourable from the opening of the season, the weather being mild, and the coast free from ice, consequently the inshore spring operations began about two weeks earlier than for some years. . • 'While the mackerel catch of 11,799,000 pounds was the second largest since 1910, the fishermen profited little, as the American markets were flooded by the extraordinary large catches taken off. the coast of that country. Similar conditions affected the fishery during the previous year, when the -catch was nearly equal to that of the past season. There was a very considerable increase in the catch of flounders and skate, which fish, previous to 1924, was largely Waste. Markets, however, have been found in Great Britain, to which country the greater portion of the catches are shippecL Nearly 700,000 pounds of skate were landed, having a marketed value of $23,380: The catch of scallops was 12,404 barrels, an increase of nearly 5,000 barrels over the previous year.. In the comparatively new area of the Bay of Fundy district the catch was 8,187 barrels, as 'compared with the catch of the old and well-known fishery of the Chester district, where the catch was only about one- half that taken in the Bay of Fundy region. The development of these new areas is the more evident when it is noted that there were only thirty-five licensed scallop fishermen operating, as against nearly 200 in the Chester district. Other areas of considerable extent are known to exist in the Bay of Fundy waters, and investigations have shown that many other places along the eastern coast have deposits of this valuable shellfish. The markets are being extended and an excellent price was received for the available supplies. Among the more out-standing features of the year were:--

SUCCESS OF THE LOBSTER FISHERY As the catch for 1924 was the smallest on record, it was quite generally feared that the fishery was suffering a serious decline and that drastic action would have to be taken to safeguard the fishery. Happily, however, the catch for 1925 showed a substantial increase over the previous year, being 170,698 cwts., as compared with 115,275 cwts. for 1924, an increase of 55,423 cwts. With few exceptions the increase was general throughout the district. Also, the prices received by the fishermen were higher than the previous year. 26106-2 18 MARINE AND FISHERIES The following totals show the catch, and the marketed values, as compared with 1924.

1925 Catch 1924 Catch Cwts. Value Cwts. Value

Inverness 11,156 168,928 - 8,675 116,134 Richmond 6,721 98,540 4,097 35,530 Cape Breton 10,875 162,444 10,295 139,782 Victoria 5,026 89,126 5,471 . 93,341 Halifax 5,176 92,728 3,112 65,344 Guysboro 11,650 184,527 7,272 103,152 Antigonish 7,664 134,673 6,413 93,935 Pictou 16,840 265,139 12,302 159,676 Colchester 638 9,557 ' 680 8,950 Cumberland 7,952 121,076 7,104 94,707 Lunenburg 2,327 32,182 1,224 23,452 Queens 5,751 77,923 - 2,727 43,004 Shelburne 24,811 448,454 . 15,785 304,693 Yarmouth 39,977 836,152 23,591 458,860 Digby 11,941 265,514 5,658 135,335 Annapolis 1,043 23,500 695 21,552 Kings - 150 4,500 174 6,960

170,698 3,014,963 115,275 1,904,407 The increases, as noted above, are largely responsible for the substantial increases in the total marketed value of the fisheries as corapared with that of 1924. The quantity shippeci alive to the United States and Canadian points, continues to increase from year to year and undoubtedly affects the quantity packed. Over 63,000 cwts: were shipped' alive last year, which is nearly 20,000 cwts, greater than since 1921. From the western district alone about 25,000 cwts. were shipped to the United States by steamers from Yarmouth, and, in addition, over 12,006 ewts. were shipped by smacks. The total quantity used for canning in the western district was 35,000 cwts., or less than the quantity shipped alive. THE COD AND HADDOCK FISHERIES The cod and haddock fisheries are so closely related, particularly with respect to the •freEl, smoked, and dried fish markets, that they may be considered under the one b.ead. The past year was a most successful one, the total catch being the greatest for any season during the past five-year period. The catch was 173,195,600 pounds, cod being responsible for 140,823,800 pounds, and haddock 32,371,800 pcunds. The following totals will reveal certain developments with respect to the disposal of the catches that will be of interest:- COD

• ---- Catch Fiesh Smoked Dried

cwt. crvt. crvt. cvvO 1921 1,415,190 74,620 16,456 319,660 1922 1,560,271 61,691 21,201 372,699 1923 - 1,048,943 75,970 30,888 219,405 1924 1,129,801 116,907 28,435 220,263 1925 1,408,238 97,866 51,226 300,932

HADDOCK

Catch Fresh Sraoked Dried

crvt. cwt. ervt. cvvt. 1921 259,195 114,247 39,917 10,741 1922 ' 298,593 112,931 49,281 15,109 1923 297,023 132,202 51,481 12,551 1924 320,804 144,915 45,386 19,052 1925 323,718 148,935 45,103 16,818 FISÉÉRIÉS BRANCH -- 19

it will lie ncted that during the five-year period the quantity of cod, smoked, has increased more than three-fold, while the quantity of haddock, Smoked, has remained:nearly stationary. On the other hand, the quantity of haddock marketed in a fresh state, which include fresh fillets, has increased from 11,424,700 pounds to 15,123,300 pounds. The increase in the fresh and smoked fish trade, which also includes herring and mackerel, has been coincident with the excellent advertising of our sea products, backed by a very great improvement in the quality of the goods marketed. The iMprevement is particularly noteworthy with respect to fresh and smoked fish. Improved transportation facilities have• done much to extend the markets. The response to the efforts of the dealers to expand the markets is evidenced by the fact that notwithstanding the large increase in the catches, the orders from Canadian and American markets have exceeded the supply during a considerable portion of the year. The extent and value of the fresh and smoked fish trade may readily be seen by noting that about 1,000 carloads were forwarded from Mulgrave and Halifax alone. In addition, large quantities were shipped in less than carload_ lots, and over 7,000,000 pounds by express. The possibilities for continued expansion are excellent.

THE SUCCESS OF THE LUNENBURG FLEET The Lunenbnrg fleet of seventy-four vessels had the most successful season on record for the number of vessels engaged. The total catch was 264,725 quintals, an average per vessel of 3,577 quintals. The "hie line" was the schooner TV. E. Knock,, Captain William Deal, with a catch of 6,418 quintals. What the success of the fleet means is readily seen when it is noted that the average price per quintal was $7.25, or a total of over $2,000,000. Rarely, if ever, in the history of the fleet, have the rewards been as great as during the past year. • The year also witnessed the result of the revival of the interest awakened by the success of the operations of 1924, when the fleet of sixty-four vessels had a very profitable year. The revival is indicated by the increase of twelve new vessels, and the continued activity of the shipyards. Some twenty new schooners were launched from the yards of the south shore west of Halifax. About ten more were on the stocks at the end of the year, and sufficient orders were on hand to keep the yards busy during the whole of 1926. About seventy- five per cent of the twenty new vessels were constructed in Lunenburg connty yards, these adding greatly to the prosperity of the county. It should, however, be pointed out that the satisfactory and remunerative marketing of any increased catches will only be possible by improving the present curing and processing methods. This is necessary in order not only to hold the markets which the Lunenburg cure has had control over many years, but also to enter new markets and successfully compete with the product of other countries. Lunenburg is becoming alive to the necessity of this course, and the coming season will see the result of the interest manifested in this regard.

COLD STORAGE EXPANSION With the expansion of the fresh and smoked fish trade, it became quite evident that the present storage and handling facilities are wholly inadequate to properly, care for the products. Halifax, which is fast becoming the great centre of the industry has prime need of greater and improved facilities. Nego- tiations are now in progress for the establishment of a large and modern cold 26106-4 20 MARINE AND FISHERIES storage plant, which will not only be of direct advantage to the Halifax trade, but will greatly assist the business of the whole coast. The Maritime Fish Corporation intends constructing a plant on the Dart- mouth side of Halifax harbour, in order that the demands of the fresh fish trade may be met more expeditiously and profitably than from the present plant at Canso. THE STEAM TRAWLER FLEE.1.' To meet the demands of the fresh and smoked fish markets, particularly during the winter season, the steam trawler fleet of sjx steamers was increased to ten, by the addition of the Viernoe operating for the National Fish Company, and the Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Shaftesbury and Lord Darling for the Maritime Fish Corporation. The ten trawlers are of British or . Canadian registry.

PROBLEM OF THE SHORE FISHERMEN It is quite apparent that the new conditions arising from the remarkable expansion of the fresh and smoked fish trade are changing the whole trend of the industry. It is evident that the isolated fisherman is not in a position to take advantage of the markets. Nor is he, along a large portion of the coast, in a position to take care of the catches. Without capital, and without equipment for drying or pickling, he is sadly handicapped while his more fortunate brothers at 'Lockeport, Liverpool, Yarmouth and other buying and curing centres, are disposing of their catches direct from the boat for cash without any of the labour of caring .for and curing the catch.. Operating methods have been greatly changed. In the earlier days 80 per cent of the catches of cod, herring and mackerel were marketed in a dried or pickled condition by the fishermen, the process occupying a large share of their time. These methods have quite generally been superseded, owing to the rapidly growinv. demand for frh fish with the result that fishermen along a considerable portion of the coast dispose of their catches fresh from the boats, traps, and. nets, and usually at a price so low as to make the business unprofitable, except at points where the large buyers may be easily and inexpensively reached. To put it in a plain way, the reason so many of our fishermen have quit is that they have found it impossible to earn a comfortable living under the conditions ihat have obtained the past ten or more years. The introduction of motor Power, and other modern methods have out- 'distanced many of the fishermen scattered along the coast. In 1882 the number of small boats, row and sail, was 12,000, employing over 22,000 men. At present nearly 6,000 gasoline boats are employed, representing an investment of nearly one and a half million dollars. The total value of the 12,000 boats in 1882 was . only $328,000. The row and sail boat is too laborious an equipment to suit present-day conditions. The fathers, hard-working, simple-living, were not affe,cted by the love of easy living, quick return, and bright lights, all of which are essential to the children if they are to keep step with the enterprise of prosperous life. The loss of man-power has been more than made up by the adoption of better equipment, better processing of the catches, larger rewards and quicker return. The cod catch, for instance, has increased from 61,000,000 pounds in 1882 to 113,000,000 pounds in 1924, and the catch of haddock doubled. While the loss in our fishing population is to be deplored, the industry is in a much more promising condition than in its history, due largely t,o the crea- tion of• fresh fish centres. The demand for sea food is growing more insistent, and notw' ithstanding the growth in storage and processing establishments, and the introduction of a fleet of modern steam trawlers the demand is difficult to meet, particularly during the winter season. FISHERIES BRANCH 21 It would appear that the problem of the shore fishermen can be solved in two ways only. First, by the employment of the smaller deck boat of 10 tons or more, and of the larger schooner of from 40 to 70 tons, thus enabling the grounds to be fished for several successive days before returning home. Or, second, employment of many of the shore fishermen in connection with the larger centres, or with the schooner fleets. For instance, during the past year the Lunenburg fleet has had to engage about 400 fishermen from Newfoundland, in addition to the number previously ernployed, to make up the necessary quota to man the vessels. It is not easy for many of our fishermen to break old customs. For generations they have been their own masters largely independent of outside influences, and therefore they do not take readily to employment either on the fishing fleets or on shore. With particular regard to the necessity for larger boats and vessels and improved methods, the following statistics covering the landings at Loclieport the past year will be of interest, as that port has built a fleet of small schooners and large motor boats able to operate the whole year:-

LOCKEPORT 1925

____ Cod Haddock Inshore Offshore

Re. lb. lb. lb.

January 213,500 164,000 377,500 February 278,000 241,500 456,500 63,000 March 304,000 111,000 134,800 280,500 April 221,000 141,500 35,500 327,000 May 312,000 41,800 353,800 June 411,500 122,500 468,500 44,000 July 632,000 6,000 444,600 188,000 August 511,000 3,600 244,600 270,000 Septenaber 284,500 141,000 352,500 73,000 ()Caber 215,000 91,500 306,500 November 515,000 471,500 563,500 423,000 December 183,000 121,500 304,500 4,080,500 1,652,000 4,042,800 1,668,500

The above shows that nearly five and three-quarter million pounds of cod lind haddock were landed at Lockeport, over four million pounds from the inshore grounds. In addition to the total quantity shown, considerable catches by the larger vessels veere landed at Halifax, Liverpool, and other ports.

Loss oF LIFE The hazardous calling of the fishermen has been poignantly revealed by the loss of life the past year. " What Price Fish " has been distressingly brought to the families and friends of the eleven following men who were drowned while engaged in their calling:- (1) Ernest Brown, Stoney island, Cape Sable island, lost March 11, while fishing from small boat in Barrington bay. - • (2) Kenneth Brown, Stoney island, Cape Sable island, lost March 11 from small boat off Stoney island. (3) Carl Neilson, washed overboard from the National Fish Company's trawler Lemberg, during a heavy gale while the trawler was on her way from the fishing bank to Halifax. (4) Richard Schnare, East River, Lunenburg county, lost March 14, from the schooner Mary H. Hirtle, while fishing on Western Banks. (5) Freeman Feener, Lunenburg, lost April 27, from schooner Jean Smith, while fishing on Western Banks. 22 MARINE AND FISHERIES (6) William Newport, Garnish, Newfoundland, lost May 6. from schooner Vera P. Thornhill, while fishing on Quero Bank. (7) Charles Grundy, Garnish, Newfoundland, lost May 5, from schooner Véra P. Thornhill, while fishing on Quero Bank. - (8) 'Belden Cox, south side, Cape Sable island, lost May 6, while fishing from dory off Spectacle island, Yarmouth county. (9) Bernard Cox, south side, Cape Sable island, lost May 6, while fishing from dory off Spectacle island, Yarmouth county. (10) Richard Hynick, Blue Rocks, Lunenburg, lost Aug-ust 21, from schooner Douglas J. _Mosher, while at Queensport harbour, Guysboro county. (11) John Cook, South Ingonish, Cape Breton, drowned December 8, when dory upset in heavy gale while attempting to reach the schooner Julia F. C.

FISHERIES CRUISER SERVICE The past year the patrol was undoubtedly the most important of any reported for many years. The winter season was particularly difficult, "hazardous and strenuous. Ice conditions and gales were unusually heavy. Both Cap- tain Barkhouse of the Arras, and Captain Cousins of the Arleux deserve com- mendation for the zeal and vigilance which characterized their work. A digest of the logs will reveal the nature of the service, and show a record of outstanding efficiency. CRUISER "ARAS "-CAPTAIN BARKHOUSE The Arras was placed in commission at Liverpool, N.S., on May 21, and was undergoing lier annual refit. June 9. Proceeded to sea, cruising on station arriving in Halifax for supplies on .Tune 10. June 18. Proceeded cruising on station between Halifax and Shelburne. June 22. Returned to Halifax to prepare for cruise to Grand Banks off Newfoundland, to act as hospital ship with the Nova Scotia fishing fleet. June 26. Proceeded to sea and located the fishing fleet on June 28. Ship remained with the Grand Banks fleet_ until July 4, when she proceeded to the Western Banks, Middle Ground, Quero and Sable Island fishing grounds. July 9. Arrived in Newfoundland waters, and joined the Grand Bank fleet. The ship remained with the fleet, giving medical treatment to all sick fishermen. July 24. Found the Lunenburg schooner Delawand II a,shore off the entrance to Holyrood harbour. Succeeded in floating the schooner without any damage. Remained in close touch with the fleet until all left for home and Western Banks on August 30. Cruised west with the fleet, arriving at North Sydney, September 1. - During the fishing season on Grand Banks we had 115 cases of sickness and four hospital cases which were taken to St. John's and placed in hospital. September 2. Proceeded to St. Pauls island to calibrate the Direction Finding Station. September 3. Cruised west and took up our cruising station on the west coast of Nova Scotia. September 26 and 27. Calibrated the Direction Findinu Station at Yar- mouth, then proceeded cruising on station from Halifax toar' Prince Edward Island. Remained on station until November 7. November 8. Cruising west, found the schooner Eldora in a sinking condition in the Bras d'Or lakes. Placed crew on board -to assist with pumps and took schooner in tow. November 9. Left schooner Eldora at D'Escouse, Cape Breton, then cruised west, arriving at Halifax on November 10. FISHERIES BRANCH 23

November ii. Took up station on the south coast of N.S., cruising between Halifax and Shelburne to assist vessels and keep the harbours free from ice. Continued on this station until March 31, 1926. During the winter the Arras assisted fifty-three schooners and two steamers from ice. and kept the harbours open when needed for the safe movements of shipping. During the year there were thirty-seven American fishing vessels on the stations on which the Arras was working; these we boarded fifty-three times. There were very few complaints about illegal fishing by foreign fishing vessels, and not one complaint of interference by beam trawlers on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. During the year the Arras steamed 13,993 miles, being at sea 1,546 hours, and consumed 1,107 tons of coal.

CRUISER " ARLEUX "--CAPTAIN COUSINS

March 21. Ar/eux completed repairs and proceeded to Halifax for supplies. March 27. Cruising westward towards Lunenburg, Liverpool, Lockeport and Shelburne on patrol work. Fishermen report taking good catches of lobsters along the coast. March 31 to April 2. Continued cruising regular station. On that date proceeded in search of missing fishing schooner Opitza of Lockeport. At 6 p.m. received message that schooner arrived at home port. April 23. Proceeded towards vicinity of wrecked steamer Raifuka Maur (Japanese) in search of bodies. April 24. Searching for bodies in vicinity of wreck. At 3.30 p.m. spoke to H.M.S. Wistaria. Sea too rough to continue search. Bj.M.S. Wistalice proceeded towards Halifax, 8.30 p.m. Wind increased to strong N.E. gale. Pro- ceeded towards Nova Scotia coast, arriving at Shelburne at 6.30 p.m., April 25. May 2. Cruising eastward, 3.30 p.m. off Little Hope picked up wrecked Tern schooner Cape .nor's motor boat. Proceeded to Liverpool, delivered boat to Customs. May 3. Proceeded to wrecked schooner Cape Don and took wre* in tow out of way of navigation. After towing schooner two miles pulled rudder off vessel. Proceeded to Liverpool. May 16. Proceeded to wreck and took her in tow to Liverpool bay. May 8. Wrecked schooner was blciwn up by H.M.C.S. Festubert. May 11. Cruising towards Halifax for supplies. May 16. Cruising westward to meet American seining fleet due on Nova Scotia coast. May 21. At Shelburne, boarded American semer Lucia, first semer to arrive on co a st. May 27. Cruising off Sambro with fifteen American seiners, no mackerel sighted. May 30. Cruising east with seining fleet, several seiners taking mackerel off Liscomb, and bound home with catches. Local netters taking good catches of mackerel. June 2. Cruising off Canso with seining fleet. No mackerel schooling. June 5 to June 7. Cruising between Canso and Louisburg with seiners. Several seiners taking mackerel. June 17. Last seiners left the coast. The larger body of mackerel seemed to have passed before the seiners arrived on coast. June 18. Arrived at Halifax. 24 MARINE AND FISHERIES June 20 to 27. Performing work for Marine and Fisheries Department at Dartmouth. July 8-14. At dockyard, Halifax, cleaning boiler, etc. July 15. Cruising westward towards Lockeport and Shelburne to look after American fishing vessels taking bait inside three-mile limit. July 31. 11.55 a.m. proceeded to Government wharf at Shelburne to assist fighting fire on wharf. August 1 to August 3. Cruising between Liverpool and Shelburne. Herring plentiful. Large fleet of local fishing boats fishing between Liverpool and Shelburne. August 4. Cruising-towards Yarmouth, arriving there at 6.15 p.m. August 7. Proceeded with scallop boat Jessie May, Fishery Overseers Torrie and D'Entremont on board, to Mud islands, locating position for scallop boat for dragging operations. Found no scallops. August 87 Carried on dragging operation, but found no scallops. At 4.15 p.m. ari ived at Pubnico. August 10. Proceeded to Yarmouth, arriving at 11.25 a.m. August 11. Scallop boat Jessie May at Yarmouth with engine trouble. Took up operations from the Arleux between S. W. Fairway buoy and Yar- mouth cape. Overseers Tor-rie and D'Entremont and Mr. McRae of the scallop boat Jessie May were on board. Found no scallops. Aug-ust 12. Operating between Lurcher shoal and Brier island, where a large number of scallops of good quality were found. This bed has not yet been fished by fishernien. August 18. Operating for scallops southwest of Brier island about 6 miles. Found large number of scallops. August 19. Proceeded towards Shelburne to look after American fishing vessels. August 21. Proceeded to operate for scallops off Shelburne and Lockeport. Found no scallops. August 24. Cruising eastward, arriving at Halifax. August 28. Proceeded cruising towards Canso and Northumberland straits. August 31. Arrived at Pt. Du Chene. Sept. 2. Looking after illegal lobster fishing off Richibucto, N.B. At 10.45 a.ra. seized. motor boat with illegal lobsters on board 2 miles north of line. Took motor boat in tow to Port DuChene and passed her over to Fishery Over- seer LeBlanc at Shediac. Arleux patrolling between Richibucto and Miramichi Ray, destroying a large number of lobster traps and gear. A great deal of illegal lobsters are smuggled in to factories operating in other districts where open season is on. This .smuggling could be stopped to a great extent if a fast motor boat was attached to the Arleux while on this patrol, as the water on this coast is very shallow, and the ship is obliged to remain so far off shore. A great deal of the smuggling is carried on close in shore. The Arleux remained in this district- until September 30, when she returned to the western coast of Nova Scotia. October 2. At Halifax. 'October 7. Cruising westward to Grand Manan and Bay of Fundy, on patrol work. Fishermen report fairly good fishing along the coast. October 20. Calibrated D. F. Station at St. John, N.B. October 22. Arrived at Yarmouth. October 23. Cruising eastward. October 27. Arrived at Halifax. November 3. Cruising westward in search of ,illegal fishing. Few mackerel taken off Lunenburg. FISHERIES BRANCH 25

November 7. Three American seiners on coast, cruising in company with seiners as far as Sambro. No mackerel showing. November 7 to 13. Seiners working between Sambro and Cross Island, LUnenburg. November 19. Seiners left the coast with no catch. November 20. Ship at Shelburne. Officers and crew attending services on board United States steamer Tampa in respect to the officers and seamen drowned from the United States steamer Morrell in Shelburne harbour Novem- ber 16.- November 21. Towed in schooner Athena to Shelburne in a leaking condition, and docked schooner at wharf. November 23. Proceeded eastward, arriving at Halifax, for cleaning boiler. December 1. Cruising westward on patrol work as far as Yarmouth, looking after American fishing vessels. December 12. Cruising eastward, arriving at Halifax December 14. December 16. Cruising towards Canso to protect the winter fishing fleet. December 17. Cruising in Chedabucto Bay with fishing fleet from Aricliat, Petit de Grat and Canso. December 19. Towed coasting schooners Carl Richard and Speed to Inhabitants Bay. 3.30 p.m. towed fishing schooner Hockamock with engine trouble, into Canso. December 30. Towed coasting schooner John Halifax to gut of •Canso. Cruising with fishing fleet in Chedabucto Bay. At 6.15 p.m. proceeded in search of missing fishing boat from Dover. 8.00 p.m. received wireless message that boat had arrived safely at Canso. December 31. Towed coasting schooner J. E. Garland, with damaged sails, from Canso to St.. Peter's canal. Ship breaking ice in canal, and returned cruising with fishing fleet. January 3. Proceeded westward towards Sheet harbour. January 4. 13reaking ice in Sheet harbour and assisting pulp steamer Urter through ice to West river. January 6. Breaking ice in East river, and towing coasting schooner Flora clear of 'ice. January 7. Crtiising eastward towards Canso, arriving at Canso 5.15 p.m. January 9. Breaking ice in Gut of Canso, and assisting ss. Robert Cann, and S.S.C.D. 98 through ice to Mulgrave. January 11. Towed coal laden schooner Linda Pardy from Port Malcolm to Guyeoro, and proceeded to Canso. The'rhaddock season closed at Canso, and boats hauled up. The haddock fishing eeason was poor owing to fish being scarce and the weather during the month of December rough. January 13. Cruising westward arriving at Goldboro. January 14. Proceeded westward with ss. Westport III, in tow, arriving at Sheet harbour at 3.55 p.m. Breaking ice in Sheet harbour to release pulp steamer Urter frozen in at West River. January 15. Breaking ice in Sheet harbour. Broke schooner Cecial B clear of ice, and moored schooner to Government wharf. • January 16. Breaking ice in Sheet harbour and West River. January 17. 1 p.m. released pulp steamer Urter from ice. Steamer proceeded on her voyage. January 18. Breaking ice in East river, and opening up navigation to steam boat wharf. January 20. Proceeded westward with the ss. TVestport III in tow, arriving at. Halifax at 5.25 p.m. January 25. Cruising towards Lunenburg. 2.15 p.m. breaking ice in Lunenburg harbour and releasing vessels. 26 «MARINE AND FISHERIES

January 27. Proceeded to pull off stranded schooner Dorothy M. Smart ashore on west side of harbour. Several .attempts were made, parting hawser. January 31. Succeeded in pulling off stranded ves,sel. February 1. Moored ship at Railway wharf, Lunenburg. Ship laying up for refit. FISHERIES PATROL SERVICE MILDRED MCCOLL—CAPTAIN WILLIAMS Patrol boat 11Eldred McColl was placed in commission April 30.. She was engaged in patrolling the waters of Halifax and Guysboro counties during the months of May, June and July, preventing illegal lobster fishing and assisting the local overseers in thé performance of various duties. In June and July, also again in November, she was called upon to render assistance in Lunenburg county—an adjoining district. On August 3, she proceeded from Halifax to Pugwash, Cumberland county, to supervise lobster fishing in the Fall fishing district, Northumberland straits. Eu i route, various patrol work was performed along the coast. Arriving at Pugwash, before the opening of the season, buoys were taken on boat and the iine dividing the spring and fall seasons ‘-vas marked off. The work done by the Mildred McColl in this district kept illegal fishing at a minimum. This fact is well recognized by those interested in the industry. Daily patrols were made along the lobster fishing boundary line and among.st the fishing boats. She also assisted in scallop dragging investigations in the vicinity of Wallace. At the close of the season the boundary line buoys were landed and she proceeded on October 20 to Halifax to take up further work in Halifax county. She was laid up at the Dockyard, Halifax, on January 20. PATROL BOAT "A "—CAPTAIN BAKER Patrol boat "A" commenced the usual patrol-on June 9. This boat gave very satisfactory service during the last year, and kept up a steady patrol along the shore between Pubnico and the head of the Bay of Fundy, and was of great assistance in 'keeping down illegal lobster fishing.

REPORT OF J. F. CALDER, DISTRICT No. 1, NEW BRUNSWICK, FOR THE YEAR 1925 • This district comprises the counties of Charlotte, St. John,' Albertw'und the Bay of Fundy watershed of Westmorland county. ri The following is a brief summary of the catches and the marketed value s. for the present year:— Cod 19,364 cwt. Market,ed value S 39,627 u gg Haddock 16,539 " 29,332 gg <5. Flake 59,643 " 74,602 gg gg Pollock 28,804 " 38,022 u u Halibut 131 " 1,829 gg gg Flounders 722 " 2,311 gg gg Skate 215 " 587 - gg gg Plaice 10 " 10 u gg Flerring 171,812 " 187,486 . it Sardines 158,259 brl. 1,016,325 Alewives 17,800 cwt. “ u 38,920 gg gg Salmon • 3,150 " 56,627 Shad 3,600 " " " 38,368 it It Smelts 366 " 7,118 • Clams 11,507 brl. gg gg 62,812 Cockles 201 cwt. gg gg . 563 gg It Iebsters 5,701 " 195,153 u gg Winkles 1,091 " 5,008 f4 ff Dulse, green 3,800 " 6,840 -FISHERIES BRANCH 27

The •total. marketed value of the catch is $1,854,792, against a valuation of $2,022,373 for the catch of 1924.

COD There was a considerable falling-off in the catch of cod as compared with the previous year-19,364 cwts. were taken as compared with 29,124 cwts. for 1924. However, the catch of cod for the present year was well up to the average —the 1924 catch was exceptionally large.

HADDOCK Haddock were quite plentiful. The catch was 16,539 cwts., while 14,892 cwts. were taken during 1924. The haddock catch was the best for many years.

TZE A very large catch of hake was made, the total yield being 59,643 cv■rts. as compared with 49,356 cwts. for the previous year.

POLLOCK • There was a very satisfactory increase in the catch of pollock as compared with the previous year-28,804 cwts. were taken, while 8,391 cwts. only were taken during 1924. The catch for -the present year was practically the sa.me as the 1923 catch. This- fishery was practically a failure during 1924, and it is reassuring to be able to report a satisfactory increase in the catch for the present year. HERRING The catch of herring was 171,812 cwts.: Most of these fish were smoked by the fishermen e Grand Manan. While these figures show a fairly large catch, the supplies in the weirs Werè "practically unlimited. The catch represents the quantity that the fishermen were able to make use of. A. very large pack of smoked herring was made at Grand Manan, and is being marketed at rather unsatiSfactory prices. The market opened with the boxed herring selling at a price equivalent to 3* cents per pound for the etred article; later the price dropped to 21 cents - per pound. It is to be regretted that there is not a larger market for . our smoked herring. These fish are put up in the best possible manner, and ready market should be found for a large pack. However-, whenever a large pack is made, the market becomes glutted, prices drop, and the fishermen generally get a less amount in the aggregate for a large pack than they do for a small one. SARDINES - One hundred and fifty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty-nirie barrels of sardines only were sold, as compared with 269,643 barrels in 1924. These figures !lave no relative bearing as to the quantity of sardines that were sold in the weirs. There is no question but that there were more sardine herring in the weirs during the . past year than in any other year in the history of the industry. Sardine herring were also exceptionally plentiful. along the coast of the state of Maine. The state of Maine fishermen offered their catch at_ a less price than on our side—$10 per hogshead—and as a result of the same, the export price .sold their: own -packers a much larger portion of the supply than during any .previous .Year: .,-It must not be inferred from this that our weir fishermen were the actual losers. .bV the "sale for export " price condition in the licenses, because if 'there had been no such restriction, it is not at all likely that the price would have been over $2 per hogshead. Consequently, while our fishermen would have Ce.

28 MARINE AND FISHERIES sold a much greater quantity during the year if there had been no such condition in the licenses, at the same time they would have received less money than what, they obtained from the quantity that was sold.

SALMON There was a satisfactory increase in the salmon catch for the present year- 3,150 ewts. being taken as compared with 2,750 cwts. for 1924.

CLAMS Eleven thousand five hundred and seven barrels of clams were taken, as compared with 23,907 barrels for the previous year. The quantity of clams sold during the year is governed altogether by the demand for this fish. During 1924 the market for canned clams was good and the canners, on both sides of the international boundary line, bought considerable quantities from our fishermen. This year the market was not, very good, with the result that 'a limited amount only were bought.

SHAD

The spring run of shad was exceptionally good; 3,600 cwts. were taken by the fishermen at Lorneville and St. John Harbour. This is the largest catch that has been made for a great many years. The fishermen made good money during the shod time they were employel at this branch.

ALEWIVES

There was a slight increase in the alewive catch as compare,l with the previous year-17,800 cwts. were taken, as compared with 15,000 cwts. for 1924.

LOBSTERS

There was a slight falling off in the lobster catch; 5,701 cwts. were taken, against 6,022 cwts. for the previous year. The price, however, was better than that for 1924 and $195,153 was realized as compared with $173,969 for the previous year.

REPORT OF INSPECTOR A. L. BARRY, DISTRICT No. 2, NEW BRUNSWICK, FOR 1925

This district covers that part of . New Brunswick bordering on the bay Chaleur, gulf of St. Lawrence, and Northumberland strait, and including the counties of Restigouche, Gloucester, Northumberland, Kent, and the strait side of Westmorland e,ounty. The total marketed value of the fisheries for 1925 was $2,909,562, as compared with $3,327,738 for the previous year, a decrea,se of $418,176. The following table shows the comparison of this year's fishing to thé- previous year:— . FISHERIES BRANCH - 29

1925 1924 Quantity Value Quantity Value

Cod cwt. 186,180 472,386 230,042 571,416 Herring 200,898 197,868 217,054 200,528 Mackeng 16,707 63,968 13,845 49,166 Alewives 16,395 24,323 5,630 6,881 Bass 477 6,820 868 ,11,520 Salmon CI 26,377 231,825 30,317 363,583 Smelts 46,326 711,031 63,748 841,414 Lobsters 60,193 874,569 62,281 1,029,595 Haddock 1,647 3,014 1,746 3,798 Hake and cusk 7,249 12,544 7,622 14,816 Trout 161 2,266 179 2,360 Eels 406 2,750 221 2,050 Tom cods 13,056 41,517 13,375 50,209 Clams and quahaugs brl. 7,989 25,614 9,537 40,678 Oysters 12,038 88,693 17,201 103,040 Shad cwt. 2,222 14,284 3,704 35,797 Flounders 231 704 28 42 Perch 146 876 22 64 Scallops - «- 11 88 Mixed fish 45 45 94 94

COD There was a decrease of 43,862 cwts. in the catch and a corresponding decrease in value. Cod were very plentiful in bay Chaleur but owing to the rough weather of July and September full advantage could not be taken of the large run. The price bas held up right through the year, the fishermen receiving as high as $8 per , quintal and with the demand good.

IIERRING - .There was a decrease both in the catch and value of herring. The spring run was a little late, which made it inconvenient for the lobster fishermen who were in need of bait, but on the whole, they were very plentiful around our shores and had the weather proved favourable a much larger catch could have been taken. MACKEREL This shows an increase both in catch and value. More boats were fished than during the previous year.

ALEWIVES The catch of alewives was more than double that of the previous year with a large proportionate increase in value. .There was a good demand all through the fishing season. BASS It is to be regretted that the bass fishing is losing its importance in this district. In the Miramichi river the catch has fallen away to practically nothing. The fishermen lay the blame to the smelt nets, over two thousand of which are set in the Miramichi river and bay alone. Although most of the fishermen obey the regulations and throw the small bass back into the water, in real cold weather, they do not revive once the frost strikes them. 30 MARINE AND FISHERIES

SALMON There was a slight decrease in the catch of salmon, but the price held up well throughout the year and they were always in good demand. The net fishing along bay Chaleur was very good during the early part of the year but the drifters off the Miramichi had a very lean year. Great destruction was also caus.ed by the seals, one drifter having reported fifty salmon heads in his net after one night's fishing. The shipment of frozen Salmon overseas always insures the fishermen a ready market for their catch.

SMELTS The smelt catch for 1925 was about two-thirds of the catch for 1924. The December catch for 1925 was real good and the decrease of the year is accounted for by the failure of the January and February catch for the 1924-25 smelt s.eason. There WBS a decrease in the number of fishermen this year, owing probably to the fact that so many had lost money the year before. The introduction , of the box-net at Cocagne and Buctouche has improved the fishing by doing away with a large number of spearing shanties 'which were operated by spearrnen who were too poor to provide themselves with a bag-net. These shanties were operated on the ground that was very favourable for the use of the box-net and as a result many of the former spearmen have provided themselves with this excellent equipment and are doing well.

SMELT GILL-NET FISHING 'Considerable opposition is developing among the fishermen to the use of the gill-net before the opening of the bag-net seasôn. Gill-nets were blamed for the scarcity of the smelts at Richibucto and Shediac. The fishermen believe that they scare the smelts off the fishing grounds. It is a well-known fact that seals and gulls have a daily feast out of these nets and as the fish thus taken are generally large, the cream of the catch is destroyed. The fishermen at Buctouche voted almost to a man to do away with the gill-net fishing and their request was granted. It is expected the same thing will occur at Richibucto next fall and it is hoped to scion do away with the early gill-net fishing in the entire district. LOBSTERS The catch was slightly under the previous year, as well as the -vale. The catch differed greatly in different parts of the district. The spring fishing which is done in the northern part was very successful, whereas the fishing in the southern part of the district which does not begin until the middle of August was soraewhat of a failure. The number of lobster packing canneries decreased from 143 to 138, but each year shows a great improvement in the canneries, three new steam boilers and four retorts being reported in the district of one overseer alone. The prevention of illegal fishing and packing of lobsters is still a great problem which we have to contend with in certain parts of this district, and the 'blame must rest with certain dealers who continue to buy illegal catch and pack. Until they make up their rainds to stop this illegal traffic they need not complain about the scarcity of the lobsters.

HADDOCK There was a considerable decrease in the catch and value of haddock. This, however, is not one of the important fisheries of this district. FISHERIES BRA -NCH • 31

HAKE AND CUSK About the same as last year as to 'catch and value.

EELS Quite an increase was made in the catch of eels, mostly from the Big Tracadie river. They were reported scarcer on Eel river and the reason is laid to the facf that the cranes and herons are destroying the smaller ones.

SHAD There was a decrease in the catch of shad.

TOM CODS About the same quantity of tom cods were taken and the value is less than that of. 1924. The introduction of the box-net at Cocagne and Buctouche has led to the working up of quite a tom-cod industry there, where formerly there was none. TROUT The catch of trout was about the same as the year before.

CLAMS AND QUAHAUGS The lack of a ready market for these shell fish caused a falling off in both the catch and value. A start was made in canning the latter in the southern part of the district. The fish seem to be quite plentiful but the fishermen could hardly inake a day's wage at the price offered.

OYSTERS

LU The catch of oysters also fell off with a proportionate decrease in value. Buctouche and Malpeque oysters still find a ready market but their high Standard is being destroyed by oysters being shipped indiscriminately as these brands. It would seem that some provision for standard barrels with the name of the shipper on the outside would be an improvement toward the betterment of this industry. There is no lack of fish and all it needs to make a good financial retupn to the fishermen is the proper grading of the oysters before shipment.

SCALLOPS

• No great steps have yet been taken to develop this fishery, the beds of which are without doubt very extensive in bay Chaleur. One fisherman has intimated that he intends to operate on a large scale during the coining year and it is hoped that if the fishery turns out as he expects others will follow. With the exception of poaching for lobsters and salmon on the Miramichi rivers the fishery regulations have been pretty well adhered to. Prosecutions dropped from 42 in 1924 to 17 in 1925.. A number of stiff fines for illegal salmon traffic on the Miramichi is expected to have the desired effect -toward the pro-. the salmon going up to spawn. The prosecutions for the year were tection of as follows:-- Illegal fishing, 9. Having illegally caught fish in possession, 3. Fishing with illegal mesh, 2. Neglect to remove pickets from river, 1. Interference with a fishery guardian, 1. Bringing berried lobsters ashore, 1. 32 MARINE AND FISHERIES Confiscations, however, arose from 97 in 1924 to 111 in 1925. This increase is accounted for by the increased activity of the guardians in clearing out the illegal salmon rigging in the Miramichi rivers. There was a great *demand among the fishermen of the southern lobster district for an early opening of the lobster fishing season. This being refused by the department they proceeded to take the law into their own hands, and as a result much rigging was set out and a large number of lobsters taken. The prompt work on the part of the officers who seized nearly all of the Sint catch (about five tons) when they were laying in floats to be taken up, put a stop to any further activities until the opening of the season. Seizure of much lobster gear was also made when the fishermen persisted in setting out after the close of the fishing season in the northern district. About twenty new boats were added to the vessels already in operation, although considerable damage was done during the storm of June last, and it is regretted that in bay Chaleur one boat was lost with all hands, numbering four, aboard. I am pleased to report that the owners of the saw mills are taking the • necessary steps to keep the refuse from getting into the streams. No wilful negligence has been reported and all seem to take kindly to the suggestions of keeping the streams unpolluted. The fishways are all in fairly good working order, with the possible exception of the one at Kouchibouguac, which was promised attention by the directors last fall. Last July, for the first, an attempt was made to destroy the seals which prowl about the mouth of the Miramichi river causing great destruction to the sahnon and salmon nets. A Lewis gun, a couple of rifles and a considerable amount of ammunition wa.s received from the Department of National Defence and with the aid of an ex-service Lewis gunner considerable destruction was caused to the groups of seals s-unning themselves on the beaches in low water. The results were soon observed in the scattering of these groups. In all about 5,000 rounds of ammunition were expended. It is hoped, that during the coming year, the work will again be taken up only at a much earlier date so as to meet the large flocks of seals when they are first coming up the bay. This destruction must not be allowed to cease as the seals are getting more plentiful and bolder each year. What were once valuable fishing stands down the bay are now useless as the fishermen cannot afford the destruction of their nets.

REPORT OF INSPECTÔR H. E. HARRISON, DISTRICT NO. 3, NEW BRUNSWICK, FOR 1925 • District No. 3 comprises the counties of Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, Carleton, Victoria and Madawaska. Practically all fishing in this district is carried on during the open water months, consequently, the quantity of fish taken through the ice is not of much account, usually. The larger waters in this district shed their coats of ice rather earlier than usual. The St. John river opened about the first of April, and a steam boat reached Fredericton from St. John the 5th of that month. The weather during that month was cloudy and rather cold, and the spring freshet reached its highest point the first week in May, and the surplus water had run off by the last week of May, but heavy rains in July brought it back again to a considerable height. The first fresh fish seen in the Fredericton market was on the 4th of April. which were alewives taken in the Oromocto river, near Fredericton. A few shad FISHERIES BRANCH 33 were taken in the lower St. John river by the 15th of May, and there was a fair run of salmon by the 24th of May. Shad do not ascend the Southwest Miramichi river above tide water; alewives do not reach the water of my district until about the first of May, and salmon and sea trout little before the 29th of May. The quantity and value of alewives taken was a little better than in 1924. The local demand for this fish was better than for some years previous, but, because of the absence of a market of any value during recent years the fishermen had allowed their nets to deteriorate,. and they were not in a position to supply a very large quantity, as most of them have been catching only about enough to supply their own homes with fresh, smoked and salted alewives. Alewives were reported as being very plentiful in the lower waters of the St. John river and tributaries; a fair run in the central waters, and a very large run in the Southwest Miramichi river. The bass fishery was of no importance in 1925. Just at the close of the year there is evidence that this fish made its appearance in fairly large numbers in the Belleisle bay district, and it is probable that the catch of 1926 will show better results, judging by the number of licenses issued after the 1925 season was about over. It is twelve years since a respectable catch of bass was made in the St. John river waters, and that length of time, or longer, since a previous good catch was made. Why these periodical fairly good runs I cannot say. There was a slight decrease in the quantity of eels taken, with a comparatively large increase in value. If the fishermen could always obtain the price that they did for eels in 1925, it is probable that they would prosecute the fishery vigorously, to the advantage of themselves and the shad and salmon fishermen, as eels destroy many netted shad and salmon. The St. John river waters appear to be polluted with eels.

This fishery for , mullets was prosecuted vigorously during 1925, and the increase in both quantity and value was proportionately good. This fishery has developed during recent years, and I trust that it may continue. The catch is shipped to the United States markets, as there is very little use for this fish, in my district, other than to feed to the farmers' hogs. There was a shrinkage of about 50 per cent in the quantity and value of pickerel taken and sold during the year. The only reason given me for this is that the fishery was not prosecuted as steadily as during 1924 because of less demand for pickerel. It may be that certain consumers' tastes turned from this fish to mullets. Because of the comparative inactivity in the pickerel fishery during 1925 it ought to be better when again taken up, as the fish will have a chance to grow and to multiply. It is very gratifying to me to be able to report another fair increase in the quantity of salmon taken this year. While the increase is not so great as that of 1924 over 1923, it is considerable, and, it seems to me, is fair evidence that we are receiving considerable benefit from the hatcheries that are making it possible to place large numbers of young salmon in the different waters, and, possibly, evidence of fairly efficient protection for 41 1 the growing and grown fish on their ascent to the upper waters to reproduce. At times we are told that the fishery officers and guardians do not do their duty, and that salmon are illegally killed in large numbers. Such reports come usually from persons who have not had unusually good success in salmon angling, and because of that condition it is assumed that some persons have recently cleaned out the waters with a net or a spear. No fishery officer would, or should, be so foolish as to suggest that some salmon, possibly a considerable number in some instances, are not killed illegally; but, considering the number of men employed and the great area of waters to be protected, it is a wonder that many more salmon are not taken by other than legal methods. While it is true that there was a considerable increase in the number of licenses and permits issued in 1925, no doubt, encouraged by the fairly 26106-3 34 MARINE AND FISHERIES suc cessful season of 1924, and the fact that it costs only three cents and a sheet of paper and an envelope to secure a license or permit, if the applicant is entitled to such, several persons secure a license or permit, and if they do not wish to use it, or, if after trying -their luck for a short time they do not have any success, the operation is discontinued• and the•fishery is not damaged: I am advised by my officers that such is the case in many instances, and that the larger issue of licenses and permits is not evidence that excessive salmon fishing is carried on. The increase is fully accounted for •in the two more important sub-districts- Kings and York counties,—so far as the increased catch is concerned, while the increase in the number of licenses and permits issued was in the counties of Kings, York and Carleton, with some decrease in the counties of Queens, Sunbury and Victoria. It is interesting to note that the average weight of salmon taken was considerably better than that of recent years. A large percentage were from ten to t*enty pounds per fish; a considerable number from twenty to twenty-five pounds and some from twenty-five to thirty-two pounds, which to a large extent accounts for the increased total weight. Fishermen complained of the unfavourable season, while the fishery was in operation, but it appears to have been fairly successful, and was good enough, considering the fact that it is the duty of the department's officers to see that a fair percentage of fish reach the breeding waters, and it appears to me that this is being accomplished. I should like to repeat what I have stated on previous occasions that I think it would be the part of wisdom to require that the meshes of salmon nets be not less than 6-inch extension when in the water, as I feel that it would allow more of the small fish to escape the nets for pnother year, or longer, and eventually benefit the fishermen, and there would be less complaint from the salmon anglers about salmon taken by them being " net-marked." The catch of shad in 1925 indicates one of two things,- 'either that fishery is in a very healthy state at present, or the nets and weirs in St. John harbour were not able to get a fair proportion, but I understand that the harbour fishermen did have a very large catch, consequently, it would appear that the fishery is in good condition. I am sure that all hope it may continue so. The catch in 1924 -vvas nearly 100 per cent greater than that of 1923, and the 1925 catch was more than 25 per cent more than that of 1924, while the respective issue of licenses for the years 1923-24 and 1925 was 219, 221, and 230. The districts where notable increases were made are the extreme south and north of the St. John river waters, viz., the Kennebecasis river and the St. John river at the Grand falls. In the former area the increase over 1924 was more than 100 per cent, and in the latter area it was more than 250 per cent, while in the central area, viz., Queens, Sunbury and York counties (Carleton county has not any shad shery), the catch was a fraction less than during 1924. Shad appeared in the lower St. John river waters the first week in May, ten days to two weeks earlier than usual, and the quantity taken during the season was such that Oveneer Bell reported that the fishermen ceased operations before the season ended or the run was over, as the market seemed to be glutted with fish, and, when the water gets Iow and warm, eels become very troublesome, and, fishing as they do in these waters with stationary nets, a great many shad are destroyed before the fish can be removed from the nets. A somewhat like condition, so far as a market for shad was concerned, prevailed in Overseer Robertson's district, notwithstanding only four nets were operated, and the season there was very short—it was June before the fish reached the Falls and the season was very late—the catch was proportiona,t,ely large and the fishermen found it difficult to dispose of a portion of their catches. It is possible that some of the shad taken at the falls had sPavined before they were taken, and quite probable that all were qiiite Scift after having travelled so far from the sea to spawn, so that they would not be as firm and

FISHERIES BRANCH - - 35 fine flavoured as when taken from the lower river waters, and particularly from the cold salt water of the -harbour. The sturgeon fishery shoWs a still further decrease; more than 30 per cent less than in 1924 and 50 per cent less tl.an.in 1923. More nets have been operated during the past three years than in many former years, and it may be that production is not able t-o keep up with destruction. There is a great number of small sturgeon in these waters, fish running from 18 inches to 3 feet long, but they appear to grow -very slowly, and these are considered of no value, even if it were legal to kill them. The quantity.of eggs, or caviar, taken was very little, and the fishermen said they were not offeied any price for it, consequently none was sold. The total weight and value of the commercial fishery of this district during the years 1924 and 1925 are as follows:— Year Cwt. Value. 3,716 $33,698 3,975 34,235 an increase of 259 cwt. and $537 fer the year 1925.

FISHING MATERIAL USED Year Value. 1924.. $15,676 1925 14,425 The total weight and value of the domestic fisheries for the same periods is as follows:— • DOMF.STIC. FISHERIES Year Cwt. Value. 1924.. 473 $8,845 454 8,780 o slight decrease in both weight and value in 1925. It appears from the reports of the local officers that trout were not so plentiful, in some districts at least, as they were the previous year. While this may be correct, it is not to be accepted as proof positive that trout were as scarce as the contents of the fish basket might indicate. Trout anglers reported te me that fish seemed to be scarce, while at the same time they complained of weather and water conditions. The weather was cold and the waters were unsteady in levels, therefore, it is quite possible that trout were not easily tempted with either bait or artificial fly. If the latter should prove to have been the trouble it was a good thine, for trout, and should be better for the anglers this year, should conditions Je ,favourable for angling. It appears to me that there is not, as much trout fishing after the month of June, in some districts at least, as in former years. The reason for this is that some new sahnon pools have been found, or some salmon have been taken on certain waters, and in such districts the little trout is left alone after the end of June and the salmon angling fever takes hold. This also is a good thing for the trout, as the salmon is pretty well able , to take care of himself, so far as red and line fishing is -concerned. The St. John river itself does not furnish any trout fishing, neither sea nor speckled trout, but there are many tributaries, particularly of the Upper St. John river, wliere very good speckled trout fishing may be enjoyed. • Salmon angling on the St. John river, on those -parts vehere this sport is followed up, was very fair in some districts and indifferent in others. It is sometimes difficult to account for such—the anglers usually account for it by 261-06-3I 36 - MARINE AND FISHERIES stating, and spreading it broadcast, that the fishery officers are not doing their duty and that salmon are allowed to be slaughtered with net and spear —but it is well known that salmon will not take a fly or artificial lure nearly as well under some conditions as he will under others, or, take two pools with an equal number of salmon resting in each and one may produce fair or good angling and the other may not produce any on certain days, while the reverse may be the case on another day. While salmon angling was not good at a certain pool near Fredericton in 1925 it was excellent in 1923, but it was not good on pools farther up the St. John in 1923, but it was very good in 1925, and the fish that were taken on the pools farther up the river had to pass through the pool near Fredericton, therefore, it is mostly a matter of weather and water conditions when the fish are resting, or passing through the pools, it seems to me. Conditions were very • similar in the Tobique and Miramichi rivers districts, but in the latter part of the season angling was very good on part of my water of the latter river, but the fish did not reach the upper waters before the season closed, but. large numbers vv-ent up late in the fall, as the water was very high. The members of the Tobique Salmon Club rather feel that they do not get a fair portion of the salmon that ascend the St. John river, and the Tobique river to spawn. I do not know how to remedy this condition, unless it be to practically stop all salmon netting between Fredericton and the mouth of the Tobique river. If we had more assistance in the way of guard:ans it might be that we could save a few salmon from illegal killing, but I think that aspect is not serious during recent years. The number of salmon killed by the members of the club referred to is not large, but, I understand that this club does practically all of their angling in the months of June and July, with none, or very little in August, and their camps are closed August 15 every year, therefore, it will be observed that their season is short, whereas other anglers carry on until the last of August and the 15th of Sep- tember, and some to the last of September to their discredit, as there are not any clean and bright salmon in the rivers at that time. I should like very much if the salmon angling season were to end not later than the 15th of Sep- tember, and it might be better if it were to end the last of August, and I should like to see all netting for salmon end the 15th of August in each year. It seems to me that both net fishermen and anglers ought to be satisfied with a reasonable period of fishing.

FISHWAYS The fishways on the different rivers and streams are in good condition but several of them are of minor value. Most of them have been built tj assist salmon in reaching the upper waters of certain streams, but these streams are nOt what they were in olden times, and very few salmon try to ascerid these waters now. Some were built to assist trout in passing obstructions, but I have yet to learn that they are of any benefit in that respect. Some concrete work was done at the lower end of the fishway (also of concrete) on the Nashwaak river at Marysville last season, and it is hoped that all of this work is of a permanent nature, so far as it is possible to make it. A run of salmon in the fall--apparently the only time they ascend the Nashwaak river—now has no difficulty in passing the dam. The dam at Forest City, York county, was rebuilt last season and the fishway was also rebuilt by the owners of the dam—" Eastern Pulpwood Company"—and it is believed that there is now a very efficient fishway at that place, at least it is pronounced so by an officer of the New Brunswick Government, Department of Lands and Mines. This fishway is said to be required to allow the landlocked salmon of Grand lake to descend to the waters below the dam to spawn,- and later return to the lake, which is large, and where the fish remain during the rest of the year. FISHERIES BRANCH 37

PROSECUTIONS • Prosecutions during the year numbered nineteen, of which seven were for water pollution and the balance for illegal fishing, two of which, one for pollution and one for illegal fishing, were dismissed by the magistrates. Fines of $400 were imposed of which $275 was paid to the Receiver General of Canada; $15 to the Tobique Salmon Club as complainant and prosecutor; $90 in suspended sentences, and one fine of $20 still unpaid. CONFISCATIONS •There were twenty-six confiscations of materials of an approximate value, placed at a low value, of $95, $68 of which has been collected in sales, with a small amount of the materials still to dispose of, when possible, and materials, such as spears, torches, torn nets, etc., to the approximate value of $3:5t destroyed.

REPORT OF S. T. GALLANT, INSPECTOR OF FISHERIES, PROVINCE OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND MAGDALEN ISLAND S, FOR 1925. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND The total marketed value of the fisheries for the province of Prince Edward Island for the year 1925 was $1,598,119, an increase over that of 1924 if $396,347. The following table is interesting as showing the comparison between the catch and its marketed value for 1925 and that of the preceding year:-

1924 1925 Kinds of Fish Quantity Marketed Quantity Marketed caught value caught value •

Cod cwt. 41,036 81,885 61,483 150,135 Haddock di 418 554 968 1,652 Hake and cusk 15,430 27,081 14,939 22,981 Flerring 1t 37,716 58,664 64,942 83,703 Mackerel 7,646 37,448 6,220 23,246 Perch if 6 6 Halibut it 21 210 Alwives brl. 300 600 84 225 Salmon cwt. 62 1,550 90 1,800 Smelts it 14,273 133,747 17,595 142,496 Trout ‘‘ 91 1,092 107 1,328 fidbacore 975 4,875 Caplin brl. 90 270 138 552 Eels cwt. 785 7,835 320 3,311 Tom cod ter 1,295 2,911 2,555 6,336 Clams and quahaugs brl. 797 4,973 1,560 9,758 Oysters 7,945 63,840 5,278 52,780 Tongues and sounds cwt. 63 1,458 48 960 Cod liver oil, medicinal gal. 25 50 Cod oil 2,050 557 7,030 2,109 Fish oil, other than cod oil ‘‘ 1,800 900 Lobsters cwt. 65,893 777,301 78,570 1,088,712

Codfish were plentiful early in May, which is unusual for this part of the coast, but as practically all the fishermen were engaged in lobster fishing, this fishery could not be taken advantage of until the month of June. Fishing was then carried on very successfully, and there was an increased catch and an increase in the marketed value. 38 MARINE AND FISHERIES

HADDOCK There was an increase both in the catch and in the marketed value.

HAKE AND CTJSK • There was a decrease both in the catch and in the *marketed value.

HERRING Fishing opened early in the season and lobster packers succeeded in securing a plentiful supply of bait. There was an increase in the catch and in the marketed value. MACKEREL Mackerel were scarce and fishing was not carried on as extensively as in other years. Prices were poor, and there was a decrease in the catch and in the marketed value as well.

SALMON This fishery was carried on only at St. Peters,, and there was a marked increase in the catch. I am anticipating a further development of this fishery in Richmond bay and Alberton bay.

SMELTS The season opened. for gill-net fishing on October- 15, and good catches of smelts were made until December 1, when the ice.began to make on the rivers and interfered with fishing. - The bag-net fishing season opened on December 1, and in some localities some of the largest catches in the history of the province were taken. There was an increase in the catch and also an increase in the marketed value. LOBSTERS In 1924, to unfavourable weather conditions, which continued during the :month .of May, was attributed the reason for such a small catch, but in 1925, with favourable weather conditions from the outset, a large catch was expected;

-.„vet, as you will see from the above table, the increase was not very great. My iionest opinion is that the supply of lobsters is gradually on the decrease, and I attributed said decrease to the fact that the work since the war has been scarce and lobster fishing, as a means of livelihood has been prosecuted to a much greater extent than in former y-ears. It would, therefore, seem as if overfishing is the cause of the gradual decrease that has taken place in the last two seasons. It has also been noticed that on certain parts of the coast a very large quantity of lobsters from four to six inches in length are being packed; if this practice is pursued it can produce only one effect, viz., a decrease in the catch from year to year, as there will be very few lobsters left to mature. There was a .large increase in the catch of jumbo lobsters, but I ma.y say that it has only been during the last two or three years that these large fish were taken in any quantities. What effect this will have on the future of this our best fishery is difficult to foreshadow. I believe steps should be taken at once to make " size limit " one of the regulations. I do not think there would be any great objection on the part of the fishermen or packers if a six-inch limit were established as a beginning; if

FISHERIES BRANCH 39 this were done, an increased catch would result in the course of a few years, and I am of the opinion that the fishermen would then ask for a size limit of even or eight inches. Good results are sure to follow if a size limit be adopted. OYSTERS There Was a decrease in the catch and in the marketed value as well. Although there was a decrease in the quantity taken, this does not mean that the supply is being exhausted but may be attributed to the fact that the buyers have taken special ca.re in selecting oysters that would meet the demands of the markets, and as a result, Prince Edward Island oysters were in demand up to the end of the season and good prices weie realized, both shippers and fishermen being well paid for their efforts. Never in the. history of the province were East river and tributaries, West river and tributaries, Seal river and Vernon river so well stocked. with small oysters. Special mention might be made of an oyster area at Cranberry wharf, East river, which was cleaned in the summer of 1924, and which is now liter- ally covered with oysters of this summer's set. The cleaning of this area was largely an experiment, but it has proved a great success. In Richmond bay, one man was successful in securing four barrels of good- sized oysters at a place called Bideford river, a tributary of Richmond bay. Some oysters are to be found also at the headS of the tributarieS -e, it; would appear from this fact that the spring-freshet cleans the upper part of the rivers, giving the spat a chance to set, but it is different in the bay proper, which in years gone by was highly productive, and on these areas no live oysters are t,o be found.

A man, who has: kept in close touch with the oyster fishery in Richmond bay for the past twenty-five years, writes as follows: " Personally I do not believe that the oyster beds will ever be productive until'.they. are cleaned: There is now in Bideford river a sufficient quantity of oysters to seed all the oyster areas if the beds were cleaned to allow the. spat to set." Cleaning should–be -done in the month of- June, -as oysters- extrude their eggs in the month of July.

FISHERIES PROTECTION SERVICE The usual attempts at illegal - lebster fishing Were made and we were forced to employ two additional patrol boats. The total number of confiscations for various violations of the fishery regulations during the year were 34. The total number of prosecutions were 9. The fellowing seizures of lobster gear were made:— Year. Rope. Traps. Anchors. (fathoms) . .. 13,998 2,798 40

PROTECTIVE SERVICE BY PATROL BOATS " RICHMOND," " DAISY " " UPPERHAND," ETC. The patrol Richnzond was in charge of Captain Baglole and Assistant Fred -McKinnon; patrol Daisy in charge of Captain Costain, and the patrol Upper', hand in charge of Captain Henry Doyle. The captains and their assistants were most zealous in the discharge of their duties and did all in their power to suppress illegal fishing: . • 4

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REMARKS During the summer fishways were built at Laird's milkia.m, at the head of Morell river; in Campbell's milldam, at head of New Glasgow river; at Dixon's milldam at DeSable; and in the milldam at the head of Vernon river. This will permit the fish to ascend the head of the streams to spawn, and it is expected that these fishways will increase inland fishing in the streams above mentioned. Should they prove as successful as is anticipated, many of these fishways will have to be built in different parts of the province.

MAGDALEN ISLANDS The total marketed value of the fisheries of the Magdalen islands for the year 1925 was 714,250, an increase over that of 1924 of 124,753. The fallowing table gives a comparison between the catch and marketed value of 1924 and that of 1925:--

1924 1925 Kinds of Fish Quantity Marketed Quantity Marketed caught value caught value

Cod cwt. 53,144 153,141 70,020 176,423 Herring 119,748 77,006 153,780 92,651 Mackerel ‘‘ 37,515 121,588 41,105 112,024 Smelts 50 150 40 120 Eels <‘ 30 210 20 140 Clams and quahaugs brl. 2,175 12,800 2,700 16,300 Lobsters cwt. 17,605 223,123 20,601 309,718 Marine animals, seal and hair No. 109 130 912 1,185 Squid brl. 75 750 Tongues and sounds cwt. 25 175 Cod oil gal. 3,006 1,185 8,781 3,410 Seal oil 327 164 2,604 1,354

COD There was a good demand for cod and this fishery was prosecuted to a greater extent than last year. There was an increase in the catch and in the value. HERRING Herring were very plentiful, and there was an increase in the catch and in the value as well. A large part of the catch was smoked, and as the fish so treated were of a superior quality, the demand was constant and good prices were realized. MACKEREL There was an increase in the catch and a decrease in value. On account of transportation difficulties it is impossible to market these fish in a fresh condition; consequently, they have to be split and salted, and as the catches

ta -ken are unusually large it is practically impossible to prepare them properly. As a result the fish are of an inferior quality and can command only a low price.

CLAMS There is an increase in the catch and in the marketed value. FISHERIES BRANCH 41

LO13STERS There was an increase in the catch and in the marketed value as well. At the request of fishermen and packers the opening date of the lobster fishing season was changed from May 1 to May 10, and from interviews with both packers and fisherraen I learn that the above change has been satisfactory to all. REMARKS The mail boat Lovatt made her first trip to the Magdalen islands on April 12, the earliest crossing in years. This boat affords splendid passenger accommodation, and the public is well satisfied with the service given. The captain and his crew are very oblig,ing and most attentive to their duties.

REPORT OF J. B. SKAPTASON, INSPECTOR OF FISHERIES, PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, FOR 1925 The total production of all fish for 1925 shows an increase of 12,342 cwts. over 1924, for an increased market value of $234,376.

1923 ' 1924 . 1925 Quantity Market value Quantity • Market value Quaiitity 14arketyalue

cwt. $ cwt. S cwt. $ 154,090 1,020,595 177,898 1,232,563 190,240 1,466,939

This increase may be almost entirely ascribed to the increased number of fishermen operating. While there has been a noticeable increase in some varieties of fish, such as whitefish and tullibee, this has been offset by shortage in pickerel catch. This is not confined to any one lake, every lake in the province is relatively alike in this manner. mAniœrs Market conditions have been good in most lines, and, over the whole, production show an increase of over half a cent per pound over 1924. Of the more important varieties, pickerel shows the largest percentage of increase in price, 'three cents per pound. This is offset by the heavy drop in production of 13.533 cwts. iullibee shows an increase in price of but a half cent per pound. If, however, a comparison were drawn between the two winter seasons 1924-25 and 1925-26, the difference in price would be much greater. In the former year tullibee was a drug on the market, and much of the production had to go into cold storage, and was not actually marketed until the following summer. While the present winter season shows exceptionally good demand and prices, mare than double in sorae instances, three times that of the previous season, but as the bigger part, of November and December catch is not marketed until after the 1st of January, this difference in price reflects only partially to the benefit of the 1925 production. The only species of fish to show a definite decrease in market value is sturgeon, which took a drop of 9 cents. This was caused by large importations of Russian sturgeon during the year for the American markets. It may be stated here that this is not likely to affect the market another year, as the quality of the Russian product is not considered in a class with Manitoba sturgeon and does not meet the requirements of the market. 42 MARINE AND -FISHERIES The following are comparative prices of the chief or most important

-varieties of 'commercial fish as marketed in the last three years:—

1923 1924 1925

Catfish per pound. 10.0 11-1 10.6 Goldeyes, fresh 5 • 0 4.4 4.2 Perch ‘‘ 8.6 10.6 11.2 Pickerel ,r‘ 8-4 8.5 11.5 Pike 3.7 3.5 4-0 Sturgeon ‘‘ 47.3 50-0 40-9 Trout If 7.5 " 10.0 " 9 • 0 Tullibee 5.5 3.6 4-1 Whitefish " 7-1 9.7 9.5 For total catch 6.6 • 6-9 7.7

The Pas Sub-district, comprising all waters north of Lakes Winnipeg, and Winnipegosis and includes the Big Saskatchewan river. The winter production while considerably increased in whitefish, shows in common = with other waters a material decrease in pickerel production. On the whole the catch is slightly smaller per man operating as against 1924. Moose lake produced the greater part of the catch, and those operating there had a good winter. Clearwater rake, fished for the first time since it was cloied in 1913, was a disappointment, there were five men fishing on the lake and they did not secure the 25-ton limit. The supply did not appear to have improved during the twelve years it was closed for commercial fishing. 'Cold lake or Kississing lake, was fished for the first time. This lake is situated 120 miles north from The Pas. Fishing was good but a freight charge of 3 cents a pound took a big toll, and only the exceptionally high prices for fish made it a paying venture. A very limited summer operation for whitefish was entered into on Moose lake, but natural difficulties of navigation (a sand bar across the channel entering the lake) proved an insurmountable barrier to a successful operation. The sturgeon operation on the Nelson was carried on much the same as in previous years, with one additional operator, Skuli Sigfusson. The catch fell considerably short of the previous year. The area between Cross lake and lettle rapids with a limit of 100,000 pounds all of which was taken early in August, 1924, this year only produced 65,000 pounds. This is ascribed to two

• causes, the first a late spring which did not, permit of commencing fishing until much later , than usual, and then an early rise of water in th p Nelson with accompanying debris and dirt which made it impossible to keep the nets clean, and as a result all nets were lifted early in July. Purvis Bros. and S. Sigfusson took 21,000 pounds in the Playgreen area. On the Big Saskatchewan river, Cumberland and Cedar lakes the sturgeon fishing was not as good as in previous years, there were not so many men operating, and the catch per man was smaller. This is partly accounted for by flood waters and resulting dirt and debris, but the local Fishery Officer is of the opinion the fish are diminishing, and should another season show corresponding decreases, steps should be taken to close these waters for a few years. Lake Winnipegosis shows a sharp decline in production for the year, 7,489 cwts., of all fish. This is distributed pretty evenly amongst all the chief varieties the lake produces. Whitefish, pickerel and jackfish (pike) show a decrease of about 15 per cent as against 1924. The higher prices more than recouped the operators for the short catch. With a drop in production of three-quapters of a million pounds as 'against 1924, the fisherinen actually received $11,076 more for their production. • FISHERIES BRANCH 43 • The area of the lakes that seems to have suffered most is that from the north of Duck bay to the smith end of the take. .It is in these waters summer pickerel fishing has been carried on since fall of 1921, and many ascribe the light catch, which really has been gradually becorning more noticeable, particularly in regard to pickerel, for the last three or four years, to this cause and 'advocate absolute closure of the lake for the summer. The summer whitefish season on lake Winnipegosis is from the opening cf navigation until the 15th of August; with a limit of 1,000,000 pounds. No attempt was made by any of the operators to take any part of this limit. Lake Manitoba.—The total production is slightly higher than 1924, accounted for by 126 additional operators. There is a decline in both pickerel and perch, but all other varieties show a substantial increase. The decline in the pickerel catch is no greater tlian that of other lakes; it may, therefore, be said th'at the lake is fairly well holding its own in spite of the exceedingly heavy fishing it is subjected to. While the winter season 1925-26 commenced very favourably with an early freeze up and a good run of fish from the start, a storm and a break-up of the ice on November 26 caused-the loss of nea-rly 3,000 nets in the south .part of lake- Manitoba. This not only was a great financial loss to the fishermen, but it delayed and disorganized their operations. • Lake. Winnipeg, Summer.—The whitefish- operations show marked improvement in catch over 1924, ariçl when it is considered that one of the five companies, amongst which the 3,000,000 _pounds limit of summer whitefish is distributed, did not operate. It may be said to almost equal the season of 1922. The following are comparative figures for five years:—

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 • cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. 29,270 24,724 14,554 12,311 20,195

In previous reports mention has been made of apparent increased showing of whitefish in what is known as the inner lake, from Swampy island south. This was well maintained during the summer and fall fishing of 1925. It will be seen there is a difference of 3,135 cwts. between the total summer catch of whitefish as recorded in the statistical returns and- the above figures. That difference is 'accounted by whitefish taken in the south end of the lake during pickerel,:fishing operations. The,lake records another heavy slump in pickerel production, with many more men operating the catch is almost cut in half, 19,530 cwts. in 1924, reduced to 10,626 cwts. in 1925. This follows a drop of 40 per cent in 1924 against 1923. It has been mentioned that all the lakes of the province record a shortage in the pickerel catch. Lake Winnipeg h-as aiffered this to a greater extent than any of the others. Sturgeon fishing carried on in the bays in front of Berens and Pigeon rivers as well as Travers bay shows a decline in production of nearly 25 per cent, with many more fishermen operatin«. It is felt the time will soon come when it will be found necessary, in order eo safeguard the .perpetuation of the sturgeon in the lake, to a-gain close it for 'a period of years. 01 the winter- operations, the large increase in tullibee is outstanding. While the catch was much better, it was only partly responsible for the great difference in the two years' results. Another reason is the much earlier freeze-up last fall, which allowed of a greater percentage of the current winter fish to be brought to railhead before the end of the year. The tullibee operations during the winter season 1924-25 were the worst in years both as to prices and catch. The 44 MARINE AND FISHERIES present season promises much better- the catch will be above the average and prices exceptionally high, even rivalling the prices obtained in the later war years. There is a marked increase in the attraction our waters hold for non- residents, as indicated by the recurrent annual increase in angling licenses issued. Lakes Killarney and Rock, a short distance from the Americ'an border, are the two lakes most frequented. 111 i The following is a record of increase in non-resident angling permits for five years: —

1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26

18 22 37 118 249

Restocking of lakes in the southern and western areas of the province with pickerel fry from Gull harbour hatchery was continued as in former years. Lake Killarney also received an allotment of 600 small-mouthed black bass, obtained in exchange from the Fish and Game Commission for North Dakota. There were fifty-three prosec,utions in the province for various offences against the fishery regulations; 16 for use of illegal nets; 5 fishing without licenses; 1 fishing in prohibited area, St. Andrews locks; 13 possession in close season; 8 fishing in close season; 10 fishing in restricted area, lake Winnipegosis. Fines collected, $567. - Ninety-three confiscations, included in which are 182 g-ill-nets. Proceeds of sales of confiscated articles, $353.76. Mr. Wm. A. Found, Director of Fisheries, visited the district early in Sep- tember. One day of his stay was devoted to a meeting with all the fishery officers of the province, who had been called in for the purpose. The second day was entirely taken up with meeting fishermen and company representatives. The meetings were most satisfactory and resulted in exchange of ideas und clarification of views.

REPORT OF INSPECTOR G. C. MACDONALD, PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN, FOR 1925

During the year 1925 there has been a total commercial production of fish from the province of Saskatchewan of 61,971 cwts. This is an increase over the previous year of 1,286 cwts. There has been an increase of 2,585 cwts. of whitefish, 307 cwts. of trout, and a decrease of 660 cwts, of pickerel and 1,140 cwts. of pike, with small changes in the coarser species. The increase of whitefish is made up by 254 cwts. on Jackfish lake, 2,381 cwts. on lie a la Crosse lake, 319 cwts. on Dore lake, 1,026 cwts. on lac la Ronge, 160 cwts. on Green lake, and 667 cwts. on Peter Pond lake. Decreases in whitefish are shown on Pierce lake of 447 cwts., Makwa lake 128 cwts., Turtle lake 629 cwts., Waterhen lake 529 cwts., Okemasis lake 282 cwts., Cream lake 134 cwts., and LoWes lake 289 cwts. The catch of trout increased on Ile a la Crosse lake 32 cwts., La Plonge lake 127 cwts., lac la Ronge 358 cwts., and decreased 181 ewts. on Pierce lake and 59 cwts. on Cream lake. The decrease in the production of pickerel and pike is reported due to the early freeze-up of lakes in November which allowed the fishermen to operate in deeper water at the opening of the winter fishing season. FISHERIES BRANCH 45

WINTER SEASON During the winter commercial fishing season the production was 57,587 cwts., with a market value of $438,668. This is an increase of 2,126 cwts. of fish, with an increase of market value of $2,618 over the previous season. The production of whitefish increased 3,454 cwts. and trout 347 cwts. This increase is largely on Ile a la Crosse lake, Peter Pond lake and lac la Ronge. There is a decrease of 656 cwts. of pickerel and 1,183 cwts. of pike.

SUMMER SEASON During the summer commercial fishing season the production was 4,384 ewts. of fish- with a market value of $40,977. This is a decrease from the previous year of 840 cwts. with a decreased market value of $5,465.

MARKETS The markets during the winter season might be considered as being favourable. Only a small amount of fish were stored during the spring and have since been moved. The December market was fairly good and a higher price is being obtained for trout. Most fishermen are grading their catch of whitefish according to size which is found to be, profitable to them. During the summer season the market opened favourably but dropped considerably during the early part of June when most of the fishermen ceased operations, but again resumed them later in the season when the markets improved. A considerable amount of green fish were shipped during the winter season which commanded a higher price than the frozen fi sh.

EQUIPMENT The total value of all equipment used for commercial purposes during the year was $82,727, being a decrease of $6,874 from 1924. There has been a decrease of 182 gill-nets, 33 hoop-nets and 7 gasolene boats. The decrease in gill-nets is largely accounted for on Lowes and Turtle lakes, where fewer men operated. The decrease in hoop-nets is due to less fishing on the Saskatchewan rivers, and the decrease of 7 gasolene boats was 011 Lowes lake where fewer fishermen operated during the summer.

CONDITION OF FISHERIES Considerable summer commercial fishing • has been carried on in Lowes, Turtle, Jackfish and Okemasis lakes. The summer limit .of 200,000 pounds on Lowes lake was reached on July 4 and the limit of 100,000 pounds on Turtle lake was not reached. The catch on Jackfish lake was about average. Summer operations were not carried on as extensively on Okemasis lake as in the previous year. The winter limit of 100,000 pounds on Lowes lake was not reached owing to the short catch of whitefish and a portion of the lake considered good whitefish ground being included in the restricted area. On Turtle lake where the winter limit is 125,000 pounds, all commercial fishing ceased on January 31 when the limit was reached. .The catch during the winter on Jackfish lake was about average and on Okemasis lake it was not quite as good as in the previous season. Dore lake, which has been extensively fished for a number of years, is beginning to drop slightly in the production, although the quality of the white-. fish has improved considerably. 46 MARINE AND FISHERIES The production on Ile a la Crosse lake is some above the average and practically half the catch of whitefish would average over four pounds. On lac la Ronge the catch has been about average. The whitefish are small and would average 65 fish tn the hundred pounds. The percentage of trout taken has increased considerably. It is expected that new waters, such as Snake and Sucker lakes will be opened up in the near future. At the present time one of the fish companies is cutting a trail to Snake lake from the Big river side. DOMESTIC FISHING A total catch of 15,583 cwts. of fish was taken during the year under domestic license. This is an increase of 942 cwts. over the previous year. There has been an increase of 1,895 cwts. of whitefish, 56 cwts. of tullibee, 53 cwts. of pickerel, and 6 cwts. of trout, with a decrease of 2,142 cwts. of pike and slight changes in the other species. During the year 960 domestic licenses were issued, an increase of 28 over the previous year. The total catch per license has been 1,604 pounds compared with 1,571 pounds during 1924. ANGLING There is an estimated total of fish taken by anglers duiing the year of 24,328 cwts. This is an increase of 1,280 cwts. over the previous year. Of this increase pickerel show 276 cwts., pike 853 cwts., goldeyes 14 cwts., perch 50 cwts., and mixed fish 87 cwts. The average catch per angler has been 62 pounds of fish as compared with 63 pounds the previous year. The estimat,ed number of anglers is shown at 39,682. This is an increas.e of 2,892 over 1924. During the season 493 special angling permits were issued to non-residents of the province. This is an increase of 117 over 1924.

REGULATIONS During the year there were 90 prosecutions and a conviction secured in all cases resulting in fines amounting to $396.50 being imposed, with additional court costs to the defendants of $248.45, as follows:— Fishing during close season 45 Fishing with illegal apparatus 31 Fishing without a license 11 Illegal possession of fish 3 90

There were also 84 confiscations made during the year, as follows:— , Legal apparatus 33 Illegal apparatus 29 Illegally caught fish 22 -74

There were 52 sales of confiscated articles made amounting to $260.60.

F1SHWAYS AND DAMS There has been a new fishway constructed in Pasqua dam to replace the one washed out by the spring freshets. Minor repairs have been made on the fishway and dam on the Turtle river near Dulwich. The dam at the north end of Cowan leke has been taken over by the Department of Public Works and considerable improvements have been carried on by them. A new fishway has been constructed in the Canadian Pacific Railway dam south of Melfort. All dams and fishways in the province are now reported to be in serviceable condition. FISHERIES BRANCH 47

REPORT OF INSPECTOR R. T. RODD, PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, FOR 1925

INCREASES In the commercial fishing for 1925 there is an increase in the total fish shipped of 1,059,900 pounds of fish with a value over that of 1924 of $119,397. This is due chiefly to the summer coarse fish fishing increase at Lesser Slave lake, and also to the resumpt:on of operations at lac la Biche. Although the limit of production of 1,500,000 pounds at Lesser Slave was reduced to that of 650,000 pounds and the seasons changed, .it will be noticed that the enormous increase in coarse fish practically amounts to 500,000 pounds which more than covers the decrease in the whitefish. The fishing was , excellent for pike and pickerel at Lesser Slave but poor for w. hitefish. At lac la Biche where the limit was reduced to that of 300,000 pounds the fishing for whitefish was extremely good, the catch for coarse fish formerly preponderant in this lake being light. The district around lac la Biche also produced heavily in whitefish as well as the coarser varieties. A large increase will be found from lac Ste. Anne, a lake that has been hea-vily fished in the early years of the province because of its accessibility, and I ,am glad to report the comeback of this lake. Other lakes such as Wabamun, Sturgeon, Moose and the small lakes around this district gave a.- steady production. The winter operations show an increase from Winnifred lake, where fishing was resumed after some three years rest, and where the production during• the first three weeks was. over 150,000 pounds of whitefish, the entire 'catch being shipped in a fresh state. Pigeon lake, which, in spite of heavy fishing for many years past because of its proximity to the thickly settled districts between Edmonton and Calgary, still continues to produce heavily.

DECREASES I beg to report that the production of fish from Cold and Primrose lakes shows a decrease in the catch of whitefish. This was caused mainly by the limit of production being placed on the lakes. The catches on these lakes are, however, reaching 'the limits imposed long before the end of the season, and r am convinced that they will never be depleted so long as thé present limit is obserVed. A slight decrease in trout from Peerless lake was more than balanced by an increase in whitefish. Other lakes in the Lesser Slave district were steady in production of whitefish. Summer fishing for trout commer- cially at Cold lake is to be discontinued by authority of the department, owing to the increase in the amount of angling now carried on.

MARKETS The market for fish was decidedly better during the past year, and good prices prevailed both for fishermen and operators. Particularly was this to be noticed in the market for coarse fish. There is now a good demand for filleted jackfish and the refrigerator plant at Faust ran to capacity. The production of fresh fish, however, which has increased greatly, being produced at a large number of lakes, several car loads even being brought in from Peter Pond lake a distance of about 80 miles has affected the market for frozen whitefish somewhat. Several new companies have been formed on a co-operative basis by the fisherrnen themselves and one operating at Winnifred lake got good results. Retailers in th6:larger cities report a good year. There is a very healthy and optimistic antlook for the present year all around. 48 MARINE AND FISHERIES

TRANSPORTATION Assistance from express companies has been good and no trouble received in obtaining all the cars needed. The companies are keen for the business, although the rates are discriminating from an Alberta viewpoint. Trails and roads were cut -into Winnif red lake at some considerable expense, and the trail to Peter Pond lake further improved. Some trouble prevailed at this point during the winter season January-February with considerable loss of fish, owing to the complete thawing of snove by Chinook weather.

EQUIPMENT There has been a decided improvement in the equipment used, in spite of the heavy loss caused at Lesser Slave and lac la Biche through unusually heavy mid-summel. storms. The latter interfered seriously with the fishing at Lesser Slave lake. A new smoke house has been started at Edmonton and is doing particularly well, at this plant small whitefish are smoked, and also smoked fillets of jackfish, the latter being a particularly well finished article. This plant, together with the refrigerator plant at Faust will handle any surplus of coarse fish that may be caught and can now be profitably marketed. Further developments on these lines may be expected during the coming year. New cabins are being built for summer operations at lake Athabasca and it is expected that refrigerator barges and re-icing plants will be built this spring. Several new gasolene launches and boats were used for the anglers at Cold lake and new hotels were also built at this resort. New cabins for the fresh fish business costing aromid .$2,000 have been built for the Peter Pond district, as also many new ice-houses. The Government has built a large wharf costinu around $15,000 to $20,000 at lac la Biche for the grain trade. This will, awever, also be used by the fishermen of this lake and will be a decided improvement.

OBSERVATIONS OF THE REGULATIONS The number of prosecutions from the 1st of April was 39, an increase of 16, and the confiscations numbered 27, an increase of 7. A great deal of assistance was given by the various Fish and Game Protective Associations particularly from the Northern Alberta Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion. The number of honorary guardians number 57, some of whom gave valued assistance during 1925. Below is detailed the offences against the Fisheries Act:— 1 prosecution under section 7 (excess of nets). • ' 44 1 " 17 (illegal mesh). 2 « " 24 (c) (fishing in prohibited water). 6 " 1 (fishing veithout license). 3

IRRIGATION SYSTEMS During the summer considerable investigations were carried on regarding the destruction of fish in the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation System with a final and thorough investigation when the water was being shut off in October. The loss of fish in this system is very small, while there is every possibility of excellent coarse fish fishing being developed in the. Keho reservoir, in a few years, through being stocked by fish passing through the main canal from the FISHERIES BRANCH 49 Old Man river. In the Chin reservoirs on the Southern Alberta Irrigation System, Lake Newell in the Brooks district, Chestermere lake in the Calgary district, all in Canadian Pacific Irrigation Systems, and lake McGregor on the Canada Land Irrigation System, good angling is now the rule.

DAMS AND FISHWAYS A new dam and fishway was built by the Canadian National Railway on the Blindman river at Burbank to replace that constructed the year previous, and which was carried away by the ice and high veater in the spring. The National Railway has also under construction a fishway in their dam at Was- katenau on Waskatenau creek. The 'Canadian Pacific have just completed a large dam in the Pipestone creek, near Wetaskiwin, and have installed, at considerable expense, a fishway 36 feet long, with a return section, which brings the lower end or opening back to the foot of the dam. This fishway is strongly- constructed and built to scale and should function properly. All other dams and fishways previously reported are in good repair.

EXAMINATION OF LAKES AND STREAMS AND STOCKING THEREOF Nine lakes in the Edmonton district were examined during the season. Six were found suitable for stocking. Four lakes in the district west of Edmon- ton were stocked by transfer, with perch and pickerel. During September, streams in Buffalo, Prairie, Jasper park and Obed lakes, west of Edson, were stocked with Rainbow trout fry. Some assistance was given the Superinten- dent of the Banff hatchery in the stocking of the streams tributary to the Red Deer river. The stocking of streams in the southern part of the province was handled entirely by the hatchery superintendent with some assistance fron.1 the overseer of that district.

ANGLING Excellent catches of lake trout were obtained at Cold lake during the summer, 22,437- pounds of trout being taken by 280 anglers, the largest trout taken weighing 53-I pounds. The angling in the Athabasca and its tributaries was poor, very few good catches being reported. Numerous reports have been received of the excellent fishing for •rainbow trout that was obtained in these streams before and during the construction of the Canadian Northern and Grand Trunk lines. The, general opinion is that all methods of fishing were resorted to during the construction of these lines, nets and dynamite being used largely, with the above result. It was also reported that fishing was not good in the Jasper park waters, the fish being plentiful in Pyran3id lake only, but difficult to catch. These waters require intensive restocking if good fishing is to be expected. Very little angling was carried on in the Red Deer, although a few good catches were reported. Angline in the Bow river and streams south to the International boundary was generallyb very good, and especially so in the High- wood river, Willow creek and the Bow river at certain points. Good catches of large rainbow trout were taken from the Bow river thirty miles east of Calgary. Reports have been received from expert anglers stating that the fishing was never so good or such good sport- obtained before as was the case in the Highwood river last season, and it has also been reported that the fishing in Willow creek was better than it has been for twenty years. At least 25 per cent of the catch in the Highwood river was rainbow trout placed there from the Banff hatchery, introduced for the first time into this stream in • 1919. Previous to this the only trout indigenous to this stream was the native cutthroat trout. Fishing in some of the streams tributary to the Old md,n river was excellent, while in others only fair, the result of over-fishing during the previous year. Angling for pike•in the 26106-4 50 MARINE AND FISHERIES irrigation reservoirs 'continued good. Fishing for grayling was reported by the overseer to be the best ever known in and around Calgary. A small amount of goldeyes were reported caught in the Bow river below the C.P.R. irrigation dam at Bassano. Great scarcity of this species was reported from the Red Deer, where in former years good catches were always obtained. Good catches were reported in the lakes around Edmonton from an a,ngling point of view in perch, pickerel, and pike.

REPORT OF CHIEF INSPECTOR, MAJOR J. A. MOTHERWELL, WESTERN FISHERIES DIVISION (BRITISH COLUMBIA), FOR 1925 It is with much pleasure that I report another excellent year in the fishing industry of British Columbia. Generally speaking, market conditions have been better and both the fishermen and the ovv-ners of the packing establishments have had a prosperous year.

SALMON On reference to. statement No. 1, it will be found that only in the year 1924 has the pack of salmon exceeded tha..t of 1925, and only then by 26,883 cases. The pack of sockeye exceeded that of 1924 by 23,042 cases, and is the largest pack of this variety since 1915. In view of the small quantity packed in 1921, considerable apprehension was felt as to this year's prospects. The satisfactory figures are largely the result of the extraordinarily good run to Rivers and Smiths, inlets, 201,186 cases being taken from these two areas. This is by far the largest pack on record. The next biggest run was in 1915, when a total of 162,651 cases was packed. In practically every area, apart from the Naas river and the Fraser, there was an increased run of sockeye, and in spite of the large pack the s.pawning areas were found to be well seeded. At the Naas river the total pack of 20,351 cases of sockeye is a fairly satis- factery one in view of the fact that the brood years of 1920 and 1921 were so poor. The runs to the Naas river, however, are obliged to run the gauntlet of the numerous traps and seines in Alaskan waters, and it is difficult to intelligently understand the significance of the pack figure. On the Skeena river it was not expected that the pack would be large in 1925 owing to the small runs in the main brood years of 1920 and .1921. The showing, however, is a satisfactory one in view of the conditions. The run to the Fraser produced only 31,523 cases on the Canadian side and 106,064 in Puget sound. These figures are very similar to those of the brood • year of 1921. The quality, particularly of the Fraser sockeye this year, was unusually good. The pack of cohoes in the whole province shows a very considerable increase since 1920, but as in the case of pinks and chums, the intensity with which this variety has been fished has depended altogether on the market conditions. In 1925 the demand for cohoes was unusually good, largely due to the favourable terms of the treaty with Australia, which gives. Canadian salmon approximately $1.50 preference over that of other countries. This being an off year for pinks in the Queen Charlotte islands, the total for that district is fairly small. On the Fraser it was the big pink year and there was an excellent run. Owing to the fact-, however, that the pink run passes through the waters of Puget sound before reachincr the Fraser river the Cana- dian fishermen have to be satisfied with what the AeMerican fishermen leave. By the statement enclosed it will be observed the althoiigh the Puget sound can- FISHERIES BRANCH 51 neries packed 555,848 cases of pinks the Frasef river canneries only received 99,800 cases although the very large percentage of the pinks coming into Puget sound waters are on their way to Canadian streams. The chum pack was a record one with a total àf 607,904 cases. In addition there was a sufficient number of churn salmon dry salted to make 229,111 cases more. It is felt to be very doubtful if the supply of salmon can stand such an annual strain. With the considerable increase in the amount of fishing gear in the water, particularly plu-se-seines, which have increased by 87, the pack shows that there was not nearly as good a supply of fish-available as during the previous year. It is felt that in order to maintain the supply of all the varieties of salmon, we must, in view of the more intensive fishing, take some measures which will conserve our salmon for posterity. There is a pack limit which it is unsafe to exceed, and if .the fishing operations are to increase in intensity as they have in the past two or three years there must be no hesitation in placing in force such restrictive measures as will adequately take care of conservation. There would appear to be little prospect, under present conditions, of depleting the sockeye runs. The situation in the case of the pinks and chums is a very different and difficult one. The industry must expect that very drastic measures will be taken if found necessary to take care of the situation.

HALIBUT This was the second year of the-period covered by the International Halibut Treaty and there was again enforced a close season of three months, from November 15 to February 15. As will be seen by perusal of statement No. 7, there was a falling-off in the quantity landed in British Columbia ports of 13,142 cwts. In addition to the closed period there were other factors which resulted in a short catch in spite of the increased amount of fishing equipment used. The prices obtained were not as attractive as those during the previous year, due to several reasons. One undoubtedly was the fact that during 1924 the cold storage plants had laid in large stocks of the frozen variety, expecting to unload during the closed season. These plans, however, did not work out, and the result was that when the season opened again on February 15 .there was a large quantity- of frozen halibut still held and which prevented the expected demand for all the fresh variety that was brought to port. As the closed period was expiring all the fishing equipment went to the banks at practically the same time and the result was that unusually large quantities were offered for sale and which the market was not in a position to absorb, On February 26 fifteen American and four Canadian boats arrived at Prince Rupert with approximately 493,000 pounds of fresh .fish. Due to the *quantity which had already been purchased since the opening of the season, the highest price offered at Prince Rupert was 7 cents, which the fishermen on that day refused to accept. Six of the American boats immediately left for Seattle, hoping to obtain better prices. It is interesting to note that the decrease in the quantity of fresh halibut landed at Canadian ports durinE the year was, accounted for entirely by the operations of Canadian vessels, the quantity landed by Americans- being larger than the previous season. Undoubtedly this condition is due largely to the closed season during the winter months. Previous to the Halibut Treaty the Canadian boats during the winter, due to weather conditions, could only fish in the waters near the Canadian ports. The operation of the treaty regulations prevents this winter fishing by Cana- d ans. In August the United States Tariff Commission held a hearing at Seattle for the purpose of discussing the report prepared by its experts who had been working during the previous year in the collection of statistics of all kinds as affecting the halibut industry in relation to the American tariff. An opportunity was given all interested to express themselves in order that the recommendation 26106 -41 52 MARINE AND FISHERIES which the Taiiff Commission was making to the President of the United StateS hoking to a possible reduction or increase in the 2 cents per pound duty, would only be made after the fullest opportunity had been given everyone concerned to place facts before the commission. At this date it is not publicly known what the reconamendation to the President was, but any action resulting therefrom will be looked forward} to with very great interest by Canadian halibut operators particularly. A development of some interest- dming the year was the shipment by a Japanese firm of Kobe, Japan of 860,000 pounds frozen halibut consigned to Vancouver per the ss. Haruna 11/1-aru, which arrived at its destination during the latter part of August. This consignment was frozen by the brine freezing method, but it appears that the fish were not properly glazed or properly handled whi2e in storage before reaching the Canadian side. As a result their exterior presented an appearance which operated against their profitable sale. The prices obtained for this shipment, which was on consignment, would appear to have been not sufficiently attractive to justify further attempts, although nothing is known of the future intentions of the consignors.

HERRING By statement No. 8 it will be observed that the year's pack of dry salted herring was the largest on record, 'although the fall run to the Barclay sound area on the west coast of Vancouver island was a very poor one.- In fact for four weeks there were hardly any herring at all caught. The run on the east coast, however, more than offset.this scarcity. The dry salting branch of the fishing industry, owing to the department's policy of eliminating the Oriental, will shortly be practically entirely in the hands of Canadian whites and Indians.

PILCHARDS The pack was 37,182 cases, compared with 14,898 the preceding year. In addition, owing to the fact that pilchards were for the first time permitted to be processed in reduction plants, 495,653 gallons of oil and 2,083 tons of meal were produced on the west coast of Vancouver. island. These operations were more or less of an experimental nature and it is felt that the ires.ults obtained have been sufficiently encouraging to warrant a considerable expansion in the reduction works industry.

WHALING • Whaling operations again during the year showed a'falling-off, with a total

- catch of 351, as against 415 the preceding year. The station at Rose harbour, situated at the south end of Queen Charlotte islands, obtained the most satisfactory results, with 176 whales. In this connection it is interesting to note that the whaling companies in Alaska had a most successful season.

FUR SEALS There were 4,465 fur seal skins taken by the Indians operating as usual in canoes and with spears. The pre-vious season only 2,232 were obtained. The price averaged $10 per skin.

DESTRUCTION OF SEA LIONS The sea lion hunting expedition met with even better success than the preceding season and accounted for 1,658 adults and 1,169 pups, a total of 2,827. This is the largest bag so far, obtained. Operations were conducted on the FISHERIES BRANCH 53 Virgin islands and Pearl rocks opposite the Rivers and Smiths inlets. An interesting feature observed was the paucity of yearling lions, not more than 50 being observed on both the Virgins and Pearls, which would appear to show conclusively the results of the preceding year's killings. The gratitude of the gill-net fishermen was again demonstrated by the liberal presents of cigars to the crews employed in the destruction of sea lions and demonstrates the attitude of the fishermen who stated that it was now observed outside of Rivers inlet that the sockeye schools are not broken up as heretofore but run steadily to the inlet. The largest catches of sockeye were made during the worst two weeks of bad weather the preceding year, which was quite unusual. It is hoped that facilities will shortly be available which will permit the extending of the sea lion operations to include other points m‘iiere they gather in large numbers on the rookeries and where they could be fairly easily killed.

PATROL SERVICE In the protection of the fisheries during the year, a total of 91 boats was used, 26 of these being the property of the department and 65 being chartered. 1 In addition there were three seaplanes stationed at Prince Rupert and a fourth

•one was available at the Seaplane Station in Vancouver on call. During the year the C.G.S. Malaspina logged 19,956 miles, and the Givenchy 15,164 miles. With the fishing operations becoming more intense each year the work of the patrol boats continues to increase and it is imperative that the two large steamers particularly be kept constantly on patrol. Their work is seriously interfered with by lifesaving duties and calls from other departments. The flying boats consumed 296 hours 40 minutes as against 152 hours 8 minutes, the previous year. It is felt that without the aid of the Air Service the protection of our salmon would be a matter of very grave concern indeed. Even under the best of conditions it is not possible to provide a 100 per cent efficient service. Without the planes the number of boats chartered would require to be increased and the service obtained from them would not give the same results as are produced by the flying force.

REGULATIONS The sum of $3,164.20 was realized from fines and sales during the year as a result of 138 prosècutions. With the increased demand for British Columbia salmon there is a greater incentive to disregard fishing boundaries and closed periods. This naturally results in a greater number of prosecutions, which is regrettable as it is far more desirable to prevent violations than penalize operators for breaches of the regulations. The number of salmon purse-seines issued has increased from 92 in 1912 to 329 in 1925 but on the other hand I am glad to be able to report that in the same period the number of salmon drag-seines has been reduced from 193 to 37-

REDUCTION IN ORIENTALS The department's policy of eliminating the Oriental from the fisheries of the province with a view to placing the entire industry in the hands of white British subjects and Canadian Indians appears to be working out well as is shown by statement No. 10, which covers a very large proportion of the total number of licenses issued which Orientais were permitted to hold. In the salmon gill-net operations the Orientais during the year 1925 held only 24 per cent and in the salmon trolling 10.5 per cent of the total number issued in the province. In the herring dry salting operations a further reduction of 25 per cent was made during the year, making a total of 50 per cent, and in the case of salmon 54 MARINE AND FISHERIES

dry salting a first reduction of 25 per cent went into effect and it is the inten- tion to continue this percentage each year until these industries are entirely- in the hands of Whites or Canadian Indiana.

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION In March a meeting was called in Seattle of executive officers of the Fish- ery Departments of the Dominion of Canada, the province of British Columbia, Alaska, and the states of Washington, Oregon and California, with a view to the co-ordinating of the work being conducted separately looking to an improvement in the present fish cultural operations and the obtaining of information which would result in a better understanding of the salmon fishery conditions as affecting the whole Pacific coast of the continent. An association was formed known as the International Pacific Salmon Investigation Federation. One of the outstanding results of this conference was the tagging operations in connection with the runs of spring, cahoe and sockeye salmon, which provided some extremely interesting information with regard to the destination of the several varieties passing a number of points. The tagging operations should be extended to cover all varieties of salmon during all stages of the runs and in as many localities as is possible and with the information obtained therefrom conservation measures could be much more intelligently arranged. A more detailed report will be forthcoming from the Biological Board and will be found elsewhere in this publication.

POWER BOATS IN SALMON GILL-NET FISHING, DISTRICT NO. 2 Although since the year 1923 power boats have been permitted in District No. 2 in salmon gillnet operations, it is interesting to note that out of a total of 2,866 licenses, only 242 were fished by means of power boats, as is shown by statement No. 11.

REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN SALMON STREAMS During the year the sum of $4,210.49 was spent in the above work but this of course does not represent the quantity of work 'performed by the engineering staff. A detailed report of Senior Engineer J. McHugh appears elsewhere in this report and will be found to be of considerable interest.,

WAREHOUSE AND MARINE \VAYS, FRASER RIVER - - The construction of the accomodation at Poplar island, Fraser river, for the purpose of storing fisheries equipment and stores and repairing the patrol boats, was completed during the year and has proved most efficient and economical. In addition to the annual overhaul of the boats of the Fraser river and Van- couver district all but one of those used in District No. 3 are brought down each year to -Poplar island and the saving to the department has been very considerable and well justifies the expense of providing the accommodation. While the ways and machine shop were not completed in sufficient time to take care of our boats for the annual overhaul in the spring of 1925, the estimates of the cost of the repairs to be undertaken in the spring of 1926 will show a saving of approximately $2,262.

CONDITIONS ON SPAWNING GROUNDS Queen Charlotte Islands.—Generally speaking this is not a sockeye district although there is a small run each year to the Naden and Yakoun rivers. It is only in the even numbered years that the large run of pinks occurs and in the odd numbered years the operators depend practically altogether on the FISHERIES BRANCH 55 supply of chums although on the east -coast there is a fair quantity of pinks, even for an off year. The department has spent cansiderable money during the past few years in clearing the Yakoun river of obstructions and the result has been that now all salmon can easily ascend. The spawning grounds generally, apart from some of the east coast streams, show a satisfactory quantity of spawning chums. Naas River.—In this area was found the largest number of spawning sockeye that has been observed for years and conditions at the fishway at Mezia- den lake were found to be eminently satisfactory. The salmon have no difficulty whatever in passing up and at the time of inspection this structure was found to be full of fish on their way to the upper reaches. The run of spring salmon was also a very satisfactory one and the cohoes were found to be ascending in considerable quantities. Skeena River. —There has always been a run of sockeye to the Exstahl river but owing to the character of the country, which makes the inspection trip of a very hazardous nature it was not until this year that an inspection was made. It would seem that this area is not as important a one from the standpoint of sockeye salmon as the Lakelse or Babine districts but quite a - fair supply of this variety of spawning fish was observed. - Conditions on the spawning beds would seem to justify the impression that the Exstahl district is an important one from the standpoint - of the spring sahnon. In the Lakelse area a splendid-run of sockeye was found and all the spawning streams were well seeded in addition to over eleven million eggs being taken at the hatchery. In the streams entering into the Babine lake, which area is the most important one with relation to the Skeena river, a most satisfactory supply of sockeye salmon was found and the inspecting officer estimates that conditions were 20 per cent better than in the previous season. Pinks were also very numerous in this area and the beds usually resorted to by this variety are wen stocked. Central Division.—On the whole there was a satisfactory run of sockeye to the streams in this division although the fishery officers were somewhat concerned on account of the dry season which resulted in the salmon in many places having difficulty in passing up the streams. However, an adequate proportion of the run seems to have succeeded and the conditions on the spawn- ings beds are reasonably good. Owing to the low water the fall varieties, particularly the pinks, were obstructed for some time and while not as many reached the spawning beds as could be desired at the same time it is felt that on the whole the seeding was fair. Bella Coola.—The supply of sockeye on the spawning beds of the Bella Coola river was found to be the best for some years. The quantity of springs was only fair and a small supply of pinks and chums was observed. The number of cohoes was satisfactory. In the Kinsquit river the supply of sockeyes while not a heavy one was fairly good. The runs of springs, pinks and chums were light although an adequate showing of cohoes was observed. In Dean river while the spawning area at the present time is limited due to a fall there was quite a fair run of springs and cohoes noticed on the spawning bedsi,. Speaking generally of the whole district, while the fishing was intensive, it is felt tliat a reasonable proportion of the runs of the several varieties succeeded in reaching the spawning areas. Rivers Inlet—The report received from the inspecting officer in this district is an unusually satisfying one and shows that large quantities of parent spawning sockeye salmon were present on practically all the spawning beds. In addition the hatchery was easily filled to capacity in a short period and the quantity of sockeye packed at the canneries operating was much the largest 66 MARINE AND FISHERIES in the history of the district. The hatchery operations together with the work done in the way of keeping the streams clear of obstructions has undoubtedly been of immense benefit to this river. Smiths Inlet.—At this point, in spite of a pack of 33,764 cases of sockeye, there were great quantities found on the spawning grounds. Alert Bay.—The principal sockeye stream in this area is the Nimpkish river. Notwithstanding the fact that there was more fishing equipment in the way of purse-seines and drag-seines operating at this point than ever before, the escapement of sockeye to the spawning grounds was such as to provide for a most excellent seeding. Only four days a week fishing was permitted from the first of the season and this fact no doubt is largely accountable for the good supply of salmon passing. There was also an excellent run of cohoes as well as spring salmon although that of pinks was light. A plentiful supply of chums also ascended the stream. At Glendale cove, into which flows the second best sockeye stream in the district, the supply this season was one of the best for years. The rtnis of pinks and chums were also quite satisfactory. In such rivers as the Tsulquate, Nahwitti, and Wakeman the supply of pink salmon was very good. The quantities of pinks found on the spawning grounds over the balance of the district, however, was only fair. Generally speaking the supply of chums through the district was satisfactory. This cannot be also said of the cohoes with the exception of such points as Thompson sound, Qualate river, Howea sound, Call creek and Adams river. Quathia ski District.—This is not a particularly good sockeye area and the supply at Hayden creek was only fair. The same applies to Phillips river. Apart from the chums no variety of salmon was very plentiful on the spawning grounds although there was a satisfactory quantity of cohoes at Salmon river, Phillips river and Homalko river. At Campbell river, which is well known for its excellent Tyee (spring) salraon sport fishing, there was an ade- quee supply of this variety. Comar.—This is not a sockeye area and 1925 was an off-year for pinks. The supply of cohoes on the spawning grounds was found to•be very light with the exception of Little river and French creek. This also applies largely to chums although there was a good run at Coal creek, Waterloo creek and Big Qualicum river. Pender Harbour.—There was practically no sockeye in this area apart from Sauch-en-Auch creek. For some reason thke quantity observed. on the spawning grounds was very unsatisfactory although the fishway installed at this point is quite efficient. The run of pinks on the whole was fairly good. The streams in the Jervis inlet area were particularly well seeded. A satisfactory portion of the cohoe and chum runs reached the spawning grounds. Nanaimo.—This is not a pink area. The quantity of cohoes was only fair. In the case of the chums, apart from the Nanaimo river, the spawning areas were not found to be very well stocked. Cowichan.—There are no sockeye in this sub-district. The spawning beds of the Cowichan, Koksilah, and in fact practically all the streams show a plentiful supply of cohoe salmon. Chums ran in considerable qua.ntities to the Cowichan and Kosilah and the spawning areas were well seeded. From a standpoInt of sporting fish the seeding of the beds by the steelhead and the cutthroat -trout has been quite good. ,Sooke.—In the Sooke river and Muir creek a good run of cohoes was observed. The supply of chums generally was also most satisfactory although Demanuel creek showed fewer in proportion than other streams. FISHERIES BRANCH 57 A/berni.----Apart from the Somass and Stamp rivers, the Anderson river, and a few in Nitinat, there are no sockeye in this area. The supply of this variety to the Anderson river was only fair although the usual take of eggs was effected at the Anderson Lake hatchery. The spawning grounds around the Somass lake were plentifully supplied and the run which reached as far up the Stamp river as the falls seem to be somewhat larger than usual. Owing, however, to the condition at the falls these salmon are practically all prevented from reaching a larger area. It is hoped that some means can be devised in the near future whereby a more extensive spawning district can be opened to this run. The supply of cohoes at Stamp river was excellent and owing to some assistance being given by means of reducing the falls practically all reached the good spawning area above. At the Sproat, San Juan, and Gordon rivers there was a plentiful supply of this variety also. The Alberni district is not a pink area. The run of chums, apart from the San Juan and Gordon rivers, was not particularly satisfactory. The Nitinat area does not appear to have yet recovered from the extremely intensive fishing of some years ago. Clayoquot Sound.—Sockeyes only run to the Kennedy and IVIedgin rivers. The spawning beds in the former district were very well seeded and there was also a satisfactory supply at the latter. With regard to cohoes, on the whole the supply was good. particularly at Hesquot river, North and East bay, Atleo river, Bauden bav, Trout river, Tronquile creek, and Deer creek. This is not a pink area. The chum run was quite good and the spawning grounds were practically all found to be abundantly seeded. Nootka Sound.—This is not a sockeye or pink district. An inspection of the spawning beds did not show a satisfactory supply of cohoes, but on the whole the supply of chums was sufficient to provide a good return for future years. This applies particularly to such streams as Conuma river, Deserted creek, Sowand river, and Espinosa river. Kyuquot.—There are no sockeye streams in this sub-district and there were few cohoes found on the spawning beds. This also applies to chums. Quatsino.—Sockeye are few in this area and they are of the creek variety. A fair supply was observed at Marble river and a few at Mahatta river. Satis- factory conditions were found with regard to the supply of cohoes, generally speaking, and this applies also to the chums. There were few pinks to be found.

