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236 The foregoing table shows the total number of cases canned, names of each cannery and individual pack since canning operations began in this province. It will show at a glance the fluctuations in the ran both of the Coast and in the I'raser River. Much attention has been given to the Columbia River during the past two years by American citizens, in order to arrive at some mode of fostering its salmon fisheries and preserving a valuable industry to the country. I give herewith a table of the pack on that river for the last twenty-three years :— Season. Cases. Season. Oases. 1866...... 4,000 1878 460000 1867. 18,000 1879 4'0,000 1868... 28,000 1880... 530,000 1869 100,000 1881 550,000 1870 150,OuO 1882 541,000 1871 200,000 1883 629,00 1872 20,000 1884 620,000 1b73. 250,000 1885. 554,750 1874. 350000 1886... 448,500 1875. 315,000 1887 354,055 1876 . 450,000 1888... 372,000 1877 460,000 Reverting to the remarks made in my last report with reference to the Amen. cans seeking new fields for this industry, in order to supply the increasing demand which the partly depleted rivers of Oregon and Washington Territory failed in doing; I must say that their expectations have been fully realized and that the prospects are that, the number per cannery will increase. Herewith is a schedule of the total pack in the Territory of Alaska, during the season of 1888:— Packers. Location, Oases. Cutting Packing Co. Cook's Inlet. .. 25,000 Alaska Commercial Co. do 15,000 Artic Packing Co. do 13,000 B. L. Beck & Son. Chilcot River 20,000 B. A. Seaburg. Strickern River 15,000 Fishing and Trading Co. Olowock Inlet 10,000 Bradford & Co. Bristol Bay 25,000 Alaska Packing Co. do ...... 28,000 Artic Packing Co. do 25,000 Alaska Commercial Co. do 18,000 Karlock Packing C). Karlock River 72,000 Charles Thomas & Co. do . . 30,000 Kadioc Fishing & Mining Co. do 20,000 Cutting Packing Co. Wah Bay .... 17,000 Boston Fishing & Trading Co. Jass Bay 6.000 Cape Lees Packin c Co. Borough's Bay 6,000 Taylor Young & Co. Tongas Inlet. 13,000 (Cases, 48, 1 lb. cans each.) 358,000 FISHERY REGULATIONS. New regulations for salmon and trout fishing have been adopted for thia province; but so far as their being carried into active operation is concerned, the matter rests entirely with the Department as to the number of guardians to be em— ployed for their proper enforcement. The foregoing remarks will show that careful
237 judgment is required for the forming of proper regulations for this province. If too stringent, they will have the effect of giving our Alaskan neighbours the benefit of marketing their fish at a lower rate; if not sufficiently proteciive, we will have the same falling off in our rivers that they are experiencing in the Columbia and other streams south of us, The shipment of fresh and frozen salmon to eastern Canada and the United States, was below that of last season by 125,000 pounds. This is due to the high rates charged by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, coupled with the scarcity of salmon in the Fraser River. The salmon of the Columbia River, although sold at a higher price than ours, are handled at much lower rates, and as the American Government has now added a half cent a pound duty on fresh fish, it will exclude our dealers from their markets and they will have to abandon the trade as they cannot compete with salmon from the Atlantic coast by paying such high freight and express rates. HALIBUT. Since last season a trade of considerable importance has been opened up for this fish, but I am sorry to ay not much to the benefit of our people. Mr. Sol Jacobs, of Gloucester, U.S., visited this coast during the fall of 1887, and made reasonable rates with the Northern Pacific Railway Company to carry his halibut fresh in ice to Boston. He returned last spring with two fine schooners fully equipped for the fishing trade and established a market at Port Townsend, W.T., under the name of the Gloucester Fishing Market, The schooners are sent from there to the banks and when they return, the cargo is packed with ice in boxes, and shipped in carload lots to Boston and New York where they command good prices. Most of the fresh halibut shipped this season, which must have amounted to at least half a million pounds, were caught off the Flattery and Alberni banks, and I am led to believe the largest portion of these fish were caught within the threernile limit. Besides this, a large trade was done in fietched halibut. I was informed by reliable parties on the coast that three American snhooners were fishIng between Rose Spit and Mosset, near the north end of Graham's Island, taking each a load of from 70 to 80 tons. '1 hose, I may say, fished within tha three-mile limit, and there is no doubt but that a number of other American vessels were engaged in the same business. The only parties in this Province who attempted anything in the halibut trade were Captain Lunberg, of Vancouver, and Captain Grant, of this place; the former did his fishing from small boats in the gulf and bad to find a market for most of his fish in Seattle, owing to the high rates of freight charged by the Canadian Pacific Rail.. way. Captain Grant made a trip to the Straits in a sloop and succeeded in ecuring a few thousand pounds which were salted and afterwards smoked at this place and marketed in Seattle for shipment to the Eastern. States. SKIL. On referring to my report of 18E6 it will be noticed that I gave a full account of these fish and of my experience in catching them while engaged in my experimental trips on the west coast of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. During the summer of 1887 there was no further developments in opening up this fishery, as shown by the report of that year. Last spring, owing to the arrival of new vessels to engage in the sealing trade and the unsettled state of affairs in Behring Sea, some of the owners were afraid to risk their craft in the trade, and a number of schooners consequently remained idle in the harbors. In talking matters over with Mr. H. Saunders, of Victoria, who for several seasons past has received limited supplies of these fish from a local dealer at China Hat, but not sufficiently to satisfy his customers, I induced him in conjunction with others to send the schooner "Theresa" to the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands for the purpose of prospecting for these fish, giving him all the information in my possession; adding that as I was on my way to the Skeena I would try and induce the Indians to go and fish for him. When