FRASER RIVER WATERSHED In the Stuart Lake district the return of parent sockeye- salmon this year has been the largest since 1909. The result of the intensive planting of eyed sockeye eggs on the natural spawning beds in this area could first be expected to appear during the run of 1925, and judging from the most satisfactory showing of returning fish there would appear to be every justification to feel that the fish cultural operations as being conducted at present are responsible for the satisfactory conditions as found this year on the spawning grounds. The superintendent of the hatchery at Stuart lake states that in several of the streams visited he observed as many as 500 or 600 spawning sockeye, although only a portion of each stream was inspected. The Indians took at least 1,200 sockeyes for their winter food purposes. While of course 500 or 600 fish would not go very far in seeding such a large area as the Stuart lake system, at the same time, when it is remembered that for years past there have been hardly any sockeye at all seen, this year's conditions are decidedly encouraging. The Bowron Lake district showed practically no sockeye, the dozen or so observed being hardly worth mentioning. In the Quesnel district the local -officer estimates that about 500 ascended the Upper Horsefly and McKinley rivers. A 58 MARINE AND FISHERIES thorough inspection was not made of the other Quesnel lake tributaries, therefore no information is available. The conditions are estimated to be very similar to those of four years ago. The local officer reports that he found the sockeye run to the Chilco river the best since that of four years ago and he feels that it is slightly better than that of the previous cycle year. In August Mr. C. W. Harrison, the Inspector of Hatcheiies, made a thorough inspection of Chilco lake and its tributaries. The impression prevailed that this was one of the main spawning areas for the sockeye passing above Hells Gate. The inspecting officer, however, found that while there does exist a limited suitable spawning area, in his opinion Chilco lake has not been a very great factor in the large sockeye runs of previous years. It is possible, however, that Chilco river itself and Whitewater river and lake may have been used extensively by these salmon, and it is expected that a thorough examination of these waters will be made by Mr. Harrison during 1926. In the Anderson-Seton lake area, for the first time in a considerable number of years, compa.ratively, fair quantitie,s of spawning sockeye salroon were observed. The few thousands observed of course are only a very small fraction of the runs which used to ascend this system, but it is sufficient to be encouraging. It ha.s been suggested that these were fish which were on their way to the upper reaches of the Fraser river watershed but which on account of being held up, at least temporarily, at the canyon in the Fraser river just beyond the junction with Bridge river, have dropped back the five. or six miles to the Seton lake system. This suggestion has been investigated as thoroughly as is possible and the writer feels that such a conclusion is not warranted. For the preceding four years particular attention has been given to the upper reaches of the Anderson-Seton lake system from the Pemberton hatchery and considerable quantities of both eyed sockeye eggs and fry have been planted each year under the best of conditions. There would appear to be little doubt but that the returning fish this year are the result of fish cultural Operations. This is borne out by the statement of Guardian Mr. T. E. Scott, who has had a considerable number of .years' experience in the district. He states in part as follows:— " In reference to Seton creek run of sockeye—knowing the difficulty at Bridge river and this being the first time that salmon of this species have appeared in any quantities for years. I reported on October 9, 1925, that it might be that salmon had drifted down and gone up Seton creek. My next visit socke:ve had increased greatly, and in good condition, so of course this idea explOded. I followed the course of sockeye from Seton creek to Gates creek or Anderson creek, a distance of over thirty miles. It is out of the question to think for one minute that salmon, weak and battered, could drop back to the Fraser river eight miles and go over thirty more." It is certainly not at all likely that fresh run fish would be appearing in the Seton system if they were headed for points above Bridge river canyon, but it is far more likely that any fish which had dropped back after fighting the canyon for some time would be considerably battered. At the Bridge River canyon the Indians have been in the habit of taking their food supply from the salmon which are gathered in the safe resting places at the foot of the f.ast water. It is discouraging to find that after the best return of parent sockeye salmon in years to the upper reaches of the Fraser some 7,000 should have been taken by the Indians at this point. It will be appreciated that these fish when they have already reached a point so far up the Fraser river are of immense value from a standpoint of natural reproduction on the spawning grounds in the upper reaches of the watershed. In the Shuswap-Eagle river district a better showing of sockeye salmon was observed than usual. At the Adams and Little rivers the local guardian estimated that he had seen approximately 20,000 spawning sockeye. There were very few observed in Eagle river. FISHERIES BRANCH 59 A considerable improvement was - observed in the run of salmon to the . Thompson river watershed. This applies to the spring and sockeye varieties. At Hells. Gate the conditions were very similar to previous ypars, and although sa.lmon were delayed at certain times for short periods they eventually were able to pass beyond this point. To the Birkenhead river again this year there was a splendid run of sockeye. Forty million ezgs were collected at the hatchery and large numbers of sockeye spawned naturally. There is no doubt but that the run to this stream is being well maintained. At Harrison lake no unusual number of fish was observed. A fair number spawned in Morris creek and in the rapids at Harrison river. At Cultus lake a .fair supply of sockeye passed up to the spawning beds and all were permitted to - spawn naturally. The run, though satisfactory, was not as large as that of the preceding year. At Pitt lake conditions, continue to be excellent and the quantity of spawning parent sockeye ascending the upper streams is being well maintained. In the Nicomekl and Serpentine rivers, which are two of the el-lief sport fishing streams in the vicinity of Vancouver, the supply of fish was found to be very satisfactory and with the present conservation measures there would appear to be no doubt- but that good fishing will continue indefinitely. In the Howe sound and Burrard inlet area the principal commercial streams such as Indian river and the Squamish river received an excellent seeding by pink salmon, this. of course, being the big year. A certain amount of difficulty was experienced for a time owing to an unusually dry season. The supply of chums to these si-reams was only fair. In the Capilano, Lynn and Seymour creeks, in spite of the intensive fishing by anglers, the. supply of the several varieties, and particularly the steelhead, keeps up in a most satisfactory way. It is remarkable that such excellent fishing can be obtained practically in the cit3,- of Vancouver. The year 1925 whs the year of the big pink run to the Fraser river district. The run this year was excellent and all the pink spawning areas were well seeded. Unfortunately- the Canadian fishermen obtain a very small proportion of this run owing to the intensive fishing to the south of the international boundary by means of purse-seines and traps. Gill-nets only are permitted on the Canadian side and by the time the fish have run the gauntlet of the Puget sound fishermen few are left for Canadian operators, although the. spawning grounds are on the Canadian side. GENERAL The season 1925 was a most difficult one owing to the lack of rai . The season was the driest for many years and this resulted in there being not sufficient water - in the streams for the salmon to pass up to the spawning areas in many cases. In such instances every effort was made by means of increased closed periods, extension of the prohibited areas, and early final closing to the end that a proper proportion of the runs would be enabled to spawn in the usual areas. There have been instances during the year, however, when pinks and chums deposited their eggs close to the salt chuck and it is a question as to whether such spawning will be productive of good results.

WHOLE PROVINCE-1876 TO 1924 STATEMENT No. 1

Num Muriberofsahnonlicenses .. ber of issued , Year can- Sockeye Red Pink White Blue- Steel, Cohoes Ilnks Chums Totes neries Spring Spring Spring backs heads oper- G.N. Troll P.S. D.S. T.N. ated

' 1876 3 Particulars not available. Particulars of varieties not available—practically all sockeye. 9,847 Ie • ee 1877 4 " " 67,387 1878 10 " ie ie " 113,601 9 el If ie ff if . 1879 61,093 1880 9 " " II " CC , '' 61,849

if te de ee ef 1881 12 " ' 177,276 1882 18 " if te if 255,061 1883 24 - it 196,292 1884 17 " « " " " 141,239 . 1885 , 9 i< te ti " it it 108,517 1886 17 " ,, cc ee 161,264 1887 20 " II if ,, " if a 204,083 1888 21 " " " " 184,040

fe {i if if 1889 28 " 414,294 1890 32 it if et it ef 408,978 f f It if If it Ie 1891 26 " 314,893 1892 27 " f f ie 228,470

CC f f ee if 1893 37 " " 590,229 1894 32 ". if if te if If if 494,371 1895 36 " " " if If 566,395 If if " if It 1896 47 " 601,570 1897 54 " 1,015,477 1898- 51 " " ' 484,161 1899 59 " Ii if if 732,437 1900 64 " IC II 585,413 . IC " If if If CC 1901 73 " 1,236,156 if if 1902 6 531,436 Springs and Fall: I 94,5461 1 625,982 1903 59 " " Particulars of varieties not available—practically all sockeye. 473,674 1904 5 CC CC 323,226 (35,421 Red & Wh. Sorings.)1 1 1 Fall: 1 107.247 465.894

1905 67 tt it 1,080,673 (28,359 Red & Wh. Springs). 44,458 13,9701 1,167,460 it it 1 1006 64 459,679 31,261 1,083 69,132 (68,305 Pks'. & Ch ) 629,460 1907 58 it 314,074 23,159 2,939 683 87,900 (118,704 Pks. & Ch ) 547,459 1908 52 it it 355,023 25,433 2,731 1,137 81,917 (76,448 Pks. & Ch ) 542,689 1909 72 it it 840,441 18,218 799 61,918 (46,544 Pks. & Ch ) 967,920 1910 58 it it 565,915 19,313 9,476 140 74,382 34,613 58,362 762,201 1911 59 383,509 38,751 9,705 119,802 305,247 91,951 948,965 1912 57 3,640 92 139 12 444,762 62,345 18,092 165,309 247,743 58,325 996,576 1913 78 4,782 74 124 17 972,178 37,433 3,616 69,822 102,887 77,965 1,353,901 1914 63 4,857 61 107 12 536,696 32,908 16,420 120,201 220,340 184,474 1,111,039 1915 03 4,951 61 100 12 476,042 51,734 6,370 2,927 146,956 367,352 82,000 1,133,381 1916 72 4,600 80 115 10 214,789 51,231 15,495 3,096 5,986 183,623 280,644 240,201 995,005 1917 94 5,286 1,370 09 136 16 339,848 48,630 27,646 (11,740 BB. & 157,589 496,759 475,273 1,557,485 SH.) 1918 88 5,073 1,786 122 127 24 276,459 65,535 41,819 Pk. & (15,916 BB. & 191,068 527,745 497,615 1,616,157 Wh.) SH.) I 1919 82 4,598 2,260 139 104 21 369,445 73,179 9,077 18,295 24,323 4,493 175,670 346,639 372,035 1,393,156 1920 65 4,761 1,855 155 45 19 351,405 05,983 8,441 13,877 8,061 2,395 101,972 520,856 84,626 1,187,616 1921 56 4,777 1,452 59 35 8 163,914 36,725 6,061 6,966 7,060 1,220 117,288 192,906 71,408 603,548 1022 64 4,491 1,513 143 36 4 299,614 21,163 11,913 6,520 6,431 1,657 102,845 581,979 258,204 1,290,326

1023 61 3,957 1,446 223 31 6 334,647 17,539 4,858 4,745 7,097 1,760 112,044 440,932 418,055 1,341,677. SWIÎIZHSL

1924 62 3,696 1,553 242 32 6 369,601 18,741 2,591 6,460 4,267 1,843 115,944 657,561 570,497 1,747,505 1025 65 4,225 1,821 329 37 19 392,643 39,142 4,410 29,938 10,675 1,996 188,505 445,400 607,904 1,720,622

Ncan.-Licenses issued 1923, 1924 and 1925 include transfers from one district to another. HONV1£1

PACK OF CANNED SALMON ON THE NAAS RIVER-1876 TO 1925 STATEmuer No. 2

Num- Number of salmon licenses ber of issued Year can- Sockeye Red Pink White Blue- Steel- Cohoes Pinks Chums Totals. neries Spring Spring Spring backs heads oper- G.N. Troll P.S. D.S. T.N. ated ' 1876 1877 1878 1879

188.0 III V

1881 1 Particulars of varieties not available—practically all sockeye. 7,700 U 2 If if 16,100 1882 a NI 1883 2 a a a a 20,383 If a a a 1884 1 8,500 NZ

1885 I 1886 C

1887 1 1 1 1888 1 Particulars of varieties not available—practically all sockeye. 12,31£ S1, 11

a a a a a . 1889 3 19,41C 3 if a. if ie a 23,90(

212 1800 di a a « « ' 10,32£ 1 1891 3 a a a 1892 3 a 25,439 Sg. a a a a a 15,19( 1893 3 a a a 1894 1 19, 583 1895 1 ie if if if 19,55( a a ‘‘ ■ « CC 1896 1 14, 64l

I< " a a a 1897 1 20, 843 a a if a I a 1898 18,95 a a a a 19,441 1899 1 a a a a 1000 1 a 18,231 a a a a 1901 1 a 14,79( 1902 2 20,953 (Other varieties: 1 2,365)1 23,311 1903 1 Particulars of varieties not available—practically all sockeye. 12,101 1904 2 15,000 (2,351Red and Wh. Spr.) 1 1 1,697 311 19,081

1905 3 24,462 (3,340 Red and Wh. Spr.) 3,085 1,840 32,725 1906 3 22,160 858 63 5,997 (3,450 Pk. and Ch.) 32,534 1907 3 17,813 1,288 681 6,093 (5,957 Pk. and Ch.) 31,832 1908 3 27,584 3,263 1,101 8,348 (6,612 Pk. and Ch.) 46,908 1909 3 28,246 2,280 57 6,818 (3,589 Pk and Ch.) 40,990 1910 4 240 30,810 1,228 11 140 6,285 895 351 39,720 1911 3 240 37,327 3,434 325 100 7,842 11,407 5,189 65,684 1912 3 265 36,037 5,710 1,226 12,468 12,476 3,245 71,162 1913 3 265 23,574 2,999 152 3,172 20,539 2,987 53,423 1914 4 265 31,32' 2,660 725 0,276 25,333 25,569 94,890 1915 4 265 39,349 3,053 648 113 15,171 34,879 11,076 104,289 1916 4 265 31,411 3,061 784 1,498 19,139 59,593 11,200 120,686" 1017 4 265 22,188 3,170 1,326 1,125 22,180 44,568 24,938 119,495 1918 0 265 21,816 2,332 817 1,003 1,305 17,060 59,206 40,368 143,908 1919 5 300 28,259 2,408 585 581 789 10,900 29,949 24,041 97,512 1920 5 342 16,740 3,584 482 789 500 3,700 43,151 12,145 81,153 SId 1921 5 338 9,364 1,431 437 220 413 8,236 29,488 2,176 51,765

1922 5 304 31,277 1,466 341 255 42 193 3,533 75,087 11,277 124,071 ffH 1923 5 244 17,821 2,522 457 335 595 7,894 44,165 25,791 99,580 1024 4 210 33,590 2,142 327 375 1,035 6,362 72,496 26,612 142,939 'gni *1925 31 210 20,351 5,441 387 538 470 8,188 35,880 23,497 94,752 S E t1925 18,045 4,007 387 392 457 7,726 34,530 22,504 89,008 E U

NOTE ro 1925 figures:-*Pack of fish caught at Naas River regardless where canned. tPack at Naas River regardless where caught. HONV

PACK OF CANNED SALMON ON THE SKEENA RIVER-1876 TO 1925 STATEMENT No 3

• Num- Number of salmon licenses ber of issued Year can- Sockeye Red Pink White Blue- Steel- Cohoes Pinks Chums Total neries Spring Spring Spring backs heads oper- G.N. Troll. P.S. D.S. T.N. ated

1876 - 1877 1 • Particular of varieti s not available-practically all sockeye. 3,000 1878 2 ‘< ei 8,500 1879 2 a a a a 10,603 1880 2 CI a a a 19,694

el l i et CC 1881 2 « 21,561 1882 2 a a a a a 24,52f 1883 5 a a a a a 31,157 1884 5 it it CC ei et 53,98( 1885 2 Cl Ci CC Ci 12,901 1886 3 a a a a a 37,581 1887 5 a a Ci a CC 58,59: 1888 5 a ii ‘e a Ci 70,10( a 1889 6 ci cc a a 58,16( 1890 7 4( a Id a 90,501 1891 7 a a a a 78,131 1892 8 a a a a a 90,281 a 1893 7 a a a 59,671 <‘ a it iC CC 61,15 1894 7 a a 1895 7 CC a iC 67,74Y ei it ii Ci 1896 8 100,141 s 1897 8 a a a a 65, 90 a a ‘‘ a 1898 6 il 81,23, « a • a it CC 1899 7 108,021 a 1900 10 128,52!

‘‘ a ‘‘ 1901 11 «« 126,09' a a Ci a 154,87 1902 10 a 1903 10 a a a 98,66, 1904 11 93,404 (20,621 Red & Wh. Spr.) 10,315 30,529 154,86' • 1905 12 84,717 (14,598 Red & Wh. Spr.) 7,247 7,523 114,08 1906 14 86,394 20,138 16,867 (38,991 Plc.84Ch 162,42 1907 13 108,413 10,378 15,247 (25,217 PIL&Ch.) *159,25 1008 13 139,846 13,374 468 10,075 (45,404PL&CIL) 209,17

1909 12 87,901 11,727 742 12,249 (28,120Pk.&Ch ) 140,739 g 1910 12 187,246 9,546 239 11,531 13,473 222,035 1911 12 850 131,066 15,514 2,428 23,376 81,056 70 254,410 1912 12 850 92,498 19,332 4;501 39,835 97,588 504 254,258 1913 13 850 52,927 23,250 3,186 18,647 66,045 164,055 1914 13 850 130,166 . 11,529 211 16,378 71,021 8,329 237,634 1915 13 962 116,553 15,069 204 1,798 32,190 107,578 5,769 279,161 1916 14 868 60,923 18,372 2,561 3,743 47,409 73,029 17,121 223,158 1917 15 *788 65,760 13,586 2,609 1,883 38,450 148,319 21,516 292,219 1918 15 *889 123,322 16,013 6,828 4,994 . 38,750 161,727 22,573 374,216 1919 14 1,153 184,945 19,061 3,624 2,656 2,672 36,559 117,303 31,457 398,877 1920 15 954 90,869 37,403 2,198 3,123 1,218 18,068 177,679 3,834 334,392 1921 13 1,109 40,018 18,599 2,722 445 498 45,033 124,457 . 1,993 234,765 1922 13 1,091 100,615 7,080 5,591 1,805 1,050 24,673 203,555 17,668 362,055 1923 13 900 131,731 8,863 2,885 499 418 31,967 145,973 16,527 338,863 1924 13 941 144,732 9,511 1,361 1,301 214 26,907 181,338 25,603 390,967 d 'I

t1925 13 1,067 77,785 17,811 1,657 2,457 700 38,029 127,226 10,687 276,352 S 11925 81,149 19,185 1,657 2,603 713 39,168 130,083 74,308 348,866 aLgH

*Approximately. 'ffl NOTE. -Licenses issued 1923, 1924 and 1925 include transfers from other districts. S Non: re 1925 figures.-tPack of fish caught at Skeena River regardless where canned. t Pack at Skeena River regardless where caught. ZHI HONV

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cr) PACX OF CANNED SALMON FROM FISH CAUGHT AT RIVERS INLET AND SMITHS INLET, 1881 TO 1925 STATEMENT No. 4.

Number Varieties of Number of salmon licenses Sock- Red Pink White Blue- Steel- other than Year canneries issued eye Spring Spring Spring backs heads Cohoes Pinks Chums sockeye Totals operated packed at G.N. Troll. P.S. D.S. T.N. Smiths Inlet

1881 a 1 sockeye 5,635 1882 1 Particulars of varieties not available—practicallya a 1883 1 a 10,780 1884 2 a 20,383

1885 I

varieties not available—practically all sockeye 15,000 V 1886 1 Particulars of a a 1887 2 a 11,203 a a a id IZI 1888 2 a 20,000

CC CC if a ZN 2 CC .25,709 1880 CC if a a 2 a 32,961 1890 IC li if Ii it 1891 2 34,924 NV if if CC 1892 2 15,12f (I

It if a 2 a a 35,26( 1893 i f fi f 4 a a 811 1894 2 39,351 a a a CI a 58,571 11 1895 3 a a a a a 4 107,46E

1896 213

• 1 it if ic if 40,201 1897 6 CC ii if a a 104,711 W3 1898 6 IC a 4 C 1899 6 iC 71,071 a a if it a 1900 6 75,411 if a a CC ii 66,84( 1901 6 75,49i 1902 6 74,010 Other varieties. 1,479 I Particulars of varieties not available--practically all sockeye 75,53( 1903 5 101,97! 1904 5 101,542 (11 358 61 Red & Wh.Spr. 91,06, 1905 6 90;713 (351Red & Wh. Spr.) 132,871 1006 8 132,631 181 66 8 97,874 750 6,240 (700 Pk. 105,56, 1907 & Ch.)

1908 8 74,4521 1,254 9,505 (4,679 89,890 I Q k. Ch.) 1909 8 e 102,527 1,087 1,400 (300 Pk. 105,314 1910 8 dt Ch.) 141,021 383 2,075 19 144,398 1911 105,763 1,317 8,287 1912 6,411 5,288 127,066 8 129,217 1,452 468 11,095 11,723 4,843 158,798 1913 8 79,345 1,589 3,708 1914 *7 4,287 2,015 90,944 89,890 566 7,789 5,784 5,023 109,052 1915 162,651 1,022 7,115 1016 2,064 5,387 292 179,431 9 58,192 1,033 389 15,314 3,567 20,144 13,090 112,629 1017 10 815 75,326 715 102 9,124 8,065 16,101 4,325 113,758 1018 10 815 68,447 957 85 367 1918 12,074 29,542 6,729 10,736 128,937 66,842 957 85 367 12,074 29,542 6,729 /0,736 127,332 1019 11 916 73,754 967 234 241 2 0,038 1919 6,538 7,089 13,053 110,736 72,072 967 234 24/ 2 9,038 6,538 7,089 13,053 109,234 1920 19 1,044 142,793 1,537 81 109 2,922 26,189 1920 1,226 174,938 ESId 133,245 1,587 81 190 2,922 26,189 1,226 165,390 1921 10 1,215 50,849 386 44 4,055 3,055 173 58,562 1921 49,729 406 44 97 4,784 5,336 173 60,569 ggIUS 1922 16 1,191 68,818 216 69 38 82 1,145 24,311 311 94,990 1922 66,518 216 69 38 82 1,145 24,311 311 92,690 1923 16 1,172 118,502 230 256 113 1,526 10,057 1923 3,246 133,930 112,350 230 256 113 1,526 10,057 3,246 127,178 1924 16 963 91,764 215 261 149 32 1,886 15,103 NVM 4,908 114,318 '11925 11 1,127 201,186 344 311 116 • 10 4,887 7,675 11,501 226,030 $1925 170,581 215 311 57 4,866 8,625 11,477 196,132 HO

NOTE.-Figures shown in black are packs from fish caught at Rivers Inlet or Smiths Inlet. Figures in black for years previouato 1918 are actual packs. Figures shown in Italic, 1918 to 1924, are actual packs irrespective of where fish taken and not including fish shipped out for canning in other districts. *1914 figures include Rivers Inlet pack only, no figures being available for Smiths Inlet for that year. NoTE.-Re column "Varieties other than sockeye packed at Smiths Inlet." For the years this column is utilized, figures of the different varieties other than sockeye packed at Smiths Inlet were not available, and had to be shown as a total. Sockeye for these years are shown under their proper heading. NOTE.-Licenses issued 1923, 1924 and 1925 include transfers from other districts. Nurn re 1925 figures.-Pack of fish caught Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet regardless where canned. IIPack at Rivers Inlet and Smitlis Inlet regardless where caught.

PACK OF CANNED SALMON IN Tin FRASER RIVER DISTRICT-1876 TO 1925 STATEMENT No. 5

Number of salmon licenses issued Sockeye Red Pink White Blue- Steel- Cohoes Pinks Chums Totals Spring Spring Spring backs heads Troll

varieties not available-practically all sockeye. 0,847 1876 3 Particulars not available. Particularsi‘ of .‘ 1877 ‘i “ 64,387 di “ . “ 1878 • 105,101 it it it it it tt 50,490 1879 it it CC 1880 il it 42,155

it it i f 142,516 1881 . CC 1882 it CC it 199,104 M it it CC it 109,701 1883 Ii 1884 ii it i t 38,437 t:1- 4

ti CC . ii 89,617 1885 . ti 1886 CC 99,177 -›-1 • it - CC IC 130,088 tf, 1887 ' ti 1888 it 76,616

if CC it 303; 875 1889 ti Ci CC 241,889 1890 it CC it ti 178,954 ;.--:2;; 1891 iC it it it 79,715 1892 tl CC Ci 457,797- 1893 CC it CC 363,067 1894 it Ci it ' it 400,368 1895 CC if 356,984- 1896

if , it . Ci it it it 860,459 1897 35 ' it i( it if it it CC 256,101 1898 35 . If it it IC It , it ii 510,383 1899 41 it tt cc ii . cc cc 316,522 1000 48 3,832 Particulars not 990,313 available 327,095 1002 42 2,685 293,477 Other Varieties: 33,618 204,8091 (2,084: Red and White Spring) 25,728 4,504 237,125 1903 35 3,101 45,667 1,066 128,903 1904 23 2,224 72,688 (9,482: Red and White Spring)

1005 38 2,770 id 837,480 (5,507: Red and White Spring) 30,836 3,304 877,136 1 1906 24 1,746 183,007 6,503 1,020 34,413 (15,543 Pk.ezCh.) 240,486 1907 18 1,726 di et 59,815 3,448 557 35;766 (63;530 PkafrCh.) 163,116 1908 16 1,374 4e d i 63,126 1,427 18 24,108 (415P1c.&Ch.) 80,184 1909 38 2,688 .de 542,248 1,428 21,540 (1,987"k.eieh.) 567,203 1910 21 1,577 te d e 133,045 1,018 8,025 27,855 128 52,177 223,148 1911 15 1,396 it if 58,487 7,028 6,751 39,740 142,101 47,237 301,344 1912 15 1,430 2 108,784 14,655 8,373 38,574 . 574 12,961 173,921 1913 35 2,560 2 684,596 3,573 49 11,648 9,073 22,220 732,059 1914 20 2,656 185,483 9,485 14,000 38,639 6,057 74,726 328,390 1915 22 2,616 89,040 15,388 3,532 31 34,114 128,555 18,539 289,119 1016 21 2,240 27,304 11,096 9,217 3,096 33 24,580 840 30,184 106,440 1017 29 2,626 8 123,614 10,197 18,916 4,944 7 25,895 134,442 59,973 377,988 1918 13 1,582 19 16,849 15,192 579 24,274 3,760 635 40,111 18,388 86,215 206,003 1010 14 1,337 24 29,628 14,519 704 3,592 15,613 328 39,253 39,363 15,718 158,718 1920 11 1,288 28 44,598 19,961 2,188 2,204 4,488 34 22,034 12,830 23,884 132,860 1 1921 13 1,437 25 35,000 11,360 467 5,480 1,323 8 29,078 8,178 11,223 103,917

1022 10 1,296 17 48,744 10,561 2,433 3,867 812 5 23,587 29,578 17,895 137,482 VHS7. 1923 11 964 25 29,423 3,854 664 3,615 15 20,173 63,645 103,248 224,637 1024 "0 069 48 36,200 2,982 592 4,056 1,757 65 21,935 31,068 109,405 209,050 `ZnI, S 1025 101 069 50 31,523 7,335 873 25,482 5,107 45 36,717 99,800 66,111 272;993 irff No.-Licenses issued 1923, 1924 and 1025 include transfers from other districts. HONV

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STATEMENT No. 6 PACK OF CANNED SALMON OF PUGET.SOUND FROM 1887 TO 1925

Nunaberof Year canneries Spring Sockeye Cohoe Chum Pink Steel- Total operated , head

Particulars of varieties not available. 22,000 1887 " " . " 1888 4 21,975 1889 2 240 7,480 1,145 2,890 11,674 1890 1 1,000 3,000 4,000 8,000 1891 2 382 5,538 5,869 3,093 5,647 20,529 1892 2 86 2,954 7,206 16,180 26,426 1893 3 1,200 47,852 11,812 11,380 17,530 89,331 1894 3 41,781 22,418 22,152 9,049 95,400 1895 7 1,542 65,143 50,865 38,785 . 23,633 179,968 1896 11 13,495 72,979 82,640 26,550 195,664 1897 12 9,500 312,048 91,900 23,310 57,268 494,026 1898 18 11,200 252,000 98,600 38,400 400,200 1899 19 24,364 499,646 101,387 31,481 252,733 919,611 1900 19 22,350 229,800 128,200 89,100 469,450 1901 Particulars of innieties not available. 1,380,590 1902 21 30,049 372,301 85,817 93,492 581,659 1903 22 14,500 167,211 103,450 12,001 181,236 478,488 1904 13 14,441 109,264 118,127 49,656 291,488 1905 24 1,804 825,453 79,335 41,057 70,992 1,018,641 1906 16 8,139 178,748 94,497 149,218 430,602 1907 14 ' 1,814 93,122 119,372 50,249 433,423 698,080 1908 22 95,210 170,951 128,922 47,607 6,075 448,765 1909 11 13,019 1,097,904 143,133 53,688 370,993 1,632,949 1910 24 10,064 248,014 162,755 146,942 108 567,883 1911 15 21,823 127,761 256,124 104,321 1,046,992 1,557,029 1912 20 20,252 184,680 149,727 60,760. 700 416,125 1913 22 1,234 1,673,099 61,019 56,225 791,886 2,583,463 1914 31 26,044 335,230 151,893 278,801 892 792,860 1915 41 28,466 64,548 180,783 411,724 583,649 1,269,206 1916 32 37,030 84,637 155,832 427,878 1,887 707,278 1917 45 57,543 411,538 114,276 216,285 1,124,884 1,921,554 1918 32 63,366 50,723 235,860 267,538 6,605 106 624,198 1919 35 68,542 64,346 210,883 525,541 421,215 5,076 1,295,626 1920 11 25,846 62,654 24,502 48,849 4,669 166,520 1921 23 25,567 102,967 89,412 30,831 404,713 653,490 1922 16 20,615 48566 111,711 65-,552 2,225 248,729 1923 18 15,777 47,402 122,000 97,081 475,849 29 758,138 1924 12 19,968 69,369 87,879 134,399 5,945 128 317,649 1925 23 28,268 106,064 171,587 41,635 555,848 141 903,543

STATEMENT No. 7 STATEMENT OF HALIBUT LANDINGS-BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1913 TO 1925 Cwta. 1913 223,465 1914 214,444 1915 194,896 1916 123,062 1917 113,529 1918 186,229 - 1919 210,777 1920 238,770 1921 325,868 1922 293,184 1923 334,667 1924 331,382 1925 318,240

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STATEMENT OF DRY SALT HERRING PACKS, 1918 TO 1925 STATEMENT No. 8

District District District No. 3 Year No. 1 No. 2 Total East Coast West Coast Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. Cwts. 1918 20,000 Nil 109,900 42,710 172,610 1919 4,000 Nil 43,000 208,058 255,058 1920 807 1 176,640 334,720 512,168 1921 249 Nil 231,240 248,482 479,971 1922 Nil Nil 297,871 224,897 522,768 1923 Nil 8,935 250,420 484,681 744,036 1924 Nil Nil 305,266 548,277 853,543 1925 Nil 4,120 487,892 591,162 1,083,174

STATEMENT No. 9 STATEMENT OF WHALES LANDED AT WHALING ESTABLISHMENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA DTJRING 1925

Rose Naden Species Kyuquot Harbour Harbour Total Plant Plant Plant

Sperm 3 51 22 76 Fin 35 57 43 135 Hump 8 23 9 40 Sei 35 30 3 68 Sulphur 13 16 29 Bottlenose 1 2 3 Totals 82 176 93 351

STATEMENT SHOWING INCREASE OR DECREASE IN LICENSES ISSUED IN 1925 OVER LICENSES ISSUED IN 1921 AND 1922, BRITISH COLUMBIA STATEMENT • No. 10.

Licenses issued, Increase over Decrease frora Totals ' 1925 1922 1922 all kinds Variety of License Area Net Net Whites Indians Japs. Total Whites Indians Japs. Whites Indians Japs. in- de- crease crease

Salmon gill-net ' Whole province 1,963 1,247 1,015 4,225 493 215 974 266 Percentage 33 • 5 20.8 48.9 5.9 ii District No. 1 485 39 445 9139 95 5 427 327 • Percentage 24 •4 14.7 48.9 ...... 25.2

ii District No. 2- Naas River 12 117 81 210 3 20 '77 94 Percentage 2.6 62.5 48.7 30.9 di Skeena River 339 401 327 1,067 180 111 315 24 > 1 49.1 2.2 Percentage 113.2 38.3 •

ii Rivers Inlet 643 403 81 1,127 76 64 76 64 , and Smiths Inlet Percentage • 13.4 13 • 7 48.4 5.4 It-=1

id Outlying 278 128 56 462 43 49 55 37 Percentage 18.3 62- 0 49.5 8.7

ii 145 Total District No. 2 1,272 1,049 545 2,866 279 99 523 Percentage 28.1 10.4 48.9 4.8

ti 24 206 District No. 3 206 159 25 390 119 Ill Percentage 136.8 231.3 48.9 111.9 Boat Whole province 123 12 82 217 46 6 83 31 Percentage 59.7 100.0 50.3 12- 5 65 Buyers Whole province 41 20 61 44 21 Percentage 51.8 51 • 2 51.6 MOB

Salmon trolling Whole province 1,091 539 191 1,821 482 200 313 369 Percentage 79.1 58.9 62.1 25.4 It District No. 1 50 50 26 25 Percentage. 108.3 100 •0 100.0 di District No. 2.. 328 182 510 104 49 148 Percentage.... 46.4 36.9 100.0 40.9 District No. 3— East Coast... 503 103 80 686 265 38 113 job Percentage.. 111.3 58.4 58.5 38.3 if West Coast 210 25.4 111. 575 87 114 195 6 Percentage 70 • 7 81.4 63.7 1.1 é g Total District No. 3 713 357 191 1,261 352 152 308 196 Percentage 97.5 74.1 61.7 18.4 Id

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SALMON GILL-NET LICENSES, STATEDIENT No. 11. SJIMES DISTRICT NO. 2 USING POWER BOATS . 18 1:

Division White Indian Japanese Total NV HO Naas 1 8 9 Skeena 48 16 64 Central 1 7 8 Bella Coola 9 3 12 Rivres Inlet 95 9 6 110 Smiths Inlet 38 1 39 Total 192 44 6 • 242

Nous. —Four of the licensees with power boats fished at both Rivers Inlet und at the C,cntral Division.

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SUMMARY—BRITISH COLUMBIA—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF LICENSES ISSUED, SEASON 1922-1925, AS AT DECEMBER 31, 1925 STATEMENT No. 12.

Season 1922 Season 1923 Season 1924 Season 1925 Whites Inds. Jails. Total Whites Indians laps. Totals Whites Indians laps. Totals Whites Indians laps. Totals

• .ri • Ix • mi • • -cl ' 11111d111d1,g1d11 3 3 3 5 P3 3 ■ 21 i4 ,Y22 2» Ft'I 2 F7 i 2 2 2 2, ei e Et,

Salmon Cannery. - 04 ...... ... 94 61 .... ...... .... ...... 61 .... 62 ...... • •• • ...... • - • • 02 .... 67 .... ...... .... ...... 67 .... Salmon Drag-some 36 36 31 . , 31 30 2 32 28 9 37 .... Salmon Curing 52 9 61 44 .... ...... .... 5 49 .... 55 1 ...... .... 5 .... 60 1 62 .... ...... .... 4 66 .... Salmon Gillnet 1,470 1,032 1,989 1,491 1,468 187 1,094 27 1,193 3,755 214 1,335 108 1,015 29 1,179 .... 3,559 127 1,676 287 1,196 52 1,015 3,887 339

Salmon Purse-seine 143 143 192 29 2 I 194 29 191 15 36 227 15 242 27 60 1 302 28 41

Salmon Tt•apnet 4 4 6 6 6 0 19 19 .... T1 Salmon Trolling 743 438 332 1,513 698 1 499 .... 249 1,446 1 773 3 552 .... 225 .... 1,550 3 1,073 17 539 .... 191 1,803 17 Boat (Buyers') 77 6 165 248 84 .... 8 .... 96 188 .... 88 .... 12 .... 101 .... 201 . ,.. 122 .... 12 .... 83 217 .... 2IT Buyers' 85 dl 126 168 .... 8 .... 25 201 .... 51 .... ...... .... 25 .... 76 .... 41 .... ...... .... 20 61 .... Assistant Salmon Seine 342 539 881 .... 322 9 926 .... ...... .... 948 9 521 .... 704 .... ...... 1,285 .... NI Captain Salmon Seine 49 52 38 139 28 30 58 . 52 2 122 174 2 75 147 222 .... ff

Assistant Salmon Gillnet 121 .... 343 .... 528 992 .... 149 1 323 .... 535 .... 1,007 1 180 1 373 .... 510 1,003 1 V Experimental Salmon Cannery 2 2 . N

Pilchard and Herring Cannery... 2 2 4 4 . 3 . 3 .... 3 .... ...... ... ' .. . 3 .... (I Herring Curing 12 10 22 23 6 20 . 22 . 5 .... 27 .... 25 .... ...... 5 30 ....

Herring Drag-seine , 3 .... ...... .... .... 3 .... 3 .... ...... .... .... .... 3 .... 1 .... ...... .... ...... 1 .... LI I

Herring Gillnet 19 19 38 21 11 32 . 29 . 11 . 40 . 22 10 32 .... S Herring Purse-seine 24 5 29 37 .... ..... .... 3 40 .... 35 .... ... . .... 3 .... 38 .... 46 .... .... .... 3 52 .... I Captain Herring Seine 1 IW Abalone Cannery 1 1 I .... ...... .... ...... .... 1 .... 1 .... ...... .... ...... 1 .... Abalone Fishery 2 2 1 . Cod and Rock Cod Gillnet 34 1 100 135 24 02 86 . 25 . 27 15 62 .... 33 .... 8 .... 3071 .... SffIZ Cod Hook and Lino 60 .... 8 .... 304 378 .... 115 .... 15 .... 183 .... 313 .... 147 1 14 .... 157 318 1 Crab Fishety 88 5 6 99 102 .... 19 .... 3 124 .... 122 .... ...... .... 4 .... 126 .... 127 3 1 .... 2 130 3 Grayfish Gillnet 31 89 120 15 .... . . 25 40 .... 12 .... ...... .... 30 .... 42 .... 15 .... 1 .... 16 32 .... Grayfish Hook and Lino 11 . ..... 3 ... . 33 47 . 42 . 101 12 143 12 53 .... 4 .... 76 1.33 .... Miscellaneous Cannery 1 . Reduction Works 4 4 4 .... ...... .... ...... 4 .... 7 .... ...... .... ...... .... 7 .... 20 .... ...... .... ...... 20 .... Shellfish Cannery 9 9 12 . 12 . 16 . 10 .... 6 .... ..... .... ..... 6 .... Smelt Drag-seine 13 Smelt Gillnet 6 27 33 11 . 16 27 . 8 . 16 . 24 , 7 . 14 21 .... Smelt Purse-seine 2 2 2 .... ...... .... ...... 2 .... 6 .... ..... .. .. , ...... 0 .... 3 .... ...... .... ...... 3 .... Sturgeon 3 3 2 . 2..., 4 . • 2 • .. 1 .... .... : . .... ...... 1 .... Whale Cannery 1 . 1 .... ..... , .... ...... .... ...... .... ..... : ,... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... Whale Factory .1 2 3 ...... 3 . 3 • 3 . Grayfish Drag-seine 1 1 ..... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... Grayfish Purse-seine 1 1 1 . Grayfish Weir 1 1 Grnunrifish I)rne.seine 10 2 12 G. 1 7 .... ' 14 .... 1 ..- i.... 10 .... 20.... ...... .... ...... 20....

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Groundfish Gillnet 1 Grouncilish Trawl 26 34 60 32 20 52 10 21 40 • 19 19 3s Herring and PorchProspecting 1 1 Octopus 1 1 Oolichan 16 1 2 19 17 2 1 20 12 2 1 15 14 2 1 17 Perch Dreg-seine 13 7 20 15 o 21 13 2 15 25 2 27 Perch Gillnet 6 7 13 6 6 12 5 o 11 7 5 12 Perch Trawl 1 7 8 3 4 1 1 Rock Cod Trawl 9 0 1 2 1 Perch Trap 1 1 Rock Cod Drag-seine 2 Sand Lance • 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 . 1 1 Sea Egg 1 1 ShrimP 11 20 40 15 21 36 . • 21 30 .' ' 8 17 25 Trapang 1 1 1 1

Angling Permits 511 1 11 521 4 1 5 " • • 7 20 Totals 3,115 1,5¢5 2,9331 7,5931 3,717 217 2,571 27 2,627 8,915 244 3,678 139 2,750 23 2,525 12 8,053 180 4,785 333 3,146 53 2,100 10;121 389

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NOTE.—(1) Figures in columns "Issued"—indicate actual licenses issued. RS

(2) Figures in columns "Trans."—indicate number of licenses transferred from one district to another. H

(3) Previous to 1923 transfers of licenses from one district to another were not allowed. Commencing with 1923 such transfers wero permitted to Whites and Indians only, and as U it is considered that if such were not permitted licenses in their places would have been issued, figures of transfers are shown above in columns provided. (4) Tho headings "Whites" and "laps." refer to British subjects. T Sal UE LIONV

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APPENDIX 2 REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF MARINE BIOLOGICAL BOARD FOR 1925 By J. J. COWIE, Secretary-Treasurer The board is charged with the control of the various Biological stations and the investigations undertaken thereat. It meets once a year at Ottawa, and at such places and times as may be found absolutely necessary for the carrying on of the work of the board. A committee called the Executive Committee is charged with the supervision and carrying out of the undertakings involved in the policies formulated by the board. A sub-executive on the Atlantic, and another on the Pacific coast, has immediate supervision, under the executive committee, of the local activities of the board's staff of workers at the stations.

BIOLOGICAL STATION AT ST. ANDREWS, N.B. The Station at St. Andrews, N.B., provided accommodation or field facilities during the season of 1925 for twenty-seven investigators, who continued their investigations during the following winter at their respective universities. There were from the various universities the following numbers of investigators: Western (London), three; _Toronto, eight; Queen's (Kingston), four; one; McGill (Montreal), four; New Brunswick (Fredericton), two; Montreal, . St. Francis Xavier (Antigonish), one; Dalhousie (Halifax), three; and Man- chester (England), one. The subjects investigated were as follows: abnormal development of fish eggs, lethal temperatures of various organs in fishes, algae of Passamaquoddy bay, factors for diatom maxima, life history of cod, ecology of periwinkle, effect of light on marine crustacea, lethal temperatures for molluscs, culture of entomostraca, temperature needs for oyster development, chemistry of haddock muscle, effect of light on growth of algae, temperature and salinity needs for mackerel development, biological interpretation of fisheries statistics, rigor mortis of fish muscle, digestion in Cladocera, lactic acid in fish muscle, blood sugar levels in certain fishes, physiology of the spleen and other organs in fishes, temperature behaviour of connective tissue of fishes, hydrography of Halifax and St. Andrews regions, copepods in the food cycle of the sea, life- history of the shad, physical requirements of the shipworm (in co-operation with National Research Council), character of Mackerel schools. A survey was made of the ,Caraquet oyster-beds, und a general biological survey of Halifax harbour, including Bedford basin. A start was made with the program for the tagging of cod, haddock, and mackerel. Certain laboratory, facilities were provided for collectors of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, and laboratory accommodation and facilities were provided for Dr. L. H. Almy of the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry for an investlgation of the " rotting " of " feedy " sardines. The U.S. Bureau of Fisheries gave Dr. A. H. Leim, Assistant Director of Atlantic Biological Station, facilities at Gloucester, Mas- sachusetts, for a study of the physical needs for the development of cod, haddock and pollock. The following is a list of the Investigators who worked at the station, and the problems tackled by each:— Miss H. I. Battle, Western University: Abnormal development of eggs; comparative lethal temperatures of fish tissues. H. P. Bell, Dalhousie University: Distribution of Algae. FISHERIES BI?ANCH Miss V. M. Davidson, Toronto University: Medusae in relation to Diatom Production. G. L. Duff, Toronto University: Life History of Cod.

•A. H. Gee; Toronto University: Journalistic Articles on Work of Stations. J. H. Harvey, Toronto University: Effect of Sunlight on Marine Animals. R. V. Hayes, Dalhousie University: Ecological Relationships of Periwinkles. Miss J: T. Henderson, McGill University: Comparative lethal temperatures of Bivalve Mollusks. A. B. Klugh, Queen's University: Culture of Cladocera and experiments in measuring light. T. Kurata, Royal Ontario Museum: Preparation of Museum Material. - L. J. Laporte, Montreal University: Oyster Studies. A. H. Leim: Investigation of Chamcook Lake. F. J. Logan, McGill University: The Proteins of Fish Muscle. S. G. Logier, Royal Ontario Museum: Preparation of Museum Material. J. R. Martin, Queen's University: Light Intensity and the Growth of Algae. R. H. M'Gonigle, Toronto University: Limiting Factors for Larvae of Bivalve Molluscs. Miss J. R. Pantem, Toronto University: Rigor Mortis of Fish Muscle. G. R. Rankin, Queen's University: Physiology of Cladocera. A. D. Ritchie, -Manchester University: Lactic Acid in Fish Muscle. W. W. Simpson, Toronto University: Blood Sugar in Fishes in Relation to the Action of Insulin. J. Tait, McGill University: -Heat Contraction of Fish Connective Tissue, Structure and Function of Fish Spleen.

EXPERIMENTAL STATION AT HALIFAX The Atlantic Experimental Station for Fisheries was established at Hali- fax, N.S., in the spring of 1925, on a portion of the King's wharf, made available by the Department of Militia and Defence. Old buildings were con- verted for the purpose of the station so as to furnish experiment, work and demonstration rooms, biochemical, bacteriological, and special laboratories, library, offices, and board room in the main building, and a smoke-house in one of the out-buildings. Committees were formed of men in the fishing industry and of representatives of Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Technical College as follows: a general advisory committee, a committee on the smoking of fish, a committee on fish refrigeration. On the educational side there have -been the following: Publication of a bulletin on the prevention of blackening in lobster canning. Preparation of bulletins on the processing of dried fish and on the smoking of fish. Addresses by the Director in Halifax, Moncton, Yarmouth, Lunenburg, Liverpool, and Canso. Answering of queries concerning methods of fish curing. Collection of data on present methods in the fishing industry. Public exhibit in Halifax of foreign and domestic cures of dried fish. Scientific and practical course for hatchery officers held at Truro, N.S., under the Chairman of the Board as Acting Educator. Technical service was furnished the industry in the following directions: effect of icing on subsequent drying of fish, comparative deliquescence of various grades of salt; analyses of fish meal. On the experimental side the station was asked by the General Advisory Committee to take up the subject of the smoking of fish. Six experienced investigators were employed during the summer of 1925 and two of these were continued during the following winter season. In addition to general experi- Mentation in smoking, special attempts were made to ascertain the scientific principles on which the successful preparation of smoked fish under varying 78 'MARINE AND FISHERIES local or atmospheric conditions could be based. In this connection the following reports have been prepared. Experiments on the production and the chemistry of wood smoke, in connection with the fish smoking industry, by J. A. Dauphinee, M.A. Investigation into the tensile strength of fish muscle before and after treatment, by J. C. Forbes, Ph.D. Effect of smoke on the tensile strength of fish muscle, by J. C. Forbes and J. A. Dauphinee. Influence of smoke and its constituents on the bacteria in the smoke- curing of fish, by Ernest Hess, M.A. - The Micro-organisms responsible for the spoiling of fish muscle, by A. H. Gee, M.A., Ph.D. Protein changes in pickled and smoked fish, by N. B. Dreyer, B.A. Other reports are in preparation. These investigations have among other things brought out the following. The sheen desired in .smoked fish is an extreme example of case hardening through rapid surface drying, a thin skin about one-four-hundredths of an inch in thickness being formed. The drying cannot be too rapid for this. Early smoking affects unfavourably the smoothing of the surface of the skin, and late smoking ensures its permanence. The strength of the fish to stand handling and to keep from dropping when hung is improved by brining, by drying, and by the application of smoke. Weak acid emphasizes the action of brining, but, when alone, acid is objectionable in this regard. The substance in smoke, that is important for strengthening the fish is formaldehyde. Both brining and smoking give the final product longer life, that is better keeping qualities. This is through the disinfectant action of the salt and certain constituents of the smoke on the bacteria of spoilage. This disinfectant action is continued for a time after the fish are removed from the smoke. The principle substance in the smoke for disinfectant action is formaldehyde. The yellow or amber colour of the smoked fish is due to an oxidation-product of pyrogallol, which is present in the smoke. Smoke from wood heated away from air is very ineffective in colouring the fish. The colour is enhanced by previous treatment of the surface of the fish with a weak alkali by the •presence of formaldehyde, and by exposure of the fish to air for some hours subsequently to smoking. Formaldehyde applied in the form of vapour acts on the fish, so as to give, after cooking, a definite and agreeable flavour. Smoke from wood heated away from air gives a distinctly disagreeable flavour to the fish. Increase in the amount of air reaching the heated wood results in a decrease in the amount of acetic acid and an increase in the amount of fornaaldehyde in the smoke. Experiments in the development Of an economical commercial quick freezer for fish have been continued. These have demonstrated that a comparatively cheap and very effective apparatus for brine-freezing fish can be connected up satisfactorily with the brine-system of an ammonia refrigerating plant. In previous experiments an efficient salt and ice apparatus had been developed. The station has been in receipt of considerable assistance and courtesy from various men and firms in the fishing industry, and from Dalhousie Univer- sity and the Nova Scotia Technical College, as well as from various member:3 of their staffs. BIOLOGICAL STATION AT NANAIMO, B.C. Special attention was given to the collection and naming of all marine animais and plants of the coast and studies of their life histories, distribution, etc. This information must form the basis of experimental and economic work. Drs. O'Donoghue, University of Manitoba, and Fraser, University of British Columbia, have ca,rried this work forward as well as Mrs. Berkeley, Messrs. Wailes, Cornwall and Fee. FISHERIES BRANCH 79 Work in marine bacteriology has been commenced by Mr. Berkeley. Biochemical studies of fish, clams and crabs have been carried on by Dr. Collip, University of Alberta, and his assistant Dr. Clark. Studies of the anatomy of fish and other forms have been made by Dr. O'Donoghue, Dr. Craigie, Mr. Bolton and Miss Mather. Scale studies of sockeye sahnon have been carried out by Dr. Clemens, partly in association with the Department of Fisheries of British Columbia. A comprehensive study of the life-history of the ling cod and the eCono- mic phases of the fishery is being conducted by Mr. Wilby of the University of British Columbia. A considerable amount of data is being collected relating to the life histories of herring and salmon. A continuous. record of temperatures, specific gravities and hydrogen-ion concentrations is being obtained at Departure bay and of temperatures at William head, near Victoria. (It is planned to commence extensive ocean- ographical studies this year. .This will include the collection of temperature records, salinities, etc., along the coast and quantitative samples of plankton microscopic plants and animals.) All this information is necessary in studies of fish distribution and movements and in connection with problems connected with the propagation and conservation of such animals as Qrabs, oysters and clams. The Biological Board is co-operating with the international Fisheries Com- mission which is studying the problem .of the conservation of the Pacific halibut. The board is also taking an active part in the international Pacific Salmon Investigation Federation which has as one of its main objects the co-ordination of scientific studies of the various species of Pacific salmon.

LIST OF WORKERS Mrs. C. Berkeley, Nanaimo: Systematic and distributional study of polychast worms. Miss Alfreda Berkeley, Nanaimo: Systematic and distributional study of Ophiarans. Mr. L. L. Bolton, University of Toronto: Anatomy of the digestive tracts of fish. Dr. E. P. Clark, University of Alberta: Calcium metabolism in various species of fish, crabs and mollusks. Dr. J. B. Collip, University of Alberta: Calcium metabolism in various species of fish, crabs and mollusks. Rev. Robert Connell, Victoria: Systematic and distributional study of sea weeds. Dr. E. H. Craigie, University of Toronto: The vascularity of the brain of the dogfish and the sex ratios among fish. Dr. Francis E. Lloyd, McGill University: Fluerescence in algae. Miss Vera Mather, University of B.C.: Comparative study of the endestyle and thyroid in. Ascidia and lampreys and a study of the musculature of the branchial apparatus of lampreys. Dr. C. H. O'Donoghue, University of Manitoba: Systematic and distributional studies of mudibranchs, Bryozoa and crabs. Mrs. C. H. O'Donoghue, Winnipeg: Systematic and developmental studies of Bryozoa and a systeniatic study of crabs. Mr. G. Van Wilby, University of B.C.: Life-history of the ling cod and _ economic aspects of the ling cod fishery. 80 MARINE A-ND FISHERIES

• EiXPERIMtNTAL STATION, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Fish Refrigeratictn.—Mr. D. B. Finn, B.Sc., in charge. Carried out researches on Atlantic coast-for about four months. Visited refrigeration plants on Atlantic coast, Montreal, Port Dover, Winnipeg and Vancouver. Has established teraporary quarters at Prince Rupert, pending erection of station build- ingand will carry out experimental work in plant at Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Company, at Prince Rupert. Mr. Roger Reid, B.Sc., assistant, in fish refrigeration, has prepared bibliography on refrigeration. Fish Oils.—Mr. H. Brocklesby, University of Manitoba has been studying fish oils, especially that of dogfish livers and will spend next summer on Pacific coast. Salmon illovements.—Dr. H. C. Williamson in charge. Tagged spring salmon during period of six weeks off west coast of Vancouver island. Results showed southerly movement of these fish to Fraser river, Puget sound, Colum- bia river and a few to Sacramento river, California. Tagged spring salmon off west coast of Queen Charlotte islands over period of about four weeks. Result showed generally southerly movement to Fraser river, Puget sound and Columbia river, but a few went eastward to the Skeena. Tagged sockeye salmon at Wales Island near Alaskan-Canadian boundary. Results showed majority of these fish went to Naas river, some southward into Skeena river and some northward into Alaskan waters. Tagged sockeye salmon near Seymour Narrows east coast of Vancouver island. Results showed that practically all these fish went to -the Fraser river and thus definitely established that a portion of the Fraser river run comes in from the sea around the north end of Vancouver island. Dr. Williamson will continue the salmon tagging work nex-t year and will tag throughout the fishing season on the west coast of Vancouver island. Sockeye Salmon Races.—Dr. Williamson has been making a special detailed study of the races of sockeye salmon occurring in the Fraser river. Next summer it is planned to carry out special studies of clams, crabs and oysters on Pacific coast.

FISH CULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS In view of the doubts publicly expressed as to whether the results from artificial fish culture were such as to justify the expenditures being made on that service, the department in the end of the year 1924 asked the board for some authoritative opinion thereon. The board at a special meeting carefully considered the matter and came to the conclusion that there is at the present time insufficient knowledge to enable it to say that the present fish cultural work of the department is or is not justified by economic results; that a thorough scientific investigation be immediately commenced covering a period of years to furnish the basis of knowledge for economically successful artificial fish propagation; that pending these investigations the Department give more attention to assisting the natural propagation, and that the existing hatcheries be maintained so far as in the opinion of the department they may be justified. The board was, therefore, authorized to formulate plans for such investigation and to go ahead with it. Consequently, in the spring of 1925 a Research Com- mittee of the board was formed for this purpose. The Research Committee considered that two courses were open. The first to do away with the present system of artificial propagation and build up a rational practice based strictly upon investigation and experience. The alternative to continue the present system and steadily modify it on the basis of investigation and experience. This FISHERIES BRANCH 81 latter course has been adopted, and is to be continued until it shows sufficient promise of success. With this end in view, the Research Committee has in hand intensive investigations at Cultus lake, B.C., which will ultimately determine the results from artificial propagation of sockeye as compared with natural propagation of that species of salmon. With the same end in view, investigations are going on in Eastern Canada with a view to determining the value of the artificial propagation of trout. In addition to these investigations during 1925. the Research Committee carried on investigations in the Jasper Park lakes and other lakes of the West.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION • During the first half of August, 1925, the board provided a course of instruction for fish hatchery officers of Eastern Canada. The course was held at Truro, N.S., under the direction of Dr. A. P. Knight, Chairman of the Board. Those assisting him were Professor Barteaux, of Truro Agricultural College; Professor Harlow, Truro Agricultural College; Mr. George Jeffers and Mr. H. C. White, employees of the board. Thirteen of the hatchery superintendents attended the course. The principle on which the program of study was made up was the same as that followed in scientific schools and universities, viz., that the teaching of physics and chemistry- should precede the teaching of the other natural sciences, because a knowledge of physics and chemistry forms the necessary foundation for a knowledge of the other sciences. Besides elementary physics and chemistry, parts of biology and fish culture were also taught. The biology was limited to a brief outline of the anatomy and physiology of the trout. The fish culture was limited to a study of limnology, or that science which treats of ponds, lakes, brooks and rivers, and the substances for fish and fry which are found in them.

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APPENDIX 3 OBSERVATIONS ON THE AMERICAN LOBSTER (Homarus Americanus} By Mr. ANDREW HALKETT, Naturalist Early in the present year Mr. J. J. Cowie recommended that during the lobster fishing season in the portion of the strait of Northumberland where large lobsters known as " jumbos " are brought to the canneries I should be instructed to investigate into the matter from the viewpoint of the value of those large lobsters as reproducers. On the strength of his recommendation I was notified to undertake the work, and therefore gave it close and varied attention. There was no wa,y, however, owing to promiscuous circumstances attending the bringing in of the lobsters to the canneries or in their being passed on to the boilers, for me t,o pursue a regular systematic course of investigation and I was, therefore, subject to whatever opportunities presented themselves when visiting the canneries or in seeing lobsters where for the time being they were moored in crates. Nevertheless by persistently observing whatever was on hand to observe; I ascertained to the satisfaction of my own mind that the taking of those mature and full grown lobsters is a detriment and injury to the welfare of the industry. In fact I concur in the judgMent of intelligent and experienced canners that no lobsters over 13 inches should be allowed to be taken. The canners, as a rule, do not want large lobsters, let alone so called " jumbos " as they entail loss to the industry. A manager of a cannery told me that the expenses for one season for large lobsters stood 25 per cent. Earlier in the season I saw at Cote Ste. Anne a boiled lobster, 16 inches, 8i pounds when alive, 8 pounds when boiled, for which the manager paid $1.06, and which he did not want. The trouble is with the fishermen who are blind to their own interests. There are fishermen who say that the great big overgrown, covered-with- barnacles, lobsters are males, and in that assertion, if taken by itself, there is a measure of truth in what they say. But such fishermen do not look further nor get anywhere near what is involved in destroying mature, reproducing lobsters, whether males or females, and the-se valuable lobsters, irrespective of sex, may, on account of their size, well be termed the real reproducers. The story is therefore not all told when fishermen speak as they do. Well do I know beforehand on hearing that there is a big "jumbo ", with enormous claws and all covered with barnacles upon its coarse, rugged shell, to be shown, that I am going to see a male. But these are merely secondary matters, mascu- line lobster characteristics. But there are corresponding feminine characteristics. A large female lobster is not tempered as coarsely as a male, and does not present as formidable an appearance. It is perfectly true that there are far more enormous males than there are enormous females, in my recent observations the percentage was about 8n in the former and about 121- in the latter in about 60 large lobsters, but as is known from past determinations the percentage of the sexes stands about 50 to 50, so that the large females, although as a rule, not attaining to the huge dimensions of the males are equall-y as valuable as reproducers. Something more direct may tend to show this. I came across a female 18;4 inches, 8 pounds, which had a new, still pliable shell. Practically there was little or no meat in this lobster, and its value lay in the eggs that would have been. But this lobster was for the boiler. FISHERIES BRANCH 83 Another female, 144 inches, 4 pounds, showed indications of being ready to extrude her eggs, and had long hairs for the purpose on the swimmerets; and another, 14 inches, 3?: pounds, had a new shell, with only one claw, and there were indications that eggs would soon have been extruded. Another female 16 inches, 5 pounds, had a new pliable shell and little or no meat. These instances I produce to show the waste that is going on, and there are many such. The value of the " jumbo " males lies in the enormous number of sperms -which they possess. These were magnified and compared with the sperms of an 8à inch male and a 10* inch male, and the sperms of all three were essentially the same, the vital difference in the " jumbos " being that the number of sperms were, owing to their. greater size, enormously greater. In any sized lobster the sperms under the microscope can be seen in great masses, in plate II, figure 10, I have spread a few of them out so as to convey an idea of their shape and apparent size when magnified 500 diameters. The investigations were made at Cape Spear, Cape Tormentine, Borden, and Point Traverse. On the New Brunswick side of the strait Overseer Prescott greatly facilitated my work through having attended to preliminaries against my arrival in his district, and helped me much when I was in it. On the Prince Edward Island side Inspector Gallant and Overseer Square- briggs facilitated my work greely. Inspector Gallant was with me during one whole day, when as eveuthing was fa-vourable much information was gained. I have also to express indebtedness to managers at canneries who courteously gave me every acCess in examining lobsters, in having them retained for me until examined, and in other respects aided me besides. There is one question that I can hardly deal with. It concerns the .dimensions of the entrance spaces to the traps. Canners seem to be averse to having any change in that respect, and emphasize that a regulation should simply prohibit the bringing in of lobsters of sizes as determined by law. • hey seem to maintain that a smaller entrance space, to be enforced, might only lead to complications, but they seem to be as a rule desirous to have the large lobsters conserved and that to bring them in should be strictly prohibited. While at Cape Tormentine I received a telegram from the Department to go to Charlottetown to deliver an address before a Lobster Packers' meeting. The address was given ex-temporarily as I had no time to prepare a paper, and seemed to be well received. The maps (represented in blue-prints) and a facsimile of Mr. Watson's graph are by Mr. C. C. Bruce, Chief Engineer of the Fisheries, the tabulations were prepared from my manuscripts under his supervision, and the plates with their figures (represented in blue-prints) are my own.

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APPENDIX 4 REPORT ON FISHWAYS AND REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS, BY CHAS. BRUCE, FISHERIES ENGINEER The following report furnishes in detail information regarding inspections, construction of fishways and removal of obstructions to the ascent of fish.

NOVA SCOTIA 1. rusket River, Yarmouth _Light and Power Company, Limited.—As intimated in the previous annual report, extensive modifications to the power dam were carried out during the last year, thus rendering the fishway, which had only recently been completed, ineffective. An inspection and survey of requirements for modifying the fishway were made and plans for the completion thereon served on the company. 2. Salmon River, Yarmouth County.— (a) A dam owned by Samuel Durkee, Pleasant Valley, Yarmouth county, was inspected and information secured for the design of a fishway therein. (b) A dam owned by Parker Eakins Sr, Company was inspected and information secured for the design of a fishway therein. 3. Clyde River, Shelburne County.—The fishway constructed in 1924 by the Clyde Pulp Company, Limited, at Queens was inspected and found to be in good order. The diversion of practically the entire discharge of the river through the power canal to the pulp mill at critical periods during the ascent of salmon and sea trout proves the most serious obstacle to the entire success of this fishway. 4. Broad River, Queens County.—An inspection of a fishway in a small dam at the mouth of this river was made and suggested alterations to improve the passage for fish discussed with the owner, who agreed to carry out the necessary work. Broad river has a fair run of sea trout entering it, which makes an adequate fishway desirable. 5. Mersey River, Queens County.—In view of the fact that there was in prospect extensive development on this river, including the construction of paper and pulp mills, information was sought as to the possible effect of such development on the fisheries. While nothing definite could be learned owing to the uncertainty at the time as to. just what form development of the water-power might take, it seemed reasonably certain that provision for the ascent of salmon could be made. 6. Medway River, Queens County.—Owing to the fact that it was very difficult for alewives to ascend the fish-way through the pulp mill dam at Salter's Falls, particularly at high water, and that numbers of them were being killed, it was decided to make certain modifications. A survey revealed that it would be impossible to accomplish the desired results by using the existing fishway, owing to excessive grade. It was accordingly necessary to reroute the fishway entirely, the work involving extensive blasting and concrete construction. As this work was an alteration to an existing fishway, which had been built by the owners of the dam, it was done by the department under subsection 4 of section 31 of the Fisheries Act at a cost of $505.49. 7. Branch Brook, Lunenburg County.—Representations having been made that this brook should be cleared for the passage of alewives, an inspection was FISHERIES BRANCH 85 made. The brook was found to be of very little importance and small in volume. As it would have required probably $300 to make it reasonably passable, in addition to the fact that the owner of the small dam located on it would have to build a fishway, it was not considered advisable to incur any expenditure. 8. LaHave River, Lunenburg County.—The two fishways in dams on tbis river immediately above tide water were inspected and found to be effective. Last year the fishway in the second dam was block.ed by the logging operations and notice was served that such would not be permitted in future unless an adequate fishway were provided. As the main LaHave is obstructed by a falls and two dams below NeW Ger- many, the falls being practically insurmountable, it was decided to direct attention to the north branch which enters the main river below these falls. The following obstructions on this branch were inspected and information obtained whereby fishways could be built, viz:— (a) Dam owned by Fred DeLong. (b) Dam owned by Messrs. Rhuben Keddy, Wm. Caldwell, Daniel Veniot, Rufus Feindel and Amos Ernst. (c) Indian Falls, a natural falls the total height, of which is about 20 feet. (d) Dam .owned by Hulbert Millbury. 9. East River, Lunenburg County.—Falls or rapids on this river which prevented ascent of salmon, except during high water, were inspected. Work which included blasting to confine the'llow of water into a narrow defined channel was done at a cost of $115.51. The fishway in the Chester Light and Power Company's dam on this river was inspected and directions given the manager for certain modifications to make it more effective. 10. Martin River.. Lunenburg County.—Obstructions to the ascent of salmon into lake Spondo were removed, including the improvement of the channel at.the site of an old dam at a cost of $188.16. 11. Benery Brook, Halifax County.—Obstructions consisting of jams of logs and debris were removed at a cost of $50. 12. Sackville River, Halifax County.—Improvements of the passage for salmon through an old abandoned dam were made at a cost of $5. 13: White Lake, Halifax County.—Arrangements were made to build a fishway in the dam at, the outlet of this lake, but owing to high water the work was not completed. 14. Gays River, Halifax County.—Investigation of the necessity for a fishway in Cook's dam on this river was continued. Evidence so far obtained indicates that no good purpose would be served by requiring its construction. 15. Tangier River, Halifax County.—Repairs to the fishway in the Tangier Gold Mining Company's dam, which inchided putting in a new type of parti- tions, were completed. As this involved alterations to an existing fishway the work was donc by the department under subsection 4 of section 31 of the Fish- eries Act at a cost of $91.76. 16. Newcombe Brook, Halifax County.—An unused dam owned by George Monk was inspected. OWing to its condition the construction of a fishway was not feasible, but the owner was notified to provide an opening in the gate to permit the passage of fish. 17. Ship Harbour River, Halifax County.—Fishway in the John Lewis Company's dam was inspected and directions for certain repairs..given to the manager of the, company. 86 MARINE AND FISHERIES

18. Liscomb River, Guysboro County.—Representations having been made that a passage for fish should be provided at the dam on tins river owned by the Çoldenville Mining Company, an inspection of the condition at that location was made. Owing to the fact that an impassable falls, the construction of a fishway through which is practically- impossible, exists immediately below this dam, it was not considered that any action to require the owners of the dam to provide a fishway therein was necessary. 19. St. Mary's River, East Branch, Guysboro County.—A dam being built by the Sonora Lumber Coinpany at Fisher's Mills was inspected and plans for a fishway furnished to the company. 20. Salmon River, Guysboro County.—Dam owned by John McPherson on this river was inspected and information for the reconstruction of the fishway, which together with a portion of the dam had been destroyed by heavy ice, given the owner. As the reconstruction involved alterations to the original design one-half the cost of the new fishway was paid -for by the department, under subsection 4 of section 31 of the Fisheries Act, amounting to $100. 21. Benacadic River, Cape Breton County.—Inspection of obstructions which included diversions of the main channel and accumulations of debris was. made and remedial work carried out at a cost of $149.95. 22. McIntosh Brook, Cape Breton County.—Inspection of obstructions was made. This stream was so seriously obstructed for a distance of some two hundred yards that it was considered advisable to open up an entirely new channel. Remedial work was completed at a cost of $200. 23. Cochrane's Brook, Cape Breton County.—Obstructions extending over about a mile of this stream and' consisting of jams of old logs and debris were inspected and the removal of the same effected at a cost of $100. 24. Black Brook, Cape Breton County.—A channel was blasted through a ledge of flat rock across the river to confine the water to a deeper and more defined stream so as to permit the passage of fish at a cost of $30. 25. North River, Victoria County.—An inspection of a falls on this river was made and directions given for blasting out a passage through them so as to permit the ascent cf salmon. The work was completed at a cost of $298.91. 26. Hatchery Brook, Inverness County.—Obstructions to the ascent of fish consisting of jams of old logs, roots and debris were removed at a cost of $89. 27. River Inhabitants, Inverness County.—This river was obstructed at three points by jams of old logs, roots and debris which had accumulated during freshets. The removal of all obstructions was effected at a cost of $135.75. 28. O'Law Brook, Inverness County.—Obstructions consisting of old log and debris forming a jam were removed at a cost of $24.90. 29. Prairie Brook, Inverness County.—The removal of an obstruction to ascending fish, consisting of old logs, roots and debris, was removed at a cost of $49.50. 30. Shinimecas River, Cumberland County.—A dam about three miles from the mouth of this river was inspected and information for the design of a fishway obtained. Owing to the fact that several miles of this river above the dam did not show any evidence of being suitable for spawninu grounds it was decided to defer action on the fishway pending a more compreriensive examination of the upper waters. 31. illaccan River, Cumberland County.—A dam ori the upper waters of this river was inspected. Owing to its rather unstable condition it was not con- FISHERIES BRANCH 87

sidered feasible to build a fishway without seriously endangering it. As there are several miles of good spawning grounds in this river below the dam as well as two or three good tributary streams coming in, it was not considered advisable to have the fishway built. 32. River Philip, Cumberland County.—Fishway at Oxford Light and Power Company's dam was inspected and instructions issued for a slight modi- fication to make it more effective. A heavy wire screen was placed over the fishway to prevent poaching. Rocks were placed in the tailrace and waste- gate channels where poaching is most difficult to control and accumulations of debris cleared away. The cost of work was $128.71. 33. Gaspereau River, Kings County.—The fishway in the power dam was inspected and found effective. 34. Nictaux River, Annapolis County.— (a) As large numbers of salmon were retarded below Nictaux falls in this river during low water, channels were blasted and concrete wings built to provide a passage at a cost of $464.67. (b) The fishway in the town of Middleton's electric power dam was inspected and instructions issued for certain modifications to make it more effective. (c) The control dam owned by the town of Middleton was inspected. Gates in this dam were kept open and there is no necessity for a fishway à while the present arrangement is maintained. 35. Annapolis River, Annapolis County.—The dam on this river at Law- rencetown was inspected and the fishway found to be effective. 36. Salmon River, Digby County.—Obstructions to the ascent of salmon . consisting of jams of old logs and debris were inspected. The removal of these obstructions was effected at a cost of $56.25. 37. Milton Pond, Yarmouth Caunty.—The fishway was inspected and instructions issued for certain alterations to the lower end thereof to make it more effective, which were completed at a cost of $19.53.

NEW BRUNSWICK 1. Wheaton Lake, Charlotte County.—A screen to prevent the escape of bass into the outlet stream of this lake has been maintained for some years. Repairs and renewals were made during the season at a cost of $47.40. 2. Magaguadavic River, Charlotte County.— (a) A complete instrumental survey was conducted of the falls at the mouth of this river for the purpose of designing a fishway t,o admit the passage of salmon, at a cost of $61.39. (b) An inspection was made at the second falls and information for improvement of the passage for salmon obtained. 3. Pocologan River, Charlotte County.—An inspection of obstructions which retarded the ascent of salmon, thus leading to poaching, was made and work to remove such obstructions, together with the clearing of brush at several places adjacent to the river, was completed for $392.85. 4. New River, Charlotte County.—Inspection of this river was made and no obstructions found with the exception of one old dam through which there was a small opening. Instructions were given to have this opening enlarged. 5. Mus quash River, St. John County.--An inspection was made at the dams of the New Brunswick Hydro-Electric Commission dams on the east and west 88 MARINE AND FIS.FIERIES branches. Owing to the conditions created by the development of the power, it was not considered•feasible to install fishways. 6. Black River, St. John County.—An inspection of conditions for the ascent of salmon in this river was made. Arrangements were completed for having some blasting done to improve the channel at one point, but owing to high water occurring at the only time when the services of the Departmental Fore- man were available, the work was not completed. 7. Nashwaak River York County.—The construction of a concrete wing in the river immediately bélow the dam on the Nashwaak Pulp and Paper Com- pany, Limited, in order to improve the channel for the passage of salmon into the fishway was completed at a cost of •55.66. 8. Nashwaaksis River, York County.—Inspected a dam on this river owned by the Hawkins Lumber Company. Owing to the unimportance of the stream it was not considered that the owner should be required to install a fishway. 9. Tobique River, Victoria County.— (a) Inspected Fraser Companies' dam at Plaster rock and found fishway to be in good condition and effective. (b) ,Consulted with Mr. Donald Fraser regarding the company's proposal to build a dam at Red rapids. Nothing definite had been decided upon for that season, and Mr. Fraser stated that it was now quite possible that the dam would not be built. (c) As representations had been made regarding the condition of the river at Riley's brook, and the department urged to do some work, an inspection of the location was made. It was ascertained that the principal concern of those making the representations was that freshets were changing the gravel bars in the river, thus spoiling some of the angling pools. As there was no evidence that the passage of salmon was in any way impeded, action to meet the wishes of those interested was not recommended. 10. Salmon River, Victoria County.—An inspection of the fishway completed in Joseph Cote's dam on this river in 1924 was made. It was found to be in good condition and effective. 11. Meduxnekeag River, Carleton County.—An inspection of the dam at the mouth of this river was made and a survey conducted for the construction of a, fishway therein. A notice was later served on the owners of the dam to construct the fishway. 12. Nepisiquit River, Gloucester County.—Representations; having been made to the department that a dam on this river, owned by the Bathurst Lumber Company, was proving a deterrent to the passage of salmon an inspection was made and in consultation with the officials of the company advice was given for the improvement of this condition. The company agreed to have the necessary alterations to its dam made. 13. Madawaska County.—As the Madawaska Fish and Game Protective Association had requested that the department cause fishways to be built in a number of dams in that county, a meeting of that association was addressed, pointing out that owing to the location of all the rivers in question above Grand falls on the St. John river, nothing would be gained by installing fishways as no migratory fish could return to them owing to the falls.

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• Fishways in dams on Prince Edward Island to permit the ascent of sea trout, and in some cases salmon, to the upper waters of the rivers have been persistently urged for several years. There are no crown lands on the island FISHERIES BRANCH 89 and all mill ponds and streams are on privately-owned lands. It would accordingly be within the rights of the owners to either lease the fishing privileges or to restrict them to such extent as they raight desire. Moreover, all the dams on the larger streams have been in existence for a great number of years and in no instance was it found that the present owner was the original one. There had never previously been any fishways in dams on the island and the present owners had acquired the propertie.s without knowledge of the requirements regarding them. As it did not appear equitable to require the present owners of the dams to build fishways therein at their own expense, the department adopted the policy that it would build and maintain them in dams on desirable streams after such had been approved, on the condition that a proper understanding was procured in each instance that the public would be allo-wed so long as the fishway was maintained by the department, to fish in the streams, subject to the regulations of the department. Under this policy the following fishways were built in 1925:— 1. New Glasgow River, Queens County.—Fishway in the New Glasgow Rolling Mills' dam, at a cost of $272.87: 2. Vernon River, Queens County.Fishway in the Ross dam, at a cost of $314.39. 3. Desable River, Queens County.—Fishway in the Dickson dam, at a cost of $362.49. 4. Morell River, Kings County.—Fishway in Laird's dam, at a cost of $368.80. It is pleasing to note that the effectiveness of these fishways was definitely ascertained in two instances immediately after completion, sa trout being seen to pass through them in some numbers as soon as they were opened up. 5. Dunle River, Prince County.—An inspection of a dam on this river was made, but owinff to extensive repairs being made on the dam it was not considered advisable to proceed with the construction of a fishway until a later time. 6. Montague River, Kings County,—An inspection of the Montag-ue Electric Light Company's dam was made and information for the design of a fishway obtained. MANITOBA No fishways were built in this province during the year.

SASKATCHEWAN 1. Cowan River.—Plans for the construction of a fishway in a dam on this river were made and submitted to the Department 01 Public Works, which has supervision over the dam. ALBERTA 1. TVaskatenan Creek.—The Canadian National Railways completed a fishway in its dam on this creek under the direction of the department. 2. Pipestone Creek.—Arrangements were made with the Canadian Pacific Railway to build a fishway in its dam on this creek. 3. Oldma-n Rfver.—A thorough investigation tegarding the need for a fishway in the dam at the headworks of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District was conducted. As a result of information obtained, it was decided not to require this fishway. The question of providing screens was also fully investigated and decided against as no practical scheme for maintaining them' could be devised. GENERAL Periodical inspections were maintained by each fishery overseer of the fishways in his subdistrict, throughout the open water season. 90 MARINE AND FISHERIES BRITISH COLUMBIA—REPORT OF J. McHUGH, RESIDENT ENGINEER Major obstructions to the ascent of fish were removed from the following streams during the calendar year of 1925, the amounts expended in each case being bracketed with the name of the stream:— (1) Yakoun river, (Queen Charlotte islands) $ 610 25 (2) Birkenhead river, (Mainland) 487 98 (3) Demanuel creek (Vancouver island) 454 76 (4) Dean river (Mainland) 432 83 (5) Stamp falls (Vancouver island) 405 32 (6) Kwaye river (mainland) 300 00 (7) Atnarko river (mainland) 263 95 1. Yakoun River, Queen Charlotte Islands.—The expenditure on this stream was necessary for the purpose of clearing away an accumulation of debris from the mouth thereof and for a distance of five or six miles along its course, such debris having accumulated since the heavy expenditure some two or three years ago. As was pointed ont in the detailed report concerning obstructions on this stream, there should not, in the ordinary course of events be any necessity for further large expenditures here, if a certain amount of 'labour be performed by the men on patrol at Masset inlet during the season, or at the cIose thereof, and arrangements were made, whilst on the ground, by the supplying of an outfit of tools for this purpose, to have this work done by the resident officer from year to year. It is further noted in this detailed report that the most impassable log jams become loosened and disintegrated during certain freshet periods and heavy expenditure might be, at times, avoided when necessity for immediate clearance is not paramount. Pink salmon in enormous numbers frequent this stream. (2) Birkenhead River, Mainland.—Work on this river was more in the nature of protection work to prevent further erosion of a portion of the banks, thereby depositing additional log refuse in the stream and at the same time endangering the stability of the Pemberton hatchery, which is located on the banks of the river in this vicinity. This work consisted of excavating a dry channel in the bed of the stream, opposite the bank where additional scour was feared, and the construction of crib work protection along this bank. The results have been quite favourable, although it was not, at the time, possible to excavate the new channel to the depth desired owing to a rapid rise in the river. This condition is being taken care of during the present calendar year, at low water season. Sockeye salmon in particular frequent this stream. (3) Demanuel Creek, Vancouver Island.—Work on this creek consisted of the removal of a h-uge log jam, 14 yards wide by 150 yards long, and 10 feet or more in depth in places, which was all cut, piled, and completely and successfully burned clear. Cohoe salmon and steelhead frequent this stream in large numbers. (4) Dean River, Mainland.—The work on this stream c,onsisted of the construction of a by-pass about 40 feet in length around a fall in the bed of the stream which at high -water created conditions of great difficulty. It is con- fidently hoped tbat as a result of the work performed, salmon will be able to pass this fall without -undue delay in future. (5) Stamp Falls, Vancouver Island.—The work on Stamp falls was performed in an endeavour to remove certain protruding rocks from the crest of the main falls, and the excavating of a series of pockets in the rock on the for the purpose of assisting the ascent of fall salmon into extreme right bank Great Central lake. Some years ago, surveys were made and estimates prepared for the construction of a fish-way around these falls, that would safely take care of all varieties of salmon entering Great Central lake, but owing to the heavy FISHERIES BRANCH 91 cost of the proposal, and the desire of the Provincial Government that the development of the water-power on Stamp falls should not be hindered by any restricting fishery regulations, the work was never proceeded with. The work done this year was for the purpose of temporarily alleviating a condition of extreme gravity when large numbers of fish were observed dying around Stamp falls. Efforts made were successful as far as the passage of the cohoe and steel- h head are concerned, but it cannot be hoped that sockeye salmon can ever reach Great Central lake until the larger and more comprehensive scheme is executed, and it is not likely that the objections to this, which have been registered by the Provincial Government, will ever be removed. (6) Kwaye River, Mainland.--The work done on this stream was mainly occasioned by the extremely dry season, which did not give ascending fish a chance to take full advantage of the work that was done in previous year. a Owing to the fact that enormous numbers of salmon were observed to be dying as a consequence of their inability to .ascend, a channel was excavated in a suitable place around the falls, which enables the salmon to pass by. This stream is noted for the exceedingly heavy run of pink salmon. (7) Atnarko River, Mainland.—The work on the Atnarko river consisted of the removal of the various log jams which from time to time accumulate in this stream after the annual freshets, and which are removed each year after they have formed, by the overseer for the district and such men as he can conveniently arrange to take in with him. All this work has been done in the interests of the various species of salmon which frequent this stream. In addition to these larger expenditures, other small obstructions, costing as shown, were removed from the following streams, for the purpose of assisting the salmon to their spawning grounds:— Granite hay S 25 40 Crawford creek 95 00 Kim squit river 164 52 Skutz falls 27 10 Salmon river (Kamloops) 136 10 Capilano river 30 75 Bridge river 40 35 Camp river 133 50 Flells gate 20 20 Louis creek 13 12 Mann creek 35 13 Sweltzer creek - 121 75 Englishmans river 85 48 Hyas creek 87 55 Deep Bay cove creek 131 75 Sucker creek 10 00 Quatsi river 54 00 Lardo river 42 20 General account 1 50 The entire list of obstructions removed during the year under review comprises twenty-five separate pieces of work, scattered through the length and breadth of the province, each requiring its own particular inspection and treatment. There has been no fishway construction during the year, neither have any reports appeared pointing to defects in any of the existing fishways in the province. The sum of approximately $3,000 was expended on the creek which supplies water to the Rivers Inlet hatchery, Medowse creek, which during the fall months, when in freshet, tore away banks, undermined the hatchery and partially assisted in demolishing the boat house, and washed away a portion of the pipe line. It was necessary to redivert the water of the stream back to its own channel and to reinforce the banks of the creek with rock and brush in order that the buildings might not further be endangered. In addition to this the sum of $1,200 was spent on repairs and renewals to the wharf and boathouse, 92 MARINE AND FISHERIES $200 for repairs to the hatchery foundations, and approximately $500 for repairs to the pipe line. This stream will •always be difficult to maintain on account of the extreme violence of its. freshets, and a certain amount of protection work will be necessary every year in order to protect the buildings .which are in use at this point. During the months of June and July extensive repairs to the walls and foundations of the Babine Lake hatchery were performed, costing approximately $1,500. The Babine Lake hatchery is an old log building, constructed almost twenty years ago. Owing to decay the foundations had become impaired, and the walls of the building were bulging badly. Very satisfactory repairs, however, were perfoimed on the building, new logs being introduced in places, and it is now in shape for many additional years of service.. During the months of August and September the old hatchery establishment at Cultus Lake, which ha.d outlived its usefulness as a temporary structure, was torn down and a new hatchery and dwelling house for the men constructed on the same ground. The hatchery itself consists of a frame building measuring 34 feet by 56 feet, containing thirty-nine troughs and having a capacity of 5,000,000 sockeye eggs. The hatchery is of frame construction, 2 by 6 studs, unlined inside, covered with shiplap, tar paper and cedar siding on the outside, and rests on an 8-inch concrete wall, stretching clear around the building. The floor consists of the original dirt floor, having a 2-foot passage in between the rows of troughs, laid with duck boards in convenient sections for handling and removal. All troughs are new, together with their trestles, outlets and head tank. The roof is supported on four timber trusses, consisting .of 6-inch by 8-inch tie beams, 4-inch by 6-inch principals, 4-inch by 4-inch purlins, 4-inch by 4-inch struts and 1-i-inch truss rods. These trusses are spaced evenly throughout the building, which is lighted by eight 50-candle power lamps suspended from the tie beams on counterweights, the current for same being procured from a Belco lightino. system operated by the Chilliwack Parks Board close by. The total cost ofthisn building, including all its equipment, light and power line, painting, etc., was considerably under $3,000. Thé men's quarters consists of a frame house measuring 28 feet by 26 feet, and provides a cornbined living and dining room, two bedrooms, each with clothes cupboard, a good-sized kitchen and bathroom. The house is plastered inside and provided with full 'plumbing services, hot and cold running water in bathroom and kitchen, fully wired and lighted by electricity and heated by a large heater in the living roo.m. The place is extremely comfortable, and cost slightljr under $1,600. In addition to this work, many inspections were made by the engineering staff during the year, including the Kimsquit and Dean river obstructions, Bridge River rapids, Granite creek, Valdez island, Prospect lake and Fraser River canyon, together with the inspections incidental to the removal of obstructions in the various streams. The construction of the Cariboo road, Fraser River canyon highway, through the Fraser canyon in the vicinity of Hells gate and China bar, has necessitated conferences with the Provincial Government and various inspections for the purpose of assisting in minimizing, as far as possible, possibilities of further damage to the Fraser river in this vicinity, incidental to the highway construction. Finished plans were prepared for the proposed new sheds at Digby island and work was completed on the warehouse and marine ways at Poplar islands Fraser river. It was necessary to give much time to the work of the Biological Board during the year, and several visits were paid to the biological station at Departure Bay for conferences with the director of that station. .In collaboration with the Provincial Government plans were prepared for the proposed Bio- logical Station at Prince Rupert, which, owing to certain unfortunate circum- FISHERIES BRANCH 93 stances in connection with the location, was not commenced during the year. It is hoped, however, to have this establishment completed during the early part of the year 1926. A new seven-room bungalow was constructed for the Director of the Bio- logical Station, Nanaimo, B.C., at a cost of $5,250, and a new five-room bungalow for the use of the Biological Board at Cultus Lake was constructed at a cost of $3,500. Both of these buildings were constructed under contract, and excellent value was received from the contractors in each case. Plans and specifications . for both of these works were prepared in this branch of the department, which likewise provided the necessary supervision &zing construction. Construction was also commenced on a fence, approximately 170 feet long and 14 feet wide, across the bed of Sweltzer creek, which drains Cultus lake intZ the Vedder river. This fence is being constructed for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain an exact count of the number of sockeye yearlings and fry which migrate from Cultus lake in the spring. This is a work required by the Biological Board in the course of its investigations, and plans for the fence were completed in this office in collaboration with both Drs. Clemens and Foerster, of the Bio- logical Board staff. The fence consists of a platform of 2-inch planks, 14 feet wide, laid on sills at suitable intervals which in turn rest on piles driv.en into the bed of the stream, both up and down stream faces being sheet piled with 2 by 6 tongued and grooved sheet piling to prevent scour and undermining. On this platform are to bé erected panels of heavy closely woven wire, which will divert migrating fry into six counting pots, each 10 feet by 8 feet, which have been constructed on an extension of the aforesaid platform. The wire screens will consist of moveable panels each 10 feet in length, moving in slides like window sash. Each panel is in duplicate, so that when one clogs its counterpart can be lowered into place while the clogged screen is lifted and cleaned. Fry will be diverted by this fence into the counting pots, which are to be fitted with a device permitting regular exit and counting. All the -work necessary on this fence was completed during the fall months while the water was at its lowest ebb. The wire screens will be inserted early in 1926, when the first trial count will be macle. The munbers of parent sockeye salmon entering Cultus lake last fall were carefully counted, and if the operation of the fence proves to be successful, much valuable data will be procured. In addition to the foregoing the large scale maps have been kept up to date and a considerable amount of new material added to them as a result of the various investigations and inspections made by officers of the department frbm time to time during the year.

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• APPENDIX 5

FISHERIES

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1925-26

Vote No. Service Appropriation Expenditurzil

239 Salaries and disbursements, P.O., Fisheries Patrol Service, Fish- eries Protection Service 880,000 00 789,870 14 240 Building fishways, etc 30,000 00 9,523 58 241 Legal and incidental expenses 2,000 00 1,995 62 242 Conservation and development of deep-sea fisheries 95,000 00 70,145 40 243 Fisheries Intelligence Bureau 2,000 00 423 24 244 Inspection of canned and pickled fish 25,000 00 23,002 67 245 Fish culture 370,000 00 342,836 72 246 Investigations 10,000 00 9,949 04 247 Marine Biological Board 42,000 00 42,000 00 1,456,000 00 1,289,746 41 24 Civil Government salaries 06,500 00 94,431 66 Contingencies 20,000 00 14,487 67 Stat'y. Fishing bounty 160,000 00 159,984 80 1,732,500 .00 1,558,650 54 396 Gratuities 250 00 396 Revision of salaries, etc 1,265 01 1,560,165 55

STATEMENT OF REVENUE RECEIVED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1925-26, BY PROVINCES

General Nova Prince New Saskat- British Class Total Account Scotia Edward Bruns- Ontario Manitoba chewan Alberta Columbia Yukon Island wick $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. S cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. 8 cts. $ cts. Fisheries revenue 168,289 88 8,77425 2,07525 8,70750 16,862 75 5,36325 14,167 25110,004 63 355 00 Fines and forfeitures 7,362 11 366 45 465 05 677 45 888 45 703 10 693 24 3,568 37 Modus vivendi licenses 182 00 182 00 Casual revenue 3,997 34 200 40 398 98 27 58 225 18 68 00 77 00 72 50 2,927 70 Fish culture revenue 9,88818 54 00 9,05128 79 80 83 10 Pelagic Sealing Treaty 74,858 96 74,858 96 Premium on exchange 50 50 264,558 97 75,059 86 9,539 68 3,467 88 9,754 13 9,719 28 17,908 00 6,066 35 14,932 99117,755 80 355 00 LESS

Refund of fees received prior to 1025-26--..... 13 00 US

264,545 97 SJI U HONVU

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, SALARIES AND DISBURSEMENTS, 1925-26 _ Inspector's, Overseer's Allowances Gasolene SpecialGuardians Provinces and VVard's and Sundry Total Oil Salaries Disb. Auto Boat Horse Wages Eapenses S cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $, cts. $ cts. S cts. $ ets. $ cts. $ cts. Nova Scotia-- GeneralAccount 11,856 68 1,40759 6420 13,328 56 Nova ••Scotia District No.1 15,180 00 2,707 17 3,200 00 700 00 194 72 18,625 81 59 88 42 67 40,710 25 •• " No.2 • 18,870 00 3,514 74 4,266 67 386 02 174 80 7,816 04 528 20 93 56 35,650 93 " No.3 18,965 00 3,689 06 3,651 61 75 00 300 00 14 50 8,806 07 280 32 97 37 35,878 93 64,871 68 11,318 56 11,118 28 1,161 02 300 00 384 02 35,248 82 868 40 297 80

125,568 67 r Prince .Etlward Island--

Prince Edward Island,•• District No. 1 9,045 00 2,129 98 1,600 00 6,596 34 10 00 281 22 19,662 54 UVe " No.2 2,880 00 692 85 300 00 397 60 603 00 190 45 5,063 90 NI

11,925 00 2,822 83 1,600 00 300 00 397 60 7,199 34 10 00 471 67 24,726 44 S New Brunswick-

New Brunswick, District NO. 1 10,884 74 1,816 88 1,600 00 400 00 54 00 146 61 3,082 50 00 70 18,075 43 aNV •• No.2 20,172 42 3,10798 4,80000 1,36666 1,00325 10,703 05 10 00 611 12 41,774 48 " No.3 8,280 00 1,018 13 400 00 75 00 300 00 147 83 7,797 10 12 03

18,030 09 'Ll S 39,337 16 5,042 99 6,800 00 1,841 66 354 00 1,297 69 21,582 65 10 00 713 85 77,880 00 2E

Quebec 11 13 40 265 50 278 90 1

Waffloba 9,400 00 3,743 89 262 50 1,025 00 952 45 1,247 92 52 94 16,684 70 Sff. Saskatchewan 10,945 00 3,991 31 225 00 150 00 1,000 00 607 50 1,178 45 55 63 18,155 89 Alberta 10,300 00 4,538 51 375 00 ' 281 25 750 00 1,075 00 1,362 15 62 81 18,744 72 British Columbia-- GeneralAccount 19,547 98 1,798 84 3,226 24 24,573 06 British Columbia, District No.1 10,514 02 9,800 83 7,855 12 2,706 39 764 95 31,642 21 •• " No.2 13,992 78 3,819 10 . 4,305 43 432 65 1,394 48 23,944 44 " No.3 14,780 00 6,811 58 3,618 53 1,531 57 101 18 26,842 86 58,835 68 22,230 35 15,779 08 4,670 61 5,486 85 107,002 57 • GeneralAccount 1,52677 14,165 03 15,691 80

SUMMARY 52

Inspector's, Overseer's Allowances Gasolene Special Guardians Provinces and Ward's and Sundry Total Oil Salaries Disb. Auto Boat Horse Wages Expenses $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. S cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. 3 cts. $ cts. Nova Scotia 64,871 68 11,318 56 11,118 28 1,161 02 300 00 384 02 35,248 82 868 40 20780 125,568 67 Prince Edward Island 11,925 00 2,822 83 1,600 00 300 00 397 60 7,199 34 10 00 471 67 24,726 44 New 13runwsick 39,337 16 5,942 99 6,800 00 1,841 66 354 00 1,297 69 21,582 65 10 00 713 85 77,880 00 Quebec 13 40 265 50 278 90 Manitoba 9,400 00 3,743 89 262 50 1,025 00 952 45 1,247 92 52 94 16,684 70 Saskatchewan 10,945 00 3,994 31 225 00 150 00 1,000 00 607 50 1,178 45 55 63 18,155 89 Alberta 10,300 00 4,538 51 375 00 281 25 750 00 1,075 00 1,362 15 62 81 18,744 72 British Columbia 58,835 68 22,230 35 15,779 08 4,670 61 5,486 85 107,002 57 General Account 1,52677 14,165 03 15,691 80 gld 205,614 52 56,131 61 20,118 28 3,996 43 3,429 00 2,079 31 82,444 84 9,347 53 21,572 17 404,733 69 Yali Sffl . HONVZIa

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE-FISHERIES PATROL SERVICE, 1925-1926

Establishments Board Repairs Supplies and Paylist or Fuel Clothing Sundry Total Accounts Prov'n. Hull Engine Engine Deck Stewards

cts. cts. $ cts. cts. cts. $ cts. cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. Nova Scotia- "Mildred McColl" 3,604 83 1 15 1,260 04 281 04 434 45 191 62 74 53 97 79 23 20 104 40 6,073 05 ItAlf 2,299 40 2 71 447 68 73 16 470 45 122 27 7 72 13 80 32 27 64 60 3,554 15 5,904 23 386 1,707 72 354 20 904 90 313 89 82 25 111 68 55 47 169 00 9,607 20 Prince Edward Island- "Upperhand" (chartered) 2 30 2 30 "Daisy" 216 27 650 00 T 32 98 3 51 902 76 IL

"Mary Spring" " 468 88 107 07 17 40 8 00 4 22 158 00 763 57 -V "Ostrea" 74 95 6 29 1 17 82 41 "Richmond" 1,093 34 143 64 30 27 760 46 42 19 90 3 85 35 28 1,380 30 \1121 760 843 28 1,562 22 466 98 105 22 103 09 30 20 12 75 3,131 34 3l New Brunswick.-

"Phalarope" 4,380 00 938 36 56 46 146 19 162 50 44 17 86 48 6 64 5,820 80 (UV "Shannon" (chartered boat) 2,580 00 685 17 29 68 5 78 605 15 3,905 78 6,960 00 1,623 53 56 46 146 19 192 18 49 95 86 48 611 79 9 726 58 311SM Manitoba- - "Bradbury" 0,962 66 2,587 80 5,706 23 589 88 114 75 505 09 1,319 56 175 51 476 31 813 47 22,251 26 a

British Columbia- SIffI General Account 3,197 19 35 00 112 25 17 53 283 83 1 50 0 69 28 68 687 97 4,364 64 Poplar Island Warehouse 1,140 00 90 10 18 78 39 99 259 76 233 26 12 55 506 63 2,301 07 Sapperton Warehouse 0 50 050 Chartered Boats- "Agnes W. Dods" 1,325 22 187 52 30 85 838 85 2,382 44 "Akashi" 655 73 124 57 26 60 1,065 05 2,071 95 "Alberta" 100 00 100 00 "Amy S." 895 8 357 88 59 37 3 12 1,098 00 2,414 25 ...... "A. NY' 200 00 5 20 4 20 2 00 62 00 273 40 "Annie May" 787 50 ' 20857 72 89 3 50 30 13 856 00 2,048 59 "Aramac" 506 66 103 96 43 25 155 00 808 87 "BedweII" 84 00 84 00 "Bide-a-wee" 225 81 62 30 13 90 2 00 70 00 374 01 "Bill" 393 33 9 68 6 34 272 55 681 90 "Bluebird" 300 00 52 19 18 25 62 00 432 44 "Shore Boy" 709 00 189 97 39 10 4 21 728 33 1,670 61 "Colby" 200 00 84 00 284 00 "Corycia" 225 81 37 44 15 75 160 74 80 355 40 "Cross" 120 00 120 00 "Dawn" 55 48 14 62 7 09 18 00 95 19 "Dorothy N." 1,200 00 247 70 37 66 435 3 08 965 410 80 1,913 24 "Dustie" 440 59 75 23 11 72 3 24 585 00 1,115 78 "Tcroba" 493 39 162 84 28 68 3 24 786 00 1,474 15 "Echo No. 1" 860 08 75 43 11 15 3 12 936 00 1,885 78 "Elk" 470 00 46 32 14 26 3 86 145 00 679 44 "Eric" 160 00 20 00 1 50 48 50 230 00 "Esperanza" 978 57 429 75 72 00 225 265 00 1,747 57 "Five Birches" 273 23 25 66 1 35. 76 50 ' 376 74 "Flying Spur" 947 34 337 57 40 60 576 780 00 2,111 27 "Green Terror" 156 67 33 43 9 81 48 00 247 91 "Grizzly" 780 00 149 64 36 11 629 20 1,594 95 "Ions.'' 361 29 63 72 11 15 111 00 547 16 "Kahtaloma" 57 GO 57 60 "Kenay" 77 42 25 04 12 85 890 165 00 289 27

"Lawson" 225 81 53 10 10 25 200 69 00 360 16 'Id 53 02 53 02 S

"Leinsh" R "Lemon" 461 29 83 60 4 25 142 00 691 14 "Limit" 166 66 16 94 1 05 0 48 35 50 220 63 "Lively" 461 29 38 99 3 52 143 00 640 80 "MacLaren" 300 00 72 79 15 75 110 00 498 54 "Marie S." 667 16 269 59 46 40 162 525 00 1,509 86 SZIUff "Mary Ellen" 100 00 100 00

"Megan" 146 67 25 73 266 45 50 220 56 UEI "Murbros" 600 00 176 90 13 05 33 21 160 682 05 1,506 81 "Myranwy" 17 00 17 00 "Nan" 641 72 60 12 11 65 201 00 914 49 "Nelinar" 731 51 128 87 13 69 435 156 272 00 1,151 98 HONV "Odessa" 696 17 229 40 27 GO 784 30 1,737 47 "Oh Boy" 813 07 334 01 58 63 77 04 1,070 00 2,352 75 "Olive" 347 42 68 55 5 76 107 10 528 83 "Pontiac" 305 91 56 00 9 00 87 00 457 91 "Reliance" 1,417 50 107 27 38 88 359 1,166 33 2,733 57 "Skylark" 100 00 82 83 17 10 62 00 261 93 "Sea Dog" 453 33 14 49 3 20 225 140 99 614 26 "Sophanne" 711 29 203 67 39 42 679 00 1,633 38 "S. Queen" 370 00 96 01 34 63 101 00 601 64 "Stubbs" 500 00 111 65 12 60 155 00 779 25 "Ukatow" 940 16 315 38 43 82 312 1,024 00 2,326 48 "Votomac" 156 67 16 85 2 72 49 00 , 225 24 "Wabash" 903 88 664 61 122 24 486 1,230 00 2,025 59 "Wonder" 146 67 10 30 2 66 45 50 205 13 186 67 37 08 11 40 58 00 293 15 "W.T " 54,035 48

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, FISHERIES PATROL SERVICE, 1925 -1926- Conciuded

Establishments Board Repairs Sypplies and IWist or Fuel Clothing SundrY -- Total Accounts Prcoe'n. Hull Engine Engine Deck Stewards t $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cis. $ cts. $ cts. $ ets. $ cts. $ cts. $ ctà. $ cts. DepartmentalBoats-- "Mina" 55 93 6 90 44 80 31 43 2 50 141 56 "I3abine No. 1" 695 33 96 61 9 07 8 59 20 11 13 47 2 07 92 90 938 15 "Babine No. 2" 831 43 96 61 9 07 15 60 23 22 28 68 20 06 42 90 1,067 57 "Black Riwen" 959 51 301 33 380 35 4,310 03 269 45 74 46 90 89 81 43 6,467 45 "Bonila" 2,816 40 871 31 378 65 116 50 181 92 70 38 169 94 36 23 4,641 33 "Cloyah" 2,657 23 601 45 232 28 309 29 185 66 54 34 .30 56 567 95 4,638 76 "Cohoe" 961 96 455 84 192 14 33 98 74 20 27 87 38 12 17 33 15 99 1,817 43 "Egret" 1,500 00 361 46 144 80 241 98 22 13 17 07 60 92 60 28 2,408 64 "Eak" 3,420 00 355 40 77 30 82 18 1 49 12 10 23 62 7 36 17 89 3,997 34 "Foam" 4,529 17 494 23 65 18 189 96 35 02 33 95 43 73 143 08 5,534 32 NIZIVIII "GulP" 1,550 40 248 96 504 20 289 98 203 29 29 89 46 15 8 91 61 27 2,943 05 - "Hawk" 1,571 19 290 14 172 57 50 42 72 95 17 86 13 67 9 35 2,198 15 "Heron" 1,446 62 476 74 522 01 96 48 85 23 45 63 74 57 • 37 10 2,784 38 "HuraraingiBini" 5 60 2 92 8 52 • "Linnett" 1,402 67 580 87 118 10 52 40 • 74 72 13 64 17 25 56 59

2,316 24 (INV a "Marfish" 5,121 58 1,22796 2,10583 492 00 236 27 191 67 624 68 200 80 94 80 334 51 10,630 10 "Mer1an" 1,286 79 305 72 150 70 12 00 76 15 37 80 20 07 1,889 23 "Mereysea" 4,500 00 229 25 856 84 4,904 22 89 76 106 28 55 66 16 65 150 25 10,908 91 "Gyashinao" 1,250 65 148 70 17 09 1,226 50 2,642 94 eld "Ridedis" 2,478 00 50 00 290 95 356 08 40 61 293 29 94 39 74 14 497 53 4,174 99 l "Swan" 4,500 00 480 00 59 00 134 35 56 26 20 20 74 03 25 09 5,348 93 "Vanidis" 6,263 23 931 05 498 25 357 91 356 08 342 79 79 53 257 25 64 56 591 95 9,742 60 ffIZIA 232 80 29 01 65 66 i "Vedder" 3,420 00 62 74 6 63 36 60 15 34 13 34 3,882 12 91,122 71 S 83,913 20 2,244 01 16,454 89 5,236 21 11,984 77 3,826 71 1,667 81 1,498 94 26328 24,734 58 151,824 40

SUMMARY

Nova Scotia 5,904 23 388 1,70772 354 20 904 90 313 89 82 25 111 68 55 47 169 00 9,60720 Prince Edward Island 1,562 22 466 98 105 22 7 60 103 09 30 20 12 75 843 28 3,131 34 New Brunswick 6,96000 1,82353 5648 146 19 192 18 49 95 8048 611 79 9,726 58 Manitoba 9,962 66 2,587 80 5,706 23 589 88 114 75 505 09 1,319 56 175 51 476 31 813 47 22,251 26 British Columbia 83,913 20 2,244 01 16,454 89 5,236 21 11,984 77 3,826 71 1,667 81 1,498 94 263 28 24,734 58 151,824 40 108,302 31 4,835 87 25,959 35 6,341 97 13,158 21 4,940 90 3,149 77 1,885 36 795 00 27,172 12 196,540 78

DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, FISHERIES PROTECTION SERVICE, 1925-1926 11

Establishments Board Repairs Supplies

and PaYlist or Fuel Clothing SundY -- Total Accounts Prov'n. Hull Engine Engine Deck Stewards $ cts. $ cts. S cts. S cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. S cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. General Account 137 04 137 94 East Coast-- "Arleux" 20,185 35 4,701 43 6,659 67 143 63 2,742 91 578 62 • 510 11 487 26 1,447 25 633 20 38,089 43 "Arras" 21,319 60 7,455 25 8,524 35 1,061 41 2,553 73 733 32 641 57 455 36 1,448 66 1,279 95 45,473 29 "Franklin" 21 00 394 35 8 75 803 69 1,227 79

41,526 04 12,551 03 15,184 02 1,205 04 5,296 64 1,311 04 1,151 68 951 37 2,805 01 2,716 84 84,790 51 I West Coast-- "Giveneh 24,058 51 6,006 01 7,672 68 3,736 19 1,070 72 1,009 52 485 21 1,204 98 1,368 72 1,002 81 48,515 35 -HSL "Malaspina" 29,892 56 7,229 03 9,679 60 1,665 77 646 44 1,252 22 676 20 1,118 23 1,687 01 1,303 91 55,151 87 54,851 07 13,235 04 17,352 28 5,401 96 1,717 16 2,261 74 1,161 41 2,323 21 3,055 73 2,306 72 103,667 22 SW1213 1 £ SUMMARY

General Account 137 94 137 94 HONVZI East Coast 41,526 04 12,551 03 15,184 02 1,205 04 5,296 64 1,311 94 1,151 68 951 37 2,895 91 2,716 84 84,790 51 West Coast 54,851 07 13,235 04 17,352 28 5,401 06 1,717 16 2,261 74 1,161 41 2,323 21 3,055 73 2,300 72 103,667 22 96,377 11 25,786 97 32,536 30 6,607 00 7,013 80 3,573 68 2,313 00 3,274 58 5,951 64 5,161 50 188,595 67 ,

ffl 102 , MARINE AND FISHERIES DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE FISH CULTURE 1925-26 -

Hatcheries Salaries Mainten- Total of Total of ance Hatchery Provinces

$ cts. S ets. S cts. S cts.

Nova Scotia 30,065 72 Bedford 1,440 00 5,526 23 6,966 23 Lindloff 1,240 59 1,240 59 Margaree 4,140 00 2,772 05 6,912 05 Margaree Pond 437 16 3,019 22 3,456 38 Middleton 2,880 00 2,642 82 5,522 82 Windsor 1,500 00 3,579 42 5,079 42 Truro School 72 00 816 23 888 23 1 Prince Edward Island 4,624 81 Kelly's Pond Fly 2,820 00 1,804 81 4,624 81 New Brunswick - 50,880 64 Grand Falls 2,940 00 4,066 64 7,006 64 Mirarnichi 3,120 00 3,256 74 6,376 74 Miramichi Pond 2,341 77 2,341 77 Nepisiquit 576 63 1,299 03 1,875 66 New Mills Pond 761 40 3,782 52 4,543 92 Restigouche 3,643 37 1,615 88 5,259 25 • Sparkle 564 77 429 41 994 18 St. John 2,820 00 7,493 44 10,313 44 St. John Pond 11,861 75 11,861 75 Tohique 307 29 307 29 Ontario 79,938 10 Colling-wood 3,120 00 7,240 24 10,360 24 Kenora 3,370 00 8,304 84 11,674 84 Kingsville 4,560 00 5,200 05 9,760 05 Port Arthur 2,895 00 3,330 23 6,225 23 Sarnia 4,020 00 3,965 54 7,985 54 Southampton 3,000 00 10,535 68 13,535 68 Thurlow 6,000 00 6,587 94 12,587 94 Wiarton 4,290 00 , 3,518 58 7,808 58 Manitoba 21,265 04 Dauphin River 206 00 206 00 Dauphin River Spawn Camp 1,179 82 1,179 82 Gull Harbour 1,680 00 5.307 82 6,987 82 Winnipegosis 2,940 00 9,951 40 12,891 40 Saskatchewan 6,873 95 Qu'Appelle H 2,940 00 3,933 95 6,873 95 Alberta 7,655 91 Banff 3,015 00 3,246 54 6,261 54 Jasper Park 1 55 1 55 Spray Lakes . 1,39282 1,39282 British Columbia 114,827 77 General Account 7,225 16 2,46156 9,68672 Anderson 2,325 36 4,962 97 7,288 33 Babine 2,145 92 7,201 07 9,346 99 Cowichan 3,254 03 3,928 57 7,182 60 Cranbrook Eyeing Station 410 32 245 76 656 08 Cetus 443 55 6,619 58 7,063 13 Fifteen Mile Creek 48 00 48 00 Gerrard 362 58 2,094 42 2,457 00 Harrison 3,166 41 1,579 19 4,745 60 Kennedy 1,921 56 5,930 75 7,852 31 Lloyd's Creek Eyeing Station 577 42 1,883 77 2,461 19 Nelson Eyeing Station 1,050 00 1,726 20 2,776 20 Pemberton 5,335 49 8,726 60 14,062 09 Pitts 1,140 00 4,465 43 5,605 43 Rivers Inlet 2,628 29 13,118 02 15,746 31 Skeena 3,746 28 9,426 22 13,172 50 Stuart 1,440 00 3,237 29 4,677 29 General Account 5,910 00 5,840 84 11,750 84 11,750 84

SUMMARY

Nova Scotia 10,469 16 19,596 56 30,065 72 Prince Edward Island 2,820 00 1,804 81 4,624 81 New Brunswick 14,426 17 36,454 47 50,880 64 Ontario 31,255 00 48,683 10 79,938 10 Manitoba 4,620 00 16,645 04 21,265 04 Saskatchewan 2,940 00 3,933 95 6,873 95 Alberta 3,015 00 4,640 91 7,655 91 British Columbia 37,172 37 77,655,40 114,827 77 General Account 5,910 00 5,840 84 11,750 84 112,627 70 215,255 08 327,882 78 FISHERIES B.RANCH

UNDER BIOLOGICAL BOARD

Other Salaries expenditure — Total

$ cts. S cts. $ cts. $ cts.

General Account 84 63 84 63 Cultus Lake—Biologist 2,280 00 1,290 60 3,570 60 Cultus Lake—Counting Experiment, etc 1,684 00 2,487 20 4,171 20 Cultus Lake—Bungalow 3,525 55 3,525 55 Jasper Park Investigations 599 47 599 47 Fresh Water Scheme 30 00 30 00 Trout Investigations 1,516 45 468 68 1,985 13 Warm Water Survey 500 00 487 36 987 36 5,980 45 8,973 49 14,953 94

Total Fish Culture 342,836 72

FISHERIES EXPENDITTJTLE, 1925-26-SUMMARY BY PROVINCES

General Nova Prince New Saskat- British Service Totals Account Scotia Edward Bruns- Quebec Ontario Manitoba chewan Alberta Columbia Island wick $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ cts. $ ets. Salaries and disbursements of fishery officers 404,733 69 15,691 80 125,568 67 24,726 44 77,880 00 278 90 16,684 70 18,155 89 18,744 72107,002 57 Fisheries Patrol Service 196,540 78 9,607 20 3,131 34 9,726 58 22,251 26 151,824 40 Fisheries Protection Service 188,595 67 9,333 47 71,492 38 599 19 3,503 41 103,667 22 Fish Culture 342,836 72 11,835 47 31,053 08 6,609 94 50,910 64 79,038 10 21,265 04 6,873 95 8,255 38 126,095 12 Building Fishways, etc 9,523 58 10,37 2,834 23 1,323 55 598 94 18 4,756 31 Conservation and development of deep-sea Fisheries 70,145 40 9,457 00 23,483 86 18 20 2,998 44 317 67 33,870 23 Fisheries Intelligence Bureau 423 24 197 74 99 50 126 00 Inspection of canned and pickled fish 23,002 67 96 49 17,970 16 2,572 91 651 55 1,711 56 Investigations 9,949 04 9,949 04 Legal and Incidental Expenses 1,995 62 1,011 41 276 70 488 00 219 51 tzi Marine Biological Board 42,000 00 42,000 00 ' Fishing Bounty 159,984 80 82,550 35 10,670 70 18,824 30 47,939 45 1,449,731 21 98,571 38365,670 84 47,079 36167,417 92 40,187 57 79,938 10 60,689 00 25,030 02 27,000 10529 14892

1%1 Civil Government Salaries 94,431 66 1-4 Contingencies 14,487 67

1,558,650 54 . ›:1 Gratuities 250 00 ■-■ Salary Revision, etc 1,265 01 1,560,165 55 '

FISHERIES BRANCH 105

APPENDIX 6 LIST of United States Fishing Vessels -which entered Canadian Ports on the Pacific Coast during the year ended December 31, 1925

Number Number Quantity Name of Vessel Tonnage of men of times Reasons for entry of fish in crew entered landed cwt. Adeline 6 2 3 Sell fish, supplies, wat,er 100 .Agua 6 3 1 Orders, Akutan 46 10 10 " sell fish 2,700 Alaska 54 15 12 Sell fish 3,440 Albatross. 40 14 10 Bait, ice, sell fish 1,940 Alfonso XIII 6 6 1 Supplies, water Alice 7 6 1 " Alice B 13 5 4 Bait, ice, sell fish, supplies, water. 40 Alki 7 2 10 Sell fish 560 Alten 43 15 12 Orders, sell fish 4,280 America 25 11 10 Bait, ice, orders, supplies Andrew H 11 20 1 Supplies, -water Anna J 22 6 14 Sell fish 1,840 Antler ' 22 5 6 Bait, sell fish 120 Aloha 19 6 8 Supplies Arcade 14 4 12 Bait, ice Arctic 29 7 10 Sell fish 2,440 Arrow 40 8 11 44 2,700 Atlas 31 7 10 " 2,360 Atlantic 25 9 7 4C 1,180 Attie 35 10 7 " 2,300 Augusta 19 5 13 44 2,000 Baldy 7 5 2 Repairs, water Baltic 20 4 8 Sell fish 960 Barb 2 2 2 Shelter, water Bear 31 5 1 Supplies, water Beaver 16 5 1 Bait, ice Bernice 4 2 1 Sell fish 4( Bessie 8 4 2 Shelter, water Bessie M 10 4 1 " " Betty 15 5 4 Sell fish 380 Bluebird 4 2 1 20 Bonanza 30 5 11 " 2,14( Bravo 10 3 10 " 72( Brisk 37 7 11 " 23,88( Brothers 13 5 11 1,98( Brownie 6 2 1 Supplies California 20 5 8 Bait, ice Cape Clear 13 5 8 " " sell fish 24( Caroline 4 2 2 Sell fish 12( Cascade 7 2 1 Bait, ice 26( Castor 6 3 46 Sell" fish Cedric 19 6 1,101 14 5 7 Bait, ice, sell fish, supplies, water Chancellor 6 " " " Nil Chelsea 51 10 10 " " " 2,161 Chimera 9 3 Chum 6 4 9 Sell fish 64 Cohoe 4 1 2 Shelter, water Columbia 41 9 9 Bait, ice, sell fish 3,441 Commonwealth 60 17 7 Sell fish 1,981 Condor 4 2 1 ‘‘ 21 Constitution 39 13 11 " 3,781 Cora 4 2 11 451 Corona 19 n 10 Bait, ice Curlew 18 5 4 " " Daily 26 7 13 Orders, sell fish, supplies, water... 2,64 Dalco 4 2 1 Water Defense 20 5 8 Sell fish 1,18i O Democrat 27 6 11 2,501 O Diamond T 8 1 1 " 4 O Discovery 10 4 7 Bait," ice" Dora H 15 5 1 . EaQle 67 16 10 Sell fish 5.48 106 MARINE AND FISHERIES

LIST of United States Fishing Vessels which entered Canadian Ports on the Pacific Coast during the year ended December 31, 1925—Cmtinued

Number Number Quantity Name of Vessel Tonnage . of men ' of times Reasons for entry of fish in crew ent,ered landed cwt. Eastern Point 4 3 13 ,, 640 Edco 8 6 2 Shelter, water Eidsvoid 15 5 6 Ice, sell fish 440 Eleanora 16 5 1 Bait, ice Ellen K 5 1 1 Shelter, water Emblem 4 3 5 Sell fish 200 E. Neilson 15 4 10 " 940 Enterprise 8 3 10 Bait, ice Eureka 11 4 11 " " sell fish, supplies, water.. 1,160 Evolution 17 5 8 " " supplies, water Fairway 19 5 9 " " sell fish, supplies, water.. 700 Faith 7 3 13 " " " 140 F. C. Ilergert 21 8 3 Far West 37 5 1 Supplies Fidelity 29 11 1 Water Flamingo 13 5 2 Orders, water Flattery 10 2 9 Sell fish 510 Flower 3 1 1 Water Ford 4 2 4 Sell fish 220 Foremost 66 15 10 " 4,660 Fortuna 21 5 2 Bait, ice, supplies Forward 18 5 12 " " sell fish 1,060 3alveston 21 6 4 Sell fish 640 :liant II 40 5 3 Ice, buying fish :Bader 12 4 13 Sell fish 1,760 2,1adstone 23 6 ' 5 " 780 1:41adys 11 3 12 ,‘ 1,020 71ony 12 5 3 " , water so 3rayling 16 5 5 " 660 :lretchen 7 3 3 Bait, ice :lroth 10 4 3 "" sell fish 20 Elanna - 11 5 1 ElannY 12 4 5 Sell fish 560 larding 19 5 7 Bait, ice, sell fish 120 Elavana 41 15 15 " " " 760 lazel 7 3 2 Sell fish 120 lazel 11 24 5 11 " 1,560 lelen Payne 9 2 2 ,, 100 lelgeland 56 15 2 ,., 480 1lilda 10 3 11 ,, 1,040 1li Gill 12 4 8 ,r 640 mperial 35 5 9 " 1,160 nger 7 2 7 " 300 thona 20 5 12 Bait, sell fish 1,640 vanhoe 27 6 9 Sell fish 2,400 ennie F. Decker 16 5 14 Bait, ice, supplies oseph George 6 2 1 In distress • P. Todd II 12 5 9 Sell fish 1,040 une 15 5 8 ,, 860 (.410 5 2 1 Shelter, water (.702 5 2 2 ,‘ (.874 5 2 1 i, Canaga 47 9 9 Sel] fish 2,000 Il Canatak 39 17 7 " 1,680 ge Catalla 16 5 1 4 80 Cennebec 4 3 5 " 320 Codiak 38 13 14 Bait, ice, sell fish 2,420 ,. 532 5 2 1 Shelter, water .ancing 16 5 9 Sell fish 1,200 et Paloma 14 11 8 Bait, ice •eif II 21 3 2 Sell fish 780 ,enor 14 4 4 " 480 ,eviathan 29 7 7 ,‘ 1,560 dberty 44 15 15 Bait, ice, sell fish 880 ,illian M 9 3 1 it ,incoln 25 6 3 " " sell fish 1,640 âncoln 4 3 3 Sell fish 200 ,ituya 39 9 8 " 1,400 ,ola 4 2 1 df 20 cuise 16 5 8 Bait ice

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LIST of United States Fishing Vessels which entered Canadian Ports on the Pacific Coast during the year ended December 31, 1925—C ontinued

Number Number Quantity Name of Vessel Tonnage of men of times Reasons for entry of fish in crew entered landed cwt. Lumnen 10 4 9 Sell fish 820 M. 2 5 1 1 Shelter, water M. 689 4 2 1 Sell fish 20 Madeline J 25 5 10 Bait, ice Magnolia 25 2 1 Sell fish 80 Majestic " 3,920 33 7 12 " Margaret T 9 3 1 120 Mariner 21 6 10 Orders, sell fish 920 Mars 9 4 6 Sell fish 520 Mary 24 5 2 Bait, ice Mary N 4 2 1 Sell fish 40 Maude Hazel 9 4 1 Shelter, water May 4 2 6 Sell fish 300 Mermaid 19 5 9 Bait, ice Merna 5 3 1 Shelter, water Middlet,on 24 6 6 Sell fish 1,000 Mildred II 31 6 7 Bait, sell fish 1,280 Minnie Belva 5 9 1 Shelter, water Myrtle 15 5 10 Supplies Naomi 4 2 2 Sell fish 120 National 20 6 7 Bait, ice, sell fish, supplies, water 800 ''" " " rr Neptune 43 13 11 880 Neptune 4 1 3 Sell fish 120 New England 70 28 5 Repairs, sell fish 740 Nomad 15 4 2 Bait, engine repairs, ice Norland 19 5 1 Sell fish 160 Norma 6 2 120 2 « North 27 9 7 2,260 North 9 3 10 Bait, ice 34 Sell fish 560 Omaney 12 2 " Onah 18 5 16 1,780 Orient 48 13 12 Bait, ice, sell fish 560 Panama 34 13 9 Sell fish 2,880 Paragon 69 15 7 Ct 2,800 f Pearl 5 1 1 Shelter, water Sell fish 160 Pegge 4 3 2 ‘< Pelican 17. 5 6 400 Pershing 18 5 1 Bait, ice Pioneer 48 13 9 Sell fish 2,520 Pioneer II 12 5 2 Engine repairs, water PioneerIII 211 6 10 Bait, ice, sell fish 360 Polaris 45 14 7 Sell fish 2,280 Portlock 36 7 7 2,300 Presho 14 5 13 Bait, ice President 24 6 4 Sell fish 1,040 Prosperity 25 6 8 3,600 Pysht 24 3 1 Supplies Sell fish 3,240 Radio 63 15 8 " Remblai 10 3 7 420 Ranier 39 9 12 Orders, sell fish 3,440 Sell fish 820 Ranier 4 3 12 " Reliance I 19 5 5 820 5 10 " 1,200 Reliance 14 " Reliance 11 3 1 40 Reliance 7 3 9 " supplies, water 380 Relief 5 2 1 Shelter, water Sell fish 3,500 Republic 51 15 8 " Resolute 47 10 11 4,400 Restitution 24 5 9 Bait, ice, supplies, water 3 I Sell fish 80 Rival 4 " Roald Amundsen 23 6 9 1,800 Rosario 16 5 9 Bait, ice Royal 15 5 8 Sell fish 1,140 Roosevelt 13 5 1 Bait, ice Sadie K 16 5 5 " , engine repairs, ice, sell fish 220 Sarah 13 2 1 Shelter, water Scandia 39 17 8 Sell fish 4,420 Scout 5 9 1 f I 20 Sea Lion G 2 1 Supplies Senator 11 6 9 Orders, sell fish 1,940 108 MARINE AND RISHERIES

LIST of United States Fishing Vessels which ent,ered Canadian Ports on the Pacific, Coast during the year ended December 31, 1925—Concluded

- Number Number Quantity Name of Vessel Tonnage of men of tirnes Reasons for entry of fish in crew entered landed cwt. Seattle 55 15 5 Bait, ice, sell fish 1,180 Sentinel 21 6 10 Sell fish 7 " 2,200 Seymour 44 15 2,240 Sherman 18 5 10 " 1,860 Sirius 17 6 10 ‘‘ " 1,240 Sitka 50 15 9 3,020 Star 7 3 11 lt 840 Spray 25 6 9 Bait, ice, sell fish 1,360 Summer 34 8 10 Sell fish 3,320 Sunbeam 5 1 1 In distress Sunset 37 7 9 Sell fish 2,760 Sun Wing 15 4 1 100 Superior 26 6 4 " " 450 Swan 9 4 15 840 T. 563 4 1 3 Water T.690 5 3 3 " Tahoma 18 7 10 Sell fish 1,580 Tatoosh 21 6 8 " 1,560 Teddy J 13 3 9 1,140 Terna 5 2 1 Shelter, water Texas 16 5 4 Bait, ice orders, sell fish, supplies, water 380 Thelma II 36 5 6 Bait, ice, supplies, water Thelma M 7 3 1 Sell fish 80 Thordenskjold 39 13 12 Bait, ice, sell fish " " 1,020 Tillicum 21 5' 2 40 Topsey D 6 5 1 Supplies, water Trinity 41 9 2 Sell fish " 140 Tyee 13 4 4 500 Unimak 22 5 18 Bait, ice, sell fish 660 Urania 27 6 2 Sell fish 220 Uranus 15 5 16 Bait, ice, sell fish 680 Uncle Jim 6 10 2 Supplies Valero 6 3 10 Bait, ice, orders Valid 8 3 2 Sell fish " 140 Valorous 21 5 15 , supplies, water 1,560 Vansee 58 15 8 Orders, sell fish 3,280 Venus 25 7 9 Sell fish 2,520 Venus 4 2 10 " " 1,180 Vera, - 4 2 1 20 Vermont 35 8 1 Supplies, water Vesta 17 5 13 Sell fish 1,040 Viking 11 4 4 " " 160 Virginia 33 5 2 420 Volunteer 20 5 2 Bait, sell fish 160 Wabash 6 3 15 Sell fish 920 Wanderlust 5 5 1 Shelter, veater Washington 15 4 1 Sell fish 80 " Wave 7 3 11 720 Wesley 9 3 8 Bait, ice Western 41 7 10 Sell fish 2,420 Westfjord 17 5 3 Bait, ice, landed sick man, sell fish 40 Wilson 19 8 10 Bait, ice, sell fish, supplies, water 400 Wireless 19 5 14 Bait, ice, sell fish 320 Wizard 49 8 7 Sell fish 3,200 Woodrow 23 5 8 Bait Yakutat 41 14 13 Bait, ice, orders, sell fish, supplies, water 1,320 Yellowstone 22 5 14 Sell fish 1,520 Young America 27 6 2 " 400 Yukon 31 6 7 1,780 Yule 9 3 1 Supplies, water Zenith 47 9 8 Sell fish 1,520 FISHERIES BRANC.FI 109

APPENDIX 7 The following is a statement of the different kinds of licenses issued by the different inspectors dming the 1925-26 season:— MAGDALEN ISLANDS, QUEBEC—Inspector S. T. GALLANT Hind of Licenses— Number of Licenses Issued Lobster fishing licenses 452 Lobster packing licenses 17 Lobster packing extensions-15 Fish cannery licenses 1 Certificates under section 63-1 Herring seine licenses 24 Herring trap-net licenses 23 517 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND—Inspector S. T. GALLANT Lobster fishing licenses 2,319 Lobster packing licenses 144 (1 cancelled) Lobster packing extensions-76 Oyster fishery licenses 175 Quahaug fishery licenses Nil Fish cannery licenses 11 Certificates under section 63-6 Reduction works licenses Nil Trap-net fishing licenses 3 Smelt gill-net licenses • 308 Smelt bag-net licenses 284 (1 cancelled) Receipts books-22 3,244 (2 cancelled) NOVAeSCOTIA—DISTRICT No. 1—Inspector A. G. McLEon Lobster fishing licenses 2,067 Lobster packing licenses 47 Lobster packing extensions-31 Oyster fishery licenses - 90 Fish cannery licenses - 3 Certificates under section 63-61 Reduction works licenses Nil Herring weir licenses Nil Special fishery licenses for tra-p-nets 54 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 27 Salmon trap-net, pound-net or weir 145 Special angling permits 50 Receipt books-5 Lobster pound licenses Nil Smelt gill-net licenses 217 Smelt bag-net licenses 40 2,740

NOVA SCOTIA—DISTRICT No. 2—Inspector D. H. SUTHERLAND Lobster fishing licenses 2,792 (3 cancelled) Lobster packing licenses 62 Lobster packing extensions-57 (2 cancelled) Oyster fishery licenses 134 Shad gill-net or drift-net licenses 20 Fish cannery licenses 2 Certificates under section 63-107 (2 cancelled) Reduction works licenses 2 Seine licenses 188 Herring weir licenses 18 Trap-net licenses 139 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 320 Salmon trap-net, pound-net or weir licenses 151 (2 cancelled) Special angling permits 48 Receipt books-24 (2 cancelled) Smelt gill-net licenses 260 Smelt bag-net licenses 242 Scallop fishery licenses 8_ Lobster pound licenses 2 Lobster pound certificates-103 4,388 (5 cancelled) 110 MARINE AND FISHERIES

NOVA SCOTIA—DISTRICT No. 3—Inspector H. H. MArtssiALL Kind of Licenses--Continued Number of Licenses Issued Lobster fishing licenses 3,133 Lobster packing licenses • 27 Lobster packing extensions-34.... Shad gill-net or drift-net licenses.. 2 Fish cannery licenses 9 Certificates under section 63-163.. Reduction Works licenses 1 Herring weir licenses 81 Trap-net fishing licenses 159 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 254 (9 cancelled) Salmon trap-net, pound-net or weir licenses , 64 Salmon net permits 25 (1 cancelled) Special angling permits 463 Lobster pound licenses 7 Receipt books-13 Lobster pound certificates-152 (1 destroyed) Smelt gill-net licenses 62 Smelt bag-net licenses 37 Scallop fishery licenses 225 4,549 (10 cancelled) NEW BRUNSWICK—DISTRICT No. 3—Inspector H. E. H.ARRISON Shad gill-net or drift-net licenses 230 Sturgeon fishery licenses 10 Whitefish fishery, licenses 1 Salmon net permits 150 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 127 Receipt books-7 Smelt gill-net licenses Nil Smelt bag-net licenses Nil Bass fishery licenses 90 608

NEW BRUNSWICK—DISTRICT No. 1—Inspectér J. F. CALDER Lobster fishing licenses 637 Shad gill-net or drift-net licenses 46 Fish cannery licenses 8 Certificates under section 63-5 Reduction works licenses - Nil Herring weir licenses 608 (1 cancelled) Clam permits 112 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 81 Herring seine licenses 1 Receipts books-112 Smelt gill-net licenses Nil Smelt bag-net licenses Nil Scallop fishery licenses 39 Lotster pound licenses 3 Lobster pound certificates-59 Lease of Dark Harbour Fishing privileges-1 1,535 (1 cancelled) NEW BRUNSWICK—DISTRICT No. 2—Inspector A. L. BARRY Lobster fishing licenses 2,211 Lobster packing licenses 137 Lobster packing extensions-59 Oyster fishery licenses 609 Quahaug fishery licenses 128 Shad gill-net or drift-net licenses 22 Fish cannery licenses 5 Certificates under section 63-209 (1 cancelled) Reduction veorks licenses Nil Herring weir licenses 2 Salmon net permits 34 Gaspereau pound-net or trap-net licenses 53 Salmon gill-net or drift-net licenses 53 Smelt gill-net licenses 144 Smelt bag-net licenses 4,896 Scallop fishery licenses Nil Lobster pound licenses 5 Bass fishery licenses 63 Lobster pound certificates-173 Receipt books-72 Salmon trap-net, pound-net or weir licenses 450 8,812 FISHERIES BRANCH 111

MANITOBA—Inspector J. B. SEArrasow Kind of Licenses—Continued Number of Licenses Issued Commercial sturgeon fishery licenses 194 (1 cancelled) Domestic sturgeon fishery licenses 103 Special angling permits (non-residents) 250 Pound-net licenses .- 22 Receipts book-275 Special fishery licenses 2,810 (7 cancelled) Settler's permits 971 4,350 (8 cancelled) SASKATCHEWAN—Inspector G. C. MACDOXALD Commercial sturgeon fishery licenses 1 Domestic sturgeon fishery licenses Special angling permits 495 (2 cancelled) Receipt books-14 Commercial and fisherman's licenses 758 Domestic fishery licenses • 137 Indian and half-breed permits 828 2,227 (2 cancelled) ALBERTA—Inspector R. T. Rome Fish cannery licenses • Nil Special angling permits 4,611 (3 cancelled) Receipt books-589 (2 cancelled) Indian and half-breed permits 844 Commercial and fisherman's fishery licenses 1,008 (4 cancelled) Domestic fishery licenses 147 (12 cancelled) 6,610 (19 cancelled) BRITISH COLUMBIA Fish cannery licenses 11 Certificates under section 63—Nil Special angling permits 20 _Abalone fishery licenses 1 Indian permits 122 Metal tags 1,589 Reduction n-orks licenses 20 Crab fishery licenses 131 (1 cancelled) Smelt or sardine fishery licenses 51 Sturgeon fikhery licenses 1 Miscellaneous licenses 161 Salmon fishery licenses 3,888 (1 cancelled) Salmon trolling licenses 1,807 (4 cancelled) Salmon trap-net 20 (1 cancelled) Salmon drag-seine licenses 38 (1 cancelled) Salmon purse-seine licenses 303 License to Capt. of Salmon (purse or drag) seine boat 228 (6 cancelled) Salmon curing licenses 67 (2 cancelled) Salmon cannery licenses 68 (1 cancelled) Boat licenses 218 (1 cancelled) Fish buyer's licenses 62 (1 cancelled) Grayfish licenses 166 (1 cancelled) License to assistant operator of salmon (purse or drag) seine under license No 1,294 License to assistant in n boat used in operating salmon gill-net or drift-net 1,067 (4 cancelled) Cod fishery licenses 373 (1 cancelled) Herring or pilchard gill-net or drift-net 31 Herring drag-seine licenses 4 Herring purse seine licenses 54 (1 cancelled) (No. 16 Pilchard purse Seine) License to Capt. of herring seine boat 45 Herring curing licenses 31 Whale factory licenses 2 , Counterfoil of pelagic sealing Certificates 10 10,294 (26 cancelled) YUKON TERRITORY Special fishery licenses 24 (1 cancelled)

MODUS VIVENDI LICENSES Pacific Coast 216 Total 50,114 (74 cancelled) CANADA DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS FISHERIES DIVISION f' FISHERIES STATISTICS OF CANADA

1925

(Prepared in collaboration with Dominion and Provincial Fisheries Departments)

Published by Authority of the Hon. James Malcolm, M. P. Minister of Trade and Commerce

OTTAWA F. A. ACLAND PRINTER TO THE XING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1926 Price_ 40 cents 2 FISHERIES STATISTICS

CONTENTS Preface 3 The Fisheries of Canada 4-10

Introduction and Summary

Quantity and Value of Chief Commercial Fishes, 1921-1925 10, 11 Review of the Fisheries of 1925 11, 12 Surnmary of Production, 1925 13-17 Agencies of Production, 1923-1925— In Primary Operations- Capital 17-19 Employees 17-19 In Fish Canning and Curing Establishments— Capital 17, 19 Employees 1 , Employees and Wages 19, 20 Number of Wage-earners by Months 20 Fuel Used 20 Power Equipment 20 Value of Materials Used 20, 21 Value of Production 21 Classification of Establishments According to Form of Organization; Time in Operations; Number of Employees; and Value of Production 21, 22 Review by Provinces— Total Value of Fisheries, 1921-1925 22 Quantity and Value of Chief Commercial Fishes, 1921-1925 23-25. Quantity and Value of All Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925 26-31 Total Value for-Counties and Districts of AU Sea Fish Caught and Landed and Marketed, 1925 32 Proportion of Catch of Sea Fish taken Offshore, 1925 33-35- Capital Equipment, 1925 ' 36, 37 Number of Employees, 1925 36, 3T Fishing Bounties, 1925 38 Imports and Exports, 1925 38 Historical Review 38-40

General Tables I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925 42-90 Prince Edward Island, 42; Nova Scotia, 44; New Brunswick, 64; Quebec, 74; Ontario, 82; Manitoba, 82; Saskatchewan, 84; Alberta, 85; Yukon, 85; British Columbia, 86. II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Capital Equipment, Employees, etc 92-113 Part 1. In Primary Operations Prince Edward Island, 92; Nova Scotia, 94; New Brunswick, 102; Quebec, 106; Ontario, 108; Manitoba, 110; Saskatchewan, 110; Alberta, 110; Yukon, 110; British Columbia, 112. Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing Establishments 114-130 (a) General Summary of Statistics 114 (b) Capital Invested 120 (c) Employees and Salaries and Wages 122 (d) Ntunber of Wage-earners by Months 128 (e) Quantity and Value of Fuel Used 130 (f) Power Equipment 13 2 (g) Classification of Establishments According to Time in Operation and Hours Worked 132 (h) Classification of Establishments According to Value of Product 134 (i) Classification of Establishments According to Number of Employees 135 (j) Classification of Establishments According to Form of Organization 136 III. (1) The Salmon Pack of British Columbia, 1915-1925 138 (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products, 1925 140 (3) Fishing Bounties, 1925 155 FISHERIES STATISTICS 3

PREFACE

This Report is issued under an arrangement for statistical co-operation between the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Government branches having jurisdiction with regard to fisheries throughout Canada. These branches comprise: The Dominion Fisheries Branch of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, which exercises jurisdiction over the fisheries of the Maritime provinces, the Prairie provinces and British Columbia, and the Fisheries Branches of Ontario and Quebec, which have jurisdiction over the fisheries of their respective provinces, excepting in the case of Quebec, the fisheries of the Magdalen Islands, which are Under the jurisdiction of the Dominion Fisheries Branch. The province of British Columbia has a Fisheries Branch, but it does not engage in independent statistical work. Under the arrangement above referred to, the statistics of the catch, and of the products marketed in a fresh state or domestically prepared, are collected by the local officers of the Fisheries Branches, checked in the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and compiled in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. In the case of manufactured fish products, schedules in conformity with those of other sections of the Census of Industry are sent by the Bureau to the operators of canneries, fish-curing establishments, etc., the fisheries officers assisting in securing an expeditious and acurate return. The grateful acknowledgments of the Bureau are tendered to the officers of the provincial governments who co-operate in these arrangements. R. II. COATS, Dominion Statistician.

DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS, OTTAWA, September 6, 1926.

26979-II 4 FISHERIES STATISTICS

THE FISHERIES OF CANADA The Early Fisheries.—Fishing is one of the historic industries of Canada. From a date which precedes authentic record, the Normans, the Bretons and the Basques were on the cod-bankS of Newfoundland. Cabot, in 1498, when he first sighted the mainland of North America, gave it the name of "Bacalaos," the Basque word for codfish, which he found already in use among those hardy seamen. Cape Breton, one of the oldest place-names in America, is another memorial of the early French fishermen,—and the Spaniards and the Portuguese were but little behind. Fernandez de Navarrete mentions all three as frequenters of the "Grand Bank" before 1502. The fishing was by hand lines over barrels made fast to the bulwarks to prevent fouling, the vessels remaining during fine weather, then returning to France with from 30,000 to 50,000 cod. Voyages along the coast soon showed the cod as plentiful inshore as on the outer banks, and it became common for a crew to anchor in a bay, erect a hut on shore, and make daily excursions to the fishing grounds—the product being salted and dried on land and at the end of the season shipped to France. Jacques Cartier, when he went up the St. Lawrence in 1534, found traces everywhere of these early "Captains Courageous" and of their rivalries in arms no less than in the capture of the teeming product which had tempted them so far from home. An establishment of the kind just mentioned was founded at Tadoussac by Chauvin in 1599. Soon the fishermen began to stay all winter and thus to erect permanent fishing settlements. The first grant of the fisheries of Canada was made by the King of France to de Monts in 1603. Fishing, therefore, may well be regarded as the first industry to be systematically prosecuted by Europeans in what is to-day the Canadian, domain. It has never since ceased to yield a peren- nial harvest both to Europe and America. By the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, Britain became the owner of Newfoundland and excluded France from fishing and drying fish on certain sections of the coast, but France retained the Fisheries of Cape Breton and the Gulf. The Seven Years War (1756-1763) put a stop to continuous fishing. At its close, the Robin family of Jersey came to Canada, and gradually acquired the former French fishing stations. Until the arrival of the Loyalists all other fishing but cod was neglected. Inshore fisheries alone (including those of the Labrador coast ) were developed during this phase; no deep-sea fishing vessel put out from Lunenburg, now the chief centre of the deep-sea fishery, until 1873. The Canadian. Fishing Grounds.—Canada's Fishing Grounds are perhaps the most extensive in the world. On the Atlantic, from Grand Manan to Labrador, the coast line, not including the lesser bays and indentations, measures over 5,000 miles. The bay of Fundy, 8,000 square miles in extent, the gulf of St. Lawrence, fully ten times that sise, and other ocean waters comprise not less than 200,000 square miles, or over four-fifths of the area of the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. In addition there are on the Atlantic sea-board 15,000 square miles of inshore waters controlled entirely by the Dominion. Large as are these areas they represent only a part of the fishing grounds of Canada. Hudson Bay, with a shore 6,000 miles in length, is greater in area than the Mediterranean Sea; the Pacific coast of the Dominion measures 7,180 miles in length and is exceptionnally well sheltered, whilst throughout the interior is a series of lakes which together contain more than half of the fresh water on the planet, Canada's share of the Great Lakes alone amounting to over 34,000 square miles, a total which of course does not include lake Winnipeg (9,457 square miles), lake Manitoba, and others of even greater area. Still more important than the extent of the Canadian fishing grounds is the quality of their product. It is an axiom among authorities that food fishes improve in proportion to the purity and coldness of the waters in which they are taken. Judged by this standard, the Canadian, cod, halibut, herring, mackerel, whitefish and salmon are the peer of any in the world. It is possible, therefore, to state that by far the most valuable fisheries of the western hemisphere, if not of the globe, belong to Canada. FISHERIES STATISTICS 5

It will be seen from the above that it is impossible to deal with the Canadian fisheries in, the aggregate; they are those of a continent rather than of a country, and are of corresponding diversity. Omitting the tremendous Hudson Bay and peri-Arctic region, which extends from Ungava to Alaska, and which is known to contain a number of vatuab/e food fisheries in addition to its whcaing grounds, there are roughly the following divisions of the Canadian fisheries; 1. ATLANTIC FISEIERIES.—These were the first Canadian fisheries in, point of time and until 1918 they remained the most important for aggregate value of product. Cod, halibut, haddock, hake, herring, mackerel, lobster, oyster, hair ' seal and white whale fisheries are included. The estuarian and inland waters of the Maritime provinces and of Quebec are sometimes considered as distinct; if they are added, the list of products would embrace the salmon, the shad, the gaspereau (alewife), the smelt, the striped bass, the tom cod, the trout and the maskinonge. Conditions are fairly uniform throughout these fisheries, which are commonly divided into the inshore and deep-sea fisheries. The inshore or coastal fishery is carried on in small boats usually motor driven, with crews of two or three men, and in a class of small vessels with crews of from four to seven men. The means of capture employed by boat fishermen are gill nets and hooks and lines, both hand lines and trawls; whilst from the shore are operated trap nets, haul seines and weirs. Haddock as well as cod is a staple product; during the spring and summer it is split and salted but the important season comes with the autumn when the fish are shipped fresh or else smoked and sold as finnan haddie. The deep-sea fisheries are worked by vessels of from 40 to 100 tons, carrying from twelve to twenty men operating with trawl lines from dories. The fleets operate on the various fishing banks, such as Grand Bank, Middle Ground and Ban quereau. The vessels, built by native hands, remain at sea, sometimes for nionths at a time, and in the h,ands of sai/ors who have no superior, seidom come to grief. When they return, the fish, which have been split and salted on board, are taken on shore and washed and dried. The West Indies are the chief market for this product; no cod fish in, the world stands the tropical climate like that cured by Nova Scotia fishermen. Steam trawling, as it is carried on in the North Sea, was introduced on the Atlantic coast of Canada several years ago. There are notv .10 steam trawlers operating from Nova Scotia ports. They operate practically the whole year and their catches are 'utilized entirely for the fresh fish, trade. Lobstering is another distinctive industry. In 1870, there were three lobster canneries on the Atlantic coast of Canada; today the canneries number about 500 and give work to nearly 7,000 people; 30,000,000 lobsters is a normal catch. The difficulty of enforcing regulations as to the capture of undersized and spawning lobsters offers a constant problem in connection with the output, but a declin,e is now thought to have been arrested. Oysters, once plentiful everywhere, are now found in, somewhat diminished quantities. The canning of sardines, which are young herrings and not a distinct type of fish, in New Brunswick is second only to lobstering. The fishing population of the Maritime provinces is a specialized and stable industrial class. The coast-wise fisheries are operated fram April to November, or to January in sheltered districts; and though the larger vessels work all winter, several thousand men are availa.ble for a time each year for other employment. This they find about the small plots of land which the most of them own or occupy, in the lumber camps of New Brunswick, or in the collieries of Nova Scotia. A few from Lunenburg and other centres engage in the West Indian trade. Apart from restrictions of tveather and close seasons, the prevailing method of paying the men on shares has a further tendency in years of low catches or prices to drive thenz into secondary occupations. . In view of the various disabilities attaching to the industry, an act of the provincial legislature of Nova Scotia was passed in 1905, which provided for the organization of fishermen's unions or "stations" throughout the province, in affili- ation with a central body, to meet annually for the discussion of com.mon problems 6 FISHERIES STATISTICS

such as transportation facilities, the cordage supply, prices, methods of catching and curing fish, etc. Several successful conventions have been held. In New Bruns- wick similar legislation was enacted. After a few years' existence, however, the unions ceased to operate, and fishing activities are again prosecuted independently by the various individuals and firms interested. 2. INLAND FISHERIES.—The Great Lakes and tributary waters of the St. Lawrence are a second great division of the Canadian fisheries. Whitefish, trout, pickerel, and lake herring are the most important commercial fishes of Ontario, though pike, sturgeon and coarse fish yield a fair return. The Quebec inland fisheries are comparatively unimportant. The story of the Great Lakes fisheries is one of reckless early depletion and subsequent slow recovery by restocking. Single hauls of 90,000 tvhitefish were once common; in the Detroit river the fish used to be driven into pens where they were captured or died by the hundreds of thousands, and were used later as fertilizer. .All this reaped its reward in barren waters and a demoralized market. The season on the Great Lakes lasts from six to eight months, and though fishing through the ice is followed by many, a large number depend on miscellaneous emp/oyment between the seasons. Moving westward, /ake Winnipeg, lake Winnipegosis, lake Manitoba and the smaller lakes to the north and east furnish most of the fish products of Manitoba. Whitefish and pickerel are the chief products, but pike, tullibee, goldeye and many other varieties abound. In Saskatchewan and Alberta commercial fishing is confined to the regions north of the Saskatchewan river, where whitefish in large quantities are taken. The problem of transportation is keenly felt; some of the greatest lakes of the continent —Reindeer, Athabaska, Great Slave, Great Bear—and hundreds of smaller bodies of water are still beyond reach from a marketing point of view. The lakes of the west, however, repeating the part which the St. Lawrence played in the days of the French regime, and the cod banks in the history of New England, have assisted greatly in the settlement of the country by providing a much needed food supply for early arrivals. 3. PACIFIC Fiat:LE:RTES.—In British Columbia there is an interior fishing region which corresponds in the main to the prairie section; in the early history of the province it is doubtful if the fur trade (which opened the door by way of the Rocky Mountains to later enterprise) could have established its footing but for these fisheries. The great wealth of British Columbia, however, in this respect—the source from which she produces approximately two-fifths of the fish products of Canada, and has built up a trade which reaches to the ends of the earth—is in the estuarian salmon fisheries of the Fraser, the Skeena, the Naas, and other rivers of the Pacific slope. Every species of this king of food fishes known to the waters of the Pacific (which, however, is not the true salmon) is to be found on the British Columbia coast—the sockeye the spring, the cohoe, the pink and the chum salmon. Of these, the sockeye is by far the most important, owing to its abundance and to its prevailing deep red colour and excellent texture, which have created so keen .a demand for it in the British market. On the Fraser river, which used to be the chief source of supply, but which has now yielded place to the Skeena and other northern waters, the yield varies to a considerable extent from year to year. The run begins late in July and is at its height in the opening weeks of August, though the northern rivers have a somewhat earlier season. The spring or quinnat salmon is a much larger fish; it was the species first used in the United States for canning. The runs begins eariy in the spring and continues until July. The cohoes are smaller, running like the sockeye in compact schools, during September and October on the Fraser and earlier on the northern streams. The chum salmon is salted for export to the Orient. The pink salmon again follows the sockeye. Many of the employees in this fishery are Chinese, Japanese and Indians, the Chinese prepond- erating in the canneries and the Indians and Japanese in the fishing operations. Until recent years the other coastal fisheries of British Columbia were only slightly developed. Halibut abounds off Vancouver island and between the Queen Charlotte islands and the mainland, and though the first endeavour to establish an FISHERIES STATISTICS 7 industry was unsuccessful, by 1903 British Columbia supplied 10,000,000 pounds of 25,000,000 taken on the whole Pacific coast north of California. The former figure has since trebled. Similarly, the herring industry remained undeveloped until recently. There is also the whale fishery which has been organized in recent years with three stations, one on Vancouver island and two on the Queen Charlotte islands. The yearly , catch of about 400 includes whales of many kinds—sulphur bottom, • finback, and humpback with an occasional sperm whale. TVhale hunting is carried on in fast .boats with Svend Foyn harpoon guns—a method which was introduced from Norway. Every scrap of the whaie is used—oil, whalebone and guano are its more important products. Black cod, oulachon, smelts, pilchards, sturgeon, shad and bass are also abundant in British Columbia waters. A word might be added with regard to the Canadian fur-seal fisheries of the Pacific whose historic headquarters were the city of Victoria. The industry has disappeared, in part through the scarcity of the animals, and in part through the workings of the Pelagic sealing treaty of 1911. The hair-seal fleets of the north Atlantic niake St. John's, Newfoundland, their headquarters; a few Canadian vessels, however, clearing from Halifax, N.S., take fur seals off the Falkland islands. Game Fish.—The above is a pure/y industrial and commercial survey. Fishing for sport, however, has its economic side in a country of such famous game fish as the salmon of the Restigouche, the black bass of the Quebec and Ontario high- lands, and the trout of the Nipigon. A considerable public revenue is derived from the leasing of waters in sparsely settled districts to clubs and individuals for sporting purposes. Several hundreds of guides find employment here during the summer months. The Government and the Fisheries.—At Confederation, the administration of the Canadian fisheries and marine was placed in the charge of a de part- ment of the Dominion government which then exercised complete jurisdiction over the fisheries, under the supervision of a Cabinet Minister, with a large staff of inspectors, overseers and guardians to enforce the fishery laws. The expenditure of the Dominion on the fisheries in the fiscal year 1926 was 81,560,166 and its revenue 8264,546. In 1882, 1898, 1913 and 1920 decisions in the courts considerably altered the status of jurisdiction as between the Dominion and the provinces. To-day the Dominion controls the tidal fisheries of the Maritime provinces and British Columbia, the fisheries of the three Prairie provinces and the fisheries of the Mag- dalen Islands in Quebec Province. The non-tidal fisheries of the Maritime provinces and Ontario and both the tidal and non-tidal fisheries of Quebec ( excepting the Magdalen Islands) are controlled by the respective provinces, but the right of fisheries legislation for all provinces rests with the Dominion government. Conservation.—River and lake fisheries certainly, and sea fisheries probably if left to themselves, conform to the economic law of diminishing return,s. The Canadian government, accordingly, has had for a main object the prevention of depletion, the enforcement of close seasons, the forbidding of obstructions and pollutions, and the regulation of nets, gear and of fishing operations generally. In addition, an extensive system of fish culture has been organized, the Dominion at present operating 32 hatcheries, 7 subsidiary hatcheries and 4 salmon retaining ponds at a yearly cost of about 8350,000, and producing over 700,000,000 eggs, fry and older fish per annum, mostly British Columbia salmon and whitefish. The young fish are distributed gratis if the waters applied for are suitable. Scientific Research.—Stations under the direction of the Biological Board of Canada for the conduct of biological research into the numerous complex problems furnished by the fisheries are established at St. Andrews, N.B. and Nanaimo, B.C. Toronto, McGill, Queens, Manitoba, British Columbia and' the chief Maritime province universities send workers to both stations, chiefly professors and trained specialists. The life-histories of edible fish,es, the bacteriology of fresh and cured fish, improved method of handling and preparing fish, and numerous other practical problems have been taken up and scientific memoirs and reports issued. 8 FISHERIES STATISTICS Direct Assistance.—For the rest, the action of the government has been in the way of rendering direct assistance in specific cases of difftculty. Experimental reduction plants were operated for some years to encourage the capture of dog-fish. For some time also, an expert was engaged to conduct a series of demonstrations in the Scottish' method of curing herring with a view to improving the Canadian . cured product. Under authority of the Fish Inspection Act, systems of instruction in improved methods of fish-curing and barrel-making and of inspection of the cured product by specially appointed officials have been in operation for several years. A quarterly bulletin of the sea fisheries is issued for the benefit of the trade. Finally, a fleet of armed cruisers patrols the coastal and inland waters for the prevention of poaching and the enforcement of regulations. During the war it became desirable to increase as far as possible the consumption of fish, reserving the less perishable animal foods for export to our allies. The government therefore undertook to provide for the rapid transit of sea fish on its railway lines to the markets of the inland provinces, and to stimulate by a publicity campaign the consumption of fish. Much was accomplished in this direction, and the present annual per capita consumption of fish in Canada is estimated at upwards of 22 pounds.* The government has done much to improve the fast freight service for fish products from the Atlantic coast to Montreal and Toronto. International problerns.—So rich a fishing area asthe North Atlantic could not fail to attract other countries, and old customs became elevated into rights, some of which have lasted until the present. The French shore is a Newfoundland question now a sentimental one entirely. Very different is the question of the rights of the United States, whose fishermen in the colonial period provided the chief food supply for New England and who were granted by the Treaty of Versailles, 1783, a specific liberty to a share of the Canadian inshore fisheries. Losing this by the war of 1812, the United States after 1818 surrendered all but their liberty to cail at Canadian ports for shelter, wood or water or to make repairs, and to fish around the Magdalen islands and on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Point Joli eastward, and to dry and cure their fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks on this portion of the North shore. In the years 1854-1866, the Reci- procity Treaty set at rest for the time questions of interpretations to be placed on certain parts of the Treaty of 1818. The former Treaty provided for the admission into either country, duty free, of the fish and fish products of the other , and United States fishermen were allowed to fish in Canadian Atlantic territorial waters and Canadian fishermen in certain United States territorial waters on that coast, with the exception in either instance of rivers and mouths of rivers, and for shell fish. In 1871, the Treaty of Washington revived the fishery provisions of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, and provided for the appointment of a commission to determine the amount of compensation to be paid by the United States to Great Britain as the difference in the value of the concessions mutually granted. This commission sat at Halifax in 1877, and its findings have since been known as the "Halifax Award". The amount of the award was 85,500,000, of which 81,000,000 was apportioned to Newfoundland. In 1885, however, the United States terminated the fisheries articles of this Treaty, and a period of disagreement between the countries followed. A settlement was negotiated in 1888 when the plenipotentiaries appointed by the two nations agreed to what since has been known as the "Unratified Treaty of 1888," under the terms of which United States fishing vessels would be granted, without fee, annual licenses authorizing them to purchase in Canadian ports provisions and outfits, to tranship their catches and to ship crews. Out of this treaty grew the co-called modus vivendi licenses. The treaty nzakers recognized that the treaty could not receive the sanction of the governments of the countries concerned before the commencement of the fishing season and, as a temporary arrangement to last not longer than two years, it was agreed that United States fishing vessels on the payment of a fee of 81.50 per registered ton, should receive annual licenses conveying the privileges covered by the treaty. The treaty was rejected by the United States Senate, but Canada continued to issue modus vivendi licenSes up to 1918, * This estimate is based on the quantity of fish caught aud landed in Canada, plus the quantity imported and minus he quantity exported. FISHERIES STATISTICS 9 when arrangements were made for reciprocal privileges in the ports of either country. The arrangement was discontinued in the United States when their special war legislation under which it was made, ceased to be effective on July lst, 1921. The II following year the modus vivendi licenses were revived in Canada; but the system was discontinued at the end of 1923, and United States fishing vessels are now limited to the provisions of the Treaty of 1818. On the Great Lakes, also, the more important fishery problems, such as restocking and marketing, are necessarily international in character, and are complicated by the number of state governments interested. Much the same situation has developed in British Columbia, where the sockeye of the Fraser are taken by the canners of Puget Sound in quantities that largely exceed the catch of the Canadian canners and by trap nets and other methods forbidden in Canadian waters. In 1906 an international commission first discussed the question, while in 1922, prohibition of sockeye fishing in the Fraser for five years, with a view to conservation, was recommended by a Parliamentary commission. The Halibut Fishery on this side of the Pacific is engaged in only from Canadian and United States ports, but owing to the fact that it is largely carried on beyond territorial waters neither country alone can control it. At the same time it is in the interests of both countries that the fishery should be permanently maintained in a flourishing condition. The question of finding an adequate method of dealing with the matter was therefore one of those that was referred to the Canadian-Amer- ican Fisheries Conference that was appointed in 1918 by the governments of the two countries to consider a settlement of out-standing fishery questions between Canada and the United States. In 1922 Canada proposed that the halibut question should be considered by itself. This was agreed to, and resulted in the Treaty of 0'• the 2nd of March, 1923, "For the Protection of The Pacific Halibut." Under this Treaty a close season is provided for ha/ibut fishing from the 16th of November in each year to the 15th of February following, both dates inclusive. Fishing Bounties.—An important though indirect aftermath of the Washing- ton Treaty remains. By an Act of 1882 (45 Viet., c. 18 ) for the development of the sea fisheries and the encouragement of boat building, provision was made for the distribution annually among fishermen and the owners of fishing boats of 8150,000 in bounties, representing the interest on the amount of the Halifax award. An Act of 1891 (54-55 Viet., c. 42 ) increased the amount to 8160,000, the details of the expenditure being settled each year by Order in Council. The Modern Industry.—The existing fi,s1ring industry of Canada is the growth of the past half-century. In 1844, the estimated value of the catch was only 8125,000. It doubled in the following decade, and by 1860 had well passed the million mark. Ten years later it was six millions, and this was *again more than doubled in 1878. In the 90's it passed twenty millions, and in.1911, thirty-four millions. In 1925 it was nearly forty-eight millions. The highest record was reached in 1918, with over sixty millions. It will be 'understood that these figures represent the total value of fish marketed, whether in a fresh, dried, canned or otherwise prepared state. Meanwhile the number of employees has ?flaunted to 70,000, and the total capital invested to 850,000,000 in certain years, though the industry as a whole did not progress proportionately with the ?narked industrial expansion which set in after 1896 in Canada. Among individual fish products, the cod and the salmon long disputed the primacy; if the record back to the beginning is taken the cod is the most valuable fishery; in the past twenty years, however, the salmon has definitely taken the lead and the heavy pack and high price of lobsters have more than once sent cod down to third place. This has, of course, affected the relative standing of the provinces accordingly, British Columbia now occupying the leadership that in earlier times belonged to Nova Scotia. Halibut takes fourth place among the chief .commercial fishes. 10 FISHERIES STATISTICS

Trade.-For reasons already noted, the domestic consumption of fish is relatively small in Canada, and the trade depends largely upon foreign markets. Perhaps 60 per cent of the annual capture is an average export, of which the United States takes approximately one-third and Great Britain one-fifth. In, the fiscal year 1926, total exports amounted to ;37,487,517. of which 814,115,596 went to the United States and 87,264,516 to Great Britain. The most important single export is canned salmon (to Great Britain and European markets) followed closely by cod, dry salted (to the West Indies, South America, etc.) For fresh fish, especially whitefish and lobsters, the United States is the chief market. In brief, Canada's export trade in fish, falls below of that Great Britain and Norwày alone; including Newfoundland it exceeds both. Canadian imports of fish in 1926, amounted to 82,590,515.

FISHERIES STATISTICS OF CANADA, 1925 The total value of production of the fisheries of Canada for the year 1925

-vvas $47,942,131, compared with $44,534,235 for 1924 and $42,565,545 for 1923. These totals represent the value of the product as marketed, whether fresh, domestically prepared or factory made. The following table shows the quantity caught and the value marketed of the chief commercial fishes (those valued at $100,000 or upwards) for the past five years, with a statement in the final column of the increase or decrease for 1925 compared with 1924.

1. Quantity' and Value2 of the Chief Commercial Fishes, 1921-1925

Increase or decrease 1925 BindofFish 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 connpared with 1924 inc. -F dec. -

Salmon cvvt. 878,124 1,547,099 1,561,738 2,024,675 1,933,260 -- 91,415 $ 0,305,763 13,593,414 12,534,515 13,784,920 15,760,630 1- 1,975,710 Cod cvet. 2,033,699 2,348,398 1,801,757 1,888,316 2,309,000 1- 420,684 $ 4,594,970 5,377,020 4,079,397 5,443,814 6,232,821 1- 789,007 Lobsters cwt. 393,625 363,925 381,628 272,213 340,838 -E 68,625 s 5,143,403 5,956,450 6,365,362 4,169,171 5,552,977 1- 1,383,806 Halibut cwt. 357,450 323,902 354,325 359,647 340,007 - 19,640 8 4,112,942 4,342,526 6,596,452 5,878,870 4,185,391 - 1,693,479 Herring cwt. 1,662,135 1,854,050 1,841,062 2,127,432 2,413,973 1- 286,541 $ 2,227,801 2,084,197 2,659,804 3,147,123 3,117,841 - 29,282 Whitefish cvet. 184,072 158,781 157,788 167,706 186,648 1- 18,942 $ 1,916,698 1,485,567 1,629,143 1,747,528 1,990,108 1- 242,580 Haddock cwt. 269,222 307,733 304,565 337,860 344,386 -I- 6,526 s 899,629 952,533 1,046,808 1,013,253 1,171,555 1- 158,302

Trout cwt. 61,348 70,806 68,232 76,858 81,292 A- 4,434 s 745,014 775,976 823,767 990,321 1,097,728 1- 107,407 Pickerelordoré. cwt. 64,854 83,149 103,869 101,610 86,877 - 14,733 $ 619,570 741,000 909,471 1,010,015 1,056,169 1- 46,154 Srnelts ccvt. 84,597 83,268 65,254 90,428 76,795 - 13,633 s 835,393 934,608 868,629 1,154,641 1,035,504 - 119,137 Sardines bbL 152,471 244,703 134,561 270,076 158,533 - 111,543 $ 646,463 708,381 1,016,810 1,244,605 1,017,206 - 227,399 Nfackerel cwt. 145,544 251,478 141,749 215,590 187,661 - 27,929 $ 1,124,679 1,500,357 617,978 1,021,242 663,628 - 357,614 Hakeancicusk cwt 102,066 262,660 93,520 192,811 174,136 - 18,675 $ 145,400 376,953 143,578 316,508 295,720 - 20,788

Iidlibee cwt 62,395 45,423 23,785 42,346 61,804 A- 19,458 5 212,563 153,414 127,661 175,268 290,754 4- 115,486 CUarnsandcputhaugs btd. 31,587 40,435 44,040 60,357 54,986 - 5,371 $ 171.623 190.860 215.826 320.241 290.063 - 30.178 FISHERIES STATISTICS 11

I. Quantity' and Value of the Chief Commercial Fishes, 1921-25-Concluded.

Increase or decrease Kind of Fish 1925 1921 1922 1923 1921 1925 compared witn 1924 inc. 7E- dec.-

Pike cwt. 40,563 39,325 43,674 53,995 54,217 + 222 S 175,987 174,233 197,024 230,261 278,369 ± 48,108 Pickerel, blue cwt. 64,059 63,585 32,547 30,601 34,453 + 3,852 $ 192,177 260,699 179,011 168,306 275,624 ± 107,318 Sturgeon cwt. 3,236 3,687 5,431 7,174 6,243 - 931 6 93,804 97,778 176,619 248,786 201,227 - 47,559 Oysters bbl. 18,823 19,427 22,949 28,982 21,428 - 7,554 6 126,686 144,082 152,776 212,408 185,353 - 27,055

Pilchards cwt. 19,737 20,342 19,492 27,485 '318,973 ± 291,488 ' S 101,945 106,055 92,036 82,845 182,911 + 100,066 Perch cwt. 27,981 27, 194 51,649 29,387 27,532 - 1,8-55 S 169,552 153,926 184,240 185,350 180,497 - 4,853 Eels cwt. 11,811 13,144 14,367 15, 635 15,675 ± 40 S 108,775 93,458 99,848 127,255 146,062 + 18,807 Pollock cwt. 134,407 154,693 71,249 54,787 76,396 + 21,609 8 . ■ 172,822 199,994 105,616 107,691 127,415 + 19,724

Black cod - cwt. 20,317 19,013 16,679 18,183 14,956 - 3,227 S 142,558 119,026 136,492 130,334 114,115 - 16,019 Alewives cwt. 19,351 55,261 52,699 32,069 57,465 ± 25,596 $ 57,240 110,464 81,417 60,132 104,834 + 44,702

Caught and landed. 3 'Marketed. 3 Part used in the manufacture of fish oil and meal.

Review of the Fisheries of 1925 The total production of the fisheries of Canada during the year under review was greater than dmink the preceding year and the m.arketed value was almost 83,500,000 greater.

ATLANTIC COAST Cod, Haddock, Hake and Pollock.-There were 2,872,281 cwt. of these fish tak-en compared with 2,433,234 cwt. in 1924. Each of these kinds, with the exception of hake, shows an increased catch in Nova Scotia,. In New Bruns-. wick the cod catch shows a decrease, but the other three kinds show increases. Prince Edward Island and Quebec returns each give an increased catch of cod of about 50 per cent. The quantity marketed in a fresh state (including fresh fillets) was 306,860 cwt. corapared with 331,421 cwt. in the previous year, while there were 103,116 cwt. of smoked (including smoked fillets) corapared with 78,287 cwt. in 1924. The Lunenburg banking fleet had a very successful season. There were 10 more vessels added to the fleet during the year. There are ten steara trawlers operating out of Nova Scotia ports, and these supply the demand for fresh fish. Mackerel, Herring and Sardines.-The catch of these three kinds amounted to 1,428,155 cwt. as compared with 1,600,179 cwt. in the preceding year. A • drop of some 60,000 cwt. in the catch of herring in Nova Scotia was more than offset by increases in the other three provinces so that the total catch of 923,428 cwt. is greater than that of 1924 by 78,967 cwt. The quantity of herring smoked shows an increase, some 89,404 cwt. being prepared in this manner as against 71,366 cwt. in 1924. The catch of mackerel was 187,661 cwt. which is less than that of the previous year by 27,929 cwt. While the total catch was less, the catch for Nova Scotia was the second largest since 1910. The marketed value of the catch was poor, owing to the Am.erican market being stocked by their own fishermen. There were 158,533 barrels of sardines taken compared 12 FISHERIES STATISTICS with 270,064 barrels in 1924. There were heavy runs of these fish on the Maine coast which were sold by the Maine fishermen at a comparatively low price; hence the demand for Canadian fish was nt as keen as it otherwise would have been. Other Sea Fish.-There were 21,767 cwt. of halibut taken which is a slight decrease from the preceding year. The catch of swordfish was 4,551 cwt. which is less than in 1924. Some 16,606 cwt. of tom cod and 11,893 cwt. of flounders were caught. This is a slight increase in the case of the former and nearly double the quantity in the latter. Shellfish.-The increase in the catch of lobsters is very noticeable. There were 340,838 cwt. taken compared with 272,213 cwt. in 1924. There were 19,960 barrels of oysters taken compared with 27,319 barrels in the previous year. Clams and quahaugs show a falling off, some 28,459 barrels being dug compared witb. 40,327 barrels in the preceding year. There were 17,718 barrels of scallops landed which is an increase of 7,368 barrels. River Spawning Fish.-The catch of salmon was 57,352 cwt. compared with 57,561 cwt. in the previous year. The quantity of smelts taken dropped from 88,296 cwt. to 75,457 cwt. The catch of these fish in New Brunswick shows a big decrease. There were 56,781 cwt. of alewives taken compared with 31,401 cwt. in 1924. The catch in Nova Scotia was more than double that of the previous year, while that in New Brunswick shows a large increase. INLAND FISHERIES The catch of whitefish was 186,648 cwt. compared with 167,706 cwt. in 1924. The province of Ontario was the only one to show a decrease in the catch. There were 86,877 cwt. of pickerel landed compared with 101,610 cwt. in the preceding year. In addition, some 34,453 cwt. of blue pickerel were landed in the province of Ontario. This quantity is slightly greater than that in 1924. The catch of herring in Ontario was 45,555 cwt., compared landed with 125,013 cwt. in the year previous. PACIFIC FISHERIES The fishing industry on the Pacific coast, which produces nearly half the total value for the whole of Canada, was again successfully prosecuted and the results show an increase of about a million and a quarter dollars. Salmon.-There was a catch of 1,873,376 cwt. compared with 1,965,159 cwt. in 1924. The number of cases of canned salmon was 1,720,622 compared with 1,747,505 in the preceding year. Owing to higher prices obtaining, however, the value of the production of salmon was $14,973,885 or nearly two million dollars more than in 1924. There were 392,545 cases of sockeye packed,- or an increase of 22,944 cases. The largest pack was that of chums, 607,337 cases as compared with 570,497 cases in 1924. Halibut.-The catch of halibut was 318,240 cwt. which is somewhat less than that of the preceding year, when 331,382 cwt. were landed. The value of this fishery declined considerably due chiefly to the cold storage holdings, the latter having been held for the close season with the expectation of considerably increased prices, which failed to materialize. Herring.-There were 1,437,875 cwt. of herring landed compared with 1,157,625 cwt. in 1924. The production of dry salted herring was 1,083,174 cwt. This is the largest quantity on record for the Pacific province. Pilchards.-The catch was 318,973 cwt. compared with 27,485 cwt. in 1924. The large increase is due to the fact that pilchards were allowed to be processed in reduction plants for the first time. There were 495,653 gallons of oil and 2,083 tons of meals produced on the west coast of Vancouver Island frora these fish. Whales and Seals.-The operations of the whaling company were not as successful as in 1924, the number of whales caught falling from 415 to 351. The number of fur seals taken was 4,465 compared with 2,232 in the previous year.

FISHERIES STATISTICS 13 SUMMARY OF PRODUCTION, 1925. • The following table gives a statement for the whole of Canada of all fish caught and marketed during 1925. For each kind the total caught and the value at the vessel's or boat's side is first given this being followed by statements showing the form in which each kind was marketed and the value. 2. Quantity and Value of Fish Caught and Marketed, Canada, during the year 1925

Sea Fisheries Kind of Fish Quantity Value

Cod, caught and landed cwt 2,309,000 4,707,405 Marketed- Used fresh cwt 164,274 722,350 Fresh fillets cwt. 1,773 17,394 Green-salted en-t. 149,434 662,155 Canned cases 1,946 16,507 Smoked fillets cwt. 51,493 627,424 Dried cat. 538,239 3,931,830 Boneless cwt 24,829 255,161 Total value marketed 6,232,821

Haddock, caught and landed en-t . 341,386 656,824 Marketed- Used fresh cwt 158,071 585,110 resh fillets cat. 2,298 20,448 Canned cases 5,543 51,434 Smoked en-t. 32,520 241,431 Smoked fillets en-t. 12,666 145,949 Green-salted cwt 8,906 24,977 Dried en-t. 19,203 102,206 Total value marketed 1,171,555 Hake and cusk, caught and landed cwt. 174,136 156,918 Marketed- Used. fresh en-t. 5,582 8,013 Fresh fillets en-t. 437 3,596 Green-salted cwt. 37,032 92,973 Smoked fillets en-t. 6,537 66,910 Dried cwt. 24,685 121,678 Boneless cwt. 297 2,550 Total value marked 295,720 Pollock, caught and landed en-t. 76,396 100,809 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 10,240 26,271 Green-salted en-t. 10,971 30,406 Dried en-t. 14,700 70,738 Total value marketed 12'7,415 Whiting, caught and landed en-t. 185 677 Marketed fresh en-t. 185 1,048 Halibut, caught and landed en-t. 319,007 3,349,129 Marketed- Used fresh en-t. 339,630 4,182,753 Smoked cwt. 27 481 • Canned cases 226 2,157 Total value marketed 4,185,391 Flounders, brill, plaice, etc., caught and landed cwt. 15,631 27,950 Marketed fresh cwt. 15,631 67,446 Skate, caught and landed cat. 7,978 10,101 Marketed fresh cwt. 7,978 28,226 Soles, caught and landed en-t. 7,926 37,661 Marketed fresh cwt. 7,926 51,144 Herring, caught and landed en-t. 2,361,303 1,612,023« Marketed- Used fresh en-t. 155,01. 272,085 Boneless en-t. 60 7,110 Canned cases 4,68 24,267 Smoked en-t. 95,55 355,053 Dry-salted en-t. 1,089,17 1,531,196 Pickled bbl. 27,97 173,213 Used as bait bbl. 199,96 397,990 Fertilizer bbl. 83,09 70,329 Total value marketed 2,831,233

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2. Quantity and Value of all Fish Caught and Marketed, Canada, during the year 1925-con.

Sea Fisheries Kind of Fish Quantity Value S Mackerel, caught and landed cwt. 187,661 442,786 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 65,170 321,877 Smoked cwt. 60 720 Canned cases 150 900 Salted bbl. 41,076 340,131 Total value marketed - 663,628 Sardines, caught and landed bbl. 158,533 282,026 Marketed- Canned cases 209,649 773,212 Sold fresh and salted bbl. 124,761 243,994 Total value marketed - 1,017,206 Pilchards*, caught and landed cwt. 318,973 221,557 Marketed- Calmed cases 37,182 178,121 Used as bait bbl. 4,045 4, 790- Total value marketed 182,911 Alewives, caught and landed cwt. 56,781 56,243 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 14,501 27,431 Smoked cwt. 2,785 12,9611 Salted bbl. 12,063 59,856 Used as bait bbl. 845 2,535. Total value marketed 102,782 Bass, caught and landed cwt. 557 7,403 Marketed fresh cat. 557 7,765 Perch, caught and landed cwt. 1,188 8,153 Marketed fresh cwt. 1,188 10,569 Salmon, caught and landed cwt. 1,930,728 7,841,393 Marketed- . Used fresh cwt. 259,716 2,358,670 Canned cases 1,721,284 12,390,786 Smoked cwt. 755 9,754 Dry-salted cwt. 138,476 485,727 Mild cured cwt. 27,770 460,922 Pickled cwt. 1,233 9,923. Used as bait en-t. 512 3,272 Roe cwt. 972 3,531 , Total value marketed - 15,722,585 Shad, caught and landed cwt. 6,457 50,810 Marketed- Us ed fresh cwt. 6,277 66,378 Salted bbl. 60 2,407 Total value marketed - 68,785. Smelts, caught and landed cwt. 76,237 704,051 Marketed fresh. cwt 76,237 1,028,568 Sturgeon, caught and landed cwt. 295 5,153 Marketed fresh cwt. 295 5,751 Trout, caught and landed cwt. . 1,509 22,219 Marketed- . Used fresh cwt. 1,464 23,010 • , 1 Canned cases 18 144 Pickled cwt. 20 90 Total value marketed - 23,244 Black cod, caught and landed cat. 14,956 81,660 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 7,966 63,055 Green-salted cwt. 484 7,796 Smoked cwt. 3,001 43,464 Total value rnarketed 114,315 Red cod, caught and landed cwt. 2,960 14,373 Marketed- Used fresh cat. 2,807 17,745 Smoked cwt. 57 800 Smoked fillets cwt. 5 80 Total value marketed 18,625. *Part used in the manufacture of fish oil and meal.

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2. Quantity and Value of Fish Caught and Marketed, Canada, during the year 1925-con.

Sea Fisheries Kind of Fish Quantity Value 8 Albacore, caught and landed cwt. 2,601 12,772 Marketed fresh cwt. 2,601 13,227 CaPan, caught and landed bbl. 3,690 5,799 Marketed fresh bbl. 3,690 5,937 Eels, caught and landed cwt. 2,010 16,865 Marketed fresh cwt. 2,040 19,261 Greyfish*, caught and landed cwt. 74,010 22,212 Octopus, caught and landed cwt 586 ,3,768 Marketed fresh cwt 586 5,056 Oulachan, caught and landed cwt 361 1,520 Marketed fresh cWt. 361 2,147 Squid, caught and landed bbl. 12,539 35,719 Used as bait bbl. 12,539 41,017 Swordfish, caught and landed cwt. 4,551 67,776 Marketed fresh en-t . 4,551 78,209 Tom cod, caught and landed cwt. 16,629 22,974 Marketed fresh cwt. 16,629 48,705 Mixed fish, caught and landed en-t. 1,780 1,632 (Not including any kinds mentioned elsewhere). Marketed fresh cwt. 1,780 2,560 Clams and Quahaugs, caught and landed bbl. 54,986 145,686 Marketed- Used fresh bbl. 17,082 60,430 Canned cases 37,622 229,633 Total value marketed 290,063 Cockles, caught and landed en-t. 201 563 Marketed fresh on-t. 201 563 Crabs, caught and landed en-t. 6,979 35,785 Marketed fresh en-t. 6,979 50,605 Lobsters, caught and landed cwt. 310,838 3,813,326 Marketed- In shell cwt. 86,101 1,781,868 Meat en-t. 343 27,568 Canned .cases 127,497 3,731,176 Tomalley cases 1,097 12,365 Total value market,ed 5,552,977 Oysters, caught and landed bbl. 21,428 120,384 Marketed fresh bbl. 21,428 185,353 Scallops, caught and landed bbl. 17,718 93,662 Marketed- Shelled gal. 35,161 96,661 Canned Cases 94 1,090 Total value marketed 97,751 Shrimps, caught and landed en-t. 1,157 16,035 Marketed fresh cwt. 1,157 23,331 Tongues and sounds, pickled or dried en-t. 695 8,691 Winkles, caught and landed cwt. 2,066 6,414 Marketed fresh en-t. 2,066 6,850 Hulse, green en-t. 5,256 9,910 Marketed dried on-t. 868 11,128 Fur seals, caught and lauded no. 4,465 46,590 Skins marketed no. 4,465 52,373 flair seals, caught and landed no. 4,746 12,348 Skins marketed no. 4,746 12,201 Oil gal. 10,391 4,215 Total value marketed 16,416 *Used in the manufacture of fish oil and fertilizer.

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2. Quantity and Value of Fish Caught and Marketed, Canada, during the year 1925-con.

Sea Fisheries Hind of Fish Quantity Value $ 'Whales, caught and landed no. 351 309,608 Marketed- Whale bone and meal tons 347 7,260 Whale oil gal. 556,939 266,651 Whale fertilizer tons 835 35, 697 Total value marketed - 309, 60 Miscellaneous fish products- Cod liver oll, medicinal gal. 26,836 22,875 Cod liver oil, crude.. gal. 274,987 103,126 Fish oil, n.e s gal. 888,315 331,564 Fish glue gal. 11,000 13,200 Herring scales cwt. 1,808 14,652 } ish skins and bones cwt. 12,767 17,021 Fish offal tons 2,721 6,732 Fish fertilizer tons 1,135 47,434 Fish meal tons ,. 4,706 239,034 Total Value Sea Fisheries- Caught and landed ■•• 25,198,706 Marketed 41,576,199

■••■ Inland Fisheries

$ Alewives, caught and landed cwt. 684 2,052 Marketed- Used fresh ciat 354 1,062 Salted bbl. 110 990 Total value marketed 2,052 Bass, caught and landed cvrt. 271 2,858 Marketed fresh cwt. 271 2,915 Carp, caught and landed cwt. 10,808 43,022 Marketed fresh cwt. 10,808 47,370 Catfish, caught and landed cwt. 8,576 78,633 Marketed fresh cwt. 8,576 90,313 Eels, caught and landed cwt 13,635 123,153 Marketed fresh cwt 13,635 126,801 Goldeyes, caught and landed cwt. 7,263 22,481 Marketed- Used fresh owt 1,629 7,294 Smoked cvet 4,102 63,482 Total value marketed - 70,776 Herring, caught and landed cwt 52,670 200,052 Marketed fresh cwt. 52,670 286,608 Maskinonge, caught and landed cwt. 58 1,317 Marketed fresh owt 58 1,317 Mixed fish (graylings, bullheads, ouananiche, etc.) caught and landed cwt. 63,433 263,497 Marketed fresh cwt. 63,433 298,142 Mullets, caught and landed cwt. 18,209 27,782 Marketed fresh cwt. 18,209 40,457 Perch, caught and landed cwt. 26,344 120,040 Marketed fresh cwt. 26,344 169,928 Pickerel or dore, caught and landed cwt. 86,877 832,955 Marketed fresh cwt. 86,877 1,056,169 Pickerel, blue, caught and landed cwt. 34,453 206,718 Marketed fresh cwt. 34,453 275,624 Pike, caught and landed cwt. 54,217 193,369 Marketed fresh cwt. 54,217 278,369 Salmon, caught and landed cwt. 2,532 35,412 Marketed fresh cwt. 2,532 38,045 Shad, caught and landed cwt. 3,007 23,288 Marketed fresh cwt. 3,007 23,288 FISHERIES STATISTICS 17 2. Quantity and Value of Fish Caught and Marketed, Canada, during the year 1925--concluded

Inland Fisheries Quantity Value

Smdts, caught and landed cwt. 558 6,936 Marketed fresh cwt. 558 6,936 Sturgeon, caught and landed cwt. 5,918 146,999 Marketed fresh cwt. 5,948 185,059 Caviar lb. 7,257 10,417 Total value marketed - 195,476 Trout, caught and landed cwt. 79,783 837,347 Marketed fresh cwt. 79,783 1,074,484 , Tullibee, caught and landed cwt. 61,804 222,321 - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 61,716 289,874 Smoked cwt. 44 880 Total value marketed - 290,754 Whitefish, caught and landed cwt. 186,648 1,425,930 Marketed fresh cwt. 186,648 1,990,108 Total Value Inland Fisheries- Caught and landed - 4,816,162 Marketed - 6,365,932 Total Value of All Fisheries- Caught and landed - 30,014,868 Marketed - 47,942,131

Agencies of Production: Capital Equipment, Employees, Etc. (1) Primary Operations- Capital.—The total amount of capital represented by the vessels, boats, nets, traps, piers and wharves, etc., engaged in the primary operations of catching and landing the fish in 1925 was $25,732,645, compared with $23,552,565 in 1924 and $23,645,316 in 1923. Of the total for 1925, the equipment employed in the sea fisheries represented $21,056,477 and in the inland fisheries, $4,676,168. (Table 3). Employees.—The men employed in the primary operations in 1925 numbered 46,302 for the sea fisheries and 11,971 for the inland fisheries—a total of 58,273. The total number of men employed in 1924 was 53,914, and in 1923 it was 53,517. (Table 4). (2) Fish Canning and Curing Establishments- Capital.—The amount of capital invested in establishments engaged in the canning and curing of fish in 1925 was $21,139,985, compared with $20,304,785 in 1924 and 824,027,549 in 1923. These totals represent the values of land, buildings and machinery, products and supplies on hand, and cash and operating accounts. (Table 5). Employees.—The fish canning and curing industry gave employment during the season of operation to 16,272 persons, comprising 9,591 male and 6,681 female employees. The totals for the two preceding years were 15,536 in 1924 and 15,447 in 1923. (Table 6).

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3. Capital Equipment-Primary Operations. Value of Fishing Vessels, Boats, Nets, Traps, Piers and Wharves, etc., employed in the Canadian Fisheries, 1923, 1924 and 1925.

Sea Fisheries Equipment 1923 1924 1925 Number Value Number I Value Number Value $ $ S Steam trawlers 11 940,000 9 690,000 13 895,000 Steam fishing vessels 14 545,000 11 68,500 11 175,000 Sailing and gasoline vessels 1,015 3,997,275 1,068 3,959,059 1,243 4,637,685 Boats (sail and rov) 13,946 - 563,173 14,647 532,788 13,497 561,009 Boats (gasoline) 13,646 4,097,280 14,313 4,537,957 15,057 4,896,399 Carrying smacks and scows 426 375,225 416 331,700 840 420,268 Gill nets, seines, trap and smelt nets, etc.. 98,785 3,819,996 102,458 3,558,246 121,069 4,094,242 Weirs .. 430 389,030 489 553,670 484 545,725 Tubs of trawl 21,327 344,729 17,190 304,400 18,287 323,851 Hand lines 53,325 84,609 63,522 99,557 66,767 112,764 Crab traps 5,667 13,260 5,967 27,799 4,802 18,910 Scallop gear 48 4,360 48 4,360 48 4,360 Oyster plant and equipment 1 20,690 1 20,000 1 26,000 Lobster traps 1,620,248 1,974,610 1,576,928 1,913,063 1,620,958 1,928,454 Fishing Piers and wharves 2,437 1,038,575 2,542 1,023,690 2,472 960,030 Freezers and ice house 630 473,366 637 554,016 641 455,516 Small fish and smoke houses 7,586 933,594 7,504 1,045,468 7,315 1,001,264 Total value - 19,614,772 - 1 19,221,313 - 21,056,477

Inland Fisheries

$ S Steam vessels or tugs. 122 767,696 123 894,889 132 994,389 Boats (sail and row) 3,144 157,872 3,430 163,648 3,912 174,307, Boats (gasoline) 1,196 615,871 1,302 662,480 1,487 755,462 Scows 2 4,000 2 4,000 2 2,000 Gill nets - 1,111,626 - 1,215,799 - 1,348,921 Seines 172 20,816 551 55,288 139 25,508 Pound nets 1,297 648,741 1,355 646,255 1,356 677,605 Hoop nets 944 • 54,973 1,812 54,107 1,862 56,704 Dip or roll nets 36 475 77 861 57 896 Lines 1,513 9,136 1,915 11,618 3,455 56,030 Weirs 275 82,460 117 29,250 - Eel traps 4 80 25 100 100 200 Fish wheels 2 300 3 450 3 450 Spears 125 868 126 876 144 1,026 Fishing Piers and wharves 372 137,662 419 148,580 426 113,612 Freezers andine houses 783 390,158 878 415,116 878 431,632 Small fish and smoke houses 156 27,790 132 24,935 302 37,426 Total Value - , 4,030,544 - 4,328,252 - 4,676,168

4. Employees in Primary Operation.s, 1923, 1924 and 1925

Sea Fisheries Inland Fisheries Employees 1923 1924 1925 1 1928 1 1924 1925

RO. no. RO. 1 no. 1 RO. no. Men employed- On steam trawlers 193 179 222 - - - On vessels 5,797 .5,744 6,608 704 740 736 On boats 37,329 37,036 38,379 6,4174 6,543 8,055 On carrying smacks and scows 745 743 1,093 4 4 4 Fishing not in boats - 2,341 2,925 3,176 Total 44,064 43,702 46,302 9,453 10,212 11,971 FISHERIES STATISTICS 19

5. Capital Equipmenél-Fish Canning and Curing Establishments, 1923, 1924 and 1925

1923 1924 1925 Establishments Nu mber Value Number Number Number Value s $ S Lobster canneries 621 2,081,260 502 1,735,151 478 1,502,192 Salmon canneries 70 12,763,398 65 8,460,712 69 9,172,387 Clam canneries 15 87,910 17 188,749 15 70,694 Sardine and other fish canneries 4 846,163 4 1,633,193 5 1,274,825 Fish curing establishments 220 7,048,801 240 6,574,357 263 7,135,917 Reduction works 8 1,200,017 8 1,712,623 15 1,983,970 Total 938 21,027,549 836 20,304,785 846 21,139,985

1 Comprises value of land, buildings and machinery, products, and supplies on band, and cash and operating accounts.

6. Employees in Fish Canning and Curing Establishments, 1923, 1924 and 1925

1923 1924 1925 Employees • Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. Persons employed in- Lobster canneries 3,506 4,139 7,645 3,004 3,598 6,602 2,953 3,634 6,587 Salmon canneries 2,972 1,819 4,791 3,596 1,843 5,439 3,644 2,410 6,054 Clam canneries 56 95 151 90 145 235 56 110 166 Sardine and other fish canneries 252 137 389 226 198 424 255 226 481 Fish curing establishments 1,929 238 2,167 2,400 213 2,613 2,338 295 2,633 Reduction works 303 1 304 219 4 223 345 6 351 Total 9,018 6,429 15,447 9,535 6,001 15,536 9,591 6,681 16,272

Details of Fish Canning and Curing Establishments Number of Establishments.-The fish canning and curing establishments in operation in 1925 totalled 846, classified as follows : 478 lobster canneries; 69 salmon canneries; 15 clam canneries; 5 sardine and miscellaneous fish canneries; 263 fish curing establishments; and 16 plants engaged in the manufacture of whale oil and fish oil, meal and fertilizer. Compared with the preceding year an increase of 10 is shown in the total number of establishments. The numbers of salmon canneries increased by 4, sardine and miscellaneous fish canneries by 1; fish curing establishments by 23; and reduction works by 8. Lobster canneries and clam canneries show decreases of 24 and 2 respectively. The fish canning and curing industry is confined to the sea fisheries of the Maritime provinces, Quebec and British Columbia. Table 16, page 36, shows the number of establishments by provinces. Enzployees and Wages.-The total number of persons employed in the establishments was 16,272. This number comprises 632 employees on salaries, 10,687 wage-earners; and 4,953 contract and piece workers. The persons classified as contract workers are employed in the salmon canneries of British Columbia, where a large part of the work is done under contract, the contractor engaging and paying his own workers and being himself paid by the cannery operator according to the quantity of fish packed. More than half of the workers in the British Columbia salmon canneries are employed under this arrangement. The total amount paid to all employees in fish canning and curing establishments during the year was $4,971,167, apportioned as follows: to salaried employees, $806,418; to wage-earners, $3,166,045; and to contract and piece workers, $998,704. Compared with the preceding year, an increase of 736 is shown in the number of employees and an increase of $736,406 in the amount paid in salaries and wages. The following table gives comparative statistics of the number of employees and the amounts paid to them during the past three years. 26979-21

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7. Employees in Fish Canning and Curing Establishments in 1923, 1924 and 1925- Number and Salaries and Wages

Total of Year Employees on Salaries Employees on VVages ContractanclEece- Employees and of Workers SalariesandWages no. s no. $ no. s no. $ 1923 58" 681,101 11,265 2,443,971 3,597 644,842 15,447 3,769,914 1924 574 755,631 10,583 2,588,717 4,379 890,413 15,536 4,234,761 1925 632 806,418 10,687 3,166,045 4,953 998,704 16,272 4,971,167

Wage-earners by Months.-Table 8 shows the number of wage-earners employed in the establishments by months. May and June are the months of highest employment, the large returns being due to the employment given by the lobster canneries of the Maritime provinces and Quebec during the lobster fishing season in those months. The months of highest employment in the salmon canneries are April to September. January and February are the m.onths of lowest employment in the industry as a whole. The statistics are exclusive of the numbers of contract workers and piece workers, for • which the details of monthly employment are not available.

8. Wage-earners' in Fish Canning and Curing Establishments-Number on Pay Roll on 15th of each month, 1923, 1924 and 1925

1923 1924 1925 Afonth Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

110. 110. no. 110. no. no. no. no. no. January 1,005 83 1,088 1,2901 111 1,401 1,345 137 1,482 February 997 89 1,086 1,164' 97 1,261 1,262 130 1,392 March 1,092 104 1,196 1,309 233 1.632 1,765 301 2,066 April 2,770 925 3,695 2,928 840 3,768 3,752 1,558 5,310 May 5,317 4,276 9,593 5,121 3,311 8,432 5,893 3,809 9,702 June 6,196 4,374 10,570 5,879 3,505 9,384 6,117 3,685 9,802 July 5,040 2,870 7,910 4,249 1,294 5,543 4,220 1,018 5,238 August 3,320 820 4,140 3,538 588 4,126 3,853 629 4,482 September 2,932 707 3,639 3,472 518 3,990 3,799 620 4,419 October 2,676 575 3,251 3,060 433 3,493 3,464 471 3,935 November 2,031 316 2,347 2,256 204 2,460 2,620 281 2,901 December 1,609 267 1,876 1,563 141 1,704 1,933 143 2,076

Exclusive of contract and piece workers. Fuel Used.-The total cost of the fuel used in the establishments during the year was $412,038, distributed as follows: coal, $254,339; wood, S60,493; fuel oil, $42,842; gasoline, $23,995; petroleum. distillate, $9,784; electricity, $13,724; and miscellaneous kinds of fuel, $6,861. An increase of $11,587 is shown in the total value of the fuel used, compared with the preceding year. Power Equipment.-The principal items of equipment according to quantity of rated horse power are (1) steam engines and turbines, and (2) gasoline and oil engines. There are 239 of the former shown, with a total rating of 4,432 h.p., and 600 of the latter, with a rating of 2,767 h.p. In the lobster canneries of the Maritime provinces and Quebec the equipment consists chiefly of gasoline and oil engines, while in the salmon canneries of British Columbia, steam engines and turbines occupy first place in order of rated horse power. The electric motors number 134, with a total rating of 1,113 h.p. Of the total number of electric motors, 57 were operated by power generated by the establishments, while the remainder were operated by purchased power. The boilers in use numbered 304, with a total rating of 12,332 h.p. • Materials Used.-The value of the fish used in the establishments during the year was $13,953,936, an increase over the preceding year of $2,473,520; the values of the salt, containers and miscellaneous materials used amounted to $4,726,750, making a total value for fish and other materials used of $18,680,686. This is an increase over 1924 of $2,591,354. It might be interesting to note that

FISHERIES STATISTICS 21 the total quantity of fish used in the establishments was 5,630,453 cvet., which is 63 per cent of the total catch of sea fish. The following table gives comparative statistics of value for the past three years.

9. Value of Materials Used in Fish Canning and Curing Establishments, 1923, 1924 and 1925

Materials 1923 1924 1925 s s s Fish 11,453,694 11,480,416 13,953,936 Salt 323,945 401,820 389,054 Containers 3,458,947 3,801,699 3.878,633 Other materials 94,607 405,397 459,063 Total 15,331,193 16,089,332 18,630,686

Value of Production.—The total value of output of the establishments in 1925 was $30,380,992, comprising $23,891,809 the value of fish canned, cured and otherwise prepared, and $6,489,183, the value of fish sold for consumption fresh. Compared with the preceding year, the manufactured fish products show an increase in value of $3,891,718, and the fish sold fresh, a decrease of $148,688. The relation which the value of production of each kind of establishment bears to the total value of output for all establishments, is as follows—salmon canneries, 45 p.c.; fish curing establishments, 33 p.c.; lobster canneries, 15 p.c.; sardine and miscellaneous fish canneries, 4 p.c.; reduction works, 2 p.c.; and clam canneries, 1 p.c. Table 10 gives value of production of the several kinds of establishments for 1925 and the two preceding years.

10. Value of Production of Fish Canning and Curing Establishments, 1923, 1924 and 1925

1923 1924 1925 Fish Fish 1 ish I ish Fish 1 ish Description of establishment marketed canned, marketed canned, marketed canned, for cured or for cured or for cured or consumption otherwise consumption otherwise consumption otherwise fresh prepared fresh prepared fresh prepared 5 s s s s $ Lobster canneries 716,257 4,783,347 673,446 2,954,703 841,064 3,866,346 Salmon canneries 267,397 9,704,518 128,517 11,078,851 80,245 13,486,605 Clam canneries 990 164,247 128 243,74 6 420 156,599 Sardine and other fish canneries 208,736 1,056,864 117,001 1,081,599 175,958 1,145,175 Fish curing establishments 4,652,722 3,329,480 5,718,779 4,098,433 5,391,496 4,540,097 Reduction works — 485,205 — 542,757 696,987 Total 5,846,102 19,528,661 6,637,871 20,000,091 6,489,183 23,891,809

Other Data.—The returns of the establishments have been arranged in groups to give special details regarding (1) form of organization; (2) time in operation; (3) number of employees; and (4) value of production. '(1) The classification of form of organization shows 434 establishments operated under individual ownership; 152 by partnerships; 248 by joint stock companies;. and 12 by co-operative associations. Little variation is shown in any one of the groups, compared with the preceding year. (2) This classification shows 383 establishments in the group of those operating less than 60 days during the year- 202 in the group of from 60 to 119 days; 122 in the group of from 120 to 179 days; 67 in the group of from 180 to 239 days; and 72 in the group of those operating 240 a days or over. Comprised in the last group are 48 fish curing establishments; 10 lobster canneries; 7 salmon canneries; 4 reduction plants, 2 clam canneries and 1 sardine cannery. In a number of the canneries fish curing operations are carried on previous to and after the conclusion of the canning season; returns s.

22 FISHERIES STATISTICS for the year 1925 for 32 lobster canneries, 12 salmon canneries, 3 clam canneries, and 1 sardine cannery show a production of cured fish in addition to the canned product. (3) The establishments reporting 5 employees and over in 1925 numbered 591, while 210 establishments reported the number of employees as less than 5. The establishments having no employees numbered 45, the work in these plants being performed by the operators themselves. In the year under review 94 p.c. of the salmon canneries, 78 p.c. of the lobster canneries, and 49 p.c. of the fish curing establishments recorded the num.ber of employees as 5 or over. (4) Classified according to value of product, the returns of establishments are divided into groups under 5 headings. The group of establishments having a product valued at less than $5,000 includes 315 plants; the group of $5,000 to under $10,000 includes 169 plants; the group of $10,000 to under $20,000 includes 160 plants; the group of $20,000 to under $50,000 includes 86 plants; and the group of $50,000 and over 'includes 116 plants. The last group includes 64 salmon canneries, 37 fish curing establishments, 9 lobster canneries, 3 sardine and miscellaneous fish canneries, and 3 reduction plants. Compared with the preceding year the first and second groups show decreases of 48 and 10 respectively in the number of establishments, while the third, fourth and fifth groups show increases of 39, 21 and 8 respectively.

Review by Provinces The following tables (11-17) show by provinces: the total value of the fisheries; the quantity caught and landed and the value marketed of the chief commercial fishes; the quantity and value of all fish caught and landed and marketed; the total values for counties or districts of sea fish caught and landed and marketed; the quantity of sea fish taken offshore; the capital equipment; and the nuraber of employees.

11. Value of Fisheries by Provinces, 1921-1925, in order of Value, 1925

Increase or decrease Province 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1925 compared with 1924 Inc.+ Dec. -

S s s $ s s British Columbia 13,953,670 18,849,658 20,795,914 21,257,567 22,414,618 1- 1,157,051 Nova Scotia 9,778,623 10,209,258 8,448,385 8,777,251 10,213,779 i- 1,436,528 New Brunswick 3,690,726 4,685,660 4,548,535 5,383,809 4,798,589 - 585,220 Ontario 3,065,042 2,858,122 3,159,427 3,557,587 3,436,412 - 121,175 (Quebec 1,815,284 2,089,414 2,100,412 2,283,314 3,044,919 -1- 761,605 PrinceEdward Island 924,529 1,612,599 1,754,980 1,201,772 1,598,119 -1- 396.347 Manitoba 1,023,187 908,816 1,020,595 1,232,563 1,466,939 i- 234.376 Saskatchewan 243,018 245,337 286,643 482,492 494,882 1- 12,390 Alberta 408,868 331,239 438,737 339,107 458,504 -I- 119,397 Yukon Territory 28,988 10,107 11,917 18,773 15,370 - 3,403

Total 34,931,935 41,800,210 42,565,545 41,534,235 47,912,131 -I- 3,407,896

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• 12. Quantity and Value of Chief Commercial Fishes by Provinces, 1921-1925 Prince Edward Island

Increase Or decrease Hind of Fish 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1925 corapared with 1924 Inc.+ Dec.-

Lobsters . cwt. 63,816 87,583 97,456 65,893 78,570 -1- 12,677 S 651,477 1,309,982 1,405,906 777,301 1,088,712 -1- 311,411 Cod cwt. 33,322 31,493 27,291 41,036 61,483 ± 20,447 $ 56,920 54,306 61,395 81,885 150,135 ± 68,250 Smelts cat. 10,482 9,442 9,784 14,273 17,595 -1- 3,322 $ 83,856 86,660 121,233 133,747 142,496 ÷ 8,749 ..r Herring cwt. 30,441 39,407 53,313 37,716 64,942 -1- 27,226 8 42,034 49,489 76,975 58,664 83,703 ÷ 25,039 Oysters bbl. 3,792 5,211 4,035 7,945 5,278 - 2,667 S 29,434 46,731 40,350 63,840 52,780 - 11,060

Nova Scotia

Cod cwt. 1,415,190 1,560,271 1,048,943 1,129,801 1,408,238 -1- 278,437 $ 3,247,514 3,555,727 2,434,492 3,309,209 3,760,833 ± 451,629 Lobsters cwt. 231,033 173,706 172,720 115,275 170,698 ± 55,421 $ 3,294,567 2,913,087 3,081,647 1,904,407 3,014,963 + 1,110,551 Haddock cwt. 259,195 298,593 297,023 320,804 323,718 ± 2 ,914 S 875,083 934,138 1,029,787 975,660 1,134,327 ÷ 158,663 Mackerel cwt. 91,432 166,538 79,184 114,662 117,599 + 2,937 S 776,955 1,129,104 388,051 688,350 445,185 - 243,161 Herring cwt. 174,707 183,138 165,886 267,413 206,863 - 60,55( S 388,605 364,815 295,391 542,658 434,130 - 108,52 1 Halibut cwt. 30,815 20,007 19,197 27,407 20,250 - 7,151 S 468,981 409,163 319,199 441,113 282,118 - 158,991 Hake and cusk cwt. 51,057 150,009 58,819 119,988 91,027 - 28,96] S 90,406 232,269 93,186 203,352 183,465 - 19,881 Salmon c a t. 6,284 8,577 11,217 10,127 8,422 - 1,70: 8 131,849 154,771 202,090 181,966 157,124 - 24,841 Smelts cwt. 7,298 7,133 7,169 8,186 8,328 ± 14:2 S 109,214 85,020 120,816 - 131,523 130,182 - 1,31] Pollock cwt. 81,985 77,135 42,408 46,396 47,592 + 1,191 $ 117,903 110,829 65,265 90,768 89,393 - 1,371 5 Swordfish cwt. 6,851 11,164 14,343 5,575 4,551 - 1,02 $ 96,413 102,789 155,020 96,157 78,209 - 17,941

New Brunswick

Lobsters cwt. 68,465 69,554 73,688 68,303 65,894 - 2,409 $ 859,192 1,262,714 1,339,155 1,203,564 1,069,722 - 133,842 Sardines bbl. 152,300 244,553 134,494 269,643 158,259 - 111,389 $ 645,061 707,781 1,016,655 1,241,508 1,016,325 - 225,181 "Smelts . cwt. 62,042 62,680 43,210 63,975 46,692 - 17,281 $ 589,804 731,151 582,203 844,730 718,149 - 126,581 1.:od. - cwt. 114,709 311,712 286,571 259,166 205,544 - 53,621 $ 256,707 714,681 585,314 643,321 512,013 - 131,301 Salmon cwt. 20,383 16,859 20,682 33,563 30,073 - 3,49C $ 494,800 237,073 250,838 425,800 428,558 + 2,751 Herring cwt. 252,250 364,419 251,100 333,530 372,710 + 39,181 $ 243,109 367,699 270,863 367,037 385,354 + 18,313 1Dysters bbl. 11,094 10,708 14,574 17,201 12,038 - 5,161 8 58,706 53,447 67,123 .103,040 88,693 - 14,341 Claims and qualmugs bbl. 16,582 21,332 22,645 33,444 19,496 - 13,94£ S 97.219 90,741 103,923 137,099 88,426 - 48,671 24 FISHERIES STATISTICS

12. Quantity and Value of Chief Commercial Fishes by Provinces, 1921-1925-con. New Brunswick-concluded

Increase or decrease Mad of IIsh . 1921 1022 1923 1924 1925 1925 compared mith 1924 Inc. + Dec. -

Hake and cusk ctvt. 39,379 96,591 22,564 56,978 66,802 HE 9,914 $ 39,446 122,412 27,798 85,360 87,146 -I- 1,786 Shad cwt. 2,850 2,101 3,265 7,082 7,724 HH 642 $ 28,302 17,762 27,891 65,888 71,264 HE 5,376 Mackerel ctvt. 20,926 23,441 13,455 13,845 16,707 HE 2,862 s 175,075 121,026 54,054 49,166 63,968 HE 14,802 1 Alewives ctvt. 11,732 39,105 44,010 21,298 34,870 -E. 13,581 $ 38,206 81,590 67,911 40,499 65.295 -E 24.796 Quebec Cod cwt. 441,022 416,732 409,701 417,783 602,099 184,316 1-+

801,191 839,435 795,140 1,120,570 1,545,804 - 425,234 - Lobsters cwt. 30,311 33,082 37,764 22,742 25,675 1 2,934 -

338,167 470,667 538,654 283,899 379,580 4 95,681 Herring ... cwt. 186,767 188,946 226,426 206,135 286,028 79,893

160,686 149,009 190,462 161,119 246,115 +I - 84,996

Salmon cwt. 7,805 12,206 14,765 15,080 20,714 - 5,634

77,122 122,001 137,024 136,725 189,318 1-4 52,593 Mackerel °Wt. 24,982 53,770 46,211 70,437 47,135 32,302 140,053 213,064 157,864 246,278 131,229 115,049 Eels cwt. 7,024 10,020 12,338 11,918 11,816 - 102 58,629 60,118 73,946 86,756 104,463 17,707 Ilckerel ctvt. 1,176 1,307 1,807 1,226 2,016 790 14,799 13,757 19,010 16,883 40,211 23,328 Srnelts cwt. 2,958 3,613 4,055 2,854 3,400 1- 546 33,089 27,363 34,677 32,468 37,243 A- 4,775 Ontario Trout cwt. 55,457 65,679 62,553 68,821 73,257 i- 4,436 683,400 719,852 761,322 901,555 1,003,621 -E 102,066

Whitefish cwt. 63,801 60,829 65,250 66,918 70,583 4r 3,665 891,324 744,738 854,391 869,934 924,638 i- 54,704 Picicerelordore cwt. 20,666 23,849 26,912 29,646 25,677 - 3,969 351,322 345,808 352,546 400,221 370,774 - 29,447 Picicerel, blue cwt. 64,059 63,585 32,547 30,601 34,453 • . 3,852 192,177 260,699 179,011 168,306 275,624 -1- 107,318 IIerriag cwt. 73,104 75,618 108,512 125,013 45,555 79,458 429,900 302,406 487,633 625,065 250,554 374,511 Perch cwt. 23,573 24,673 27,009 25,158 23,317 1,841 141,438 133,235 159,354 150,948 139,902 11,046 Sturgeon cwt. 1,349 1,119 1,438 2,812 2,455 - 357 51,455 42,219 55,632 03,208 94,598 -E 1,390 Pike cwt. 12,379 12,598 11,962 12,933 13,163 A- 230 74,274 69,286 61,127 65,958 75,688 1- 0,730 Manitoba

Pickerel cwt 38,634 54,175 68,096 62,486 48,953 I 13,533

221,697 355,216 484,982 528,426 562,881 + 34,455 Whitefish cwt. 50,696 36,632 25,491 27,904 38,078 10,174

473,552 267,692 183,459 265,076 361,849 +4- 96,773 Tullibee cwt. 57,882 41,511 18,952 34,363 49,539 15,176

185,762 133,024 98,279 125,258 207,622 -F.+ 82,364

Pike c•t 21,801 21,272 24,103 30,314 27,305 1 3,009

61,134 70,243 89,734 104,973 110,222 + 5,249 Sturgeon cwt. 572 874 1,770 2,359 1,677 - 682 23,579 31,022 88,030 122,251 71,252 - 50,999 Goldeyes cwt 3,462 3,865 6,110 6,533 7,205 672 27,231 26,777 43,761 35,495 70,080 -11- 34,585 FISHERIES STATISTICS 25

12. Quantity and Value of Chief Commercial Fish.es by Provinces, 1921-1925-concluded a Saskatchewan

Increase or decrease Sind ofFish 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1925 compared oith1924 Inc. ± Dec. -

WIdtefish cwt. 22,087 21,027 24,607 42,393 44,978 A- 2,585 $ 181,461 178,519 207,264 363,532 384,700 1- 21,168 Trout cwt. 1,481 1,482 1,753 2,839 3,146 A- 307 8 14,974 13,813 16,999 28,891 30,980 A- 2,089 Ilke cwt. 3,234 2,879 3,753 5,393 4,153 - 1,240 S 19,529 20,612 24,307 35,920 28,285 - 7,635 Pickerel cwt. 1,429 1,711 1,943 3,556 2,896 - 660 $ 11,732 12,946 15,944 28,576 25,738 - 2,838 Mullets cwt. 1,642 2,106 2,476 2,816 2,785 - 31 8 8,632 11,632 13,503 15,069 14,598 - 471

Alberta

Whitefish cwt. 45,450 39,598 41,649 29,931 32,349 1- 2,418 S 354,128 286,338 374,460 241,696 310,665 A- 68,969 Pickerel ce-t. 2,785 1,865 3,476 3,921 6,043 1- 3,022 8 18,380 10,853 20,639 28,159 52,645 A- 24,48E Flke cet. 2,158 1,561 2,859 4,311 7,438 -F 3,127 $ 10,829 5,768 13,680 17,275 42,889 1- 25,614 Trout cwt. 2,337 2,310 2,406 3,602 2,746 - 85E $ 22,466 26,900 22,636 36,102 31,930 - 4,172

British Columbia

Salmon cyrt. 842,026 1,509,075 1,514,765 1,965,159 1,873,376 - 91,783 S 8,577,602 13,073,927 11,936,668 13,027,251 14,973,885 A- 1,946,634 Halibut cwt. 325,868 293,184 334,667 331,382 318,240 - 13,142 8 3,636,076 3,918,441 6,271,993 5,427,512 3,891,819 - 1,535,723 Elerring cwt. 944,866 1,002,519 1,035,823 1,157,625 1,437,875 1- 280,250 S 963,407 850,734 1,338,450 1,392,580 1,717,985 A- 325,405 Cod cwt. 29,456 28,190 29,251 40,530 71,686 - 8,894 $ 232,638 212,871 203,056 288,829 264,036 - 24,793 Pilchards cwt. 19,737 20,342 19,492 27,485 318,973 A- 291,488 S 101,045 106,055 92,036 82,881 182,911 1- 100,030 Clarnsinidgluthaus bObl. 8,096 11,974 14,466 20,030 26,527 1- 6,497 S 41,390 68,206 87,216 153,472 161,764 A- 8,292 Blackcod cwt. 20,317 19,013 16,679 18,183 14,956 - 3,227 S 142,558 119,026 136,492 130,334 114,315 - 16,019 Crabs ce-t. 7,026 8,506 8,373 5,957 6,979 -F 1,025 S 46,889 60,765 61,482 40,197 50,605 A- 10,401

Yukon Territory

Salmon cot 1,626 363 275 684 585 99 24,390 5,452 6,875 11,628 9,945 1,683 150 115 - 35 rà Whitefish ce-t . 107 108 100 2,688 2,170 2,512 3,750 2,875 - 875 Trout cwt. 46 44 71 115 82 33 920 880 1,788 2,875 2,050 825

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13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925

Sea Fisheries Edward Prince Scotia New Q British Kind of Fish Island Nova Brunswick' ueb ecl Columbia

Quan- Value Quan- Value Quan- Value Quan- Value Q tity tity tity tity titYuan- Value $ $ S $ 8 Cod, caught and _ landed cwt. 61,483 86,965 1,108,238 3,029,376 205,541 332,159 602,099 1,068,221 31,636 190,684 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 17,746 44,128 97,866 363,036 14,610 41,166 2,746 11,694 31,306 262,326 Fresh fillets cwt. - - 1,616 16,164 147 1,080 - - 10 150 Green-salted cwt. 20,022 97,739 88,826 387,498 12,131 47,063 28,455 129,855 - - Canned cases - - 1,906 16,107 - - 40 400 - - Smoked fillets en-t. - - 51,226 624,027 167 1,837 - -100 1,560 Dried en-t. 1,230 8,268 300,932 2,102,897 55,163 416,810 180,914 1,403,855 ' - - Boneless en-t. - - 24,443 251,104 386 4,057 - - - - Total value marketed.. - 150,135 - 3,760,833 - 512,013 - 1,545,804 - 264,036 Haddock, caught and landed en-t. 968 1,168 323,718 629,149 18,186 21,993 1,514 1,514 - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 400 800 148,935 566,070 8,736 18,240 - - - - Fresh fillets en-t. - - 2,298 20,448 - - - - - - Canned cases - - 5,543 51,434 - - - - - - Smoked cwt. - - 32,437 240,648 83 783 - - - - Smoked fillets .w t. - - 12,666 145,949 - - - - - - Green-salted cwt. 284 852 6,582 19,509 2,040 4,616 - - - - Dried on-t. - - 16,818 90,269 1,880 8,907 505 3,030 - - Total value marketed.. - 1,652 - 1,134,327 - 32,546 - 3,030 - - Hake and Cusk, caught and landed en-t. 14,939 13,512 91,027 94,761 66,892 47,363 1,277 1,277 1 2 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 144 144 4,856 6,360 581 1,506 - - 1 3 Fresh fillets en-t. - - • 437 3,596 - - - - - - Green-salted cwt. 4,809 14,227 10,178 28,134 22,045 50,612 - - - - Smoked fillets en-t. - - 6,537 66,910 - - - - - Dried en-t. 1,722 8,610 15,395 78,465 7,143 32,478 425 2,125 - - Boneless cwt. - - - - 297 2,550 - - - - Total value marketed.. - 22,981 - 183,465 - 87,146 - 2,125 - 3 Pollock, caught and landed en-t. - - 47,592 62,618 28,801 38,191 - - - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. - - 8,021 23,336 2,219 2,935 - - - - Green-salted en-t. - 8,130 23,280 2,841 7,126 - - - - Dried en-t. - 7,732 42,777 6,968 27,961 - - - Total value marketed.. - - - 89,393 - 33,022 - - - - Whiting, caught and landed ' en-t. - - - - - - 185 677 Marketed fresh en-t. - - - - - - - 185 1,048 ffalibut, caught and landed en-t. 21 63 20,250 216,761 131 1,829 1,365 8,655 318,240 3,121,818 Marketed- Used fresh cat. 21 210 19,911 279,761 131 1,829 1,365 9,415 318,202 3,861,538 Smoked en-t. - 8 200 - - - - 19 281 Canned cases - - 226 2,157 - - - - - - Total value marketed.. 210 - 282,118 - 1,829 - 9,415 - 3,891,819 ■lounders, Brill, Plaice, etc., caught and landed cat. - - 10,930 13,712 963 2,397 - - 3,738 11,811 Marketed fresh.. cwt. - - 10,930 43,507 963 3,025 - - 3,738 20,914 ikate, caught and landed cwt - - 6,785 6,853 215 312 - - 978 2,939 Marketed fresh en-t. - - 6,785 23,380 215 587 - - 978 4,259 ioles, caught and landed cv.,t. - - 2,948 4,015 - - - - 4,978 33,646 Marketed fresh en-t. - - 2,948 14,740 - - - - 4,978 36,404 'erring, caught and landed cwt. 64,942 67,041 206,863 200,602 372,710 251,237 278,913 100,976 1,437,875 992,167 Marketed- Used fresh en-t. 11,028 18,515 44,673 107,138 74,135 76,442 5,206 5,479 19,973 64,511 Boneless cwt. - - 20 340 677 6,770 - - - Canned cases - - 911 5,788 3,381 16,905 - 391 1,564 Smoked cwt. - - 24,365 122,146 56,175 145,211 9,404 38,488 5,622 49,208 Dry-salted en-t. - - - - - - 6,000 3,000 1,083,174 1,528,196 Pickled bbl. 839 6,188 14,116 91,964 3,960 26,895 9,009 47,682 52 484 Used as hait bbl. 25,699 59,000 35,390 106,589 31,987 62,901 81,290 95,478 25,598 74,022 Fertilizer bbl. - - 110 165 53,248 50,230 29,741 19,934 - - Total value marketed.. - 83.703 - 414.130 - 385.354 - 210.061 - 1.717.985 See also Inland Fisheries.

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13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925-con.

Sea FLsherles Prince Edward New British Kind of Fish Island Nova Scotia Brunswick% Quebec' Columbia

Qwan" Quan- tity Value Qtityuail- Value Qtityuan " Value tity Value (tityelan- Value S S S S 5 Mackerel, caught and landed cwt. 6,220 16,316 117,599 288,871 16,707 47,452 47,135 90,117 - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 3,211 13,824 39,255 225,210 16,707 63,968 5,997 18,875 - - Canned cases 150 900 - - - - - - - Smoked ca-t. - - 60 720 - - - - - Salted bbl. 968 8,522 26,086 219,255 - - 14,022 112,354 - - Total value marketed.. - 23,246 - 445,185 - 63,968 - 131,229 - - Sardines, caught and landed bbl. - - 175 350 158,259 281,415 99 261 - - Marketed- Canned cases - - - 209,649 773,212 - - - Fresh and salted. . bbl. -.- 175 350 124,487 243,113 99 531 - Total value marketed.. - - 350 - 1,016,325 - 531- - 1 E1 Pilchards, caught and landed% cwt. - - - - - - - - 318,673 221,557 Marketed- Canned WSW - - - - - - - - 37,182 178,121 Used as bait bbl. - - - - - - - 4,045 4,790 Total value marketed.. - - - - - - - - - 182,911 Alewites, caught and landed cwt. 84 202 22,352 23,279 34,195 32,612 150 150 - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 9 100 9,905 17,885 4,587 9,446 - - - - Smoked cwt. - - 975 3,450 1,810 9,510 - - - - Salted bbl. 25 125 3,499 17,679 8,489 41,752 50 300 - - Used as bait bbl. - - - - 845 2,535 - - - - Total value marketed.. - 225 - 39,014 - 63,243 - 300 - - Bass, caught and landed cwt. - - 55 759 477 6,535 - - 25 101 Marketed fresh cwt. - - 55 759 477 6,820 - - 25 181 Perch, caught and landed cwt. - - - - 146 624 - - 1,042 7,521 Marketed fresh cwt. - - - - 146 876 - - 1,042 9,691 Salmon, caught and landed cat. 90 1,716 8,422 128,210 29,527 392,002 19,313 177,636 1,873,376 7,141,82 1 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 90 1,800 8,059 151,692 29,489 414,413 17,759 167,723 204,319 1,623,041 Canned cases - - 211 2,116 45 495 406 3,077 1,720,622 12,385,09; Smoked ewt. - - 100 3,316 - - - - 655 6,431 Dry-salted cat. - - - - - - 22 220 138,454 485,501 Mild cured cwt. - - - - - - - 27,770 460,92: Pickled cat. - - - - - - 783 3,848 950 6,07; Roe cwt. - - - - - - - - 972 3,531 Used as bait cat. - - - - - - - - 512 3,27: Total value marketed.. - 1,800 - 157,124 - 414,908 - 174,868 - 14,673,88: Shad, caught and landed cat. - - 602 6,503 5,822 43,877 33 430 - - Marketed- Usecl fresh cwt. - - 557 8,053 5,657 57,895 33 430 - - Salted bbl. - - 15 450 45 1,957 - - - - Total value mnrketed.. - - - 8,503 - 59,852 - 430 - - Smelts, caught and landed cwt. 17,595 112,264 8,328 105,24.5 46,692 450,535 2,842 23,707 780 7,301 Marketed fresh.. cwt. 17,595 142,496 8,328 130,182 46,692 718,149 2,842 30,307 780 7,43, Sturgeon, caught and landed cwt. - - 15 75 - - 6 72 274 5,001 Marketed fresh ctvt. - - 15 75 - - 6 72 274 5,60. Trout, caught and landed * cwt. 107 1,120 983 16,059 161 2,266 216 2,312 42 46: Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 107 1,328 983 16,705 161 2,266 171 2,109 42 60' Canned cases - - - - 18 144 - - Pickled cwt. - - - - - - 20 90 - Tntsd vnInn mnrIentarl - 1.19R - 10 .795 - 2.266 - 2.343 - 60 2 % See ako Island Fisheries. 1Part used in the manufacture of fish meal and oil.

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13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925-con.

Sea Fisheries Prince Edward New Quebec British Kind of Fish Island No" Secea Brunswick' Columbia

Quen- Value Quan- Value Quan" Value Quan- Value Quail" Value tity tity tity tity tity

$ S $ $ $ Black Cod, caught and landed eut. - - - - - - - - 14,956 81,660 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. - - - - - - - - 7,966 63,055 Green-salted cut. - - - - - - - 484 7,796 Smoked . cwt. - - - - - - 3,001 43,464 Total value marketed. - - - - - - - - 114,315 Red Cod, etc., caught and landed cwt. - - - - - - - - 2,960 14,373 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. - - - - - - 2,807 17,745 Smoked cwt. - - - - - - - 57 800 Smoked fillets cwt. - - - - - - 5 80 Total value marketed. - - - - - - - _ - 18,625 Albacore, caught and landed cwt. 975 1,875 1,626 7,897 - - - - - - Marketed fresh cwt. 975 4,875 1,626 8,352 - - - - - - Caplin, caught and landed bbl. 138 411 - 70 70 3,482 5,315 - - Marketed fresh bbl. 138 552 - 70 70 3,482 5,315 - Eels, caught and landed cwt 320 2,308 1,246 11,273 406 2,696 65 570 3 18. Marketed fresh cwt. 320 3,311 1,246 12,612 406 2,750 65 570 3 18 Greyfish, caught and - landed2 cwt. - - - - - 74,040 22,212 Octopus, caught and landed cwt - - - - - - - - 586 3,768 Marketed fresh eu-t. - - - - - - - 586 5,056 Oulachons, caught and landed cwt - - - - - - - - 361 1,529 Marketed fresh...... cwt. - - - - - - - - 361 2,147 Squid, caught and landed bbl. - - 11,556 33,739 5 10 978 1,970 - - Used as bait bbl. - - 11,556 39,037 5 10 978 1,970 - - Swordfish, caught and landed cwt - - 4,551 07,776 - - - - - - Marketed fresh eni. - - 4,551 78,209 - - - - - - Corn Cod, caught and landed ... cwt. 2,555 5,217 195 160 13,056 16,905 800 600 23 62 Marketed fresh owt. 2,555 6,336 195 160 13,056 41,517 800 600 23 92 ilixed Fish, caught and landed cwt. - - 1,010 967 45 45 720 595 5 25 (Not including any kinds mentioned elsewhere). Marketed fresh ewt - - 1,010 1,890 45 45 720 595 5 30 Clams and Quahaugs, caught and landed bbl. 1,560 1,988 4,454 8,348 19,496 28,188 2,919 16,654 26,527 90,508 Marketed- Used fresh bbl. 25 50 3,322 6,615 6,315 10,540 2,924 16,504 4,496 26,721 Canned cases 1,533 9,708 1,132 6,746 12,901 77,886 25 250 22,031 135,043 Total value marketed. - 9,758 - 13,361 - 88,426 - 16,754 - 161,764 lochies, caught and ' landed ... cwt. - - - - 201 563 - - - Marketed fresh ...... cwt. - - - - 201 563 - - - - Crabs, caught and landed cwt. - - - - - - - - 6;979 35,785 Marketed fresh cwt. - - - - - - - - 6,979 50,605 "..obsters, caught and landed cwt. 78,570 661,095 170,698 ,140,228 65,894 801,949 25,676 210,051 - - Marketed- In shell cwt. 10,272 128,888 63,525 1,343,435 10,991 293,829 1,313 15,716 - - Meat cwt. - - 33 2,768 310 24,800 - - - - Canned cases 34,121 958,492 53,745 1,659,642 27,236 750,313 12,395 362,729 - - Tomalley cases 105 1,332 801 9,118 80 780 Ill 1,135 - - Total value marketed.. - 1,088,712 - 3.014.963 - 1.069,722 - 379,580 - - 1 See also Inland Fisheries. 2 Used in the manufacture of fish otl and meal.

FISHERIES STATISTICS ' 29 13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925-con.

Sea Fisheries Prince Edward New British Kind of Fish Island Nova Scotia Brunswick' Quebec" Columbia Quan- yalu., Quan- tity ' '-' tity Value Qtityuan- Value Qtityuan- Value Qtityuan- Value S S S S $ Oysters, caught and landed bbl. 5,278 31,852 2,644 15,747 12,038 49,880 - - 1,468 22,905 Marketed fresh ..... bbl. 5,278 52,780 2,614 20,773 12,038 88,693 - - 1,468 23,107 Scallops, caught and landed bbl. - - 12,404 71,977 4,119 14,530 1,195 7,156 - - Marketed- Shelled gal. - - 24,561 75,045 8,238 14,530 2,362 7,086 - - Canned cases - - 83 98 - 11 110 - - Total value marketed.. - - - 76,02 - 14,530 - 7,196 - - Shrimps, caught and landed en-t. - - - - - - - - 1,157 16,035 Marketed fresh cwt. - - - - - - - 1,157 23,331 Tongues and Sounds, pickled or dried cwt. 48 960 342 4,792 129 1,804 176 1,135 - - Winkles, caught and landed cwt. - 975 1,406 1,091 5,008 - - - - Marketed fresh . cwt. - - 975 1,842 1,091 5,008 - - - - Dulse, green cwt.- - 1,456 4,240 3,800 5,700 - - - - Marketed dried cwt.- - 208 4,288 660 6,940 - - - - Fur Seals, caught and landed no. - - - - - - - 4,465 46,590 Skins marketed no -.- - -. - - - - 4,465 52,373 Hair Seals, caught and landed no. - - - - - - 4,746 12,348 - - Marketed- Skins RO. - - - - - - 4,746 12,201 - - Oil gal. - - - - - - 10,391 4,215 - - Total value marketed. - - - - - - - 16,416 - - IYhales, caught and landed no. - - - - - - - - 351 309,608 Marketed- Whalebone and meal tons - - - - - - - - 347 7,260 Whale oil gal. - - - - - - - - 556,939 266,651 Whale fertilizer... tons -.- - - - - - - 835 35,697 Total value maiketed. - - - - - - - - - 309,608 Miscellaneous Products- Cod liver oil, medicinal gal. 25 50 26,743 22,697 - - 68 128 - - Cod liver oil , crude gal. 7,030 2,109 130,403 52,171 10,140 4,291 127,414 44,555 - - Fish oil, n.e s gal. 1,800 900 18,728 9,968 17,281 7,611 - - 850,506 313,085 Fish glue gal. - - 11,000 13,200 - - - - - Fish meal tons - - 612 36,180 - - - - 4,094 202,854 Herring scales ...... cwt. - - - - 1,808 14,652 - - - Fish skins and bones cwt. - - 12,691 16,828 76 193 - - - Fish offal tons - - 2,651 6,111 70 591 - - - - Fish fertilizer tons - - 275 16,500 405 10,109 - - 455 20,825 Total Value Sea Fisheries- Caught and landed - 1,008,176 - 7,190,962 - 2,881,343 - 1,735,590 - 12,382,635 Marketed - 1,598,119 - 10,213,779 - 4,764,351 - 2,585,329 - 22,414,618

1 See also Inland Fisheries.

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13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925-con.

Inland Fisheries New Brunswick' Quebec' Ontario Kind of Fish Quan- Quan- Quan- tity Value tity Value tity Value

Alewives, caught and landed cwt. 684 2,052 Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 354 1,062 Salted bbl. 110 990 Total value marketed 2,052 Bass, caught and landed cwt. 7 105 229 2,653 Marketed fresh cwt. 7 105 229 2,653 Carp, caught and landed owt 2,583 18,216 8,147 24,411 Marketed fresh cat. 2,563 18,216 8,147 28,515 Catfish, caught and landed cvrt 1,583 15,769 3,447 31,023 Marketed fresh cwt 1,583 15,769 3,447 30,883 Eels, caught and landed ewt 60 1,020 11,751 103,893 1,824 18,210 Marketed fresh cwt 60 1,020 11,751 103,893 1,824 21,888

Herring, caught and landed cat . 7,115 36,054 45,555 163,998 Marketedfresh cat . 7,115 36,054 45,555 250,551 Maskinonge, caught and landed cat. 58 1,317 Marketed fresh cvrt 58 1,317 Mixed lish, caught and landed cwt 26,885 141,680 32,819 114,867 '(Graylings, bullheads, ouananiche, etc.). Marketed fresh cat . 26,885 141,680 32,819 147,686 Mullets, caught and landed cwt 342 1,026 Marketed fresh cwt 342 1,026 Perch, caught and landed ewt 1,184 10,058 23,317 93,268 Marketed f resh cat . 1,184 10,058 23,317 139,902

Pickerel, or dore, caught and landed cwt 392 3,920 2,016 40,20 25,677 288,866 Marketed fresh cwt 392 3,920 2,016 40,211 25,677 370,774

Pickerel, blue, caught and landed cat . 34,453 206,718 Marketed fresh cwt 31,453 275,624 Pike caught and landed ewt 2,158 21,285 13,163 46,071 fitarketed fresh cwt 2,158 21,285 13,163 75;688 Salmon, caught and landed cat 516 13,650 1,401 14,450 Marketed fresh cat . 546 13,650 1,401 14,450 Shad, caught and landed cwt 1,902 11,412 1,105 11,876 Marketed fresh cwt 1,902 11,412 1,105 11,876 Smelts, caught and landed owt 558 6,936 Marketed fresh cat . 558 6,936 Sturgeon, caught and landed cwt 42 1,050 1,759 27,976 2,455 66,285 Marketed- Used fresh cwt 42 1,050 1,759 27,976 2,455 86,906 Caviar lb. 4,807 7,692 Total value marketed 1,050 27,976 94,598

: Trout, caught and landed cat . 100 1,835 73,257 791,176 Marketed fresh mart 100 1,835 73,257 1,003,621 Tullibee, caught and landed cwt - 9,109 51,010 Marketed fresh cvrt , - 9,109 66,041 Whitefish, caught and landed cwt. 545 5,331 70,583 758,767 Marketed fresh cat. 545 5,381 70,583 924,638 Total Value Inland Fisheries- caught and landed 34,235 459,590 2,654,730 Marketed 34,235 459,590 3,4,16,412

1 See also Sea Fisheries.

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13. Quantities and Values by Provinces of All Fish Caught and Marketed during the year 1925--concluded.

Inland Fisheries Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Yukon Kind of Fish Quail" Value tity (Ititylan- Value Quan-tity Value Qtityien- Value $ $ $ $ Bass, caught and landed cwt 35 100 - - - - - - Marketed fresh cwt 35 157 - - - - - - Carp, caught and landed.... cwt. 98 365 - - - - - - Marketed fresh cat. 98 639 - - - - - Catfish, caught and landed cwt 3,54 31,841 - - - - - - Marketed fresh cwt. 3,546 37,661 - - - - - Goideges, caught and lauded cwt 7,205 21,901 58 580 - - - - Marketed- Used fresh cat. 1,571 6,598 58 696 - - - - Smoked cwt. 4,102 63,482 - - - - - Total value marketed - 70,080 - 696- - - - - Mired, fish, caught and landed.... cwt 194 1,858 3,510 4,717 - - 25 375 Marketed fresh cat. 104 2,061 3,510 6,215 , - - 25 500 Mullets, caught and landed cwt 11,191 14,020 2,785 7,672 . 3,591 5,064 - - Marketed fresh cwt. 11,491 19,769 2,785 14,598 3,591 5,064 - - Perch, caught and landed cwt 1,667 15,62 - - 176 1,088 - - Marketed fresh cwt 1,667 18,678 - - 176 1,290 - - Pickerel or dore, caught and landed cwt. 48,953 450,445 2,896 15,980 6,913 33,533 - - Marketed fresh cwt. 48,953 562,881 2,896 25,738 6,943 52,645 - - Pike, caught and landed cwt. 27,305 86,135 4,153 16,519 7,438 23,359 - - Marketed fresh cwt. 27,305 110,222 4,153 28,285 7,438 42,889 - - Salmon, caught and landed cwt. - - - - - - 585 7,312 Marketed fresh cwt. - - - - - 585 9,940 Sturgeon, caught and landed cwt. 1,677 51,233 15 450 - - - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 1,677 68,527 15 600 - - - - Caviar lb. 2,450 2,725 - - - - - - Total value marketed - • 71,252 - 600 - - - - Trout, caught and landed cwt. 452 .3,316 3,146 18,998 2,746 20,382 82 1,611 Marketed fresh cwt. 452 4,068 3,146 30,980 2,746 31,930 82 2,051 Tullibee, caught and landed cwt. 49,539 157,816 430 1,768 2,726 11,697 - - - Marketed- Used fresh cwt. 49,539 207,622 430 3,070 2,638 13,141 - Smoked cat. - - - 44 880 - Total value marketed - 207,622 - 3,070 - 14,021 - Whitefish, caught and landed cwt. 33,078 226,640 44,978 234,149 32,849 198,693 115 2,301 Marketed fresh cwt. 38,078 361,849 44,978 384,700 32,349 310,665 115 2,871 Total Value Inland Fisheries- Caught and landed - 1,061,331 - 300,833 - 293,816 - 11,62 Marketed - 1,466,939 - 494,882 - 458,504 - 15,37+

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14. Total Values for Counties and Districts of Sea Fish Caught and Landed and Marketed, 1925

Total Value Total Value of Fish of Fish County or District Caught and Fish and Products Landed Marketed

Prince Edward Island-Totals 1,008,176 1,598,119 Kings 302,072 508,535 Queens 313,582 501,996 Prince 392,522 587,588

Nova Scotia-Totals 7,190,962 10,213,779 Richmond 153,122 167,500 Cape Breton 248,450 383,203 Victoria 109,473 190,182 luverness 331,113 681,173 Cumberland 108,594 194,696 Colchester 20,322 31,511 Pictou 182,922 305,341 Antigonish 126,130 196,915 Guysborough 696,149 1,254,962 Halifax 796,500 1,350,882 Hants 6,826 10,690 Lunenburg 2,070,328 2,102,168 Queens 220,787 254,580 Shelburne 636,217 887,776 Yarmouth • 787,628 1,178,919 Digby 546,407 849,202 Annapolis 122,091 135,125 Kings 27,903 32,953

New Brunswick-Totals 2,881,343 4,764,354 Charlotte - 698,508 1,431,348 St. John 189,717 423,272 Albert 172 172 Westmorland 188,208 299,284 Kent 389,620 554,888 Northumberland 540,711 863,019 Gloucester 661,312 978,264 Restigouche 213,095 214,107.

Quebec-Totals 1,735,590 2,585,329 Bonaventure 180,490 285,422 Gaspe 576,224 992,304 Magdalen Islands 417,938 714,250 Saguenay 538,143 569,075 Matane 17,723 19,206 Rimouski 5,072 5,072

British Columbia-Totals 12,382,635 22,414,618 District No. 1 2,783,431 3,348,075 District No. 2 6,295,550 13,355,463 District No. 3 3,303,654 5,711,080

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15. Proportion of Catch of Sea Fish taken Offshore (by steam trawlers and vessels fishing on offshore grounds, remaining out more than two days), 1925

Cod Haddock Hake and Cusk Pollock Halibut

Province and County or District Total Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- quantity quantity quantity quantity quantity tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore mvt. mt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cvrt. cwt. cwt. Canada-Totals 2,309,000 1,183,301 344,386 171,443 174,136 10,447 76,396 28,105 340,007 330,218

Prince Edward Island-Totals 61,483 - 963 - 14,939 - - - 21 - King,s 11,495 - 968 - 5,452 - - - - - Queens 40,903 - - - 2,352 - - - - - Prince 0,085 - - - 7,134 - - - 21 -

Nova Scotia-Totals 1,408,228 1,051,837 323,718 169,983 91,027 8,246 47,592 28,105 20,250 14,877 O Richmond 18,569 - 9,747 - - - 462 - 11 - Cape Breton 35,318 939 2,467 165 - - 335 - 1,949 1,238 Victoria 21,914 - 17,201 - - - 30 - 316 - Inverness 52,415 17,123 18,342 9,276 7,491 4 3,012 3,012 2,343 2,270 Cumberland 28 - 41 - - - - 1 - Colchester 123 - - - - - - - - - Pictou 10 - - - 1,034 - - - - - Antigomsh 1,890 - 420 - 2,720 - - - - - Guysborough 130,556 82,732 66,304 51,982 880 - 8,006 7,267 2,270 1,944 Halifax. 131,669 89,157 99,152 93,253 446 446 19,984 15,031 3,909 3,426 Hanta 51 - - - - 15 - - - 1.unenburg 823,135 803,229 8,270 6,095 3,285 1,370 1,960 1,140 4,525 2,995 Queens 28,852 22,094 1,832 942 3,766 3,255 300 270 1,573 1,539 Shelburne 70,127 11,970 24,848 4,630 3,740 1,720 521 14 831 300 Yarmouth 50,949 21,892 8,783 2,837 1,626 1,451 3,681 733 1,700 1,161 Digby 37,996 2,701 60,959 803 61,476 - 8,818 638 640 4 Annapolis 3,840 - 5,114 - 4,551 - 327 - 169 - Kings 796 - 238 - 12 - 14 - 13 -

New Brunswick-Totals 205,544 131,014 18,186 1,460 66,892 2,201 28,801 - 131 - Charlotte 16,244 - 15,989 - 54,893 - 28,804 - 131 - St. John 3,120 - 550 - 4,750 - - - - - Albert - - - - - - - - Westmorland 6 - - - - - - - - - Kent 2,930 2,299 - - 4,712 - - - - - Northumberland 4,218 3,227 - - - - - - - - Gloucester 176,989 123,451 1,498 1,311 2,448 2,142 - - - - Restigouche 2,037 2,037 149 149 89 59 - -

Quebec-Totals 602,099 200 1,514 - 1,277 - - 1,365 - Bonaventure 57,172 200 1,514 - 1,277 - - - 750 - Gaspe 268,738 - - - - - - - 230 - Magdalen Islands 70,020 - - - - - - - - Saguenay 202,566 - - - - - - - 360 - Matane 3,503 - - - - - - - 25 - Rimouski 100 - - - - - - - - -

British Columbia-Totals 31,636 250 - - 1 - - - 318,240 315,341 District No. 1 17,633 - - - 1 - - - 27,926 27,92e District No. 2 250 250 - - - - - - 287,415 287,411 District No. 3 13,753 - - - - - - 2,899 -

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15. Proportion of Catch of Sea Fish taken Offshore (by steam trawlers and vessels fishing on offshore grounds, remaining out more than two days), 1925-con.

Flounders Skate Soles Herring Mackerel Province and County or Total 'Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- Total Quan- District quantity quantity quantity quantity quantity , tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore cwt. 'cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. 1 Canada-Totals 15,631 13,549 7,978 6,808 7,926 2,918 2,361,303 7,570 187,661 3,862

2 Prince Edward Island- Totals - - - - - - 64,912 - 6,220 - 3 Kings - - - - - 21,787 102 - 4 Queens - - - - - - 12,753 - 2,502 - 5 Prince - - - - - - 30,402 - 3,616 -

6 Nova Scotia-Totals 10,930 10,605 6,785 6,785 2,918 2,948 206,863 820 117,599 2,714 7 Richmond - - - - - - 2,335 - 10,609 - 8 Cape Breton - - - - -. 8,392 - 7,014 - 9 Victoria - - - - 6,099 - 1,605 - 10 Inverness 1,266 1,266 1,532 1,532 - - 6,980 - 6,073 - U. Cumberland - - - - - 19,427 152 - 12 Colchester - - - - - - 178 - - - 13 Pictou - - - - - - 1,499 80 - 14 Antigonish 220 - - - - 10,180- 685 - 15 Guysborough 25 23 112 112 2,948 2,948 9,564 - 42,661 - 16 Halifax 9,259 9,259 5,141 5,141 - - 15,939 - 31,921 - l7 Hants 5 - - - - - - - - 18 Lunenburg - - - - - 4,460 820 6,838 2,714 19 Queens - - - - - - 12,587 - 5,497 - 10 Shelburne - - - - 34,810 888 - 11 Yarmouth - - . - - - - 23,684 - 3,345 - :2 Digby 155 57 - - - - 21,271 97 - :3 Annapolis - - - - - 25,788- 66 - :4 Kings - - - - - 3,670 68 -

:5 New Brunswick-Totals 963 - 215 - - - 372,710 6,750 16,707 1,148 :6 Charlotte 732 - 215 - - - 171,408- - - 17 St. John - - - - - 400- - - 38 Albert - - - - - - 4 - - - 19 Westmorland - - - - - - 77,292- 201 - 30 Kent 220 - - - - - 30,650 3,450 2,376 202 11 Northumberland - - - - - 7,174 3,300 260 260 32 Gloucester - - - - - - 84,629 - 13,387 68E 33 Restigouche 11 - - - - - 1,153 483 -

4 Quebec-Totals - - - - - - 278,913 - 47,135 - 5 Bonaventure - - - - - - 42,790 - 2,836 - 6 Gaspe - - - - - - 70,453 - 3,131 - 7 Magdalen Islands - - - - - - 153,780 - 41,105 - 8 Saguenay - - - - - - 3,075 63 - 9 Matane - - - - - - 8,615- - - 0 Rimouski - - - - - - 200 - _

31 British Columbia-Totals 3,738 2,944 978 23 4,978 - 1,437,875- - - L2 District No. 1 553 - 735 - 4,381 - 13,522- - - 33 District No. 2 2,944 2,944 38 23 - - 43,697- - - 34 District No. 3 241 - 205 - 597 - 1,380,656 - - FISHERIES STATISTICS 35

15. Proportion of Catch of Sea Fish taken Offshore (by steam trawlers and vessels fishing on offshore grounds, remaining out more than two days), 1925--concluded

Bass Black Cod Red Cod Swordfish Fur Seals Whales Total Quais- Total Quais- Total Quais- Total Quais- Total Quan- Total Quais- quais- tity quantity quan- titi quais- tity quais- tity quantity tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken tity taken caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore caught offshore

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. en-t. cwt. en-t. cwt. no. 00. DO. no. 557 10 14,956 8,984 2,960 267 4,551 59 4,465 422 351 351 1

- - - - - - - - - -2 _ - _ - - - - - _ -3 - - - - - - - - - -4 _ _ _ _ _ - - _ _ -5

55 - - - - - 4,551 59 - - - - 6 - - - - - - 292 - - - - -7 - - - - - - 3,397 - - - - - 8 - _ _ _ _ - 49 _ _ - _ -9 - - - - - - 28 - - - - -10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 20 - - - - - - - - -- -12 - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ -11 10 - -- - - - - - - -14 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -15 - - - - - - 58698 - - - - - 16 5 - - - - - - - - - - 17 - - - - - - 42- - - - - - 1918 . - - - - - - 59 59 - - - -20 - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ -21 - _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ -22 20 - - - - - - - - - - -21 - - - - - - - - - - - -24 477 - - - - - - - - - - -22 - - - - - - - - - - - -26 - _- -_ _- _- -_ -_ -_ -_ -_ -_ - 2728 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -25 321- - - - - - - - - - - - 30 11343 _- _- _- _- _- _- - _- _- -_ -31- 32 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -33 - - - - - - _ _ - _ _ -34 _ _ _ -15 - - - - - - _ _ - - - - 36 - - - - - - _ - - - - -17 - - - - - - _ - - - - --38 39 - - - - - - - - - - - - 40

25 10 14,956 8,984 2,960 267 - - 4,465 422 351 351 41 7 - 4,860 - 1,757 - - - - - - - 42 10 10 8,984 8,984 267 267 - 810 422 269 26941 8 - 1,112 - 936 - - - 3,655 - 82 82 44

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16. Summary by Provinces of Capital Equipment, 1925

Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia In Primary Operations No. Value , No. Value , 8 $ 1 Steam trawlers - - 10 715,000 2 Steam vessels and tugs - - 3 11,000 3 Sailing and gasoline vessels 9 7,760 382 1,950,000 4 Sail and row boats 469 10,750 4,333 118,007 5 Gasoline boats 1,538 383,700 5,779 1,371,578 6 Carryingsmacks 8 2,500 185 157,885 7 Gill nets , seines , trap nets, etc 7,279 72,379 52,167 1,105,914 8 Pound nets - - - - 9 Hoop nets - - - - 10 Weirs - - 97 27,850 11 Tubs of trawl 781 16,600 12,668 203,851 12 Lines ' 1,357 2,714 23,608 28,039 13 Lobster traps 384,719 384,719 761,450 1,007,132 14 Eel traps - - - - 15 Scallop gear - - 48 4,360 16 Fishing piers and wharves 29 67,000 1,695 715,080 17 Ice houses 6 11,800 322 134,766 18 Small fish and smoke houses 428 15,370 4,370 429,674 19 Total value - 975,292 - 7,880,136

Ontario Manitoba In Primary Operations No. Value No. Value 8 $ 20 Steam trawlers - . - - - 21 Stearn vessels and tugs 112 767,315 20 227,074 22 Sailing and gasoline vessels - - - - 23 Sail and row boats 1,086 62,721 852 58,800 24 Gasoline boats ' 1,018 573,017 66 37,600 25 Carrying smacks and scows - - 2 2,000 26 Gill nets, seines, trap nets, etc 1 8,906,188 - 767,711 39,864 361,898 27 Spears 144 1,026 - - 28 Tubs of trawl - - - - 29 Pound net,s 1,334 671,905 22 5,700 30 Hoop nets 1,195 41,674 13 200 31 Dip or roll nets 43 842 14 54 32 Lines 986 11,222 260 925 33 Crab traps - - . - - 34 Fish wheels - - - - 35 Oyster plant and equipment - - - - 36 Fishing piers and wharves 309 76,817 34 24,250 37 Ice houses 504 261,260 87 106,230 38 Small fish and smoke houses - - 58 22,950 39 Total value - 3,235,510 - 847,681

Prince Edward Island In Fish Canning and Curing No. Value $ 40 Lobster canneries 143 249,510 41 Salmon canneries - - 42 Clam canneries 5 1,070 43 Sardine and other fish canneries - - 44 Fish curing establishments 8 12,100 45 Oil factories and reduction works - - 46 Total 156 262,680

1 For Ontario gill nets and seines are shown in Yards.

17. Summary by Provinces of Number of Employees, 1925

Prince - Edward Nova Scotia New Brunswick Island Sea Inland

no. no. no. DO. 47 Men employed on vessels, boats, etc 3,017 16,266 8,490 449 18 Persons employed in fish cannhig and curing establishments 1,732 3,604 2,401 - 49 Total 4,749 19,870 10,891 449

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16. Summary by Provinces of Capital Equipment, 1925

New Brunswick Quebec . Sea Fisheries Inland Fisheries Total Fisheries Sea Fisheries Inland Fisheries Total Fisheries No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value S S S $ S $ - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 4,000 - - 1 4,000 - - - - - - 2 313 244,325 - - 313 244,325 102 46,500 - - 102 46,500 3 4,525 89,549 388 4,846 4,913 94,395 1,271 82,510 1,271 39,973 2,642 122,483 4 2,326 686,840 6 1,500 2,332 688,340 2,620 731,331 251 85,090 2,871 816,421 5 43 75,633 - - 43 75,633 449 11,300 - - 449 11,300 6 25,664 773,684 727 7,879 26,391 781,563 31,011 491,122 1,063 97,587 32,074 588,709 7 - - - - - - - - - - -8 - - - - - - - 641 14,570 641 14,570 9 387 517,875 - - 387 517,875 - - - - - 10 2,322 31,990 - - 2,322 31,990 1,214 28,470 - - 1,214 28,47011 10,629 9,764 - - 10,629 9,764 24,580 24,268 2,133 43,498 26,713 67,76612 351,087 412,039 - - 351,087 412,039 123,702 124,564 - - 123,702 124,56413 - - 109 200 100 200 - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - - -15 410 132,900 - - 410 132,900 324 33,750 - - 324 33,75016 103 248,800 - - 103 248,800 204 47,400 170 42,187 374 89,58717 1,228 449,000 - - 1,228 449,000 1,257 73,070 167 9,241 1,424 82,31118 - 3,676,399 - 14,425 - 3,690,624 - 1,694,285 - 332,146 - 2,026,43116

Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia lirtiloart No. Value NO. \Mae No. Value No. Value S S $ S - - - - 3 180,000 - - 20 - - - - 7 160,000 - - 21 - - - - 437 2,489,100 - - 22 110 3,470 90 4,195 2,899 260,193 15 302 23 31 13,400 109 42,600 2,834 1,722,950 7 2,25524 - - - - 155 172,950 - - 25 2,850 55,862 4,227 81,677 4,948 1,651,143 51 1,81526 - - - - - - _ - 27 - - - - 1,302 42,940 - - 28 - - - - _ - _ - 29 13 260 - - - - - -30 - - - - - _ _ - 31 76 385 - - 6,593 47,979 _ - 32 - - - _ . 4,802 18,910 - - 33 - - - - _ - 3 45034 _ _ - - - 1 26,000 - 35 33 4,025 50 8,520 14 11,300 - - 36 40 4,325 75 17,430 6 12,750 2 20037 10 1,000 66 4,135 32 34,150 1 100 38 - 82,727 - 153,557 - 6,830,395 - 5,122 39

Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec British Columbia No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value 15 S S S 133 679,393 137 391,995 65 181,294 - - 40 _ - - - 4 9,164 65 9,163,22341 345,989 4 28,604 - - 21 - 42 '2) 3 937,409 - - -S - 42 106 2,681,806 50 198,616 33 491,350 66j 3,784,49244 4 87,466 - - - - 12 1,896,50445 249 3,794,654 191 1,556,624 102 681,808 145 14,844,21940

17. Summary by Provinces of Number of Employees, 1925

Saskatche- British 'Quebec Ontario Manitoba wan Alberta Columbia Yukon

Sea Ldand no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. 8,585 2,126 4,263 3,390 794 914 9,944 3547 1,097 - - - - 7,438 - 48 9,682 2,126 4,263 3,390 794 914 17,382 3549 38 FISHERIES STATISTICS

Fishing Bounty Under the authority of "An Act to encourage the development of the Sea Fisheries and the building of Fishing Vessels" the sum of $160,000 is appro- priated annually by the Department of Marine and Fisheries and paid to fishermen of the Maritime provinces. The bounty is distributed under regulations made from time to time by the Governor in Council. For the year 1925, payraent was made on the following basis:— To owners of vessels entitled to receive bounty—S1 per registered ton: payment to the owner of any one vessel not to exceed $80. To vessel fishermen entitled to receive bounty-58.00 each. To owners of boats measuring not less than 13 feet keel-51 per boat. To boat fishermen entitled to receive bounty—$6.30 each. There were 9,979 bounty claims paid. In the preceding year there were 10,104 bounty claims paid. The total amount paid in 1925 was $159,992.30. allocated as follows:— To 540 vessels and their crews 41,948.30 To 9,439 boats and their crews 118,044.00 Table 3, Part III, shows in detail the payment of the Bounty by counties for the year, 1925. Imports and Exports The value of fish and fish products imported into Canada for consumption during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1926, was $2,590,515, compared with $3,061,281 in 1925. The value of fish and fish products of Canadian origin exported from Canada during the fiscal year 1926 was $37,487,517, an increase over the preceding year of $3,520,508.

Historical Review The three tables following will afford a review of the fishing industry of Canada for the past several years. In the case of production, returns are given by provinces year by year back to 1870. In the case of the number and value of vessels, boats, etc., the review extends to 1880, and in the case of the number of employees to 1895. FISHERIES STATISTICS 39

18. Historical Review-(a) Total Value of the Fisheries in the Respective Provinces of Canada, from 1870 to 1925

Manitoba, Prince Saskatche- Total Year Edward N ova New British Siacot Brunswick Quebec Ontario for Island Columbia Albertawan' Canada and Yukon

S S $ S $ $ S $ 1870 Notknown. 4,019,425 1,131,433 1,161,551 264,982 Notknown. Not lmoym. 6,577,391 1871 Notknown. 5,101,030 1,185,033 1,093,612 193,524 Not known. Notknown. 7,573,199 1872 Not knom-n. 6,016,835 1,965,459 1,320,189 267,633 NotImomm. Not knoym. 9,570,116 1873 207,595 6,577,085 2,285,662 1,391,564 293,091 Not Imomm. Not known. 10,754,997 1874 288,863 6,652,302 2,685,794 1,608,660 446,267 Nutlumwn. Not known. 11,681,886 1875 298,927 5,573,851 2,427,654 1,596,759 453,194 Not knomm. Notknown. 10,350,385 1876 494,967 6,029,050 1,953,389 2,697,668 437,229 104,697 Not known. 11,117,000 1877 763,036 5,527,858 2,133,237 2,560,147 438,223 583,433 Notknown. 12,005,934 1878 840,344 6,131,600 2,305,790 2,664,055 348,122 925,767 Not known. 13,215,61 8 1879 1,402,301 5,752,937 2,554,722 2,820,395 367,133 631,766 Not known. 13,529,254 1880 1,675,089 6,291,061 2,744,447 2,631,556 444,491 713,335 Notknown. 14,499,979 1881 1,955,290 6,214,782 2,930,904 2,751,962 509,903 1,454,321 Notimown. 15,817,162 1882 1,855,687 7,131,418 3,192,339 1,976,516 825,457 1,842,675 Notknown. 16,824,092 1883 1,272,468 7,689,374 3,185,674 2,138,997 1,027,033 1,644,646 Notknomm. 16,958,192 1884 1,085,619 8,763,779 3,730,454 1,694,561 1,133,724 1,358,267 Not known. 17,766,404 1885 1,293,430 8,283,922 4,005,431 1,719,460 1,342,692 1,078,038 Notknown. 17,722,973 1886 1,141,991 8,415,362 4,180,227 1,741,382 1,435,998 1,577,348 186,980 18,679,288 1887 1,037,426 8,379,782 3,559,507 1,773,567 1,531,850 1,974,887 129,084 18,386,103 1888 876,862 7,817,030 2,941,863 1,860,012 1,839,869 1,902,195 180,677 17,418,508 1889 886,430 6,346,722 3,067,039 1,876,194 1,963,123 3,348,067 167,679 17,655,254 1890 1,041,109 6,636,444 2,699,055 1,615,119 2,009,637 3,481,432 232,104 17,714,900 1891 1,238,733 7,011,300 3,571,050 2,008,678 1,806,389 3,008,755 332,969 18,977,874 1892 1,179,856 6,340,724 3,203,922 2,236,732 2,042,198 2,849,483 1,088,254 18,941,169 1893 1,133,368 6,407,279 3,746,121 2,218,905 1,694,930 4,443,963 1,042,093 20,686,659 1894 1,119,738 6,547,387 4,351,526 2,303,386 1,659,968 3,950,478 787,087 20,719,870 1895 976,836 6,213,131 4,403,158 1,867,920 1,584,473 4,401,354 752,466 20,199,338 1896 976,126 6,070,895 4,799,433 2,025,754 1,605,674 4,183,999 745,543 20,407,424 1897 954,949 8,090,346 3,934,135 1,737,011 1,289,822 6,138,865 638,416 22,783,544 1898 1,070,202 7,226,034 3,849,357 1,761,440 1,433,632 3,713,101 613,355 19,667,121 1899 1,043,645 7,347,604 4,119,891 1,953,134 1,590,447 5,214,074 622,911 21,891,706 1900 1,059,193 7,809,152 3,769,742 1,989,279 1,333,294 4,878,820 718,159 21,557,639 1901 1,050,623 7,989,548 4,193,264 2,174,459 1,428,078 7,942,771 958,410 25,737,153 1902 887,024 7,351,753 3,912,514 2,059,175 1,265,706 5,284,824 1,198,437 21,959,433 1903 1,099,510 7,841,602 4,186,800 2,211,792 1,535,144 4,748,365 1,478,665 23,101,878 1904 1,077,546 7,287,099 4,671,084 1,751,397 1,793,229 5,219,107 1,716,977 23,516,439 1905 998,922 8,259,085 4,847,090 2,003,716 1,708,963 9,850,216 1,811,570 29,479,562 1906 1,168,939 7,799,160 4,905,225 2,175,035 1,734,856 7,003,347 1,492,923 26,279,485 1907 1,492,695 7,632,330 5,300,564 2,047,390 1,935,025 6,122,923 968,422 25,499,349 1908 1,378,624 8,009,838 4,754,298 1,881,817 2,100,078 6,465,038 861,392 25,451,085 1909 1,197,557 8,081,111 4,676,315 1,808,437 2,177,813 10,314,755 1,373,181 29,629,169 1910 1,153,708 10,119,243 4,134,144 1,692,475 2,026,121 9,163,235 1,676,507 29,965,433 1911 1,196,396 9,367,550 4,886,157 1,868,136 2,205,436 13,677,125 1,467,072 34,667,872 1912 1,379,905 7,384,055 4,264,054 1,988,241 2,842,878 14,455,488 1,074,843 33,389,464 1913 1,280,447 8,297,626 4,308,707 1,850,427 2,674,685 13,891,398 904,458 33,207,748 1914 1,261,666 7,730,191 4,940,083 1,924,430 2,755,291 11,515,086 1,137,884 31,264,631 1915 933,682 9,166,851 4,737,145 2,076,851 3,341,182 14,538,320 1,066,677 35,860,70E 1916 1,344,179 10,092,902 5,656,859 2,991,624 2,658,993 14,637,346 1,826,475 39,208,378 1917 1,786,310 14,468,319 6,143,088 3,414,378 2,866,419 21,518,595 2,114,935 52,312,044 1918 1,148,201 15,143,066 6,298,990 4,577,973 3,175,111 27,282,223 2,634,180 60,259,744 1919 1,536,844 15,171,929 4,979,574 4,258,731 3,410,750 25,301,607 1,849,044 56,508,479 1920 1,708,723 12,742,659 4,423,745 2,592,382 3,336,412 22,329,161 2,018,257 49,241,339 1921 924,529 9,778,623 3,690,726 1,815,284 3,065,042 13,953,670 1,704,061 34,931,935 1922 1,612,599 10,209,258 4,685,660 2,089,414 2,858,122 18,849,658 1,495,499 41,800,21C 1923 1,754,980 8,448,385 4,548,535 2,100,412 3,159,427 20,795,914 1,757,892 42,565,54E 1924 1,201,772 8,777,251 5,383,809 2,283,314 3,557,587 21,257,567 2,072,935 44,534,236 1925 1,698,119 10,213,779 4,798,589 3,044,919 3,436,412 22,414,618 2,435,695 47,942,131

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18. Historical Review-(b) Number and Value of Vessels and Boats engaged in the Fisheries of Canada, together with the Value of Fishing Material used for the Years 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895 and 1900 to 1925

Vessels- Ekmds Value of Value of Nets other Ta al Year Capital Value Value and Fishing Number Number Seines Material , Invested $ $ $ $ $ 1880 1,181 1,814,688 25,266 716,352 985,978 419,564 3,936,582 1885 1,177 2,021,633 28,472 852,257 1,219,284 2,604,285 6,697,459 1890 1,069 2,152,790 29,803 924,346 1,695,358 2,600,147 7,372,641 1895 1,121 2,318,290 34,268 1,014,057 1,713,190 4,208,311 9,253,848 1900 1,212 1,940,329 38,930 1,248,171 2,405,860 5,395,765 10,990,125 1901 1,231 2,417,680 38,186 1,212,297 2,312,187 5,549,136 11,491,300 1902 1,296 2,620,661 41,667 1,199,598 2,103,621 5,382,079 11,305,959 1903 1,343 2,755,150 40,943 1,338,003 2,305,444 5,842,857 12,241,454 1904 1,316 2,592,527 41,938 1,376,165 2,189,666 6,198,584 12,356,942 1905 1,384 2,813,834 41,463 1,373,337 2,310,508 6,383,218 12,880,897 1906 1,439 2,841,875 39,634 1,462,374 2,426,341 7,824,975 14,555,565 1907 1,390 2,748,234 38,711 1,437,196 2,266,722 8,374,440 14,826,592 1908 1,441 3,571,871 39,965 1,696,856 2,283,127 7,956,420 15,508,274 1909 1,750 3,303,121 41,170 1,855,629 2,572,820 9,626,262 17,357,932 1910 1,680 3,028,625 38,977 2,483,996 2,786,548 10,720,701 19,019,870 1911 1,648 3,502,928 36,761 2,695,650 2,453,191 12,281,135 20,932,904 1912 1,669 4,671,923 34,501 3,072,115 4,154,880 12,489,541 24,388,459 1913 1,992 4,445,259 37,686 3,834,178 3,423,110 15,761,486 27,464,033 1914 1,892 4,390,660 39,144 3,957,912 3,313,581 13,071,009 24,733,162 1915 1,984 4,594,504 38,536 4,345,954 3,544,087 13,371,030 25,855,575 L916 1,965 5,267,724 40,105 4,829,793 4,485,269 14,146,176 28,728,962 L917 1,533 6,268,946 42,689 5,770,464 5,347,497 29,756,218 47,143,125 L918 1,417 6,790,888 38,726 7,059,638 6,174,967 40,196,370 60,221,863 1919 1,373 7,768,160 36,434 7,470,095 6,312,245 33,026,526 54,577,026 1920 1,228 8 ,316,071 30,522 7,859,999 6,697,214 27,532,194 50,405,478 1921 1,145 6,326,803 31,747 7,379,606 6,112,142 25,850,926 45,669,477 1922 1,251 6,704,086 35,166 6,896,512 5,876,309 28,287,181 47,764,988 1923 1,162 6,249,971 32,360 5,813,421 5,656,627 29,952,846 47,672,865 L924 1,211 5,612,448 34,110 6,232,613 5,530,556 26,481,733 43,857,350 1925 1.399 6.702.074 34.835 6.809.445 6.203.876 27.157.235 46.872.630

1 Comprises fish canning and curing establishments , small fish and smoke houses , ice-houses , fis hing piers and wharves lobster and crab traps, weirs , trawls, and all other fishing material except "vessels", "boats," and "nets and seines".

18. Historical Review-(c) Number of Persons employed in the Fishing Industry of Canada for the years 1895 and 1900 to 1925

A7unaberof Numberof Total Persons in Afunaberof Numberof Alen Total Nuraberof Year Canneries Men in Men in Fishing, Nuxaberof Persons in and Vessels Boats not in Fishermen lishing Fislihouses I3oats 1 Industry,

1895 13,030 9,804 61,530 - 71,334 84,364 1900 18,205 9,205 71,859 - 81,064 99,269 1901 15,315 9,148 69,142 - 78,290 93,605 1902 13,563 9,123 68,678 - 77,801 91,364 1903 14,018 9,304 69,830 - 79,134 93,152 1904 13,981 9,236 68,109 - 77,345 91,326 1905 14,037 9,366 73,505 - 82,871 96,908 1906 12,317 8,458 67,646 - 76,104 88,421 1907 11,442 8,089 63,165 - 71,254 82,696 1908 13,753 8,550 62,520 - 71,070 84,823 1909 21,694 7,931 ' 60,732 - 68,663 90,357 1910 24,978 8,521 60,089 - 68,610 93,588 1911 25,206 9,056 56,870 - 65,926 91,132 1912 23,327 9,076 56,005 65,081 88,408 1913 26,893 10,525 61,251 - 71,776 98,669 1914 24,559 9,400 60,554 - 69,954 94,513 1915 27,320 9,541 65,321 - 74,862 102,182 1916 25,680 9,192 60,432 - 69,624 95,304 1917 22,732 8,946 62,700 744 72,390 95,122 1918 18,554 8,668 58,110 1,738 68,516 87,070 1919 18,356 8,908 56,280 2,616 67,804 86,160 1920 18,499 7,018 47,418 1,861 57,197 75,696 1921 14,104 6,899 46,580 -1,751 55,230 69,334 1922 16,577 7,503 48,480 1,897 57,880 74,457 1923 15,447 6,694 44,482 2,341 53,517 68,964 1924 15,536 6,663 44,326 2,025 53,914 69,450 1925 16.272 7.566 47.531 3.176 58.273 74.545

1 Not separately classified previous to 1917. GENERAL TABLES

I. FISH CAUGHT AND IVIARKETED, 1925 — QTJANTITIES AND VALUES.

II. AGENCIES OF PRODUCTION, 1925 — CAPITAL EQTJIPMENT, EMPLOYEES, Etc.

Part I. IN PRIMARY OPERATIONS.

Part IL IN FISH CANNING AND CURING ESTABLISHMENTS.

(a) General Summary of Statistics. (b) Capital Invested. (c) Employees, and Salaries and Wages. (d) Nimber of Wage-earners by Months. (e) Quantity and Value of Fuel Used. (f) Power Equipment. (g) Classification of Establishments According to Time in Operation and Hours Worked. (h) Classification of Establishments According to Value of Product. (i) Classification of Establishments According to Number of Employees. (j) Classification of Establishments According to Form of Organization.

III. SPECIAL TABLES. (1) The Salmon Pack of British Columbia, 1915-1925. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products, fiscal years 1924, 1925 and 1926. (3) Fishing Bounties, 1925.

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1. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod Haddock Hake and Cusk

Fishing Districts Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Marketed and and and landed Used Green- Dried landed Used Green- landed Used Green- fresh salted fresh salted fresh salted Dried

Prince Edward Island cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. Totals for protince- 1 Quantity 61,483 17,746 20,022 1,230 968 400 281 14,939 111 4,809 1,722 2 Value 86,965 41,128 97,739 8,268 1,168 800 852 13,512 144 14,227 8,610 Kings County (a11)- 3 Total quantity 11,495 569 4,329 755 968 400 289 5,453 471 1,500 4 Total value 23,170 1,422 29,459 4,900 1,168 800 852 5,453 1,213 7,500 Queens County (a11)- 5 Total quantity 40,903 16,705 12,099 2,352 1,176 6 Total value 53,921 41,762 53,732 2,352 3,528 Prince County- Western portion: Baptist Point to and including Cas- 7 cumpeque Bay.... 8,500 360 3,422 432 7,134 144 3,162 222 Eastern portion: East of Baptist Point and Cas- 8 cumpeque Bay 585 112 172 43 9 Total quantity.... 9,085 472 3,594 475 7,134 144 3,162 222 10 Total value $ 9,874 944 14,548 ,3,368 5,707 144 9,486 1,110

Smelts Trout Albacore Caplin Eels Tom Cod

Fishing Districts Mar- Mar- Mar- Mar- Mar- Mar- Caught keted Caught keted Caught keted Caught keted Caught keted Caught keted and and and and and and landed Used landed Used landed Used landed Used landed Used landed Used fresh fresh f r esh fresh fresh fresh

Prince Edward Island cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. cwt. 1 cwt. cwt. cwt. -concluded Totals for Province- 1 Quantity 17,595 17,595 107 107 975 975 138 138 320 320 2,555 2,555 2 Value 112,264 142,496 1,120 1,328 . 4,875 4,875 414 552 2,308 3,311 5,247 6,336 Kings County (a11)- 3 Total quantity 888 888 13 13 975 975 138 138 16 16 I Total value 8,756 8,880 180 200 4,875 4,875 414 552 80 96 Queens County (a11)- 5 Total quantity 9,341 9,341 36 36 194 194 1,783 1,783 6 Total value 60,688 74,728 360 432 1,128 1,940 3,475 4,467 Prince County- Western Portion: Baptist Point to and including Cascumpe- 7 que Bay 1,549 1,549 36 36 451 451 1901 190 Eastern Portion: East of Baptist Point and 8 Cascumpeque Bay 5,817 5,817 22 22 651 651 5821 582 9 Total quantity 7,366 7,366 58 58 110 110 772 772 10 Total value 42,820 58,888 580 696 1,100 1,275 1,772 1,879

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I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Halibut Iierring _ Mackerel Alewives Salmon Mar- liarketed Marketed Marketed Mar- Caught keted Caught Caught Caught Caught keted and and ,-, , p; Used and and and landed Used landed 'se" "e- 1 d Used Can- Used fresh klde ns an de fresh Salted landed Saltud landed Used fresh bit ned fresh fresh

cut. cut. cut. cwt. bbL bbl. cut. cwt. cases bbL cut. cwt. bbl. cut. cut.

21 21 61,91211,028 83925,699 6,220 3,211 150 968 SI 9 25 90 90 1 63 210 67,04118,515 6,18859,000 16,31613,824 900 8,522 . 202 100 ' 125 1,716 1,800 2

- - 21,787 3,930 - 8.929 102 102 - - 9 9 - 00 90 3 - - 21,787 7,868 - 21,060 438 510 - - 90 100 - 1,716 1,800 4

- - 12,753 2,360 39 5,138 2,502 1,764 - 246 75 - 25 - - 13,161 3,540 27312,845 10,521 8,820 - 2,650 112 - 125 - - 6

- - 16,070 485 315 7,770 3,408 1,251 150 684 - - -

21 21 13,432 4,253 485 -3,862 208 94 - 38 - - - 21 21 30,402 4,738 80011,632 3,616 1,345 150 722 - - - - - g 63 210 32,093 7,107 5,91524,195 5,387 4,494 900 5,872 - - - - - 10

Tongues Clannsandçbtahaugs Dibsters Oysters and Sounds Cod liver Cod rish Mar- ,.. _ oil, liver oil , Cruet Marketed Caught Marketed Caught keted gd med.> n.e.s. and and cruu e and or cinal landed Used Can- landed In Can- Tomall ey landed Used fresh ned shell ned fresh d ried

bbl bbl. cases ccvt. cwt. cases cases bbl. bbl. cwt. gal. gal. gal.

1,560 25 1,533 78,570 10,212 34,121 105 5,278 5,278 48 25 7,030 1,800 1 1,988 50 9,708 661,095 128,888 958,192 1,332 31,852 52,780 960 50 2,109 SOO 2

1,380 - 1,390 29,025 - 14,472 47 - - 16 - 1,400 1,800 3 1,745 - 8,970 232,200 - 404,468 470 - - 320 - 420 900 4

65 - 63 17,217 1,257 7,999 58 5,172 5,172 8 25 5,000 - 5 . 96 - 378 136,736 13,871 224,623 862 31,032 51,720 160 50 1,500 - 6

- - - 19,327 4,640 7,341 - - - 24 - 630 - 7

115 25 90 13,001 4,375 4,309 - 106 106 - - - - 8 115 25 90 32,328 9,015 11,650 - 106 106 24 - 630 - 9 147 50 360 202,159 115,017 329,401 - 820 1,060 480 - 189 - 10

FISHERIES STATISTICS

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod

Fishing Districts Caught Marketed and Used Fish Green- Can- Smoked Bone- landed fresh fillets salted ned fillets Dried less

Nova Scotia cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt.

l Totals for Province--Quantity 1,408,238 97,866 1,616 88,826 1,906 51,226 300,932 24,43 Value $ 3,029,376 363,036 16,164 387,498 16,107 624,027 2,102,897 251,101 Richmond County- i Inverness county line to St. Peter's canal, including Ile Madame 17,098 3,560 - - - - 1,655 - St. Peter's canal to Cape Breton county line 1,471 - - - - - 490 - Total quantity 18,569 3,560 - - - - 2,145 - Total value $ 26,020 4,450 - - - - 15,017 - Cape Breton County- Richmond county line to White Point and head of East Bay 2,739 - - 331 - - 692 - White Point to Bridgeport 11,130 270 - 3,117 - - 1,692 - Bridgeport and head of East Bay to Vic- toria county line 21,449 8,582 - 6,324 - 25 48 - Total Quantity 35,318 8,852 - 9,772 - 25 2,432 - Total value S 50,495 33,981 - 41,795 - 255 14,836 - Victoria County- South of Path End 4,080 156 - 305 - 1,104 - Path End to Green Cove 4,274 1,541 - 690 447 - Green Cove to Inverness county line 13,560 1,908 - 3,800 - - 1,341 - Total quantity 21,914 3,605 - 4,801 - - 2,895 - Total value S 32,036 6,310 - 20,-518 - - 19,420 - Inverness County- North of Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander Mountain 26,222 481 - 9,198 - - 2,445 - Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander Mountain to Richmond cmuaty line 26,193 5,243 - 1,158 15 9,189 186 - Total quantity 52,415 5,724 - 10,356 15 9,189 2,631 - Total value S 80,987 23,103 - 40,032 120 117,581 17,834 - Cumberland County- 21 New Brunswick line t,o Lewis Head - - - - - - - - 22 Lewis Head to Colchester county line - - - - - - - - 23 Bay of Fundy 28 12 - 8 - - - - 24 Total quantity 28 12 - 8 - - - - 25 Total value S 114 84 - 72 - - - - Colchester County- Strait of Northumberland - - - - - - Hants county line to Salmon River - - - - - - - Salmon River to Cumberland county line. 123 48 - 30 - - 5 - Total quantity 123 48 - 30 - - 5 - Total value S 512 336 - 270 - - 60 - Pictou County- Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour - - - - - - - - Pietou Harbour to Antigoni.sh county line, including Pictou Island 10 10 - - - - - - Total quantity 10 10 - - - - - Total value 5 10 30 - - - - - - Antigonish County (a11)- Total quantity 1,890 275 - 121 - 233 225 Total value 5 2,140 . 313 - 484 - - 1,319 2,250

FISHERIES STATISTICS 45

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Haddock Hake and Cask Marketed Marketed Caught Caught and Fresh Green- Smoked Dried Used Fresh Can- ,_,, Smoked Green- rie and Used landed fresh fillets ned '""'" fillets salted landed fresh fillets salted fillets

cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

323,718 148,935 2,298 5,543 32,437 12,666 6,582 16,818 91,027 4,856 437 10,178 6,537 15,395 1 629,149 566,070 20,448 51,434 210,618 145,919 19,509 90,269 94,764 6,360 3,596 28,134 66,910 78,465 2

9,737 1,780 - - - - - 27 - - - - - - 3 ID 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 9,747 1,790 - - - - - 27 - - - - - - 5 18,605 3,410 - - - - 162 - - - - - - 6

4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 600 230 - - - 30 103 - - - - - 8 1,863 1,863 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,467 2,097 - - - - 30 103 - - - - - - o 4,026 8,724 - - - 80 463 - - - - - - 1.

2 10,033 1,475 - - - - 1,000 2,186 - - - - - 3 7,168 2,286 - - - - 815 1,084 - - - - - - 4 17,201 3,761 - - - - 1,815 3,270 - - - - - - 13,824 6,854 - - - - 5,445 16,555 - - - - - - 6

1,241 537 - - - - 139 142 176 • 130 - 8 - 10 7 17,101 9,650 - 135 6,963 - 311 241 7,315 1,230 - 308 1,779 43 8 18,342 10,187 - 135 6,963 - 450 383 7,491 1,360 - 316 1,779 53 34,027 44,089 - 1,080 54,918 - 968 1,430 8,400 2,005 - 1,261 21,000 275 o

21 22 41 5 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 41 5 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 205 40 180 - - - - - - - - - - - 5

26 27 28 _ - - 29 30

- - - - - - - - 1,034 - - - - 344 32 - - - - - - - - 1,034 - - - - 344 33 - - - - - - - 1,034 - - - - 2,064 34

420 130 - -- - 55 60 2,720 50 - 895 - 294 35 542 167 - - - 165 360 2,095 38 - 3,580 - 1,764 36

FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Pollock Halibut

Fishing Districts ' Caught Marketed Efarketed and Caught , landed Used Green- and Used Can- fresh salted rie landed fresh Smoked ned

Nova Scotia-con. cwt, cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cases

I Totals for Province-Quantity 47,592 8,021 8,130 7,732 20,250 19,911 8 226 Value $ 62,618 23,336 23,280 42,777 216,761 279,761 200 2,157 Richmond County- Inverness county line t,o St. Peter's canal, 1 including Ile Madame 417 12 - 135 11 11 - - [ St. Pet,er's canal to Cape Breton county line 45 - - 15 - - - - i Total quantity 462 12 - 150 11 11 - - i Total value S 284 12 - 750 88 88 - - Cape Breton County- Richmond county line to White Point and head of East Bay - - - 30 30 - - White Point to Bridgeport - - - 162 162 - - Bridgeport and head of East Bay to Victoria county line 335 35 150 - 1,757 1,757 - - Total quantity 335 35 150 - 1,949 1,949 - - Total value S 167 88 675 - 19,064 24,551 - - Victoria County- South of Path End 30 - 10 - - - - Path End to Green Cove - - - 200 200 - - Green Cove to Inverness county line - - 116 116 - - , Total quantity 30 - 10 316 316 - - Total value S 30 - - - 50 1,896 1,896 - - Inverness County- North of Broad Cove, Scotsville ana. Gillander Mountain - - - 68 68 - - Broad Cove, Snots'.,"lle and Gillander Mountain to Richmond county lin'e 3,012 357 1,101 151 2,275 2,275 - - Total quantity 3,012 357 1,101 151 2,343 2,343 - - Total value $ 2,432 1,284 2,862 670 22,173 31,201 - - Cumberland County- 21 New Brunswick line to Lewis Head - - - - - - - 22 Lewis Head to Colchester county line - - - - - - - 23 Bay of Fundy - - - 1 1 - - 24 Total quantity - - - I 1 - - 25 Total value S - - - 15 20 - - Colchester County- 26 Strait of Northumberland -- - - - - - 27 Hants county line to Salmon River _ \ - - - - - 28 Salmon River to Cumberland county line -. - - - - - - 29 Total quantity - - - - - - - 30 Total value S - - - - - - - Pictou County- Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour - - - - - - - Pictou Harbour to Antigonish county line, including Pistou Island - - - - - - - - Total quantity - - - - - - - Total value • 6 - - - - - - - Antigonish County (a11)- Total quantitY - - - - - _ - Total value S - - - - - - -

FISHERIES STATISTICS 47

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Flounders Skate Soles liming Mar- Mar- Mar- Marketed Caugeitireted Caught keted Caught koted Caught and and and and Bone- Can- landed Used landed Used landed Used landedUsed Smoked Pic- Used as Fertil- fresh fresh fresh. fresh less ned kied bait izer

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cw-t cases cwt. bbL btà. bbL

10,93010,930 6,785 6,785 2,948 2,948 206,863 44,673 20 911 24,365 14,116 35,390 110 1 13,712 3,507 6,853 23,380 1,015 14,740 200,602 107,138 310 5,788 122,146 91,061 106,589 165 2

- - - - - 1,861 889 - - - 324 - - 2 - - - - - 474 - - - - 158 - -4 - - - - - 2,335 889 - - 482 - - C - - - - - 2,898 889 - 4,014 - - f

- - - - - 298 - - - _ _ _ _ - 99 - -3 - 735 9 - - - 57 300 -0 - - - - - - 7,359 479 - - - 1,200 - £ - - - - - 8,322 488 - - 156 1,500 - 1C - - - - - 10,294 800 - - 1,422 3,150 - 11

- - - - - - 5,369 - - - 18 2,657 - 12 - - - - - - 330 - - - 16 140 - 12 - - - - - - 400 - - - - 200 - 14 - - - - - 6,029 - - - 34 2,997 - 11 - - - - - 4,181 - - 306 4,680 - 10

- - - - - 5,440 - - - 2,720 - 15 1,266 1,266 1,532 1,532 - - 1,540 2,745 - 652 67 892 - 11 1,266 1,266 1,532 1,532 - - 6,980 2,745 652 67 3,612 - 15 1,354 6,073 1,532 7,621 - - 8,898 8,429 - 6,101 573 7,614 - 25

- - - - - - 15,150 - - 7,475 - 100 - 21 - - - - - - 4,000 - - 1,200 - 800 - 25 - - - - - - 277 139 - - 24 33 - 22 - - - - - - 19,427 139 - - 8,675 24 933 - 24 - - - - - - 10,129 417 - 33,015 240 2,732 - 21 gi

- - - - - - - - - - - - -2( _ _ _ _ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ -23 - - - - - - 178 140 - 3 - 16 - 25 - - - - - - 178 140 - 3 - 16 -25 - - - - - - 356 420 - 12 - 64 - 35

- - - - - - 26 10 - 2 5 -31 - - - - - - 1,473 105 448 20 206 - 35 - - - - - - 1,499 115 - 448 22 211 - 3: - - - - - - 2,249 345 - 1,993 154 527 - 34

220 220 - - - - 10,180 630 - - 590 3,890 - 31 220 220 - - - - 11,077 788 - 3,835 9,725 - 35

48 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Mackerel Sardines Bass Marketed Marketed Mar- Fishing Districts Caught Caught Caught keted and and Fresh and landed U se d Smoked Salted landed and landed Used fresh salted fresh

Nova Scotia-con. cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt.

1 Totals for Province--Quantity 117,599 39,255 60 26,086 175 175 55 55 2 Value $ 288,871 225,210 720 219,255 350 350 759 759 Richmond County- Inverness county line to St. Peter's canal, inc lu- 3 ding De Madame 1,579 274 - 47 - - - - 4 St. Peter 's canal to Cape Breton county line 9,030 - - 3,010 - - - - Total quantity 10,609 274 - 3,057 - - - - 6 Total value $ 16,726 2,352 - 21,399 - - - - - Cape Breton County- 7 Richmond county line to White Point and head of East Bay 1,200 - - 400 - - - - 8 White Point to Bridgeport 5,440 142 - 1,766 - - - - Bridgeport and head of EastBay to Victoria 9 county line 374 374 - - - - - - 10 Total quantity 7,014 " 516 - 2,166 - - - - I/ 11 Total value 5 14,896 4,374 - 15,355 - - - - Victoria County- 12 South of Path End 305 - - 101 - - - - 13 Path End to Green Cove 1,172 200 - 324 - - - - 14 Green Cove to Inverness county line 128 - - 42 - - - - 15 Total quantity 1,605 200 - 467 - - - - 16 Total value 5 3,515 1,000 - .3,968 - - - - Inverness CountY- North of Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander 17 Mountain 1,426 4 - 484 - - - - Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander Mountain 18 to Richmond county line 4,647 6,551 - 90 - - - - 19 Total quantity 6,073 5,555 - 574 - - - - 20 Total value $ 21,071 32,672 - 11,960 - - - - Cumberland County- 21 New Brunswick line to Lewis Head 52 52 - - - - - - 22 Lewis Head to Colchester county line 100 100 - - - - - - 23 Bay of Fundy - - - - - - - - 24 Total quantity 152 152 - - - - - - 25 Total value $ 1,520 1,520 - - - - - - Colchester County- - - - - - 26 Strait of Northumberland -: - - 27 liants county line to Salmon River - - - - - 20 20 28 Salmon River to Cumberland county line - - - - - - - - 29 Total quantity - - - - - - 20 20 30 Total value 5 - - - - - - 300 300 Pictou County- 31 Colchester county line to Pistou Harbour - - - - - - - - Pictou Harbour t,o Antigonish county line, inclu- 32 ding Pistou Island -80 80 - - - - - - 33 Total quantity 80 80 - - - - - - 34 Total value $ 360 SOO - - - - - - Antigonish County (a11)- 35 Total quantity 685 484 - 67 - - 10 10 36 Total value $ 4,295 4,840 - 1,474 - - 209 209 Meg,

Alewives Salmon Shad Smelts Marketed Marketed Marketed Marketed Caught Caught Cauglit Caught and and Used and 'Used Can- and Used Used landde fresh Smoked Salted landed fresh ned Smoked landed fresh Salted landed fresh

cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. cwt, cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. cwt. cwt.

22,352 9,905 975 3,499 8,422 8,059 211 100 602 557 15 8,328 8,328 1 23,279 17,885 3,450 17,679 128,210 151,692 2,11.6 3,316 6,503 8,053 450 105,245 130,182 2

28 28 - - 25 - -- - - - 1,206 1,017 3 18 18 - - 174 174 - - - - 45 45 4 46 46 - - 199 174 - - - - 1,251 1,062 5 93 99 - - 2,637 2,610 - - - - - 12,744 10,851 6

- - - - - - - - - - - 188 188 7 - - 230 230 - - - - 259 259 8 - - - - 151 151 - - - - - 45 45 9 - - - - 381 381 - - - - - 492 492 10 - - - - 4,935 5,588 - - - - - 3,568 4,92011

- - - - 419 419 - - - - - 265 265 12 - - - - 95 95 - - - - - 6 613 - - - - 85 85 - - - - - 10 10 14 - - - 599 599 - - - - - 281 281 15 - - - 7,839 10,745 - - - - - 2,280 3,765 16

4,200 4,15.5 - 15 1,388 1,211 211 - - - 49 49 17 - - - - 188 460 - - - - - 559 748 18 4,200 4,155 - 15 1,576 1,671 211 - - - - 608 70719 4,200 4,155 - 75 18,798 26,255 2,116 - - - - 8,015 13,380 20

320 170 75 - 32 32 - - 180 135 15 444 444 21 2,000 - 500 333 13 13 - - - - - 573 573 22 - _ - - - - - 37 37 - - - - 23 2,320 170 575 333 82 82 - - 180 135 15 1,017 1,01724 1,160 170 2,450 • 1,998 1,619 1,825 - - 2,160 1,755 450 13,220 19,204 25

- - - - - - - - - - - 152 152 26 1,210 1,210 - - 83 83 - - 83 83 - - - 27 - - - - 426 426 - - 195 195 - - - 28 1,210 1,210 - - 509 509 - 278 278 - 152 152 29 1,630 3,030 - - 6,731 9,743 - - 2,708 4,000 - 1,642 2,128 30

- - - - - - - - - 687 687 31

- - - - 391 391 - - - - - 844 844 32 - - - - 391 391 - - - - - 1,531 1,53133 - - - - 5,865 7,038 - - - - 19,324 24,710 34

400 400 - - 1,160 913 - - - - - 490 490 35 400 800 - - 14,650 18,260 - - - - - 9,186 9,186 36

50 FISHERIES STATISTICS I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Sturgeon Trout Albacore Eels

Fishing Districts Market- Market- Market- Market- Caught ed Caught ed Caught ed Caught ed and and and and landed Used landed Ifsed landed Used landed Used fresh fresh fresh fresh

Nota Scotia—con. cwt. cwt. cw-t. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

1 Totals for Province—Quantity 15 15 983 983 1,626 1,626 1,246 1,246 2 Value 6 75 75 16,059 16,705 7,897 8,352 11,273 12,612 Richmond County- Inverness county line to St. Peter's canal, inclu- 3 ding Ile Madame - - - 15 15 153 32 4 St. Peter's canal to Cape Breton county line - - - - - - - - 5 Total quantity - - - - 15 15 153 32 6 Total value $ - - - - 15 15 765 160 Cape Breton County- Richmond county line to White Point and head 7 of East Bay - - - - -. - - 8 White Point to Bridgeport - - - - - - - - Bridgeport and head of East Bay to Victoria 9 county line - - - - - - - - - 10 Total quantity - - - - - - - - 11 Total value 6 - - - - - - - - • Victoria County- 12 South of Path End - - 18 18 - - - - 13 Path End to Green Cove -.- - - - - - - 14 Green Cove to Inverness county 'line - - - - - - - - 15 Total quantity - - 18 18 - - - - 16 Total value $ - - 216 360 - - - - Inverness County- North of Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander 17 Mountain - - - - - - - - Broad Cove, Seotsville and Gillander Mountain 18 to Richmond county line - - 17 17 - - - 2 123 19 Total quantity - - 17 17 - - 2 123 20 Total value 6 - - 255 255 - - 20 1,154 Cumberland County- 21 New Brunswick line to Lewis Head - - - - - - - 22 Lewis Head to Colchester county line - - - - - - - 23 Bay of Fundy - - - - - - - - 24 Total quantity - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - . - - - - 25 Total value \ Colchester County- 26 Strait of Northumberland - - - - - - - - 27 Hanta county line te Salmon River - - 29 29 - - - - 28 Salmon River to Cumberland county line - - - - - - - - 29 Total quantity - 29 29 - - - - 30 Total value $ - - 435 580 - - - - Pictou County- 31 Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour - - - - - - - - Pictou Harbour to Antigonish county line, inclu- 32 ding Pictou Island - - - - - - 33 33 33 Total quantity - - - - - - 33 33 34 Total value $ - - - - - - 339 396 Antigonish County (a11)-- 35 Total quantity - - 28 28 - - 60 60 ' 36 Total value $ - - 350 350 - - 795 795

FISHERIES STATISTICS 51

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Clams Squid Swordfish Tom Cod Mixed Fish and Quahaugs

Marketed Marketed Marketed Marketed Caught Caught Caught Caught Marketed Caught and and and an d and Usdse asas landed Used landed Used Used inead , Used r.anned bait fresh fresh lanedd fresh ' ' fresh "

bbl. bbl. cwt. cut. cwt. cwt. curt. cwt. bbl. bbl. cases

11,556 11,556 4,551 4,551 195 195 1,010 1,010 4,451 3,322 1,132 1 33,739 39,037 67,776 78,209 160 160 967 1,890 8 348 6,615 6,746 2

159 159 242 97 - - - - - - - 3 - - 50 50 - - - - - - - 4 159 159 292 147 - - - - - - 5 473 473 3,572 1,877 - - - - - - 6

- - 45 45 - - - - - - - 7 35 35 2,949 2,949 - - - - - - - 8 93 93 403 403 - - - - - - 9 128 128 3,397 3,397 - - - - - - - 10 165 349 52,785 58,548 - - - - - - - 11

270 270 7 7 - - - - -12 - - 22 22 - - - - - - - 13 4 4 20 20 - - - - - - 14 274 274 49 40 - - - - - 15 1,012 1,362 664 770 - - - - - - 16

660 660 1 1 - - - - - 17 2,845 2,845 27 172 - - 104 104 - - 18 3,505 3,505 28 173 - 104 104 - - 19 9,618 9,618 417 3,686 - - 92 92 - - 20

- - - - - - - - - - - 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 - - - - - - - - 18 18 - 23 - - - - - - - - 18 18 -24 - - - - - - - - 72 108 -25

- - - - - - - - - - - 26 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 - - - - - - - - 10 10 - 28 - - - - - - - - 10 10 - 29 - - - - - - - - 40 60 -30

_ _ - - - - - - - - - SI _ 10 10 - - - - _ _ - - 32 _ _ 10 10 - - _ _ - - 33 20 20 _ _ _ _ - _ - 34

160 160 _ - -- - - - - 35 320 320 - - - _ - - - -36

26979--41

.52 FISHERIES STATISTICS'

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

• Lobsters Oysters Scallops , Fishing Districts Marketed Mar- Marketed Caught Caught keted Caught and m, ,., and and 8h 11 landed ''''PPe' Meat can- Tomalley landed Used lande d Can- in shell ned fresh ed ned

Nova Scotia-con. cwt. cwt, cwt. cases cases bbl. bbl. bbl. gal. cases

1 Totals for Province-Quantity. 170,698 63,525 33 53,745 801 2,644 2,644 12,404 24,561 83 Value....5 2,140,228 1,313,435 2,768 1,659,642 9,118 15,747 20,773 71,977 75,045 980 Richmond CountY- 3 Inverness county line to St Peter's canal, including Ile Madame 4,253 757 - 1,745 40 4 4 - - - 4 St. Peter's canal to Cape Bre- ton county line 2,468 ' 606 931 67 - - - - - 5 Total quantity 6,721 1,363 - 2,676 107 4 4 - - - 6 Total value $ 68,170 19,986 - 77,068 1,486 32 32 - - - Cape Breton County- 7 Richmond county line to White Point and head of East Bay.. 2,307 821 - 743 59 - - - - - 8 White Point to Bridgeport 4,492 30 - 2,231 53 - - - - - 9 Bridgeport and head of East Bay to Victoria county line 4,076 350 - 1,858 - 27 27 - - - 10 Total quantity 10,87.5 1,211 - 4,832 112 27 27 - - - 11 Total value 5 87,920 15,855 - 145,424 1,165 135 135 - - - Victoria County- 12 South of Path End ... 2,244 110 - 1,067 83 378 378 - - - 13 Path End to Green Cove 651 - - 325 - - - - - - 14 Green Cove to Inverness county line 2,131 - - 1,064 - - - - - - 15 Total quantity 5,026 110 - 2,456 83 378 378 - 16 Total value 5 40,279 1,900 - 86,230 996 1,701 3,024 - Inverness County- 17 North of Broad Cove, Scots- 'vibe and Gillander Mountain. 5,672 - - 2,836 - - - - - 18 Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander Mountain to Rich- mond county line 5,484 622 - 2,431 - 986 986 - - - 19 Total quantity 11,156 622 - 5,267 - 986 986 - - 20 Total value S 102,908 5,753 - 163,175 - 5,916 6,626 - - Cumberland County- 21 New Brunswick line to Lewis Head 671 193 - 239 - - - - - - 22 Lewis Head to Colchester coun- "... ty line 7,170 100 - 3,534 70 820 820 - - - 23 Bay of Fundy 111 111 - - - - - - - - 24 Total quantity 7,952 404 - 3,773 70 820 820 - - - 25 Total value $ 73,460 7,982 - 112,278 816 4,920 7,340 - - - Colchester County- 26 Strait of Northumberland 638 - - 319 7 39 39 - - - 27 Hanta county line to Salmon River - -: - - - - - - - 28 Salmon River to Cumberland county line - - - - - - - - - - 29 Total quantity 638 - - 319 7 39 39 - - - 30 Total value $ 5,695 - - 9,471 86 273 351 - - - Piston County- 31 Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour 10,376 - - 5,432 225 90 90 - - - 32 Pictou Harbour to Antigonish county line, including Pictou Island 8,464 30 - 3,217 67 120 120 - - - 33 Total quantity 16,840 30 - 8,699 292 210 210 - - - 34 Total value $ 152,371 378 - 261,485 3,276 1,350 1,770 - - - Antigonish County (a11)- 35 Total quantity 8,664 70 - 4,297 10 125 125 - - - 36 Total value 5 78,871 1,400 - 133,213 60 ,980 1,000 - - -

FISHERIES STATISTICS 53

, 4 I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Tongues and sounds Winkles Dulse Miscellaneous

Market- Cod Pickled Caught ed Market- liver Cod Fish Fihs Fish Or and Green ed oil Iiver oil Fish skins Fish Fish ; oil , and meal ferti- dried landed TJsed glue lizer offal fresh Dried rnedeinal'- crude n'el• bones

cwt. cw t. cwt. cwt. cw t. gal. gal. gal, gal. cwt. tons tons tons

342 975 975 1,456 208 26,743 130,403 18,728 11,000 12,691 612 275 2,651 1 4,792 1,406 1,812 4,240 4,288 22,697 52,171 9,968 13,200 16,828 36,180 16,500 6,141 O -

- - - - - - 600 - - - - - - - - - - - - 120 - - - - - 4 - _ _ _ _ _ 720 _ - _ _ _ 5 _ - - _ - - 300 - - - - - - 6

7 - _ _ _ _ _ 750 _ _ _ _ - 8 74 - - - .- - - - - - - - 74 - - - - 750 - - - - - -1 370 - - - - 300 - - - - -I 1

- _ _ _ _ - SO _ _ _ _ _ - 1 2 3 4 . - - - - - - - 80 - - - - - - 5 - - - - - 28 - - - - - - 6

- - - - - 1,160 - - - - - 7

8 - - - - - 3,300- - - - - 8 8 - - 4,460 - - - - - 9 36 - - - - 2,011 - - - - - - 0

1 2 3 4 5

26 2 _ - - - _ _ - - _ - • - _ 2; 29 30

- _ _ - - - - - 310 - - 31

32 _ - - _ - - - - 310 - - - 33 - - _ _ - - - _ 355 _ _ 34

- - - - _ - - - - - - - 35 36

54 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod Marketed Fishing Districts Caught and Used Fresh Green- Can- Smoked Drie d Bone- landed fresh fillets salted ned fillets less

Nova Scotla-con. cwt. cwt. mat cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. Guysborough County- 1 Antigonish county line t,o Cape Canso 105,467 24,912 - 13,412 1,146 17,338 - - 2 Cape Canso t,o New Flarbour 10,400 1,692 - 1,925 - - 1,618 - New Harbour to Halifax county line 14,689 - - 7,034 - - 207 - 4 Total quantity 130,556 26,604 - 22,371 1,146 17,338 1,825 - 5 Total value $ 268,370 106,090 - 96,963 10,027 223,424 12,789 - Halifax County- G uysborough county line to East Ship Harbour. 20,000 1,084 - 984 - - 5,436 246 West Ship Harbour to (but not including) Cole 7 Harbour 21,360 999 - 8 - - 6,782 - 8 Cole Harbour to Lunenburg entuaty line 90,309 30,012 - - - 16,400 2,853 846 9 Total quantity 131,669 32,095 - 992 - 16,400 15,071 1,092 10 Total value 5 289,527 124,779 3,508 - 196,800 108,205 11,011 Hants County (a11)- 11 Total quantity 51 51 - - - - - - 12 Total value S 196 510 - - - - - - Lunenburg County- 13 Halifax county line to Mahone Bay 34,610 1,166 - 1,055 - - 10,445 - 14 Mahone Bay to Queens county line 788,525 148 - 10,829 - - 255,573 - 15 Total quantity 823,135 1,314 - 11,884 - - 266,018 - 16 Total value 61,912,680 3,831 - 46,481 - - 1,862,348 - Queens County- 17 Lunenburg county line to Por t Medway Harbour 1,487 - - 331 - - 252 23 18 Port Medway Harbour to Shelburne county line 27,365 1,707 - 11,069 - 8 444 721 19 Total quantity 28,852 1,707 - 11,400 - 8 696 744 20 Total value 5 61,785 6,778 - 48,074 - 72 4,876 7,777 Shelburne County- t 21 Queens county line to Negro Harbour 40,805 4,289 916 2,868 - 5,643 3,469 886 Negro Harbour (inclusive) to Yarmouth county 22 line 29,332 1,064 - 3,417 - - 265 6,884 23 Total quantity 70,137 5,353 916 6,285 - 5,643 3,734 7,770 24 Total value 6 143,491 22,462 9,164 33,830 - 56,645 26,821 75,683 Yarmouth County (a11)- 25 Total quantity 50,949 3,426 - 4,738 - 1,063 387 11,232 26 Total value S 81,142 15,118 - 22,408 - 13,650 2,897 121,493 Digby County- 27 Yarmouth county line to Weymouth 7,961 110 - 670 - - 500 1,278 Weymouth to Annapolis county line, including 28 Digby Neck 30,085 4,171 700 5,322 745 1,560 1,181 2,102 29 Total quantity 37,986 4,281 700 5,992 745 1,560 1,681 3,380 30 Total value 6 70,397 12,189 7,000 32,803 5,960 15,600 9,676 32,890 Annapolis County (a11)- 31 Total quantity 3,840 853 - 76 - - 945 - 32 Total value S 7,882 2,384 - 260 - - 5,395 - Kings County (a11)- 33 Total quantity 796 96 - - - - 234 - .34 Total value 8 1,592 288 - - - - 1,404 -

Haddock Hake and Cask Marketed Marketed Caught an d land Used Fresh Can- Ea Smoked Green- ght Cau Used Fresh Green- Smoked ed fresh fillets ned S oked fillets salted Ihued . and Dried lade fresh fillets salted fillets

out. cwt. cut. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cud. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. ç A › 64,349 24,152 - 3,574 8,828 5,614 394 - 880 - - 11 286 - 1 1,485 423 - - -. - 105 284 - - 470 _ - - - 33 135 - - _ - 66,304 24,575 - 3,274 8,828 5,614 532 419 880 - - 11 286 - 4 134,389 120,332 - 34,377 70,624 66,958 2,211 2,204 879 - - 33 3,432 - 5

570 96 - - - - - 158 - - - - - - 6 180 60 - - - - - 140 - - - - - - 7 98,102 72,992 - - 4,134 4,170 - 1,444 446 371 - - 25 - 8 99,152 73,148 - - 4,134 4,170 - 1,742 446 371 - _ 25 - 9 210,076 275,202 - - 33,072 50,040 - 11,896 1,102 993 - - 300 - 10

_ - - - _ _ - _ _ _ _ - - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -12

2,050 670 - - - - - 460 - - - - - - 12 6,220 52 - - - - 288 1,864 3,285 - - 948 - 46314 8,270 722 - - - - 288 2,324 3,285 - _ 948 - 46315 13,920 2,558 - - - - 826 12,055 5,532 - - 2,986 - 2,54611

15 - - - - - - 5 63 - - 31 - -17 1,817 1,117 - - - - 350 - 3,703 - - 1,844 5 - 12 1,832 1,117 - - - - 350 5 3,766 - _ 1,875 5 - 19 4,361 3,351 - - - - 950 35 3,791 - - 4,611 40 - 20

19,302 6,017 - - 2,331 2,782 - 285 3,740 75 - - 274 1,00821 5,546 500 - - - 1,201 884 - - - - - - 21 24,848 6,517 - - 2,331 2,782 1,201 1,169 3,740 75 - _ 274 1,00822 55,944 24,302 - - 17,373 27,751 4,477 5,091 3,740 225 - - 2,112 6,38424

8,783 4,325 1,641 - 100 - 850 1,626 4 - 347 - 27021 11,587 19,797 13,436 - - 1,200 - 3,923 1,852 25 - 1,284 - 1,30424

2,909 1,185 - 490- - - - 1 1 - 58,050 16,560 639 1,644 10,080 - 1,246 5,993 61,475 2,995 437 5,786 ' 4,16811,35922 60,959 17,745 639 2,134 10,080 - 1,246 5,993 61,476 2,996 437 5,786 4,16811,35924 115,168 49,369 6,832 15,977 63,651 - 2,950 33,899 62,688 3,074 3,596 14,379 40,02656,72034

5,114 2,578 - - 101 - 615 473 4,551 - - _ - 1,60031 12,237 7,161 - - 1,010 - 1,437 2,196 3,639 - - - - 7,38731

233 238 - - - - - - 12 - - - - 43: 238 714 - - - - - - 12 - - - - 211 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Pollock Halibut

and and a c

Halifax County-

Queens County-

Flounders Skate Soles Herring Market- Market- Market- Marketed Caught ed Caught ed Caught ed Caught and and and an d landed Used landed Used landed Used lande d Used Bone- Can- Q,.„,.,1_, Pi c- Us Ferti- fresh fresh fresh fresh less ned ''''''''-`" kle dbait lizer

cvrt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cat. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. bbl. bbl. bbl.

25 25 112 112 2,948 2,948 9,444 392 - - 1,184 234 2,991 - - - - - - - 105 - - - - 35 - - - - - - - - 15 - - - - 5 - - 25 25 112 112 2,948 2,948 9,564 392 - - 1,184 274 2,991 - 25 75 129 336 4,015 14,710 9,564 784 - - 4,736 1,679 9,479 -

- - - - - - 3,980 200 - - - 1,140 180 - - - - - - - 5,970 300 - - - 1,710 270 - 9,259 9,259 5,141 5,141 - - 5,989 1,469 - - 1,531 330 239 - 9,259 9,259 5,141 5,141 - - 15,939 1,959 - - 1,531 3,180 689 - 11,851 36,465 5,192 15,423 - - 25,589 6,289 - - 12,248 24,465 2,506 -

5 5 - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 40 - _ _ _ _ _ - - - - - -

- - - - - - 3,720 365 - - - 685 650 - - - - - - - 740 65 - - - 165 90 - - - - - - - 4,460 430 - - 850 740 - - - - - - - 6,474 1,009 _ _ - 5,197 1,805 -

- - - - - - - 12,587 7,351 - - - 262 2,225 - - - - - - - 12,587 7,351 - - - 262 2,225 - - - - - - - 12,58725,004 - _ - 1,572 9,000 -

- - - - - - 30,475 8,823 - - 2,023 1,152 7,075 - - - - - _ - 4,335 - - - - 400 1,568 - - - - - - - 34,810 8,823 - - 2,023 1,552 8,643 - - - - - - - 18,48930,880 - - 14,065 11,007 41,179 -

- - - - - - 23,684 2,185 - - 400 4,942 3,085 - - - - - - - 16,941 2,310 - - 3,126 27,678 4,757 -

- - - - - - 690 50 - - - 30 661 - 155 155 - - - - 20,581 750 20 911 7,298 247 1,521 - 155 155 - - - - 21,271 800 20 911 7,298 277 2,182 - 247 634 - - - - 16,451 1,600 310 5,788 38,246 1,189 4,999 -

- - - - - - 25,78815,587 - - 1,851 1,154 1,516 110 - - - - - - 40,75523,174 - - 7,404 7,133 4,022 165

- - - - - - 3,670 2,000 - - 300 250 160 - - - - - - - 3,670 4,000 - - 1,200 1,500 320 -

58 FISHERIES STATISTICS I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Mackerel Sardines Bass • Market- Marketed ed Market- Fishing Districts Caught Caught Caught cd and and Sold and landed Used Smoked Salted landed fresh landed Used fresh and fresh salted

Nova Scotia-con. cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt.

Guysborough County- Antigonish county line to Cape Canso 12,554 7,940 - 1,538 - - - - Cape Canso to New Harbour 12,802 12 - 4,263 - - - - New Harbour to Halifax county line 17,305 - 5,768 - - - - 4 Total quantity 42,661 7,952 - 11,569 - - - - Total value $ 90,049 46,783 - 89,036 - - - - Halifax County- • 6 Guysb °rough county line to East Ship Harbour 2,000 671 - 442 - - - - West Ship Harbour to (but not including Cole 7 Harbour 2,450 600 - 617 - - - - 8 Cole Harbour to Lunenburg county line- 27,471 13,530 60 4,607 - - - - 9 Total quantity 31,921 14,804 60 5,666 - - - - 1 Total value $ 75,855 84,168 720 52,233 - - - - Hanta County (sil)- 11 Total quantity. - - - - - 5 5 12 Total value S - - - - - 50 50 Lunenburg County- 13 Halifax county line to Mahone Bay 6,423 1,854 - 1,523 - - - - 14 Mahone Bay to Queens county line 415 76 - 113 - - - - 15 Total quantity 6,838 1,930 - 1,636 - - - - 16 Total value S 20,858 9,645 - 16,586 - - - - Queens County- Lunenburg county lino to Port Medway Har- 17 bour 487 - - 162 - - - - Port Medway Harbour to Shelburne county 18 line 5,010 3,048 - 654 - - - - 19 Total quantity 5,497 3,048 - 816 - - - - 20 Total value S 17,021 11,863 - 6,774 - - - - Shelburne County- 21 Queens county line to Negro Harbour 63 63 - - - - - - Negro Harbour (inclusive) to Yarmouth county 22 line 825 825 - - - - - - 23 Total quantity 888 888 - - - - - 24 Total value S 6,978 7,803 - - - - - - Yarmouth County (sil)- 25 Total quantity 3,345 3,201 - 48 - - - - 26 Total value 8 14,107 15,802 - 270 - - - - Digby County- 27 Yarmouth county line to Weymouth - - - - - - - - Weymouth to Annapolis county line, including 28 Digby Neck 97 67 - 10 175 175 - - 29 Total quantity 97 67 - 10 175 175 - - 30 Total value $ 490 340 - 120 350 250 - - Annapolis County (a11)- 31 Total quantity 66 66 - - - - 20 20 32 Total value 8 660 792 - - - - 200 200 Kings County (a11)- 33 Total quantity 68 38 - 10 - - - - 34 Total value $ 470 458 - 80 - - - -

Alewives Salmon Shad Smelts Market- Marketed Marketed Marketed ed Cnught Caught Caught Caught and and and and landed Used Srnoked Salted landed Used Can- Smoked landed Used „"Ited landed Uned fresh fresh ned fresh ' fresh .

cwt. cwt. cwt. bbL cwt. cwt. cases mt. eu-t. cwt. bbl. mt. mt.

59 29 - 10 635 635 - - - - - 539 539 11 - - 4 - - - - - - 24 24 - - - - 301 301 - - - - 88 88 70 29 - 14 936 936 - - - - 651 651 70 87 - 84 14,228 16,434 - - - - 6,409 11,508

2,608 100 - 836 158 158 - - - - - 200 200 693 300 - 131 150 98 - 30 - - - 266 266 450 90 - 120 745 745 - - - - 32 32 3,751 490 - 1,087 1,053 1,001 - 30 - - 498 498 9 3,751 1,290 - 5,135 16,081 18,790 - 816 - - - 4,110 5,382 11

1,875 1,875 - - 64 64 - - 90 90 - - - 11 3,335 5,625 - 1,280 1,600 - - 1.215 1,800 - - - 15

- - - - 83 49 - 20 - - 73 7317 - - - 165 65 - 50 - - 120 120 t - - 248 114 _ 70 - - 193 193 If - - 4,740 2,525 - 2,500 - - 2,420 2,82511

2,912 197 75 855 263 263 - - 15 15 - 22 22E 535 315 50 40 26 26 - - 4 4 - 10 101! 3,447 512 125 895 289 289 - - 19 19 - 32 321! 3,452 827 350 4,475 6,480 6,480 - - 148 148 - 308 3082!

226 25 100 - 6 6 - - - - 118 118 2 850 500 175 - 1 1 - - - - - - -2 1,076 525 275 - 7 7 - - - - - 118 1182 1,199 675 650 ! - 152 155 - - - - - 1,493 1,4932

2,872 308 - 855 09 09 - - 2 2 814 _8142 2,867 305 - 4,412 2,145 1,815 - - 20 20 - 15,604 15,604 2 • . 136 13 - - 3 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ -2 12 1 _ _ 3 3 _ _ 2 2 - 195 195 2 148 148 - - 6 6 - - 2 2 - 195 195 2 148 148 - - 160 160 - - 20 20 - 4,868 4,8682

37 37 _ - 197 197 - - 26 26 - 5 52 74 74 - - 4,120 5,910 - - 182 260 - 50 502

_ 5 5 _ _ - 7 900 - - 300 626 626 - 900 - 1,500 15,750 15,750 - - 50 50 - - - 7

FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Market- Market- Market- Market- and and and and

Halifax County-

ColeHnrbourtoLunenburgcountyline - - 47 47 881 881 12 12

Queens County- 17 18 19 20

21 QueenscountylinetoNegroHarbour...... - - 40 40 35 35 15 15 22 23 24

Annapolis County (l1).-

FISHERIES STATISTICS 61

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Squid Swordfish Tom, Cod Mixed Fish Clams and Quahaugs

Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Marketed Caught Marketed Cnught and Usedas andde , Used and landed landed USed ledild pseà bait i„"'' ' fresh fresh esh laaeedf Usedresh Canned

bbL bbL cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. bbL bbL cases

5,376 5,376 442 442 - - ' - - - - - 1 - - 37 37 - - - - - - 2 - - 107 107 - - - - - -3 5,376 5,376 586 586 - - - - - - 4 16,740 21,504 7,776 9,763 - - - - - - 5

- - - - - - - - 10 10 -6 _ _ _ - - _ - _ 580 580 - 7 561 561 98 98 - 446 446 - - - 8 561 561 98 98 - 446 446 590 590 - 9 1,195 1,195 ' 1,192 2,168 - 555 1,478 590 885 - 10

- - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - _ _ - - _ _ - 12

8 8 - - - - - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - - 14 8 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - 15 32 32 - - - - - - - -16

_ _ - _ _ _ _ 14 14 - 17 665 665 42 42 - - - - 225 65 160 16 665 665 42 42 - - - 239 79 160 16 2,660 2,660 603 630 - - - 717 237 1,40026

210 210 59 59 - - - - - - 21

210 210 59 59 - - - - - - - 21 504 504 767 767 - - - - - - - 2?

- - - 100 100 - - - - -21 - _ _ - 50 50 - - _ _ - 21

- - - - 20 20 - - 849 207 64 2 500 500 - - 60 60 400 400 1,693 1,363 330 2 500 500 - - 80 80 400 400 2,542 1,570 97224 1,000 1,000 - - 80 80 200 200 4,819 2,935 5,34631

- - - - 15 15 60 60 1,055 1,055 - 3: - - 30 30 120 120 2,110 2,390 - 31

_ - - _ _ - _ - _ -3: - - - - - - - - - 3,

FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

• Lobsters Oysters Scallops

Fishing Districts Marketed Market- Marketed Caught Caught ed Caught and and and landed Can-Shipped in shell Meat ned Tomalley landed Used landed Shelled can" fresh ned

Nova Scotia-concluded cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cases bbl. bbl. bbl. gal. cases

Guysborough County- Antigonish county line to Cape 1 Canso 4,143 2,515 814 61 - - - - 2 Cape Cacao to New Harbour 2,981 1,904 - 540 12 - - - - 3 New Harbour to Halifax county line 4,523 1,643 - 1,440 10 - - - 4 Total quantity 11,650 6,062 - 2,794 83 - - - - 5 Total value 5 112,458 95,994 - 87,723 810 - - - - Halifax County- . Guysborough county line to 6 East Ship Harbour 3,232 1,496 - 868 37 - - 40 80 - West Ship Harbour to (but not 7 including) Cole Harbour 1,148 730 - 209 - 55 55 - - - Cole Harbour t,o Lunenburg 8 county line 796 682 - 57 - - - - - 9 Total quantity 5,176 2,908 - 1,134 37 55 55 40 80 - 0 Total value $ 67,122 58,120 - 34,185 423 440 495 220 240 - Hants County (a11)- 1 Total quantity - - - - - - - - - - 2 - Total value s - - - - - - - - - Lunenburg County- Halifax county line to Mahone 3 Bay 862 494 - 180 - - 4,027 7,974 16 Mahous Bay to Queens county I line 1,465 1,213 - 126 - - 150 300 - i Total quantity 2,327 1,707 - 306 - - 4,177 8,274 16 3 Total value S 28,782 22,602 - 9,580 - - - 23,600 25,310 176 Queens County- Lunenburg county line to Port r Medway Harbour 731 731 - - - - - - - - Port Medway Harbour to Shel- 1 burne county line 5,020 5,020 - - - - - - - - I Total quantity 5,751 5,751 - - - - - - - - I Total value 5 77,923 77,923 - - - - - - - - Shelburne County- . Queens county line to Negro Harbour 8,791 4,379 -,., 2,206 - - - - - - Negro Harbour (inclusive) to Yarmouth county line 16,020 7,326 - 4,347 - - - - - - Total quantity 24,811 11,705 - 6,553 - - - - - - Total value $ 392,746 249,184 - 199,270 - - - - - - Yarmouth County (a11)- Total quantity 39,977 20,986 - 9,420 - - - - - - Total value S 608,862 536,094 - 300,058 - - - - - - Digby County- Yarmouth county line to Wey- mouth 3,009 1,771 - 619 - - - - - - Weymouth to Annapolis county lme, including Digby Neck.. 8,932 7,632 33 650 - - - 5,161 10,155 67 Total quantity 11,941 9,403 33 1,269 - - - 5,161 10,155 67 Total value 5 218,010 222,264 2,768 40,482 - - - 29,604 30,235 801 Annapolis County (a11)- Total quantity 1,043 1,043 - - - 3,026 6,052 - Total value $ 20,151 23,500 - - - - - 18,553 19,260 - Kings County (a11)- Total quantity 150 150 - - - - - - - Total value $ 4,500 4,500 - - - - - - - -

Tongues and Winkles Dulse Miscellaneous sounds

Cod Cod Fish Pickled Caught Marketed Marketed liver ,• Fish Fish Fish ou, u yer „, Fis skinsand Fish or and Used Green „n`' glue bones meal fertil-izer offal dried landed Dried medi- °11' fresh cinal crud e '' ''''• - •

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt , gal. gal. gal, gal. cwt. ton. ton. ton.

- - - - - 27,550 - 11,000 - - 275 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -2 - - - - - 2,00 - - - - - -3 - - - - - - 29,550 - 11,000 - - 275 - 4 - - - - - - 16,650 - 13,200 - - 16,500 - 5

- - - - - - 1,666 - - - - - -6 - - - - - - 1,780 - - - - - -7 - - - - - - - 14,200 - - 558 - 2,232 8 - - - - 3,446 14,200 - - 558 - 2,232 g - - - - - 1,723 7,810 - - 33,480 - 5,580 10

- - - - - - - - - - - -11 - - - - - - - - - - - - -12

_ _ - _ - - 1,500 - - - - - - 13 _ - - - - - 42,000 - - 2,000 - - - 14 - - - - - - 43,500 - - 2,000 - - - 15 - - - - - - 13,125 - - 2,840 - - - 16

- - - - - - 200 - - - - - -11 _ _ _ - - 2,090 - - 212 - - - 1£ - - - - - - 2,290 - - 212 - - - lf - - - - - 911 - - 258 - -26

_ 2 - - _ _ _ - - - 582 - -21 - 150 150 - - - 322 - - 1,047 - - - 21 _ - 2 150 150 - - _ 322 1,629 - - - 2: 18 200 300 - - - 138 - - 2,667 - -

- - - 2,542 154 - 6,779 - - 67 21 28 20 20 - 205 21 292 70 70 - - - 3,028 77 - 8,639 -

_ - - - - - 140 - - 586 - - 2' - 322 185 670 670 336 48 26,743 42,603 3,380 - 1,175 54 336 48 26,743 42,743 3,380 - 1,761 54 - 32 21 185 670 670 2,700 - 363i 3,701 1,004 1,340 240 288 22,697 13,957 1,658 - 2,069

160 - - 994 - - - - 320 3 45 135 135 1,120 - - 320 3 375 132 132 4,000 4,000 - - 423 -

- - - 3 - - - - - - - - - -

64 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod Haddock Marketed Marketed Fishing Districts Caught Caught and and Used Green- Used Fresh Green Smoked Dried Bne-o landed Smoked Dried lad fresh fillets salted fillets less fresh salted __ New Brunswick-Sea Fisheries cwt. Mt. OWL rie-t. cvrt. cwt. en-t. cvrt. on-t. cwt. cwt. on-t. Total Sea Fisheries for Province- 1 Quantity 205,544 14,610 147 12,131 167 55,163 386 18,186 8,736 2,040 83 1,880 2 Value 6 332,159 41,166 1,080 47,063 1,837 416,810 4,057 24,993 18,240 4,616 783 8,907 Charlotte County- . International boundary 2 line to Back Bay 1,100 - 147 30 - 225 81 3,155 1,413 170 83 412 Back Bay to St. John 4 county line 1,246 322 - 462 - - - - - - - - Campobello and Deer 5 islands 1,978 1,004 - 37 - 300 - 12,134 6,304 1,520 - 1,067 6 Grand Man= 11,920 1,780 - 5,105 - 25 - 700 - 350 - - 7 Total quantity 16,244 3,106 147 5,634 - 550 81 15,989 7,717 2,040 83 1,479 8 Total value 5 25,299 5,134 1,080 19,500 - 3,052 981 21,482 14,629 4,616 783 6,851 , St. John County (ail)- 9 Total quantity... 3,120 1,316 - 43 167 102 305 560 550 - - - 10 . Total value $ 7,020 4,097 - 207 1,837 663 3,076 1,375 2,653 - - - Albert County (a11)- 11 Total quantity... - - - - - - - - - - 12 Total value $ - - - - - - - - - Westmorland County- Nova Scotia line to 13 Cape Bruin - - - - - - - - - - - - Cape Bruin to Kent county line - - - - - - - - - - - 14 _ _ - 15 Bay of Fundy 6 6 - - _ - - - - 16 Total quantity 6 6 - - - - - - - - - - 17 Total value $ 48 48 - - - - - - - - - - Kent County- Westmorland county line to (but not including) Chockfish 18 river 43 43 - - - - - - - - - - Chockfish river to 19 Point Sapin 631 30 - - - 201 - - - - - - Point Sapin to North 20 wnberland county line 2,256 2,256 - - - - - _ _ - _ - - 201 - - - -- 21 Total quantity 2,930 2,329 - - _ _ 22 Total value $ 7,571 7,030 - - - 1,206 - - - - Northumberland County- Kent county line to \ _ - 23 Point au Car 3,227 3,227 - - - - - - - - Northwest and South- w est Miramichi 24 river - - - - - - - - - - - - Point au Car to Glou- cester county line (including Miramichi 25 bay 991 15 - 296 - 128 - - - - - - 26 Total quantity 4,218 3,242 - 296 - 128 - - - - - - 27 Total value 5 12,023 9,095 - 2,072 - 1,152 - - - - - - Gloucester County- Northumberland coun- 28 ty line to Inkerman., 850 200 - 215 - 73 - - - - - - Islands of Shippegan 29 and Miscou 33,463 128 - 3,228 - 9,109 - 600 100 - - 175 Inkerman to Glen An- 30 glin 138,400 900 - 1,250 - 45,000 - 898 220 - - 226 Glen Anglin to Resti- 31 gouche county line__ 4,276 1,856 - 1,210 - - - - - - - - 32 Total quantity 176,989 3,084 - 5,903 - 54,182 - 1,498 320 - - 401 33 Total value 5 272,347 9,366 - 23,829 - 410,737 - 1,498 320 - - 2,056 Restigouche county (a11)- 34 Total quantity._ 2,037 1,527 - 255 - - - 149 149 - - - 35 Total value g 7,851 6,396 - 1,455 - - - 638 638 - - -

Hake and Cusk Pollock Halibut Marketer' . Marketed Caught Mirketed Caught Caugnt and and and, Used Used Green- Dried Used Green- Dried landeo. landed fresh salted Boneless landed fresh salted fresh

cwt, civt. civt. civt. eivt. cwt. cwt. cvet. cwt. cvet. cwt.

66,892 581 22,045 7,143 297 28,804 2,219 2,841 6,968 131 131 47,363 1,506 50,612 32,478 2,550 38,191 2,935 7,128 27,961 1,829 1,829

690 21 76 13 - 607 20 162 88 - - 18,936 - 9,468 - - 86 - 43 - - - 14,385 161 à 4,73 - 21,601 905 43 6,870 3 3 20,982 - 10,541 - - 6,510 1,291 2,593 10 128 128 54,893 182 20,090 4,877 - 28,801 2,219 2,841 6,988 131 131 37,982 166 46,652 21,374 - 38,191 2,935 7,126 27,961 1,829 1,829

4,750 - 1,930 - 297 - - - - - - 3,087 - 3,860 - 2,550 - - - - - - 1

- - - - - - - - - - - 1 _ _

4,712 200 - 1,504 - - - - - -

4,712 200 _ 1,504 _ __ - _ _ - 3,636 1,000 _ 7,062 - - - - - -

_ - _ _ - - _ _ _ 800 - - 266 1,918 110 25 496 - - - - - -

_ -- 2,448 110 25 762 - - - _ - 2,448 110 100 4,042 - - - _ -

- - _ _ _ - _ 89 89 - - _ - 230 230 - - - - - - -

66 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish. Caught and Marketed, 1925

Flounders, Brill Skate Herring Plaice, etc. Fishing Districts Mar- Mar- Marketed Caught keted Caught keted Caught and and .: , Used Used Bone- Can- Fer- landed Used Landed Used landdedan fresh less ned Smoked neled' - as ter fresh fresh bait

New Brunswick-Sea Fisheries-con. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt, cwt. cases cwt. bbl. bbl. bbl. Total Sea Fisheries for - 1 Province- Quantity 963 963 215 215 372,710 74,135 677 3,381 56,175 3,960 31,987 53,248 2 Value S 2,397 3,025 312 587 251,237 76,442 6,770 16,905 145,211 26,895 62,901 50,230 Charlotte County- International boundary 3 line to Back Bay 309 309 186 186 332 332 - - - - - - Back Bay to St. John 4 county line - - 3,476 40 - 3,381 - - 535 - Campobello and Deer 5 islands 423 423 29 29 5,110 220 - - - - 2,445 - 6 Grand Manan - - - - 162,490 61,595 677 - 42,232 - 7,200 - 7 Total quantity 732 732 215 215 171,408 62,187 677 3,381 42,232 - 10,180 - 8 Total value S 1,603 2,321 312 587 139,569 63,187 6,770 16,905 84,464 - 14,932 - St. John County (a11).. 9 Total quantity... - - - - 400 400 - - - - - - 10 Total value S - - - - 900 1,200 - - - - - - Albert County (a11)- 11 Total quantity... - - - - 4 4 - - - - - - 12 Total value S - - - - 28 28 - - - - - - Westmorland County- Nova Scotia line to 13 Cape Bruin - - - - 23,684 500 - - 13,943 - 1,297 - Cape Bruin to Kent 14 county line - - - - 53,606 1,400 - - - 300 2,064 19,781 15 Bay of Fundy - - - - 2 2 - - - - - - 16 Total quantity - - - - 77,292 1,902 - - 13,943 300 3,361 19,781 17 Total value 5 - - - - 41,398 1,156 - - 60,747 1,800 9,989 19,781 Kent County- Westmorland county . line to (but not including) Chockfish 18 river 220 220 - - 15,600 240 - - - 400 4,175 2,905 Chockfish River to 19 Point Sapin - - - - 11,600 7,310 - - - - 2,145 - Point Sapin to North- 20 umberland county line - - - - 3,450 - - - - - 1,725 - 21 Total quantity 220 220 - .7 30,1)50 7,550 - - - 400 8,045 2,905 22 Total value S 660 660 - 7' 15,367 6,802 - - - 1,200 20,405 1,452 Northumberland County- Kent county line to 23 Point au Car - - - - 3,300 - - - - - 1,650 - Northwest and South- west Miramichi river ------- - - - 24 Point au Car to Glou- cester county line (in- 25 cluding Miramichi bay) - - - - 3,874 - - - - 90 1,269 625 26 Total quantity - - - - 7,174 - - - - 90 2,919 625 27 Total value 5 - - - - 5,237 - - - - 540 5,200 625 Gloucester Cmmty- 28 Northumberland county line to Inkerman - - - - 2,025 85 - - - 50 885 210 Islands of Shippegan 29 and Miscou - - - - 47,580 45 - - - 1,000 2,450 20,007 Inkerman to Glen An- 30 glin - - - - 27,300 1,700 - - - 2,033 2,650 7,100 Glen Anglin to Rest> . 31 gouche county line - - - - 7,724 122 - - - 30 1,296 2,460 32 Total quantity - - - - 84,629 1,952 - - - 3,113 7,081 29,777 33 Total value $ - - - - 47,351 3,789 - - - 22,821 11,682 28,212 Restigouche County- 34 Total quantity 11 11 - - 1,153 140 - - - 57 401 160 35 Total value 5 44 44 - - 1,387 280 - - - 534 693 160

FISIIERIES STATISTICS 67

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Mackerel Sardines Alemives Bass

Marketed Marketed Marketed Market- Caught Caught Caught Caught ed and « and Sed and Used and landed used landed and Used fresh Canned fresh landed fimsh Sntoked Salted as landed Used salted bait fresh

cwt. ctvt. bbl. cases bbl. cwt. cut. cwt. bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt.

16,707 16,707 158,259 209,649 124,487 34,195 4,587 1,810 8,189 845 477 477 1 47,452 63,968 281,415 773,212 243,113 32,612 9,416 9,510 41,752 2,535 6,535 6,820 2

- - 30,995 - 30,995 - - - - - - - 3 - - 22,735 154,463 - - - - - - 4 - - 79,785 550 79,675 - - - - - 5 _ _ 5,444 _ 5,444 - - _ _ _ 6 - - 138,959 155,013 116,114 - - - - - 7 _ - 250,535 581,986 225,740 _ _ - _ - 8

- - 19,300 54,636 8,373 17,800 3,712 1,810 3,879 - - - 9 - - 30,880 191,226 17,373 15,130 8,763 9,510 20,647 - - - 10 e

11 12 'eg

32 32 - - - 700 700 - - - - 13 169 169 - - - - - - - - - 14 15 201 201 - - - 700 700 - - - 16 1,818 1,818 . - - - 525 525 - - - 17 en

57 57 - - - 1,800 110 - 845 - - 18 nt 2,174 2,174 - - 2,250 - - 750 - 321 321 19 145 145 - - - - - - - - - 20 2,376 2,376 - - - 4,050 110 750 845 321 321 21 5,068 10,633 - _ _ 1,775 110 - 3,750 2,535 4,936 5,035 22

260 260 - - - 3,525 - - 1,175 - 90 90 23 - - - - - 6,000 - - 2,000 - 8 8 24

- - - - - 1,830 - - 610 - 15 15 25 260 260 - - - 11,355 - - 3,785 - 113 113 26 780 780 - - - 15,072 - - 17,055 - 1,165 1,360 27

3,500 3,500 - - - 290 65 75 - 20 20 28 686 686 _ - - - - - 23 23 29 8,168 8,168 - - - - - _ - - 30 1,033 1,033 - - - _ _ _ - - 31 13,387 13,387 - - - 290 65 75 - 43 43 32 37,944 48,895 - - - 110 48 300 - 384 425 33

_ _ 34 - _ _ 483 483 - - _ 1,842 1.842 - - - _ _ - - 35 26979--5i

FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

' Perch Salmon Shad Smelts ' Market- Market- Fishing Districts Caught' ed Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught cd and and and and landed Used landed Used Can- landed Used Salt- landed Used fresh fresh ned fresh ed fresh

New Brunswick-Sea Fisheries-con. un-t. cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. bbl. cwt. eu-t.

Total Sea Fisheries for Pro- vince- Quantity 146 146 29,527 29,489 45 5,822 5,687 45 46,692 46,692 Value 8 624 876 392,002 414,413 495 43,877 57,895 1,957 450,535 718,149 Charlotte County- International boundary line to Back Bay - - - - - - - - 366 366 Back Bay to St. John county line - - - - - - - - - Campobello and Deer islands- - - - - - - - - - Grand Manan - - - - - - - - - - - Total quantity - - - - - - - 366 366 Total value 3 - - - - - - - - 3,572 7,118 St. John County (a11)- Total quantity - 3,150 3,150 - 3,600 3,585 5 - - Total value - -.50,400 56,627 - 30,600 38,268 100 - - Albert County (a11)- . Total quantity - - - - - - - - - - Total value • $ - - - - - - - - - - Westmorland County- Nova Scotia line to Cape Bruin - - - - - - - - 426 426 Cape Bruin to Kent county line - - - - - - - - 1,397 1,397 Bay of Fundy - - 43 43 - 197 77 40 - - Total quantity - - 43 43 - 197 77 40 1,823 1,823 Total value $ - - 860 860 - 3,288 1,430 1,857 19,298 24,561 Kent County- Westmorland county line to (but not including) Chock- fish river - - - - - - - - 4,846 4,846 Chockfish river to Point Sapin 146 146 310 310 - - - - 4,522 4,522 Point Sapin to Northumber- land county lue - - 1,822 1,622 - - - - - - Total quantity 146 146 1,932 1,932 - - - - 9,368 9,368 Total value $ 624 876 32,720 35,300 - - - - 107,011 121,982 Northumberland County- \ Kent county line to Point au Car - - 5,301 5,263 45 - - - 9,640 9,640 Northwest and Southwest Mi- ramichi river - - 992 992 - 657 657 - - - Point au Car to Gloucester county line (including Mira- michi bay) - - 1,671 1,671 - 1,368 1,368 - 17,330 17,330 Total quantity - - 7,964 7,926 45 2,025 2,025 - 26,970 26,970 Total value 3 - - 108,794 114,185 495 9,989 18,197 - 243,850 484,032 Gloucester County- Northumberland county line to Inkerman - - - - - - - 706 706 Islands of Shippegan and Miscou - - - - - - - 769 769 Inkerman to Glen Anglin - - 1,359 1,359 - - - 2,487 2,487 Glen Anglin to Restigouche county line - - 4,251 4,251 - - - - 176 176 Total quantity - - 5,610 5,610 - - - 4,138 4,138 Total value $ - - 72,772 80,985 - - - 27,231 30,883 Restigouche County (a11)- Total quantity - - 10,828 10,828 - - - 4,027 4,027 Total value $ - - 126,456 126,456 - - 49,573 49,573

Trout Caplin Eels Squid Tom Cod Mixed Fish Market- Market- Market- Market- Market- Market- Caught ed Caught ad Caught cd Caught ed Caught cd Caught ed and and and and and and landed Used landed TJsed landed Used landed Used landed Used landed Used fresh fresh fresh as bait fresh fresh

cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. en-t. cwt. bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

161 161 70 70 406 406 5 5 13,056 13,056 45 45 2,266 2,266 70 70 2,696 2,750 10 10 16,905 41,517 45 45

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - _ - -

- - - - - _ - - - - -

20 20 - - 25 25 - - -1 - - - - - - _ - - -1z 20 20 - - 25 25 - - - - WO 300 - - 250 250 - - - -

14 14 - - - - 1,192 1,192 - - - - - 4 4 - - 50 60 - - - - - - - - - -

14 14 - - 4 4 - 1,252 1,252 - 280 280 - - 28 40 - 1,958 4.888 -

- - - - - - - 480 480 - - - - - 40 10 - - - - -

- - - - - - - - 8,846 8,846 - - - - - 4e 40 - - 9,326 9,326 - - - - - 320 320 - - 11,777 31,681 - -

- - 10 10 - - 300 300 _ - - - - - 70 70 18 18 5 - - - - - - - - 5 - - - _ - - - - - 1,786 1,786 - - 5 1,786 1,786 - - 10 10 70 70 318 318 5 - - 120 120 70 70 1,908 1,950 10 10 1,786 3,564

117 117 - - 19 19 - - • 692 692 45 45 1,565 1,566 - - 190 190 - - 1,384 1,384 45 45

70 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Clams and Quahaugs Cockles Lobsters Oysters

Fishing Districts Marketed Mar- Marketed Mar- Caught Caught keted Caught Caught keted and and and and landed Used Can- landed Used landed Shipped •,,,• a Can- Tomal- landed Used fresh ned fresh in shell ned by fresh ' New Brunswick- bbl. bbl. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cases bbl. bbl. Sea Fisheries-concluded Total Sea Fisheries for Province- 1 Quantity.- ... 19, 496 6,315 12,901 201 201 65,894 10,991 310 27,236 SO 12,038 12,038 2 Value 6 28,188 10,540 77,886 563 563 801,919 293,829 24,800 750,313 780 49,880 88,693 Charlotte County- International bound . ary line to Back 3 Bay 3,178 206 3,012 201 201 123 123 - - - - - Back Bay to St. John 4 county line 7,929 980 6,348 - - 883 883 - - - - - Campobello and Deer 5 islands 400 400 - - - 403 403 - - - - - 6 Grand Manan - - 2,758 2,758 - - - - - 7 Total quantity 11,507 1,586 9,360 201 201 4,167 4,167 - - - - 8 Total value 6 16,392 2,233 60,579 563 563 135,959 136,299 - - - - - St. John County (all)- 9 Total quantity... - - - - - 1,525 1,525 - - - - - 10 Total value 6 - - - - - 50,325 58,710 - - - - - Albert County (all)- 11 Total quantity... - - - - - 9 9 - - - 12 Total value $ - - - - - 144 144 - - - Westmorland County- Nova Scotia line to 13 Cape Bruin 26 26 - - - 3,660 1,982 - 839 15 6 6 Cape Bruin to Kent 14 county line 2,368 2,208 160 - - 6,080 - 310 2,265 40 120 120 15 Bay of Fundy... - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Total quantity 2,394 2,234 160 - - 9,740 1,982 310 3,104 55 126 126 17 Total value $ 4,340 4,308 960 - - 114,749 44,188 24,800 97,992 580 1,334 1,334 Kent County- Westmorland county line to (but not including Chockfish 18 river 1,602 1,402 200 - - 5,776 1,620 - 2,097 - 6,235 6,235 Chockfish river to 19 Point Sapin - - - - - 6,832 - - 3,416 - 627 627 Point Sapin to Northumberland 20 county line - _ - - - 4,547 _ - 2,482 - - - 21 Total quantity 1,602 1,402 200 - - 17,155 1,620 - 7,995 - 6,862 6,862 22 Total value $ 3,195 2,638 2,400 ç - 180,940 36,880 - 226,992 - 23,801 53,682 Northumberland county- Kent county line to . 23 Point au Car - - - - - 5,947 279 ' - 2,848 - 3,510 3,510 Northwest and South- 24 west Miramichi river - - - - - - - - - - - Point au Car to Glou- cester county line (including Mirami- 25 chi bay) 960 - - - - 4,511 - - 2,252 - 900 900 26 Total quantity 960 - - - - 10,468 279 - 5,100 - 4,410 4,410 27 Total value 5 960 - - - - 111,119 3,688 - 144,305 - 19,625 28,237 Gloucester County- Northumberland county lineto Inker- 28 man - - 3,181 - - 1,550 - - 1,006 - - - Islands of Shtppegan 29 and Miscou 825 - - - - 10,333 5,194 - - - Inkerman to Glen An- 30 glin 2,075 960 - - - 6,932 - - 3,466 25 640 640 Glen Anglin to Resti- 31 gouche county line. - - - - - 2,370 1,205 . - 641 - - - 32 Total quantity 2,900 960 3,181 - 21,185 1,205 - 10,307 25 640 640 33 Total value 5 2,900 960 13,947 - - 187,313 12,228 - 260,684 200 5,120 5,440 Restigouche County • , 2 (sil)- 34 Total quantity... 133 133 - - - 1,655 2e4 - 730 - - - 35 Total value.... 5 401 401 - - - 21,400 1,692 - 20,440 - - -

Tongues Scallops and Winkles Dube Miscellaneous • Sounds

Market-et- Market- Fish Caught Pick- Cau ght ed Oxl Fis h Fish an d ed ed liver Herring skIns Ilsh ledor and Green oil, oil , scales an d offal ferti- landed Shelled dried haided Used n.e.s. liter feshr Dried crude bones

bbl. gaL cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cmt. gal. gaL cwt. cvet. ton ton

4,119 8,238 129 1,091 1,091 3,800 660 10,140 17,281 1,808 76 70 405 1 14,530 14,530 1,804 5,008 5,008 5,700 6,840 4,291 7,611 14,652 193 591 10,109 2

- - 9 12 12 2,660 380 400 - - 40 _ - 3 3,231 6,462 78 625 625 - - - 5,300 - - - 375 4 - - 42 454 454 - - - 10,913 _ _ - - 5 .877 1,754 - - 1.140 280 8,240 - 1,808 - - - 6 4,108 8,216 129 1,091 1,091 3,809 660 8,640 16,213 1,808 40 - 375 7 14,442 14,442 1,804 5,008 5,008 5,700 6,840 3,641 7,130 14,652 103 - 9,375 8 - - - - - - 1,400 1,068 - 36 - 30 9 - - - - - - 600 481 - 90 - 734 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 11

- - - - - - - - - - - - 1S

- - - - - - - - - - - - If - _ _ - _ _ - - - - - - U

- - - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - - ' - - 100 _ _ _ _ -S 1

- - - - - - - - - - - - - 2i - - - - - - 100 - - - - - 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50 _ _ _ _ -2

_ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ - _ -Z

- - - - - - - - - - -2

- - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

- - - - - - - - - - 70 - 2

_ - _ _ _ - - _ _ _ _ 70 - _ _ _ _ - - - - - - 591 -

11 22 - - - - _ - - - 88 88 - - - - - - - - - -

72 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Alewives

Fishing Districts Caught Marketed Bass and landed Used fresh Salted

New Brunswice—Inland Fisheries cvrt. cwt. bbl. cwt.

Total Inland Fisheries for Province- 1 Quantity . 684 354 110 7 2 Value caught and landed 9 2,052 _• 105 3 Value marketed 6 1,062 990 105 4 Victoria County quantity ••■■■ 5 value $ ›6 Carleton County - quantity ■•• 7• value S 8 York County quantity 55 9 value $ 165 10 Sunbury County quantity 240 80 11 value $ 720 720 12 Queens County quantity 31 14 5 13 value S 93 126 75 14 Sings County quantity 28 16 2 15 . value S 84 - 144 30

1 The values given for the counties are the marketed values.

Alila

FISHERIES STATISTICS 73

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Eels ' Mullets Pickerel Salmon Shad Sturgeon

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cart.

60 342 392 516 1,902 42 1 1,020 1,026 3,920 13,650 11,412 1,050 2 1,020 1,026 3,920 13,650 11,412 1,050 3 - - - 4 74 - 4 _ _ _ 100 444 - 5 _ _ _ 62 _ - 6 - - - 1,550 - -7 - 12 - 212 143 - 8 _ 36 - 5,300 858 - 9 - - 45 41 37 - 10 - 450 1,025 222 - 11 270 162 15 976 - 12 - 810 1,620 375 5,856 - 12 60 60 185 212 672 42 14 1,020 180 1,850 5,300 4,032 1,050 15

Nora.—In addition to the quantities shown in the above table, there were taken by anglers in inland New Brunswick, et, 464 cwt. of fish, valued at 38,780.

74 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod Hake and Haddock Cusk . Halibut

Fishing Districts Mar- Caught Marketed Mar- CaughtMar-keted Caught keted and C"andght keted and and landed Used Green- Can- Dried landed Dried landed landed Used fresh salted ned Dried fresh

Quebec-Sea Fisheries cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

Total Sea Fisheries for Province- 1 Quantity 602,099 2,746 28,455 . 40 180,914 1,514 505 1,277 425 1,365 1,365 2 Value $ 1,068,221 11,694 129,855 400 1,403,855 1,514 3,030 1,277 2,125 8,655 9,415 Bonaventure County- Head of tide to Migua- 3 chie - - . - - - - - - - - - Miguacha t,o New Rich- 1 mond 700 295 90 - 75 - - - - - - New Richmond to Pas- 3 pebiac 3,425 473 990 - 324 - - - - - - Paspebiac to Point Ma- i quereau 53,047 - 1,848 - 16,526 1,514 505 1,277 425 750 750 7 Total quantity 57,172 768 2,928 - 16,925 1,514 505 1,277 425 750 750 3 Total value...... S 61,317 3,545 13,687 - 135,277 1,514 3,030 1,277 2,125 3,750 3,750

Gaspe County- Point Maquereau to ) Grand River 23,826 - 1,850 - 6,709 - - - - 190 190 Grand River t,o Point ) St. Peter 54,648 - 4,285 - 15,360 - - - - - - Point St. Peter to Cape I Gaspe 28,971 - - - 9,657 - - - - - - Cape Gaspe to Fame ) Point 111,225 - - - 37,075 - - - - - - Fame Point to Duches- nay township 47,820 334 - - 15,773 - - - - - - Duchesnay township to 1 Cape Chat 2,248 638 805 - - _ - - 40 40 1 Total quantity 268,738 972 6,940 - 84,574 - - - - 230 230 1 Total value S 450,796 5,785 28,310 - 752,445 - - - - 1,540 2,300 - Magdalen Islands- 1 Southern subdistrict . 57,810 - 4,905 - . 16,100 - - - - - 1 Northern subdistrict.... 12,210 - 6,105 - - - - - - - - 1 Total quantity 70,020 - 11,010 - 16,100 - - - - - - 2 Total value $ 130,655 - 55,801 - 120,622 - - - - - -

Saguenay County- \ 2 Godhout to Jambons 949 181 369 - 10 - - - - 130 130 2 Jambons to Pigons river. 3,200 - 1,600 - - - - - 50 50 Pigons river to Havre 23 St. Pierre 44,526 - 1,374 - 13,926 - - - - 28 28 Havre St. Pierre to Kegashka river 28,598 - 1,618 - 8,454 - - - - 152 152 Kegashka river to Mou- 25 ton bay 48,420 - 60 - 16,100 - - - - - - Mouton bay to Blanc 26 Sablon 44,814 195 1,012 40 14,177 - - - - - Blanc Sablon to Bonne 27 Esperence 32,059 160 - - 10,633 - - - - - - 28 Total quantity 202,566 536 6,033 40 63,300 - - - - 360 360 29 Total value S 421,550 1,594 28,969 400 305,436 - - - - 3,240 3,240 Matasse County- 30 Total quantity 3,503 370 1,544 - 15 - - - - 25 25 31 Total value 8 3,593 370 3,088 - 75 - - - - 125 125 Rimouski Comity- 32 Total quantity 100 100 - - - - - - - - - 33 Total value...... S 400 400 - - - - - - - - - m

Ffimuing Mackerel

Caught Mati.eted Caught Marketed and and Dry- hmuled Used Smoked Pi ckled Useclas Fertilizer landed Used fresh salted bait fresh Salted

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. bid. Md. bld. eml. cwt. bbl.

278,913 5,206 9,404 6,000 9,009 81,290 29,711 17,135 5,997 14,022 100,976 5,479 38,488 3,000 47,682 95,478 19,934 90,117 18,875 112,354

10,240 130 70 - 470 30 4,250 - - - re 17,700 70 100 - 113 25 8,627 598 598 - k 14,850 - 50 - 300 3,775 3,155 2,238 2,238 - 42,790 200 220 - 883 3,830 16,032 2,836 2,836 - 17,825 200 980 - 5,071 3,830 11,520 6,347 6,347 -

- - - - - - - 3,131 3,131 - 2,885 - - - 35 774 , 1,275 300 - - - I la- -I t - - - - 1 2,684 - - - - Mr« 1,342 55,140 - 300 - 3,500 10..22,020 - - - - : 8,344 100 - - 200 2,922 900 - - - ] 1,400 400 - - 200 100 100 - - - 70,453 500 300 - 3,935 27,659 1,300 3,131 3,131 36,090 590 900 - 23,210 52,504 1,500 12,246 12,246

86,580 1,000 5,040 1,500 30,610 4,890 32,075 - 11,001 67,200 - 3,800 6,0:40- 1,500 18,250 6,100 9,030 - 3,010 153,780 1,000 8,840 6,000 3,000 48,860 10,990 41,105 - 14,011 33,095 300 36,300 3,000 10,525 37,031 5,495 70,912 - . 112,024:

709 212 - - 130 13 39 60 27 11 GOO - - 200 - - - - 59 - - - 15 7 - - - 200 - - - - 100 3 3 - 400 - - - 40 140 - - - 307 - - - 55 71 - - - - - - SOO 10 - - - . 395 - 3,075 222 - - 440 726 39 63 30 11 4,351 305 - - 4,370 1,788 39 612 282 330

- 8,615 3,084 44 - 751 215 1,380 - - 8,615 3,084 308 - 4,506 325 1,380 - - -

_ - - - - 200 200 --- 1,000 1,000 - - - - - - -

76 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Sardines Alewives Salmon Shad Market- Marketed ed l- Caught Caught areed Districts Caught Caught keted and Sold and and and landed fresh landed salted landed Used Can- Dry- Pick- landed Used and fresh ned salted led fresh salted

_ Quebec-Sea Fisheries bbl. bbl. out. bbl. cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cart. cwt. -con. Total Sea Fisheries for Province- l Quantity 99 99 150 50 19,313 17,759 406 22 783 33 33 ? Value $ 261 531 150 300 177,636 167,723 3,077 220 3,848 430 430 Bonaventure County- Head of tide to Migua 3 cha - - . - - 600 600 - - - - - Miguacha to New Rich- I moud - - - - 2,146 2,000 175 - - - - New Richmond to Pas- 5 pebiac - - - - 93 93 - - - - - Paspebiac to Point Ma- i quereau » - 150 50 1,966 1,962 5 - - - - r Total quantity - - 150 50 4,805 4,655 180 - - - - I Total value 8 - - 150 300 50,090 45, 089 1,215 - - - - Gaspé County- Point Maquereau to 1 Grand River - - - - 300 300 - - - - - Grand River to Point I St. Peter - - - - 1,155 1,147 9 - - 10 10 Point St. Peter to Cape Gaspe - - - - 1,123 1,123 - - - - - Cape Gaspe to Fame Point - - - - - - - - - - - Fame Point to Duches- nay township - - - - 600 600 - - - - - Duchesnay township to 1 Cape Chat - - - - 260 260 - - - - - Total quantity__ - - - - 3,438 3,430 9 - - 10 10 1 Total value 3 - - - - 43,914 43,894 126 - - 100 100 Magdalen Islands- - 1 Southern subdistrict.... - - - - - - - - - - 1 Northern subdistrict.... - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Total quantity...... - - - - - - - - - - - 2 Total value 8 - - - - - - - - - - Saguenay County- 2 Godbout to Jambons.... - - - - 2,990 2,990 - - - 3 3 Jambons to Pigeon ri- 2 ver - _ - \- 2, 77.5 2,775 - - _ _ Pigeon river to Havre 23 St. Pierre - - - - 543 510 - 22 - - - Havre St. Pierre to Ke- 2 gashka river 9 9 - - 930 784 - - 97 - - Regashka river to Mou- 25 ton Bay - - - - 367 - 126 - 170 - - Mouton Bay to Blanc 26 Sablon - - - - 869 19 91 - 516 - - Blanc Sablon to Bonne 27 Esperance - - - - 2,026 2,026 - - - - - 28 Total quantity 9 9 - - 10,500 9,104 217 22 783 3 3 29 Total value $ 81 81 - 76,932 72,040 1,736 220 3,848 30 30 Matane County- 30 Total quantity 90 90 - - 470 470 - - - - - 31 Total value... 8 180 450 - - 4,700 4,700 - - - - - Rimouski County- 32 Total quantity...... - - - - 100 100 - - - 20 20 33 Total value $ - - - - 2,000 2,000 - - - 300 300

'1 it

Smelts Sturgeon Trout Caplin Eels

Marketed ht Marketed Caught Caught Marketed caug caught Marketed Caught Marketed lanadnedd Used laride d fresh Uaedhesh landedand Used Can- Pick- laanndedd Used landedand Used fresh ned led fresh fresh

cwt. cwt. mwt, cwt. cwt. cwt. cases cwt, bid. bbl. cmt. cm.

2,842 2,842 6 6 216 171 18 20 3,482 3,482 65 65 : 28,707 30,307 72 72 2,312 2,109 144 90 5,315 5,315 570 570 1

1,200 1,200 - - - - - - - - - 615 615 - - - - - - - - - - 70 70 - - - - - - - - - - 263 263 _ - - - - - 300 300 - - , 2,148 2,148 - - - - - - 300 300 - - 19,466 19,606 - - - - - - 300 300 - -

200 200 - - - - - - - - - - 1 33 33 - - - - - - - - - - 11 121 121 - - - - - - - - - -j

354 354 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - 1 3,350 4,810 - - - - - - - - - - 1

40 40 - - - - - - - - 20 201 -

40 40 - - - - - - - 20 201 120 120 - - - - - - - - 140 140 2

300 300 - - 51 51 - - 330 330 5 52

- - - - - - - 532 532 - -2 - - - - 10 10 - 750 750 - - 2 - - - - - - - 280 280 - - 2 - - - - 45 18 20 200 200 - - 2 , _ _ _ _ - - - 1,050 1,050 - -2 300 300 - - 106 61 18 20 3,142 3,142 5 52 5,771 5,771 - - 832 629 144 90 4,975 4,975 50 502

_ _ _ - 60 60 - - 40 40 10 103 _ - _ - 480 480 - - 40 40 SO 803

- - 6 6 50 50 - - - 30 303 - - 72 72 1,000 1,000 - - - 300 3003

FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Squid Tom Cod Mixed Fish Clams and Quail-align •

Fishing Districts Market- Mar- Mar- "Marketed Caught cd Caught keted Caught keted Caught and and and and Used Can landed Used landed Used landed Used landed - as bait fresh fresh fresh ned

Quebee—Sea Fisherles—concluded bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. cases

Total Sea Fisheries for Province— t Quantity 978 978 800 800 720 720 2,919 2,924 25 Value $ 1,970 1,970 600 600 595 595 16,654 16,504 250 Bonaventure County- a Head of tide to Miguacha - - 800 800 - - - - - 4 Miguacha to New Richmond - - - - 250 250 - - - New Richmond to Paspebiac - - - - - - - - - 6 Paspebiac to Point Maquereau 500 500 - - - - - - 7 Total quantity 500 500 800 800 250 250 - - - Total value S 500 500 600 600 125 125 - - - Gaspé County- Point Maquereau to Grand River - - - - - - - - 10 Grand River to Point St. Peter 100 100 - - - - 80 80 - 11 Point St. Peter to Cape Gaspé 144 144 - - - - - - - 12 Cape Gaspé to Fame Point - - - - - - - - 13 Fame Point to Duchesnay township.... 50 50 - - - - - - - 14 Duchesnay township to Cape Chat - - - - - - - - - 1 Total quantity 294 291 - - - - 80 80 - 1 Total value S 444 444 - - - - 160 160 - Magdalen Islands- 17 Southern subdistrict 75 75 - - - - 2,700 2,675 25 18 Northern subdistrict - - - - - - - - 19 Total quantity 75 75 - - - - 2,700 2,675 25 20 Total value $ 750 750 - - - - 16,200 16,050 250 Saguenay CountY- 21 Godbout to Jambons 11 11 - - 470 470 44 44 - 22 Jambons to Pigons river - - - - - - - - 23 Pigons river to Havre St. Pierre - - - - - - - - - 24 Havre St. Pierre to-Kegashita river 3 3 - - - 125 125 - 25 Kegashka river to Mouton Bay 50 50 - - - - - - - 26 Mouton bay to Blanc Sablon 45 45 - - - - - - - 27 Blanc Sablon to Bonne Esperance - - - - - - - - - 2e Total quantity 109 109 - - 470 470 169 169 - 29 Total value $ 276 276 - - 470 470 294 294 - Matasse County- 30 Total quantity - - - - - - - - - 31 Total value S - - - - - - - Rimouski County- 32 Total quantity - - - - --. - - - 33 Total value S - - - - - - - - -

gig

Tongues Lobsters Scallops and Hair Seals 1 Sounds Cod Cod liver liver Marketed Caught Marketed Marketed :eild'i_ ell, Caught Pick- Caught crude and and led or and clan! Tomal- landed Shell- Can- dried landed landed In shell Canned ley ed ned Skins Oil

• cwt. cwt. cases cases bbl. gal. cases civt, no. no. gal. gal. gal.

25,676 . 1,313 12,395 Ill 1,195 2,362 11 176 4,746 4,746 10,391 68 127,414 / 210,054 15,716 362,729 1,135 7,156 7,086 110 1,135 12,348 12,201 4,215 128 44,555 2 _ - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 129 129 - - - - - - - - - - :4 111 Ill - - - - - - - - - -5 1,576 608 506 - - - - 15 - - - 50 4,060 6 1,816 848 506 - - - - 15 - - - 50 4,060 7 17,229 12,422 13,993 - - - - 180 - - - 100 1,630 8 51,1 798 - 398 - - - - - - - - - 2,563 2 1,406 - 729 8 1,181 2,362 - - - - - - 13,361 10 443 443 - - - - - - - - - 9,120 11 14 14 - - - - - - - - - 28,500 12 - - - - - - 100 - - - - 12,000 13 - - - - - _ - - - - - -14 2,661 457 1,127 8 1,181 2,362 - 100 - - - - 65,544 16 20,498 3,246 31,251 52 7,086 7,086 - 600 - - - - 20,745 12

7,188 - 3,683 103 - - - 25 912 912 2,604 - 6,756 12 13,413 - 6,784 - - - - - - - - - 2,0251! 20,601 - 10,467 103 - - - 25 912 912 2,604 - 8,781 12 164,959 - 308,635 1,083 - - - 175 1,107 1,185 1,354 - 3,4102!

8 8 - - - - - 16 142 142 355 8 310 21

_ - - - - - - - - - - 14,926 21 - - - - - - 20 1,608 1,608 1,300 - S,9002 284 - 142 - - - - 120 120 240 - 16,16021 306 - 153 - 14 - 11 - 1,164 1,164 3,492 - 5,874 21 - - - - - - - - 800 800 2,400 - 2,509 598 8 295 - 14 - 11 36 3,834 3,834 7,787 8 48,679 21 7,368 48 8,850 70 - 110 180 11,241 11,016 2,861 8 18,595 21

- _ - - - - - - - - - 10 350 31 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 1753, _ _ - - - - - - - - a. - - _ - - 3, - - - - - - - - - 80 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

nshing Districts Bass Carp Catfish Eels Herring Maski-nonge

Quebec,-Inland Fisheries cvrt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. Total Inland Fisheries for Province- 1 Quantity 229 2,563 1,583 11,751 7,115 58 2 Value 8 2,653 18,216 15,769 103,893 36,054 1,317 Below Quebec- ' 3 Bel lechasse Cotmty quantity 85 20 - 2,304 - - 4 value 5 935 100 - 20,731 - - 5 Charlevoix-Saguenay County quantity - - - 356 195 - 6 value 5 - - - 2,818 1,170 - 7 Kamouraska CountY quantity - - - 1,362 21 - 8 value $ - - - 13,620 210 - 9 Montmorency County quantity 30 7 - 4,000 - - 10 value $ 300 35 - 32,000 - - 11 Temiscouata County quantity - - 63 6,856 - 12 value 5 - - - 630 34,280 - 13 Total quantity 115 27 - 8,085 7,072 - 14 Total value $ 1,235 135 - 69,829 35,660 - Above Quebec- 15 Argenteuil County quantity 18 9 225 5 - 6 16 value $ 198 45 2,025 40 - 72 17 Beauharnois County quantity 40 30 25 50 - 5 18 value 5 400 300 250 500 - 125 19 Berthier County quantity - 47 69 20 - - 20 value 8 - 235 414 160 - - 21 Chambly County quantity 2 67 48 39 - - 22 value $ 40 402 594 585 - - 23 Champlain County quantity - - - - 9 - 24 value 5 - - - - 54 - 25 Chateauguay County quantity - 531 145 82 - - 26 value 5 5,310 1,450 820 - - 27 Hull County quantity - 56 140 - - - 28 value $ - 560 1,400 - - - 29 Huntingdon County quantity - 46 7 - - - 30 value $ - 276 35 - - - 31 Labelle County quantity - 4 74 6 - - 32 value $ - 40 956 60 - _ 33 Lac St. Jean County quantity - - - - - - 34 • value 5 - - - - - - 35 Laprairie County quantity - 189 17 - - - 36 value $ - 945 170 - - - 37 L'Assomption County quantity 13 112 71 22 - 5 38 value 5 170 1,120 537 261 - 75 39 Levis County quantity 7 12 - 1,355 - _ 40 vtdue$ 105 60 - 12,195 - - 41 MasIdnonge County quantity - - - - - - 42 value $ - - - - _ _ - - - 43 Missisquoi County quantity - _- - 44 value 5 - - - - _ 45 Montreal County quantity - 70 52 96 - 46 value $ - 350 510 672 - - 47 Nicolet County quantity 9 113 68 62 - 1 48 value $ • 160 678 680 620 _ 20 49 Pontiac County quantity 1 - 9 2 - - 50 value $ 15 - 98 20 - - 51 Richelieu County quantity 6 80 73 52 - 22 52 value $ 90 480 438 312 - 550 53 St. Hyacinthe County quantity - - - - - - 54 value $ - - - - - 55 St. Jean County quantity - 139 106 1,042 - - 56 value 5 - 1,390 1,060 10,420 - - 57 Soulanges County quantity - - 4 458 - - 58 value $ - - 40 3,661 - - 59 Temiscamingue CountY quantity - 667 - 2 34 - 60 value S - 3,335 - 20 340 - 61 Trois-Rivieres Comity quantity 12 24 • 65 14 - - 62 value $ 180 120 825 168 - - 63 Vaudreuil County quantity 6 45 129 16 - 17 64 value 5 60 405 1,278 160 - 425 65 Vercheres County quantity - 65 76 23 - 2 66 value 5 - 650 769 184 - 50 67 Yamaska County quantity - 230 180 320 - - 68 value 5 - 1,380 2,220 3,200 - - 69 Total quantity 114 2,536 1,583 3,666 43 58 10 Total value $ 1,418 18,081 15,769 34,061 394 1,317

'In th e statistics for Inland Quebec no distinction has been made between values caught and landed and values marketed. m

Mixed Fish Perch Pickerel Pike Salmon Shad Srnelts Sturgeon Trout VVhitefish

cat cwt. cwt. mrt. cat. cwt. cwt. cwt. cat. cat.

26,885 1,184 .2,016 - 2,158 1,401 1,105 558 1,759 100 545 1 141,680 10,058 40,211 21,285 14,150 11,876 6,936 27,976 1,835 5,381 2

- - 31 - - 251 48 455 - 102 3 - - 310 - - 2,510 336 2,275 - 1,020 4 950 - - - 1,363 - 300 - 26 - 5 4,750 - - - 13,630 - 4,500 - 390 - 8 9 - - - 9 153 - 64 - - 7 90 - - - 240 765 - 960 - - 8 - - 6 - - 8 - 140 - 12 9 - - 54 - - 96 - 1,120 - 108 10 23,662 - - 29 360 210 15 67 - 11 118,310 - - - 580 4,320 2,100 300 1,340 - 12 24,621 - 37 - 1,401 772 558 674 93 114 13 123,150 - 364 - 14,450 7,691 6,936 4,655 1,730 1,12814

- 244 8 126 - 9 - 13 - - 15 - 976 96 756 - 90 - 156 - - 16 - 30 30 30 - - - 100 - - 17 - 450 750 600 - - - 2,500 - - 18 54 43 13 44 - 20 - 5 - - 19 324 602 130 220 - 200 - 100 - - 20 - 61 12 33 - - - 9 - - 21 - 732 420 330 - - - 270 - - 22 306 - 450 229 - - - 37 - 142 23 2,448 - 9,000 2,748 - - - 1,122 - 1,42024 - 104 56 514 - - - 58 - - 25 - 1,560 1,952 5,140 - - 1,732 - 26 - - 13 71 - 17 - 27 - - 130 710 - - - 170 - - 28 - 7 6 - - 25 - 323 - 29 - 70 120 - - 250 - 9,702 - 30 - 20 7 13 - - - 20 - 31 - 200 105 130 - - - 200 - 32 25 - 92 16 - - - - 16 00 375 - 2,034 12 _ . - - - 11234 10 2 14 - - - 2 - 35 - 100 70 140 - - - 70 - 36 21 74 35 113 - 67 - 15 - 37 147 740 850 1,318 - 914 - 300 - 38 50 - 42 1 _ 46 _ 23 _ 3339 250 - 420 12 - 552 - 135 495 10 815 - - - - - - - - - 41 8,520 - - - - - - - -42 570 - 275 - - - - - - - 43 5,130 - 5,500 - - - - - _ - 44 - 18 2 64 - - - 4 - - 45 - 216 80 432 - - - 140 - - 46 77 51 83 36 - 127 - 56 - - 47 462 510 1,245 360 - 1,524 - 840 - - 48 85 - 6 - - - - - - 249 412 - 150 - - - - - - 18 50 - 130 37 102 - 25 - - - 11051 - 780 555 816 - 375 - - - 660 52 5 - - _. _ _ - - - 53 10 - - - - - - - - 54 213 95 30 98 - - - - - 55 2,130 950 450 980 - - - - - 56 - 5 3 8 - 38 - -57 - 50 60 80 _ _ 760 - - 58 _ 9 692 493 - - 218 7 114 59 - 72 13,840 4,930 _ - 1,744 105 1,30860 8 12 7 6 _ 14 - 57 - 261 40 180 175 90 - 280 - 1,710 - 10 62 35 31 31 32 _ - 40 - - 63 282 310 775 160 - - 800 - - 64 - 30 17 45 - 12 - 265 - 300 340 405 - - 300 - 20 66 - 210 30 80 - - 38 - 10 67 - 1,260 600 800 - - 570 - 150 68 2,264 1,184 1,979 2,158 333 - 1,085 7 431 61 18,530 10,058 39,847 21,285 4,185 - 23,321 505 4,253 76

82 FISHERIES ST ATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Fishing Districts Carp Catfish Mixed Eels Herring Fish

Ontario' cwt. cwt. cat. cwt. cwt. Totals for Province- 1 Quantity 8,147 3,447 1,824 45,555 32,819 2 Value, caught and landed S 24,441 31,023 18,240 163,998 114,867 3 Value, marketed S 28,515 36,883 21,888 250,554 147,686 Kenora and Rainy river districts, including: 4 Lake of the Woods . quantity 96 - - 2,712 5 value 5 336 - - - 12,204 6 Lake Superior quantity - - 11,466 944 7 value Z - - 63,063 4,248 8 North Channel (lake Huron) quantity 1 - 94 4,593 9 value 5 3 - - 517 20,669 10 Georgain Bay (lake Huron) quantity 440 74 7 303 1,118 11 value S 1,540 792 84 1,667 5,031 12 Lake Huron (proper) quantitY 23 6 56 2,021 892 13 value 5 81 64 672 11,116 4,014 Lake St. Clair, river St. Clair, and Detroit 14 river quantity 1,748 229 12 3,278 15 value S 6,118 2,450 66 14,751 16 Lake Erie, including Upper Niagara river quantity 2.440 367 28,396 10,560 17 value S 8,540 3,927 156,178 47,610 Lake Ontario, including Lower Niagara 18 river quantity 296 1,224 1,593 2,941 3,822 19 value 5 1,036 13,097 19,116 16,176 17,199 20 Inland Waters-lake Nipigon, lake Nipissing, 21 lake Simcoe, etc., including Ottawa river quantity 3,103 1,547 168 322 4,880 value S 10,861 16,553 2016, 1,771 21,960

Goldeyes - Bass Carp Catfish Caught Marketed MiFimi and - sh landed Used fresh Smoked

Manitoba' cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt, cwt. cwt. cat. Totals for Province- 1 Quantity 35 98 3,546 7,205 1,571 4,102 194 2 Value, caught and landed $ 100 365 31,841 21,901 - - 1,858 3 Value, marketed S 157 639 37,661 - 6,598 63,482 2,061 Stimwo 4 Buffalo bay quantity 35 98 - - 3 - 17 5 value S 157 639 - - 13 - 313 6 The Pas quantity - - - - - - 7 value S - - - - 8 Lake Whmipegosis quantity - - - - - - - 9 value 5 - - - 10 Lake Winnipeg quantity - - 3,482 - 1,760 29 11 value S - 37,013 - - 28,171 232 12 Total quantity 35 98 .3,482 - 3 1,760 46 13 Total value marketed S 157 639 37,013 - 13 28,171 545 Wmron 14 Lake Winnipeg quantity - 64 - - 2,342 148 1.5 value S - 648 - - 35,311 1,516 16 Lake Winnipegosis quantity - - - 1,360 - - 17 value S - - - 5,712 - - 18 The Pas quantity - - _ - - 19 value S - - _ - - - 20 Lake Manitoba quantity - - - - - - 21 value S - - - - - 22 Lake St. Martin quantity - - - 23 value S - - _ - - - 24 Lake Waterhen quantity - - - - - - 25 value S - - - - - 26 Lake Dauphin q mntity - - - - 208 - 27 value S - - - - 873 - 28 Total quantity - - 64 - 1,568 2,342 148 29 Total value marketed $ - - 648 - 6,585 35,311 1,516

1 For the districts, the values as marketed are given. NOTE-In addition to the quancities shown in the above taole, 30,811 cwt. of fish, valued at 5163,968, were taken in Manitoba under settlers' permits and 1,531 cwt., valued at 813,340 by anglers.

FISHERIES STATISTICS 83

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Perch Pickerel Pickerel Sturgeon Tullibee WIdtefish orlDore (13lue) Pike Sturgeon caoiar Trout

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. lb. coot. cwt. cwt.

23,317 25,677 34,453 13,163 2,455 4,807 73,257 9,109 70,583 1 93,268 288,866 206,718 46,071 66,285 _ 791,176 51,010 758,767 2 139,902 370,774 275,624 75,688 86,996 7,692 1,003,621 66,041 924,638 3

85 14,541 - 7,303 170 679 1,296 4,609 7,370 4 510 209,972 - 41,992 6,018 1,086 17,755 33,394 96,547 5 - 944 - 120 25 11 18,675 4 3,467 0 - 13,631 - 690 885 18 255,848 29 45,418 7 66 2,047 - 782 96 89 4,695 - 2,405 8 396 29,559 - 4,497 3,398 142 64,322 - 31,506 9 42 1,214 - 1,183 35 30 15,890 1,088 12,554 10 252 17,530 - 6,802 1,239 48 217,693 7,888 164,457 11 633 1,739 - 9 88 1,360 17,395 3,202 1,215 12 3,798 25,111 - 52 3,115 2,176 238,311 23,215 15,91713 664 448 - 221 146 366 - - 614 3,984 6,469 - 1,271 5,168 - 586 _ _ 7911 20,603 2,241 34,299 287 417 816 6 - 10,331 11 123,618 32,360 274,392 1,650 14,762 1,306 82 - 135,336 17 904 710 154 1,918 60 - 10,633 _ 19,264 15 5,424 10,252 1,232 11,029 2,124 - 145,672 - 252,35812 320 1,793 - 1,340 1,418 1,456 4,667 209 13,97121 1,920 25,890 - 7,705 50,197 2,330 63,938 1,515 183,0202]

Sturgeon Trout Tudlibee Whitefish Mullets Perch Pickerel Pike Sturgeon caviar

covt. cyvt, cwt. cwt. covt. lb. cwt. cwt. covt.

11,491 1,667 48,953 27,305 1,677 . 2,450 452 49,539 38,078 1 14,020 15,626 450,445 86,135 51,238 - 3,316 157;846 226,640 2 19,769 18,678 562,881 110,222 68,527 2,725 4,068 207,622 361,819 3

165 107 619 107 2 - - 541 18 4 773 1,163 13,965 867 88 - - 5,386 315 5 - _ 300 - 850 1,700 60 - 1,600 6 - - 2,400 - 34,000 1,700 540 - 12,800 7 920 - 5,084 2,008 - - - 56 926 8 1,389 - 44,748 8,074 - - - 224 7,736 9 224 47 10,626 2,596 697 550 - 3,404 23,33010 667 190 84,171 11,629 29,319 825 - 29,373 228,89511 1,318 154 16,629 4,711 1,549 2,250 60 4,001 25,87412 2,829 1,353 145,284 20,570 63,407 2,525 540 34,983 219,74613

152 830 5,291 1,598 - - - 24,451 2,260 14 587 7,147 53,176 6,421 - - - 98,524 28,497 15 5,243 _ 8,464 10,071 - - - 1,324 5,2891E 7,863 - 93,733 39,996 - - - 5,279 41,08817 630 - 498 430 128 200 392 64 3,04318 630 - 2,988 1,505 5,120 200 3,528 224 21,301 15 3,806 640 16,742 9,694 - - - 19,535 1,1702E 7,216 9,600 251,230 38,776 - - - 68,072 16,38021 90 37 370 178 - - - 60 247 22 135 536 5,280 534 - - - 150 3,21125. 98 - 596 416 - - - 5 195 24 212 - 6,000 1,580 - - - 16 1,62627 154 6 363 207 - _ - 99 - 22 297 42 5,190 840 - - - 374 - 21 10,173 1,513 32,324 22,594 128 200 392 45,538 12,20425 16,940 17,325 417,597 89,652 5,120 200 3,528 172,639 112,10329

26970--6f

84 FISHERIES STATISTICS

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Fishing Districts Gel- Mixed Mullets Pickerel Pike Stur- eyes Fish geon Trout Tullibee- White-fish

Saskatchewan' cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

TotaLs for Province- Quantity 58 3,510 2,785 2,896 4,153 15 3,146 430 44,978 Value, caught and landed 8 580 4,717 7,672 15,980 16,519 4.50 18,998 1,768 234,149 Value marketed 8 696 6,215 14,598 25,738 28,285 600 30,980 3,070 384,700

SUMMER Onion lake District quantity - 16 19 14 25 - - 29 270 value S - 64 95 154 175 - - 232 3,510 Jackfish lake District quantity - 17 29 10 26 - - - 124 value S - 68 145 110 182 - - - 1,612 Turtle lake District quantity - 17 27 - 22 - - - 796 value S - 68 135 - 154 - - - 10,348 Okemasis lake District quanetY _ 67 65 36 80 _ _ - 267 value $ _ 201 195 252 480 _ _ - 2,269 Saskatchewan river District quautitY 53 33 133 10 74 15 - - - value $ 636 198 1,330 120 740 600 _ - - Lowes lake District quantity - - 23 22 35 - - 6 1,952 value $ - - 115 154 245 - - 30 15,616 Devil's lake District quantity 5 5 18 17 27 - - - - value $ 60 30 180 204 270 - - - - Total quantity 58 155 314 109 289 15 - 35 3,409 Total value marketed S 696 629 2,195 994 2,246 600 - 262 33,355

WINTER Des Isles lake District quantity - 57 56 48 81 - 150 • - 565 value S - 285 336 576 648 - 2,250 - 6,780 Onion lake District quantity - 104 75 93 169 - - 142 981 value S - 520 460 1,116 1,352 - - 1,278 11,772 Jackfish lake District quantity - 80 99 78 201 - - - 2,360 value S - 400 594 936 1,608 - - - 28,320 Turtle lake District quantity - 23 24 - 67 - - - 1,220 value S - 115 144 - 536 - - - 14,640 Waterhen lake District quantity - 80 91 117 140 - - - 1,411 value S - 400 516 1,404 1,120 - - - 16,930 Ile a la Crosse District quantity - 567 375 490 312 - 32 124 8,700 value S - 56/ 2,250 3,430 1,710 - 320 784 69,600 Dore lake District quantity - 1,189 140 676 611 - 252 - - 6,613 value S - 1,189 420 5,480 3,055 - 2,646 - 49,597 Okemasis Lake District quantity - 46 90 8 92 - - 45 542 value S - 69 270 64 460 - - 225 4,065 Montreal lake District quantity - 457 376 209 475 - 762 - 3,288 value S - 914 . 1,880 1,881 3,800 - 7,239 - 29,592 Candle lake District quantity - 77" 116 80 182 - - - 88 value S - 395 928 720 1,456 - - - 880 Wakaw lake District quantity - - 105 - - - - - - value S - - 420 - - - - - - Lac la Ronge District . quantity - 475 477 415 386 - 1,950 43 2,539 value $ - 475 1,908 3,942 2,702 - 18,525 258 18,881 Green bke District quantity - 83 - 29 63 - - 4 579 value S - 124 - 232 315 • - - 20 4,632 Saskatchewan river District quantitY - - - - - - - - - value $ - - - - - - - - - Lowes lake District ' quantity - 113 177 65 287 - - 10 354 value $ - 113 885 845 2,296 - - 70 4,602 Qu'Appelle lake District quantity - - 7 35 250 - - 9 15 value $ - - 42 455 2,000 - - 63 465 Devil's lake District. quantity - 4 248 7 40 - - - - value $ - 20 1,240 63 320 - - - - Katepwe lake District quantitY - - • 15 20 90 - - - 57 value $ - - 90 260 720 - - - 741 Peter Pond lake District quantity - - - 417 388 - - 18 12,257 value $ - - - 3,340 1,941 - - 110 89,848 Total quantity - 3,355 2,471 2,787 3,864 - 3,146 395 41,569 Total value marketed $ - 5,586 12,403 24,744 26,039 - 30,980 2,808 351,345

'For the districts the values as marketed are given. Nors.-In addition to the quantities shown in the above table, 15,583 cwt. of fish, valued at $85,433 were taken in Sas- katchewan under domestic license, and 24,328 cwt., valued at $196,910 by anglers.

FISHERIES STATISTICS 85

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Tullibee

Fishing Marketed White- Districts Illunets Perch Pickerel Pike Trout Caught fish and Used landed fresh Smoked

Alberta' cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

Totals for Province- Quantity 3,591 176 6,943 7,438 2,746 2,726 2,638 44 32,340 Value, caught and landed 8 5,064 1,088 33,533 23,359 20,382 11,697 198,693 Value marketed 5,064 1,290 52,645 42,889 31,930 13,111 880 310,665

SIIMMER Cold lake District quantity 290 67 308 307 375 50 41 784 value S 290 670 2,464 1,842 5,150 250 880 5,488 Lac la Biche District quantity 230 51 704 663 100 816 - 4,173 value $ 230 306 4,204 2,004 600 4,080 - 41,730 Athabasca lake District quantity 628 24 124 345 76 - 909 value S 628 144 744 1,035 228 - 7,272 Wabamun lake District quantity 340 336 445 - 1,806 value S 1,260 4,442 1,335 - 21,672 Lesser Slave lake District quantity 532 3,300 1,976 100 - 6,780 value S 532 26,395 9,876 100 - 67,800 Lac Ste. Anne District quantity 215 50 424 61 - 812 value 5 215 450 2,f20 244 8,120 Total quantity 2,235 142 4,822 4,165 475 1,103 44 15,264 Total value marketed 5 3,155 1,120 38,699 18,212 5,750 4,902 880 152,082

WINTER Cold lake District ... quantity 145 664 618 1,763 •■• - 3,962 value S 210 3,884 1,851 21,156 •■■ 29,715 Lac la Biche District quantity 34 467 492 534 919 value S 170 2,335 1,476 2,670 10,170 Athabasca lake District quantity 100 20 56 3,254 value S 900 60 560 30,380 Wabamun lake District quantity 500 91 90 16 926 value S 500 .1■1. 910 510 80 9,260 Lesser Slave lake District quantity 250 261 1,204 480 187 1,897 value S 250 2,600 16,000 4,800 935 18,970 Edson District quantity 32 66 value S 66 614 Moose lake District quantity 185 225 442 586 value S 1,500 1,250 .■• 3,094 4,404 Pigeon lake District quantity 106 37 ■•■■ 2,776 value S 530 111 27,700 Buffalo lake District quantity 122 322 • ■■ value S 610 2,576 Sturgeon lake District quantity 15 100 value S 90 1,600 Trout kela District quantity 339 247 218 28 1■1. 300 2,539 value S 339 ■•• 1,287 651 224 900 25,710 Total quantity 1,356 34 2,121 3,273 2,271 ■•• 1,535 - 1 17,085 Total value marketed 1,909 170 13,916 24,677 26,180 8,239 - 1 158,583

Fishing Districts Mixed Fish Salmon Trout Whitefish

Yukon Territory cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. Totals for Territory- Quantity 25 585 82 115 Value, caught and landed 375 7,312 1,640 2,300 Value marketed 500 9,915 2,050 2,875

For the districts the values as marketed are given. No.-In addition to the quantities shown in the above table, 12,432 cwt. of fish, valued at 368,680, were taken in Alberta under domestic license, and 8,640 cwt., valued at 561,920, by anglers.

86 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Cod Hake and Cusk Whiting Marketed Market- Market- Fishing Districts Caught Caught ed Caught ed and Used Fresh Smoked and and landed fresh fillets fillets landed T_Tsed landed Used fresh fresh

British Columbia cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. 1 Totals for'Provinee-Quantity 31,636 31,306 10 100 1 1 185 185 2 Value 190,684 262,326 150 1,560 2 3 677 1,048 District No. It- 3 Total quantity 17,633 17,513 40 1 .1 149 149 4 Total value.... 123,431 159,097 600 2 3 521 539 District No. 2- 5 Skeena River District 210 10 60 6 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet District 7 Nana River District 8 Bella Coola and Kimaquit 9 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet 40 40 10 Queen Charlotte Islands 11 Total quantity 250 40 10 60 12 Total value 710 133 150 960 District No. 3- 13 Cape Scott to Tatchu Point 14 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay 312 312 15 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 2,716 2,716 16 San Juan Harbour to north side Cowichan Bay 2,653 2,653 36 36 North side Cowichan Bay to Big Quidicum 17 River 1,910 ' 1,910 Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster 18 River 239 239 Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding 19 district 3,013 3,013 Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding 20 district 29 29 21 Bute Inlet t,o Gower Point 2,881 2,881 22 Total quantity 13,753 13,753 36 36 23 Total value 66,543 103,096 156 509

Herring

Fishing Districts Caught Marketed and landed Used Can- Smoked Dry- Used fresh ned salted Pickled as bait

British Columbia-con. cwt. cwt. CaSe9 en-t. cwt. bbl. bbl. 1 Totals for Province-Quantity 1,437,875 19,973 391 5,622 1,083,174 52 25,598 2 Value 992,167 64,511 1,561 49,208 1,528,196 484 74,022 District No. 3 Total quantity 13,522 8,076 2,723 4 Total value.... 54,119 38,078 25,165 District No. 2- 5 Skeena River District 32,655 375 1,190 4,120 12,350 6 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet District 7 Nana River District 8 Bella Coola and Kimsquit 9 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet 11,042 5,52- 1 10 Queen Charlotte Islands 11 Total quantity 43,.697 375 1,190 4,120 17,871 12 Total value 43,697 1,530 11,407 4,150 57,875 District No. 3- 13 Cape Scott to Tatchu Point 14 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay 15 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 621,241 391 742 487,892 52 4,22- 4 16 San Juan Harbour to north side Cowiehan Bay 6,117 1,335 520 1,871 17 North side Cowichan Bay to Big Qualicum River 748,080 8,713 207 591,162 18 Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster River Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding 19 district Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding dis- 20 trict 1,680 16 832 21 Bute Inlet to Gower Point 3,538 1,458 240 800 22 Total quantity 1,380,656 11,522 391 1,709 1,079,054 52 7,727 23 Total value 894,351 24,903 1,564 12,636 1,524,046 484 16,147

Comprises Faner River and Howe Sound.

FISHERIES STATISTICS 87 I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Halibut Flounders Skate Soles

Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Markebul and and and and landed Usedfresh Smoked landed Ihedfresh landed Usedfresh landed Usedfresh

cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. 318,240 318,202 19 3,738 3,738 978 978 4,978 4,978 1 3,121,818 3,891,538 281 11,841 20,914 2,939 4,259 33,646 36,404 2

27,926 27,888 19 553 553 735 735 4,381 4,381 3 335,112 341,435 281 1,936 3,317 2,205 3,052 30,667 32,243 4

285,100 285,100 - 2,929 2,929 38 38 - - 5 _ _ -6 - - _ - - _ _ - -7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 8 2,315 2,315 - 15 15 - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - -10 287,415 287,415 - 2,914 2,944 38 38 - - 11 2,765,860 3,523,321 - 8,952 16,187 119 198 - - 12

- - - - - - - - - 13 973 973 _ _ _ _ _ _ - 14 853 853 _ 1 1 4 4 - - 15 999 999 - 230 230 189 189 363 363 16 20 20 - 8 8 7 7 120 120 17 6 6 - - - - - 1 118 - - - - - - - - - 19 48 48 - - - - - - -20 - - - 2 2 5 5 113 113 21 2,899 2,899 - 241 241 205 205 597 597 22 20,846 26,782 - 953 1,410 615 1,009 2,979 4,16121

Pilchards' Bass Perch Smelts Marketed Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Caught Caught and and and Us ed as Used andUsed landed Used landed Canned bait landed fresh landed fresh fresh

cwt. cases labl. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cmt. cwt. 318,973 37,182 4,045 25 25 1,042 1,042 780 780 1 221,557 178,121 4,790 109 186 7,529 9,693 7,300 7,434

- - - 7 7 439 439 672 672 : ' - - - 49 66 4,828 5,770 6,770 6,585 , 6

- - - 10 10 - - - - ' _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ - 8 - - - 10 10 - - - -1 1 - - - 20 80 - - - - 1

_ _ - _ _ - - _ -1 3 248,279 26,427 500 - - _ _ - - 1 4 70,694 10,755 3,545 - - 158 158 - - 1 5 _ _ - g 8 16 16 103 103 1 6 _ _ - _ - 18 38 5 51 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -1 8 _ _ - - - 40 40 - - 1 9 - _ - - - - - -2 0

- - - - - 351 351 - -2 1 318,973 37,182 4,045 8 8 603 603 108 108 2 2 221.557 178.121 4,790 40 40 2,701 3,923 530 849 2 3

Part used in the manufacture of fish oil and meal.

88 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Salmon

Fishirng Districts Caught Marketed and landed Used Canned Smoked Dry- Mild- Used fresh salted cured Pickled as bait Roe cwt. cwt. cases cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. British Columbia-con. 1 Totals for Province-Quantity 1,873,376 204,319 1,720,622 655 138,454 27,770 450 512 972 2 Value 7,141,829 1,623,012 12,385,098 6,438 485,507 460,922 6,075 3,272 3,531 District No. 1 1 3 Total quantity 367,879 101,654 272,093 645 34,182 1,313 712 4 Total value 2,096,560 696,484 1,681,526 6,294 146,623 31,828 2,876 District No. 2- 5 Skeena River District 364, 848 39,161 348,866 2,560 19,161 450 24 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet 6 District 164,938 196,132 150 7 Naas River District 74,767 89,008 .•■• 8 Bella Coola and Eimsquit 74,172 85.682 1,467 9 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet 247,525 2,351 290,789 608 10 Queen Charlotte Islands 107,625 81,141 26,310 11 Total quantity 1, 033, 875 41,512 1, 091, 618 20,020 21,236 450 24 12 Total value 3,105,185 476,303 8,306,950 77,696 341,598 6,075 72 District No. 1- 13 Cape Scott to Tatehu Point 42,689 347 50,407 Tatchu Point to and including 14 Wreck Bay 33,775 7,696 31,046 15 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 122,546 28,516 53,739 - 36,824 903 ••• 488 San Juan flarboar to north side 16 Cowichan Bay 48,103 6,195 42,016 10 100 4,318 North side Cov,iohan Bay to Big 17 Qualicum River 16,970 915 8,667 - 2,220 •■• Big Quabeam River to and inclu- .18 ding Oyster River -29,926 253 21,003 - 7,608 Oyster River to Adams River 19 with surrounding district 37,968 8,008 26,136 - - Adams River to Cape Scott vrith 20 s irrotnading district 106,737 1,564 106,992 - 12,240 80 21 Bute Inlet to Gower Point 38,908 7,659 13,005 - 16,260 130 22 Total quantity 471,622 61,153 356,011 10 75,252 5,221 488 260 23 Total value 1, 940, 084 450,255 2,396,622 144 261,188 87,496 3,200 655

Grey- Eels fish2 Octopus Oulachons

Fishing Districts Market- Market- Market- Caught ed Caught Caught ed Caught ed and and and and landed Used 'raided landed Used landed Used fresh fresh fresh cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. British Columbia-con. 1 Totals for province-Quantity \ 31 3 74,040 586 586 361 36/ 2 Value 181 18 22,212 3,768 5,056 1,520 2,147 District No. 1'- 3 Total quantity 506 506 357 357 4 Total value 3,542 4,670 1,498 2,115 District No. 2- 5 Skeena River District 3 3 6 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet District ■■■ 7 Naas River District 8 Bella Coola and Kim squit 9 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet. •■• •■• 10 Queen Charlotte Islands

11 Total quantity 3 3 •■■ 12 Total value 18 18 District No. 3- 13 Cape Scott to Tatchu Point 14 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay ■•■ 15 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 16 San Juan Harbour to north side Cocichan Ray ■••• 29,040 2 2 17 North side Cowichan Bay to Big Qualicum River 45,000 1 2 2 18 Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster River 19 Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding district 14 20 Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding district ■ 21 Bute Inlet to Gower Point ■•■ .65 65 .• • 22 Total quantity 74,040 80 80 4 4 23 Total value 22,212 226 386 22 32

Comprises Fraser River and Howe Sound. 2 Used in the manufacture of fi.sh oil and fertilizer.

FISHERIES STATISTICS 89

L Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Sturgeon Trout Black Cod Red Cod

Caught Marketed Caught Marketed Cmght Marketed Marketed and and and Caught Used landed Used Used C11en- and Ihed landed fresh fresh landed fresh salted Smoked laid fresh Smoked Sm°kedfillets cwt. cwt. ewt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt.

274 274 42 42 14,956 7,966 484 3,001 2,960 2,807 57 5 1 5,006 5,604 462 602 81,660 63,055 7,796 43,464 14,373 17,745 800 80 2 237 237 42 42 4,860 426 - 2,207 1,757 1,619 57 - 3 4,784 5,141 462 602 34,020 4,239 - 31,554 9,663 10,564 800 - 4 - - - - 8,731 7,143 - 794 138 123 - 5 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 6 - - - - _ _ _ _ _ - - 7 - - - - _ _ - _ - _ - -8 - - - - 253 253 - 129 129 - - 9 _ _ _ _ - - - _ _ _ - 10 - - - - 8,984 7,396 - 794 267 252 - 511 - - - - 42,168 57,280 - 11,910 465 1,064 - 80 12 ._ - - - - - - - - - - -13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 - - - - 80 80 - 133 133 - - 15 37 37 - - 988 20 484- 69 69 - - 16 _ - _ _ 44 44 - _ 183 183 - - 17 - _ _ - - _ _ - - _ - 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 _ _ _ _ - - - - _ _ - - 20 - - - - - - - 551 551 - -21 37 37 - - 1,112 144 484 - 936 936 - - 22 222 463 - - 5,472 1,536 7,796 - 4,245 6,117 - - 23

Tom Cod Mixed Fish Clams and Quahaugs Crabs Oysters Shrimps

Market- Market- Market- Market- Marketed Caught Caught cd Caught Marketed Caught cd Caught ed Caught ed and and and and and and Used landed landed Used landed Used Can- landed Used landed Used lawled Used f resh fresh fresh ned fresh fresh fresh cwt, cwt. cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. cases cwt. cwt. bbl. bbl. cwt. cwt.

23 23 5 5 26,527 4,456 22,931 6,979 6,979 1,468 1,468 1,157 1,157 1 62 92 25 30 90,508 26,721 135,043 35,785 50,605 22,905 23,107 16,035 23,331 2 23 23- - 994 994 - 6,285 6,285 1,367 1,367 994 994 3 62 92- - 5,961 7,614 - 31,425 43,646 21,895 21,895 13,916 20,856 4 .. - - - 3,093 3,093 - 278 278 - - 163 163 5 _ _- - - - 13,131 - 13,131 - - - - - lf - - - - 16,224 3,093 13,131 278 278 - 163 163 11 - - - 48,672 17,730 82,745 1,668 3,435 - - 2,119 2,47515 ; - - - 646 - 646 - - - - - -11 - 5 5 - - - 122 122 - - -: ld - - - - - - - - - - - - lf - - - 6,200 - 6,200 220 220 - - - 1( - - - 359 359 - 74 74 101 101 - - 11 - - - - 2,054 - 2,054 - - - - - 11 - 50 50 - - - - - - - 11 - _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - -21 - - 5 5 9,309 409 8,900 416 416 101 101 - - 21 - - 25 30 35,872 1,377 52,298 2,692 3,524 1,010 1,212 - 21

90 FISHERIES STATISTICS

I. Fish Caught and Marketed, 1925

Whales

Fishing Districts ' Marketed Caught and landed Whalebone Whale Whale and meal fertilizer oil

British Columbia-con. . 110. ton ton gal. Totals for Province-Quantity .. 351 347 835 556,939 Value 5 309,608 7,260 35,697 266,651 District No. 1'- Total quantity Total value District No. 2- Skeena River Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet Naas River District Bella Coola and Kimsquit Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet Queen Charlotte Islands 269 280 670 488,187 Total quantity 269 280 670 488,187 Total value 265,857 5,920 28,643 231,294 District No. 3- Cape Scott t,o Tatchu Point 82 67 165 68,752 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay ■•■ Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour San Juan Harbour to north side Covrichan Bay North sicle Cowichan Bay to Big Qualicum River Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster River Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding district Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding district Bute Inlet to Gower Point Total quantity 82 67 165 68,752 Total value 43,751 1,340 7,054 35,357

Fur Seals Miscellaneous Fishing Districts Caught Marketed and Fish oil Fish meal Fish landed Skins fertilizer

British Columbia-concluded no. no. gal. ton ton Totals for Province-Quantity 4,465 1,465 850,506 4,091 455 Value $ 46,590 52,373 313,085 202,854 20,825 District No. 11- Total quantity - - 8,000 - 205 Total value $ - - 3,200 - . 9,225 District No. 2- Skeena River 422 422 96,587 520 125 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet - - - - - Naas River District ç - - - - - Bella Coola and Himsquit - - - - - Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet - - - - - Queen Charlotte Islands 388 388 - - - Total quantity 810 810 96,587 520 125 Total value 5 10,040 10,040 38,634 33,710 5,800 District No. 3- Cape Scott to Tatchu Point - - 96,587 520 125 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay 1,527 1,527 390,487 1,701 - Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 2,128 2,128 104,336 368 - San Juan Harbour to North side Cowichan Bay - - 43,564 270 - North side Cowichan Bay to Big Qualicum River - - 80,000 450 - Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster River - - - - - Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding district - - - - - Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding district - - - - - Bute Inlet to Gower Point - - 30,945 265 - Total quantity 3,655 3,655 745,919 3,574 125 Total value 5 36,550 42,333 271,251 169,144 5,800

1 Comprises Fraser River and Howe Sound. Ncrrz.-The following quantities were landed by United States vessels and are included with caught and landed and used fresh. District 1: Halibut, 747 cwt. District 2: Halibut, 223,601 cwt.; herring, 2,210 cwt.; salmon, 11,824 cwt.; black cod, 3,310 cwt.; red cod, 24 cvrt. Narn.-The following is in addition to the quantities in the main table:-estimated home consumption of all varieties including salmon, trout, cod, oulachons, bottom fish, shell fish, etc. District 1: By Whites, Indians and Orientals, 26,884 cwt. District 2: By Whites and Indians, 42,600 cwt. District 3: By Indians, 8,835 cwt.

92 FISHERIES STATISTICS II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels

Fishing Districts Sailing and Gasoline

10-20 tons

Prince Edward Island

1 TotaLS for Province.... 9 7,760 2 Kings County—Totals. 5 4,500 3 Queens County—Totals 2 1,600 Prince County- 4 Western portion: Baptist Point to and including Cascumpeque Bay 2 1,660 5 Eastern portion: East of Baptist Point and Cascumpeque Bay 6 Totals for County. 2 1,660 6

Fishing Gear

Gill Nets, Seines, Fishing Districts Trap and Tubs of Travel Hand Lines Smelt Nets, etc.

No. Value No. Value No. Value

Prince Edward Island—concluded " $

1 Totals for Province 7,279 72,379 781 16,600 1,357 2,714

2 Binge County—Tetals 873 9,002 305 5,100 422 844 3 Queens County—Totals 1,462 16,500 300 6,000 600 1,200 Prince County- Western portion: Baptist Point to and including 4 Caseumpeque Bay 1,917 18,112 270 5,400 181 362 Eastern portion: East of Baptist Point and Cas- 5 peque Bay 3,027 30,765 6 100 154 308 6 Totals for County \ 4,944 46,877 276 5,500 335 670

FISHERIES STATISTICS 93 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Boats Carrying Smacks Sail and Row Gazoline Total Men

No. Value No. Value No. No. Value Men

Iii I. S S S no.

469 10,750 1,528 383,700 2,970 8 2,500 16 1 70 1,050 570 142,500 1,100 4 1,200 8 2 175 1,750 277 69,000 554 2 600 4 3

158 2,020 351 88,500 770 2 700 4 4 66 5,930 337 83,700 546 - - 5 224 7,950 691 172,200 1,316 2 700 4 6

Fishing Gear

Small Fish Lobster Traps . Fishing Piers and Wharves Freezers and Ice Houses and Smoke Houses

No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

S S S S

384,719 384,719 29 67,000 6 11,600 428 15,370 1

141,410 141,410 9 63,000 1 10,000 97 2,910 ! 81,195 81,195 20 4,000 1 200 170 5,100 1

96,185 96,185 - - 4 1,600 115 5,750 , 65,929 65,929 - - - 46 1,610 l 162,114 162,114 - - 4 1,600 161 7,360 I

FISHERIES STATISTICS

IL Agencies of Production, 1925—Part. I. In Primary Operations

- Vessels Steam Trawlers Fishing Districts Steam Ton- No. Value Men Ton- nage No. nage Value Men

Nova Scotia $ no. S no. 1 Totals for Province 10 1,435 715,000 205 3 61 11,000 21 Richmond County- Inverness county line to St. Peter's canal, 2 including Ile Madame - - - - - - 3 St. Peter's canal to Cape Breton county line - - - - - - - 4 Totals for County - - - - - - - Cape Breton County- Richmond county line to White Point and head 5 of East Bay - - - _ - - - 6 White Point to Bridgeport - - - _ - - - Bridgeport and head of East Bay to Victoria 7 county line - - - _ - - - - 8 Totals for County - - - _ - - - Victoria County- 9 South of Path End - - - - - - - 10 Path End to Green Cove - - - - - - - - [1 Green Cove to Inverness county line - - - - - - 2 Totals for County - - - - - - Inverness County- North of Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander 3 Mountain - - - - - _ _ _ - Broad Cove, Scotsville and Gillander Moun- 4 tain to Richmond county line 1 130 70,000 21 - - - 5 Totals for County 1 130 70,000 21 - - - umberland County- 6 New Brunswick line to Lewis Head - - - - - - 7 Lewis Head to Colchester county line - - - - - - - 8 Bay of Fundy - - - - - - 9 Totals for County - - - - - - olche'ster County— - . 0 Strait of Northumberland - - - - - - - 1 Hants county line to Salmon River - - - - - - - 2 Salmon River to Cumberland county line - - - - - - 3 Totals for County - - - - - - Pictou Comity- 4 Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour.— - - - 1 31 5,000 5 Pictou Harbour to Antigonish county line, in- 5 eluding Pictou Island - - - - - - 6 Totals for County - - 1 31 5,000 5 7 Antigonish County—Totals - - - - - - -

FISHERIES STATISTICS 95 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels Boats Carrying Smacks Sailing and Gasoline Sail and Row Gasoline meld 40 tons 20-10 10-20 Total Total - and over tons tons Value Men No. Vela /o. Value /go. Value Men

no. no. no. $ no. s $ no. $ no. 94 35 253 1,850,000 2,990 4,333 118,007 5,779 1,371,578 12,738 185 157,885 312 1

1 3 17 23,600 97 257 5,140 152 33,430 363 2 400 3 2 _ _ 1 500 4 464 13,470 127 - 39,100 958 4 1,700 10 3 1 3 18 24,100 101 721 18,610 279 72,530 1,321 6 2,100 13 4

_ _ - - 55 1,260 21 6,300 140 - -- 5 - - 11 10,100 «31 27 2,205 206 41,379 441 3 3,300 6 - 1 15 26,800 55 58 1,640 28 6,160 172 9 5,400 • 9 7 _ 1 26 36,900 106 140 5,105 255 53,839 753 12 8,700 15 8

- 2 950 5 155 5,140 60 10,650 208 8 3,400 9 9 _ 1 8 6,000 40 128 3,000 72 16,000 416 2 500 4 - - 3 1,500 10 130 6,000 78 15,600 432 2 560 4 1 _ 1 13 8,450 55 413 14,440 210 42,250 1,056 12 4,460 17 2

- 1 9 • 8,300 46 - - 179 61,500 464 11 8,000 18 3 - - - - - 102 1,873 175 32,409 367 17 27,300 26 4 _ 1 9 8,300 46 102 1,873 154 93,909 831 28 35,300 44 5

- - - 15 225 75 16,875 75 4 1,200 6 - - - - 40 400 176 35,200 187 2 1,000 17 - - - 4 175 10 1,950 17 - - - 18 • - _ _ _ - 59 800 261 54,025 279 - 6 2,200 7 19

_ _ - _ 5 50 22 3,300 26 - _ - - - - - 20 300 - - 30 - - - 21 - - - - - 1 100 13 2,925 16 - _ 22 - - - - 26 450 35 6,225 72 - - - 23

_ - _ _ _ 35 3,500 160 24,000 190 7 6,000 14 24 - - - - - 24 484 93 23,200 115 1 225 2 25 _ _ _ _ _ 59 3,984 253 47,200 305 8 6,225 16 26 - - - - - 90 1,800 180 27,000 375 15 4,500 15 27

FISHERIES STATISTICS II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear Gill Nets, Seines, Fishing Districts Trap and Smelt Weirs Tubs of Trawl Nets, Etc. No. Value No. Value No. Value

Nova Scotia-con. $ 9 S Totals for Province 52,167 1,105,914 97 27,850 12,668 203,851 Richmond County- Inverness county line to St. Peter's canal, including Ile Madame 2,606 24,162 - - 313 6,294 St. Peter's canal to Cape Breton county line 1,562 40,500 - 39 390 Totals for County 4,163 64,662 - - 352 6,684 Cape Breton County- Richmond county line to White Point and head of East Bay 188 2,810 - - - - White Point to Bridgeport 1,264 25,962 - - 123 1,107 Bridgeport and head of East Bay t,o Victoria county line 218 8,120 - - 88 1,496 Totals for County 1,670 36,892 - - 211 2,603 Victoria County- South of Path End 432 11,295 - - 103 1,200 Path End to Green Cove 590 32,000 - - 117 936 Green Cove to Inverness county line 407 16,000 - - 90 720 Totals for County 1,429 59,295 - - 310 2,856 Inverness County- North of Broad Cove, Scottsville and Gillander Mountain 880 33,875 - - 649 4,420 Broad Cove, Scottsville and Gillander Mountain to Richmond county line 979 17,123 - - 244 3,655 Totals for County 1,859 50,998 - - 893 8,075 Cumberland County- . New Brunswick line to Lewis Head 195 7,655 - - - - Lewis Head to Colchester county line 100 6,000 - - - - Bay of Fundy 22 270 6 1,125 - - Totals for County 317 13,925 6 1,125 - - Colchester County- Strait of Northumberland 16 800 - - - - Hants county line to Salmon River 55 550 - - - - Salmon River to Cumberland county line 28 3,215 5 250 5 75 Totals for County 99 4,565 5 250 5 75 Pictou County- Colchester county line to Pictou Harbour 325 2,700 - - - - Pictou Harbour to Antigonish county line, including \ Pictou Island 291 18,326 - - 21 147 Totals for County 616 21,026 - - 21 147 Antigonish County-Totals 950 25,000 - - 100 1,500

FISHERIES STATISTICS 97 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear Fishing Piers Freezers Small Fish Hand Lines Lobster Traps Scallop Gear and and and Wharves Ice Houses Smoke Houses No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

$ s $ $ $ $ 23,608 28,039 761,450 1,007,132 48 4,360 1,695 715,080 322 134,766 4,370 429,674 1

795 795 18,560 13,920 - - 33 3,680 1 350 66 8,360 2 098 998 9,285 18,570 - - 18 2,310 - - 140 6,629 3 1,793 1,793 27,845 32,490 - - 51 5,990 1 350 206 14,989 4

113 113 2,795 5,590 - - 8 800 - - 18 360 5 599 599 22,100 27,625 - - 28 3,475 8 2,600 158 8,405 6 394 591 8,000 12,000 - - 16 27,100 - - 36 1,060 7 1,106 1,303 32,895 45,215 - - 52 31,375 8 2,600 212 9,825 8

426 426 10,180 10,180 - - - - - - 38 2,220 9 694 694 2,000 3,000 - - 18 35,000 5 4,200 98 4,250 0 900 900 6,150 9,225 - - 16 7,000 5 1,750 46 7,500 1 2,020 2,020 18,330 22,405 - - 34 42,000 10 5,950 182 13,970 2

140 615 32,000 32,000 - - 21 30,500 11 22,000 29 27,300 3 364 663 37,735 56,873 - - 6 4,300 - - 29 8,375 4 1,104 1,178 69,735 88,873 - - 27 34,800 11 22,000 58 35,675 5

- - 12,000 12,000 - - 2 200 - 4 400 16 - - 35,200 35,200 - - - - - - - 17 20 20 510 510 - - - - - - - - 18 20 20 47,710 47,710 - - 2 200 - 4 400 19

- - 6,000 6,000 - - 2 200 - - - - 20 21 _ - - - - - - - - 1 10 22 - - 6,000 6,000 -. - 2 200 - 1 10 23

15 15 50,000 50,000 - - 8 800 - - - - 24 48 48 22,729 22,729 - - - - 16 1,056 23 825 25 63 63 72,729 72,729 - - 8 800 16 1,056 23 825 26 300 150 65,000 65,000 - - 3 1,000 30 6,000 100 2,000 27

26979-7 98 FISHERIES STATISTICS IL Agencies of Production, 1925—Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels Steam Trawlers Fishing Districts Steam

Ton- Ton- No. nage Value Men No. nage Value Men

Nova Scotia—con. no. no. Guysborough County- 1 Antigonish county line to Cape Canso 5 737 355,000 100 2 Cape Canso to New Barbota. 3 New Harbour to Halifax county line 4 Totals for County 5 737 3.55,000 100 Halifax County- Guysborough county line to East Ship Harbour West Ship Harbour to (but not including) Cole 6 Harbour 7 Cole Harbour to Lunenburg county line 4 568 290,000 84 8 Totals for County 4 568 290,000 84 9 Hants county—Totals Lunenburg County- 10 Halifax county line to Mahone Bay 11 Mahone Bay to Queens county line 12 Totals for County Queens County- Lunenburg county line to Port Medway Har- 13 bour Port Medway Harbour to Shelburne county 14 lino 15 Totals for County Shelburne County- 16 Queens county line to Negro Harbour Negro Harbour (inclusive) to Yarmouth county 17 line 18 Totals for County 19 Yarmouth CountyTotals 2 30 6,000 16 Digby County- 20 Yarmouth county line to Weymouth Weymouth to Annapolis county line, including 21 Digby Neck 22 Totals for County 23 Annapolis County—Totals 24 Kings County—Totals

FISHERIES STATISTICS 99

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

_ Vessels ' 13onts Carrying Smacks Sailing and Gasoline SailandRow Gasoline ' Total 2 Men 042d(= Z;(1ell! Tel No. Value No. Value . _No. _ Value Men

no. no. no. $ no. S $ no. $ no.

6 14,000 61 430 10,000 256 60,000 503 9 5,000 18 1 - 19 30,000 130 300 6,000 240 60,000 420 5 3,000 10 2 - - 3 2,400 9 - - 200 45,000 300 5 3,500 10 3 1 7 28 , 46,400 200 730 16,000 696 165,000 1,223 19 11,500 38 4

- 1 6 10,000 34 20 1,000 98 17,00 240 6 1,000 11 5 - 2 4 12,000 28 190 1,000 150 22,500 270 5 500 10 6 . 2 2 50 64,000 299 426 21,300 288 72,000 798 6 43,700 14 7 2 5 60 86,000 291 636 23,300 536 111,500 1,308 17 45,200 35 8 - - - - - - 25 400 9 1,800 43 - -- -9

2 1 25 36,800 119 300 8,120 206 54,000 491 - - - 10 72 1 22 1,366,000 1,515 - - 210 63,000 300 2 000 211 74 2 47 1,402,800 1,634 300 8,120 416 117,000 791 2 600 212

- 2 1,200 8 40 800 31 6,100 75 - - - 13 - 4 9 35,000 80 25 800 390 58,400 480 - - 14 - 4 11 36,200 88 65 1,600 421 64,500 555 - - - 15

5 4 71,000 154 162 1,620 201 55,000 400 3 4,000 12 16 - - 16 10,050 47 122 4,275 415 119,000 772 13 6,300 17 17 6 5 20 81,050 201 284 5,895 736 174,000 1,172 16 10,300 29 18 7 1 1 52,400 153 134 2,570 420 126,000 884 21 7,950 3518

- - 3 1,400 12 56 1,120 171 51,100 454 3 1,150 620 2 5 12 54,000 82 235 5,700 387 121,450 894 20 17,700 4021 2 5 15 55,400 94 291 6,820 558 172,550 .1,348 23 18,850 4622 1 _ 5 12,000 21 228 5,790 122 30,850 305 - - - 21

- - - - - 30 450 38 11,400 117 - - - 21

26979--71

FISHERIES STATISTICS

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear • Gill Nets, Seines, Fishing Districts Trap and Smelt Weirs Tubs of Trawl Nets, etc. No. Value No. Value No. Value

Nova Scotla-concluded $ $ 5 Guysborough County- Antigonish county line to Cape Canso 4,400 88,000 - - 950 14,500 Cape Canso to New Harbour 4,000 56,000 - - 1,100 16,500 New Harbour to Halifax county line 2,400 24,000 - 200 3,000 Totals for County 10, 800 168,000 - 2,250 34,000 Halifax County- Guysborougie county line to East Ship Harbour 2,000 10,090 - - 25 475 West Ship Harbour to (but not including) Cole Har- bour 2,200 19,800 - 27 480 Cole Harbour to Lunenburg county line 9,290 271,370 - - 662 13,240 Totals for County 12,490 301,170 - - 714 14,195 Hauts County-Totals 50 1,600 3 225 - Lunenburg CountY- Halifax county line to Mahone Bay 2,680 71,000 - - 168 3,360 Mahone Bay to Queens county line 3,500 63,000 - - 1,800 32,400 . Totals for County 6,180 134,000 - - 1,968 35,760 Queens County- Lunenburg county line to Port Medway Harbour 420 4,250 - - 30 300 Port Medway Harbour to Shelburne county line 2,000 44,500 - - 450 9,000 Totals for County 2,420 48,750 - - 480 9,300 Shelburne County- Queens county line to Negro Harbour 3,300 40,000 3 300 1,200 18,000 Negro Harbour (inclusive) to Yarmouth county line. 3,000 25,000 - - 860 17,200 Totals for County 6,300 65,000 3 300 2,060 35,200 Yarmouth County-TotaLs 1,732 89,790 3 1,200 430 7,740 Digby County- 20 Yarmouth county line to Weymouth 156 3,220 5 750 187 2,236 Weymouth to Annapolis county line including Digby 21 Neck 629 13,801 12 9,000 2,300 34,500 22 Totals for County 785 17,021 17 9,750 2,487 36,736 23 Annapolis County-Totals 207 3,095 23 5,900 362 8,680 24 Kings County-Totals 75 1,125 37 9,100 25 300

FISHERIES STATISTICS 101 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear Fishing Piers Freezers Small Fish ItandIdnes Iebsterliaps Scallop Gear and and and Wharves Ice Houses Smoke Houses No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

$ s $ s $ s r. I 1,200 2,400 18,500 27,750 - - 42 8,100 5 6,500 200 18,000 1 900 1,800 16,000 24,000 - - 83 18,000 3 3,000 150 15,000 2 400 400 15,500 15,500 - - 36 1,700 20 1,700 200 5,000 3 ft 2,500 4,600 50,000 07,250 - - 161 27,800 28 11,200 550 38,000 4

1,550 1,650 28,000 42,000 - - 95 4,275 4 300 150 6,500 5 1,300 1,100 27,000 40,500 - - 88 4,000 2 330 250 10,500 6 1,160 580 32,000 32,000 - - 505 101,000 41 32,800 558 139,500 7 4,010 3,230 87,000 .114,500 - - 688 109,275 47 33,430 958 156,500 8 - - -9

1,340 675 12,000 12,000 - - 130 10,000 8 1,000 240 16,300 10 2,416 3,624 14,850 14,850 - - 15 120,000 2 3,200 400 48,00011 3,756 4,299 26,850 26,850 - - 145 130,000 10 4,200 640 64,300 12

240 240 1,980 2,270 - - 22 1,040 8 400 75 3,15013 1,000 1,000 20,000 20,000 - - 108 6,000 5 10,000 260 13,000 14 eg 1,240 1,240 21,980 22,270 - - 130 7,040 13 10,400 335 16,15015

800 1,200 30,000 45,000 - - 160 30,000 8 3,500 205 5,000 11 550 825 73,200 109,800 - - 70 21,500 20 2,000 125 6,000 17 1,350 2,025 103,200 154,800 - - 230 51,500 28 5,500 330 11,000 lE 1,700 2,975 75,411 139.510 - - 30 176,400 14 8,200 145 15,800 11

696 696 14,815 29,630 - - '2 300 10 290 179 10,78021 1,360 1,360 25,000 50,000 48 4,360 118 87,700 54 20,665 227 23,30021 2,056 2,056 39,815 79,630 48 4,360 120 88,000 64 20,955 406 34,08021 340 837 16,000 20,000 - - 12 8,700 5 750 167 14,10021 . 250 250 950 1,900 - - - - 37 2,175 53 2,050 2

FISHERIES STÀTISTIÇS

II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels Steam Sailing and Gasoline Fishing Districts No. Ton-. 40 tonst 20-40 10-20 Total Total V alue /tlen and tons Value Men nage ov er tons

New Brunswick—Sea Fisheries S no. DO. no. DO. $ no. Total Sea Fisheries for Province 1 16 4,000 3 3 35 275 214,325 1,193 Charlotte County- International boundary line to Back Bay - - - - - 31,300 7 Back Bay to St. John county line - - - - - 4 14,500 8 Campobello and Deer Islands - - - - - 1 2 5,200 17 Grand /Japan - - - - - 2 23 52,000 54 Totals for County - - - - - 3 32 73,000 86 St. John County—Totals - - - - - - 2 1,800 4 Albert County—Totals - - - - - - - Westmorland County- Nova Scotia line to Cape Bruin ' - - - - - - 2 2,500 4 Cape Bruin to Kent county line - - - - - 1 1 3,800 9 Bay of Fundy - - - - - - - . - Totals for Couniy - - - - - 1 3 6,300 13 Kent County- Westmorland county line to (but not including) Chock:fish River - - - - - - - - Chockfish River to Point Sapin... — - - - - - 4 1,800 10 Point Sapin to Northumberland county line - - - - - - - - Totals for County - - - - 4 1,800 10 Northumberland County- Kent county line to Point au Car - - - - - 50 30,000 150 Northwest and Southwest Miramicbi River - - - - - - - - Point au Car to Gloucester county line (including Miramichi Bay) 1 16 4,000 3 1 - - 2,000 5 Totals for éounty 1 16 4,000 3 1 50 32,000 155 Gloucester County- Northumberland county line to hiker- man - - - - - 55,000 17 Islands of Shippegan and ltliscou - - - - 6 54 48,000 278 Inkerman to Glen Anglin - - - - 2 25 120 73,000 616 Glen Anglin to Restigouche county line - - - - - 22,425 6 N. - Totals for County - - - 2 31 181 128,425 916 Restigouche County—Totals - - - - - - 3 1,000 0

FISHERIES STATISTICS 103 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Boats Carrying Smacks

Sail and Row Value Gasoae Value Total Men No. Value Men

no. $ DO. $ 110. S no. 4,525 89,549 2,326 686,840 7,183 43 75,633 Ill

175 3,500 50 15,000 395 8 4,800 16 200 4,000 150 30,000 525 - - 285 8,500 291 114,630 482 1 5,000 4 492 14,760 360 144,000 650 2 9,000 4 1,162 30,760 851 303,630 2,052 11 18,800 24 235 9,500 210 78,000 370 7 35,000 14 2 90 - - 4 - - -

- 75 22,500 111 - - - 300 3,000 175 35,000 500 6 13,500 19 9 505 - - 21 - - - 309 3,505 230 57,500 632 6 13,500 19

380 3,800 168 48,860 . 716 13 6,533 40 30 9,500 165 33,000 365 - - - 12 600 95 18,000 214 2 1,200 4 422 5,900 428 99,860 1,295 15 7,733 44

20 1,000 66 12,00e 172 2 200 4 - - 6 1,800 12 - - - 408 2,450 40 12,000 570 - - - 428 3,450 112 25,800 754 2 200 4

150 5,000 40 11,000 395 - - - 100 10,000 175 43,750 575 - - 1,500 15.000 205 51,000 600 - - 152 3,344 45 13,500 354 - - - 1,002 33,344 465 119,250 1,924 - - - 75 3,000 10 2,800 152 2 400 6

104 FISHERIES STATISTICS

H. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear Gill Nets, Seines, Fishing Districts Trap and Smelt Weirs Tubs of Trawl Nets, etc. No. Value No. Value No. Value

New Brunswick-Sea Fisheries-concluded $ S $ 1 Total Sea Fisheries for Province 25,664 773,-681 357 517,875 2,322 31,990 Charlotte County- 2 International boundary line to Back Bay 94 9, 000 90 90,000 60 1,500 3 Back Bay to St. John comity line 100 2,500 55 55,000 270 2,970 4 Campobello and Deer Islands 550 19,000 116 58,000 950 12,000 5 Grand Nanan 390 45,000 90 270,000 230 4,600 6 Totals for County 1,134 75,500 351 473,000 1,510 21,070 7 St. John County-Totals 1,250 32,600 33 44,500 130 1,800 8 Albert County-Totals - - 1 125 - - Westmorland County- 9 Nova Scotia line to Cape Bruin 700 9,000 - - - - 10 Cape Bruin to Kent county line 1,230 13,500 - - - - 11 Bay of Fundy 9 540 2 250 - - 12 Totals for County ... 1,939 23,040 2 250 - - Kent County- Westmorland county line to (but not including) 13 Chockfish River . 5,426 84,444 - - - - 14 Chockfish River to Point Sapin 1,435 53,850 - - 12 120 15 Point Sapin to Northumberland county line 250 13,000 - - - - 16 Totals for County 7,111 151,294 - - 12 120 Northumberland County- 17 Kent county line to Point au Car 2,550 95,000 - - - - 18 Northwest and Southwest Miramichi River 150 30,000 - - - - Point au Car to Gloucester county line (including 19 Miramichi Bay) 4,350 201,950 - - - - 20 TotaLs for County 7,050 326,950 - - - - Gloucester County- 21 Northumberland county line to Inkerman 1,000 20,000 - - - - 22 Islands of Shippegan and Mum,. 1,930 21,100 - - 800 4,500 23 Inkerman to Glen Anglin 3,500 54,000 - - 350 4,200 24 Glen Anglin to Restigouche county line 360 10,800 - - 20 300 25 Totals for County 6,790 105,900 - - 670 9,000 County-Totals 390 59,000 - - - - 26 Restigouche ,

Boats

Fishery Districts Sail and Row

No. Value

New Brunswick-Inland Fisheries 1 Total Inland Fisheries for Province 388 4,846 2 Victoria County 10 100 3 Carleton County 46 460 4 York County 142 1,236 5 Sunbury County 40 800 6 Queens County 78 1,170 7 Kings County 72 1,080

FISHERIES STATISTICS 105 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear FishingPiers Freezers Small Fish Hand IA 'nes IebsterTraps and and and Wharves IceHouses Smoke Houses

No. Value No. Value No. Value NO. Value No. Value

$ S S S 5 10,629 9,761 351,087 412,029 410 132,900 103 218,800 1,228 449,000 1

60 60 375 469 6 600 3 1,200 6 600 2 100 100 3,800 3,800 4 4,000 1 3,000 4 1,000 3 2,500 2,500 3,000 5,000 138 8,700 - - 149 19,500 4 1,200 1,800 30,000 60,000 180 53,900 1 300 457 365,200 5 3,860 4,460 37,175 69,269 328 67,200 5 4,500 616 386,300 f - - 4,600 6,900 65 30,000 4 90,000 84 25,000 é - - 27 40 _ - - - - - i

300 180 14,000 21,000 7 1,400 2 4,000 20 10 ! 400 200 24,325 18,243 2 15,000 - - b - - - _ - _ - _ - 1. 700 380 38,325 39,213 7 1,400 4 19,000 20 100 1

30 24 74,000 49,995 - _ 6 17,000 - - 1 200 200 37,500 75, 000 3 27,800 5 4,000 - - 1, 75 375 19,300 28,950 - - 2 3,000 - - 1, 305 599 130,800 153,945 3 27,800 13 24,000_ - 116

50 250 21,725 31,725 - - 3 3,500 - 1 - - - - _ - 6 2,40 - -1 90 90 18,300 27,450 - - 37 22,000 86 15,0501 9 140 340 40,025 59,175 - - 46 27,900 86 15,0502 0

18,000 4 200 5 10,000 5 1,3005 1 400 400 12,000 2 1,904 1,025 14,235 22,117 1 2,000 1 4,000 147 7,8502 22,500 1 4,000 5 40,000 200 10,0002 3 2,800 2,100 30,000 - 2 400 400 10,000 15,000 - - 14 8,400 - 5,504 3,925 96,235 77,617 6 6,200 25 62,400 352 19,0502 120 60 3,900 5,850 1 300 6 21,000 70 3,0001

Boats FisiMag Gear Total Men Gasoline G'11 Nets Eel Traps

No. Value No. Value No. No. Value

S S S 200 1 6 1,500 449 727 7,879 100 - 2 - - 10 10 10 - _ - 56 56 56 - - â 1,52 « - - 4 - - 153 168 - 5 4 900 54 175 1,75 - - - ( 2 600 96 175 2,22 20 1 - - 80 143 1,716 100

Brunswicà 205 boats and canoes, value Norn.-In addition to the above, there were used by anglers in inland New at $5,375, and 2,345 rods and lines, valued at 810,185. 106 FISHERIES STATISTICS

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels Sailing and Gasoline • Fishing Districts 40 tons 20 to 10 to Total Total and over 40 tons 20 tons Value Men

no. /10. no. 8 no. Quebec-Sea Fisheries 1 Total Sea Fisheries for Province 2 1 99 46,500 259 Bonaventure County- Head of tide to Migue.cha - - - - - Miguacha to New Richmond - - 1 1,000 3 New Richmond to Paspebiac - - 1 1,000 3 Paspebiac to Point Maquereau - - 92 37,200 220 6 Totals for County - - 94 39,200 226 Gaspe County- Point Maquereau to Grand River - - 3 1,500 9 8 Grand River to Point St. Peter - - - - - 9 Point St. Peter to Cape Gaspe - - - - - 10 Cape Gaspe to Fame Point - - - - 11 Fame Point to Duchesnay Township - - - - 12 Duchesnay Township to Cape Chat - - - - 13 Totals for County - - 3 1,500 9 Magdalen Islands- 14 Southern subdistrict 2 1 2 5,800 24 15 Northern subdistrict - - - - - 16 Totals for County 2 1 2 5,800 21 Saguenay County- 17 Godbout to Jambons - - - - - 18 Jambons to Pigons River. _ _ _ - _ 19 Pigons River to Havre St. Pierre - - - - - 20 Havre St. Pierre to Kegashka River - - - - 21 Kegashka River to Mouton Bay - - - - - 22 Mouton Bay to Blanc Sablon - - - - - 23 Blanc Sablon to Bonne Esperance - - - - 24 Totals for County - - - - 25 /skeane County-Totals - . - - - 26 Rimouski Countv-Totals - - - - Fishing Gear

Gill Nets, Seines, Trap Tubs of Trawl • Fishing Districts and Smelt Nets, etc. No. Value No. Value

Quebec Sea Fisheries-concluded • 1 Total Sea Fisheries for Province 31,011 491,122 1,214 28,470 Bonaventure County- 2 Head of tide to Miguacha 75 16,500 a Miguacha to New Richmond 165 35,000 .4 New Richmond to Paspebiac 2,000 40,000 5 Paspebiac to Point Maquereau 20,030 33,000 48 1,400 6 • Totals for County 22,270 124,500 48 1,400 Gaspe County- 7 Point Maquereau to Grand River. 1,100 27,500 300 7,100 8 Grand River to Point St. Peter 600 18,000 45 1,350 9 Point St. Peter to Cape GasPe 378 15,120 10 Cape Gaspe to Fame Point 905 22,625 11 Fame Point to Duchesnay Township 714 20,500 12 Duchesnay Township to Cape Chat 80 1,200 13 Totals for County 3,777 104,945 345 8,450 Magdalen Islands- 14 Soathern subdistrict 3,233 98. 700 620 14,260 15 Northern subdistrict ... 790 36,900 150 3,450 16 Totals for CountY 4,023 135,600 770 17,710 Saguenay CountY- 17 Godbout to Jambons 128 25,950 18 Jambons to Pigons River 100 23,000 19 Pigeas River to Havre St. Pierre 71 12,000 20 Havre St. Pierre to Kegashka River 44 8,082 21 Kegashka River to Mouton Bay 154 24,500 22 Mouton Bay to Blanc Sablon 139 20,405 Il 110 23 Blanc Sablon to Bonne Esperance 15 150 40 800 24 1 otals for County 651 111,177 51 910 25 Matane County-Totals... 270 11 ,100 26 Rimouski County-Totals 20 800

1 FISHERIES STATISTICS 107 II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Boats Carrying Smocks • Sail and Row Gasoline ' Total Men No. Value No. Value No. Value Men

s s no. s no. 1,271 82,510 2,620 731,331 7,873 449 11,300 453 1

31 - - - 2 15 450 8 1,600 _ 50 1,700 14 3,150 103 - 3 50 6,250 30 9,000 220 445 8,900 445 4 170 6,700 15 1,800 320 - - 5 285 15,100 67 15,550 674 445 8,900 445 6 20 2,000 80 20,000 180 - - - 7 5 750 277 69,250 574 - - - 8 141 28,200 115 34,500 512 - - - g 40 1,600 435 119,625 890 - - - 10 60 1,200 303 60,000 593 - _ - 11 94 2,910 7 2,100 108 _ - - t 12 360 36,660 1,217 305,475 2,857 - - - 13 175 7,000 430 129,000 1,815 4 2,400 814 3 150 250 75,000 759 _ _ - 15 178 7,150 680 204,000 2,574 4 2,400 81E

88 5,380 79 26,800 164 - - - 11 15 375 40 6,000 105 - - - 11 43 5,375 181 72,400 428 - - - 11 14 2,100 85 29,75 217 - - - 21 13 650 96 28,800 184 - - 21 • 19 570 111 27,750 258 - - 21 86 2,600 40 10,000 137 - - 21 278 17,050 632 201,506 1,493 - - - 160 4,800 24 4,800 250 - - 21 10 1.750 - _ 25 - - - 21 Fishing Gear Fishing Piers and Freezers and Small Fish and Hand Lines Lobster Traps Wharves Ice Houses Smoke Houses

No. Value No. Value No. Valuè No. Value No. Value s s s $ $ 24,580 24,268 123,702 124,561 324 33,750 204 47,400 1,217 73,070 1

- - - - _ - - - 40 1,400 2 50 70 600 700 - - 1 600 15 300 3 - - 475 637 - - - - - - 4 10,000 9,000 9,000 9,600 1 1,000 35 3,500 250 16,800 5 10,050 9,070 10,075 10,937 1 1,000 36 4,100 305 18,500 6 4,000 4,000 2 1,000 20 6,000 - - 7 1:300 450 - 1,128 338 10,000 10,000 - - - - 8 1,024 512 1,700 1,700 - - - - - 9 3,200 2,400 - - - - - - - O 1,128 1,128 - - 6 5,000 16 5,000 350 15,000 175 262 - - - - - - - 2 15,000 7,955 5,090 15,700 15,700 8 6,000 36 11,000 350 3 2,375 4,750 42,600 42,600 11 5,500 12 3,500 290 14,600 4 350 175 52,123 52,125 11 5,000 6 3,000 32 6,000 5 2,725 4,925 94,725 94,725 22 10,500 18 6,500 322 20,600 6 103 - - - 105 13,600 - - 7 103 7,500 500 500 - - 2 800 6 11,000 75 8 912 1,824 - - 95 4,750 3 1,200 - - 9 - 12 1,500 - - 40 2,400 20 600 eoo - 21 779 550 1,770 1,770 70 3,500 - - - - 516 1,432 1,432 64 3,200 - - 148 8,880 22 516 - - - 23 90 90 50 2,500 - 263 18,780 24 3,500 4,483 3,202 3,202 293 16,250 114 25,800 - - - - - - 15 150 25 350 700 2 40 26 - - - - - -

108 FISHERIES STATISTICS

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Boats Total Gill Nets, Fishbg Districts Sail and Row Gasoline Men Seines, etc.

No. Value No. Value No. No. Value

Quebec-Inland Fisheries 1 Total Inland Fisheries for Province 1,371 39,973 251 85,090 2,126 1,063 97,587 Below Quebec- 2 Bellechasse County 67 1,200 3 1,000 65 74 35,350 3 Charlevoix-Saguenay County 79 4,900 33 13,000 350 50 18,580 4 Kamouraska County 5 60 57 8,265 50 10 100 5 Montmorency County 2 130 2 500 124 4 275 6 Temiscouata County 160 7,200 2 700 400 8 700 7 Totale .. 3131 13,490 97 23,4651 989 146 55,005 Above Quebec- Argenteuil County 15 225 2 450 15 22 115 9 Beauharnois County 40 1,200 15 4,500 30 21 259 10 Berthier County 26 520 - - 32 54 420 11 Chambly County 50 792 1 150 46 6 143 12 Champlain County 18 1,500 22 31,500 35 58 18,700 13 Chateauguay County 30 680 7 2,000 51 25 550 14 Hull County 42 630 - - 42 26 143 15 Huntingdon County 44 1,100 10 1,750 41 4 46 16 Labelle County 34 477 1 80 27 41 139 17 Lac St. Jean County 6 375 5 1,160 6 - - 18 Laprairie County 29 580 - - 74 18 720 19 L'Assomption County 35 1,255 2 315 45 49 1,266 20 Levis County 30 4,501 2 500 32 - - 21 Maskinongé CountY 38 570 11 1,500 38 - - 22 'lissisquoi County 8 480 - - 27 8 1,250 23 Montreal County 232 4,640 - - 232 86 2,580 24 Ninolet County 106 1,150 11 1,950 48 4 120 25 Pontiac County - - 19 1,100 17 - - 26 Richelieu County 47 815 7 2,450 12 10 ' 50 27 St. Hyacinthe County - - - - 5 - - 28 St. Jean County 21 435 - - 24 - - 29 Soulanes County 55 1,100 1 150 50 13 325 30 Tenoiscarningue County 7 575 8 4,600 72 141 8,950 31 Trois-Rivieres County 13 335 1 150 18 5 200 32 Vaudreuil County 12 240 6 800 28 5 450 33 Verchères County 14 188 2 220 . 22 30 360 34 Yarnaska County 106 2,120 21 6,300 68 290 5,805 35 Totals 1,0581 26,4831 - 1541 61,6251 1,1371 9171 42,582

Boats Fishing Gear

Steam Tugs Total Sail and Row- Gasoline Gill Nets Fishing Districts Men

No. Ton- Value Men No. Value No. No. Yards nage Value Value

Ontario no. 8 1 Totals for Province. 112 2,838 767,315 610 1,086 62,721 1,018 573,017 3,653 6,877,398 742,203 Kenora and Rainy River Dis- tricts, including Lake of the 2 Woods 4 45 12,200 11 77 2,960 122 55,755 307 312,874 46,472 3 Lake Superior 12 297 48,500 73 73 5,015 48 23,210 199 779,490 70,650 4 North Channel (Lake Huron) 10 237 44,500 42 55 3,915 49 28,645 124 220,393 23,760 5 Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) 24 615 193,500 103 91 6,438 123 83,965 398 1,350,880 136,938 6 Lake Huron (proper) 17 409 97,615 88 36 2,325 76 38,775 253 840,521 94,411 Lake St. Clair, River St. Clair, 7 and Detroit River 94 5,685 51 19,285 146 Lake Erie, including Upper Nia- 8 gara River 37 1,060 336,500 241 172 13,790 156 155,690 612 1,532,895 194,128 Lake Ontario, including Lower 9 Niagara River 295 15,489 335 138,452 1,018 1,677,035 152,712 Inland waters-Lake Nipigon, Lake Nipissing, Lake Simcoe, 10 etc., including Ottawa River 8 175 34,500 52 193 7,104 .58 29,240 596 163,310 23,132

FISHERIES STATISTICS 109

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Fishing Gear Freezers Small Fish Hoop Nets Lines and and Ice Houses Smoke Houses No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

$ $ $ $ I 641 14,570 2,133 43,498 170 42,187 167 9,241 1 • - - _ - 42 1,850 - -2 43 5,075 30 200 77 11,500 - - 3 Let - - - - - - 6 450 4 - - 618 35,400 6 600 - - 5 200 300 340 340 - - 49 4,900 6 243 5,375 988 35,940 125 13,950 55 5,350 7

- - 7 14 3 475 - - 8 - - 40 160 2 100 25 125 9 - - 500 5,000 - - - 10 - - 24 48 - - -11 17 4,020 30 450 5 13,850 2 25012 - 21 175 - - 1 25 13 9 27 12 25 - - - - 14 _ 139 278 _ - _ - 15 - 17 50 • 5 410 - - 16 - - - 6 1,175 - - 17 10 20 4 16 - - _ - 18 9 135 5 • 25 1 30 - - 19 32 326 - - 3 1,672 - - 20 - - 17 40 - - - - 21 - - - - _ - 8 95022 4 12 95 285 - - - -23 103 1,470 125 305 - - 50 32724 51 750 20 ZOO 1 500 _ - 25 1,635 60 6 6,800 - - 26 109 6 _ - - 5 10 _ - -27 35 515 9 54 - - 4 34628 - - 12 72 - - 6 20029 _ _ - _ 5 2,550 1 1,50030 19 285 5 40 2 75 14 42 31 - _ 6 60 _ - - 32 - - 2 3 - - 1 12633 - - 44 88 6 WO -34 398 9,195 1,145 7,558 45 28,237 112 3,891 35

Fishing Gear

Piers and Freezers and Pound Hoop Dip or Lines Spe ars Seines Nets Nets Roll Nets Wharves Ice Houses

Yards Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

,6 $ $ $ $ 3 5 $ 28,76825,508 1,331 671,905 1,19511,674 43 842 986 11,222 144 1,026 309 76,817 504 261,260 1

- - 60 14,330 56 2,218 - - - - -. - 73 10,005 107 36,975 2 - - 5125,000 - - - - 30 95 - - 20 6,615 14 9,100 3 - - 12759,750 17 2,200 - - 70 1,200 - - 35 15,375 35 12,430 4 640 - - 405 5,566 17 66 46 9,400 42 22,025 5 800 1,043 8470,76Q 27 42 - - 9756,050 2 70 - - 136 2,339 - - 18 6,100 12,620 0 7,658 5,805 22927,225 1 15 - - 38 207 - - 16 4,600 36 11,150 7 12,590 9,700 040398,850 65 1,371 2 7 49 230 - - 53 16,250 109 131,500 8 1,110 890 - - 69423,814 2 40 204 1,430 - - 35 5,280 60 13,150 S

3,192 59 12,310 If 6,810 8,070 4013,400 33311,346 39 795 54 155 127 960 13 110 FISHERIES STATISTICS II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels BOats Barges Fishing Districts Sail and Total Steam Tugs Row Gasoline Men

No. Tonnage Value Men No. Value No. Value No. No. Value Men

Manitoba no. no. 1 Totals for Province .. 20 1,617 227,074 162 852 58,800 65 37,600 1,307 2 2,000 4

2 Lake Winnipeg 14 1,408 192,074 133 753 47,775 21 15,100 1,067 ••■■ 3 Lake Winnipegosis 4 137 23,000 21 46 8,150 27 12,000 122 2 2,000 4 The Pas 2 72 12,000 8 41 2,275 6 6,000 94 5 Buffalo Bay 12 600 11 4,500 24 6 Lake Manitoba 7 Lake St. Martin 8 Lake Waterhen ■•■ 9 Lake Dauphin.

Saskatchewan

10 Totals for Province •■• •■• 110 3,470 31 13,400 174

11 Des Isles Lake District .•■■ - .■■ .•■ - 12 Onion Lake District - 280 250 14 - 13 Jackfish Lake District - 245 2 400 11 -- 14 Turtle Lake District - 32 1,120 10 5,800 47 - 15 Waterhen Lake District - - 16 Isle a la Crosse Lake District • ■•■ - - 17 Dore Lake District - -4 200 4 850 8 - 18 Okemasis Lake District ■•■ 3 120 5 2,500 8 - 19 Montreal Lake District - - - 20 Candle Lake District - - •■• -- .1■1. 21 Wakaw Lake District - - ••■• - .•■• 22 Lac la Ronge District ... - - - 23 Green Lake District -- 6 ISO 6 - 24 Saskatchewan River District - 17 170 17 - 25 Lowes Lake District - 33 1,155 9 3,600 63 - 26 Qu'Appelle Lake District - - 27 Devil's Lake District - •■• 28 Katepwe Lake District 29 Peter Pond Lake District •■. -

Alberta

30 Totals for Province ..... 90 4,195 109 42,600 275 -

31 Cold Lake District - 19 565 16 6,950 - 32 Lac la Biche District •■• •■■• - 26 2,100 20 5,600 92 - 33 Athabasca Lake District - 3 150 1 300 12 34 Wabamum Lake District - 14 380 16 2,200 41 - 35 Lesser Slave Lake District .•■ - 20 875 50 26,300 79 - .1■• 36 Lac Ste. Anne District - 8 125 6 1,250 13 -- •■■• 37 Edson District - 38 Moose Lake District - - ■ 39 Pigeon Lake District - - • • 40 Buffalo Lake District - 41 Sturgeon Lake District 42 Trout Lake District ......

Yukon Territory

43 Totals for Territory • ■• 15 302 2,255 35

Novs.-In addition to the above, equipment was used, valued as follows:- Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta 6 Under Domestic License 18,900 19,492 95,398 By Anglers 5,550 84,337 172,000

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

nshingGear ?Men fishing without Freezers Snudl boats Gill Pound ITo09 IMp U nes nsh nersand and Fish and Nets Nets Nets Nets Wheels Wharves Ice Srnoke Houses Houses No. No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value

$ S S S $ $ S $ S 1,917 39,864 361,898 39,864 22 361,898 5,700 22 5,700 13 13 200 14 51 260 9251925 - 1 - 1 3124,250 87 87 106.2301 106,230 58122.9501 5822,950 1 591 14,70014,700 172,142172,142 - - 13 200 - - 250 875 .--- - 2519,800 66 83,63083,630 1717 5,8005,800 2 296 6,722 56,252 - - - - - - - - - 6 4,300 8 14,200 10 6,000 3 49 892 9,844 - - - - - - 10 50 - - - - 7 7,500 2 3,000 4 - 110 1,200 22 5,700 - - - - - - - 3 150 6 900 5 350 5 90516,272 113,904 - - - - 14 54 - - - - - - - - 18 6,300 6 32 480 3,360 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 800 7 20 380 3,040 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 24 308 2,156 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 700 9

620 2,8502,850 55,862 - - 1313 260260 -- - 7676 3853851 - 1 - 33 4,0251 4.025 1 40 4,325 10 11,000 1.00010 14 42 840 - - - 11 35 147 2,940 ------4 400 4 400 2 200 12 57 204 4,080 ------5 500 8 800 1 100 13 41 264 5,280 ------9 900 9 900 2 400 14- 49 147 2,940 ------- - 15 85 303 8,484 ------2 200 - - - - 16 86 522 7,830 - , - - -----2 75 3 250 4 250 17 17 110 1,623 ------2 150 4 1,000 1 50 18 44 176 2,640 - - - 19 7 21 464 - - - 20 2 6 120 - - - 21 46 213 3,834 - - - 22 20 78 1,242 ------1 200 - - 23 3 18 360- -13200- - 1 10 ------- - 24 40 220 5,500 ------9 1,800 11 775 - - 25 10 15 300 ------15 75 ------- - 26 7 21 - - - 27 4 3 - - - 28 53 - - - 29

639 4,227 81,677 ------5 17,430 66 4,135 30 SO 448 17,145 - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 2,000 7 1,12031 53 504 13,355 - - - - - - - - - - 6 2,215 9 6,975 2 20032 64 498 4,030 - - - - - - - - - - 2 80 1 100 3 22533 57 341 4,834 - - - - - - - - - - 12 400 22 1,050 16 49034 103 1,206 19,847 - - - - - - - - - - 24 5,735 17 5,340 6 53035 - 61 718 - - - - - - - - - - 6 90 5 165 6 12036 4 37 38 114 3,280 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5038 129 700 7,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 600 21 80039 - - - 40 6 30 510 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 97 . 20fl 10.0q0 - - _ - - - - - - - - - 6 1,2001.200 4 60060042 ki

51 1,815 ------3 450 - - 2 200 1 100 43

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part I. In Primary Operations

Vessels St,eam Trawlers Fishing Districts Steam Ton- Ton- No. Value Men No. Value Men nage nage

British Columbia 110. /10. 1 Totals for Province 3 288 180,000 17 7 645 160,000 72 2 District No. 11-Totals ■■■ District No. 2- 3 Skeena River District 3 288 180,000 17 4 ftivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet District 5 Naas River District 6 Bella Cools and Kimsquit 7 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet 1 45 10,000 6 8 Queen Charlotte Islands 6 600 150,000 66 9 Totals for District 3 288 180,000 17 7 645 160,000 72 • District No. 3- 10 Cape Scott to Tatchu Point 11 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay .■• 12 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour ■•■ 13 San Juan Harbour t,o north aide Cowichan Bay 14 North side Cowielum Bay to Big QuaHearn River 15 Big Qualicum River to and including Oyster River 16 Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding district 17 Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding district 18 Bute Inlet to Gower Point 19 Totals for District

Fishing Gear Gill Nets, Seines Fishing Districts Trap and Smelt Tubs of Trawl Nets, etc. No. I Value No. Value

British Columbia--concluded - 1 Totals for Province 4,948 1,651,143 1,302 42,940 2 District No. 1I-Totals 988 220,665 18 4,100 District No. 2- 3 Skeena River District 1,371 296,300 1,283 38,490 4 Rivers Inlet and Smiths Inlet District 932 179,002 5 Nana River District 306 130,050 6 Bella Coola and Ximsquit 433 81,466 7 Addenbrooke Island to Lowe Inlet 306 , 189,300 8 Queen Charlotte Islands 17 1,275 9 Totals for District 3,3651 877,393 1,283 38,490 District No. 3- 10 Cape Scott to Tatchu Point 8 12,000 11 Tatchu Point to and including Wreck Bay 1 360 12 Wreck Bay to San Juan Harbour 132 264,000 13 San Juan Harbour to north side Cowichan Bay 39 120,000 14 North side Cowichan Bay to Big Qualicum River 140 25,000 15 Big Qualictm River to and including Oyster River 34 52,900 16 Oyster River to Adams River with surrounding district 66 45,475 17 Adams River to Cape Scott with surrounding district 60 17,000 18 Bute Inlet to Gower Point 116 16,710 19 Totals for District 5951 553,085 1 350

Comprises Fraser River and Howe Sound.

II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part L In Primary Operations

Vessels Boata Carrying Smacks and Snows Sailing and Gasoline Sail and Row Gasoline Total 40 tons 20-40 10-20 Total Total and over tons tons Value Men No. Value No. Value Men- No. Value Men

no. no. no. $ no. S S no. $ DO. 6 77 354 2,489,100 2,039 2,800 260,193 2,834 1,722,950 7,615 155 172,950 291 1 - - 5 37,500 20 173 10,054 1,017 385,960 1,380 75 133,450 85 2

6 15 52 373,100 294 945 120,750 292 346,500 2,350 - - - 3 - 10 21 188,500 94 868 58,055 78 39,000 991 - - 4 - 7 14 114,000 77 243 28,710 43 45,450 312 - - 5 - 3 15 79,500 55 222 16,540 5 2,200 227 - . - 13 32 279,000 209 197 19,310 137 143,700 459 - - 7 - 1 22 77,000 113 14 700 120 88,200 210 - 6 49 156 1,111,100 842 2,489 244,065 675 665,050 4,519 - - - 9

_ 1 4 42,000 33 6 200 68 34,000 93 - - - 10 _ 5 2 50,000 33 10 196 118 88,050 158 5 - 5,500 611 - 2 60 325,000 392 10 500 308 246,400 323 50 25,000 8012 1 4 44,000 33 26 990 86 34,400 126 - - 13 4 26 184,000 146 15 300 190 76,000 235 25 9,000 30 14 10 34 221,500 203 33 903 7 3,375 43 - - - 15 - 34 214,000 150 76 1,480 111 37,285 266 - - - 16

2 21 192,000 144 18 425 90 70,800 163 - _.- - ,- 17, 3 8 68,000 43 43 1,170 164 81,630 279 - - 18 28 193 1,340,500 1,177 237 6,074 1,142 671,940 1,686 80 39,500 116 19

*Fishing Gear Oyster Plant Fishing Piers - Small FiSh Rand Lines Crab Traps and and Ice Rouses and. ' Equipment Wharves Smoke Houses . No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No-. , Value

S S S s 6 5, 6,593 47,979 4,802 18,910 1 26,000 14 11,300 6 12,750 .32 '_34,150 1 230 887 4,402 17,510 1 26,000 - - - - 23 22,500 2

1,349 9,443 300 900 _ - _ _ _ _ 1 1,500 3 _ _ _ - _ _ 316 2,212 - - - - - _ _ - 5 _ _ _ _ - _ - 9 325 2,275 - - - - - - _ - 7 736 4,452 - - - - - - - -8 2,726 , 18,382 300 900 _ _ _ _ _ 1 1,500 9

150 1,050 - - - - - - - - -16 607 9,150 100 500 - - 1 2,500 - - 11 1,540 9,240 - - - - 1 2,000 1 10,000 - - 11 180 1,200 - - - - - 1 1,950 1 1,10055 - 2 420 3,000 - - - - 5 3,500 _ 1,000 14 40 260 _ _ _ - - _ 2 7,000 11 252 1,800 - - - - 2 1,900 - - 2 45011 78 1,070 - - - - 370 1,940 - - - 5 1,400 4 800 1 600 li 3,637 28,710 100 500 - 14 11,300 6 12,750 8 10,150 11

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (a) General Surrunary of Statistics

Proprietors who Total of Employees regularly and County or District Establish- Province m en ts Capital and of perform Salaries and Wages manual labour in establishments no. $ no. $ no. 1 Canada-Totals 846 21,139,985 16,272 4,971,167 324 2 Lobster canneries 478 1,502,192 6,587 579,366 209 3 Salmon canneries 69 9,172,387 6,054 2,304,787 3 4 Clam canneries 15 70,694 166 31,339 8 5 Sardine and. other fish canneries 5 1,274,825 481 246,465 4 6 Fish curing establishments ... 263 7,135, 917 2,633 1,496,842 98 7 Reduction works 16 1,983,970 351 312, 368 2 112 8 Prince Edward Island -Totals 156 262,680 1,732 126,409 9 Lobster canneries • 143 249,510 1,689 116,943 107 10 Clam canneries .5 1,070 14 720 4 11 Fish curing estabhshments 8 12,100 29 8,746 1 Kings County- 12 Lobster canneries 46 105,150 660 49,436 29 13 Clam canneries 3 550 11 570 3 14 Fish curing establishments 5 11,200 21 6,146 - Queens County- 15 Lobster canneries 401 16 Clam canneries 11 56,805 445 28,632 31 17 Fish curing establishments 3 900 8 2,600 1 Prince County- 18 Lobster canneries 571 19 Clam canneries 11 88,075 587 39,025 48 Xi Nova Scotia-Totals 249 3,794,654 '3,604 1,006,287 54 11 Lobster canneries 133 .679,393 2,414 287,266 19 :2 Clam canneries 13 Other fish canneries 2) 345,989 175 105,315 2 :4 Fish curing establishments 106 2,681,806 976 592,917 ' 31 15 Reduction works 4 87,466 39 20,789 2 Richmond County- * Lobster canneries :7 Fish curing establishments 26) 9,200 146 11,519 1 Cape Breton County- - :8 Lobster canneries g 25,715 267 27,689 - :9 Fish curing establishments g 78,222 92 21,055 4 Victoria County- :0 Lobster canneries 10 35,420 182 12,155 3 11 Fish curing establishments 5 41.733 36 9,075 4 Inverness C,ounty- .., 2 Lobster canneries 20 154,763 347 42,089 1 3 Fish curing establishments e 851,603 139 109,637 - Cumberland C,ounty- 34 Lobster canneries 18 30,822 132 8,482 2 35 Fish curing estabhshments 8 21,900 32 5,785 2 Pictou Comity-, 6 Lobster canneries 14\ 7 Fish curing establishments lf 98,511 385 43,300 4 Ant igonish County- 38 Lobster cannenes 13 42,163 266 22,721 1 Guysborough County- 3 9 Lobster canneries 9 4 0 Other fish canneries 11 449,381 288 131,946 2 4 1 Fish curing establishments 7 2 Reduction works 1 207,060 93 63,948 2 Halifax County- 4 3 Lobster canneries 8 18,872 76 10,568 1 4 4 Fish curing establishments 41 4 5 Reduction works lf 580,713 151 193,750 1 Lunenburg County- 4 6 Lobster canneries 2} 4 7 Other fish canneries 1 38,592 51 13,518 1 4 B Fish curinir establishments 1 1 The statistics for Pictou County include 2 lobster canneries in Colchester County.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (a) General Summary of Statistics

Value of Materials Used Value of Products Fish Used Fuel - Other Fish Canned, Fish Containers Salt Total Marketed Cured or Total Materials Fresh otherwise Prepared $ $ s $ $ $ s s s 412,038 13,953,936 3,878,633 389,054 459,063 18,680,686 6,489,183 23,891,809 30,380,991 1 67,880 2,903,045 353,723 26,976 12,064 3,295,808 841,064 3,866,346 4,707,410 2 144,592 4,588,135 2,674,243 46,440 206,996 7,515,814 80,245 13,486,605 13,566,850 3 4,135 52,741 32,380 1,595 1,953 88,669 420 156,599 157,019 4 39,264 326,220 278,775 12,742 120,169 737,906 175,958 1,145,175 1,321,133 5 90,814 6,028,296 535,9E0 301,251 87,431 6,952,938 5,391,496 4,540,097 9,931,593 6 65,353 55,499 3,552 50 30,450 89,551 - 696,987 696,987 7 20,372 630,485 98,612 8,664 118 737,899 57,233 1,044,587 1,101,820 8 19,812 588,772 91,792 2,477 138 686,179 56,813 963,659 1,020,472 9 160 3,022 3,570 2 6,594 420 9,380 9,80010 400 38,691 250 6,185 - 45,126 - 71,548 71,54811

8,830 198,115 37,628 1,482 - 237,225 408,907 408,90712 127 2,760 3,450 - - 6,210 _ 8,970 8,970 13 400 22,599 250 3,185 - 26,034 - 43,856 43,85614

lE 3,890 143,326 22,141 111 - 185,578 550 225,923 226,473 lf - 16,092 - 3,000 - 19,092 - 27,692 27,692 II

14 7,125 247,593 35,143 886 138 283,760 56,683 329,239 385,922 10 101,713 3,700,567 394,137 89,469 52,916 4,217,119 2,173,654 4,084,029 6,257,68324 25,902 1,454,354 152,341 15,834 8,314 1,630,943 444,027 1,771,792 2,215,81 21 2! 23,461 256,789 40,271 5,27 - 302,330 175,958 357,770 533,72 38,775 1,989,424 198,523 68,265 21,782 2,277,994 1,553,669 1,864,946 3,418,615 2, 14,575 - 3,002 - 22,850 25,852 - 89,521 89,521 1

21 1,025 62,315 8,842 20 - 71,207 7,770 79,003 86,85321

1,731 82,627 13,44 - 40 96,11 - 146,409 146,4092! 145 61,308 2,587 4,11 soo 68,504 73,158 30,696 103,85421

1,173 48,570 7,638 1,062 580 57,850 - 83,671 83,67131 430 27,787 158 1,975 - 29,900 6,967 32.793 39,7603:

3,190 148,442 13,500 3,499 2,202 165,643 32,204 194,146 226,3503! 17,232 239,247 28,328 4,497 3,505 275,577 212,128 247,297 459,4251

2,705 76,951 9,599 21 - 88,709 1,807 112,546 114,3533.4 1,255 8,712 3,607 1,04 - 13,368 _ 30,215 30,215315

2, 4,883 187,439 22,493 2,323 4,659 216,914 3,850 282,548 286,3983'7

2,252 87,900 11,188 32 - 99,415 - 136,303 136,3031

a9 24, 5e9 387,905 48,605 8,772 625 425,907 271,457 455,343 726,80040 4 1 12,297 209,649 17,655 7,342 5,799 240,445 169,934 213,059 382,9934'2

50.786 3,009 176 go 54,061 - 24,119 50,960 75,0794 388 4 11,573 558,793 71,193 3,880 17,588 651,454 722,084 364,761 1,086,8454

46 94,904 5,334 875 18 101,131 15,482 108,322 123,80447 378 4

213979-8i

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (a) General Summary of Statistics-con.

Proprietors who Total of Employees regularly Province and Establish- CountY or District men Capital and of perform Salaries and Wages manual labour in establishments no. 8 no. 8 no. Nova Scotla--concluded Queens County- 1 Clam canneries 21 2 Fish curing establishments 8f 31,880 27 9,526 9 Shelburne Count y- 3 Lobster canneries 10 60,792 . .181 25,937 4 4 Fish curing establishments 17 487,n3 174 72,268 4 Yarmouth County- 5 Lobeter canneries 10 63,121 221 29,340 - 6 Fish curing establishments 12 133, 615 86 40,647 1 Digby County- 7 Lobster canneries 41 8 Clam canneries 21 40,282 88 27,392 - 9 Fish curing establishments 251, 10 Reduction works 21 279,986 131 72,660 6 Annapolis County- LI Fish curing establishments 4 12,575 10 1,280 1 12 New BrunswIck-Totals 191 1,556,624 2,401 346,935 63 [3 Lobster canneries 137 391,995 1,732 115,247 29 4 Clam canneries 4 28,604 83 16,681 1 5 Sardine canneries 3 937,409 330 146,395 3 6 Fish curing establishments 50 198,616 256 68,612 30 Charlotte Comity- 7 Clam canneries 31 8 Sardine canneries 21 815,437 251 120,286 4 9 Fish curing establishments 27 101,878 41 11,518 23 St: John County- . [0 Sardine canneries n [1 Fish curing establishments 6f 197,324 176 72,762 1

Westmorland County 2 2 Lobster canneries 9 124,561 172 34,284 - 3 Fish, curing establishments 16 48,050 165 24,170 6 Kent County- 2 4 Lobster canneries 241 2 5 Fish curing establishments If 59,650 433 23,112 2 ' Northumberland County- 2 6 Lobster canneries 19.,, 65,945 384 26,999 2 Gloucester County- 1 2 7 Lobster canneries 8i1 2 8 Clam canneries 143,779 779 33,774 25 2 D Quebec-Totals 102 681,808 1,097 140,018 61 9 Lobster canneries 65 181,294 752 59,910 54 3 1 Salmon canneries 4 9,164 5 259 3 3 2 Fish curing establishments 33 491,350 340 79,849 7 Bbnaventure County- 3 Lobster canneries 51 1 Salmon canneries 11 13,874 61 3,758 1 5 Fish curing establishments 5 136,388 12 4,401 1 Gaspe County- 3 [1 Lobster canneries 8 93,147 157 12,615 3 3 I Fish curing establishments 16 256,812 165 46,214 3 Magdalen Islands.- 3 3 Lobster canneries 17 70,031 493 42,070 3 3 3 Fish curing establishments 11 60,050 139 24,240 - Saguenay County- 4 / Lobst,er canneries 35 12,366 ' 42 1,597 47 4 I Salmon canneries 31 4- 1 Fieh curing establishments If 39,140 28 5,133 6

The statistics for Gloucester County include 2 lobster canneries in Restigouche County.

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Value of Materials Used Value of Products - Fish Fuel Used Fish Canned, Fish Containers Oth er Salt Materials Total Marketed Cured or Total Fresh otherwise Prepared $ $ $ $ $ S S S $

1 500 77,736 4,330 6,251 1,218 89,535 34,587 75,481 110,068 2

2,486 253,287 18,644 712 - 272,643 158,750 174.761 . _. 333,511 3 3,726 233,849 27,068 14,794 - 275,711 92,331 323,172 -. " 415,502 4

2,657 242,657 23,574 332 100 266,663 61,622 284,482 " 346,104 5 729 135,882 13,900 6,826 1,677 158,285 74,234 163,325 237,559 6

- 7 2,323 87,335 11,309 3,509 - 102,153 43,234 122,905 166,139 E . 9 5,126 343,204 27,784 15,395 14,345 400,728 153,213 354,739 . 519,952. 10

15,274 343 1,523 ' 17,140 2,723 17,002 19,72511

38,230. 1,025,432 , 344,413 • .28,584 126,510 ... 1,535,269 ____541,19 -1,926, 665 ..2,468,055 15 14,870 645,874 73,985 4,571 3,266 727,696 335,022 745,168 1,080,19012 2,563 26,464 14,971 1,213 940 43,588 88,930 88,930 14 16,727 78,479 240,277 7,852 120,169 446,777 801,466 804,46612 4,079 274,665 25,180 15,228 2,135 317,208 206,168 288,301 494,469 lf

11 14,487 80,356 192,407 6,682 ' 88,961 368.406 - 685,873 685,873 If 478 115,392 7,121 9,786 802 133,101 53,443 140,916 194,359 11

21 5,431 143,573 66,495 5,291 32,622 247,981 128,223 251,990 3811,213 21

1,853 157,214 11,467 886 195 169,762 238,608 104,465 343,073 21 2,830 34,251 9,838 2,021 280 46,390 24,160 85,474 109,534 213

2• 2,501 189,264 19,504 1,675 1,645 212,388 73,532 221,600 295,132 215

3,454 91,957 13,131 963 458 106,509 3,688 141,872 145,5692 1

2'7 7,205 213,475 34,450 1,560 1,247 250,732 19,536 294,675 314,2112;8 11,287 139,499 59,924 32,188 2,511 531,122 15,847 767,956 783,8032! 7,296 214,045 32,605 3,004 346 250,990 5,202 385,727 390,9293 106 - 2,097 861 2 - 2,980 _ 3,377 3,3773 3,885 223,357 26,458 28,172 2,165 280,152 10,645 378,852 389,4973;

3 4E9 11,447 1,105 72 40 12,664 1,419 17,255 18,6743 612 14,737 1,236 1,068 - 17,041 1,605 23,108 24,713 3,

614 26,000 3,700 801 6 30,507 3,783 49,357 53,140 3 6 352 145,777 9,492 12,472 458 168,199 9,040 217,935 226,9753 7

5,624 172,972 26,888 3,125 300 203,285 - 310,894 310,8943 2,581 49,343 15,730 12,832 1,707 79,012 - 116,809 116,8093 9

584 4,949 1,332 - - 6,28 - 10,242 10,2424 4 1 440 14,274 441 1,818 - 16,53 - 22,356 22,3564

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Cur'ing (a) General Summary of Statistics—concluded

Proprio tors who Establis . Total of Employees regularly Province and County or District man ta CapitalCtal and of perform Salaries and Wages manual labour in establishments no. $ no. $ no. I British Columbia—Totals 145 14,814,219 7,438 3,351,518 31 2 Salmon canneries 65 9,163,223 6,049 2,304,528 - 3 Clam canneries 21 4 Fish curing establishments 661 3,784,492 1,077 755,411 31 5 Reduction works 12 1,896,504 312 291,579 District No. I- 6 Salmon canneries 10 1,076,327 773 252,227 7 Fish curing establishments 241 8 Reduction works lj 1,176,360 204 189,719 17 District No. 2— 9 Salmon canneries 39 6,027,198 4,102 1,542,100 10 Fish curing establishments 5 2,077,444 224 270,683 1 11 Reduction works 3 1,125,983 148 177,417 - District No. 3— 12 Salmon canneries 16 2,059,698 1,174 510,201 13 Clam canneries 21 14 Fish curing establishments 371 593,113 663 303,686 13 15 Reduction works 8 708,096 150 105,485 -

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (a) General Summary of Statistics-concluded

Value of Materials Used ValueofProduets Fish Fuel Used Other Fish Caroled, Fish Containers Salt Total Marketed Cluedor Total Materials Fresh othernise Prepared $ S $ $ $ S $ S $ 239,127 8,157,903 2,971,547 229,869 276,958 11,636,277 3,701,259 16,068,372 19,769,631 1

144,486 4,586,038 2,673,382 46,418 206,996 7,512,834 80,245 13,483,228 13,563,473 ,2 44,163 3,516,366 297,615 183,401 62,362 4,059,744 3,621,014 1,977,678 5,598,692 4 50,778 55,499 550 50 7,600 63,699 607,466 607,466 5

13,587 814,824 454,409 2,481 38,695 1,310,409 9,119 1,880,078 1,889,197 6 7 13,212 849,244 26,377 12,052 43,272 930,945 988,519 249,304 1,237,823 8

88,786 2,789,809 1,645,517 15,002 141,639 4,591,967 48,361 8,587,853 8,636,214 9 30,255 2,062,652 82,522 9,341 6,482 2,160,997 2,614,259 265,725 2,879,984 10 25,859 - _ - - - - 341,561 341,561 11

42,113 981,405 573,450 28,935 26,662 1,610,458 22,765 3,015,297 3,038,062 12 13 2,516 604,470 189,266 162,008 13,986 969,730 13,236 1,475,074 1,403,310 14 23,099 55,499 - 50 6,222 61,771 - 253,480 253,480 15

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (b) Capital invested

Materials, • . Estab- Land, Products Bid'dings Fuel and ' Cash and Total Province and County or District lish- 0 raffle Capital mente and Miscellaneous Pe- 1 - Machinery Supplies Invested on hand

no. $ s s $ Canada-Totals 846 12,709,948 4,553,018 3,876,989 21,139,985 Lobster canneries 478 1,114,318 200,289 187,583 1,002,102 Sahnon camieries 69 4,782,690 2,550,485 1,839,212 9,172,387 Clam canneries 15 34,489 17,836 18,369 70,694 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 752,090 376,402 146,333 1,274,825 Fish curing establishments 263 4,237,230 1,317,980 1,580,707 7,135,917 Reduction works 16 1,789,131 90,056 104,783 1,983,970 Prince Edward Island-Totals 156 256,080 6,100 200 262,680 Lobster canneries 143 247,810 1,500 200 249,510 Clam canneries.. 5 1,070 - - 1,070 Fish curing establishments 8 7,200 4,900 - 12,100 Kings County- Lobster canneries 46 105,150 - 105,150 Clam canneries 3 550 - 550 Fish curing establisiunents 5 6,300 4,900 11,200 Queens County- Lobster canneries 401 Clam canneries 11 56,805 - 56,805 Fish curing establislunents 3 900 - 000 Prince County- • Lobster canneries 571 Clam canneries II 86,375 1,500 200 88,075 , Nora Scotia-Totals.. .---.-.-, .----...... - - ...... : - 249 2,507,705 - -753,581 533,3 - 3,791,654 Lobster canneries 133 439,659 111,085 128,649 679,393 Clam canneries 41, Other fish canneries 1 185,985 59,509 100,495 345,989 Fish curing establishments 106 1,814,374 576,909 290,523 2,681,806 Reduction m-orks ...... _...4 67.687 6,078 13,701 87,466 Richmond County- Lobster cannerie. 61 Fish curing establishments 2f 8,700 500 9,200 Cape Breton C,ounty- Lobster canneries 9 23,585 750 1,380 25,715 Fish curing establishments 9 56,339 14,144 7,739 78,222 Victoria County- Lobster canneries 10 21,100 8,920 5,400 35,420 Fish curing establishments 5 28,067 5,536 8,130 41,733 Inverness County- . Lobster canneries 20 104,943 14,473 35,347 154,763 Fish curing establishments 6 690,070 131,381 30,152 851,603 Cumberland County- Lobster canneries 18 30,400 422 - 30,822 Fish curing establishments 5 14,800 • 100 7,000 21,900 Pictou Countyl-- Lobs ter canneries 141 Fish curing establishments lf 69,789 13,722 15,009 98,511 &ntigonish County- Lobster canneries 13" 26,612 8,507 7,004 42,163 Guysborough C,ounty- Lobster canneries 9 Other fish canneries 1 2,41,170 77,299 130,912 449,381 Fish curing establishments .-r 1 Reduction works 1 132,175 52,333 22,552 207,060 Flalifax County- Lobster canneries s 9,760 6,397 2,715 18,872 Fish curing establishment. 41 Reduction works ' If 347,500 135,696 97,517 580,713 Lunenburg County- Lobster canneries 2 Other fish canneries li 6,200 25,200 7,192 38,592 Fish curing establishments ,, 1 .ueens County- Clam canneries 21, Fish curing establishments 81 22,320 1,810 7,750 31,880 'Shelburne County- Lobster canneries 10 39,920 10,187 10,685 60,792 Fish curing establishments 17 346,400 110,883 30,450 487,733 Varmouth County- Lobster canneries 10 31,075 17,073 14,973 93,121 Fish curing establishments 12 61,553 44,611 27,451 133,615 Digby County- Lobster canneries 41 Clam canneries 2 21,100 12,624 6,558 40,282 Fish curing establishments 25 Reduction works 2 170,912 60,613 48,461 279,986 %metes County- Fish rnrim, aatsffilifahments 4 2 17A AM 41 nnn 19 A7A

I The statistics for Pictou County include 2 lobster canneries in Colchester County.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (b) Capital inyested-eoncluded

Materials, Estab- Land, Products, Buildings Fuel and Cash and Total Province and County or District fish- ,-,_.,.. _ Capital mente and Miscellaneous '-'1''''''"m' Machinery Supplies A ccounts Invested on hand

no. $ S $ $ New Brunswick-Totals 191 1,012,424 432,446 111,754 1,556,621 Lobster canneries 137 302,387 56,552 33,056 391,995 Chen canneries 4 14,431 4,144 10,029 28,604 Sardine canneries 3 571,155 319,993 46,351 937,405 Fish curing establishments 50 124,451 51,847 22,318 198,616 Charlotte County- Clam. canneries Sardine canneries 2') 490,639 268,418 56,380 815,437 Fish curing establishments 27 64,425 27,530 9,923 101,878 St. John County- Sardine canneries 11 Fish curing establishments 6.1 119,073 69,856 8,395 197,324 Westmorland County- Lobster canneries 9 91,928 18,033 14,600 124,561 Fish curing establishments 16 . 34,400 9,650 - 4,000 48,051 Kent County- Lobster canneries 241 Irish curing establishments lf 49,400 6,900 3,350 59,654 Northumberland- County- Lobster canneries 19 03,962 8,483 3,500 65,9e Gloucester County,- Lobster canneries 815) 108,597 23,576 143,771 Clam canneries 11,606 Quebec-Totals. . 102 479,917 122,752 79,139 681,801 Lobster canneries 65 124,462 31,152 25,680 181,294 Salmon canneries 4 5,694 600 2,870 9,164 Fish curing establishments 33 349,761 91,000 50,589 . 491,351 Bonaventure County- Lobster canneries 1 - Salmon canneries 51 11,004 - 2,870 13,874 Fish curing establishments 5 36764 62,124 - 17,500 136,381 Gaspe C,ounty- L - Lobster canneries 8 51,382 20,535 2 1, 180 93,14 Fish curing establishments 16 221,447 5,776 29,569 256,81: Magdalen Islands- . Lobster canneries 17 59,700 5,831 4,500 - 70,031 Fish curing establishments ' 11 . 51,550 5,000 3,600 - 60,051 Saguenay County- Lobster canneries 35 7,630 4,736 -- 12,361 Salmon canneries • 39,141 Fish curing establishments 31) 20,44 18,700 "3.

British Colunibla-Totals 145 8,455,822 3,237,869 3,152;528. . - 14,844,211 Salmon canneries - 65 4,776,996 2,549,885 1,836,342 ' 9,103,22: 3 Clam canneries 21 1 ,955,38 601,006 .1,225,104 , 3,784,49: Fish curing establishments . 66f Reduction works- 12 1,721,444 83,978 91,082 " ' 1,896,50- _ . . • - District No. 1- Salmon canneries 10 612,700 267,696 195,931 ` 1,076,32' Fish curing establishments 241 312,463 181,469 , . 682,428 1, 176, 361D Reduction works lf District No. 2- Salmon canneries 39 3,190,532 1,663,754 1,172,912 -6,027,19: Fish curing establishments 5 1,354,063 260,821 462,560 2,077,44 Reduction works 3 1,031,087 40,604 54,292 1,125,98 District No. 3- Salmon canneries 16 973,764 618,435 .. 467,499 2,059,69 Clam canneries 21 338,856 174,141 80,116 . 593,11 Fish curing establishments 371 Reduction works 8 640,357 30,949 6;790 708,09

1 The statistics for Gloucester C,ounty include 2 obster canneries in Rostigouche County.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (c) Employees and Salaries and Wages

Employees on Salaries Province and Establish- County or District ments Male Female Total Salaries no. no. no. 5 1 Canada-Totals 816 574 58 806,418 2 Lobster canneries 478 158 14 85,889 3 Salmon canneries 69 179 7 312,961 4 Clam cannaries 15 6 - 6,730 5 Sardine and other fish cannenes 5 15 2 41,250 6 Fish curing establishments 263 193 33 327,181 7 Reduction works 16 23 2 32,407 8 Prince Edward Island-Totals 156 29 - 8,879 9 Lobster canneries 143 26 - 7,379 10 Clam canneries - 5 - _ - 11 Fish curing establishments 8 3 1,500 Kings C,ounty- 12 Lobster canneries 46 1 - 400 _ 13 Clam canneries . 3 _ - 14 Fish curing establishments 5 1 - 500 Queens County- 15 Lobster canneries 401 16 - 4,060 16 Clam canneries 11 17 Fish curing establishments 3 2 - 1,000 Prince County- 18 1 Lobster canneries 57 9 _ 2,919 19 Clain canneries 11 20 Nova Scofia-Totals 249 155 32 191,777 21 Lobster canneries 133 78 10 49,569 22 Clain canneries 4 1 8,050 23 Other fish canneries e 24 Fish curing establishments 106 69 21 130,546 25 Reduction works 4 4 - 3,612 Richmond County- 26 Lobster canneries 4 - 1,095 27 Fish curing establishmentsta Cape Breton County- 28 Lobst,er canneries 9 7 2 3,155 29 Fish curing establishments 9 4 1 6,372 Victoria County- 30 Lobster canneries 10 1 - 208 31 Fish curing establishments 5 2 - 2,265 Inverness County- 32 Lobster canneries 20 20 1 8,862 33 Fish curing establishments 6 • s 3 18,756 Cumberland County- \ 34 Lobster canneries 18 1 - 200 35 Fish curing establishments 5 - _ - Pictou Countyl- 16 Lobster canneries 141 14 1 6,700 37 Fish curing establishments If Antigonish county- 18 Lobster canneries 13 2 - 1,200 Guysborough County- 19 Lobster camieries 9 12 3 16,395 10 Other fish canneries 11 11 Fish curing establishments 7 8 1 11,062 12 Reduction works 1 Halifax County- 13 Lobster canneries s 3 1 2,025 414 Fish curing establishments 23 8 51,988 15 Reduction works 0 Lunenburg Cotuity- 16 Lobster cannenes 2 1 Other fish cannenes 1} 4 2 4,500 48 Fish curing establishments 1

The statistics for Pictou County indude 2 lobster canneries in Colohester County.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Cuzing (c) Employees and Salaries and Wages

Employees on Wages Contract Labour and Piece-Workers Male Female Total Wages Male Female Total Wages no. DO. $ no. DO. $ 6,466 4,221 3,166,015 2,551 2,402 998,701 1 2,772 3,620 490,605 23 _ 2,872 2 1,227 314 1,114,667 2,238 2,089 877,159 3 45 66 19,509 5 44 5,100 4 240 12 170,336 - 212 34,879 5 1,874 205 1,096,418 271 57 73,243 6 308 4 274,510 14 - 5,451 7 874 829. 117,530 - - - 8 840 823 109,564 - - - 9 8 6 720 - - - 16 26 - 7,246 - _ - 11

346 313 49,036 _ - - 12 6 5 570 - - 12 20 5,646 - - 14

1! 211 218 24,57 _ - - 11 6 1,600 - - - E

118 285 293 36,10 - - - 1! 2,123 1,264 811,787 21 3 2,723 21 1,137 1,182 237,043 7 - 654 2 21 151 19 97,265 - - - a 807 62 460,302 14 3 2,069 2, 34 1 17,177 e-- - 2

2 6 76 66 10,424 - - 2

143 115 24,534 - - - 2 8 72 1" 14,683 - - - 2

86 95 11,947 - - 30 33 1 6,810 - - - 3 1

119 207 33,227 - - - 3 2 114 14 90,881 - - - 3

- 63 68 8,282 - - 3 32 - 5,785 - - - 3

2 6 • 170 200 36,600 - - - 7

119 145 21,521 - - - 2

2 9 115,55 - _ - 4 221 52 4 1 go 4 52,88 - - - 4 2

7 - 654 , 41 24 7,88 Ii - 16 119 - 141,74 1

16 7,63 7 _ 1,384 47 26 12 48

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (c) Eraployees and Salades and Wages.—con.

Employees on Salaries Province and County or District Establish- merits Male Female Total Salaries

no. no. DO. S Nora Scotia—concluded Queens CountY- 1 Clam canneries _ • _ _ 2 Fish wring establishments sJ Shelburne County- 3 Lobster canneries 10 6 2 7,240 4 Fish curing establishments 17 9 4 17,040 Yarmouth County- 5 Lobster canneries 10 9 - 5,575 6 Fish curing establishments 12 7 1 7,525 Digby County- 7 Lobster canneries 4 8 Clam canneries 21 3 1 5,464 9 Fish curing establishments 25 10 Reduction works 2 J 8 1 14,150 Annapolis CountY- 11 Fish curing establishments 4 - - - 12 New Brunswick—Totals 191 68 s 76,375 13 Lobster cannerie. 137 40 3 18,421 14 Clam canneries 4 4 - 4,630 15 Sardine canneries 3 11 1 33,200 16 Fish curing establishments 50 13 4 20,124 • r Charlotte County- 17 Clam canneries 31 IS Sardine canneries - 2J . 10 - 33,380 19 Fish curing establishments 27 1 624 St. John County- 20 Sardine canneries - 21 Fish curing establishments 61 11 3 20,160 Westmorland County- 22 Lobster canneries - 9 9 3 9,150 23 Fish curing establishments 16 5 2 3,510 "•-•:• Kent County- 24, Lobster canneries - 241 25. Fish curing establishments 1) 9 1,950

- - Northumberland County- 26 Lobster canneries - 19 8 -- 1,551 Gloucester County I_- 27 Lobster canneries. - 851 28 Clam canneries If 15 6,010 \ 29 Quebec—Totals 102 35 2 23,490 - SO Lobster canneries - 65 14 1 10,520 11 Salmon canneries 4 - - - 32 Fish curing establishments 33 21 1 12,970 Bonaventure County- 33 Lobster canneries 51 34 Salmon canneries If 2 . - 420 35 , Fish curing establishments 5 .; . 2 1 1,200 Gaspé County- 16 Lobster canneries.., 8 6 1 5,600 17 Fish curing establishments 16 12 - 7,210 Magdalen Islands— 18 Lobster canneries ' 17 6 - 4,500 19 Fish curing establishments 11 6 -. 3,900 " Saguenay County- [0 Lobster canneries - 351 _ _ 1 Salmon canneries 31 - .2. Fish curing establishments 1 1 650

.• 1 The-itatistics for Gloucester County inchide 2 lobster canneries in Restigouche Co'Unty.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (c) Employees and Salaries and Wages-con.

Eroployeeson Wages Contract LabourandPiece-Workers Male Female Total Wages Male Female Total Wages no. no. 8 no. no. 8

1 27 - 9,526 - - 2

84 89 18,697 _ _ - 3 159 2 55,228 - - - 4

_ _ 125 87 23,765 - 5 !, 54 16 32,603 5 3 519 6

7 37 47 21,928 _ _ - E 5 119 5 58,360 1 - 150 SC

10 - 1,280 - - , - Il 807 1,185 227,096 41 - 269 43,461 1f 540 1,133 94,608 16 - 2,218 1f 15 15 6,951 . :.5 . 44 5,100 14 102 4 78,316 - 212 34,879 15 150 33 47,221 23 33 1,267. II

11 77 14 57,983 5 145 28,923 If 34 _ 10,252 6 - 672 li

2( 63 8 42,143 - 91 10,484 21

63 97 25,134 - - - a 83 25 20,035 17 33 595 2;

2 119 305 21,152 ,- - - 2:5

121 239 23,230 16 - 2,218 2:

2' 247 497 27,167 - 20 597 2: 502 511 115,928 17 - 600 2! 255 482 49,390 - - - 3: 3 2 259 _ - - 3 244 57 66,279 17 - 600 3:

3,3 17 42 3,338 _ _ - 3 5 4 3,201 - - - 3,5

66 84 7,015 - - -3 130 6 38,401 17 - 600 3 7

157 330 37,570 - - - 3 89 44 20,340 - - - 3

16 26 1,587 - - - 4 4 1 22 5 4,473 - - - 4 126 FISEÉRIES STATISTICS

II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (c) Employees and Salaries and Wages—concluded

Employees on Salaries Establish- Province and County or District ments Male Female Total Salaries

no. no. no.

1 British Columbia—Totals 145 287 16 505,897

2 Salmon canneries 6.5 179 7 312,961 3 Clam canneries 626} 4 Fish curing establishments 89 164,141 5 Reduction works 12 19 2 28,795

District No. 1— 8 Salmon canneries 10 24 33,799 7 Fish curing establishments 241 8 Reduction works 1 29 73,990

District No. 2— 9 Salmon canneries 39 109 5 189,449 10 Fish curing establishments 5 26 3 58,000 11 Reduction works 3 3 2 11,712.

District No. 3— 12 Salmon canneries 16 48 2 89,713 13 Clam canneries 327} 14 Fish curing establishments 35 33,951 15 Reduction works 8 15 15,283-

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H. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (c) Employees and Salades and.Wages—concluded

Employees on Wages Contract Labour and Piece-Workers

Male Female Total \Vages Male Female Total Wages

no. DO. DO. no. 2,154 402 1,893,704 2,469 2,110 951,917 1 2 1,224 312 1,114,408 2,238 2,089 877,159 3 656 87 521,963 217 21 69,307 4 274 3 257,333 14 5,451 5

127 so 85,769 326 236 132,659 6 7 . 152 11 113,264 6 2 2,465

789 171 769,523 1,534 1,494 583,128 157 3 201.367 33 2 11,316 10 141 2 165,705 11

308 81 259,116 378 359 161,372 12 13 360 73 214,209 178 17 55,526 14 120 1 84,751 14 5,451 15

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IL Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (d) Number of Wage-earners by Monthsl

Estab- January February March April May Province lish- Fe- Fe- Fe- ,,,,..i , Male Fe- ments Male male Male mak Male male •"'"'`' mFaele male • no. no. DO. DO. DO. DO. RO. DO. no. no. no. 1 Canada—Totals 816 1,345 137 1,262 130 1,765 301 3,752 1,558 5,893 3,809 2 Lobeter canneries 478 28 1 16 1 283 196 1,614 1,389 2,816 3,546 3 Salmon canneries 69 116 16 165 16 519 51 1,026 86 1,228 104 4 Clam canneries 15 18 48 16 49 14 15 15 30 42 31 5 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 147 6 151 4 158 3 177 4 281 8 6 Fish curing establishments 263 999 66 869 60 732 36 814 48 1,213 119 7 Reduction works 16 37 - 45 - 59 - 106 1 313 1

8 Prince Edward Island—Totals 156 ------172 396 871 820 9 Lobster canneries .143 ------472 396 862 826 10 Clam canneries 5 - - - - - 11 Fish curing establishments - - - 9 -

12 Nova Scotia—Totals 249 609 32 507 35 838 218 1,133 731 2,061 1,288 13 Lobster canneries. 133 14 - 10 - 273 195 776 686 1,238 1,230 14 Clam canneries 133 6 134 5 145 3 137 20 129 15 Other fish canneries /1 24 16 Fish curing establishments 106 451 26 353 30 406 20 508 25 684 25 17 Reduction works 4 8 - 10 - 14 - 12 - 10 -

18 New Brunswick—Totals 194 56 15 49 15 54 14 408 • 322 819 1,045 19 Lobster canneries 137 14 1 6 1 10 1 304 299 470 1,000 20 Clam canneries •4 7 14 7 -- 14 -- 7 13 6 - - 12 18 13 21 Sardine canneries 3 16 - 17 - 19 - 48 - 176 2 22 Fish curing establishments 50 19 - 19 - 18 - 50 11 155 30

23 Quebec—Totals 102 4 6 4 6 1 6 93 11 405 536 24 Lobster canneries 65 ------52 8 246 481 25 Salmon canneries 26 Fish curing establishments 33 4 6 4 6 4 6 31 6 159 55

' • 27 British Columbia—Totals 145 676 84 702 74 869 63 1,346 95 1,737 114 28 Salmon canneries 65 116 16 165 18 519 51 1,026 86 1, 228 104 29 Clam canneries 2 1 531 68 502 58 305 12 226 8 206 9 30 Fish curing establishments 661 31 Reduction works 12 29 - 35 - 45 - 94 1 303 1

'Exclusive of contract labour and piece-workers for which no statistics of monthly employment are available.

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (d) Number of Wage-earners by Monthsl

lune July Auemt Septenaber October November December

Male Fe; Male Male mFael-e Male mal 'le Male Zie in'e Male 11 Male ne

no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. no. 6,117 3,685 4,220 1,018 3,853 629 3,799 620 3,461 471 2,620 281 1,933 143 1 2,553 3,273 632 590 287 270 272 246 206 152 108 10 61 1 2 1,395 229 1,380 262 1,512 253 1,293 221 867 155 495 106 194 - 3 31 24 24 10 23 6 27 11 18 24 15 45 15 41 4 287 15 291 17 263 2 361 15 364 12 205 7 188 12 5 1,528 141 1,549 136 1,415 94 1,460 123 1,696 125 1,633 111 1,378 88 6 323 3 344 3 353 4 386 4 313 3 160 2 97 1 7

859 807 49 7 73 29 77 30 30 11 3 - - - 8 839 807 15 2 37 24 37 24 12 10 - - - - 9 - - 6 5 6 5 8 6 2 1 - - - - 10 20 - 28 - 30 - 32 - 16 - 3 - - - 11

1,986 1,082 1,412 314 1,034 83 1,061 97 1,085 88 1,096 76 991 5912 984 997 362 241 111 25 105 18 100 3 95 9 45 - 13 14 120 29 151 15 95 1 164 11 182 22 182 7 169 1215 865 55 884 57 818 56 762 67 765 62 777 59 744 46 lE 17 1 15 1 10 1 30 1 18 1 42 • 1 36 117

801 1,027 372 54 394 212 399 231 321 163 69 15 63 121E 467 989 72 28 116 221 108 204 82 139 13 1 16 116 14 8 14 5 12 - 11 5 7 8 5 12 5 926 184 2 144 2 173 2 205 4 191 4 29 - 21 - 21 136 28 142 19 93 19 75 21 41 12 22 2 21 221

562 530 453 372 272 11 209 19 157 19 91 8 13 8 23 263 480 183 319 23 _• 2 - 12 - - - - - 2, 3 2 2 2 _ - _ _ - - - -22 296 48 268 51 249 11 187 19 145 19 94 8 13 8 2(

1,909 239 1,931 271 2,080 261 2,053 240 1,871 190 1,358 182 863 6121 1,392 227 1,378 260 1,512 253 1,293 221 867 155 495 106 194 - 21 25 211 10 227 9 225 8 404 16 729 33 745 75 608 64 36 308 2 329 2 343 3 358 3 275 2 118 1 61 - 31

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (e) Quantity and Value of Fuel Used.

Lignite Coal Estab- Bituminous Coal Anthracite C,oal Province ments Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

no ton S ton S ton S 1 Canada-Totals 846 28,399 250,546 94 1,268 306 2,525 2 Lobster canneries 478 3,261 33,779 47 606 6 50 3 Salmon canneries 69 7,476 81,273 - - - - 4 Clam canneries 15 243 2,369 - - - - 5 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 3,937 38,025 - - - - 6 Fish curing establishments 263 8,741 50,451 47 662 - - 7 Reduction works 16 4,741 44,649 - - 300 2,475

8 Prince Edward Island-Totals 156 880 9,511 - - - - 9 Lobster canneries • 143 880 9,511 - - - - 10 Clam canneries 5 - - - - - - 11 Fish curing es tablishments 8 - - - - - -

12 Nova Scotia-Totals 249 9,312 71,716 71 919 6 50 13 Lobster canneries 133 1,783 17,407 32 396 6 50 14 Clam canneries 4} 2,200 22,537 - - - - 15 Other fish cannerie. 2 16 Fish curing establishments 106 3,606 17,197 39 523 - - 17 Reduction works 4 1,723 14,575 - - - -

18 New Brunswick-Totals 194 2,244 20,584 7 118 - - 19 Lobster canneries 137 252 2,629 - - - - 20 Clam canneries 4 240 2,339 - - - - 21 Sardine canneries 3 1,737 15,488 - - - - 22 Fish curing establishments 50 15 128 7 118 -

23 Quebec-Totals 102 411 4,892 16 231 - - 24 Lobster canneries 65 346 4,232 15 210 - - 25 Salmon canneries 4 - - - - - - 26 Fish curing establishments 33 65 660 1 21 - -

27 British Columbia-Totals 145 15,552 143,813 - - 300 2,475 28 Salmon canneries 65 7,476 81,273 - - - - 29 Clam canneries 2} 5,058 32,496 - - - - 30 Fish curing establishments 66 31 Reduction works 12 3,018 30,074 - - 300 2,475

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925-Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (e) Quantity and Value of Fuel Used

Gasoline Petroleum Distillate Fuel Oil Wood Electric- Other ity Fuel Total Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Value Value

gal. $ gal. $ gal. $ cord $ $ $ S 75,152 23,995 39,150 9,781 535,545 12,842 10,660 60,493 13,724 6,861 412,028 1 20,867 7,296 - - 801 192 5,191 25,946 - 11 67,880 2 40,720 12,422 39,058 9,761 203,023 19,202 3,335 19,452 1,289 1,192 144,592 3 649 201 - - 3,280 326 156 637 122 480 4,135 4 1,350 283 - - 400 56 - - 835 65 39,264 5 10,114 3,409 92 23 50,504 7,707 1,753 13,323 10,631 4,598 90,814 6 1,752 384 - - 277,537 15,358 225 1,125 847 515 65,353 7

2,548 874 - - 2,045 414 1,981 9,56 - 6 20,372 8 2,522 866 - - 45 14 1,950 9,415 - 6 19,812 9 26 8 - - - 31 15 - - 160 10 - - - - 2,000 400 ' - - - - 400 11

17,810 6,084 - - 47,460 6,914 1,708 10,439 2,140 4,451 102,71312 11,442 2,876 - - 356 137 822 4,03 - 5 25,902 13 14 325 97 - - 3,280 326 2 2 _ 480 23,461 15 6,073 2,111 - - 43,824 6,451 884 6,38 2,140 3,966 38,775 16 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 14,575 17

6,835 2,249 ' - - 800 131 2,540 13,937 835 425 38,23918 4,008 1,431 - - 150 15 2,093 10,79 - - 14,870 19 253 81 - - - - 36 14 - - 2,56229 1,250 283 - - 400 56 - 835 65 16,72721 1,224 414 - - 250 60 411 2,999 -- 260 4,07922

4,252 1,61,5 - 1,020 103 622 4,360 - 56 11,28723 2,895 1,123 - - 250 26 326 1,705 - - 7,29624 3 1 - - - - 19 108 - - 10621 1,254 521 - - 770 77 278 2,550 - 56 3,88528

43,977 13,183 39,150 9,784 481,220 35,280 3,808 22,190 10,749 1,923 239,427 27 40,717 12,421 39,058 9,761 203,023 19,203 3,316 19,347 1,289 1,192 144,486 2, 1,508 378 92 23 2,660 719 267 1,718 8,613 216 44,163 3C 1,752 284 - - 277,537 15,358 225 1,125 847 515 50,778 31

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IL Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (f) Power Equipment

Steam Engines Gas, Gasoline Water Wheels Total Establis h- Province and and and Primary men ts Turbines Oil Engines Turbines Power no. no. h.p. no. h.p. no. h.p. no. h.p. 1 Canada—Totals 846 239 4,432 600 2,767 68 1,087 907 8,286 2 Lobst,er canneries 478 70 462 344 829 - - 414 1,291 3 .Salmon canneries 69 116 1,782 94 980 63 981 273 3,743 4 Clam. canneries 15 3 60 10 31 - - 13 91 5 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 12 405 6 37 - - 18 442 6 Fish curing establishments 263 23 1,210 135 755 3 64 161 2,029 7 ReductMn works 16 15 513 11 135 2 42 28 690 8 Prince Edward Island—Totals 156 18 169 103 265 - - 121 434 9 Lobster canneries 143 18 169 99 234 - - 117 403 10 Clam canneries 5 - - 3 6 - - 3 6 11 Fish curing establishments 8 - - 1 25 - - 1 25 12 Nova Scotia—Totals 249 › 56 1,231 182 682 2 44 240 1,957 13 Lobster carmeries 133 ' 36 206 122 270 - - 158 476 14 Clam canneries 3 185 3 14 - - 6 199 15 Other fish canneries 1} 16 Fish curing establishments 106 12 686 57 398 2 44 71 1,120 17 Reduction works 4 - 5 154 - - - - 5 154 18 New Brunswick—Totals 194 27 359 132 380 - - 159 739 19 Lobster canneries 137 11 64 87 226 - - 98 290 20 Clam canneries 4 3 60 3 9 - - 6 69 21 Sardine canneries 3 9 220 6 37 - - 15 257 22 Fish curing establishments 50 4 15 36 108 - - 40 122 23 Quebec—Totals 102 5 23 57 177 1 20 63 . 220 24 Lobster canneries 65 5 23 36 99 - - 41 122 25 Salmon canneries 4 - - 1 4 - - I 4 26 Fish curing establishments 33 - - 20 74 1 20 21 94 17 British Columbia—Totals 145 133 2,650 126 1,263 65 1,023 324 4,936 18 Salmon canneries 65 116 1,782 93 976 63 981 272 3,739 29 Clam canneries 21 7 509 22 152 - - 29 661 30 F ish curing establishments 66f 31 Reduction works 12 10 359 11 135 2 42 23 530

II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (g) Time in Operation and Hours Worked

Number of Establishments Number of Establishments Total \ operating in which hours per day Number during the year normally worked were Province of Establish- Less From From From 240 days Less 9 10 ments than 60 t,o 120 to 180 to and than 8 hours hours hours 60 days 119 days 179 days 239 days over hours

no. DO. 110. DO. DO. DO. no. no. no.

Canada—Totals 846 383 202 122 67 72 196 112 124 414 Lobster canneries 478 333 117 9 9 10 148 39 42 249 Salmon canneries 69 7 11 27 17 7 5 13 36 15 Clam canneries 15 3 5 4 1 2 7 3 5 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 2 2 1 1 4 Fish curing establishments 263 37 67 77 34 48 35 54 44 130 Reduction works 16 1 2 5 4 4 1 2 2 11 Prince Edward Island—Totals 156 96 54 6 58 8 3 87 85 Lobster canneries 143 93 48 2 50 5 3 Clam canneries 5 3 2 5 -3 2 Fish curing establishments 4 -4 3 Nova Scotia—Totals 249 86 49 39 30 45 18 30 62 139 Lobster canneries 133 81 30 6 7 9 8 17 35 73 Clam canneries 4}2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 Other fish canneries Fish curing establishments 106 4 18 31 22 31 9 9 26 62 1 2 Fteduction works 4 1 3 1 FISHERIES STATISTICS 133

II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (f) Power Equipment

Inectricliotors Total Electric3lotorsoperated Total operated by Power by power generated by Illectric Boilers purchased power Equipment primary power Motors no. h.p. no. h.p. no. h.p. no. h.p. no. h.p. 77 719 984 9,005 57 391 134 1,113 304 12,332 - - 414 1,291 2 7 2 7 187 3,876 18 128 291 3,871 25 115 42 243 67 5,275 7 22 20 113 - - 7 22 7 161 17 86 35 528 2 10 19 96 7 555 32 431 193 2,460 26 234 58 665 11 1,093 3 52 31 742 2 28 5 80 25 1,372 - . - 121 434 - - - - 65 1,154 - - 117 403 - - - - 65 1,154 - - 3 6 - - - - - - 11 - - 1 25 - - - - - - E 10 as 250 1,995 14 150 24 US 91 2,506 11 - - 158 476 1 1 1 1 79 1,650 1; 1, - _ 6 199 2 10 2 10 2 33 11 10 38 81 1,166 11 139 21 177 7 573 11 - - 5 154 - - - - 3 250 E 17 86 176 825 1 6 18 92 40 1,3021J - - 98 290 1 6 1 6 27 602 t - _ 6 69 _ _ - _ 4 125 21 17 86 32 343 - - 17 86 7 555 2 - - 40 123 - - - 2 20 2: - - 63 220 - - - 17 478 2: - - 41 122 - - - 16 470 1 - - 1 4 - - - I 821 - - 21 94 - - - - -21 50 595 374 5,531 42 238 92 833 91 6,8922' 18 128 290 3,867 25 115 43 243 66 5,26721 21 29 415 58 1,076 15 95 44 510 3 50331 3 52 26 588 2 28 5 80 22 1,122 3

H. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing '(g) Time in Operation and Hours Worked

Number of Establishments Number of Establishments Total operating in which hours per day Number during the year normally worked were Province of Establish- Less From From From 240 days Less 8 9 10 ments than 60 t,o 120 to 180 to and than 8 hours hours hours 60 days 119 days 179 days 239days over hours

ILO. DO. DO. DO. DO. DO. DO. DO. DO.

New Brunswick—Totals 194 125 46 8 7 8 66 17 11 100 Lobster canneries 137 116 19 1 1 52 14 4 67 Clam canneries 4 1 1 1 1 4 Sardine cahneries 3 2 3 Fish curing establishments 50 26 3 6 14 7 26

Quebec—Totals 102 49 26 20 6 1 43 3 1 55 Lobster canneries 65 43 20 1 38 3 24 Salmon canneries 4 4 4 Fish curing establishments 33 2 6 19 5 1 1 31

British Columbia—Totals 145 27 27 49 24 18 11 54 47 33 Salmon canneries 65 3 11 27 17 7 1 13 36 15 Clam canneries 23 14 17 4 10 9 40 10 9 Fish curing establishments 661 Reduction works 12 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 9

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (h) Classification of Establishments According to Value of Production

• Total Establishments having a production valued at Number Province of Establish- Under $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 $50,000 ments $5,000 to under to under to under and $10,000 $20,000 850,000 over

no. no. no. no. no. Canada—Totals 846 315 169 160 86 116 Lobster canneries 478 216 108 108 37 9 Salmon canneries 69 4 - - 1 64 Clam canneries 15 8 2 3 2 Sardine and other fish canneries 5 2 - - - 3 Fish curing establishments 263 83 59 48 36 37 Reduction works 16 2 - 1 10 3

Prince Edward Island—Totals . 156 76 37 36 7 - Lobster canneries 143 70 32 35 6 - Clam canneries 5 5 - - - Fish curing establishments 8 1 5 1 1 -

Nova Scotia—Totals 249 60 63 68 31 24 Lobster canneries 133 22 38 46 19 8 Clam canneries 41 _ Other fish canneries 2f 3 2 1 Fish curing establishments 106 34 23 22 12 15 Reduction a-orks 4 1 - - 3

New Brunswick—Totals 194 111 39 26 13 5 Lobster canneries 137 83 29 17 7 1 Clam canneries 4 - - 3 1 Sardine canneries 3 1 - - - 2 Fish curing establishments 50 27 10 6 5 2

Quebec—Totals 102 54 17 21 10 Lobster canneries 65 41 9 10 5 Salmon canneries 4 4 - - - Fish curing establishments 33 9 8 11 5 - British Columbia—Totals 145 14 13 9 22 87 Salmon carmeries 65 - - - 1 64 Clam canneries 21 Fish curing establishments 66f 13 13 8 14 20 Reduction works 12 1 - 1 7 3

FISHERIES STATISTICS 135

II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (i) Classification of Establishments According to Number of Employees

Total Establishments Number Province of Establish- Employing Employing Havhig ments less than five persons no five persons and over employees

no. no. no. Canada—Totals 846 210 591 45 Lobster canneries 478 83 374 21 Salmon canneries 69 3 65 1 Clam canneries 15 9 6 - Sardine and other fish canneries 5 1 3 I Fish curing establishments 263 113 129 21 Reduction works 16 1 14 1

Prince Edward Island—Totals 156 46 110 - Lobster canneries 143 34 109 - Clam canneries 5 5 - - Fish curing establishments 8 7 1 -

Nova Scotia—Totals 249 69 176 4 Lobster canneries 133 5 128 - Clam canneries 2 Other fish canneries 1} 3 1 Fish curing establishments 106 60 43 3 Reduction works 4 1 3 -

New EirunswIck—Totals 191 49 130 15 Lobster canneries 137 29 107 1 Clam canneries 4 - 4 - Sardine canneries " 3 1 2 - Fish curing establishments 50 19 17 14

Quebec—Totals 102 29 51 22 Lobster canneries 65 15 30 20 Salmon canneries 4 3 - i Fish curing establishments 33 11 21 1

British Columbia—Totals 145 17 124 4 Salmon canneries 65 - 65 _ Clam canneries 21 17 4 Fish curing establishments 661 3 Reduction works 12 - 11 1

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II. Agencies of Production, 1925—Part 2. In Fish Canning and Curing (j) Classification of Establishments According to Form of Organization

Total Establishments operated bY , Number _ of Establish- Joint Co- mente Individuals Partner- Stock operative 8 hire Companies Associations

no. no. 110. 110. no. Canada—Totals 846 434 152 248 12 '11 Lobster canneries 478 279 102 88 9 Salmon canneries 69 4 1 63 1 Clam canneries 15 8 4 3 - Sardine and other fish canneries 5 1 1 3 - I, ish curing establishments 263 141 44 77 1 Reduction works 16 1 - 14 1

Prince Edward Island—Totals 156 96 ' 35 18 7 Lobster canneries 143 92 34 10 7 Clam canneries à 4 1 - - Fish curing establishments 8 - 8

Nora Scotia—Totals 249 122 46 79 2 Lobster canneries 133 54 29 48 2 Clam canneries 4 - 2 - Other fish canneries '2} Fish curing establishments 106 64 17 25 - Reduction works 4 - 4 -

New Brunswick—Totals 194 129 33 32 - Lobster canneries 137 95 18 24 - Clam canneries 4 1 2 1 - Sardine canneries 3 - 1 2 - Fish curing establishments 50 33 12 5 -

Quebec—Totals 102 51 32 18 1 Lobster canneries 65 38 21 6 - Salmon canneries 4 3 - - 1 Fish curing establishments 33 10 11 12 -

British Columbia —Totals 145 38 6 101 2 Salmon canneries 65 1 1 63 - 21 Clam canneries 34 6 28 1 Fish curing establishments 661 Reduction works 12 1 - 10 1 III. SPECIAL TABLES OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, BOUNTIES, Etc. 138 FISHERIES STATISTICS

III. (1) Statement showing the Salmon-pack' of the Province of British Columbia, by Districts and Species, from 1915 to 1925, inclusive. (From reports of B.C. Salmon Canners' Association)

Species 1915 1916 1917. 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925

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FRASER RIVER

Sockuyes 91,130 32,146 123,614 16,849 38,851 44,598 35,900 48,744 29,423 36,200 31,523 Springs,red 23,228 17,673 10,197 15,192 14,519 19,691 11,360 10,561 3,854 2,382 5,695 Springs, standard - - - - 1 4,296 4,392 5,9491 2,433 664 592 2,294 Springs, white 5,392 11,430 18,916 24,8531 1 3,867 3,615 4,056 25,701 Bluebacks and Steel- heads 31 3,129 4,951 4,395 15,941 4,522 1,331 817 15 1,822 5,152 Cohoes 43,514 31,330 25,895 40,111 39,253 22,934 29,978 23,587 20,173 21,401 36,717 l'inks 138,305 840 134,442 18,388 39,363 12,839 8,178 29,578 63,645 31,968 99,800 Chutas 18,919 30,924 59,973 86,215 15,718 23,884 11,223 17,895 103,248 109,495 66,111 Total 320,519 127,472 377,988 206,003 167,944 132,860 103,919 137,482 224,637 208,516 272,993

SKEEN.A. RIVER

Sockeyes 116,553 60,923 65,760 123,322 184,945 90,869 41,018 100,667 131,731 144,747 81,146 Springs, red 15,069 18,372 13,586 16,013 19,661 37,403 18,599 7,080 8,863 9,366 15,978 Springs, standard - - 1 6,280 5,321 3,1671 5,591 2,885 1,361 2,227 Springs, white 2.01 2,561 2,699 6,8281 1 1,805 499 1,301 5,240 Steelheads 1,798 3,743 1,883 4,994 2,672 1,218 498 1,050 418 214 713 Cohoes 32,190 47,409 38,456 58,759 36,559 18,068 45,033 24,699 31,967 26,968 39,168 Ihnks 107,578 73,029 148,319 161,727 117,303 177,679 124,457 301,655 145,973 181,313 130.079 ()humas 5,769 17,121 21,516 22,573 31,457 3,834 1,993 39,758 16,527 25,588 74,308 Total 279,161 223,158 292,219 374,216 398,877 334,392 234,765 482,305 338,863 390,858 318,859

RIVERS INLET AND SMITHS INLET

Sockeyes 130,350 44,936 61,195 53,401 56,258 121,251 46,300 60,700 112,350 91,760 171,510 Springs, red 1,022 1,033 715 957 967 1,522 364 216 230 153 113 Springs, standard - - - - 1 475 271 Springs, white - 389 102 4521 -(C 1472 UlM l 3 Bluebacks and Steel- heads .. _ - - 2 - 97 82 - - - Cohoes 7,115 15,314 9,124 12,074 9,038 2,908 4,718 1,120 1,526 1,980 4,946 Pinks 2,964 3,567 8,065 29,542 6,538 25,647 5,305 24,292 10,057 15,105 8,625 Chutas 5,387 20,144 16,101 6,729 7,089 1,226 173 311 3,242 4,924 11,510 Total 116,838 85,383 95,302 103,155 80,367 152,828 58,957 86,828 127,774 114,314 197,087

NAAS RIVER

Sockeyes 39,249 31,411 22,188 21,816 28,259 16,740 9,364 31,277 17,821 33,590 18,945 Springs, red 3,053 3,061 3,170 2,332 2,408 3,586 1,431 1,466 2,522 2,142 3,067 Springs, standard 1,166 1,271 657( 1 g75 lqe g8 Springs, white .. 6;8 7i4 1,32.6 1,80 } Steelheads 113 1,498 1,125 1,305 789 560 413 235 595 1,035 245 Cohoes 15,171 19,139 22,180 17,061 10,900 3,700 8,236 3,533 7,894 6,481 8,027 Finka 34,879 59,593 44,568 59,206 29,949 43,151 29,488 75,687 44,165 72,496 35,530 Churns 11,076 11,200 24,938 40,368 24,041 12,145 . 2,176 11,277 25,791 26,612 22,504 Total 104,288 126,686 119,495 143,908 97,512 81,153 51,765 124,071 99,580 112,939 89,008

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS2

Sockeyes - - - - - - - - _ 88 38 Springs, red - - - - - - - - - 283 Cohoes - - - - - - - 433 2,268 2,157 Pinks - - - - - - 332 151,676 2,640 Chunas - - - - - - - 27,728 41,779 76,016 Total - - - - - - - ' - 28,493 195,811 81,134

'Standard cases of 48 Pounds. 2prior to 1523 included with Skeena River.

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III. (1) Statement showing the Salmon-pack' of the Province of British Columbia, by Districts and Species, from 1915 to 1925, inclusive. (From reports of B.C. Salmon Canners' Association)--concluded

Species 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925

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VANCOUVER ISLAND'

Sockeyes - 9,223 34,189 9,091 6,452 10,788 10,667 18,235 14,238 19,161 18,619 Springs, red - 4,725 15,714 25,460 28,476 25,680 2,690 716 95 187 4,144 Springs, standard - - - - 1 7,537 3,531 510f 58 40 - 1,105 Springs, white - 123 3,795 4,8641 1 112 3 96 415 Bluebacks - - 2,916 4,215 8,645 455 3,151 5,495 7,097 2,510 4,832 °aimes - 28,489 31,733 40,732 44,984 20,555 11,120 18,575 21,342 30,593 59,747 Pinks - 34,993 49,156 57,035 43,186 14,391 10,660 36,943 30,149 63,102 51,384 Cintras - 47,178 240,381 251,266 128,013 12,591 34,431 108,478 120,520 165,161 127,520 Total - 124,731 377,881 .392,693 267,293 87,971 73,2.59 188,612 193,484 280,810 267;766

OUTLYING DISTRICTS

Sockeyes 98,660 36,150 32,902 51,980 54,677 67,156 20,665 39,991 29,084 44,057 70,737 Springs, red 9,362 6,367 5,248 5,581 7,148 8,101 2,281 1,124 1,975 2,829 1,091 Springs, standard - - - - 1 7,618 7,532 2,714 f 3,421 543 933 2,683 Springs, white 126 208 808 3,002 f 1 443 193 483 945 13luebacks and Steel- heads 985 712 865 1,007 767 3,721 2,790 409 732 497 1,520 Cohoes 48,966 41,942 30,201 42,331 34,936 33,807 18,203 31,331 28,709 26,031 38,112 Pinks 83,626 108,622 112,209 201,847 110,300 247,149 14,818 113,824 146,611 141,878 118,107 Churns 40,849 113,634 112,364 90,464 165,717 30,946 21,412 80,485 120,999 195,357 229,240 Total 282,574 307,635 291,597 396,212 381,163 398,412 82,883 271,028 328,816 412,065 462,435

TOTAL SALMON-PACK' BY SPECIES

5.kickeyes 476,042 214,789 339,848 276,459 369,445 351,405 163,914 299,614 334,647 369,603 392,518 Springs,red 51,734 51,231 48,630 65,535 73,179 95,933 36,725 21,163 17,539 17,659 30,371 Springs, standard - - - - 1 27,372 22,318 13,027f 11,913 4,858 3,355 8,938 Springs, white 6,370 15,495 27,646 41,819 f 1 6,520 4,745 6,442 32,745 Bluebacks and Steel- heads 2,927 9,082 11,740 15,916 28,816 10,456 8,280 8,088 8,857 6,078 12,462 Colmacs 146,956 183,623 157,589 191,068 175,670 101,972 117,288 102,845 112,044 115,722 188,874 Pinks 367,352 280,644 496,759 527,745 346,639 520,856 192,906 581,979 440,932 657,538 446,165 Chuns 82,090 240,201 475,273 497,615 372,035 84,626 71,408 258,204 418,055 568,916 607,209 Total 4133,181 995,0651,557,483 4616,1574193,1561,187,616 603,5484290,3264341,6774745,3134719,282

TOTAL SALMON-PACK' BY DISTRICTS

Fraser River 320,519 127,472 377,988 266,003 167,944 132,860 103,919 137,482 224,637 208,516 272,993 Skeena River 279,161 223,158 292,219 374,216 398,877 334,392 234,765 482,305 338,863 390,850 348,859 RiversInlet and Srnithà Inlet ' 146,838 85,283 95,302 103,155 80,367 152,828 56,957 86,828 127,774 114,314 197,087 Naas River 104,289 126,686 119,495 143,908 97,512 81,153 51,765 124,071 99,580 142,939 89,008 C/ueen Charlotte Islands - - - - - - - - 28,493 195,811 81,134 Vancouver Island" 1 282,574 1 124,731 377,884 392,663 267,293 87,971 73,259 188,612 193,484 280,810 267,766 Outlying Districts J 1307,635 294,597 396,212 381,163 398,412 82,883 271,028 328,846 412,065 462,435 Total 1,133,381 995,065 1,557,485 1,616,157 1,393,156 1,187,616 603,5181,290,3261,311,677 1,745,313 1,719,282

'Standard cases of 48 pounds. 'Prior to 1916, included with Outlying Districts.

140 FISHERIES STATISTICS

III. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products STATEmENT showing the Quantities and Values of Fish and Fish Products Imported into Canada for Consumption during the fiscal years ended March 31, 1924, 1925 and 1926. (Compiled by the External Trade Branch)

1924 1925 1926 Classification Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

s s $ Fish and Fish Products- ' Fish- Bait fish, fresh lb. - - - - - - Cod, haddock and pollock- Dried lb. 4,571,762 233,487 4,302,272 285,236 2, 643, 624 149,632 Fresh lb. 409,002 13,868 2,025,907 101,253 540,202 15,315 Smoked lb. 32,130 4,034 184,873 18,187 25,873 3,770 Wet salted or pickled lb. 703,286 24,734 919,033 54,241 98,254 5,944 Halibut, fresh ' lb. 656,629 71,749 986,470 102,496 1,469,907 141,595 Herrings, canned lb. 459,637 52,199 349,625 35,684 471,818 48,513 Herrings, fresh lb. 458,700 11,564 812,011 19,118 516,772 15,612 Herrings, pickeld or salted lb. 3,813,166 156,382 5,834,364 266,946 7,466,313 299,437 Flerrings, smoked lb. 495,736 26,960 52,430 2,336 127,806 8,159 Live fish or fish eggs for propagating purposes - 3,773 - 6,477 Lobsters, canned, n.o.p lb. 28,681 14,050 11,072 6,058 631 541 Lobsters, fresh - 2,164 2,529 - 721 Mackerel, fresh lb. 31,267 4,292 43,483 5,763 47,252 6,238 Mackerel, pickled lb. 924 224 350 67 475 65 Oysters, mined in cans not over one pint can 220,891 43,018 222,164 39,193 200,957 37,831 Oysters, canned in cans over one pint, but not over one quart can 1,269 699 506 359 800 552 Oysters, canned, in cans exceedMg one quart qt. 6,500 4,461 1,898 1,231 2,951 2,086 Oysters, fresh, in shells bbl. 1,687 16,648 1,269 12,862 1,697 15,811 Oysters, shelled, in bulk gal. 114,855 301,149 107,291 269,757 110,135 287,924 Oysters, prepared or preserved, n.o p lb. 20,027 13,457 15,026 10,004 18,283 12,220 Oysters, seed and breeding, imported for the purpose of being planted in Canadian waters - 7,049 7,389 4,900 Salmoa, canned, prepared or preserved, n.o.p lb. 260,198 37,389 79,739 13,402 36,661 5,4)69 Salmon, fresh lb. 662,273 64,554 586,975 72,817 707,432 62,971 Salmon, pickled or salted lb. 546,545 32,295 347,450 20,391 348,731 27,467 Salmon, smoked lb. 25,124 6,597 19,049 5,316 21,170 6,105 Sardines, zinchovies, sprats, and other fish, packed in oil or otherwise, in tin boxes, weighing- Over 20 but not over 36 ounces each box 8,775 4,363 4,737 2,245 13,163 5,792 Over 12 but not over 20 ounces each box 44,387 10,463 34,444 6,751 49,730 11,365 Over 8 but not over 12 ounces box 44,491 8,241 44,534 8,037 31,620 6,080 8 ounces or less box 5,429,633 444,214 6,829,115 529,484 5,127,164 390.887 Squid . - 25.978 - 50,094 - 37,438 Other fish- Dried lb. .316,474 86,016 356,841 91,396 346,249 100,714 Fresh lb. 1,242,495 119,011 1,037,045 102,903 1,129,761 110,607 Pickled or salted lb. 431,183 41,459 1,014,031 71,361 1,081,514 63,670 Preserved in oil ' 90,859 - 65,779 - 46,062 Prepared or preserved, n o.p - 190,053 - 201,428 - 212,412 Smoked or boneless lb. 110,589 9,562 221,311 27,970 23,940 3,935 Fish Products-- \ Ambergris - 137 - 222 77 Fish offal or refuse cwt. - 12,522 - 1,908 1,229 4,157 Fur skins, unlressed, the produce of marine animals. 7,614 - 17,306 - 13,650 Oils- Cod liver oll gal. 100,652 78,738 118,001 87,731 134,244 123,951 Seal oil gal. 40,059 27,496 69,930 39,903 36,581 22,490 Whale and spermaceti oil gal. 12,523 10,411 227,369 128,496 837 2,345 Other fish oil gal. 48,736 34,207 37,078 27,863 29,872 22,423 Pearl, mother of, unmaqufactared - 14,169 - 23,281 - 13,092 Shells- Tortoise and other shells, unmanufactured - 6,138 - 3,167 - 353 Shells, n.o.p., crushed or ground - - - 80,834 - 93,008 Sponges of marine production - 71,554 - 56,793 - 68,770 Turtles - 4,279 - 3,876 - 4,487 Whalebone, unmanufactured lb. 1,052 1,282 4,977 1,779 1,292 764 Other articles, the produce of the fisheries, n.o.p - 75,420 - 71,462 - 67,631 Total Fish and Fish Products - 2,527,032 - 3,061,281 - 2,590,515

FISHERIES STATISTICS 141

III. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products-con. STATEMENT showing the Quantities and Values of Fish and Fish Products of Canadian origin Exported from Canada during the fiscal years ended March 31, 1924, 1925 and 1926. (Compiled by the External Trade Branch)

1924 1925 1926 Classification Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

8 s s Fish and Fish Products- Fish- Alewives, fresh cwt. - - - _ 16 165 Aleuives, salted C Wt . 15,906 39,095 24,262 70,498 27,698 95,366 Bait fish. ton 2,750 51,421 2,122 63,254 1,659 38,244 Clams, canned cwt. 6,091 96,952 9,080 166,220 8,454 141,962 Clams, fresh cwt. 15,923 27,101 13,627 23,503 9,612 20,176 Codfish, bonele.ss, canned or preserved, n.o.p civt. 17,026 181,465 15,061 155,566 18,839 191,165 Codfish, dried cwt. 520,473 3,777,183 493,341 4,547,247 594,378 5,246 462 Codfish, fresh and frmien cwt. 5,988 33,941 5,547 38.075 8,227 78,461 Codfish, green-salted (picitled) cwt. 57,968 288,618 89,955 404,790 77,495 364,926 Codfish, smoked cwt. 1,721 19,337 2,667 31,593 17,136 204.718 Eels, fresh cwt. 13,676 95 109 13 355 131,868 13,914 181,901 Haddock, canned cwt. 137 1,562 261 2,740 146 1,782 Haddock, dried cwt. 31,125 175,601 36,320 261,999 32,135 234,017 Haddock, fresh and frozen cwt. 1,152 4,990 2,460 9,150 2,731 24,467 Haddock, smoked cwt. 14,154 132,340 19,417 191,039 19,435 198,560 Halibut, fresh and frozen cwt. 33,536 520,171 41,113 592,810 33,746 430,884 Herring, lake, fresh and frozen cwt. 91,407 437,917 112,853 541,948 27,024 201,534 Herring, lake, pickeld cwt. - - - 220 770 . Herring, lake, smoked cwt. _ - 3 37 - Herring, sea, canned cwt. 14,990 160,300 25,055 246,727 31,057 294,536 Herring, s'en, dry salted cwt. 1,090,574 1,935,049 994,801 1,642,016 1,251,214 2,405,279 Herring, sea, fresh and frozen cwt. 172,993 288,410 301,207 370,320 218,512 288,465 Herring, sen, pickled cwt. 72,441 201,824 60,533 221,899 72,228 256,442 Hening, sea, smoked cwt. 48,123 224,229 58,635 277,734 100,985 413,453 Lobsters, canned cwt. 65,593 4,467,629 45,987 2,820,339 59,680 4,037,259 Lobsters, fresh cwt. 50,525 1,320,652 46,236 1,269,666 46,662 1,255,876 Mackerel, canned cwt . 156 1,632 4 40 - Mackerel, fresh and frozen cwt. 60,750 433,300 63,379 504,561 44,042 290,763 Mackerel, pickled cwt. 54,847 297,908 79,156 572,727 70,219 375,473 Oysters, fresh cwt. 584 4,741 954 6,339 1,333 9,562 Pilchards, canned cat. 8,246 86,875 7,731 74,719 10,865 112,259 Pollock, hake and cusk, boneless, canned or preserved, n.o.p cwt. 23 229 - - - - Pollock, hake and cusk, dried cwt. 67,994 373,835 51,470 359,454 38,623 267,131 Pollock, hake and cusk, fresh and frozen cwt. 5,196 8,840 4,167 15,759 4,778 . 15,085 Pollock, hake and cusk, green-salted cwt. 2,944 5,204 4,627 15,709 6,546 16,910 Salmon, canned cwt. 540,635 7,721,075 777,264 10,425,325 670,885 10,467,680 Salmon, dry salted (chum) cwt. 132,075 424,382 178,012 498,404 180,098 694,632 Salmon, fresh and frozen cwt. 98,207 1,060,146 108,945 1,282,256 89,463 1,116,519 Salmon, pickled cwt. 19,117 284,872 23,948 389,107 30,511 526,867 Salmon, smoked cat. 368 9,489 162 3,235 162 3,150 Salmon, or lake trout, fresh cwt. 34,344 337,974 36,950 386,113 39,757 417,565 Sea fish, other, fresh and frozen cwt. 27,876 58,340 5,455 54,908 11,458 85,852 Sea fish, other, pickled cwt. 402 3,042 686 3,786 2,702 11,610 Sea fish, other, canned, or preserved, n.o.p cwt. 714 3,483 10,965 34,751 2,348 20,949 Shell fish, other, fresh cwt. - 61,044 - 53,965 - 76,505 Smelts, fresh cwt. 84.170 1,209,103 57,648 759,795 78,441 1,050,420 Swordfish, fresh cwt. 10,370 150,186 5,310 100,909 4,371 76,940 Tongues and sounds cwt. 548 6,907 781 13,334 703 14,893 Tullibee, fresh cwt. 26,145 132,685 35,693 118,375 53,610 323,860 Whale nient, canned or preserved, n.o.p cwt. 4,396 37,315 1,051 6,531 833 4,335 Whitefish, fresh cwt. 106,233 1,143 ,356 105,380 1,170,456 117,456 1,374,946 All other fish, fresh and frozen cwt. 260,129 2,115,723 262,369 2,306,149 282,222 2,569,074 All other fish, pickled cwt. 20 100 - - 10 150 Fish Products- Fish offal or refuse cwt. _ 25,707 - 31,834 41,616 94,926 Oils- Cod liver oil gal. 105,327 56,912 207,822 108,504 323,384 181,116 Seal oil gal. 8,389 5,058 56,637 30,132 19,090 10,992 Whale oil gal. 473,204 215,511 781,188 417,360 424,467 242,627 Other fish oil gal. 130,730 42,062 137,609 43,377 385,169 174,656 Seal skins, undressed no. 5,241 58,851 7,928 44,677 10,001 85,463 Other articles of the fisheries - 65,986 - 53,380 - 165,737 Total Fish and Fish Products - 30,925.769 - 33,967,009 - 37,487,517

III. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products—con, ■-• (ND STATEMENT showing Quantities of the Principal Fish and Fish Products of Canadian origin exported from Canada during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1926 (Compi cd by the External Trade Branch).

Alewives Clams Codfish Haddock Fish Hall- Boneless, but Countries to which Exported . canned Fresh Green- Fresh fresh Fresh Salted fish Canned Fresh or pro- Dried and salted fhrus o r Smoked ref use Canned Dried and Smoked and served, frozen (pickled) frozen frozen n.o.p. cwt. cwt. ton cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. United Kingdom - 27 - - - 2,932 500 - - - 11,349 - - 353 18 502 Irish Free State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aden - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Africa, British East - - - - - - - - - -, - - - - Africa, British South - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - en Africa, British West- Gambia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gold Coast - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Nigeria - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sierra Leone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - Other - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cn Bermuda - - - 120 3,406 - 1 - - - - - 351 1 British East Indies- British India - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ceylon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Straits Settlements - - - - - - - - - •-• - - - - - - British Guiana - - - - - - 3,128 - - - - - 167 - 41 - en British Honduras - - - - - - 254 - - - - - - - - );:te British West Indies- 0 Barbados - 86 - - - 24 9,171 4 - - - - - 679 2 13 - cn Jamaica - 8,982 - - - - 46,231 - - - - - 846 - - - Trinidad and Tobago - - - - - 9 33,207 - - - - 307 - 9 - Other - 738 - - - 5 3,077 - - - - 1,440 - 16 - Gibraltar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hong Kong - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - 36 37 Iraq (Mesopotamia) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Malta - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Newfoundland - - - - - - 11,916 43 - - - 10 - 58 - Oceania- .Australia - - - - - - 119 - 39 -- - - 30 109 137 I. iji - — - - - - - 3 - - - - - -_1 - New Zealand - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - Other - - - - - - - - - - - --_ Palestine - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - 1,790 - - - 481 - - - Argentina - - _ Belgium - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - _ Belgian Congo - - - - - - - - - - _ Bolivia - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ Brazil - - - - - - 40,913 - - - - - 320 - - - Chile - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - Chinn - - -• - - - - - - - - - - - 5 -

Colombia _ - - - - Costa Rica 32 _ _ - 3,035 Cuba - - - 09,944 - 6,081 102 Gzecho-Slovakia - _ - - - Denmark - Ecuador - . Egypt - Franco - French Africa - _ - .1» French East Indies ■ French Oceania - _ - •• French West Indics - _ - 38 St. Pierre and Miquelon 4,357 Germany - _ _ - - 3,877 1,068 3 Greece Guatemala - - _ 40 Hayti 3,004 - _ - 6,617 __ _ - 3 Honduras ■•• _ _ _ 80,058 - 6,702 Italy 1 4,000 32 Japan •■• Liberia _ - ›4 Mexico _ _ Morocco - e-I 176 _ v) Netherlands 1 _ _ Dutch East Indics 3,529 o - Dutch Guiana 2,586 _ _ - 2:1 Dutch West Indics 50 42 .•■■ _ Nicaragua .1■1. - 51 - _ u) Norway - 15 17 6,103 Panama - _ - cn Peru - _ - ma Portugal 9,100 - _ - L" Portuguese Africa - - Portguese Asia - _ - cn Roumania - -- • - ma Salvador 1,305 - 6,785 - )-1 131 - _ San Domingo ••• • - A Siam 25 - - cn Spain - _ Canary Islands .1■1. ■•• Spanish Africa .•■• Sweden .•■ Switzerland Syria Turkey 17,070 9,861 25,199 134 2,881 2,346 18,606 33,069 16 11,2-20 1,659 8,416 9,612 18,731 141,176 7,505 27 United States 1 18 Alaska ■•• 2 86 American Virgin Islands 93,772 1,8.83 Porto Rico ■•■. 30 Venezuela 594,378 8,227 77,405 17,136 13,914 41,616 146 32,135 2,731 19,435 33,746 Total Exports 16 27,608 1,659 8,454 9,612 18.889 158 110,322 722 43 47 11,349 12 3,458 385 651 677 To British Empire 9,806 37 484,056 7,505 77,452 17,089 13,014 32,067 134 28,677 2,346 18,784 33,069 To Foreign Countries 16 17,892 1,659 8,417 9,012 18,731 1-■ fe) STATEMENT United Belgium Argentine Costa Colombia Brazil Bolivia China Chile Irish FreeState Africa, Africa, Africa, Aden British East British Guiana Bermuda British British Iraq (Mesopotamia) Gibraltar Hong Malta Oceania- Newfoundland Belgian Palestine Sierra Leone British Gold Gambia Straits Settlement Ceylon Nigeria Trinidad Jamaica Other Barbados Other Countries towhichExported Australis. Fiji Other New Rica Kingdom Kong British British British South Coast West Honduras Zealand Congo India and Indies— Indies- East West— Tobago showing Quantities • r.. 1, kii

III. of thePrincipal frozen Fresh cwt. and Herring, lake (2) - ------..." ------Imports ------_ Pickled cwt. the fiscal ------ and Canned Fish cwt. 4,000 2,324 3,295 1,523 1,817 3,086 1,045 Exports year endingMarch 289 358 407 105 155 106 481 137 224 lien 135 - - - 86 60 - 54 - 26 23 40 - 50 - - - - - 2 and salted Dry- cwt. 169,261 671,243 Fish Products of - ------72 20 ------20 ------ Herring, Sea Fish frozen Fresh cwt. and . 137 - ------18 - - - - - 10 and ------ 1 Pickled cwt. 31, 35,032 Fish Products—concluded 4,614 1,258 of 387 226 819 ------71 ------88 - 50 - - 1926—concluded Canadian Originexportedfrom Smoked cwt. 52,207 1,023 1,475 2.583 425 715 40 ------, 64 - - - 12 - 73 - - - - 69 40 13 32 12 18 2 Canned ' cwt. 36,160 1,117 Lobsters . ------24 ------17 - - 35 - - - .. - - - 9 7 1 Fresh cwt, - - - ------_ - - _ _ _ - 2 frozen Fresh cwt. and • Mackerel 101 ------_ - 2 2 1 3 Fielded cwt. 38,481 8,123 1,476 353 198 386 ------96 ------10 26 Canada Oysters, fresh cwt. - - 49 ------54 ------_ _ _ - 2 1 Pilchards during canned cwt. 6,032 2,046 470 589 127 150 183 - - - -' - - - - _ ------_ ------4 5

SOLLSIIV,LS SaRISHSI3 Czecho-Slovakia 40 Denmark 8 - 1,415 Ecuador 160 - 48 EgYPt 28 - 5 ' g France - 3,080 French Africa O - 7 French East Indics 8 - y French Oceania 120 - c' French 'West Indies - St. Pierre and Miquelon 22 49 Germany - 1 165 Greece 27 Guatemala Hayti 2,721 263 Honduras Italy Japan 12 435,08.9 6 6 Liberia 14 Mexico 7,890 1 Morocco Netherlands 36 24 Dutch East Indies 248 Dutch Guiana 160 27 427 Dutch 'West Indies 326 Nicaragua Norway 336 Panama 160 16 117 1 - 1,500 48 Peru - - - - Portugal - Portuguese Africa 112 - 24 Portuguese Asia - - - - Roumania - 20 - - - Salvador - - - San 1Dorningo 834 - 432 - - 818 Siam 168 - - - Spain - 4 - - g Canary Islands - - - p-r Spanish Africa 10 - - - 0 Sweden 3,635 - - - Switzerland 37 SYria Turkey United States 27,024 220 3 4,609 218,346 27,586 37,305 13,602 46,660 43,933 18,285 1,178 1,10- 4 Alaska American Virgin Islands 62 10 20 Porto Rico 2,012 1,150 aa Venezuela ' 84 14 Total Exports 27,024 220 31,057 1,281,214 218,512 72,228 100,986 69,680 46,662 44,042 70,219 1,333 10,865 1Co British Empire 10,659 169,373 166 42,407 56,158 36,253 2 106 48,737 106 9,607 To Foreign Countries 27,024 220 11,398 1,111,841 218,346 29,821 44,827 23,427 46,660 43,936 21,482 1,22/ 1,258

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III. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products—con. cn • STATEMENT showing Quantities of the Principal Fish and Fish Products of Canadian Origin exported from Canada during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1926—con.

Whale Pollock, hake and cask Salmon Salmon or Sword- Tongu ' lake Smelts fish, and ee Tullibee cannedmeat or Countries to which Enorted Fresh Dry- Fresh trou fresh ' fresh ' Dried and G reen Canned salted and Pickled Smoked fhrest, fresh sounds preserved frozen sa lMd (chum) frozen n.o.p. cwt..,cwt.' cwt. cwt. cwt, cwt. cwt. cwt, cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. cwt. United Kingdom - - 165,887 - 15,063 628 1 5 - - - - Irish Free State - - - 288 - - - - - - - - - Aden - - 84 - - - - - - - - - Africa, British East - 391 - - - - - - - - Africa, British South - - - 24,029 - - - • - - - - - - Africa, British West- Gambia. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gold Coast - - - 3,365 - - - - - - - - Nigeria - - - 5,352 - - - - - - - - - Sierra Leone - - - 1,683 - - - - - - - - Other - - - 2,288 - - - - - - - - Bermuda 101 - - 506 - 33 11 1 - - - 1 - - British East Indies- British India - - - 1,695 - - - - - - - - - Ceylon , - - 509 - - - - - - - - - Straits Settlernent - - 11,711 - - - - - - - - - British Guiana 2,070 - - 1,390 - 2 159 - - - - - - British Honduras - - - 95 - - 2 - - - - - - - British West Indies- Barbados 191 - - 953 - 13 86 - - - - - - Jamaica 3,950 - - 2,218 - - 574 - - - - - - - Trinidad and Tobago 456 - - 2,524 - - 1,039 - - - - - -_ Other 7,638 - - 863 - - 111 - - - _- - - _ Gibraltar - - - 120 - - - - - - - - _ II Hong Hong - - - 382 - 102 - 3 - - - - - _ Iraq (Mesopotamia) - - - 144 . - - - - - - -_ - - _ Malta - - - 692 - - - - - - - - .Nowfoundland - - - 10 - a - - - - I - - Oceania- - Australia - - - 1)2,236 - 311 454 42 - - -_ - - - Fiji - - - 4,595 - 9 - 5 - - - - Now Zealand - - - 25,863 - - - - - _ - _- - - Other - - - 4,778 - - - - - - - Palestine - - - 468 - - - - - - Argentine 1,792 - 24 - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Belgium - - 23,188 - - • - Belgian Congo - - - 201 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bolivia - - - 692 - - '- _ - - Brazil 5,379 - 56 - - - - - - - - - Chile - - 20,845 - - - - _ China - - - 236 2,102 30 - 20 - - - - 1,961 - - - - - - - - - - Colombia - - - - - Costa Rica - - 1,109 - - 41 3 - _ - - - nnh. 2.072 - 326 - - - -

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Czecho-Slovakia 36 Denmark 455 240 Ecuador 3,387 Egypt 2,355 France 173,603 2,560 ••• French Africa 208 French East Indies French Oceania 77 ° French West Indics St. Pierre and Miquelon 12 Germany 1,490 2,093 6,503 Greece 2,511 Guatemala 61 Hayti Honduras Italy 1,120 48,775 Japan 3 177,749 -10 2 833 Liberia 94

Mexico 8,242 . - Morocco 235 Netherlands 4,573 40 Dutch East Indies 3,895 Dutch Guiana 3,577 560' 412 Dutch West Ind es 548 20 Nicaragua 614 Norway 12 352 2,912 Panama 15 732 118 Peru '2,304 Portugal Portuguese Africa 1,996 Portuguese Asia 24 Salvador 43 • San Domingo 5,605 408 Siam 412 Spain 54 Canary Islands 132 Spanish Africa '206 Sweden 102 1 300 Switzerland 324 Syria 24 Turkey 98 United States 3,691 4,778 0,540 2,110 247 68,607 17,053 83 39,752 78,441 4,371 701 53,010 Alaska a 2 American Virgin Islands 23 Porto Rico 880 Venezuela 6,258 Total Exports 38,623 4,778 0,540 670,885 180,098 89,463 30,611 102 39,757 78,441 4,371 703 53,610 833 To British Empire 14,409 355.010 15,533 3,009 52 5 2 To Foreign Countries 24,214 4,778 6,546 315,800 180,098 73,030 27,442 110 39,752 78,441 4,371 701 . 53,010 833

■-+ •••.1 III. (2) Imports and Exports of Fish and Fish Products—concluded 0;) STATEMENT showing Quantities of the Principal Fish and Fish Products of Canadian Origin exported from Canada during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1926—concluded

- - cwt. Owt. CWt, cwt. cwt. owt. gal. gal, gal, gal, no.

British East Indics— / rn

British West Indies—

Oceania— Czecho-Slovakia Denmarlc Ecuador Egypt France 50 French Africa French East Indies French Oceania French West Indies St. Pierre and Miquelon Germany -4 192 Greece Guatemala Hayti Honduras Italy Japan - 1 Liberia Mexico "Morocco Netherlands -2 Dutch East Indics Dutch Guiana Dutch West Indies Nicaragua Norway Panama Peru Portugol- Portuguese Africa Portuguese Asia Salvador San Domingo Siam Spain Canary Islands Spanish Africa Sweden 292 Switzerland Sy:ia Turkey United States 117,456 282,222 10 6,054 2,333 2,182 312,188 384,077 19,090 Alaska American Virgin Islands Porto Rico Venezuela Total Exports 117,456 282,222 10 11,458 2,702 2,348 323,384 385,160 19,090 To "British Empire 5,360 52 94 11,196 To Foreign Countries 117,456 282,222 10 6,108 2,650 2,254 • 312,188 385,169 10,090

150 • FISHERIES STATISTICS

III. (3) Detailed Statement of Fishin' g Bounties Paid to Vessels and Boats for the year 1925

Total No. No. No. Average - Amount No.of of ' Amount Bounty County lin Paid l'ai d. to Veesesel Tonnage Tonnage. en Biets lien Paid Vessels and I3oats 8 cts. 8 cts. 8 cts. Prince Edward Island- Irdngs 3 41 13 6 89 00 384 532 3,739 80 3,828 80 Prince 2 22 11 5 62 GO 413 759 8,12900 5,191 00 Queens - - - 111 244 1,650 90 1,650 90 Total 5 63 12 11 151 00 908 1,535 10,519 70 10,67170

Nova Scotia- Annapolis 1 44 44 10 124 00 141 256 1,753 SO 1,677 80 Antigonish - - - - 131 200 1,391 00 1,391 00 Cape Breton 24 399 17 93 1,143 00 315 581 3,979 35 5,122 35 Cumberland - - - 1 1 730 730 Digby 4 95 12 21 263 00 331 584 4,010 90 4,273 90 Guysborough 28 -463 17 133 1,52700 554 774 5,46545 6,99245 Halifax 68 924 14 275 3,12400 945 1,246 8,798 85 11,922 85 Inverness 9 117 13 43 461 00 193 600 3,969 05 4,430 05 Kings - - - - 31 47 327 10 327 10 Lunenburg 123 6,570 53 1,621 19,538 00 470 501 4,203 00 23,741 00 Pictou - - - 25 34 239 20 239 20 Queens 13 226 17 80 866 00 133 218 1,509 00 2,375 00 Richmond 22 373 17 90 1,093 00 343 647 4,419 45 5,512 45 Shelburne 16 389 24 127 1,405 00 459 913 6,212 55 7,617 55 Victoria 7 103 14 29 335 00 277 430 2,986 35 3,321 35 Yarmouth 8 454 57 112 1,350 00 134 304 2,049 20 3,399 20 Total 323 10,457 31 2,634 31,229 00 4,492 7,420 51,321 55 82,55055

New Brunswick- Charlotte 2 13 6 2 48 30 255 448 3.086 75 3,135 05 Gloucester 200 3,036 15 871 10,007 00 249 692 4,617 35 14,624 35 Kent - - - 54 05 652 50 652 50 Northumberland 1 21 21 6 69 00 - - - 69 00 Restigouche - - - - - 1 2 13 60 1160 St. John - - - - 33 47 320 80 329 80 Total 203 3,070 15 879 10,124 30 592 1,284 8,700 OD 18,824 30

Quebec- Bonaventure 2 23 11 5 63 00 392 745 5,093 55 5,156 55 Gaspe 7 125 18 32 381 00 2,293 4,847 32,846 10 33,227 10 Saguenay - - - - 658 1,226 8,398 60 8,398 60 Matane - - - - - 104 168 1,164 50 1,161 50 Total 9 148 16 37 444 00 3,447 6,986 47,502 75 47,946 75 Grand Total 540 13,438 25 3,561 41,948 30 9,439 17,231 118,044 OD 159,992 30 CANADA BUREAU FÉDÉRAL DE LA STATISTIQUE SECTION DES PÊCHERIES

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

1925

(En collaboration avec les Services des Pêcheries du Gouvernement Fédéral et des Provinces)

Publié par ordre de l'hou. James Malcolm, M.P., Ministre du Commerce

OTTAWA F. A. ACLAND IMPRIMEUR DE SA TRÈS EXCELLENTE MAJESTÉ LE ROI 1927 152 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

TABLE DES MATIÈRES Préface 153 Les pêcheries du Canada 154

Introduction et résumé

Quantité et valeur des principaux poissons, 1921-1925 161 Coup d'oeil sur les opérations de pêche en 1925 162 Relevé des principales espèces de poisson en 1925 164 Moyens de production, 1921-1925— Pêche proprement dite— Capital 169 Main-d'oeuvre 169 Usines poissonnières— Capital 169 Personnel 169 Employés, appointements et salaires 171 Ouvriers occupés par mois 171 Consommation de combustible 171 Force motrice utilisée 171 Valeur des matières premières 172 Valeur des produits 172 Classification des établissements selon la forme de l'organisation commerciale, la durée des opérations du personnel employé et l'importance de leur production 172 Répartion par provinces— Valeur des pêcheries, 1921-1925 173 Quantité des principaux poissons dont on fait commerce, et leur valeur 1921-1925 174 Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente, 1925 177 Valeur totale, par comtés et districts, de tout le poisson de mer pêché et mis en vente, 1925 182 Proportion du poisson de mer pris en haute mer, 1925 183 Capitaux engagés, 1925 186 Primes de pèche, 1925 188 Importations et exportations, 1925 188 Revue rétrospective 188

Tableaux d'ensemble I. Poisson pêché et vendu, 1925 42-90 Ile du Prince-Edounrd, 42: Nouvelle-Ecosse, 44: Nouveau-Brunswick, 64: Québec, 74: Ontario, 82: Manitoba, 82: Saskatchewan, 84: Alberta, 85: Yukon, 85: Colombie Britannique, 86. II. Moyens de production, 1925—Capital d'exploitation, personnel) etc 92-113 lère Partie—Pêche proprement dite- 21e du Prince-Edouard, 92: Nouvelle-Ecosse, 91: Nouveau-Brunswick, 102: Québec, 106: Ontario, 108: Manitoba, 110: Saskatchewan, 110: Alberta, 110: Yukon, 110: Colombie Britannique, 112. 2e Partie—Usines poissonnières— • (a) Relevé général des statistiques 114 (b) Capitaux engagés 120 (c) Employés, appointements et salaires 122 (d) Personnel occupé par mois 128 (e) Consommation de combustible 130 (f) Force motrice utilisée 132 (g) Classification des établissements selon la durée des opérations et les heures de travail 132 (h) Classification des établissements par importance de leur production 134 (i( Classification des établissements par rapport A leur personnel 135 (j) Forme de l'organisation commerciale 136 III. (1) La manutention du saumon en Colombie Britannique, 1915-1925 138 (2) Importations et exportations de poisson et de proJuits du poisson, 1925 140 (3) Primes de pêche, 1925 150 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 153

PRÉFACE Ce rapport est publié en vertu d'une entente établissant la coopération en matière de Statistique, intervenue entre le Bureau Fédéral de la Statistique et les différents services gouvernementaux ayant juridiction sur les pêcheries canadiennes. Ces services comprennent: la Direction des pêcheries du ministère de la Marine et des Pêcheries, qui exerce sa juridiction sur les pêcheries des provinces maritimes, des provinces des prairies et de la Colombie Britannique; et les Divisions des Pêcheries des provinces d'Ontario et de Québec, qui régissent les pêcheries de leurs provinces respectives, sauf les pêcheries des Iles de la Madeleine, dans Québec, lesquelles sont sous la juridiction de la Direction des pêcheries du Dominion. La Colombie Britannique possède une Division des Pêcheries, mais cet organisme ne s'occupe pas de statistique pour son. propre compte. En vertu de l'arrangement dont il est parlé plus haut, les statistiques du poisson pêché et des produits offerts en vente à l'état frais ou après une prépa- ration sommaire, sont recueillies par les fonctionnaires locaux des services des pêcheries, vérifiées et condensées au ministère de la Marine et des Pêcheries, puis compilées au Bureau Fédéral de la Statistique. En ce qui concerne le poisson industriellement préparé et ses sous-produits, des formules similaires à celles en usage dans le recensement des autres branches de production sont envoyées directement par le Bureau aux poissonneries, établissements de salaison, de conserve de poisson, etc., les fonctionnaires des services des pêcheries s'assurant que ces formules sont consiencieusement remplies et promptement retournées. Les fonctionnaires des gouvernements provinciaux voudront bien accepter nos remerciements pour le concours qu'ils nous ont prêté. R. H. COATS, Statisticien du Dominion.

BUREAU FÉDÉRAL DE LA STATISTIQUE, OTTAWA, 6 Septembre 1926. 154 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

LES PÊCHERIES DU CANADA

Le début des pêcheries.—La pêche est l'une des plus anciennes industries du Canada. Les Normands, les Bretons et les Basques péchaient la morue à Terre-Neuve dès avant la découverte de l'Amérique. Lorsqu'en 1498 le continent nord-américain s'offrit à la vue de Cabot, ce navigateur lui donna le nom de «Bacalaos», nom basque de la morue que ces rudes pêcheurs poursuivaient déjà. Cap-Breton, l'un des plus anciens noms géographiques de l'Amérique, est un autre souvenir des premiers pécheurs Français, que les Espagnols et les Portugais ne tardèrent pas à suivre. Fernandez de Navarete nous apprend que des pêcheurs de ces trois nationalités fréquentaient le «Grand Banc» en 1502. La pêche se pratiquait au moyen de lignes à main, les pêcheurs se tenant dans des barils fixés à l'extérieur du passavant, pour éviter le contact des lignes avec les flancs du navire; les bâteaux de pêche se livraient à leurs opérations tant que durait le beau temps, puis s'en retournaient en France avec leurs prises de 30,000 à 50,000 morues. Les voyages entrepris le long du littoral démontrèrent bientôt que la morue était aussi abondante en vue du rivage que sur les bancs lointains; les équipages s'accou- tumèrent alors à jeter l'ancre dans une baie, à construire une hutte sur la grève et à faire dans leurs petites chaloupes des excursions quotidiennes, dont le produit- était salé et séché à terre, puis expédié en France à la fin de la saison. Lorsqu'il remonta le Saint-Laurent, en 1534, Jacques Cartier trouva partout les traces du passage de ces «capitaines courageux» et de leurs rivalités, lesquelles s'exerçaient aussi bien dans des rencontres armées que dans la capture du poisson qui les avait attirés si loin de chez eux. Chauvin fonda un établissement de cette sorte à Tadoussac, en 1599. Bientôt après les pécheurs s'habituèrent à passer l'hiver en Amérique et à y construire de véritables villages. La première concession de pêche fut octroyée par le roi de France à de Monts, en 1603. On peut donc considérer la pêche comme la première industrie à laquelle se soient livrés systématiquement les Européens au Canada; depuis ces temps lointains elle n'a jamais cessé de donner sa récolte annuelle, tant à l'Europe qu'à l'Amérique. Le traité d'Utrecht de 1713 attribua Terre-Neuve à la Grande-Bretagne, dépossédant la France de son droit de pécher et de faire sécher le poisson sur certaines sections du littoral de cette île, mais la France conserva les pêcheries de Cap-Breton et celles du golfe. La guerre de Sept Ans (1756-63) interrompit les opérations de pêche sur une vaste échelle. Lorsqu'elle se termina, la famille Robin, de Jersey, vint au Canada et au moyen d'acquisitions graduelles, s'empara de toutes les anciennes stations' de pêche francises. Jusqu'à l'arrivée des Loyalistes, les pêcheurs s'étaient occupés exclusivement de la morue. Seules les pêcheries côtières étaient exploitées durant cette phase, y compris celles du littoral du Labrador; ce ne fut qu'en 1873 qu'un navire de pêche en haute mer sortit du port de Lunenburg, qui est maintenant le centre principal de la grande pêche. Lieux de pêche du Canada.—Les pêcheries canadiennes sont probable-. ment les plus vastes de l'univers. Sur l'Atlantique, depuis Grand Manan jusqu'au Labrador, le rivage mesure plus de 5,000 milles, à l'exclusion des anses et échan- crures qui le dentellent. La baie de Fundy, avec 8,000 milles carrés, l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent, dix fois plus grand, et d'autres eaux océaniques représentent ensemble environ 200,000 milles carrés, c'est-à-dire plus des quatre cinquièmes des pêcheries du nord de l'Atlantique. De plus, l'on compte sur les bords de l'Atlantique 15,000 milles carrés d'eaux territoriales, sous le contrôle absolu de la Puissance. Mais ces vastes étendues ne représentent qu'une partie des eaux canadiennes. La baie d'Hudson dont les côtes s'étendent sur une longueur de 6,000 milles, est plus grande que la Méditerranée; sur le Pacifique, le littoral canadien mesure 7,180 milles; ses baies et fiords innombrables offrent aux pécheurs une multitude d'abris très sûrs. Enfin, dessiminés sur tout le territoire, s'égrènent une série de lacs qui, tous ensemble, contiennent plus de la moitié des eaux douces du globe, la part du STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 155

'Canada dans les grands lacs seulement couvrant plus de 34,000 milles carrés, aux- quels viennent s'ajouter le lac Winnipeg (9,457 milles carrés), le lac Manitoba et de nombreux autres non moins vastes. Mais la qualité des produits des p&heries canadiennes est encore plus remar- quable. Chacun sait que l'excellence de la chair du poisson est en proportion directe de la pureté et de la fraîcheur des eaux qu'il habite. Considérés sous cet angle, la morue, l'églefin, le hareng, la maquereau, l'ablette (poisson blanc) et le saumon du Canada n'ont pas de rivaux dans l'univers. Il est donc évident que les plus magni- fiques pêcheries de l'hémisphère occidental, sinon du globe, appartiennent au Canada. Le bref exposé qui précède démontre qteil est impossible d'envisager les pêche- ries canadiennes sous un unique aspect; embrassant tout un continent, elles offrent nécessairement une grande diversité. Laissant de côté les immenses étendues de la baie d'Hudson et de la région Arctique qui s'étend depuis l'Ungava jusqu'à l'Alaska, lesquelles, outre la baleine, donnent asile à de nombreux autres poissons comestibles, on peut diviser ainsi qu'il suit les pêcheries canadiennes: 1. PÉs CHERIES DE L'ATLANTIQUE.—Elles sont les premières en date, et jusqu'en 1.918 elles furent les plus importantes par la valeur de leurs produits. On y prend la morue, le flétan l'églefin, le merlan, le hareng, le maquereau, le homard, l'huître, le- phoque et la, baleine franche. L'estuaire et les eaux intérieures des provinces maritimes et de Québec sont quelquefois considérés distinctement; a mais en les réunissant, la liste ci-dessus s'accroîtrait du saumon, de l'alose, du gasparot, de l'éperlan, du bar, du tacaud, de la truite et du maskinongé. Les opérations de pêche sont communément considérées sous deux aspects distincts, la pêche hauturière ou de haute mer et la pêche côtière. Cette dernière se pratique -au moyen de petites embarcations, le plus souvent automobiles, montées par deux ou trois hommes; on y emploie aussi de petits navires, dont l'équipage se compose de quatre à sept hommes. Les engins de pêche le plus fréquemment employés -sont les rêts à mailles, les lignes à main et les chaluts; d'autre part, on dispose le long du rivage, des filets, des seines et des nasses-. La pêche à l'églefin est aussi -importante que celle de la morue; pendant le printemps et l'été ce poisson est ouvert et salé mais la meilleure saison est à l'automne, le poisson étant alors vendu frais ou bien fumé, sous le nom de «finnan haddie». La pêche en haute mer se pratique au moyen de navires de 40 à 100 tonnes, portant de douze à vingt hommes, qui pêchent dans des doris au moyen de lignes de fond. Les flotilles fréquentent tour à tour les différents bancs de pêche, tel que le Grand Banc, le Banc Intermédiaire et le Ban quereau. Ces navires, construits sur place, restent quelquefois plusieurs mois en mer; les naufrages sont rares, tant est grande l'habileté de leurs équipages. A leur retour, le poisson, qui a été vidé et salé à bord, est débarqué, salé et séché. Les Antilles sont le principal débouché de ce produit; aucune autre morue ne pourrait supporter le climat tropical aussi bien que celle préparée par les pêcheurs de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. De grands chalutiers à vapeur, tels que ceux en usage dans la mer du Nord, ont été introduits depuis plusieurs années dans les pêcheries canadiennes du littoral de l'Atlantique; on compte actuellement dix de ces navires appar- tenant aux ports de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. Ils se livrent à la pêche presque toute l'année; leurs prises approvisionnent le commerce du poisson frais. La pêche au homard est également une industrie caractéristique. En 1870, il n'existait que trois homarderies sur le littoral de l'Atlantique; aujourd'hui, on en compte plus de 500, occupant près de 7,000 personnes; 30,000,000 de homards constituent une prise normale. L'un des constants problèmes de cette industrie c'est d'assurer l'exécution des dispositions prohibant la capture des jeunes homard et des adultes au moment du frai; on croit toutefois avoir mis un frein au déclin de la production. L'huître, qui pullulait autrefois tout le long du rivage, est maintenant moins abondante. La mise en boîte des «sardines», qui sont de jeunes harengs, occupe au Nouveau-Brunswick le second rang, immédiatement après le h,omard. 156 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

• Les pêcheurs des provinces maritimes constituent une population industrielle spécialisée. La pêche côtière s'y pratique d'avril à novembre, et même en janvier, dans les districts abrités et, quoique les plus grands navires travaillent pendant tout l'hiver, plusieurs milliers d'hommes sont disponibles, à certains moments de l'année, pour d'antres travaux. Les uns cultivent des petites parcelles de terre entourant leurs maisons, les autres travaillent dans les chantiers de bois du Nouveau- Brunswick ou bien dans les charbonnages de la Nouvelle-Ecosse. Quelques pécheurs de Lunenburg et d'ailleurs font du négoce avec les Antilles. Outre l'oisiveté forcée résultant soit du mauvais temps, soit de la fermeture de la pêche, la méthode con- sistant à rémunérer les pécheurs au moyen d'une part de la prise, tend ci les pousser vers des occupations secondaires, surtout dans les mauvaises années. En vue de remédier aux défectuosités de cette méthode, une loi de la législature provinciale de la Nouvelle-Ecosse, passée en 1905, permit aux pécheurs de se syndiquer et organisa dans la province des ((stations)) affiliées et un organisme central; les pécheurs syndiqués devaient se réunir annuellement, pour la discussion des problèmes communs, tels que les facilités de transport, l'approvisionnement des cordages, les prix, les méthodes de prise et de préparation du poisson, etc. Plusieurs congrès successifs eurent lieu. Le Nouveau-Brunswick adopta une législation similaire. Mais ce mouvement fut éphémère. Après quelques années d'existence, on vit les syndicats se dissoudre. Actuellement, chacun pêche pour son propre compte, sans se soucier des autres patrons ou compagnies. 2. PÊCHERIES INTÉRIEURES.—Les grands lacs et les eaux tributaires du St-Laurent constituent une seconde grande division des pêcheries canadiennes. L'ablette ou poisson blanc, la truite, la sandre, et le hareng des lacs sont les poissons les plus importants, commercialement parlant, d'Ontario, quoique le brochet, l'esturgeon et quelques autres poissons ne soient pas à dédaigner. Les pêcheries intérieures du Québec n'ont pas une très grande importance. L'histoire de la pêche dans les grands lacs peut se résumer en deux mots; une destruction en masse, suivie d'une lente résurrection, - aidée par la pisciculture. Un. seul bateau de pêche pouvait autrefois prendre 90,000 ablettes dans sa journée; dans la rivière Détroit, on avait l'habitude de refouler le poisson dans des viviers où on le prenait ou bien où il périssait par centaines de milliers, étant alors utilisé comme engrais. Mais ce système eut tôt fait de dépeupler les eaux et de démoraliser ce commerce. Dans les grands lacs, la saison de pêche dure de six à huit mois; quelques pêcheurs continuent leurs opérations durant l'hiver en creusant des trous dans la glace, mais le plus grand nombre cherche une autre occupation dans l'intermède des saisons. En se dirigeant plus à l'ouest, le lac Winnipeg, le lac Winnipegosis, le lac Manitoba et des lacs plus petits au nord et à l'est de cqui-ci, fournissent la plupart des poissons du Manitoba. L'ablette et la sandre sont les principaux d'entre eux, mais le brochet, le tullipi, l'oeil d'or et nombre d'autres variétés s'y trouvent à profusion. Dans la Saskatchewan et dans l'Alberta, la pêche pour le commerce est confinée aux régions situées au nord de la rivière Saskatchewan ou l'on prend de grandes quantités d'ablettes. Le problème des transports devient particulièrement aigu; quelques-uns des plus grands lacs du continent, les lacs Reindeer, Athabaska, Grand Esclave, Grand Ours et des centaines de lacs plus petits n'ont aucune communication avec les marchés de consommation. Toutefois, les lacs de l'ouest ont joué le même rôle que le Saint-Laurent dans les temps du régime français et que les bancs de morue dans l'histoire de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, en facilitant la colonisation du pays, puisqu'ils offrent un aliment certain aux colons nouvellement arrivés. 3. PÊCHERIES DIT PACIFIQUE.—La Colombie Britannique possède des pêche- ries d'eau douce presque similaires à celles de la région des prairies; il est douteux que le commerce des fourrures (qui devait être l'agent de liaison entre cette province et le reste du Canada, à travers les Montagnes Rocheuses) - ait pu s'établir au commencement de l'histoire de cette province si ces pêcheries n'avaient pas existé.. Les pêcheries de, la Colombie Britannique sont d'une grande richesse; elles repré- sentent environ les deux cinquièmes de l'industrie poissonnière du Canada et ses STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 157 produits se consomment jusqu'aux extrémités de la terre; ils sont essentiellement constitués par le saumon, pêché à l'embouchure du fleuve Fraser, de la Skeena, de la Naas et d'autres rivières descendant du versant occidental des montagnes. Chacune des variétés de ce roi des poissons comestibles (qui, toutefois, n'est pas /e vrai saumon) fréquentant les eaux du Pacifique, se trouve sur le littoral de la Colombie Britannique, c'est-à-dire le sockeye ou dos bleu, le saumon de printemps, le saumon argenté, le saumon rose et le saumon bécard. Entre tous ceux-ci, le dos bleu est de beaucoup le plus important, tant en raison de son abondance que de l'excellence de sa chair, dont la belle couleur rougeâtre est tant appréciée des consommateurs de ta Grande-Bretagne. Le fleuve Fraser était autrefois la principale source d'approvisionnement de saumcn, mais sa production est aujourd'hui dépassée par celle de la rivière Skeena et de ses tributaires septentrionaux; la prise varie considéra- blement d'année en année. La remontée du saumon commence vers la fin de juillet et atteint son apogée dans les premières semaines d'août; néanmoins, les régions septentrionales ont une saison quelque peu plus hâtive. Le saumon de printemps ou quinnat est un très gros poisson; ce fut la première espèce qui fut mise en boîte aux Etats-Unis; la migration de ce poisson s'opère au commencement du printemps et se continue jusqu'en juillet. Le saumon argenté est plus petit; comme le dos bleu, il voyage par bandes innombrables, pendant septembre et octobre, dans le fleuve Fraser et un peu plus tôt dans les cours d'eau plus au nord. Le saumon bécard est salé pour l'exportation en Orient. Le saumon rose, lui aussi, suit le dos bleu. Le plus grand nombre des personnes qu'occupe cette pêche sont des Chinois, des Japonais et des Indiens l'élément Chinois étant prépondérant dans les usines, tandis que les Indiens et les ,Japonais se consacrent plutôt aux opérations de pêche. Jusqu'à ces dernières années, les autres pêcheries côtières de la Colombie Britannique étaient négligées. Le flétan abonde à hauteur de Vile Vancouver et entre les fies de la Reine Charlotte et le continent; quoique la première tentative d'exploitation industrielle de ce poisson ait avorté, dès 1903, la Colombie Britannique contribuait pour 10,000,000 de livres à la production de 25,000,000 de livres pêchées sur le littoral du Pacifique, au nord de la Californie, chiffre qui a triplé depuis lors. Semblablement, la pêche au hareng ne s'est développée que tout récemment. Signalons aussi la pêche à la baleine, industrie récemment implantée et possédant trois stations, dont une dans Ne Vancouver et deux dans les îles de la Reine Char- lotte. On prend annuellement environ 400 cétacés de différentes sortes; baleines fraiches, rorquals, dauphins et même, parfois des cachalots. La pêche à la baleine se pratique dans des bateaux rapides armés de canons lance-harponSvend Foyn, système venu de Norvège. Aucune partie de la baleine ne se perd, l'huile les fanons et le guano en sont tirés, dans une mesure toujours croissante. Le cabillaud, l'oulachan, l'éperlan, le sprat, l'esturgeon, l'alose et te bar sont également.abondants dans les eaux de la Colombie Britannique. Ajoutons un mot concernant les pêcheries du phoque à fourrure du Pacifique, dont le siège historique était autrefois à Victoria. Cette industrie est à peu près disparue, tant à cause de la raréfaction de ces animaux que par l'effet du traité de 1911. La flottille qui poursuit le phoque à fourrure dans le nord de l'Atlantique a ses quartiers généraux à St-John, Terre-Neuve; toutefois, quelques navires canadiens partant d'Halifax, se livrent à ces opérations jusqu'aux îles Falkland. Le sport de la pêche.— Nous n'avons envisagé jusqu'ici tes pêcheries qu'au point de vue purement industriel et commercial; mais le sport lui-même comporte un aspect économique, dans un pays où foisonnent des poissons aussi réputés que le saumon de la Restigouche, l'achigan de Québec et des hautes terres d'Ontario et la truite de la Nipigon. Le gouvernement perçoit des revenus fort élevés en louant soit à des clubs, soit à des particuliers, le droit de pêche dans les lacs et les cours d'eau des contrées les moins peuplées; d'autre part, des centaines de guides y .trouvent une occupation rémunératrice pendant les mois d'été. Le gouvernement et les pêcheries.—Au début de la Confédération, le gouvernement fédéral administrait directement la marine et les pêcheries du Canada; un ministre du Cabinet exerçait cette juridiction au moyen d'un personnel consi- dérable d'inspecteurs, de surveillants et de gardes-pêche. Pendant l'année fiscale 158 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

terminée le 31 mars 1926, le gouverne-ment fédéral a dépensé pour les pêcheries, 81,560,166 et les revenus qui en découlent se sont élevés à 8264,546. Des décisions judiciaires intervenues en 1882, 1898, 1913 et 1920 ont sensiblement modifié la, juridiction du gouvernement fédéral à l'avantage des provinces. Aujourd'hui, la Puissance exploite directement les pêcheries en eau salée des provinces maritimes- et de la Colombie Britannique et les pêcheries d'eau douce des trois provinces des prairies. Les pêcheries intérieures des provinces maritimes et d'Ontario et les pêcheries tant en eau douce qu'en eau salée de la province de Québec sont exploitées- par ces provinces respectivement, mais le gouvernement fédéral possède seul le droit de légiférer sur toutes les matières concernant la pêche, dans toutes les parties du pays. Conservation.—Les pêcheries fluviales et lacustres, incontestablement, et les- pêcheries maritimes, probablement, si elles étaient abandonnées à elles-mêmes, subiraient la loi économique de l'appauvrissement. Pour combattre cette tendance, le gouvernement canadien dut légiférer, interdisant la pêche en certaines saisons, la pollution des rivières et l'obstruction de leurs cours; il dut aussi spécifier les dimensions des mailles des filets, réglementer les agrès et les opérations de pêche. . En outre, il a été créé un système de pisciculture, qui possède aujourd'hui 32 viviers, 7 viviers auxiliaires et 4 bassins à saumon coûtant annuellement $350,000 et pro- duisant plus de 700,000,000 d'oeufs, d'alevins et de poissons par année, principalement le saumon de la Colombie Britannique et l'ablette. Ces alevins sont distribués gratuitement et placés dans les eaux qui leur conviennent le mieux. Recherches scientifiques.—Des stations, où l'on procède à des recherches biologiques sur les problèmes aussi nombreux que complexes que présentent les pêcheries, et placées sous la direction de la Commission Biologique du Canada, sont établies à St-Andrews, N.-B. et à Nandimo, C.B., les universités de Toronto. McGill, Queens', du Manitoba,' de la Colombie Britannique et les principales institutions des provinces maritimes détachent à chacune de ces stations, soit des professeurs, soit des spécialistes et techniciens. Parmi les problèmes pratiques que l'on y a abordés citons entre autres; l'histoire naturelle des poissons comestibles, la bactériologie du poisson, soit frais, soit préparé l'amélioration des méthodes de manipulation et de préparation du poisson, etc. Des mémoires scientifiques et des rapports sont publiés chaque saison. Aide directe.—Quant au surplus, le gouvernement s'est efforcé d'apporter son aide aux pêcheries, lorsqu'il s'est agi de résoudre des cas spéciaux et de surmonter des difficultés particulières. Afin d'encourager la capture de la roussette ou chien de mer, on a exploité pendant quelques années des manufactures ayant pour objet l'utilisation de ce poisson. Pendant quelque temps, un technicien fut chargé de démontrer la méthode écossaise de séchage du hareng, en vue d'améliorer les procédés de manipulation en usage au Ccdtada. Conformément aux dispositions de la loi sur l'inspection du poisson, des instructeurs enseignent depuis plusieurs années à la population côtière les méthodes les plus perfectionnées de préparation du poisson, de fabrication des barils et caques et d'inspection des produits séchés ou fumés. Un bulletin trimestriel traitant des pêcheries maritimes, est publié pour le bénéfice du commerce. Finalement, une petite flottille de canonnières armées circule constamment le long des côtes et sur les grands lacs, pourchassant les bracon- niers et faisant appliquer les règlements. Pendant la guerre, on s'est efforcé d'augmenter autant que possible la consommation du poisson, afin d'économiser les autres aliments plus facilement exportables chez nos alliés. A cette fin, le gouvernement établit un service de transport du poisson, par grande vitesse, dans des wagons réfrigérateurs sur son réseau, depuis le littoral jusqu'aux grandes villes de l'intérieur; de plus, il s'efforça de stimuler la consommation du poisson au moyen d'une active propagande. Les résultats n'ont pas été négligeables puisqu'aujourd'hui la consommation de poisson au- Canada dépasse 22 livres par bouche.* Le gouvernement s'est aussi préoccupé d'améliorer le service des trains rapides, transportant le poisson depuis la côte de l'Atlantique jusqu'à Montréal et Toronto. • Cette estimation est basée sur la quantité de poisson pris et débarqué au Canada en 1921, plus la quantité importée et moins la quantité exportée. STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 159 Problèmes internationaux.— Une région de pêche aussi riche que celle du nord de l'Atlantique ne pouvait manquer d'attirer les pêcheurs d'autres pays et d'anciennes c,outurnes se transformèrent en droits acquis, dont quelques-uns durent encore, notamment le séchage de leurs prises par les pêcheurs français sur les rivages de Terre-Neuve. Autrement grave est la question des droits des Etats-Unis dont les pécheurs, durant la période coloniale, approvisionnaient de poisson la Nouvelle- Angleterre et à qui le traité de Versailles, de 1783, reconnut le droit de pêcher dans les eaux côtières du Canada. La guerre de 1812 leur fit perdre cette prérogative, si bien qu'après 1818, les Etats-Unis n'avaient d'autres droits que ceux de faire escale dans les ports canadiens pour s'y abriter ou s'y approvisionner de bois ou d'eau, ou y réparer leurs embarcations; de pêcher autour des îles de la Madeleine et sur la rive nord du golfe St-Laurent, à l'est de Pointe Jolie; enfin de faire sécher et de préparer leur poisson dans les havres, baies et anses non habitées de cette partie de la rive nord. L'interprétation des clauses du traité de 1818 .souleva maintes querelles, apaisées par le traité de réciprocité (1854-1866). Par ce dernier traité, le poisson canadien et ses sous-produits entraient en franchise aux Etats-Unis et vice versa; de plus, les pêcheurs des Etats-Unis obtenaient le droit de pêche dans les eaux territoriales canadiennes de l'Atlantique, les pécheurs canadiens étant autorisés à pécher dans certaines eaux territoriales des Etats-Unis, sur le même littoral, à l'exclusion dans les deux cas, des cours d'eau et de leurs estuaires. Les crustacés, mollusques et coquillages étaient exceptés. Le traité de Washington de 1871 confirma le traité de réciprocité de 1854 en ce qui concerne les pêcheries et pourvut à la nomination d'une commission d'arbitrage devant déterminer le chiffre de l'indemnité à payer par les Etats-Unis à la Grande-Bretagne, en raison des concessions par elle consenties. Cette commission siégea à Halifax en 1877 et y rendit une sentence arbitrale fixant cette indemnité à $5,500,000, dont $1,000,000 étaient attribués à Terre-Neuve. Cependant, en 1885, les Etats-Unis dénoncèrent les clauses de ce traité se rapportant à la pêche et cette action fut suivie d'une période de graves désagréments entre les deux pays. Une convention, signée en 1888, porte le nom de «Traité non ratifié de 1888». Les plénipotentiaires qui l'ont négocié étaient tombés d'accord sur les points suivants; les bateaux _de pêche des Etats-Unis recevraient annuellement et gratuitement des licences les autorisant à pénétrer dans les ports canadiens, à y acheter des provisions et des agrès, à transborder leurs prises et à embarquer des équipages. C'est ce traité qui donna naissance aux ((licences du modus vivendi». Les négociateurs du traité ayant reconnu qu'il ne pouvait être ratifié par les deux gouvernements avant l'ouverture de la saison de pêche, décidèremt comme mesure transitoire et ne devant pas durer plus de deux ans que les bateaux de pêche des Etats-Unis, sur paiement d'un droit de $1.50 par tonneau, pourraient exiger l'émission d'une licence leur accordant le bénéfice des dispositions ci-dessus énumérées. Le Sénat des Etats-Unis rejeta ce traité; néanmoins, le gouvernement canadien continua à émettre des «licences du modus vivendi» jusqu'en 1918, date à laquelle des arrangements furent faits assurant des privilèges réciproques aux pêcheurs des deux pays dans les ports de leur voisin, mais les effets de cette entente—qui était une mesure spéciale de guerre du gouvernement des Etats-Unis—cessèrent le premier juillet 1921. L'année suivante, on. dut recourir de nouveau aux «licences du modus vivendi», mais à la fin, de 1923 elles disparurent. Depuis lors, on est revenu aux dispositions du traité de 1918. Dans les grands lacs également, les problèmes les plus importants, tels que le repeuplement et la disposition, du poisson, ont nécessairement un caractère international et se compliquent du nombre des états intéressés. Une situation analogue s'est créée en Colombie Britannique, où les industriels de Puget Sound capturent le saumon dos bleu du fleuve Fraser, en quantités beaucoup plus considérables que les pêcheurs du Canada et ce, au moyen de pièges et autres méthodes interdites dans les eaux canadiennes. En, 1906, une COMMiSSiO71 , internationale fit le premier pas vers une entente sur cette question vitale; en 1922 une commission parlementaire recommandait la prohibition. de la pêche de ce saumon, dans les eaux du Fraser, pendant cinq ans, comme mesure de conservation. 160 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

La pêche au flétan, de notre côté du Pacifique, ne peut se faire que par les ports du Canada ou des Etats-Unis, mais comme elle se pratique principalement en dehors des eaux territoriales, aucun des deux pays ne pouvait la contrôler seul. En même temps, il est de l'intérêt des deux pays de la maintenir florissante et permanente. C'est pourquoi l'étude des moyens à adopter pour la protection de ce poisson a été confiée à la conférence canado-américaine des pêcheries nommée en 1918 par les deux pays pour étudier toutes les questions relatives à la pêche et pendantes entre les deux pays. En. 1922, le Canada a proposé que la question du flétan fut étudiée séparément. La suggestion ayant été bien accueillie, il en 'st résulté le traité du 2 mars 1923 «pour la protection du flétan du Pacifique». En vertu de ce traité, la pêche du flétan est interdite depuis le 16 novembre de chaque année jusqu'au 15 février inclusivement de l'année suivante. Primes.— Une conséquence indirecte mais fort importante du traité de Washington subsiste encore aujourd'hui. Une loi de 1882 (45 Vict., c. 18), pour le développement des pêcheries maritimes et l'encouragement à la construction des navires de pêche, a consacré une somme annuelle de 8150,000 représentant l'intérêt sur le montant de la sentence arbitrale d'Halifax, à la distribution de primes aux propriétaires de bateaux de pêche et d leurs équipages. Une autre loi, votée en 1891 (54-55 Vict., c. 42), éleva ces primes à 8160,000, les détails de leur distribution étant réglés chaque année par arrêté ministériel. Industrie moderne.—L'industrie poissonnière du Canada, telle qu'elle existe actuellement, est le fruit des efforts accomplis pendant les cinquante dernières années. En 1844, la valeur des prises n'était estimée qu'à 8125,000; elle doubla dans la décade suivante, et dès 1860, dépassait 81,000,000. Dix ans plus tard, elle atteignit 86,000,000, chiffre plus que doublé en. 1878. Dans la dernière décade du siècle elle dépassait 820,000,000, touchait à trente-quatre millions en 1911 et atteignait presque quarante-huit millions en 1925. Mais son apogée fut atteinte en 1918, année qui dépassa soixante millions. (Ces chiffres représentent la valeur totale de tout le poisson vendu soit frais, soit séché, soit en conserve ou autrement préparé). Pendant ce temps le personnel de cette industrie comprenait 70,000 personnes et. le capital qu'elle absorbait atteignait 250,000,000 en certaines années quoique dans son ensemble cette industrie n'ait pas progressé aussi rapidemeni que les autres, au cours de la période de grande prospérité qui régna au Canada après 1896. Entre tous les poissons, la MOTUe et le saumon se disputèrent longtemps la primauté; si l'on remontait jusqu'aux origines, la morue tiendrait la tête, mais si l'on ne considère que les vingt dernières années, on constate que le saumon a définitivement conquis la première place et même le volume du homard et son prix élevé ont plus d'une fois relégué la morue \au troisième rang. Ceci eut pour effet de modifier le rang des provinces entre elles, la Colombie Britannique tenant maintenant le première place, qui appartenait auparavant à laNouvelle-Ecosse. Le flétan prend la quatrième place parmi nos poissons de commerce. Cominerce.—On a déjà vu que la consommation domestique de poisson est relativement minime au Canada et que cette industrie dépend largement des marchés de l'étranger. On peut évaluer approximativement à 60 pour cent des prises annuelles la portion. exportée, dont les Etats-Unis absorbent approximativement une moitié et la Grande-Bretagne un sixième. Pendant l'exercice financier 1926, les exportations totales se sont élevées à 837,487,517, dont $14,115,596 pour les 41 Etats-Unis et 87,264,516 pour la Grande-Bretagne. Le plus important des poissons exportés est le saumon en boîte (expédié en Grande-Bretagne et aux autres marchés européens), suivi de près par la morue sèche (expédiée aux Antilles, en Amérique du Sud, etc.). Pour le poisson frais, spécialement l'ablette et le homard, les Etats-Unis constituent le principal débouché. En définitive, les exportations de poisson du Canada ne le cèdent qu'à celles de la Grande-Bretagne et de la Norvège, mais si l'on y joint les exportations de Terre-Neuve, elles excèdent l'une et l'autre. En 1926, le Canada, a importé pour 82,590,515 de poisson. STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 161

STATISTIQUES DES PÊCHERIES CANADIENNES, 1925 La valeur totale de la production des pêcheries canadiennes en l'année 1925 a été de $47,942,131, comparativement à $44,534,235 en 1924 et $42,565,545 en 1923. Ces chiffres représentent l'ensemble de la production, c'est-à-dire le poisson soit frais, soit préparé par les pêcheurs ou dans les usines. Le tableau .qui suit indique la quantité et la valeur des principaux poissons dont le commerce s'est élevé à au moins $100,000 pendant les derniers cinq ans; la dernière colonne indique l'augmentation ou la diminution en 1925 comparativement à 1924. 1. Quantité et valeur des principaux poissons, 1921-1925

Augmentation • ou diminution Espkes 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 en1925s1r1924 Aug. 1- IErnin.--

Saumon qtx 878,124 1,547,099 1,561,738 2,024,675 1,933,260 - 91,415 5 9,305,763 13,593,414 12,534,515 13,784,920 15,760,630 -1- 1,975,710 Morue qtx 2,033,699 2,348,898 1,801,757 1,888,316 2,309,000 i- 420,684 $ 4,594,970 5,377,020 4,079,397 5,443,814 6,232,821 i- 789,007 Homard qtx 393,625 363,925 381,628 272,213 340,838 1- 68,625 $ 5,143,403 5,956,450 6,365,362 4,169,171 5,552,977 -1- 1,383,806 Flétan qtx 357,450 323,902 354,325 359,647 340,007 - 19,640 $ 4,112,942 4,342,526 6,596,452 5,878,870 4,185,391 - 1,693,479 Hareng qtx . 1,662,135 1,854,050 1,841,062 2,127,432 2,413,973 -1- 286,541 $ 2,227,801 2,084,197 2,659,804 3,147,123 3,117,841 - 29,282 Ablette qtx 184,072 158,781 157,788 167,706 186,648 + 18,942 $ 1,916.698 1,485,567 1,629,113 1,747,528 1,990,108 -1- 242,580 Eglefin qtx 269,222 307,733 304,565 337,860 344,386 -1- 6,526 S 899,629 952,533 ' 1,046,808 1,013,253 1,171,555 + 158,302 Truite qtx 61,348 70,806 68,232 76,858 81,292 -1- 4,434 $ 745,014 775,976 823,767 990,321 1,097,728 -I- 107,407 /Doré qtx 64,854 83,149 103.869 101,610 86,877 - 14,733 S 619,570 741,000 909,471 1,010,015 1,056,169 -1- 46,154 Eperlan qts 84,597 83,268 65,254 90,428 76,795 - 13,633 5 835,393 934,608 868,629 1,154,641 1,035,504 - 119,137 Sardines bar. 152,471 244,703 134,561 270,076 158,533 - 111,543 s 646,463 708,381 1,016,810 1,244,605 1,017,206 - 227.399 Maquereau qtx 145,544 251,478 141,749 215,500 187,661 - 27,929 $ 1,124,679 1,500,357 617,978 1,021,242 663,628 - 357,614 Merlucheetlingue qtx 102,066 262,660 93,520 192,811 174,136 - 18,675 $ 145,400 376,053 143,578 316,508 295,720 - 20,788 PidliOi qtx 62,395 45,423 23,785 42,346 61,804 -1-- 19,458 $ 212,563 153,414 127,661 175,268 290,754 i- 115,486 31cnissesetmactres bar. 31,587 40,435 44,040 60,357 54,986 - 5,371 S 171,623 190,860 215,826 320,241 290,063 - 30,178 Brochet qtx 40,563 39,325 43,674 53,915 54,217 --1- 222 S 175,987 174,233 197,024 230,261 278,369 -1- 48,108 Sandre qts 64,059 63,585 32,547 30,601 34,453 -1- 3,852 $ 192,177 260,699 . 179,011 168,306 275,624 -I- 107,318 Esturgeon qtx 3,236 3,687 5,431 7,174 6,243 - 931 S 93,864 97,778 176,619 248,786 201,227 - 47,559 EIuttres bas. 18,823 19,427 22,949 28,982 21,428 - 7,554 $ 126,666 144,082 152,776 212,408 185,353 - 27,055 Sprat qtx 19,737 20,342 19,492 27,485 318,973, -1- 291,488 s 101,945 106,055 92,036 82,845 182,911 -1- 100,066 Perche qtx 27,481 27,194 31,049 29,387 27,532 - 1,855 S 169,552 153,926 184,240 185,350 180,497 - 4,853 Anguille qt% 11,811 13,144 14,367 15,635 15,675 -1- 40 $ 108,775 93,458 99,848 127,255 146,062 -1- 18,807 Merlan qts 134,407 154,693 71,249 54,787 76,396 -1- 21,609 S 172,822 199,994 105,616 107,691 127,415 i- 19,724 :Datdlland(moruenoire) qtx 20,317 19,013 16,679 18,183 14,956 - 3,227 6 142,558 119,026 136,492 130,334 114,315 - mon Gaaparot eits 19,351 55,261 52,699 32,069 57,465 -1- 25,396 5 57.240 110.464 81.417 60.132 104.834 -1- 44.702

Pris et amené à terre. 'Vendu. 'Partiellement employé dans les huilenes. 26979-11 162 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

Opérations de pêche de 1925 La production totale des pêcheries canadiennes en 1925 a été plus grande que celle de l'année précédente, sa valeur marchande la dépassant de $3,500,000.

PÊCHERIES DE L'ATLANTIQUE Morue, églefin, lingue et merlan.-La prise de ces poissons a donné 2,872,281 quintaux comparativement à 2,433,234 en 1924. Chacune de ces espèces, excepté la lingue, donne une augmentation en Nouvelle-Ecosse. Au Nouveau- Brunswick, il y a augmentation pour la morue mais diminution des autres espèces. L'Ile du Prince-Edouard et le Québec donnent chacun une augmentation de 50 p.c. dans la prise de la morue. La quantité mise sur le marché à l'état frais, y compris les filets frais, est de 306,860 quintaux, comparativement à 331,421 quintaux l'année précédente, et 103,116 quintaux de poisson fumé, y compris les filets fumés, au lieu de 78,287 quintaux en 1924. La flotte de Lunenburg a eu une excellente saison au cours de l'année, dix nouveaux vaisseaux ont été ajoutés à cette flotte qui compte maintenant dix chalutiers à vapeur opérant au large des ports de la Nouvelle-Ecosse et alimentant le marché de poisson frais. Maquereau, hareng et sardines.-La prise de ces trois variétés a donné 1,428,155 quintaux comparativement à 1,600,179 en 1924. Une diminution de près de 60,000 quintaux de hareng dans la prise de la Nouvelle-Ecosse est plus que compensée par l'augmentation dans les trois autres provinces, la prise totale donnant 923,428 quintaux, soit 78,967 quintaux de plus qu'en 1924. La quantité de hareng fumé a aussi une augmentation, étant de 89,404 quintaux au lieu de 71,366 en 1924. La prise de maquereau a été de 187,661 quintaux, ce qui est de 27,929 quintaux inférieur à 1924. Bien que la prise totale soit moindre, celle de la Nouvelle-Ecosse est la deuxième en importance depuis 1910. La valeur marchande a été faible le marché américain étant amplement ravi- taillé par ses propres pêcheurs. La' prise de sardines a donné 158,533 barils au lieu de 270,064 en 1924. Les bancs de sardines ont été très considérables sur les côtes du Maine et les pêcheurs du Maine ont pu vendre ce poisson à un prix relativement bas, de sorte que la demande pour le produit canadien n'a pas été ce qu'elle aurait dû être. Autres poissons de mer.-Le flétan a donné 21,767 quintaux, soit une légère diminution sur 1924. L'espadon a donné 4,551 quintaux ce qui est également une diminution sur l'année précédente. Le tacaud a donné 16,606 quintaux et le carrelet, 11,893 quintaux. C'est une légère augmentation pour le tacaud et près de deux fois la quantité de l'an précédent pour le carrelet. Crustacés et mollusques.-La prise de homard a été beaucoup plus considé- rable, ayant donné 340,838 quintaux comparativement à 272,213 quintaux en 1924. Il a été pris 19,960 barils d'huîtres au lieu de 27,319 en 1924. Les clovisses et les mactres accusent aussi une diminution, avec 28,459 barils comparativement à 40,327 l'année précédente. La pêche des pétoncles a donné 17,718 barils,, soit une augmentation de 7,368 barils sur l'année précédente. Poissons frayant en rivière.-La prise du saumon a donné 57,352 quintaux comparativement à 57,561 quintaux l'année précédente. L'éperlan a baissé de 88,296 quintaux à 75,457 quintaux, la prise de ce poisson a grandement diminué au Nouveau-Brunswick. La prise de gasparot a donné 56,781 quintaux comparativement à 31,401 quintaux en 1924. Dans la Nouvelle-Ecosse cette pêche a donné plus du double de l'année précédente, et elle a aussi donné une forte augmentation dans le Nouveau-Brunswick. STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 163

PÊCHERIES INTÊRIEURES L'ablette, ou poisson blanc, a donné 186,648 quintaux comparativement à 167,706 en 1924. L'Ontario est la seule province accusant une diminution dans la prise de ce poisson. La doré a donné 86,877 quintaux au lieu de 101,610 l'année précédente. De plus, la sandre que l'on trouve dans les eaux de l'Ontario a donné 34,453 quintaux, ce qui est une légère augmentation sur 1924. Le hareng d'eau douce a donné 45,555 quintaux comparativement à 125,013 quintaux l'année précédente.

PÊCHERIES DU PACIFIQUE Les pêcheries de la côte du Pacifique, qui fournissent près de la moitié de la valeur totale de toute la prise canadienne, ont été très heureuses au cours de l'année, la valeur de leurs produits accusant une augmentation d'un million et quart de dollars sur l'année précédente. Saumon.—La prise de 1925 a donné 1,873,376 quintaux comparativement à 1,965,159 en 1924. Le nombre de caisses de saumon en conserve est de 1,720,622 comparativement à 1,747,505 l'année précédente. Cependant, comme les prix ont été plus élevés, la valeur marchande a été de 814,973,885 ou près de deux millions de plus qu'en 1924. La production de 1925 comprenait 392,545 caisses de sockeye, soit une augmentation de 22,944 caisses. Le saumon chum a fourni 607,337 caisses, au lieu de 570,497 en 1924, donnant aussi la plus forte partie de la prise de 1925. Flétan.--Les pêcheurs ont débarqué 318,240 quintaux de flétan, ce qui est un peu moins qu'en 1924, soit 331,382 quintaux. La valeur de ce poisson a baissé considérablement principalement à cause des accumulations dans les entrepôts frigorifiques qui avaient été retenues pour écoulement pendant la saison fermée dans l'attente d'une hausse des prix qui ne s'est pas réalisée. Hareng.—La prise du hareng a été de 1,437,875 quintaux au lieu de 1,157,625 quintaux en 1924. La production de hareng salé sec a été de 1,083,174 quintaux, ce qui établit un record pour les côtes du Pacifique. Sprat.—La prise a été de 318,973 quintaux, comparativement à 27,485 en 1924. Cette forte augmentation vient de ce que le sprat peut maintenant être consommé dans les huileries. Ces usines ont donné 495,653 gallons d'huile de poisson et 2,083 tonnes de poudre de poisson, cette production venant en entier de la côte occidentale de l'île de Vancouver. Baleines et phoques.—La pêche à la baleine n'a pas été aussi fructueuse que l'année précédente, le nombre de baleines capturées tombant de 415 à 351. Le nombre de phoques tués pour leur fourrure a été de 4,465 au lieu de 2,232 l'année précédente.

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Résumé de la production de 1925 Le tableau suivant est un relevé, pour l'ensemble du Canada, de tout le poisson pris et mis sur le marché pendant l'année 1925. On y trouvera d'abord la quantité et la valeur des prises de chaque espèce, au navire ou bateau de pêche, puis l'indication de la forme sous laquelle chacune de ces espèces a été livrée à la consommation et la valeur qu'elle avait alors.

2. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente au Canada, durant l'année 1925

Pêcheries maritimes Espèces Quantité Valeur $ Morue, prise qtx 2,309,000 4,707,405 Mise en vente- Fraîche qtx 164,274 722,350 Filets frais qtx 1,773 17,394 En saumure . qtx 149,434 662,155 En boîte caisses 1,946 16,507 Filets fumés . qtx 51,493 627,424 Séchée . qtx 538,239 3,931,830 Sans arête. qtx 24,829 . 255,161 Total, valeur marchande 6,232,821

Eglefin, pris qtx 344,386 656,824 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 158,071 585,110 Filets frais qtx 2,298 20,448 En boîte caisses 5,513 - 51,434 Fumé qtx 32,520 241,431 Filets fumés qtx 12,666 145,949 En saumure qtx 8,906 24,977 Séché qtx 19,203 102,206 Total, valeur marchande - 1,171,555

Merluche et lingue, prises cita 174,136 156,918 Mise en vente- Fralches qtx 5,582 8,013 Filets frais qtx 437 3,596 En saumure qtx 37,032 92,973 Filets fumés .. qtx 6,537 66,910 Séchées qtx 24,685 121,678 Sans arêtes qtx 297 2,550 Total, valeur marchande - 295,720

Merlan, pris qtv' 76,396 100,809 Mis en vente- \ Frais qtx 10,240 26,271 En saumure qtx 10,971 30,406 Séché qta. 14,700 70,738 Total, valeur marchande - 127,415

Colin, pris qtv 185 677 Mis en vente frais qtx 185 1,048

Flétan, mis en vente qtv 340,007 3,349,129 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 339,630 4,182,753 Fumé qtx 27 481 En bol te caisses 226 2,157

Total, valeur marchande 4, 185, 391

Carrelet, barbue, plie, etc., pris qtx 15,631 27,950 Mis en vente, frais qtx 15,631 67,446

Raie, prise qtx 7,978 10,104 Mis en vente, fraîche qtx 7,978 28,226

Sole, prise qtx 7,926 37,661 • Mise en vente, fraiche qtx 7,926 51,144

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2. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente au Canada, durant l'année 1925-suite

Pêcheries maritimes Espèces Quantité Valeur 8 Hareng, pris qtx 2,351,303 1,622,023 Mis en vente- .. Frais qtx 155,015 272,085 Sans arêtes qtx 697 7,110 En botte caisses 4,683 24,257 Fumé - qtx 95,566 355,053 Salé à sec qtx 1,089,174 1,531,196 Mariné brl. 27,976 173,213 Utilisé comme boêtte brl. 199,964 397,990 Engrais brl. 83,099 70,329 Total, valeur marchande - 2,831,233 Maquereau, pris qt x 187,661 412,786 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 65,170 321,877 Fumé qtx 60 720 En boîte caisses 150 900 Salé brl. 41,076 340,131 Total, valeur marchande - 663,628 Sardines, prises brl. 158,533 282,026 II Mise en vente- . En boîte caisses 209,649 773,212 Fralche et salée brl. 124,761 243,994 Total, valeur marchande - - 1,017,206 'Sprat, pris qtx 318,973 221,557 Mis en vente- En boîte caisses 37,182 178,121 Utilisé comme boette brl. 4,015 4,790 Total, valeur marchande - 182,911 Gasparot, pris qtx 56,781 56,243 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 14,501 27,431 Fumé qtx 2,785 12,960 Salé brl. 12,063 59,856 Employé comme brette qtx • 845 2,535 Total, valeur marchande - 102.782 Bar, pris qtx 557 7,403 Mis en vente, frais qtx 557 7,765 Perche, prise qta 1,188 8,153 Mise en vente, fraîche • qtx 1,188 10,569 Saumon, pris qbe 1,930,728 7,811,393 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 259,716 2,358,670 En botte caisses 1,721,284 12,390,786 Fumé qtx 755 9,754 Salé à sec qta 138,476 485,727 Préparé au lait qtx 27,770 460,922 Mariné qtx 1,233 9,923 Utilisé comme honte qtx 512 3,272 CEufs de. qtx 972 3,531 Total, -valeur marchande - 15,722,585 Alose, prise qtx 6,4.57 50,810 Mis en vente- Fratcne qtx 6,277 66,378 Salée brl. 60 2,407 Total, valeur marchande - 68,785 Eperian, pris qtx 76,237 704,051 Mis en vente, frais qtx 76,237 1,028,568 Esturgeon, pris qtx 295 5,153 Mis en vente, frais qtx 295 5,751 Truite, prise qtx 1,509 22,219 Mis en vente- Fraîche qtx 1,464 23,010 En botte caisses 18 144 Marinée qtx 20 90 Total, valeur marchande - 23,244 - • Partiellement consommé par les huileries.

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Pêcheries maritimes Espèces Quantité Valeur $ Cabillaud, pris qtx 14,956 81,660 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 7,966 63,055 En saumure qtx 484 7,796 , Fumé qtx 3,001 43,464 Total, valeur marchande qtx - 114,315 Morue rouge, prise qtx 2,960 14,373 Mise en vente, fra/che- Fratche qtx 2,807 17,745 Fumée qtx 57 800 Filets fumés qtx 5 80 Total, valeur marchande - 18,625 Bonite, prise qtx 2,601 12,772 Mise en vente, fratche qtx 2,601 13,227 Capelan, pris brl. 3,690 5,799 Mis en vente, frais brl. 3,690 5,937 Anguille, prise • qtx 2,040 16,865 Mise en vente, fratche qtx 2,040 19,261 Roussette, ou chien de mer, pris' qtx 71,010 22,212 Poulpe, pris qtx 586 3,768 Mis en vente, frais qtx 586 5,056 Ouiachon, pris qtx 361 1,520 Mis en vente, frais qtx 361 2,147 Encornet, pris brl. 12,539 35,719 Utilisé comme boette brl. 12,539 41,017 Espadon, pris tex ' 4,551 67,776 Mis en vente, frais qtx 4,551 78,209 Taraud, pris qtx 16,629 22,974 . Mis en vente, frais qtx 16,629 48,705 Poissons divers, pris qtx 1,780 1,632 (Non compris les poissons énumérés ailleurs). Mis en vente, frais cita 1,780 2,560 Clovisses et mactres, prises • brl. 51,986 145,686 Mises en vente- Fratches brl. 17,082 60,430 En botte caisses 37,622 229,633 Total, valeur marchande - 290,063

\ Bucardes, pris qtx 201 563 Mis en vente qtx 201 563 Crabes, pris qtx 6,979 35,785 Mis en vente, frais qtx 6,979 50,605 Homard, pris qtx 310,838 3,813,326 Mis en vente- Vivant qtx 86,101 1,781,868 Chair qtx 343 27,568 En botte caisses 127,497 3,731,176 Foie de caisses 1,097 12,365 Total, valeur marchande - 5,552,977 Huitres, prises brl. 21,428 120,381 Mises en vente, fratches brl. 21,428 185,353 Pétoncles, pris brl. 17,718 93,663 Mis en vente- Ecaillés gal. 35,161 96,661 En botte caisses 94 1,090

Total, valeur marchande - 97,751 Crevettes, prises . qtx 1,157 16,035 Mises en vente, fratehes qtx 1,157 23,331 Langues et noues, marinées ou séchées qtx 695 8,691 Bigorneau, pris titi 2,066 6,414 Mis en vente, frais qtx 2,066 6,850

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Pêcheries maritimes Espèces Quantité Valeur

Algue, verte qta 5,256 9,940 Mise en vente, séchée qtx 868 11,128 Phoque à fourrure, pris nomb 4,465 46,590 Peaux vendues nomb. 4,465 52,373 Phoque, commun nomb. 4,746 12,348 Peaux vendues nomb. 4,746 12,201 Huile de gal. 10,391 4,215 Total, valeur marchande 16,416 Baleines, prises nomb. 351 309,608 Mises en vente- Os et sous-produits tonnes 347 7,260 Huile de gal 556,939 266,651 Engrais de tonnes 835 35,697 Total, valeur marchande 309,608 Produits divers- Huile de foie de morue, médicinale gal. 26,836 22,875 Huile de foie de morue, brute gal. 274,987 103,126 Huile de poisson (autre que morue) gal. 888,315 331,564 Colle de poisson gal. 11,000 13,200 Ecailles de hareng qtx 1,808 14,652 Peaux et os de poisson qta 12,767 17,021 Entrailles de poisson tonnes 2,721 6,732 Engrais de poisson tonnes 1,135 47,434 Poudre de poisson tonnes 4,706 239,034 Valeur totale des pêcheries maritimes- Valeur des Prises - 25,198,706 Valeur marchande - 41,576,199

5 Pêcheries Intérieures Espèces Quantité Valeur

Gasparot, pris qts 681 2,052 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 351 2,062 Salé brl. 110 990 Total, valeur marchande 2,052 Achigan, pris qtx 271 2,858 Mis en vente, frais qtx 271 2,915 Carpe, prise qtx 10,898 43,022 Mise en vente, fralche qtx 10,808 47,370 ç Barbotte, prise qtx 8,676 78,633 Mise en vente, fralche qtx 8,576 90,313 Anguille, [miche qtx 13,635 123,153 Mise en vente, fratche qtx 13,635 126,801 Œll-d'or, pris qtx 7,263 22,481 Mis en vente-te-- Frais qtx 1,629 7,294 Fumé qtx 4,102 63,482 Total, valeur marchande qtx 70,776 ;1 Hareng, pris qtx 52,670 200,052 Mis en vente, frais qtx 52,670 286,608 Maskinongé, pris qtx 58 1,317 58 ; Mis en vente, frais qtx 1,317 Poisson divers (gade, chabot, ouananiche, etc.), pris qtx 63,433 263,497 Mis en vente, frais qtx 63,433 298,142 Mulet, Pris qtx 18,209 27,782 Mis en vente, fraie qtx 18,209 40,457 Perche, prise qtx 26,314 120,040 Mise en vente, fralche qtx 26,344 169,928 Doré, pris qtx 86,877 832,955 Mis en vente, frais qtx 86,877 1,056,169

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Pêcheries Intérieures Espèces Quantité Valeur 5 Sandre, prise qtx 31,453 206,718 Mise en vente, fraîche qtx 34,453 275,624 Brochet, pris qtx 54,217 193,369 Mis en vente, frais qtx 54,217 278,369 Saumon, pris • qti 2,532 35,412 Mis en vente, frais qtx 2,532 38,015 Alose, prise qtx 3,007 23,288 Mise en vente, fralehe qtx 3,007 23,288 Eperlan, pris qtx 558 6,936 Mis en vente, frais • ex 558 6,936 Esturgeon, pris qta 5,918 146,999 Mis en vente, frais qtx 5,948 185,059 Caviar liv. 7,257 10,417 Total, valeur marchande • . - 195,476 Truite, prise qtx 79,783 837,347 Mise en vente, fraîche • qtx 79,783 1,074,484 Tullipl, pris qtx 61,804 222,321 Mis en vente- Frais qtx 61,716 289,874 Fumé (ex 44 880 Total, valeur marchande - 290,754 Ablette, prise qtx 186,648 1,425,930 Mise en vente, frsiche qtx 186,648 1,990,108 Valeur totale des pêcheries Intérieures- Valeur des prises - 4,816,162 Valeur marchande - 6,365,932 Valeur totale de toutes les pêcheries- Valeur des prises - 30,014,863 Valeur marchande - 47,912,131

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 169 Moyens de production: Capital, outillage, main-d'œuvre, etc. (1) Pêche proprement dite: Capital.-Le capital représenté par les navires, barques, filets, pièges, môles et quais, glacières, etc., affectés aux opérations de pêche proprement dites était évalué en 1925 à $25,732,645, comparativement à $23,552,565 en 1924 et $23,645,316 en 1923. Le total de 1925 se répartit entre $21,056,477 pour les pêcheries maritimes et $4,676,168 pour les pêcheries intérieures. (Tableau 3). Main-d'ceuvre.-En 1925, 46,302 hommes ont été occupés dans les pêche- ries maritimes et 11,971 dans les pêcheries intérieures, ce qui donne un total de 58,273. Le total de 1924 était de 53,914 et celui de 1923 de 53,517. (Tableau 4). (2) Usines poissonnières: Capital.-Les capitaux engagés dans les établissements de préparation et de mise en boîte du poisson en 1925 s'élevaient à la somme de $21,139,985, comparativement à $20,304,785 en 1924 et $24,027,549 en 1923. Ces totaux représentent la valeur des terrains et bâtiments, de la machinerie, des stocks et approvisionnements en mains ainsi que du fonds de roulement. (Tableau 5). Main-d'œuvre.-Les mêmes établissements ont employé en 1925, pendant la saison active, 16,272 personnes, dont 9,591 hommes et 6,681 femmes. Les totaux des années précédentes sont: 15,536 en 1924 et 15,447 en 1923. s (Tableau 6). 3. Matériel et agrès de pêche. Valeur des vaisseaux et barques de pêche, filets, pièges, quais, etc., employés dans les pêcheries canadiennes en 1923, 1924 et 1925

Pêcheries maritimes

Nomenclature 1923 1924 1925 Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre I Valeur $ $ $ $ Chalutiers à vapeur 11 940,000 9 690,000 13 895,000 Bateaux de pêche à vapeur 14 545,000 11 68,500 11 175,000 Voiliers et embarcations à gazoline 1,015 3,997,275 1,068 3,959,059 1,243 4,637,685 Chaloupes (à rames et à voiles) 13,946 563,173 14,647 532,788 13,497 561,009 Chaloupes à gazoline 13,646 4,097,280 14,313 4,537,997 15,097 4,896,399 Pinasses et chalands 426 375,225 416 331,700 840 420,268 Rets à mailles, seines, pièges et trappes, filets à éperlan 98,785 3,819,996 102,458 3,558,246 121,069 4,091,242 Nasses 430 389,030 489 553,670 484 515,725 Chaluts 21,327 344,729 17,190 304,400 18,287 323,851 Lignes à main 53,325 84,609 63,522 99,557 66,767 112,764 Pièges à crabes 5,667 13,260 5,967 27,799 4,802 18,910 Agrès de pêche à pétoncles 48 4,360 48 4,360 48 4,360 Etablissements d'ostréiculture et aménage- ment 1 20,690 1 20,000 1 26,000 Casiers à homard 1,620,248 1,974,610 1,576,928 1,913,063 1,620,958 1,928,454 Môles et quais de pêche 2,437 1,038,575 2,542 1,023,690 2,472 960,030 Congélateurs et glacières 630 473,366 637 554,016 641 455,516 Petites poissonneries 7,586 933,594 7,504 1,045,468 7,315 1,001,264 Valeur totale - 1 19,614,7721 - 19,124,3131 - 21,056,477

Pêcheries intérieures 1925 ' Nomenclature 1023 1924 Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur

132 994,389 Bateaux à vapeur ou remorqueurs 122 767,696 123 894,889 3,144 157,872 3,430 1E3,648 3,912 714,307 Chaloupes à voiles et à rames 755,462 Chaloupes à gazoline 1,196 615,871 1,302 662,480 1,487 2 4,000 2 4,000 2 2,000 Chalands 1,215,799 1,348,921 Rets à mailles 1,111,626 172 20,816 551 55,288 139 25,508 Seines 1,356 677,605 Pilets à enclos 1,297 648,741 1,355 646,255 944 54,973 1,812 54,107 1,862 56,704 Seines à cercle 861 57 896 Carrelets sur dévidoirs 36 475 77 1,513 9,136 1,915 11,618 3,455 56,030 Lignes 29,250 275 82,460 117 Nasses 4 80 25 100 100 200 Pièges à anguilles 3 450 450 Pièges tournants 2 300 125 868 126 876 14 1,026 Harpons 419 148,580 42 113,612 Môles et quais 372 137,662 783 390,158 878 415,116 87 431,632 Congélateurs et glacières 132 24,935 30 37,426 Petites poissonneries 156 27,790 - 4,328,262 - 4,676,168 Valeur totale - 4,039,544

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Pêcheries maritimes Pêcheries intérieures Classification 1923 1924 1925 1923 1924 1925

nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. Hommes employés: A bord des chalutiers à vapeur 193 179 222 Abord des navires 5,797 5,744 6,608 704 740 736 A bord des chaloupes 37,329 37,036 38,379 6,404 6,543 8,055 A bord des pinasses 745 743 1,093 4 4 4 Pêcheurs sans embarcations 2,341 2,925 3,17 6 Total 44,064 43,702 46,302 9,453 10,212 11,971

5. Capital d'exploitation' des établissements de préparation et de mise en boite du poisson, en 1923, 1924 et 1925

1923 1924 1925 Enumération Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur

, $ S $ Homarderies 621 2,081,260 502 1,735,151 478 1,502,192 Saumoneries 70 12,763,398 65 8,460,712 69 9,172,387 Etablissements de conserves et de mollusques 15 87,910 17 188,749 15 70.694 Sardineries et autres conserves de poisson.... 4 846,163 4 1,633,193 5 1,274,825 Etablissements de fumage, salaison, etc 220 7,048,801 240 6,574,357 263 7,135,917 Huileries 8 1,200,017 8 1,712,623 16 1,983,970 Total 938 24,027,519 836 29,304,785 846 21,139,985

6. Personnel des établissements de préparation et de mise en boite du poisson en 1923, 1924 et 1925

1923 1924 1925 Enumération Hom- Fem- Total Horn- Fem- Horn- Fem- mes mes mes mes Total mes mes Total

nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. Personnes employées dans les: Homarderies 3,506 4,139 7,645 3,004 3,598 6,602 2,953 3,634 6,587 Saumoneries 2,972 1,819 4,791 3,596 1,843 5,439 3,044 2,410 6,054 Etablissements de préparation des mollusques 56 95 151 90 145 235 56 110 166 Sardineries et autres conserveries de poisson 252 137 389 226 198 424 255 226 481 Etablissements de fumage, salaison, etc 1,929 238 s. 2,167 2,400 213 2,613 2,338 295 2,633 Huileries 303 1 304 219 4 223 345 6 351 Total 9,018 6,429 15,447 9,535 6,001 15,536 9,591 6,681 16,272

Usines poissonnières Nombre d'établissements.-En 1925, la préparation industrielle du poisson s'est pratiquée dans 846 établissements, dont 478 homarderies, 69 saumoneries, 15 usines travaillant les mollusques et coquillages; 5 sardineries; 263 établisse- ments faisant le séchage, le fumage et le salage du poisson; 16 huileries et fabriques d'engrais. Comparativement à l'année précédente il y a augmentation de dix dans le total des établissements. Il y a 4 nouvelles saumoneries et une nouvelle conserverie de sardines et autres poissons; 23 nouveaux établisse- ments de salage et fumage; 8 nouvelles huileries. Il y a diminution de 24 homarderies et de 2 conserveries de clovisses. L'industrie du salage, du fumage et du séchage du poisson se confine aux pêcheries maritimes de l'Atlantique et des provinces maritimes, du Québec et de la Colombie Britannique. Le tableau 16 donne la répartition de ces établissements par provinces.

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 171 Personnel et rémunération.-Ces établissements ont employé 16,272 personnes, dont 632 directeurs, gérants ou commis et 10,687 ouvriers ou journaliers, et 4,953 ouvriers à contrat ou à la pièce. Les personnes décrites comme travaillant à contrat sont employées dans les saumoneries de la Colombie Britannique, où une grande partie du travail est fait à forfait, Pentrepreneur engageant et payant directement sa main-d'oeuvre et étant lui-même rémunéré par le fabri- cant selon la quantité de poisson mise en boîte par son équipe. Plus de la moitié du travail des usines poissonnières se fait de cette manière. Le montant versé à tous les employés au cours de l'année est de $4,971,167, divisé comme suit: administrateurs et commis, $806,418; ouvriers et journaliers, $3,166,045; entrepreneurs et ouvriers à la pièce, $998,704. Comparativement à l'année précédente, il y a diminution de 736 dans le nombre d'employés et une augmentation de $736,406 dans le montant payé en salaires et traitements. Le tableau qui suit donne les statistiques comparatives des employés et de leurs appointements et salaires des trois dernières années. 7. Personnel des établissements de préparation et de mise en boîte du poisson, en 1923, 1924 et 1925-Appointements et salaires

Année Ouvriers à l'entreprise Total, personnel, appela- Dmpoyés Ouvriers et journaliers ou auxpièces . tements et salaires nombre $ nombre S nombre $ nombre 8 1923 585 681,101 11,265 2,443,971 3,597 644,812 15,447 3,769,914 1924 574 755,631 10,583 2,588,717 4,379 890,413 15,536 4,234,761 1925 632 806,418 10,687 3,166,045 4,953 998,701 16,272 4,971,167

Personnel occupe par mois.-Le tableau 8 donne le nombre d'employés des poissonneries pour chaque mois. Mai et juin sont les mois les plus occupés, parce que c'est la saison de la pêche du homard pendant laquelle les homarderies des provinces maritimes et du Québec sont ouvertes. Les mois de grande activité dans les saumoneries sont d'avril à septembre. Janvier et février constituent la morte saison dans toute l'industrie, les statistiques ne couvrent pas les entrepreneurs et ouvriers à la pièce, parce qu'il est impossible de recueillir sur eux des données exactes. 8. Main-d'oeuvre des établissements de préparation et de mise en boîte du poisson'- Nombre sur la liste de paie le 15 de chaque mois, en 1923, 1924 et 1925

1923 1924 1925 Mois Hommes Femmes Total Hommes Femmes Total Hommes Femmes Total nonnb. nomb. nomb. nonnb. nomb. nomb. nonnb. nomb. nonnb. Janvier 1,005 83 1,088 1,290 111 1,401 1,345 137 1,482 Février 997 89 1,086 1,161 97 1,261 1,262 130 1,392 Mars 1,092 104 1,196 1,399 233 1,632 1,765 301 2,066 Avril 2,770 925 3,695 2,928 840 3,768 3,752 1,558 5,310 Mai 5,317 4,276 9,593 5,121 3,311 8,432 5,893 3,809 9,702 Juin 6,196 4,374 10,570 5,879 3,505 9,384 6,117 3,685 . 9,802 Juillet 5,040 2,870 7,910 4,249 1,291 5,543 4,220 1,018 5,238 Aoét 3,320 820 4,140 3,538 588 4,126 3,853 629 4,482 Septembre 2,932 707 3,639 3,472 518 3,990 3,799 620 4,419 Octobre 2,676 575 3,251 3,060 433 3,493 3,464 '471 3,935 Novembre 2,031 316 2,347 2,256 204 2,460 2,620 281 2,901 Décembre 1,609 267 1,876 1,563 141 1,704 1,933 143 2,076

A l'exclusion des ouvriers travaillant à l'entreprise ou aux pièces. Combustible consommé.-Le combustible consommé dans les usines poisson- nières en 1925 a coûté $412,038, cette somme se répartissant comme suit: char- bon, $254,339; bois, $60,493; mazout, $42,842; gazoline, $23,995; huiles lour- des, $9,784; électricité, $13,724; divers autres combustibles, $6,861. Compa- rativement à l'année précédente, il y a augmentation de $11,587 dans la valeur du combustible consommé. Force motrice.-Par ordre d'importance mesurée selon le nombre de chevaux- vapeur fournis, la force motrice employée était fournie par (1) des engins à vapeur et des turbines, et (2) par des engins à combustion interne. Il y avait

172 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES en activité 239 engins à vapeur et turbines donnant une force totale de 4,432' h.p. et 600 engins à explosion d'une capacité totale de 2,767 h.p. Les engins à explosion sont employés principalement dans les homarderies des provinces maritimes et de Québec, tandis que dans les saumoneries de la Colombie Britan- nique les engins à vapeur et les turbines tiennent le premier rang. Sur 134 moteurs électriques donnant une force totale de 1,113 h.p., 57 étaient actionnés par du courant généré dans l'établissement et le reste par du courant acheté. Les chaudières à vapeur, au nombre de 304, avaient une force totale de 12,332 h.p. Matières premières.—La valeur du poisson absorbé par l'industrie au cours de l'année est de $13,953,936, soit une augmentation de $2,473,520 sur l'année précédente; le sel, les récipients et divers autres matériaux ont coûté S4,726,750, ce qui donne pour le poisson et les autres matières premières une valeur totale de $18,680,686. C'est une augmentation de $2,591,354 sur 1924. La quantité totale de poisson absorbée par les usines poissonnières est de 5,630,453 quintaux, ce qui forme 63 p.c. de toute la prise de poissons de mer. 9. Valeur des matières premières utilisées dans les établissements de préparation et de mise en boîte du poisson en 1923, 1924 et 1925

— 1923 1924 1925

Poisson S 11,453,694 8 11,480,416 S 13,953,936 Sel 323,945 401,820 369,054 Récipients 3,458,947 3,801,699 3,878,633 Autres matières premières 94,607 405,397 459,063 Total 15,331,193 16,089,332 18,660,686

Valeur de la production.—La valeur totale des produits de l'industrie pois- sonnière en 1925 est de $30,380,992, comprenant $23,891,809 de poisson fumé, salé, séché ou mis en conserves, et $6,489,183 de poisson frais. Comparative- ment à l'année précédente, le poisson transformé par l'industrie a augmenté de $3,891,718 en valeur tandis que le poisson mis frais sur le marché a diminué de $148,688. Ces valeurs se distribuent de la manière suivante entre les différents genres d'établissements: saumoneries, 45 p.c.; salaisons, fumeries et sécheries, 33 p.c.; homarderies, 15 p.c.; sardineries et autres établissements de mise en boîtes, 4 p.c4 huileries, 2 p.c.; conserveries de clovisses, 1 p.c. Le tableau 10 montre la valeur de la production des principales classes d'établissements en 1925 et les deux années précédentes. 10. Valeur des produits sortis des établissements de préparation et de mise en boîte du poisson en 1923, 1924 et 1925 • 1923 1924 1925

Nomenclature Poisson Poisson Poisson Poisson en boite ou Poisson en boite ou Poisson en botte ou vendu frais autrement vendu frais autrement vendu frais autrement préparé préparé préparé

Homarderies 8 716,257 $ 4,788,347 $ 673,446 S 2,951,703 8 841,064 $ 3,866,346 Saumoneries 267,397 9,704,518 128,517 11,078,851 80,245 18,486,605 Etablissements de conserves de mollusques.. 990 164,247 128 243,748 420 156,599 Sardineries 208,736 1,056,861 117,001 1,081,599 175,958 1,145,175 Etablissements de fumage, salage, etc 4,652,722 3,329,480 5,718,779 4,098,433 5,391,496 4,540,097 Huileries, (baleines et autres poissons) — 485,205 — 542,757 — 696,987 Total 5,816,102 19,528,661 6,637,871 20,000,091 6,489,183 23,891,809

Autres données. —P o ur les fins de l'industrie, on a groupé les établissements de l'industrie poissonnière selon: (1) la forme de leur organisation; (2) la durée de leurs opérations; (3) l'importance de leur personnel; (4) et la valeur de leur production. (1) La classification de la forme de l'organisation montre que 434 établissements appartenaient à des particuliers; 152 à des sociétés en nom

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 173 collectif; 248 à des sociétés anonymes; et 12 à des associations coopératives. Comparativement à l'année précédente, il y a très peu de variation dans chacun de ces groupes. (2) Cette classification montre que 383 établissements ont été en exploitation moins de 60 jours au cours de l'année; 202, l'ont été de 60 à 119 jours; 122 l'ont été de 120 à 179 jours; 67 l'ont été de 180 à 239 jours; et 72 ont été en activité 240 jours ou plus. Le dernier groupe comprend 48 établissements de séchage, fumage ou salage; 10 homarderies; 7 saumoneries; 4 huileries, 2 conserveries de clovisses et 1 sardinerie. Dans plusieurs établis- sements de mise en boite, le séchage et le fumage se font avant et après la saison de mise en conserve; les rapports de 12 saumoneries, 3 conserveries de clovisses et une sardinerie montrent une production de poisson séché, salé ou fumé en plus de produit mis en boîte. (3) Les établissements ayant en 1925, 5 ouvriers ou plus étaient au nombre de 591, tandis que 210 établissements en avaient moins. Les établissements n'ayant pas d'employés sont au nombre de 45, le travail étant fait par les propriétaires eux-mêmes. En 1925, 94 p.c. des saumoneries, 78 p.c. des homarderies et 49 p.c. des établissements de salage, fumage, etc., avaient un personnel de 5 ou plus. (4) Dans la classification selon la valeur de la production, les rapports des établissements sont groupés sous 5 en-têtes différents. Le groupe des établissements ayant une production de moins de $5,000 se compose de 315 usines; le groupe de $5,000 à $10,000, 169 usines; le groupe de $10,000 à $20,000, 160 usines; le groupe de $20,000 à $50,000, 86 usines; et le groupe de $50,000 et plus, 116 usines. Ce dernier groupe comprend 64 saumoneries, 37 établissements pour le séchage, le fumage et le salage; 9 homarderies, 3 sardineries et 3 huileries. Comparativement à l'année précédente, il y a diminution de 48 dans le premier groupe et de 10 dans le second, tandis qu'il y a augmentation de 39 dans le troisième, de 21 dans le quatrième et de 8 dans le cinquième.

Répartition par provinces Les tableaux 11-17 qui suivent sont consacrés à la production poissonnière dans les provinces. On y trouve la valeur totale des pêcheries; la quantité de poisson pris et de poisson vendu, pour les espèces principales; la quantité et la valeur de tout le poisson pris et vendu; la valeur totale, par comté ou district, de tout le poisson de mer pris et vendu; le volume du poisson pêché en haute mer; la valeur du matériel de pêche et le nombre du personnel. 11. Valeur des pêcheries, par provinces, de 1921 à 1925, par ordre de leur importance en 1925 . Augmentation ou diminution Province 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 en 1925 sur 1924.(Aug.1-, dirnin.--) s s S s s s Colombie Britannique 13,953,670 18,849,658 20,795,914 21,257,567 22,414,618 -I- 1,157,051 Nouvelle-Ecosse 9,778,623 10,209,258 8,448,385 8,777,251 10,213,779 + 1,436,528 Nouveau-Brunswick 3,690,726 4,685,660 4,548,535 5,383 , 899 4.798, 589 — 585,220 Ontario 3,065,042 2,858,122 3,159,427 3,557,587 3,436,412 — 121,175 Québec 1,815,284 2,089,414 2,100,412 2,283,314 3,044,919 i- 761,605 21e du Prince-Edouard 924,529 1,612,599 1,754,980 1,201,772 1,598,11 -I- 396,347 Manitoba 1,023,187 908,816 1.020,595 1,232,563 1,466,93 -I- 234,376 Saskatchewan 243,018 245,337 286,643 482,492 494,88 -I- 12,390 Alberta 408,868 331,239 438,737 339,107 458,50 -I- 119,397 Territoire du Yukon 28,988 10,107 11,917 18,773 15,37 — 3,403 Total 34,931,935 41,900,210 42,565,545 44,531,235 47,942,131 + 3,407,896

174 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

12. Quantité des principaux poissons dont on fait commerce, et leur valeur par provinces, 1921-1925 Ile du PrInee-Edouard

• Augmentation ou diminution Espèces 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 en 1925 sur , 1924.(Aug. 1-, dimin.--)

Ronsard clizc 63,818 87,583 97,456 65,893 78,570 i- 12,677 $ 651,477 1,309,982 1,405,906 i.,,301 1,088,712 1- 311,411

Morue qtx 33,322 31,493 27,291 41,036 61,483 A- 20,447 $ 56,920 54,306 61,395 81,885 150,135 -1- 68,250 Eperlan qtx 10,482 9,442 9,784 14,273 17,595 -.1- 3,322 $ 83,856 86,660 121,233 133,747 142,498 A- 8,749

Hareng ex 30,441 39,407 53,313 37,716 84,942 A- 27,226 $ 42,034 49,489 76,975 58,684 83,703 -4- 25,039 Hu1tres bal. 3,792 5,211 4,035 7,945 5,278 - 2,887 5 29,434 48,731 40,350 63,840 52,780 - 11,060

Nouvelle-Ecosse

tdorue qtx 1,415,190 1,560,271 1,048,943 1,129,801 1,408,238 -F. 278,437 $ 3,247,514 3,555,727 2,434,492 3,309,209 3,760,833 1- 451,824 Homard cer 231,033 173,706 172,720 115,275 170,698 -4-- 55,423 $ 3,294,567 2,913,087 3,081,647 1,904,407 3,014,983 + 1,110,556 Eglefin qtx 259.195 298,593 297,023 320,804 323,718 A- 2,914 $ 875,083 934,138 1,029,787 975,660 1,134,327 A- 158,667 maquereau qtx 91,432 166,538 79,184 114,662 117,509 1- 2,937 $ 776,955 1,129,101 388,051 688,350 445,185 - 243,165 Hareng qtx 174,707 183,138 165,886 267,413 208,883 - 60,550 $ 388,605 364,815 295,391 512,1358 434,130 - 108,528 9létan. qtx 30,815 29,007 19,197 27,407 20,250 - 7,157 3 468,981 409,163 319,199 441,113 282,118 - 158,995 Merluche et lingue qtx 51,057 150,009 58,819 119,988 91,027 - 28,981 8 90,406 232,269 93,186 203,352 183,485 -- 19,887 Saumon ritx 6,284 8,577 11,217 10,127 8,422 -- 1,705 S 131,849 154,771 202,090 181,968 157,124 -- 24,842 Dperlan qtx 7,298 7,133 7,169 8,186 8,328 1- 142 S 109,214 85,020 120,818 131,523 130,182 - 1,341 Ëerlan qtx 81,985 77,135 42,408 46,396 47,592 -1- 1,198 8 117,903 110,829 65,265 90,788 89,393 - 1,375 Espadon qtx 6,851 11,164. 14,343 5,575 4,551 - 1,024 8 96,413 102,789 155,020 96,157 78,209 - 17,948

Nouveau-Brunswick

Homard qtx 88,465 69,554 73,888 88,303 65,891 2,409 859,192 1,282,714 1,339,155 1,203,584 1,069,722 133,842 Sardines brL 152,300 244,553 134,494 289,843 158,259 111,384 845,061 707,781 1,018,655 1,241,508 1,018,325 225,183 Eperlan qtx 62,042 82,880 42,210 83,975 48,802 17,283 589,804 731,151 582,203 844,730 718,149 128,581 Morue qtx 114,709 311,712 286,571 259,168 205,514 53,822 256,707 714,881 585,314 643,321 512,013 131,308 Saumon qtx 20,383 18,859 20,882 33,563 30,073 -- 3,400 494,800 237,073 250,838 425,800 428,558 HE. 2,758 Hareng qtx 252,250 364,419 251,100 333,530 372,710 4. 39,180 $ 243,109 367,699 270,883 367,037 385,354 4- 18,317 fluitres brl. 11,091 10,708 14,574 17,201 12,038 5,183 58,708 53,447 67,123 103,040 88,893 14,347 Clovisses et mactres brl. 18,582 21,332 22,845 33,444 19,498 13,948 97,219 90,741 103,923 137,099 88,426 48,673

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 175 12. Quantité des principaux poissons dont on lait commerce, et leur valeur par provinces, 1921-1925-suite Nouveau-Brunswick-fin

Augmentation ou diminution Espèces 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 en 1925 sur 1924. (Aug.±. dirain. --)

Merluche et lingue qtx 39,379 96,591 22,564 56,978 66,892 -1- 9,914 î 39,446 122,412 27,798 85,360 87,146 -I- 1,786 Alose qtx 2,850 2,101 3,265 7,082 7,724 -E 642 S 28,302 17,762 27,891 65,888 71,264 1- 5,376 Maquereau qtx 20,926 23,441 13,455 13,845 16,707 1- 2,862 S 175,075 121,026 54,054 49,166 63,968 1- 14,802 (lasparot qtx 11,732 39,105 44,010 21,298 34,879 -E 13,581 $ 38,206 81,590 67,911 40,499 65,295 1- 24,796

Québec

Morue qtx 441,022 416,732 409,701 417,783 602,099 -1- 184,311 S 801,191 839,435 795,140 1,120,570 1,545,804 1- 425,21

Homard qts 30,311 33,082 37,764 22,742 25,676 -I- 2,91 S 338,167 470,667 538,654 283,899 379,580 -E 95,68; Hareng qtx 186,767 188,946 226,426 206,135 286,028 1- 79,89: 5 160,686 149,009 190,462 161,119 246,115 1- 84,991

Saumon qtx 7,805 12,206 14,765 15,080 20,714 4- 5,63, S 77,122 122,001 137,024 136,725 189,318 -I- 52,59: Ifimquereau ;;Itx 24,982 53,770 46,211 79,437 47,135 - 32,30: $ 140,053 213,964 157,864 246,278 131,229 - 115,041 12,338 11,918 11,816 - 10: Anguille t qtx 7,024 10,026 S 58,629 60,118 73,946 86,756 104,463 -1- 17,70' Doré qtx 1,176 1,307 1,807 1,226 2,016 + 791 5 14,799 13,757 19,610 16,883 40,211 Jr 23,32: Eperlan (ltx 2,958 3,613 4,055 2,854 3,400 A- 54 S 33,089 27,363 34,677 32,468 37,243 1- 4,77,

Ontario

Truite qtx 55,457 65,679 62,553 68,821 73,257 1- 4,431 S 683,400 719,832 761,322 901,555 1,003,621 1- 102,06( Ablette . qtx 63,801 60,829 65,250 66,918 70,583 -I- 3,66;5 $ 891,324 744,738 854,391 869,934 924,638 i- 54,70,, . Doré qtx 20,666 23,849 26,912 29,646 25,677 - 3,96; S 351,322 345,808 352,516 400,221 370,774 -- 29,4417 Sandre qtx 64,059 63,585 32,547 - 30,601 34,453 1- 3,85;a s 192,177 260,699 179,011 168,306 275,624 1- 107,3113 Hareng , qtx 73,104 75,618 108,512 125,013 45,555 -- 79,4513 S 429,960 302,406 487,633 625,065 250,554 - 374,51: 23,317 -- 1,84: Perche cltx 23,573 24,673 27,009 25,158 S 141,438 133,235 159,354 150,948 139,902 -- 11,04;5 Esturgeon qtx 1,349 1,119 1,438 2,812 2,455 -- as7 5 51,455 42,219 55,632 93,208 94,598 1- 1,3910 12,379 12,598 11,962 12,933 13,163 1- 231 Brochet qtx 1- 9,731 S 74,274 69,286 61,127 65,958 75,688

Manitoba

48.222 38,634 54,175 68,096 62,486 - 13,533 Doré qtx 562,881 1- 34,455 S 221,697 355,216 484,982 528,426 50,696 36,632 25,491 27,104 38,078 1- 10,174 Ablette qtx 1- 96,773 $ 473,552 267,692 183,459 265,076 361,849 rullipi qtx 57,882 41,511 18,952 34,363 49,539 A- 15,17E 6 185.762 133,024 98,279 125,258 207,622 1- 82,364 176 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 12. Quantité des principaux poissons dont on fait commerce, et leur valeur par provinces, 1921-1925-fin Manitoba-fin

Augmentation ou diminution Espèces 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 en 1925 sur 1924.(Aug.-E, dirnin.--)

Brochet qtx 21,801 21,272 24,103 30,314 27,305 - 3,009 $ 61,134 70,243 89,734 104,973 110,222 i- 5,249 Esturgeon qtx 572 874 1,770 2,359 1,677 - 682 $ 23,579 31,022 88,030 122,251 71,252 - 50,999 (Eild'or qtx 3,462 3,865 6,110 6,533 7,205 1- 672 R 97 921 96 777 4R 761 RA 405 76 nsn -1- us 5RA

Saskatchewan

Poisson blanc qtx 22,987 21,027 24,607 42,393 44,978 1- 2,5e $ 181,461 178,519 207,284 363,532 384,700 1- 21,165 Truite qtx 1,481 1,482 1,753 2,839 3,146 -F. 307 $ 14,974 13,813 18,999 28,891 30,980 1- 2,082 Brochet qtx 3,234 2,879 3,753 5,393 4,153 - 1,242 $ 19,529 20,612 24,307 35,920 28,285 - 7,632 Doré qtx 1,429 1,711 1,943 3,556 2,896 - 661 s 11,732 12,946 15,944 28,578 25,738 - 2,83E Mulet qtx 1,642 2,106 2,476 2,816 2,785 - 31 S 8.632 11,632 13.503 15.069 14.598 - 471

Alberta

Ablette qtx 45,450 39,598 41,849 29,931 32,349 -1- 2,418 $ 351,128 286,338 374,460 241,696 310485 -1. 88,982 1/pré qtx 2,785 1,865 3,476 3,921 8,913 -11- 3,022 s 18,380 10,853 20,839 28,159 52,645 1- 24,482 Brochet qtx 2,158 1,561 2,859 4,311 7,438 -E, 3,127 S 10,829 5,768 13,680 17,275 42,889 -1- 25,611 Truite qtx 2,337 2,310 2,408 3,602 2,746 - 852 S 22.466 26.900 22.636 36.102 31.930 - 4.172

Colombie Br tannique

Saumon qtx 842,026 1,509,075 1,514,765 1,965,159 1,873,376 - 91,783 $ 8,577,602 13,073,927 11,936,668 13,027,251 14,973,885 Jr 1,946,634 Flétan qtx 325,868 293,184 334,667 331,382 318,240 - 13,142 S 3,636,076 3,918,44,1 6,271,993 5,427,542 3,891,819 - 1,535,720

Hareng. qtx 944,886 1,002,519 1,035,823 1,157,625 1,437,875 -1-- 280,258 5 963,407 850,734 1,338,450 1,392,580 1,717,985 -E 325,405 Morue qte 29,456 28,190 29,251 40,530 31,636 - 8,894 $ 232,638 212,871 203,056 288,829 264,036 - 24,700 Sprat qtx 19,737 20,342 19,402 27,485 318,973 -1-- 291,488 s 101,915 106,055 92,038 82,881 182,911 1- 100,036 (Movissesetniactres brl. 8,096 11,974 14,466 20,030 26,627 -1- 6,497 5 41,390 68,208 87,216 153,472 161,761 1- 8,292 Moruenoire cita 20,317 19,013 , 16,679 18,183 14,956 - 3,227 s 142,558 119,026 136,492 130,334 114,315 - 16,018 Crabe qtx 7,026 8,506 8,373 5,957 6,979 -E 1,022 R 46 RRQ 607C5 51 4R9 40107 50.605 4- 1(L406

Territoire du Yukon

Saumon qtx 1,626 363 275 684 585 - 95 S 24,390 5,452 6,875 11,628 9,945 - 1,885 Ablette qtx 107 108 100 150 115 - 35 5 2,688 2,170 2,512 3,750 2,875 - 872 Truite qtx 46 44 71 115 82 - 31 5 920 880 1.788 2.875 2,050 - 822

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13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces

Pêcheries maritimes Ile du Prince- Nouvelle- Nouveau- Québec' Colombie Espèces Edouard Ecosse Brunswick' Britannique Quan- Quais- tité Valeur Qtitéua' Valeur Qtaitnén- Valeur Valeur Qtuanité - Valeur $ S S S S Morue, prise qtx 61',483 85,965 1,408,238 3,029,376 205,544 332,159 602,099 1,068,221 31,636 Mise en vente: 190, 684 fraiche qtx 17,746 44,128 97,866 363,036 14,610 41,166 2,746 11,694 31,306 262,326 filets frais qtx - 1,616 16,164 147 1,080 - - 10 150 en saumure, ex 20,022 97,739 88,826 387,498 12,131 47,063 28,455 129,855 - en boite caisses _ - 1,906 15,107 - - 40 400 - - filets fumés qtx - 51,226 624,027 167 1,837 - - 100 1,530 séchée qtx 1,230 8,268 300,932 2,102,897 55,163 416,810 180,914 1,403,855 - - sans arêtes qtx - 24,443 251,104 38 4,057 - - - - Total, valeur marchande - 150,135 - 3,760,833 - 512,013 - 1,515,801 - 264,036 Eglefin, pris qtx 964 1,168 323,718 629,149 18,186 24,993 1,514 1,514 - - Mis en vente: frais qtx 400 800 148,93:5 566,070 8,736 18,240 - - - - filets frais qtx - 2,298 20,448 - _ _ _ _ _ en boite. caisses _ - 5,513 51,434 - - - - - - en saumure.... qtx 284 852 6,542 19,509 2,040 4,616 - - - - fumé qtx - 32,437 240,618 83 783 - - - - filets fumés qtx - - 12,666 145,949 - - - - - - séché qtx - 16,818 90,269 1,880 8,907 505 3,030 - - Total, valeur marchande - 1,652 - 1,131,327 - 32,546 - 3,030 - - Merluche et lingue, '0 prises qtx 14,939 13,512 91,027 94,761 66,892 17,363 1,277 1,277 1 2 Mise en vente: fralches cita 144 144 4,853 6,360 581 1,506 - - 1 3 filets irais qtx - 437 3,596 - - - - - - en saumure qtx 4,809 14,227 10,178 28,134 22,045 50,612 - - - - filets fumés ..... ex - - 6,537 66,910 - - - - - séchées qtx 1,722 8,610 15,395 78,465 7,143 32,478 425 2,125 - - sans arêtes qtx - - - - 297 2,550 - - - Total, valeur marchande - 22,981 - 183,465 - 87,146 - 2,125 2 Merlan, pris ntx - - 47,592 62,618 28,804 38,191 - - - - Mis en vente: frais qtx - - 8,021 23,336 2,219 2,935 - - - - en saumure tltx - - 8,130 23,280 2,841 7,126 - - - - séché ex _ - 7,732 42,777 6,968 27,961 - - - - Total, valeur marchande - - - 89,393 - 38,022 - - - Colin, pris qtx _ - - - - - - - 185 671 Mis en vente qtx _ - - - - - - - 185 1,011 Flétan, pris qtx 21 63 20,250 216,764 131 1,829 1,365 8,615 318,240 3,121,811 Mis en vente: frais qtx 21 210 19,911 279,761 131 1,829 1,365 9,415 318,202 3,891,531 fumé qtx - - 8 200 - - - 19 281 en boite caisses - _ 226 2,157 - _ _ _ _ Total, valeur marchande - 210 - 282,118 - 1,829 - 9,415 - 3,891,811 Carrelet, barbue, pile, etc., pris qtx - 10,930 13,712 963 2,397 - - 3,738 11,811 Mis en vente frais qtx - 10,930 43,507 963 3,025 - - 3,738 20,9F Rate, prise qtx - - 6,785 6,853 215 312 - - 978 2,931 Mise en vente, fraiche qtx - - 6,785 23,380 215 .587 - - 978 4,251 Sole, prise qtx - - 2,918 4,015 - - - - 4,978 33,641 Mise en vente, fraiche qtx - 2,918 14,740 - - - - 4,978 36,40- Hareng, pris qtx 64,912 67,011 206,863 209,602 372,710 251,237 278,913 100,976 1,437,875 992,161 Mis en vente: frais qtx 11,028 18,515 44,673 107,138 74,135 76,442 5,206 5,479 19,973 64,51 sans arêtes qtx - - 20 340 677 6,770 - - en boite caisses - - 911 5,788 3,381 16,905 - - 391 1,56- fumé qtx - - 24,365 122,146 56,175 145,211 9,404 38,488 5,622 49,201 salé à sec qtx - - - - - - 6,000 3,000 1,083,174 1,528,191 6 mariné brl 839 6,188 14,116 91,964 3,960 9,009 26,895 47,682 52 48.1 utilisé c. boêtte„, brl 25,699 59,000 35,390 106,589 31,987 62,901 81,290 95,478 25,598 74,02:2 engrais bal - 110 165 53,248 50,230 29,741 19,934 - Total, valeur marchande - 83,703 - 434,130 - 335,354 - .210,061 --. 1,717,981 Maquereau, pris__ q tx 6,220 16,346 117,599 288,871 16,707 47,152 17,135 99,117 - - - Mis en vente: frais qtx 3, 211 13,824 39,255 225,210 16,707 63,968 5,997 18,875 - - - en botte caisses 150 900 - - - - _- - - fumé qtx - 60 720 - - - - salé brl 968 8,522 26,086 219,255 - - 14,022 112,351 - Total. valeur marchande - 23,246 - 445,185 - 63,964 - 131,229 - *Une partie employée dans les huileries. !Voir aussi pêcheries intérieures. 26979-12

178 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces-suite

Pècheries maritimes

Be du Prince- Nouvelle- Nouveau- Colombie Espèces Edouard Ecosse Brunswick' Québec Britannique Quan- Valeur Quan- Valeur Quan- Valeur Q Quan- Valeur tité tité tité titéuan- Valeur tité S $ S 6 $ • Sardine, prise brl - - 175 350 158,259 281,415 99 261 - - Mise en vente: en botte caisses - - - - 209,649 773,212 - - - - fratche et salée brl - - 175 350 124,487 243,113 99 531 - - Total, valeur marchande - - - 350 - 1,016,325 - 531 - - Sprat, pris qtx - - - - - - - - 318,973 221,557 Mis en vente: en botte caisses - - - - - - - - 37,182 178,121 utilisé c. boette brl - - - - - - - - 4,045 4,790 Total, valeur marchande - - - - - - - - - 182,911 Gasparot, pris qtx 84 202 22,352 23,279 31,195 32,612 150 150 - - Mis en vente: frais qtx 9 100 9,905 17,885 4,587 9,446 - - - - fumé qtx - - 975 3,450 1,810 9,510 - - - - salé brl 25 125 3,499 17,670 8,489 41, 752 50 300 - - employé c. boette qtx - - - - 545 2,535 - - - - Total, valeur marchande - 225 - 39,014 - 63,243 - 300 - - Bar, pris qtx - - 55 759 477 6,535 - - 25 101 Mis en vente, fmis qtx - - 55 759 477 6,820 - - 25 180 Perche, prise qtx - - - - 146 624 - - 1,012 7,521 Mise en vente fralche qtx - - - - 146 876 - - 1,042 9,691 Saumon, pris qtx 90 1,716 8,422 128,210 29,527 392,002 19,313 177,636 1,873,376 7,141,821 Mis en vente: frais qtx 90 1,800 8,059 151,692 29,489 414,413 17,759 167,723 204,319 1, 623, 041 en botte caisses - 211 2,116 45 495 406 3,077 1,720,622 12,385,091 fumé qtx - - 100 3,316 - - - - 655 6,431 salé à sec qtx - - - - - 22 220 138,451 485,507 préparé au lait qtx - - - - - - - - 27,770 460,92: mariné qtx - - - - - - 783 3,848 450 6, 071 oeufs de qtx - - - - - - - - 972 3,531 utilisé c. boette qtx - - - - - - - - 512 3,271 Total, valeur marchande - 1,800 - 157,124 - 414,908 - 174,868 - 14,973,881

Alose, prise Otx - - 602 6,503 5,822 43.877 33 430 - - Mise en vente: fratche ex - - 557 8,053 5,687 57,895 33 430 - - salée bat - - 15 450 45 1,957 - - - - Total, valeur marchand - - - 8,503 - 59,852 - 430 - - Enerian, pris qtx 17,595 112,261 8,328 105,245 46,692 450,535 2,812 28,707 780 7,301 Mis en vente. frais...qtx 17,595 142,496 8,328 130,182 46,692 718,149 2,842 30,307 780 7,43. Esturgeon, pris qtx - - 15 75 - - 6 72 274 5,0016 Mis en vente, trais qtx - - 15 • 75 - - 6 72 274 5,60 4 Truite, prise qtx 107 1,120 983 16,059 161 2,266 216 2,312 42 16' Mise en vente: fratche qtx .107 1,328 983 16,705 161 2,266 171 2,109 42 60 2 en botte caisse - - - - - - 18 144 - marinée qtx - - - - - - 20 99 - - Total, valeur marchand 1,328 - 16,705 - 2,266 - 2,343 60 Cabillaud, pris qtx - - - - - - - 11,956 81,660 Mis en vente: frais qtx - - - - - - - - 7,966 63,055 en saumure qtx - - - - - - - 484 7,79,6 fumé qtx - - - - - - - 3,001 43,464 Total, valeur marchande - - - - - - - - - 114,31 5

Morue rouge, prise qtx .- - - - - - 2,960 14,37 Mise en vente: - fratche qtx - - - - - - - - 2,807 17,74 fumée Otx - - - - - - - 57 80 filets fumés qtx - - - - - - - - 5 8 Total, valeur marchande - - - - - - - - - 18,62 Bonite, prise qtx 975 4,875 1,626 7,897 - - - - - - Mise en vente, frai- - che qtx 976 4,875 1,626 8,3,52 - - - - Capelan, pris brl 128 414 - - 70 70 3,482 5,315 - - Mis en vente, frais bat . 138 552 - - 70 70 3,482 5,315 - - 'Voir aussi pêcheries intkrieures.

STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES 179 13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces-suite

Pêcheries maritimes He du Prince- Nouvelle- Nouveau- Espèces Québec, Colombie Edouard Ecosse Brunswick, Britannique

Quan- Valeur Quan" Valeur Qu'in- Valeur Qu'In" Valeurar Q tité tité tit 6 tité titéua!'" Valeur $ S s S S Anguille, prise qtx 320 2,308 1,346 11,273 406 2,696 65 570 Mise en vente, frai- 3 18 che qtx 320 3,311 1,246 12,612 406 2,750 65 570 3 18 Roussette' ou chien de mer, pris qtx - - - - - - - 71,010 22,212 Poulpe, pris qtx - - - - - - - - 586 3,768 Mis en vente, frais qtx - - - - - - - - 586 5,056 Oulachon, pris__ qtx - - - - - - - 361 1,529 Mis en vente, irais qtx - - - - - - - 361 2,117 Encornet, pris brl - - 11,556 33,739 à 10 978 1,970 - - Utilisé c. boette brl - - 11,556 39,037 5 10 978 1,970 - Espadon, pris qtx - - 4,551 67,776 - - - - - Mis en vente, frais qtx - - 4,551 78,209 - - - - Tacaud, pris qtx 2,555 5,247 195 160 13,056 16,905 800 600 23 62 Mis en vente, frais qtx 2,555 6,336 195 160 13,056 41,517 800 600 23 92 Poissons divers, pris. qtx - - 1,010 967 45 45 no 595 5 25 (à l'exclusion de toutes les espèces ci- dessus mention- nées). Mis ea vente, frais qtx - - 1,010 1,890 45 45 720 595 5 30 Clovisses et mactres, prises brl 1,560 1,988 1,451 • 8,348 19,496 28,188 2,919 16,654 26,527 90,508 Mises en vente: fratches brl 25 50 3,322 6,615 6,315 10,510 2,921 16,501 4,496 26,721 en botte caisses 1,533 9,708 1,132 6,746 12,901 77,886 25 250 22,031 135,043 Total, valeur marchande - 9,758 - 13,361 - 88,426 - 16,754 . - 161,764 Buccaces, pris qtx - - - - 201 563 - - - Mis en vente, frais qtx - - - - 201 563 - - - Crabes, pris qtx - - - - - - - - 6,979 35,785 Mis en vente frais qtx - - - - - - - 6,979 50,605 Homard, pris qtx 78,570 661,095 170,698 2,140,2e 65,894 801,949 25,676 210,051 - Mis en vente: vivant qtx 10,272 128,888 63,525 1,343,435 10,991 293,829 1,313 15,716 - chair de qtx - - 33 2,768 310 24,800 - - - en botte caisses 34,121 958,492 53,745 , 659,642 27,236 750,313 12,395 362,729 - foie de eusses 105 1,332 801 9,118 80 760 111 1,135 - - Total, valeur marchande - 1,088,712 - 3,014,963 - 1,069,722 - 379,580 - . - Huîtres, prises brl 5,278 31,852 2,644 15,747 12,038 19,880 - - 1,468 22,905 Mises en vente, fraiches brl 5,278 52,780 2,644 20,773 12,038 88,693 - - 1,468 23,107 Pétoncles, pris brl. - - 12,101 71,977 4,119 14,530 1,195 7,156 - Mis en vente: écaillés gal. - - 24,561 75,045 8,238 14,530 2,362 7,086 - en botte caisses - - 83 980 - - 11 110 - Total, valeur marchande - - - 76,025 - 14,530 - 7,196 - Crevettes, prises qtr - - - - - - - 1,157 16,035 Mises en vente, frai- ehes qtx - - - - - - 1,157 23,331 Langues et noues, marinées ou séchées qtx 48 960 312 4,792 129 1,804 176 1,135 - Bigorneaux (ou litto- rines), pris qtx - - 975 1,406 1,091 5,008 - - - Mis en vente, fmis qtx - - 975 1,812 1,091 5,008 - - - Algue, verte qtx - - 1,456 4,210 3,800 5,700 - - - Mise en vente, sé- chée qtx - - 208 4,288 660 6,840 - - - - Phoque à fourrure, pris nomb. - - - - - - - - 4,465 46,59C Peaux vendues nomb. - - - - - - - - 4.465 52,37:: 'Voir aussi pêcheries intérieures. 26979-121

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13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces-suite

Pêcheries maritimes lie du Prince- Nouvelle- Nouveau- Q uébec' Colombie Espèces Edouard Ecosse Brunswick' Britannique ,Quan- Valeur Qunn- Valeur Qu'an" fité fité ti té Valeur t"tité ValeurQtitéuan- Valeur $ s s $ S Phoque commun, pris nomb. - - - - - - 4,746 12,318 - - Mis en vente: peaux nomb. - - - - - 4,746 12,201 - - huile gal. - - - - - - 10,391 4,215 - - Total, valeur marchande - - - - - - 16,416 - - Baleines, prises nomb - - - - - - - 351 309,608 Mises en vente: fanons et sous-pro- produits tonnes - - - - - - - 317 7,260 huile gal. - - - - - - - - 556,939 266,651 engrais tonnes - - - - - - - 835 35,697 Total, valeur marchande - - - - - - - - 309,608 Produits divers- Huile de foie de morue, médicinale gal. 25 50 26,743 22,697 - - 68 128 - - Huile de foie de morue, brute gal. 7,030 2,109 130,403 52,171 10,110 4,291 127,414 44,555 - - Huile depoisson (autre) gal. 1,800 900 18,725 9,958 17,281 7,611 - - 850,506 313,085 Colle de poisson gal. - - 11,000 13,200 - - - - - - Poudre de poisson, tonnes - - 612 36,180 - - - 4,094 202,851 Er...1111es de hareng qtx - - - - 1,805 14,652 - - - Peaux et os de pois- - - 12,691 16,828 76 193 - - - qtx - - 12,691 16,828 76 193 - - - Entraillesilles de pois-• son tonnes - - 2,651 6,141 70 501 - - - Engrais tonnes - - 273 16,500 405 10,109 - 455 20,825 Valeur totale, pêche- ries maritimes- Valeur des prises - 1,008,176 - 7,198,962 - 2,881,313 - 1,735,590 - 12,382,635 Valeur marchande - 1,598,119 - 10,213,779 - 4,764,354 - 2,585,329 - 22,414,618

Pêcheries intérieures Nouveau- Espèces Brunswick2 Québec. 2 Ontario Quan- ti té Valeur Quti 'téin- Valeur Quan-tité Valeur s s 5 Gasparot, pris qtx 684 1,052 - - - - Mis en vente: frais qèr 351 1,062 - - - - salé brl 110 990 - - - - Total, valeur marchande - 2,052 - - - - Achigan, pris qtx 7 105 229 2,653 - - Mis en vente, frais qtx 7 105 229 2,653 - - Carpe, prise qtx - - 2,563 18,216 8,147 24,441 3lise en vente, fralche qtx - - 2,563 18,216 8,147 28,515 Barbotte, prise qtx - - 1,583 15,769 3,447 31,023 Mise en vente, fratche qtx - - 1,583 15,769 3,447 36,883 Anguille, prise qtx 60 1,010 11,751 103,893 1,824 18,240 Mise en vente, fratche qtx 60 1,020 11,751 103,893 1,824 21,888 Hareng, pris qtx - - 7,115 36,051 45,555 163,998 Mis en vente, frais qtx - - 7,115 36, 081 45,535 250,551 Maskinongé, pris q tx - 58 1,317 - - Mis en vente, frais qtx - - 58 1,317 - -

Poissons divers. Pris qtx - - 36,885 111,689 32,819 114,867 (gade, chabot, ouananiche, etc.) Mis en vente, frais qtx - - 26,885 141,680 32,819 147,686

91tdet, pris qtx 312 1,026 - - - - n fy /19 1 11911 - - - -

'Voir aussi pêcheries intérieures. 2Voir aussi pêcheries maritimes.

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13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces-suite

Pêcheries intérieures

Nouveau- Québec, Ontario Espèces Brunswick , Quan- Valeur Quan- Valeur Quan- tité tité tité Valeur S S S Perche, prise qtx - - 1,181 10,058 23,317 93,268 Mise en vente, (miche qtx - - 1,181 10,058 23,317 .139, 902 Doré, pris qtx 393 3,920 2,046 40,211 25,677 286,866 Mis en vente, frais Ott 392 3,920 2,016 40,211 25,677 370,774 Sandre, pris qta - - - - 34,453 206,719 Mis en vente, frais Ohr - - - 31,453 275,621 Brochet, pris ex - - 2,158 21,285 13,163 46,071 Mis en vente, frais cltx - - 2,158 21,285 13,163 75,688 Saumon, pris qts 546 13,650 1,401 11,450 - - Mis en vente, frais qtx 546 13,650 1,401 14,450 - - Alose, prise qta 1,902 11,412 1,105 11,876 - - Mise en vente, fralche qtit 1,902 11,412 1,105 11,876 - - Eperlan, pris qtx - - 558 6,936 - - Mis en vente, frais qta - - 558 6,936 - - Esturgeon, pris qta 42 1,050 1,759 27, 976 2,155 66,281 Mis en vente: frais cl.tx 42 1,050 1,759 27,976 2,455 86,96f caviar . liv. - - : 27.9 -76 4,807 7,693 Total valeur marchande - 1.050 - 91.591 Truite, prise qtx - - 100 1,835 73,257 791,17( Mis en vente, (catche cita - - 100 1,835 73,257 1,003,621 Turne, pris qtx - - - - 9,109 51,01( Mis en vente, frais citic - - - - 9,109 66,011 Ablette (poisson blanc), prise gis - - 545 5,381 70,583 758,767 Mise ert vente, fraiche qtx - - 515 5,381 70,583 924,631 Valeur totale des pêcheries intérieures- Valeur des prises - 34,235 - 459,590 - 2,654,731 Valeur marchande - 31,235 - 459,590 - 3,436,41;

Pêcheries intérieures Espèces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta 'fi ukon

Valeur Quan- Valeur Quan- Valeur Qum- Valeur Quan-tité tité thé thé S $ S $ pris qta 35 100 - Achigan, - - - - - Mis en vente, frais qtx 35 157 - - - - - - Carpe, prise qta 98 365 - - - - - - Mise en vente, fratche qtx 98 639 - - - - - - • Barbotte, prise cita 3,516 31,841 - - - - - - Mise en vente, (miche cutic 3,516 37,661 - - - - - - ŒlLs-d'or, pris gis 7,205 21,901 58 580 - - - - Mis en vente: frais qta 1,571 6,598 58 696 - - - - fion é qtx 4,102 63,482 - - - - - Total, valeur marchande - 70,080 - 696 - - - - Poisson divers, pris qta 191 1,858 3,510 4,717 - - 25 373 Mis en vente, frais es 194 2,061 3,510 6,215 - - 25 500 Mulet, prjs qts 11,491 14,020 2,785 7,672 3,591 5,051 - .- Mis ea vente, irais qtx 11,491 19,769 2,785 14,596 3,591 5,064 - - Perche, prise qta 1,667 15,626 - - 176 1,088 - Mise en vente, fratche qtx 1,667 18,678 - - 176 1,290 - - - Doré, pris qta 48,953 450,445 2,896 19,980 6 , 943 33 ,333 - Mis en vente, frais cita 48,953 562,881 2,896 25,738 6,943 52,545 - - Brochet, pris qtx 27,305 86,135 4,153 16,519 7,438 23,359 - - If:.... vemin r,-,,,. _ rit. 27.305 110.222 4.153 28,285 7,438 42,889 - -

2Voir aussi pêcheries maritimes.

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13. Quantité et valeur de tout le poisson pêché et mis en vente durant l'année 1925, par provinces-fin

Pêcheries Intérieures

Espèces . Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Yukon • • Qu'In- Valeur tité Qtitéua''' . Valeur Qtitéuart ' Valeur Qtitéuan " Valeur S S s $ Saumon, pris qtx - - - - - 585 7,312 Mis en vente, frais ex - - - - - - 585 9,945 Fe'‘ Psturgeon, pris qtr 1,677 51,238 15 450 - - - - Mis en vente: frais qtx 1,677 68,527 15 600 - - - caviar liv. 2,450 2,725 - - - - - Total, valeur marchande - 71,252 - 600 - - - - Truite, prise qtx 452 3,316 3,146 18,998 2,746 20,382 82 1,640 Mise en vente, !raidie ex 452 4,068 3,146 30,980 2,746 31,930 82 2,050 TullIpl, pris qtr 49,539 157,816 430 1,768 2,726 11,697 - - Mis en vente: frais qtx 49,539 207,622 430 3,070 2,638 13,141 - - fumé qtx - - - - 44 880 - - Total, valeur marchande - 207,622 - 3,070 - 14,021 - - Ablette (poisson blanc), prise qtx 38,078 226,640 41,978 234,149 32,349 198,693 115 2,300 Mise en vente, frais qtx 38,078 361,849 44,978 384,700 32,349 310,665 115 2,875 Valeur totale des pêcheries Intérieures... Valeur des prises - 1,061,331 - 300,833 - 293,816 - 11,627 Valeur marchande - 1,466,939 - 494,882 - 458,504 - 15,370

14. Valeur totale, par comtés et districts du poisson de mer pêché et mis en vente en 1925

Valeur totale Valeur totale du poisson et Comté ou district du poisson des produits Pêché du poisson mis en vente

Ile du Prince-Edouard 1,008,176 1,598,119 Iiings 302,072 508,535 Queens 313,582 501,996 Prince 392,522 587,588

Nouvelle-Ecosse-Totaux 7,190,962 10,213,779 Richmond 153,122 167,500 Cap Breton 248,450 383,203 Victoria 109,473 196,182 Inverness 331,113 681,173 Cumberland 108,591 194,696 Colchester 20,322 31,511 Pictou 182,022 305,341 Antigonish 126,130 196,915 Guysborougn 696,149 1,254,962 Halifax 796,500 1,350,883 Hanta 6,826 10,690 Luneaburg 2,070,328 2,102,168 Queens 220,787 254,580 Shelburne 636,217 887,776 Yarmouth 787,628 1,178,919 Digby 546,407 849,202 Annapolis 122,091 135,125 Kings 27,903 32,953

Nouveau-Brunswick 2,881,343 4,761,351 Charlotte 698,508 1,431,348 St. John 189,717 423,272 Albert 172 172 Westraorland 188,208 299,284 Kent 389,620 554,888 Northumberland 540,711 863,019 Gloucester 661,312 978,264 Itestigouche 213,095 214,107

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14. Valeur totale, par comtés et districts du poisson de mer pêché et mis en vente en 1925-fin

Valeur totale Valeur totale du poisson et Comté ou district du poisson des produits pêché du poisson mis en vente

Québec-Totaux 1,735,590 2,585,3%9 Bonaventure 180,490 285,422 Gaspé 576,224 992,304 lies de la Madeleine 417,938 714,250 Saguenay 538,143 569,075 Matane 17,723 19,206 Rimouski 5,072 5,072 Colombie-ErltannIque-Totaux 12,382,635 22,414,618 District I 2,783,431 3,348,075 District II 6,295,550 13,355,463 District III 3,303,654 5,711 080

15. Proportions du poisson de mer pris en haute mer par les chalutiers à vapeur et autres navires pêchant sur les bancs ou restant en mer plus de deux jours, 1925

Merluche Morue Eglefin et Merlan Flétan lingue

Province et comté ou district Quasi- Quasi- Quasi- Quan- Pêche Quantité totale prise en Pêche tité Pêche tité Pêche tité Pêche tité totale PLI?: totale priseen ,.„tajea prise en haute mer totale Prishauteeen haute - haute mer mer mer mer

qta qtX lea leX ex qtX qtX qta ex citX Canada-totaux 2,303,000 1,183,301 341,386 171,443 171,136 10,417 76,396 28,105 310,007 330,218 Ile du Prince-Edouard- 61,483 - 968 - 14,939 - - - 21 - Rings 11,495 - 968 - 5,453 - - - - - Queens 40,903 - - - 2,352 - - - - Prince 9,085 - - - 7,134 - - - 21 - Noluelle-Ecosse-totaux 1,408,228 1,051,837 323,718 169,983 91,02; 8,216 47,592 28,105 20,250 11,877 Richmond 18,569 - 9,747 - - 462 - 11 - Cap Breton 35,318 939 2,467 165 - - 335 - 1,949 1,238 Victoria 21,914 - 17,201 - - 30 - 316 - Inverness 52,415 17,123 18,312 9,276 7,491 4 3,012 3,012 2,343 2,270 Cumberland 28 - 41 - _- - - - 1 - Colchester 123 - - - - - - - - Pictou 10 - - - 1,034 - - - - - Antigonish 1,890 - 420 - 2,720 - - - - - Guysborough 130,556 82,732 66,304 51,932 880 - 8,008 7,267 2,270 1,949 Halifax 131,669 89,157 99,152 93,253 416 446 19,984 15,031 3,909 3,421 Hauts 51 - - - - - 15 - - - Lunenburg 823,135 803,229 8,270 6,095 3,285 1,370 1,960 1,140 4,525 2,995 Queens 28,852 22,094 1,832 942 3,766 3,255 300 270 1,573 1,539 Shelburne 70,127 11,970 24,848 4,630 3,740 1,720 521 14 831 300 Yarmouth 50,919 21,892 8,783 2,837 1,626 1,451 3,681 733 1,700 1,161 Digby 37,986 2,701 60,959 803 61,476 - 8,818 638 610 9 Annapolis 3,840 - 5,114 - 4,551 - 327 - 169 - Rings 796 - 238 - 12 - 141 - 13 - Nouteau-Brunswick- totaux - 205,511 131,011 18,186 1,480 66,892 2,201 28,804 - 131 - Charlotte 16,244 - 15,989 - 54,893 - 28,804 - 131 - St. John 3,120 - 550 - 4,730 - - - - - Albert - - - - - - - - Westmorland 6 - - - - - - - - Kent 2,930 2,299 - - - 4,71 - - Northumberland 4,218 3,227 - - - - - - - Gloucester 176,989 123,451 1,498 1,311 2,448 2,142 - - - - Restigouche 2,037 2,037 149 149 89 59 - - - - Québec-totaux 602,099 200 1,514 - 1,27 - - - 1,365 - Bonaventure 57,172 200 1,514 - 1,27 - - - 750 - Gaspé 268,738 - - - - - - - 230 - Iles de la Madeleine 70,020 - - - - - - - - - Saguenay 202,566 - - - - - - - 360 - 25 Matane 3,503 - - - - - -__ - Rimouski 100 - - - - - - - - Colombie Britannique- totaux 31,636 250 - - 1 - - - 318,210 315,31 District I 17,633 - - - 1 - - - 27,926 27,92 District II 250 250 - - - - - - 287,415 287,40 Tliatrint TTT 13.753 - - - - - - - 2,899 - rr: .;;

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15. Proportions du poisson de mer pris en haute mer par les chalutiers à vapeur et autres navires pêchant sur les bancs ou restant en mer plus de deux jours, 1925-fin

Carrelet Raie Sole Kareng Maquereau

Province et comté ou dis- tria Quasi- Quasi- Quan- Quan- Quan- tité tité tité Pêche pritsietéen Pêche Pêche Pêche -,,,,,, tité totale ttotale Prise en totale Prise en loUle' prise en 'totale':'" prise en haute haute haute haute haute mer mer mer mer mer

. qtx qtx qtx qtx q tx qtx qtx qtx qtx qtx 1 Canada-totaux 15,631 13,549 7,978 6,808 7,926 2,918 2,351,303 7,570 187,661 3,862 4 211e du Prince-rdouard- totaux ' - - - - - 64,912 - 6,220 - 3 Kihgs - - - - 21,787 - 102 - 4 Queens - - - - 12,753 - 2,502 - 5 Prince - - - - 30,402 - 3,616 - 6 Nouvelle-Bcosse-totaux 10,930 10,605 6,785 6,785 2,918 2,918 206,863 820 117,599 2,714 7 Richmond - - - - - 2,335 - 10,609 - 8 Cap Breton - - - - - 8,392 - 7,014 - 9 Victoria - - - - - 6,099 • - 1,605 - 10 Inverness 1,266 1,266 1,532 1,532 - - 6,980 - 6,073 - 11 Cumberland - - - - - - 19,427 - 152 - 12 Colchester - - - - - 178 - - - 13 Pietou - - - - 1,499 - 80 - 14 Antigonish 220 - - - 10,180 - 685 - 15 Guysborough 25 23 112 112 2,948 2,948 9,564 - 42,661 - 16 Halifax 9,259 9,259 5,141 5,141 - 15,939 - 31,921 - 17 liants 5 - - - - - - - 18 Lunenburg - - - - - 4,460 820 6,838 2,714 19 Queens - - - - - 12,587 - 5,497 - 20 Shelburne ... - - - - - 34,810 - 838 - 21 Yarmouth - - - - - 23,684 - 3,345 - 12 Digby 155 57 - - - - 21,271 - 97 - 23 Annapolis - - - - - - 25,788 - 66 - 14 Kings - - - - - 3,670 - 68 - 25 Nouveau-Brunswick-- totaux 963 - 215 - - - 372,710 6,750 16,707 1,14S 26 Charlotte 732 215 - - - 171,408 - - - :7 St. John - _ - - 400 - - - 28 Albert - - - - - 4 - - - Hl Westmorland - - - - - 77,292 - 201 - 30 Kent 220 - - - - 30,650 3,450 2,376 202 31 Northumberland - - - - • - 7,174 3,300 260 260 32 Gloucester - - - - - 81,629 - 13,387 686 33 Restigouche 11 - - - - 1,153 - 483 - 04 Québec-totaux - - - - 278,913 - 47,135 - 15 Bonaventure ... - - - - - 42,790 - 2,836 - 36 Gaspé -- - 70,453 - 3,131 - 37 Iles de la Madeleine - - - - - 153,780 - 47,105 - 18 Saguenay ... - - - - - - 3,075 - 63 - 19 Matane - - - - - 8,61.; - - - Ki Rimouski - - - - - - 200 - - il Colombie Britannique- totaux 3,733 2,944 978 23 4,978 - 1,437,875 - - - 12 District I 553 - 735 - 4,381 - 13,522 - - - 13 District II 2,944 2,944 38 23 - - 43,697 - - - 14 District III 241 - 205 - 597 - 1,380,656 - - -

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15. Proportions du poisson de mer pris en haute mer par les chalutiers à vapeur et autres navires pêchant sur les bancs ou restant en mer plus de deux jours, 1925—fin

Achigan Cabillaud Morue rouge Espadon Phoques Baleines Quan- Qunn- - thé tité Quanfité Quantité Quantité Quantité Pêche Pêchetotale prise en Pèche prise en Pêche prise en Pêche prise en Pêche prise en totale P seen totale haute totale haute totale haute hte'au naute totale haute mer mer mer mer mer mer

qtx qtx qtx cl.tx qtx qtx qtx qtx nomb. nomb. nomb. nomb. 557 10 14,956 8,984 2,960 267 4,551 59 4,465 422 351 351 1 2

55 _ _ - - _ 4,551 59 _ _ _ - 6 _ _ _ _ - _ 292 _ _ _ _ - 7 _ _ _ _ - 3,397 _ _ _ -8 _ _ _ _ _ 49 _ _ _ -i _ _ _ - - - 28 - - - - II _ _ _ - - - - - - - 11 _ _ - - - - - - - - - 12 _20 - _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ -l0, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -11 _10 _ _ _ - _ 586- _ _ _ _ -1,i _ _ _• _ _ 98 _ _ _ - - 11 5 _ _ - - - - - - - - - 11 _ - _ - - - - - - - lf _ - - - - 42 - - - - -18 _ _ - - - 59 59 - - - -28 - _ _ _ - _ - _ _ _ _ -21

477 _ _ _ - _ - _ _ _ - 21 - _ _ - _ - - - - - -21 - _ _ _ _ _ _ • _ _ _ - 2! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -2 321- - - _ - _ _ _ _ _ - 31 113 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 3: - _ -_ - _ _ _ _ _ _ :3 - _ - _ _ _ _ _ - 3: _- - - - _ _ _ - _ _ - 31

- - -4

- - 10 14,956 8,984 2,960 267 - - 4,465 422 351 3514 1 2 7 - 269 2694 3 10 10 8,984 8,984 267 267 - - 810 422 4 186 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

16. Résumé, par province,s, des capitaux engagés, 1925

Ile du Prince-Edouard Nouvelle-Ecosse

Opérations de pèche proprement dites . Nombre Valeur . Nombre Valeur

8 $ 1 Chalutiers à vapeur - - 10 715,000 2 Bateaux de pêche à vapeur - - 3 11,000 3 Voiliers et embarcations à gazoline 9 7,760 382 1,850,000 4 Chaloupes à voiles et à rames 469 10,750 4,333 118,007 5 Chaloupes à gazoline 1,538 383,700 5,779 1,371,578 6 Pinasses 8 2,500 185 157,885 7 Rets, seines, pièges, etc 7,279 72,379 52,167 1,105,914 8 Filets à enclos - - _ - 9 Seines à cercles - - - - 10 Nasses - - 97 27,850 11 Chaluts 781 16,600 12,668 203,851 12 Ligues à main 1,357 2,714 23,608 28,039 13 Casiers à homard 384,719 384,719 761,450 1,007,132 14 Pièges à anguille - - 15 Agrès de pêche à pétoncles - - 48 4,360 16 Môles 29 67,000 1,695 715,080 17 Congélateurs et glacières 6 11,800 322 134,766 18 Petites poissonneries 428 15,370 4,370 429,674

19 Valeur totale - 933,202 - 7,880,136

Ontario Manitoba Opérations de pêche proprement dites Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur $ $ 20 Chalutiers à vapeur - - - - 21 Bateaux de pèche à vapeur 112 767,315 20 227,074 22 Voiliers et embarcations à gazoline - - - _ 23 Chaloupes à voiles et à raines 1,086 62,721 852 58,800 24 Chaloupes à gazoline 1,018 573,017 65 37,600 25 Pinncees - - 2 2,000 26 Rets et seines, pièges, etc '6,906,166 767,711 39,864 361,898 27 Harpons 144 1,026 - - 28 Chaluts - - - - 29 Filets à enclos 1,334 671,905 22 5,700 30 Seines à cercles 1,19" 41,674 13 200 31 Carrelets sur dévidoirs 43 842 14 54 32 Lignes à main 986 11,222 260 925 33 Pièges à crabes - - - - 34 Pièges tournants - - - - 35 Etablissements d'ostréiculture - - - - 38 Môles et quais ' 309 76,817 34 24,250 37 Congélateurs et glacières 504 261,260 87 106,230 38 Petites poissonneries - - 58 22,950 39 Valeur totale - 3,235,510 - 847,681

Ile du Prin e-Edouard Etablissements industriels Nombre Valeur 8 40 Homarderies 143 249,510 41 Saumoneries - - 42 Etablissements de préparation des mollusques 5 1,070 43 Sardineries et autres poissoneries - - 44 Etablissements de fumage, salage et séchage 8 12,100 45 Huileries - - 46 Total 156 262,680

Dans Ontario, les rets à mailles et les seines sont indiqués par verges.

17. Résumé, par provinces, du nombre du personnel, 1925

Ile du Nouvelle-Nouveau-Brunswick - Prince- Ecosse Edouard Maritimes Intérieures nombre nombre nombre nombre 47 Hommes employés sur les bateaux, embarcations, etc 3,017 16,266 8,490 449 48 Personnes employées dans les établissements de fumage, salage et séchage 1,732 3,604 2,401 - 49 Total 4,749 19,870 10,891 199

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16. Résumé, par provinces, des capitaux engagés, 1925

Nouveau-Brunswick Québec Pêcheries Pêcheries Total, Pêcheries Pêcheries Total, maritimes intérieures pêcheries maritimes intérieures pêcheries Nomb. Valeur Nomb. Valeur Nomb. Valeur Nomb. Valeur Nomb,. Valeur Nomb. Valeur S $ $ 6 $ $ - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 4,000 - - 1 4,000 - - - - - - 2 313 244,325 - - 313 244,325 102 46,500 - - 102 46,500 3 4,525 80,549 388 4,846 4,913 94,395 1,271 82,510 1,371 39,973 2,642 122,483 4 2,326 686,840 6 1,500 2,332 688,340 2,620 731,331 251 85,090 2,871 816,421 5 43 75,633 _ _ 43 75,633 449 11,300 - - 449 11,300 6 25,664 773,684 727 7,879 26,391 781,563 31,011 491,122 1,063 97,587 32,074 588,709 7 - - - - - - _ _ - • - - - 8 - - - - - - - . - 641 14,570 641 14,570 9 387 517,87 - - 387 517,875 - - - - - - 10 2,322 31,990 - .- 2,322 31,990 1,214 28,47 - - 1,214 28,470 11 10,620 9,764 - - 10,629 9,764 24,580 24,268 2,133 43,408 26,713 67,766 12 361,067 412,03 - - 351,087 412,039 123,702 124,564 - - 123,702 124,564 13 - - 100 200 100 200 - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 410 132,900 - - 410 132,900 324 33,750 - - 324 33,750 16 103 248,800 - - 103 248,800 204 47,409 170 42,187 374 89,587 17 1,228 449,000 - - 1,228 449,000 1,257 73,070 167 9,241 1,424 82,31 18 - 3,676,390 - 14,425 - 3,690,824 - 1,694,285 - 332,146 - 2,026,431 19

Saskatchewan fidberba Colombie Britannique 'Yukon Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Videur $ $ $ S - - - - 3 180,000 - 20 - - - - 7 160,000 - 21 - - - - 437 2,489,100 - 22 110 3,470 90 4,195 2,899 260,193 15 302 23 31 13,400 109 42,600 2,834 1,722,950 7 2,255 24 - - - - 155 172,950 - 25 2,850 55,862 4,227 81,677 4,948 1,651,143 51 1,815 26 - - - - - - - 27 - - - - - 1,302 42,940 - - 28 - - - - _ - _ - 29 13 260 - - - - _ - 30 - - - - - - - -31 76 385 - - 6,593 47,979 - - 33 _ _ - - - 4,802 18,910 - 32 _ - _ - _ 3 450 34 _ - - 1 26,000 _ - 35 33 4,025 50 8,520 14 11,300 - - 36 40 4,325 75 17,430 6 12,750 2 200 37 10 1,000 66 4,135 32 34,150 1 100 38 - 82,727 158,557 - 6,810,365 _ 5,122 39

Nouvelle-Ecosse Nouveau-Brunswick Québec ColnnabieBritannique Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur S $ $ $ 133 679,393 137 391,905 65 181,294 - - 40 - - - - 4 9,164 65 9,163,223 41 41 345,989 4 28,604 - - 2.1 3 937,409 - - - 3,784,492 11 106 2,681,8 6 50 198,616 33 491,350 66 440 ' 4' 87,466 - - - _ 12 1,896,504 45 ,1 249 3,791,654 191 1,556,624 102 681,808 115 14,844,219 4E

17. Résumé, par provinces, du nombre du personnel, 1925

Québec - Colombie Saskat Alberts 'Yukon Ontario Manitoba chewan Britannique Maritimes Intérieures nombre nombre nombre nombre nombre nombre nombre nombre 8,585 2,126 4,263 3,390 794 911 9,944 35 47 1,097 - - - - - 7,438 - 48 9,682 2,126 4,263 3,390 794 914 17,382 35 49 188 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

Primes En vertu d'une «Loi pour encourager le développement des pêcheries maritimes et la construction des navires de pêche)), une somme de $160,000 est donnée en primes, chaque• année, par le ministère de la Marine et des Pêcheries, aux pêcheurs des provinces maritimes de l'est. Ces primes sont réparties et distribuées sur les bases fixées, de temps à autre, par décrets ministériels. Pour l'année 1925, ces versements se sont effectués sur les bases suivantes: Aux propriétaires de navires de pêche, $1 par tonneau enregistré, avec un maximum de $80 par navire. A chaque membre de leur équipage, $8.00. Aux propriétaires de barques mesurant au moins 13 pieds de quille, $1 par embarcation. A chaque pêcheur montant ces barques, $6.30. Il a été payé 9,979 primes, au lieu de 10,104 l'année précédente. Au total, les primes payées en 1925, se sont élevées à $159,992.30, ainsi réparties: A 540 navires et leurs équipages, $41,948.30. A 9,439 barques et leurs équipages, $118,044.00. - Le tableau 3, Ille partie, donne le détail des primes payées en 1925, par comtés. Importations et exportations La valeur de poisson et de produits de la pêche importés au Canada pour consommation pendant l'année fiscale terminée le 31 mars 1926 est de $2,590,515, comparativement à $3,061,281 en 1925. La valeur du poisson et des produits des pêcheries canadiennes exportés du Canada pendant la même année est de $37,487,517, soit une augmentation de $3,520,508 sur l'année terminée le 31 mars 1925. Revue rétrospective Les trois tableaux suivants présentent une revue rétrospective de l'industrie de la pêche au Canada dans les années passées. En ce qui concerne la production, les données sont établies par provinces et par années et remontent jusqu'à 1870. Quant au nombre et à la valeur des navires, barques, etc., les chiffres partent de l'année 1880. Enfin, le personnel occupé à cette industrie nous est révélé depuis 1895.

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18. Revue rétrospective (a) Valeur totale des pêcheries dans les différentes provinces du Canada, depuis 1870 jusqu'à 1925 inclusivement

Manitoba, Saskatche- Total Années at Nouvelle- Nouveau- - ... . colonibie Ewsse Brunswick teebec Ontario Britannique wan pourtoutle Edouard Alberia Canada et Yukon

S $ $ 5 S $ S 8 1 1870 Inconnu 4,019,425 1,131,433 1,161,551 264,982 Inconnu Inconnu 6,577,391 1871 5,151,029 1,185,033 1,093,612 193,524 " 7,573,199 1872 ,,,. 6,016,835 1,965,459 1,320,189 267,633 " Ci 9,570,116 1873 207,595 6,577,085 2,285,662 1,391,554 293,091 " a 10,751,997 1874 238,863 6,652,302 2,685,791 1,608,660 446,267 " .. 11,681,886 1875 298,927 5,573,851 2,427,654 1,596,759 453,19 il dl 10,350,385 1876 494,957 6,029,059 1,953,389 2,097,668 437,229 104,697 " 11,117,000 1877 763,036 5,527,858 2,133,237 2,560,147 438,223 583,433 ." 12,005,934 1878 840,314 6,131,600 2,305,790 2,664,055 318,122 025,767 " 13,215,678 1879 1,402,301 5,752,937 2,551,722 2,820,39 367,13 631,766 " 13,529,251 1880 1,675,039 6,291,061 2,744,447 2,631,55 444;491 713,335 " ' 14,499,979 1881 1,955,290 6,214,782 2,930,901 2,751,962 509,903 1,451,32 a 15,817,162 1882 1,855,637 7,131,418 3,192,339 1,976,516 825,457 1,842,675 " 16,824,092 1883 1,272,468 7,689,374 3,185,674 2,138,997 1,027,033 1,614,64 16,058,192 1884 1,085,619 8,763,779 3,730,451 1,591,461 1,133,724 1,356,26 a 17,766,404 1885 1,293,430 8,283,922 4,005,431 1,719,460 1,342,692 1,078,03 ,., 17,722,973 1886 1,141,901 8,415,362 4,180,227 1,741,382 1,435,998 1,577,348 186,980 18,679,288 1887 1,037,426 8,379,782 3,559,507 1,773,567 1,531,850 1,974,887 129,084 18,386,103 1888 876,862 7,817,030 2,911,863 1,860,012 1,839,869 1,902,195 180,677 17, 418, 508 1889 886,430 6,346,722 3,067,039 1,876,191 1,963,123 3,348,097 167,679 17,655,254, 1890 1,041,109 6,636,444 2,699,055 1,615,119 2,009,637 3,481,432 232,104 17,714,900 1891 1,238,733 7,011,300 3,571,050 2,008,678 1,806,389 3,008,755 332,969 18,997,874 1892 1,179,855 6,340,724 3,203,922 2,236,732 2,042,198 2,849,483 1,088,251 18,941,169 1893 1,133,368 6,407,279 3,746,121 2,218,905 1,694,930 4,443,963 1,042,093 20,686,659 1894 1,119,738 6,517,387 4,351,526 2,303,386 1,659,968 3,950,478 787,087 20,719,570 1895 976,636 6,213,131 4,403,158 1,867,920 1,584,473 4,401,351 752,466 20,199,338 1896 976,126 6,070,895 4,799,433 2,025,751 1,605,674 4,183,999 745,543 20,407,424 1897 951,919 8,090,346 3,931,135 1,737,011 1,289,822 6,138,865 638,416 22,783,544 1898 1,070,299 7,226,034 3,849,357 1,761,440 1,433,632 3,713,101 613,355 19,667,121 1890 1,043,615 7,347,604 4,119,891 1,953,134 1,590,447 5,214,074 622,911 21,891,706 1900 1,059,193 7,809,159 3,769,742 1,989,279 1,333,294 4,878,820 718,159 21,557,639 1901 1,050,623 7,989,518 4,193,264 2,174,459 1,428,078 7,912,771 958,410 25,737,153 1902 887,024 7,351,753 _ 3,912,514 2,059,175 1,265,706 5,284,824 1,198,437 21,959,433 1903 1,099,510 7,841,602 4,186,800 2,211,792 1,535,144 4,748,365 1,478,665 23,101,878 1904 1,077,516 7,287,099 4,671,084 1,751,397 1,793,229 5,219,107 1,716,977 23,516,439 1905 998,922 8,259,085 4,567,093 2,063,716 1,703,963 9,850,216 1,811,570 29,470,562 1906 1,168,939 7,799,160 4,905,225 2,175,035 1,734,856 7,603,347 1,492,923 26,279,485 1907 1,492,695 7,632,330 5,359,563 2,047,390 1,935,025 6,122,923 958,422 25,499,349 1908 1,378,624 8,009,838 4,759,298 1,881,817 2,100,078 6,465,038 861,392 25,451,085 1909 1,197,557 8,081,111 4,676,315 1,808,437 2,177,813 10,314,755 1,373,181 29,629,169 1910 1,153,708 10,119,243 4,134,144 1,692,475 2,026,121 9,163,235 1,676,507 29,965,433 1911 1,196,396 9,367,550 4,886,157 1,868,136 2,205,436 13,677,125 1,467,072 34,667,872 1912 1,379,905 7,384,055 4,264,051 1,988,241 2,842,878 14,455,488 1,074,843 33,389,464 1913 1,280,447 8,297,626 4,398,707 1,850,427 2,674,685 13,891,398 904,458 33,207,748 1914 1,261,666 7,730,191 4,910,083 1,924,430 2,755,291 11,515,086 1,137,884 31,264,631 1915 933,682 9,166,851 4,737,145 2,076,851 3,341,182 14,538,320 1,056,677 35,860,708 1916 1,344,179 10,092,902 5,656,859 2,991,524 2,658,993 14,637,346 1,826,475 39,208,378 1917 1,786,310 14,468,319 6,143,088 3,414,378 2,866,419 21,518,595 2,114,935 52,312,044 1918 1,148,201 15,143,066 6,298,990 4,577,973 3,175,111 27,282,223 2,634,180 60,259,744 1919 1,536,844 15,171,929 4,979,574 4,258,731 3,410,750 25,301,607 1,819,044 56,508,479 1920 1,708,723 12,742,659 4,423,745 2,592,382 3,336,412 22,329,16 2,108,257 49,241,339 1921 924,529 9,778,623 3,690,726 1,815,284 3,065,012 13,953,670 1,704,061 34,931,935 1922 1,612,599 10,209,258 4,685,660 2,089,414 2,858,122 18,849,658 1,495,499 41,800,210 1923 1,754,960 8,448,385 4,518,535 2,100,412 3,159,427 20,795,914 1,757,892 42,565,545 1924 1,201,772 8,777,251 5,383,809 2,283,314 3,557,587 21,257,587 2,072,935 44,534,235 1925 1,598,119 10,213,779 4,798,589 3,014,919 3,436,412 22,414,618 2,435,695 47,942,131 190 STATISTIQUE DES PÊCHERIES

18. Revue rétrospective (b) Nombre et valeur des navires et barques de pêche du Canada, et valeur des agrès de pêche et du matériel de l'industrie poissonnière pour les années 1880, 1885, 1890, 1895 et de 1900 à 1925

Autre Navires Barques Valeur matériel de Total Années des filets l'industrie du' et seines poissonnière capital Nombre Valeur Nombre Valeur (1)

S 5 S 5 5 1880 1,181 1,814,688 25,266 716,352 935,978 419,564 3,936,582 1885 1,177 2,021,633 28,472 852,257 1,219,284 2,601,285 6,697,459 1890 1,069 2,152,790 29,803 921,346 1,695,353 2,690,147 7,372,641 1895 1,121 2,318,290 34,268 1,014,057 1,713,190 4,208,311 9,235,848 1900 1,212 1,910,329 38,930 1,248,171 2,405,860 5,395,765 10,990,125 1901 1,231 2,417,680 38,186 1,212,297 2,312,187 5,549,136 11,491,300 1902 1,296 2,620,661 41,667 1,199,598 2,103,621 5,382,079 11,305,959 1903 1,343 2,755,150 40,913 1,338,003 2,305,444 5,842,857 12,241,451 1904 1,316 2,592,527 -11,938 1,376,165 2,189,666 6,198,581 12,356,912 1905 1,384 2,813,831 41,463 1,373,337 2,310,508 6,383,218 12,880,897 1906 1,439 2,841,875 39,634 1,462,374 2,426,341 7,824,975 14,555,565 1907 1,390 2,748,234 39,711 1,437,196 2,266,722 8.374,440 14,826,592 1908 1,441 3,571,871 39,965 1,696,856 2,283,127 7,956,420 15,508,274 1909 1,753 3,303,121 41,170 1,855,629 2,572,820 9,626,362 17,357,932 1910 1, 680 3,028,625 38,977 2,483,996 2,786,548 10,720,701 19,019,870 1911 1,618 3,502,928 36,761 2,695,650 2,453,191 12,281,135 20,932,901 1912 1,669 4,671,923 34,501 3,072,115 4,154,880 12,489,511 24,388,459 1913 1,992 4,445,259 37,686 3,834,178 3,423,110 15,761,486 27,464,033 1914 1,892 4,390,660 39,144 3,957,912 3,313,581 13,071,009 24,733,162 191.5 1,984 4,594,504 38,536 4,345,951 3,544,087 13,371,030 25,855,575 1916 1,965 5,257,724 40,105 4,829,793 4,485,269 14,146,176 28,728,962 1917 1,533 6,268,946 42,689 5,770,464 5,347,497 29,356,218 47,143,125 1918 1,417 6,790,888 38,726 7,059,638 6,174,967 40,196,370 60,221,863 1919 1,373 7,768,160 36,434 7,470,095 6,312,245 33,026,526 54,577,026 1920 1,228 8,316,071 30,522 7,859,999 6,697,214 27,532,191 50,405,478 1921 1,145 6,326,803 31,747 7,379,606 6,112,142 25,850,926 45,669,477 1922 1,251 6,704,936 35.166 6,896,512 5,876,309 28,287,181 47,764,938 1923 1,162 6,249,971 32,360 5,813,421 5,656,627 29,952,846 47,672,865 1924 1,211 5,612,448 31,110 6,232,613 5,530,556 26,481,733 43,857,350 1925 1,399 6,702,074 34,835 6,809,445 6,203,876 27,157,235 46,872,630

(1) Cela comprend toutes les fabriques de conserves de poisson, les poissonneries et établissements de fumage, les entrepôts frigorifiques, les môles et quais affectés à la pêche, les casiers à homard, pièges à saumon et à crabe, les nasses, chaluts et autres agrès de pêche, à l'exception des "navires", des "barques" et des 'filets et seines". GRIMM

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18. Revue rétrospective (c) Nombre de personnes employées dans l'industrie poissonnière en 1895 et depuis 1900 jusqu'à 1925

Nonabrede Nœnbrede personnes Nombre Nombre Nombre total do employées de de de Nombre personnes Années dans les pêcheurs pêcheurs pêcheurs total de employées fabriques sur en sans Pêcheurs dans et poisson- navires barques bateau l'industrie nones poissonnière

1895 12,030 9,801 61,530 - 71,334 84,361 1900 18,205 9,201 71,859 _ 81,064 99,269 1901 15,315 9;118 69,142 - 78,290 93,605 1902 13,563 9,123 68,678 - 77,801 91,364 1903 14,018 9,304 69,830 - 79,131 93,152 1904 13,981 9,236 68,109 - 77,315 91,326

1905 14,037 9,360 73,505 -82,871 96,903 1906 12,317 8,458 67,646 - 76,104 88,421 1907 11,442 8,089 63,165 - 71,214 82,696 1908 13,753 8,550 62,520 _ 71,070 81,823 1909 21,694 7,931 60,732 - 68,663 99,157 1910 24,978 8,521 60,089 68,610 93,581 1911 25,206 9,056 56,870 65,926 . 91,132 1919 23,327 9,076 56,005 65,081 88,401 1913 26,893 10,525 61,251 71,776 98,662 1914 24,559 9,440 60,554 69,954 91,512

1915 27,320 9,511 65,321 - 74,862 102,182 1916 25,680 9,192 60,432 - 69,624 95,304 1917 22,732 8,946 62,700 744 72,390 95,121 1918 18,554 8,668 58,110 1,738 68,516 87,071 1919 18,356 8,908 56,280 2,616 67,804 86,161 1920 18,499 7,918 47,418 1,861 57,197 75,691 1921 14,101 6,899 46,580 1,751 55,230 69,33, 1922 16,577 7,503 48,480 1,897 57,830 74,45 1923 15,447 6,691 44,482 2,341 53,517 68,96 1924 15,536 6,663 44,326 2,925 53,914 69,451 1925 16,272 7,556 47,531 3,176 53,273 74,54;

Non classifié séparément antérieurement 7 1917. • DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES FISHERIES BRANCH

ANNUAL REPORT

FISH CULTURE

1925

OTTAWA F. A. ACLAND PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY 1926 !el

FISH CULTURE

ANNUAL REPORT BY J. A. RODD, SUPERINTENDENT In accordance with the usual practice, the fish cultural operations of the department during the calendar year 1925 were mainly in the interests of the more important fresh-water and anadromous food fishes, such as Atlantic salmon in the east, whitefish, salmon trout and pickerel in the interior, and Pacific salmon in the west. In compliance with an increasing public demand, greater attention was paid to game fish and the total distribution of game trout was greater than ever before. Yellow perch were propagated for the first time. Upwards of ten million eggs were collected by the staff of the Fort Qu'Appelle hatchery, Saskatchewan, and the resultant fry were utilized in introducing the species to various lakes in the Prairie Provinces. The development of the pond system and the production of brood trout and trout eggs at the St. John hatchery is proving successful. Last season, upwards of one million four hundred and twenty thousand speckled trout eggs, two hundred thousand Brown trout eggs, and six-ty-five thousand Rainbow trout eggs were produced from fish that were reared at this establishment, which handles a greater variety of species than any other hatchery in the Maritime Provinces. The total distribution of all species for the year was smaller than it was in 1924. This decrease was almost entirely in whitefish, salmon trout and pickerel and was due to the generally unfavourable weather conditions that were encountered in the Great Lakes during the collecting season, as were referred to in the report for last year. Although there was a decrease in the Great Lakes, there was a material increase in the distribution of Atlantic salmon, sockeye salmon, and the different species of game trout. The total distribution from the hatcheries was over seven hundred million, as shown by species in the following statement:-

STATEMENT, BY SPECIES, OF THE FISH AND FISH EGGS DISTRIBUTED FROM TM'. HATCRERIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1925

Yearlings Total Species Eyed Fry Advanced Finger- and Older Distribu- Egg,s Fry lings Fish tion

Same sa/ar-Atlantic salmon 732,800 8,763,898 7,336,000 7,907,460 4 24,740,162 Salmo irideus-Rainbow trout 35,000 366,000 39,500 106,455 546,955 Salmo c/arkii-Cutthroat trout 119,890 604,426 8,807 733,123 Salmo rivuiaris-Steelhead salmon 157,625 10,811 168,436 Selma rivularis kamloops-Kamloops trout 2,020,500 276,910 2,124 2,299,534 Salmo trusta /evenen.sis-Loch levmi trout 474,350 212,000 20,654 707,004 Salmo fario-Brown trout 74,570 33,930 108,500 Oncorhynchus nerka-Socheye salmon 35,524,500 53,081,025 1,450,260 9,248,789 99,304,574 Oncorhynchus tschatcytscha-Spring salmon 1,337,925 644,393 253,157 4 2,235,479 Oncorhynchus kisutch-Coho salmon 54,000 118,500 172,500 Oncorhynchus lets-Chum salmon ' 207,000 207,000 Salvelinus fongindis-Spechled trout 1,183,000 893,829 617,500 1,803,746 151 4,498,226 Coregonus c/upeiformis-Whitefish 435,133,050 435,133,050 Oristivomer na maycush-Salmon trout 10,535,472 5,053,000 2,563,441 18,151,913 Argyrosomus ariedi-Cisco 11,199,755 11,199,755 Stizostedion vitreum-Pickerel 105,715,000 900 105,715,900 Perca ilavescens-Yellow perch 1,350,000 1,350,000 Micropteru,s dolomies-Black bass 308 308 Pomozis annu/arte-Crappie 900 900 41,214,615 629,388,803 14,708,260 21,961,482 159 707,273,319

28537-11 In addition to the distributions that were made from the hatcheries, various lakes and streams were stocked by transfer of fish and eggs from other waters. The greater part of this work was done in the Prairie Provinces where many of the smaller lakes are suitable only for coarse fish, which are not propagated in the department's hatcheries. The work that was accomplished in this direction involved the capture or collection and the 'transfer of over one million six hundred thousand fish and eggs, the stocking of forty-six bodies of water, involving ninety-three separate operations. The range of the small mouthed black bass was also extended and forty-two of this species were distributed in Wheaton lake, near St. Andrew's, N.B Nine ;of them were caught in Hammond and thirty-three in Spendic lake, some of them being two and one-balf pounds in weight. A number of small-mouthed black bass and crappie were also obtained from the state of North Dakota in .exchange for pickerel eggs. The following waters were stocked from this source:— Killarney lake, Manitoba-138 small-mouthed black bass. Fish lake, Saskatchewan —170 ec ic —900 crappie. Particulars regarding the extent of this work is given in the following statement:— STATEMENT SHOWING THE TRANSFERS OF FISH AND FISH EGGS FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER, DURING 1025

Kam- Waters Stocked Transferred from Stage Bass Buffalo Cisco Cray- loops Min- Perch Pickerel Pike Smelt Total fish fish trout nows

Hatchery Pond brook, Middle- Otter brook Eggs 500,000 500,000 ton, N.S. Wheaton Lake, N.13 Hammond river.... 4".-6 9 9 Wheaton lake, N.B Spendic lake 14-2-4 lbs. 33 33 Kelly's Pond, P.E.I Mill lake Eggs 500,000 500,000 Meach lake, Que Otter brook Eggs 500,000 500,000 Archers (or Crosses lake),Sask. Echo lake Mature 5 70 75 Beaulieu lake, Sask Echo lake Mature 50 50 Beaulieu lake, Sask Echo lake Fingerlings . 400 100 10 510 Belles lake, Sask Echo lake Mature 8 100 6 10 124 Big Lake No. 2, Sask Jaekfish lake Fingerlings . 900 100 1,000 Big Lake No. 2, Sask Jackfish lake 300 300 Birch lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 450 50 500 Brightholme lake, Sask Round lake Fingerlings . 1,475 25 1,500 Ci Chapleau lake, Sask Echo lake Mature 120 120 Horseshoe lake, Sask Jaekfish lake Fingerlings . 375 25 400 Imhoff lake, Sask Perch lake Fingerlings. 1,000 15 1,015 Imhoff lake, Sask Perch lake Advanced 100 100 fry. Island lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 6,500 325 6,825 Island lake, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 175 175 Jackson lake, Sask Jackfish lake . Fingerlings . 20 1,000 100 1,120 Lake No. 2, Sask Jackfish lake . Fingerlings . 1,500 50 150 1,700 Lake No. 6, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 1,200 200 1,400 Lake No. 6, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 30 30 Last Mountain Pond No. 1.... Lowes or Long lake. Advanced 800 . 200 1,000 . fry. Last Mountain Pond No. 3.... Lowes or Long lake. Advanced 1,000 300 1,300 fry. Little Moose lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings. 550 150 700 Lizard lake, Sask Jackfish lake Fingerlings. 380 20 400 Meyers lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 1,850 500 . 2,350 Meyers lake, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 150 150 McCraw lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 250 50 300 McPherson lake, Sask Fishing lake Yearlings 800 200 1,000

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STATEMENT SHOWING THE TRANSFERS OF FISFI AND FISH EGGS FROM ONE BODY OF WATER TO ANOTHER, DURING 1925.—Conc.

[Cam- Waters stocked Transferred from Stage Bass Buffalo Cisco Cray- loops Min- Perch Pickerel Pike Smelt Total fish fish trout nows

Murphy's lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 1,500 300 1,800 Murphy's lake, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 200 200 Quill creek (trib. to Little Quill Fishing lake Yearlings. 540 60 600 lake, Sask.). - Quill creek (trib. to Little Quill Echo lake Mature 500 500 lake, Sask.). R.R. Dam (Kipling), Sask Echo lake Mature 3 70 73 Rangers lake, Sask Jackfish lake Fingerlings, 550 50 GOO Rawns lake (or Lake No. 1), Echo lake Mature 156 156 Sask. Round lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 650 300 950 Round lake, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 50 50 Rueps lake, Sask Wakaw lake Fingerlings . 1,750 500 2,250 Rueps lake, Sask Wakaw lake Mature 250 250 Selkirk lake, Sask Fishing lake Yearlings 3,700 300 4,000 Triple lake (West), Sask Jackfish lake Fingerlings . 2,000 50 2,050 Triple lake (West), Sask...... Jackfish lake 300 300 Cr'à Turners lake (near Kipling), Echo lake Mature 70 70 Sask. Cottage lake, Alta Isle lake Mature 37 37 Cottage lake, Alta Lac la Noone Mature • 43 5 48 Lake Mere, Alta Lac la Noone Mature 40 12 52 Nakamun lake, Alta Lac la Noone Mature 59 59 8,000 Whitewood lake, Alta. Isle lake Fingerlings . • 8,000 Aspen Grove lake, B.C. (Okana- Paul creek Fry 3,000 3,000 gan District). Dutch lake, B.C. near Clear- Paul creek Fry 1,500 1,500 water river (74 miles from Kamloops). Edna lake, B.C. (27 miles from Paul creek Fry 3,000 3,000 Merritt). Paul lake, B.0 Paul creek Fry 15,000 15,000 Pinantan lake, B.0 Paul creek Fry 25,000 25,000 Saul's lake, B.C. (in the Tran Paul creek Fry 1,000 1,000 quille Plateau.) • Scuito lake, B.C. (15 miles south Paul creek Fry 3,000 3,000 east of Kamloops). Stoney lake, B.C. (2 miles S.E. Paul creek Fry 3,000 3,000 of Chinook Cove). 42 8 20 508 54,500 600 40,794 3,144 1,115 1,500,000 1,600,731 The seeding of remote and isolated waters (to which it is not feasible to transfer fry from existing hatcheries) by planting them with eyed eggs was continued to the usual extent in the mountainous districts of British Columbia. As opportunity offered, and their regular work permitted, the staffs of several hatcheries destroyed a considerable number of coarse fish. This work was not conducted on as large a scale as in some previous seasons, but its extent is indicated by the following statement-- Fraser River Watershed- Morris creek ...... 168 suckers 37,629 chub Squawkum creek.. . .. 6,085 chub Chehalis river.. .. . 465 chub Alberta— Spray lakes.. .. 10,000 suckers Since the Dauphin River hatchery was destroyed by fire in the spring of 1924, natural reproduction in the northern end of lake Winnipeg, north of the narrows, has not been assisted by artificial propagation. As the appropriation provided does not permit of the reconstruction of this establishment, a mini- ature hatchery has been fitted up on the C.G.S. Bradbury, which will permit of a portion of fry from the Gull Harbour hatchery, in the southern portion of the lake, being distributed farther north and over a more extensive area than would be otherwise possible. As opportunity offers, the hatchery employees are extending their knowledge regarding the waters that come within their respective distribution areas by examining the same on a systematic and standard basis. Considerable work of the same nature is done by the inspectors of fisheries and the fishery overseers, particularly in the Prairie Provinces, and special examinations are made from time to time by the Research Committee of the Biological Board. The information thus acquired is utilized in endeavouring to allot and distribute the hatchery output to the best advantage, such output, in addition to natural reproduction, not being sufficient to adequately restock and maintain our numerous waters which are becoming more accessible each season. The hatchery output is distributed to the best advantage on the following basis, the greatest care being taken to avoid overstocking anywhere in excess of the natural food supply. The streams are, for stocking purposes, divided into three classes with three subdivisions in each class. The classes and subdivisions are as follows: CLASSES 1. The streams, rich in food, usually with gravelly bottoms, some shade from alders and the like, and abundance of aquatic vegetation. 2. Medium streams with bottoms composed mostly of coarse gravel and • with not much vegetation. • 3. Poor streams, with bottoms composed mostly of sand and bed-rock, and with little vegetation. SUB-DIVISIONS (a) No. 1 streams that are fairly well supplied but heavily fished are stocked on the basis of five hundred fry for each mile, a-veraging one foot in width. (b) No. 1 streams that are fished out, or for any other reason are partially depleted, receive double the number of fry allotted to an "a" stream, as above. (c) No. 1 streams f airly well supplied but not heavily fished, receive half the number allotted to an "am stream, as above. 8 Streams in the second and third classes are dealt with in the same way, and. the method may be summarized, as follows- SUMMARY No. 1 streams in (a) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 500 fry No. 1 streams in (b) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 1,000 fry No. 1 streams in (c) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 250 fry No. 2 streams in (a) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 250 fry No. 2 streams in (b) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 500 fry No. 2 streams in (ê) cenditidri 1 inilé brigand 1 ft. wide, 125 fry No. 3 streams in (a) condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 125 fry No. 3 streams in (1i) CenditiOn 1 inilé leng and 1 ft. wide, 250 fry No. 3 streams in (c") Condition 1 mile long and 1 ft. wide, 65 fry The above standard is the basis that is followed to the best of their ability by the respective hatchery Sùpérintendents, and in* special cases and where more *detailed and definite information is required the waters are referred to the Research Committee of the Biological Board for examination or survey. Distribution in lakes is made on the basis of fifteen hundred fry per acre of suitable bottom, but this number is increased or decreased in accordance with the abundance or scarcity of natural food. addition to these general inspections, an inspection of a somewhat special nature was made by the District Inspector of Hatcheries for British Columbia of the Chile° Lake district with a view to gaining information with respect to the possibility of seeding these waters to some extent by the planting of eyed eggs. A thorough inspection of this rather remote district was made, and with the exception of quite small areas of suitable gravel beds, insufficient to warrant the expense involved in transporting the eggs, conditions generally were found quite unsatisfactory for that purpose. Numerous experiments in the feeding of fish with different kinds of food, fed in different ways, were carried on at different hatcheries, with a view to ascertaining the most efficient and economical ration for young fry, as well as brood fish. Some prOgress has also been made by the District Inspector of Hatcheries for the Maritime Provinces in developing by selective breeding, a vigorous and hardy strain of speckled trout with a rapid early growth and early maturity, which will reduce the cost of these eggs by shortening the early unproductive period of the brood fish. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH The Research Committee of the Biologic,a1 Board has undertaken an extensive program of research into the life-history of various fishes and related matters, and in connection therewith has been supplied with such specimens and material that they desired and as were available in the different hatcheries, and such assistance from the staffs as the regular hatchery duties permitted. A school for hatchery officers was also conducted by the Biological Board at Truro, N.S., for a period of two weeks in August. It was attended by the permanent officers in the Maritime Provinces, and the course of study included phy-sics, chemistry, biology, limnology, and some laboratory and field work. FREE TRANSPORTATION The cost of distribution from the different hatcheries during 1925 was greatly reduced by the Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacifie Railway, Dominion Atlantic Railway and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway gener- ously furnishing transportation for shipments of game fish and game fish eggs with their attendants, free of charge. A similar courtesy has recently been

extended by the Kettle Valley Railway, the Pacific Great - Eastern Railveay, Fredericton and Grand Lake Coal and Railway Company and New Brunswick Coal and Railway. This transportation was furnished in the way of trip passes and baggage car permits supplied on requisitions submitted by the respective hatchery superintendents and endorsed by the Superintendent of Fish Culture. The value and extent of this co-operation and assistance is indicated by the following summary:—

Total Number Mileage Number Number — mileage of baggage car permit cases or cans of on trip passages permits passes Full Empty Total Full Empty Total

f C.N.R 25,885 233 17,294 12,848 30,142 1,274 1,307 2,581 241 C.P.R 6,590 51 4,980 4,720 9,700 326 323 649 72 D.A.R 1,494 26 1,303 1,419 2,722 203 203 406 34 E. Fe, N.R 100 2 56 56 112 12 12 24 2

34,069 312 23,633 19,043 42,676 1,815 1,845 3,660 349

Norz.—Nurnber of passages refers to transportation one way. A return trip counts as two passages. Number of permits refers ,to one way passes for cases or cans, either by pass or special authority. The most cordial relations exist between the Fish Culture Branch and the officials of the various provinces and the adjoining states. The courtesy and assistance cordially extended by the Dominion Parks and Forestry Branches of the Department of the Interior in the distribution of fry within the parks and forest reserves is gratefully acknowledged, as is the courtesy of the Resti- gouche Riparian Association in placing its launch with crew all found at the disposal of the department for the collecting of parent salmon for the retaining pond at New Mills, N.B.; the co-operation of the New Brunswick Fish and Game Protective Association, the City of St. John Municipal Administration, the Provincial Game Administration Services, the Dominion fishery officers and various clubs and angling associations throughout the country in assisting in 'various ways. Members of the clubs and private citizens in many instances have voluntarily placed their automobiles at the disposal of the department in distributing fry, thus making a much wider distribution possible, and materially decreasing the cost. The officers and crew of the C.G.S. Bradbury have also taken personal interest in the collection of eggs on lake Winnipeg, and have materially assisted in this work. Various exchanges of eggs have been made with the federal services of the United States, and the states of New Hampshire and North Dakota. Thirty thousand cutthroat trout eggs, collected in Spray lakes, Alberta, were presented t,o Mr. F. G. Richmond, Editor of the Salmon and Trout Maga- zine of London, England, and Manager of the Killywhan Fisheries, near Dum- fries, Scotland. These eggs reached their destination in splendid condition, and in acknowledgment thereof a return shipment of twenty-one thousand pure-bred brown trout eggs were recently received. Specimens of the fish handled at the Cowichan Lake hatchery, Vancouver island, were presented to the Westminster Exhibition authorities, and an exhibit of the trout reared at the St. John hatchery, N.B., was made at Fredericton .exhibition. Since the inception of fish culture at the time of Confederation, in 1867, "the Dominion Government has extended its fish culture service to all the provinces. Some of these provinces administer and derive all the revenue from their fisheries. Consequently, the department has decided that the provinces that derive all such revenue should in future bear all expenses of administration. 28537-2 ■•■

10 The eight hatcheries that were previously operated in Ontario were, therefore, transferred to that province on June 30, 1926, in accordance with the terms outlined in the following Order in Council of May 8, 1926:—

P.C. 714

CERTIFIED to be a true copy of a Minute of a Meeting of the Committee of the Privy Council, approved by the Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General on. May 8, 1926. The Committee of the Privy Council have had before them a Report. dated April 26, 1926, from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, submitting that following the Privy Council Decision in the Fisheries Reference in 1898, the administration of the fisheries in Ontario was, in 1899, handed over t,o the provincial authorities, and the Department of Marine and Fisheries continued to operate the hatcheries that were then in existence. The department retained three inspectors of fisheries in the province following the Privy Council Decision above referred to, and in 1911 employed a complete staff to see that the regulations were being enforced. This staff was withdrawn in 1912, and in that year the question of the province maintaining hatcheries to keep up the supply of game fish was taken up with the provincial authorities. The provincial authorities declined to take over the hatcheries in which game fish were propagated and the Department of Marine and' Fisheries finally withdrew from such operations in Ontario, but continued to maintain and to increase its operations in the propagation of commercial fish. The following hatcheries for commercial fish were built in the years indicated, and have since been continuously operated by the Department of Marine and Fisheries:— Sarnia hatchery, established 1908. Wiarton hatchery, established 1908. Collingwood hatchery, established 1912. Port Arthur hatchery, established 1912. Southampton hatchery, established 1912. Thurlow hatchery, established 1915. Kenora hatchery, established 1915. Kingsville hatchery, established 1917. The situation with regard to the administration of the fisheries in the province of Quebec was somewhat similar to that in Ontario, and following the Fisheries Reference of 1898 the Department of Marine and Fisheries retained two inspectors of fisheries and continued to operate the hatcheries then in existence. After the department ceased the propagation of game fish in Ontario, it took up the same question with the province of Quebec. The province was at first adverse to taking over the hatcheries in the interior and to undertaking the propagation of game fish. Finally in 1915, the following hatcheries were turned over to the Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries:— Magog hatchery, established 1881. St. Alexis hatchery, established 1904. Lake Lester hatchery, established 1904. • Lake Tremblant hatchery, established 1905. .It was intimated by the Department of Marine and Fisheries when it discontinued to propagate game fish in these txvo provinces that it would continue to operate hatcheries for the maintenance of the commercial fisheries. The minister observes that the Federal and Provincial Governments were not in accord with regard to the jurisdiction of the fisheries in the tidal waters of the province of Quebec, and the matter was finally decided by Privy Council Decision of November 30, 1920, which was to the effect that there is a public right of fishing in all the navigable waters of Quebec that are accessible by way of navigation from the sea. The Department of Marine and Fisheries, therefore, employed a staff of fishery officers in 1921, and required that everyone who desired to fish in the tidal and navigable waters that are accessible by way of navigation from the sea, should take out a license from the Department of Marine and Fisheries. The province also insisted that any one who used nets that were fixed to the soil should. take out a provincial license. Finally by Order in Council of February 13, 1922, the administration of the fisheries in the tidal and the navigable waters of Quebec, that were previously administered by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and in all those in which there is a Public right of fishing according to the Privy Council Decision of 1920, with the exception of those about the Magdalen islands, was transferred to the province. The following salmon hatcheries, which were 11 at that time operated by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, were similarly transferred at the same time:— Tadoussac hatchery, established 1875. Gaspe hatchery, established 1875. St. Marguerite (sub), established 1906. Bergeronnes (sub), established 1909. Dartmouth (sub), established 1915. The Minister, therefore, recommends, inasmuch as the province of Ontario administers the fisheries within the province, and derives the revenue therefrom, that the interest and title of the Crown in the right of the Dominio-n in the eight fish hatcheries within the said province heretofore mentioned now operated by the Department of Marine and Fisheries, including the lands on which such hatcheries have been constructed, as well as the lands vested in the Crown in the right of Canada used in. connection therewith, together with the appurtenances and equipment of such hatcheries as are essential to their operation, be by and upon the approval hereof transferred io said province of Ontario without compensation whereupon the said department shall cease to operate such hatcheries. The minister further recommends that the permanent staff engaged in such hatcheries be dealt with in accordance with the Civil Service Superannuation Act, 1924. The committee concur in the foregoing recommendations and submit the same for approval. (Sgd.) E. J. LEMAIRE, Clerk of the Privy Council.

STAFF Attention is drawn to the careful, conscientious and efficient manner in which the officers of the service have undertaken the duties assig-ned to them. They have, without exception, been unsparing of personal effort and have shown an earnest desire to advance the interests of the department. The younger officers, who have been recently promoted to responsible positions, have been as equally efficient as the older employees, and the results of their 'operations have fully justified their selection.

COLLECTION OF EGGS ATLANTIC SALMON The collection of Atlantic salmon eggs was cenfined to the regularly established retaining ponds at Margaree, St. John, Miramichi and New Mills, and was conducted on a limited scale late in the season in the Nipisiguit and More11 rivers. The number of salmon eggs could have been largely increased at the regular ponds had it been desired to do so, but conditions were not as favourable at Nipisiguit and More11 as they were last year. The condition of the IVIargaree pond was further improved by the removal of three hundred cubic yards of mud, sand and sediment that has collected there since the pond was established. Salmon were numerous in the Margaree and afforded sPlendid angling throughout the season. Eight hundred were taken without difficulty in thirteen days' fishing of one trap-net from September 7 to 22 inclusive. These yielded over five million eggs, which were laid down in the hatchery at North East Margaree. The run of salmon in St. John harbour was also excellent and sixteen hundred fish were readily procured from the commercial fishermen. The fish, however, carried well throughout the season and yielded in the vicinity of nine million eggs. The run in the MiraMichi continued up to the splendid average of recent years and over three thousand selected parent fish purchased by tender were readily secured from two trap- nets during twenty-one days' fishing. The parent fish for the New Mills pond were again purchased from the commercial fishermen in the immediate neighbourhood on the New Brunswick shore. In view of. the experience of last year, when an unfavourable set of conditions prevailed, the take was limited to five

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12 hundred and fourteen fish. The reduction in number proved a good move, as conditions for retaining salmon, viz., the drying up of the fresh-water creek that flows into the pond, high temperature and low tides which did not rise over the retaining walls, were again unfavourable. With the reduced number of fish and other precautions taken by. the staff, the loss was practically nil, amounting throughout the whole season- to only four salmon. The capture of parent salmon was again undertaken late in the season in the Nipisiguit river, particularly for the purpose of obtaining indigenous stock to return to this stream. The first fish was taken on September 17 and operations continued until October 10. Conditions were most unfavourable throughout these operations. Heavy rains, which kept the streams in flood, prevailed during the early part of the collectioncollection, which was further handicapped by a heavy fall of snow and cold weather the stripping was finished. Over eighty-five per cent of the fish caught were males and the yield of eggs was consequently very much smaller than it was last year. Weather conditions were also unfavourable at the Morell river, P.E.I., but the disparity in the sexes was not so great. From the 1924 collection several exchanges of eyed Atlantic salmon eggs were made with the United States Bureau of Fisheries, and the state of New Hampshire for Loch Leven, brown, cutthroat and speckled trout eggs. Further similar exchanges of 1925 salmon •eggs have been arranged. • Alter a lapse of many years, the collection of landlocked or sebago salmon eggs was undertake n in the Chamcoak lakes, N.B. The collection of one hundred and seventy-seven thousand eggs, although small, is considered satisfactory for these waters and with the experience gained a larger .collection next year is expected. Arrangements have been made to send a portion of -these eggs, when they are eyed, to the Irish Free State, for experimental purposes. The following statement gives the number of Atlantic salmon eggs collected and the disposal up to December 31, 1925:—

Collection point Number Distribution of eggs collected

Margaree pond 5, 755, 000 Margaree hatchery 5,755,000 Miramichi pond 13,331,750 Bedford hatchery 2,860,800 Windsor hatchery 1,071,200 Miramichi hatchery 9,101,050 Restigouche hatchery 298,700 New Mills pond 1,705,000 Restigouche hatchery 1,705,000 Nipisiguit river 208,000 Restigouche hatchery 208,000 St. John pond 8,075,000 Grand Falls hatchery 4,250,000 Middleton hatchery 1,500,000 Windsor hatchery 1, 500, 000 St. John hatchery 1, 725, 000 More11 river 360,400 Kelly's Pond hatchery 360,400 30,335,150 30,335,150

SPECKLED TROUT The demand for speckled trout fry to maintain the angling in the streams in the Maritime Provinces and to increase the range of the species in southern British Columbia, which has developed in recent years, was greater during the past season than ever before. With the limited facilities at its disposal—due to lack of funds—the department is unable to meet this increased demand for Speckled trout, and at the same time continue its distribution of salmon fry in the more important salmon streams of the eastern provinces. 13 The efforts that have been made to locate areas in the east where speckled trout egg,s are obtainable in considerable quantities, were continued. The results were disappointing as it appears from the prospecting that has been done up to date that the spawning fish do not congregate in large numbers at any one place, but scatter over the extensive areas that are suitable for spawning that are to be found in the lakes and at the headwaters and in the tributaries of the various rivers. The collection of speckled trout eggs at the Margaree hatchery was confined to the fish that are retained there in ponds. The results, however, were disappointing and the collection was considerably smaller than it has been during the last two years. Operations were carried on by the staff of the Bedford hatchery at Pock- wock lakes and in the Musquodoboit river during October and November. Weather conditions throughout were most unfavourable. During the early part of the season the streams were abnormally low, which apparently caused the fish to remain in the deeper water in the lower part of the streams, and when the migration took place the rivers, owing to heavy rainfalls, were in continual freshet. The precipitation in the Musquodoboit for the month of October was ten inches. An examination was also made of the Kirby or Halfway river, in which it was reported that a considerable run of sea trout takes place, and arrangements are being made to operate there next year. During the summer months, the Middleton staff caught with hook and line in nearby waters, as opportunity offered, nea.rly two hundred trout and transferred them to the hatchery veater supply pond. This pond is well stocked with speckled trout of spawning size, but for some unknown reason they did not yield well, and the collection of eggs was disappointing. On the other hand, the returns from the brood stock at the St. John hatchery were all that could be expected, and yielded nearly one million five hundred thousand eggs. The ponds at this establishment have only been recently established, and a large proportion of, the fish are now in their third year. Some prospecting was also made in the immediate vicinity by the men employed in the collection of salmon eggs in the Nipisiguit river. Weather conditions throughout were unfavourable, and the return in eggs disappointing, although valuable information was secured. Operations were again carried on in various streams in Prince Edward Island under the direction of the Superintendent of the Kelly's Pond hatchery. In this province fish are captured and cared for, until they are stripped, by the owners or proprietors of the streams, and for which they are paid fifteen cents each for all fish of spawning size that are placed at the disposal of the hatchery officer in a healthy, vigorous condition. The returns from this section were most enconraging and prospects for still greater collections are quite promising. Most encouraging results are apparent from the distributions of speckled trout that have been made in recent years in selected waters in British Columbia. In Spectacle lake a small collection was made from recently introduced fish from the Cowichan hatchery, and the limited number of trout retained at this establishment also yielded satisfactorily. The Nelson Eyeing Station also had a satisfactory season, and over one million eggs were collected from two comparatively small lakes that were stocked but a short time ago. The local collections were, as is usual, supplemented by purchase from corn-. mercial fish farms, and by exchange of other species with the federal and several state departments of the United States.

14 The following statement gives the number of speckled trout eggs collected in 1925:—

Hatchery Number Collection area collected

Bedford - 68,000 Musquodoboit river. 4,500 Pockwock lake. Margaree 115,000 Margaree river and Hatchery pond. Middleton 57,000 Lily lake, Nictaux river, Hatchery pond. Nipisiguit 2,000 Nipisiguit river. St. John 1,421,198 Hatchey ponds. Kelly's pond 53,006 Gillans stream. 52,775 Hatchery pond. 103,223 Hunter river. 183,245 Milton stream (Coles pond). 50,460 Watts stream. 203,700 McKennas stream. Cowichan Lake 98,500 Hatchery ponds. 26,200 Spectacle lake. Nelson 687,000 Boundary lake. 383,000 Violin lake. 3,508,807

In addition to these local collections, one million eyed speckled trout eggs were received from the state of New Hampshire in exchange for Atlantic salmon eyed eggs, and three million seven hundred and ninety-four thousand were purchased from commercial trout farms. These were distributed (1925) as fol- lo ws —

New Purchased Total Hampshire

Bedford hatcherY 153,000 1,300,000 1,453,000 Middleton hatchery 608,000 608,000 Windsor hatchery 300,009 750,000 1,050,000 Grand Falls hatchery 100,000 750,000 850,000 Restigouche hatchery 150,000 150,000 St. John hatchery ' 47,000 236,600 283,000 Kelly's Pond hatchery 400,000 400,1100 1,000,000 3,794,000 4,794,000

WHITEFISH Weather conditions throughout the collection of whitefish eggs were unusually unfavourable, and as a whole were almost as bad as they were last year. The total collection of eggs was, however, over twenty million larger than it was in 1924, although there was a material difference in the quantities collected in the different fields. There was an increase of twenty million in the collection made around Pelee island, lake Erie; seventy million increase at the Dauphin River Camp, lake Winnipeg; and a decrease of forty-eight million in the Bad River district, Georgian bay; and over thirty million decrease in lake Winnipegosis. In the bay of Quinte, dredging operations at the Bay bridge, which is one of the best locations, prevented the setting of the net there, so that there were only four instead of the usual five pound-nets operated for the collection of eggs in the reserve that is set apart for that purpose. Weather conditions in the early part of the season were quite adverse. Shortly after the nets were set they were blown over on October 19, and were scarcely again in position when 15 they were again blown out. Spawning started on October 26, which is a week earlier than it did in any previous season in the experience of the present superintendent, and from that time on, while the number of fish caught was smaller than usual, they contained a large percentage of female fish, and they were all in the best of condition. Consequently, although the total catch was smaller, and there were only four instead of five nets fishing, the collection was a little better than the best of any previous year. All the fish that were stripped, or were in the retainers for any length of time, were sold by tender. Fifty-three thousand four hundred and eighty pounds of whitefish and a small quantity of herring and coarse fish were disposed of in this way, the proceeds going a long way towards meeting the operating expenses of this hatchery. Prospects for a large collection in the neighbourhood of Pelee island, lak.e Erie, were quite promising in the early part of the season, but operations were brought to an abrupt close by a severe storm, accompanied with cold . weather, which played such havoc with the fishermen's nets that they veere not reset. At Bad river, Georgian bay, the fishing was the worst in the experience of the present superintendent. Heavy gales prevailed throughout the whole season, which frequently prevented the fishermen from lifting their nets for several days at a time. Spawning also commenced five days earlier than usual. The nets were lifted on October 27, but weather conditions prevented them being again lifted until November 2, when the fish were found to be spawning freely: This was the only lift throughout the whole season that was of very much use, as the fish that came afterwards were partly spawned out and the eggs secured were not of really good quality. Operations terminated on November 14. The early closing of navigation on the lake of the Woods unfortunately brought egg-collecting operations at this point to a sudden close on November 4. The closing of navigation, with the cold weather that prevailed, necessitated the liberation of a considerable number of whitefish that were scarcely ripe at that time. Notwithstanding these conditions, the collection was a little better than that of 1924, and almost as good as the best of any previous year. In comparison with their absence in 1924, an encouraging run of whitefish reappeared in Dauphin river, lake Winnipeg. Over sixteen thousand fish were caught in one pound-net in the river between September 21 and October 24, although this net was manipulated so that a free passage was left to the ascent of fish from Saturday evening of each week until Sunday evening following. Over seventy-four million eggs were obtained, and a further collection of the same number was expected, when the formation and sudden breaking away of an ice jam on October 27 carried a.way or damaged the containers to such an ex-tent as to cause the escape or liberation of the fish in them. At the Waterhen river, lake Winnipegosis, a sudden freeze-up on October 25 brought an end to fishing operations. The equipment was lifted and transferred to the hatchery with considerable difficulty. The collection of eggs in this'area was almost entirely from fish that were transferred from the fishing grounds and retained in the lagoon at the hatchery. An unusually large number of commercial fishermen operating in the southerly end of the lake, and as close as possible to the limited area reserved for hatchery purposes, undoubtedly had an effect on the number of parent fish and eggs secured. It would appear necessary to increase the area of the reserve, as it is so located that under existing conditions the commercial fishermen might readily cut off the run of whitefish thereto from lake Winnipegosis. The small number of fish that were injured during the handling incidental to the transfer from the fishing grounds to the lagoon at the hatchery were sold after thcy were stripped. 16 The following table gives the number of eggs collected in each area and their disposal:—

Collection Area Number Disposal collected

Lake Ontario— Bay of Quinte 85,215,000 Kingsville hatchery. Bay of Quinte 60750, 000 Sarnia hatchery. Bay of Quinte 96,485,000 Thurlow hatchery. Lake Erie- Erieau to Ridgetown 480,000 Kingsville hatchery. Kingsville 6, 400, 000 Kingsville hatchery. Merlin 4,960,000 Kingsville hatchery. _ Merlin 1, 680, 000 Collingwood hatchery. Pelee island 25, 320, 000 Collingwood hatchery. Pelee island 21, 440, ON Kingsville hatchery. Pelee island 9, 000, 000 Port Arthur hatchery. Georgian Bay— Bad river 40, 320, 000 Collingwood hatchery. Lake Superior- Shesheeb bay 175,000 Port Arthur hatchery. Lake of the Woods- Lobstick bay 1, 500, 000 Kenora hatchery. Regina bay 55, 000, 000 Kenora hatchery. Lake Winnipegosis- Waterhen river and Salt point 69,325, 000 Winnipegosis hatchery. 21, 000, 000 Ft. Qu'Appelle hatchery. Lake Winnipeg— Dauphin river 74, 850, 000 Gull Harbour hatchery. 573, 900, 000

- Cisco A small collection of two million five hundred and twenty thousand cisco eggs was obtained from the commercial fishermen's nets in the vicinity of the Port Arthur hatchery. They were eyed at Port Arthur and transferred to Fort Qu'Appelle, from which hatchery the resultant fry were distributed in the Quill lakes, Saskatchewan, in continuation of the experimental introduction of the species in those alkaline waters. Encouraging results are apparent from the fry that were planted there two years ago as quite a number of cisco in splendid condition are now being caught in gill-nets during the winter months.

SALMON TROUT Practically all of the salmon trout eggs were, in accordance with the usual custom, obtained from fish that were caught in gill-nets in a commercial way by the commercial fishermen. Stormy weather prevailed in most localities during the spawning season and instead of the nets being lifted every day, they remained at times unlifted for a week or more. Such conditions militated against a large general collection, but a considerable increase over the previous year was made in that portion of Lake Superior that is covered by the Port Arthur hatchery. The following statement gives the total number of salmon trout eggs collected by the respective hatcheries: Thurlow hatchery- Georgian bay- Collingwood 1,442,000 Meaford 3,353,000 Thornbury 644,000 Lake Ontario— Port Credit river 304,000 5,803,000 . 17

Southampton hatchery- Lake Huron- Kincardine 693,000 Southampton 3,465,000 Tobermory 3,633,000 7,791,000 Wiarton hatchery- Lake Huron— Providence bay 4,101,000 Rattlesnake island 1,123,500 South bay 1,494,500 Georgian bay- Colpoys bay 871,500 Lions head 539,500 8,130,000 Port Arthur hatchery- Lake Superior- Fort William 1,176,000 Port Arthur 3,164,000 Nipigon bay 42,000 Rossport 2,646,000 7,028,000 Total 28,752,000

PICKEREL Pickerel were propagated in the Thurlow, Sarnia, Collingwood, Kenora, Gull Harbour and Fort Qu'Appelle hatcheries. A peculiar condition, which was attributed to the unusually warm weather that prevailed in the early spring, obtained in nearly all areas, in that the pickerel in spawning condition were not to be found on the grounds where they are usually taken for hatchery purposes. The effect of such condition was particularly serious at places where the spawning pickerel are taken in streams during their ascent from, or in the course of migrations between lakes. Five million eggs from the Kenora hatchery were exchanged with the North Dakota Fish and Game Commission for nine hundred crappie; three hundred and eight black bass, and nine hundred pickerel fingerlings. The following statement gives the number of pickerel eggs collected in each area and the disposal made of them in 1925:

Collection Area Number Disposal collected

Lake Ontario— Bay of Quinte- Napanee river 58,650,000 Thurlow hatchery. Lake Huron 58,600,000 Sarnia hatchery. Georgian bay- Shawanaga river 5,430,000 Collingwood hatchery. Lake of the Woods— Black Sturgeon lake 11,505,000 Kenora hatchery. Eagle lake 10,220,000 Kenora hatchery. Pickerel lake 18,030,000 Kenora hatchery. Lake Winnipeg- Icelandic river 6,120,000 Gull Harbour hatchery. Sioux lake (Pasqua lake) 1,450,000 Fort Qu'Appelle hatchery. 169,405,000

PACIFIC SALMON

FRASER RIVER WATERSHED The return of sockeye to the Fraser River watershed, as a whole, was most satisfactory, as compared with recent years, and the condition of the upper waters above Hell's gate was more promising than it has been since the rock slide occurred at that place sixteen years ago. 18 A very satisfactory run occurred in the Pitt lake district where the collection of eggs was the second highest in the history of the establishment and only slightly less than the record collection of 1924. In addition to the number of eggs collected for hatchery purposes, the spawning areas were abundantly seeded. The run to the Cultus lake district was also satisfactory. No eggs were collected, however, beyond a small number for experimental purposes, as the Biological Board of Canada are conducting experiments and investigations in connection with the life-history of the sockeye salmon of that district. The outlet of the lake has been securely fenced in connection with these investigations, and this year all the returning fish were counted through this fence and allowed to proceed and deposit their eggs in the natural way. Five thousand four hundred and twenty-three were counted through the fence, in addition to a considerable number of chum and cohoe. This number of sockeye on the basis of the average yield of the fish stripped during the preceding three years would be sufficient to provide a collection of approximately nine million nine hundred thousand eggs. As the Harrison, Lake hatchery required large and expensive repairs, for which the necessary funds were not available, operations therein were temporarily suspended in August last, and no local collections of eggs were made in the district. The return of sockeye to the Pemberton district was scarcely as large as that of 1924, but it was far larger than that of 1921 when the seed was deposited from which this year's results were obtained. A record, however, was established in the number of eggs collected, which was twenty-five per cent greater than in any past year. In addition to this large collection, the natural spawning grounds were abundantly seeded. Each year, almost since the establishment of the Pemberton hatchery, the number of sockeye that return to this district has increased considerably over the preceding and corresponding year in the four year cycles that occur in the Fraser. The surplus eggs are utilized in an effort to restock the one time important spawning grounds above Hell's gate that have become depleted. The condition of several of these areas that have been restocked in this way was very promising during the past season. Four years ago sockeye fry were transferred from the Pemberton hatchery and liberated in Gates creek, tributary to the Anderson-Seton lake system. This system was at one time an important salmon spawning ground, but for various reasons, that have shown their effect in other portions of the watershed, very few sockeye have returned in recent years. This season, at the end of the four year cycle when the parent fish developed from the plantings in question were due to return, considerable numbers made their appearance on these grounds. Conditions were equally promising in the Stuart lake district where the first well defined run of sockeye occurred since 1909. It is difficult to estimate the number that returned to this immense area, but they were reported in large quantities in various sections as far north as the Driftwood river at the extreme head of Tacla lake. The partial seeding of these remote and isolated districts with fry or eyed eggs was continued. To enable the work to be done under less arduous conditions than in previous years and to insure the eggs being deposited on the spawning grounds under the most favourable conditions, the earliest collection, which takes place in the Lakelse lake on the Skeena river, was used for stocking at various points in the northern interior and was replaced at Lakelse with eggs from the Fraser river, which were taken at the Pemberton hatchery. The extent of this seeding is indicated in the following table:—

Stuart Lake district— Souche creek 500,000 eyed eggs Pinche creek 550, 000 " Ferrier creek 500,000 " Hoy 470,000 " Kynoch 210,000 " Rossetti 70,000 " Quesnel district 5, 000, 000 lt Anderson-Seton lake district 1, 000, 000 t C 2, 040, 000 fry. Shuswap Lake district- Eagle river (a) 3,000,000 eyed eggs Silver lake (a) 200,000 " Eagle river (b) 2,002,500 " - Harrison Lake district— Morris creek 2, 040, 000 if (a) Collected at Cultus in 1924—planted February and March, 1925 (b) Collected at Pemberton in 1925—planted November, 1925. The collection of salmon eggs in the Fraser River watershed in 1921 com- pares with that of 1925, as follows:—

— — Pitt lake Cultus Harrison Pemberton Total lake lake

Sockeye 1921 2, 680, 750 4,306, 200 727,000 26, 049, 000 33, 762, 950 1925 5,337,000 40, 418,000 45, 755, 000 Spring 1921 937,000 937,000 1925 Pink 1921 4,515,000 4, 515, 000 1925 4,000 4,000 Steelhead 1921 1925 6,000 6,000

1921—Total of all species 39,214,950. 1925—Total of all species 45,765,000.

RIVERS INLET On account of the abnormal freshets that occurred in December, 1924, the total collection made that year, with the exception of five hundred thousand eggs that were planted in the Namu district, was retained for reseeding the tributaries of Owikano lake. These streams were so thoroughly scoured by the freshets in question that the officers on the ground fear that the eggs deposited therein were washed out and destroyed. By retaining the total collection all the tributaries to the lake were reseeded to some extent. After forty years of intensive commercial fishing, a record pack of sockeye salmon was put up at Rivers Inlet in 1925. In addition to this enormous pack the escapement of parent fish to Owikano lake and its tributaries was all that could be desired. The number that reached the spawning grounds was greater than in any previous year since the hatchery was established, and the Superin- tendent reports that his collection was complete before the main run of fish attempted to pass up the streams to their spawning grounds. This heavy return appeared in the streams at the head of the lake, as well as in those nearer the outlet. For several years these upper streams were not stocked with eggs or fry and the return of spawning salmon to them disappeared. In 1922, for the first time, and with the acquiring of the necessary equipment, these stream s • were first seeded from the hatchery and it is encouraging that at the end of four years when the results of this first planting were due the heavy run in question occurred. Weather conditions were also favourable so that in addition to the record collection of eggs the spawning grounds were abundantly seeded and were not damaged in the same way as they were in the previous year. The collection in this district was as follows:—

• Sockeye salmon Genesi creek 3,663,000 Quap creek 15,001,800 18,664,800

SKEENA RIVER The run of salmon to the Lakelse lake district compared favourably with the record run of 1024, and all the spawning creeks were heavily seeded. This natural seeding was unfortunately seriously damaged by freshet,s that occurred in November. and December, the results of which may be apparent in the run four years hence. All previous collections of eggs were exceeded with the take of over eleven and one-quarter million. The collection of eggs in this district is the earliest in the province and the eggs are, therefore, sufficiently developed to enable them to be safely shipped and planted on the spawning grounds at many points in the Upper Fraser before climatic conditions become too severe. A large proportion of this season's collection was, therefore, used for this purpose and later replaced with eggs from. the Pemberton district. The run of sockeye to Morrison creek, Babine lake, was not as large as that of last year, and collecting operations were greatly hampered by the unusually high water which prevailed. The water in Morrison creek was so deep and swift that little could be done by the usual method of fishing, and the traps and fences that have been efficient for years were frequently flooded to such an extent that considerable numbers of the fish, that would under normal conditions be retained, escaped to the upper waters. Under these conditions Babine river was resorted to, to obtain the full complement of eggs. This step was not necessary through a shortage of fish, but on account of the water conditions. The following summary gives the number of eggs collected in the different streams in the Skeena River watershed and the disposal that was made of thera:—

Collection area Species Number collected Disposal

Lakelse lake-- Hot Springs creek Sockeye 170,000 Salmon creek SockeYe 91,000 Scullabuchan creek Sockeye 676,000 Williams creek Sockeye 10,311,000 11,248,000 LakeIse Lake hatchery Babine lake- Babble river Sockeye 3,880,000 Hatchery creek Sockeye 3,360,000 7,240,000 Babine Lake hatchery. 18,488,000

VANCOUVER ISLAND The run of sockeye to the spawning grounds of the Anderson Lake watershed, although slightly smaller than that of 1924, was quite sufficient for abundant natural seeding in addition to filling the hatchery to capacity. Weather conditions were also favourable as compared with last year and as the water was low there was little, if any, loss in eggs from it reaching a lower level after 21 1E the spawning was finished. Four years ago eyed sockeye eggs were transferred from this establishment and planted in tributaries to Great Central lake, which is cut off from the return of parent fish by the Stamp river falls. This year, when the result of this seeding was due to return, large numbers of salmon ascended Stamp river to below the falls. The run to Sproat lake, which was seeded in the same way, was also far greater than it has been for many years. The run. to the Kennedy lake watershed was also satisfactory, considering the poor run to this area in 1921. Approximately five thousand cases of salmon were packed from fish returning to this district, and the number that evaded capture and reached the spawning ground is estimated at eighteen thousand. The run to Elk river, tributary to Kennedy lake, was also larger than it has been for some time. A greater variety of fish is handled at the Cowichan Lake hatchery than at any other establishment in the province. The run of steelhead was above the average and the collection considerably in excess of that of last year. Although weather conditions were not as bad as they were last season, they were still far from favourable and the collection of eggs is not a fair indication of. the size of this run. An attempt was also made to collect eastern brook trout eggs in Spectacle lake, which was stocked with this species a few years ago. The collection was not large, but with the experience gained there is reasonable expectation -of better returns next year. The collection of spring salmon eggs was somewhat disappointing, although from the observations of the superintendent the run of this species was the largest since the hatchery was established. Low water prevented the fish from ascending to their usual spawning grounds and when this condition became apparent, collecting operations were started below Skutz falls in the Cowichan river. The fish at this point, however, were unripe when the collecting camp was established, and heavy freshets, which occurred shortly afterwards, put an end to operations. There was also a large run, of coho and the hatchery was readily filled to capacity, although the low water condition above referred to greatly interfered with the ascent of the fish until late in the season. The following summary gives the collection of salmon eggs on Vancouver island, 1925:— Anderson Lake hatchery-- • SockeYe 8,505,000 Kennedy Lake hatchery- Sockeye 8,692,600 Cowichan Lake hatchery- Coho salmon 826,000 Pink salmon 3,600 Spring salmon 709,500 Steelhead salmon 165,700 18,902,400 MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION The collection of cutthroat trout eggs in the Spray lakes, Alberta, was the, second largest since the -sub-hatchery was opened at this point and the eggs obtained were of good qua,lity. The eggs.at- this,point are eyed in floating pon- toons, and the fry used for local distributions are hatched in the same equipment. In accordance with the usual practice, the local collections at this point for the Spray and Banff. hatcheries.were• considerably augmented by purchase and exchange. - A small collection of trout eggs was also made in Rosebud lake, B.C., in connection with the Nelson eyeing station; While the collection is small, it is anticipated that with the information gained better results are obtainable and a continuation of operations for another year, at least, is warranted. The run of cutthroat in the streams in the vicinity of Cowichan hatchery was above the average in numbers. Conditions in this district do not lend them- 22 selves to a large collection of eggs as the fish do not appear to congregate for spawning purposes in any particular locality, but spawn in small numbers over an extensive area. The Cranbrook hatchery, which is operated by the Cranbrook District Rod and Gun Club, had a successful season. The collection of cutthroat trout eggs, numbering eight hundred and twenty-two thousand, was the largest since this establishment was opened and in addition thereto, one hundred and fifty-five thousand Kamloops trout eggs were collected from Horse Shoe and Rock lakes. Kamloops trout are not indigenous to these lakes, which were stocked a few years ago with fry brought from the Gerrard hatchery. While this station was built and is maintained by the Rod and Gun Club, the department provides a competent officer to conduct operations. A portion of the equipment is also loaned by the department. The collection of Kamloops trout eggs in Gerrard district was more than double that of last year and could have been considerably increased if high water had not interfered with the operations. The rtin of Kamloops trout in Pinantan and Paul creeks was up to the average of recent years, and the best previous collection of eggs was exceeded by approximately three hundred thousand. Upwards of two hundred thousand brown trout eggs and sixty-five thousand rainbow trout eggs were obtained from brood stock that were reared at the St. John hatchery. The local collections of these species were augmented by purchase and exchange, the resulting fry being utilized for experimental plantings in the Maritime Provinces, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The collections of eggs, other than those previously tabulated, are given in the following statement:—

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, 1925 Cutthroat trout- Spray Lakes hatchery- Spray lakes 720,385 720,385 Cowichan Lake hatcherY- Mead creek 28,200 McKay creek 10,900 Nixon creek 67,000 Robinson river 1,800 Sutton creek 37,100 145,000 Cultus Lake hatchery- Hatchery creek 1,400 1,400 Nelson Eyeing station- Rosebud lake 160,000 160,000 Kamloops trout- Gerrard hatchery- Lardeau river 663,500 663,500 Lloyds Creek Eyeing station- Kanough creek 262,000 Paul creek 763, G00 Pinantan creek 778, 000 1,803,000 Brown trout-- St. John hatchery- Hatchery ponds 200,264 200,264 Rainbow trout-- St. John hatchery- Hatchery ponds 65,520 65,520 Yellow Perch- Fort Qu'Appelle hatchery- Echo lake 10, 400, 000 10,400,000 14,159,069 23 The following summary gives, by species, the total receipt of eggs during the year ended December 31, 1925: • Atlantic salmon 30,335,150 Landlocked salmon 177,490 Rainbow trout 65,520 , Cutthroat trout 1,026,785 Steelhead salmon 171,700 Kamloops trout 2,466,500 Sockeye salmon 100,105,400 Spring salmon 709,500 Coho salmon 826,000 Pink salmon 7,600 Speckled trout 3,508,807 Whitefish 573, 900, 000 (a) Salmon trout 28, 752, 000 Cisco 2, 520, 000 (b) Pickerel 169, 405, 000 Brown trout 200,264 Yellow perch 10, 400, 000 924,577,716 (a) 500,000 of these eggs (eyed) were donated to the Department of Colonization, Mines & Fisheries, Quebec. (b) 5,000,000 of these eggs (eyed) were exchanged with the North Dakota Game and Fish Commission for black bass, crappie and pickerel fingerlings. The following purchases were also made: Rainbow trout eyed eggs from Plymouth Rock Trout Company 150,000 Rainbow- trout eyed eggs from Wild Rose Trout Company (shipped via "The Trout Brook Co.", Hudson, Wisconsin) 480,866 Speckled trout eyed eggs from Crystal Spring Brook Trout Com- pany, Port Allegany, Pa 236,000 Speckled trout eyed eggs from Paradise Brook Trout Company, Henryville, Pa 1,000,000 Speckled trout eyed eggs frorn the American Fish Culture Com- pany, Carolina, R.I 2,558,000 4,424,866 929,002,582 In addition to the above the following exchanges were made: Speckled trout eyed eggs from st,ate of New Hampshire, in exchange for Atlantic salmon 1,000,000 . Brown trout eyed eggs from state of New Hampshire, in exchange for Atlantic salmon 36,000 Cutthroat trout eyed eggs from state of New Hampshire, in exchange for Atlantic salrnon 9,000 Cutthroat trout eyed eggs from Cranbrook hatcherY, for Kam- loops trout and speckled trout (plus a donation of 175,000 t,o Cmnbrook) 190,000 STATEMENT OF EGGS SUPPLIED TO OTHER THAN DOMINION GOVERNMENT HATCHERIES DURING 1925

Speciee Number To

Atlantic salmon 1,000,000 United States Bureau of Fisheries, East Orland, Maine, U.S.A.—exchange for Loch Leven trout. Atlantic salmon 1,000,000 Warren, New Hampshire, U.S.A.—exchange for speckled trout, brown trout and cutthroat trout. Salmon trout 500,000 Magog hatchery (Quebec provincial)—donation. Salmon trout 1,000 Biologic,a1 Board, Toronto—donation. Pickerel 5,000, 000 North Dakota Game and Fish Commission, North Dakota—exchange for black bass, crappie and pickerel fingerlings. Cisco 2,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation. 1,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation. Whitefish Station—via Dum- Cutthroat trout 30,240 Solway Fishery, Killywhan fries, Scotland—donation. Kamloops trout and Speckled trout 365,000 Cranbrook District Rod and Gun Club, Cranbrook, B.C.—exchange for cutthroat trout, 190,000; donation 175,000. Chum salmon 1,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation. Coho salmon 1,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation. Sockeye salmon 1,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation. Spring salmon 1,000 Biological Board, Toronto—donation.

24 In the interests of economy and convenience in the distribution of fry, the following transfers of eyed eggs were made in 1925:

Species From Number

Atlantic salmon (a) Margaree hatcheTY Lindloff hatchery 800,000 (a) Mirarnichi hatchery Windsor hatchery 500,000 (a) Grand Falls hatchery Tobique hatchery . 1, 000, 000 (a) Miramichi hatchery Sparkle hatchery 400,000 (a) Mirarnichi hatchery Kelly's Pond hatchery.— 500,000 (a) lliranaichi hateherY Cowichan lake hatchery 555,200 (a) Miramichi hatchery Alberni District 104,800 (a) Restigouche hatchery Nipisiguit hatchery 600,000 (a) St. John hatchery Margaree hatchery 300,000 (a) St. John hatcherY Middleton hatcherY 100,000 (a) St. John hatchery Grand Falls hatchery 1,000,000 Speckled trout (a) St. John hatchery Middleton hatchery 285,000 *(a) Nelson Eyeing Station Cranbrook hatchery 200,000 Brown trout (a) St. John hatchery Bedford hatchery (c) 97,000 Cisco (a) Thurlow hatcherY Fort Qu'Appelle hatchery 5,760,000 (a) Port Arthur hatchery Fort Qu'Appelle hatcherY• 4,920,000 Whitefish (a) Winnipegosis hatchery Gull Harbour hatchery 14,700,000 (a) Ft. Qu'Appelle hatchery Gull Harbour hatchery 15,000 000 Salmon trout (a) Port Arthur hatchery Banff hatchery 191,000 Cutthroat trout (b) Spray lakes hatchery. Banff hatchery 268,550 (b) Nelson Eyeing Station Cultus lake hatchery 35,000 Kamloops trout (b) Lloyds Creek hatchery Cowichan hike hatchery 230,000 *(b) Gerrard hatcherY Cranbrook hatchery 165,000 (b) Lloyds Creek hatchery Harrison lake hatcherY• • • 50,000 Pink salmon.... (b) Cultus lake hatchery Cowichan lake hatchery 3,600 Sockeye salmon (a) Pemberton hatchery Lakelse lake hatchery-- 7,972,500 (a) LakeIse lake hatchery Stuart lake hatchery 2,700,000

(a) 1924 fall collection. (b) 1925 collection. *Exchange and donation for Cutthroat trout eggs. (c) In addition to this number there was a shipment of 19,937 brown trout eggs t,o Bedford hatchery, from eggs received from State of New Hampshire.

MARKING OF FISII As the Research Committee of the Biological Board has entered upon a study of the fresh-water life of Atlantic salmon, the marking of such fish that has been done for a number of years at the different salmon retaining ponds in the Maritime Provinces was discontinued. The marking that was done last year in the Wallace and Philip rivers was also discontinued in view of the study that has been undertaken by the committee, and because the fishing season in that district was extended. Likewise the marking of sockeye salmon fingerlings at the different hatcheries in the Fraser River watershed was suspended to obviate any possibility of such work conflicting with the marking

-program of the committee in connection with its study into the life history of sockeye salmon. The marking for 1925 was, therefore, confined to two thousand sockeye salmon fingerlings at Lakelse and Babine hatcheries on the "Skeena river, and three thousand and sixteen spring salmon fingerlings at the Cowichan hatchery on Vancouver island. The marking that was done during the year and the recaptures of marked Atlantic salmon that were reported are listed in the following statements:

STATEMENT OF THE MARKING OF SALMON DURING 1925

_____ Species Number Date of Object liberated marking Nature of mark To throw some light on:— Burns Point, Port Maitland, N.S Unstripped Atlantic salmon. 25 June 10, 11, 12... Silver tag attached to The movements of salmon that are caught dorsal, fin , in mackerel trap nets off Port Mait- land, N.S. Nipisiguit river, N.B Stripped Atlantic salmon... . 169 Oct. 23, Nov. 3 (t The movements of the salmon that resort and 9. to this river t,o spawn. Thurlow hatchery- Port Credit river UnstriPPed spring salmon ... 3 Oct. 21, 23, 25... if The movements, age, and growth of the spring salmon that ascend the Port Credit river from lake Ontario at the spawning season. Babine Lake hatchery- 1Vlorrison creek Sockeye salmon fingerlings., 1,500 Sept. 29, 30 Removal of adipose fin.. The percentage of artificially fed fry that return as salmon. Cowichan Lake hatchery- Cowichan river Spring salmon fingerlings.... 3,016 Aug. 15 Portion of adipose fin f it removed. Lake Lakelse hatchery— . if Lakelse lake Sockeye salmon fingerlings.. 500 Oct. 12 Removal of adipose fin.. if

RECAPTURES, 1925 MARGAREE POND

Number Weight Length Condition Sex Date 1. Where liberated 2. Where caught lb. in.

B1851 9 28 Kelt F Nov. 24, 1923.... Margaree river 20 42 Clean F July 16, 1925.... Cheticamp, N.S. B1856 8 27 Kelt F Nov. 24, 1923.... Margaree river 16 36 Clean F Nov. 16, 1925.... Margaree pond B2414 15 36 Kelt F Nov. 21, 1924.... Margaree river Kelt F 1925.... Margaree river

MIRAMICIII POND

B2563 7 32 Kelt F Nov. 4, 1924.... Miramichi river 61 32 Kelt F May 30, 1925.... Miramichi river B2578 81 32 Kelt F Nov. 5, 1924.... Miramichi river 7 32 Kelt F June 3, 1925.... Miramichi river B2587 8 32 Kelt F Nov. 4, 1924.... Miramichi river 7 32 Kelt F May 22, 1925.... N.W. Mimmichi river B2591 10 33 Kelt M Nov. 5, 1924.... Mimmichi river 7; Kelt M June 4, 1925.... Miramichi river B2594 121 38 Kelt F Nov. 5, 1924.... Miramichi river 14; 39 Clean F Nov. 19, 1925.... Miramichi river B2626 101 33 Kelt M Nov. 5, 1924.... Mimmichi river 7 Kelt M May 14, 1925.... Nappan Bay, N.B. B2664 8; 32 Kelt F Nov. 5, 1924.... Miramichi river 7; 32 Kelt F May 19, 1925.... N.W. Miramichi river B2675 6 30 Kelt M Nov. 4, 1924.... Miramichi river 61 Kelt M June 1, 1925.... Cassiles, N.B. B2683 8; 32 Kelt M Nov. 4, 1924.... Miramichi river 7 32 Kelt M May 30, 1925.... Miramichi river B2715 14; 39 Kelt F Nov. 4, 1924.... Miramichi river 14 39 Kelt F May 19, 1925.... Miramichi river

Sr. JOHN POND

B1965 74 29 Kelt F Nov. 1, 1923.... St. John harbour 16 Clean F June 4, 1025.... St. John river, York county, N.B.

NEW MI LS Porm

B2229 121 35 Kelt F Oct. 29, 1923.... New Mills 14; Clean F Letter of Aug. 7, 1925.... . B2269 9 30 Kelt F Nov. 5, 1923.... New Mills 17 Clean F On or about Miramichi river June 25, 1925....

BEDFORD HATCHERY

F291 8; 31 Kelt F Nov. 6, 1924.... River Philip, N.S. 7 Kelt F April 9, 1925.... River Philip, N.S. F370 11 31 Kelt Nov. 13, 1924.... River Philip, N.S. Dead kelt About Mar. 17,1925 River Philip, N.S.

27 RECAPTURES, 1925—Concluded PORT MAITLAND, N.S.

Number Weight Length Condition Sex Date 1. Where liberated 2. Where caught lb. in.

F576 8 30 Clean M June 10, 1925.... Mackerel trap-net set off Burns point, Port Maitland, Yarmouth county, N.S. 8 30 Clean M June 20, 1925.... Port Maitland, off Burns Point, N.S. F589 20 37 Clean Un- June 11, 1925.... Mackerel trap-net set off known Burns point, Port Maitland, Yarmouth county, N.S. 18 Clean July 23, 1925.... Moisie river, P.Q. F593 11 29 Clean Un- June 11, 1925.... Mackerel trap-net set off known Burns point, Port Maitland, Yarmouth county, N.S. 111 Clean July 6, 1925.... Musquodoboit river (salt waters) about one-quarter mile from mouth of river.

/*\ IPISIGITIT RIVER, N.B.

F95 ln 36 Kelt F Oct. 23, 1924.. ... Nipisiguit river, N.B. 161 381 Clean F Aug. 1, 1925.... Belloni point (about 6 miles east of Bathurst, N.B.)

MORELL RIVER, P.E.I.

B2326 8 30 Ke It M 1 Nov. 22, 1923.... Morel' river 161 36 Clean M Aug. 29, 1925.... St. Peters bay

Atlantic salmon bearing tag No. F589 was marked off Burn's point, Port Maitland, Yarmouth county, Nova Scotia, and recaptured in the Moisie river, Quebec. If this salmon had taken the most direct route, it travelled approximately eight hundred miles, but if it followed the larger indentations it travelled approximately twelve hundred miles, or an average, on the smaller computation, of approximately twenty miles a day for forty-two çonsecutive day-s. No. B2594 was caught, stripped and liberated in two successive years at the Miramichi pond. The limited appropriation that was made available for fish cultural purposes did not provide for any expansion in the way of new hatcheries. The program of the Research Committee of the Biological Board at Cultus Lake, B.C., called for better facilities and the old hatchery was replaced by a new building thirty-four feet long by fifty-six feet wide and new living quarters for the staff twenty-six feet by twenty-eight feet, one storey high. Both buildings were built under the personal direction of the resident engineer and are up-to-date in every particular. This new construction was facilitated by the Research Committee of the Biological Board releasing one-fifth of the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars of the fish cultural appropriation that was assigned to it for research work connected with fish culture—and which it did not allot in its program for that year—and by.temporarily. suspending operations at the Harrison Lake hatchery where extensive and costly repairs were necessary. L 28 General repairs and renewals were made at various other establishments and mostly by or under the direction of the superintendents. Some of the more important of these repairs were: Nova Scotia Margaree Pond.—The dredging that was commenced in 1924 was continued and a width of seventeen feet, the full length of the pond, and from two to three feet in depth was removed. The total width now dredged is fifty-one feet and conditions for the retention of salmon have been greatly improved ther eby. Margaree Hatchery.—Two additional ponds for trout were constructed by the staff. Bedford.—The dam in the Sackville river from which the hatchery water supply is obtained was permanently repaired and the hatchery grounds were graded, sodded and otherwise improved. New Brunswick St. John Hatchery.—A pond was constructed for brood trout one hundred and -seventy-five feet long, four feet wide and two feet deep with concrete side walls. A garage and some minor improvements were also provided. Miramichi Hatchery.—Spawning buildings were constructed at the Mira- michi salmon retaining pond. Grand Falls Hatchery.—A new water supply dam and garage were built and the grounds improved. Ontario The intake pipe at the Kingsville hatchery was thoroughly repaired; extensive repairs were made to the battery in the Sarnia hatchery; a new smokestack was installed and various repairs were made at Collingwood and minor repairs to the hatchery dwelling and surroundings at Kenora. Manitoba and Saskatchewan Hardwood floors were laid in the greater portion of the living quarters at Gull harbour and minor repairs were made to the hatching battery. Extensive repairs, including a - concrete floor in the hatching room, renewal of sills, bases of the studding and of the standards to the hatching battery were made at Win- nipegosis, and the dwelling was decorated throughout. The lagoon which is used as a harbour was widened and slip dredged for proposed dock by the Depart- ment of Public Works. The entire property was enclosed; all the buildings were painted and the grounds improved at Fort Qu'Appelle. British Columbia In addition to the new establishment at Cultus Lake a storehouse fourteen feet by twenty-four feet, log construction, was built at Pitt Lake. A new outside hatchery to replace an old one on the same site, twenty-six feet wide by one hundred and twenty feet long, containing seventy-two hatching troughs seven inches deep, sixteen inches wide by thirteen feet six inches long, was built at Pemberton, and two brick chimneys were added to the superintendent's dwelling. The head troughs, several of the hatching troughs and some of the floor joists were renewed at Kennedy Lake and the roof of the mess-house was reshingled. A number of hatching troughs were renewed at Cowichan and a breakwater fifty-six feet long and six feet high built to protect the fry-retaining pond in Oliver creek, and the hatchery water supply was thoroughly repaired. At Babine Lake the foundations and some of the side logs of the hatchery building, which is of log construction, were renewed and the building thoroughly repaired; new roofing was put on the dwelling and a log cabin sixteen by twenty feet built for the temporary Indian help; considerable improvements were made to the water supply for the pond system by grading the supply ditches. A. small 29 cabin for housing the staff was built at Lloyd's Creek and a number of new troughs were provided; a permanent foundation for the trap and a new retaining pen with three compartments were also built. The damage that was caused at Rivers Inlet by the abnormal freshets of last December was repaired, which included the return of Medowse to its channel and a thorough reinforcement of the original banks by a substantial breastwork; new trails : vrere eut, and two new bridges built on the trail to the mouth of the:inlet, and a new fence sixty feet long with spawning pens was built at Quap Creek. This last construction involved the removal of a gravel bar six feet deep and fifty feet wide. In addition to the above, various repairs were made at other points with the exception of Harrison Lake. At the present time the department is operating thirty-three main hatcheries, six subsidiary hatcheries, four salmon retaining ponds, one eyeing and several egg-collecting stations. The output from these establishments during 1925 was as follows:—

HATCFŒRY OUTPUT, BY PROVINCES, OF EGGS, FRY AND OLDER FISH DURING 1925

Nova Scotia- Atlantic salmon 11,883,500 Brown trout 108,500 Speckled trout 1,791,369 13,783,369 New Brunswick— Atlantic salmon 11,567,453 ' Loch Leven trout 232,654 Ftainbow trout 54,709 Speckled trout 871,093 12,725,999 Prince Edward Island— Atlantic salmon 746,987 Rainbow trout 011,156 Speelded trout 600,034 1,438,177 Ontario- Cisco 1,680,000 Pickerel - 102,195,000 Salmon trout 17,987,913 Spring salrnon 166,762 Whitefish 322,135,050 444,164,725 Manitoba- Pickerel 3,000,900 Whitefish 96,193,0N Bass 138 99,194,038 Saskatchewan- Cisco 9,519,755 Perch 1,350,000 Pickerel 520,000 Whitefish 16,805,000 Bass 170 Crappie 900 28,195,825 Alberta- Cutthroat trout.. 483,593 Loch Leven trout 474,350 Rainbow trout... 401,000 Salmon trout.... 164,000 1,522,043 British Columbia— Atlantic salmon 542,222 Chum salmon 207,000 Coho salmon 172,500 Cutthroat trout 249,530 Kamloops trout 2,20,534 Sockeye salmon 99,304,574 Speckled trout 1,235,730 Spring salmon 2,068,717 Steelhead salmon 168,436 106,248,243

Total 707,273,319

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE HATCHERIES OPERATED, THEIR LOCATION, DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT, THE SPECIES AND THE NUMBER OF EACH SPECIES DISTRIBUTED FROM EACH HATCHERY DURING THE SEASON 1925:

Yearlings Total Estab- Hatchery Location Species Eyed eggs Fry Advanced Fingerlings and older distri- lished fry fish bution

1870 Bedford Halifax county, N.S Atlantic salmon 300,000 1,120,000 910,000 Brown trout 74,570 33,930 . Speckled trout 638,000 24,100 3,100,600 1902 Margaree Inverness county, N.S Atlantic salmon 3,510,000 905,000 Speckled trout 222,700 4,637,700 1906 Windsor Hants county, N.S Atlantic salmon 710,000 1,871,000 Speckled trout 288,069 2,869,069 1913 Middleton Annapolis county, N.S. Atlantic salmon 475,000 1,307,000 Speckled trout 70,000 119,500 429,000 2,400,500 1912 (a) Lindloff Richmond county, N.S. Atlantic salmon 775,500 775,500 1874 Itestigouche Itestigouche county, N.B. Atlantic salmon 30,000 866,000 424,500 Speckled trout 135,500 1,456,000 1874 Miramichi Northumberland county, Atlantic salmon 544,800 555,000 3,380,000 339,010 4,818,810 N.B. 1880 Grand Falls Victoria county, N.B Atlantic salmon 235,000 955,000 1,687,400 Speckled trout 10,000 84,593 2,971,993 1914 St. John St. John county, N.B Atlantic salmon 275,000 372,887 Loch Leven trout.. 212,000 20,654 Rainbow trout 39,500 15,299 Speckled trout 285,000 356,000 1,576,340 1914 (a) Nipisiguit Gloucester county, N.B... Atlantic salmon 564,600 564,600 1915 (a) Tobique Victoria county, N.B Atlantic salmon 949,778 949,778 1915 (a) Sparkle Carleton county, N.B Atlantic salmon 188,000 200,478 388,478 1900 Kelly's Pond Queens county, P.E.I Atlantic salmon 630,000 30,000 86,987 Rainbow trout 91,156 Speckled trout 203,000 397,034 1,438,177 1908 Sarnia Lambton county, Ont Pickerel 34,000,000 Whitefish 40,000,000 74,000,000 1008 Wiarton Bruce county, Ont Salmon trout 1,500,000 2,600,000 2,563,441 6,663,441 1912 Collingwood Simcoe county, Ont Pickerel 3,090,000 Whitefish 70,360,000 73,450,000 1912 Port Arthur Thunder bay district, Ont. Salmon trout 4,177,182 Whitefish 16,965,050 21,142,232 1912 Southampton Bruce county, Ont Salmon trout 2,100,000 2,453,000 4,553,000 1915 Thurlow Hastings county, Ont Cisco 1,680,000 Pickerel 38,850,000 Salmon trout 2,594,290 Spring salmon 135,000 31,762 Whitefish 84,280,000 127,571,052

1915 Kenora Rainy river district, Ont.. Pickerel.. 26,255,000 Whitefish 30,630,000 56,885,000 1917 Kingsville.... Essex county, Ont Whitefish 79,900,000 79,900,000 1914 Gull Harbour Big island, lake Winnipeg, Pickerel.. 3,000,000 Man. Whitefish 33,725,000 36,725,000 1909 Winnipegosis.... Snake island, lake Winni- Whitefish 62,468,000 62,468,000 pegosis, Man. 1915 Fort Qu'Appelle Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask Cisco 9,519,755 Perch 1,350,000 Pickerel 520,000 Whitefish 16,805,000 28,194,755 1914 Banff Banff, Alta Cutthroat trout 30,240 145,673 8,807 Loch Leven trout 474,350 Rainbow trout 35,000 366,000 Salmon trout 164,000 1,224,070 1917 (a) Spray Lakes Banff, Alta Cutthroat trout 298,873 298,873 1005 Harrison Lake Harrison lake, B.0 Coho salmon 54,000 Chum salmon 207,000 Kamloops trout 45,000 5,000 Sockeye salmon 4,111,000 1,601,000 Spring salmon 338,200 35,000 6,396,200 1916 Cultus Lake Cultus lake, B.0 Cutthroat trout 28,320 Sockeye salmon._ 3,200,000 43,000 1,450,260 Co Steelhead salmon 5,890 4,727,470 1917 Pitt Lake.... Pitt lake, B.0 Sockeye salmon__ 100,000 4,444,604 687,650 5,232,254 1906 Pemberton... Birkenhead river, B.C Sockeye salmon.. (b)7,150,000 19,295,000 26,445,000 1908 Stuart Lake.. Stuart lake, B.0 Sockeye salmon 2,880,645 2,880,645 1903 Lakelse Lake LakeIse lake, B.0 Coho salmon 118,500 Sockeye salmon.. (c)7, 829,000 5,928,190 470,848 14,346,538 1908 Babine Lake... Babine lake, B.0 Sockeye salmon- (d) 60,000 5,653,747 1,978,725 7,692,472 1906 Rivers Inlet... Owikano lake, B.0 Sockeye salmon 8,053,000 4,599,500 2,902,496 15,554,996 1911 Anderson Lake Anderson lake, Vancouver Sockeye salmon (e)3,898,000 3,232,314 19,077 7,149,391 island, B.C. 1911 ICowichan Lake Cowichan lake, Vancouver Atlantic salmon 538,542 3,676 4 island, B.C. Cutthroat trout 131,560 Kamloops trout 50,000 171,010 2,124 Speckled trout 50,329 2,250 151 Spring salmon 999,725 474,393 221,395 4 Steelhead salmon 151,735 10,811 2,808,609 1011 Kennedy Lake Kennedy lake, Vancouver SockeYe salmon- • 1,123,500 5,403,025 3,189,093 9,716,518 island, B.C. 1914 Gerrard Trout lake, Kootenay dis- Kamloops trout 623,500 623,500 trict, B.C. 1922 Lloyds Creek Lloyds creek, Kamloops Kamloops trout 1,302,000 100,000 1,402,000 district, B.C.

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE HATCHERIES OPERATED, THEIR LOCATION, DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT, THE SPECIES AND THE NUMBER OF EACH SPECIES DISTRIBUTED FROM EACH HATCHERY DTJRING THE SEASON 1025:— Concluded

Yearlings Total Estab- Hatchery Location , Species - Eyed eggs Fry Advanced Fingerlings and older distri- lished fry fish bution

1923 Nelson Nelson, B.0 Cutthroat trout 89,650 Speckled trout 1,183,000 1,272,650 (f) Black bass 308 308 (f) CraP9ie 900 900 (f) Pickerel 900 900 Grand total 41,214,615 629,388,803 14,708,260 21,961,482 159 707,273,319

(a) Subsidiary hatchery. (b) All of these distributed from the 1925 Fall collection. (c) 7,815,000 of these were distributed from the 1925 Fall collection. (d) 60,000 of these were distributed from the 19251%11 collection. (e) 1,260,000 of these were distributed from the 1925 Fall collection. CO (f) Obtained in exchange for pickerel eggs from the North Dakota Game and Fish Commission. tsD