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
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INDEX TO THE REPORT ON THE FISHERIE
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FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT DEPUTY OF TILE
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The decrease in lobsters was genera
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xi Fisheries, issue a fishery licen
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xlii The above remarks apply with e
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xv BUILDING OF FISIIWAYS. Six new f
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xvii This Expenditure is snb.dicidc
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xix FISH BREEDING—Concluded St. J
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Lbs. Bris. xxi GENERAL RECAPITULATI
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xxiii COMPARATIVE STATEMENT Of Prod
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APPENDIX No. i. FISHING BOUNTIES. G
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3 DETAILED STATEMENT showing Fishin
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5 DETAILED STATEMENT of Fishing Bou
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. 7 DETAILED STATEMENT of Fishing B
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. 9 DItTAILED STATEMENT of Fishing
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11 DETAILED STATEMENT of Fishing Bo
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21 IETAILED STATEMENT of Fishing Bo
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25 DETA1LD STATEMKNF of Fishing Bou
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27 The following Vessels for 1886,
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33 To permanently improve and maint
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35 SHAD. Native shad still continue
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37 is yearly increasing. Mr. Bailey
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39 bay did nothing. He is glad, how
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41 factories purchase by the hundre
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43 Oversetr John Fitzgerald, of Mil
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45 On the whole, I am glad to repor
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47 CAUSES OF SHORTAGE. These are va
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49 slight chance of procuring even
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51 NUISANCES. The action of your De
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53 quality. Halibut was a complete
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55 consideration, however, it has b
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300 1000 5... 59 the Fisheries, Qua
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61 the Fisheries, Quantity and Valu
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91 TABLE showing the Value of the F
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93 APPENDIX No. 3. NEW BRUNSWICK. A
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95 in every report made since I hav
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97 LOBSTERS. This fishery has almos
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99 which required both vigilance an
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101 Overseer Gtuimond, of St. Louis
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103 Overseer Burtt, of the Lower Di
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119 NUMBER AND VALUE of Vessels, Bo
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121 ened flhiog is, in itelf, suffi
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123 under 13,000 barrels, This is a
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125 to one pound of dry, the cod an
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127 to reproduce their species; tha
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129 Natural oyster beds owe their l
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131 are in the province, and almost
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133 the Fisheries, Quantity and Val
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137 engaged in the Fisheries, &o.
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139 RECAPITULATION. YIELD and Value
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141 APPENDIX No. 5. QUEBEC. REPORT
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143 pleased with the action of the
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145 NEW RICHMOND SUB-DIVISION. Mr.
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147 STE. ANNE DES MONTS SUB-DIVISIO
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149 taken for local consumption. Th
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155 and Nets, &c., in the County of
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161 Nets, &c., in the County of Sag
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163 Nets, &e., in the Cowity of Sag
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1(9 :STATEMENT of Value of Lobster
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171 SYOPiSES OF FISHERY OVERSEiRS'
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173 Overseer Jos Gin gras, of the Y
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175 nd no violations were reported.
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181 with the Yield, Value and Kinds
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. . 183 together with the Yield, Va
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Page 217 and 218: 18 Overseer J. A. Couse, who replac
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Page 225 and 226: 197 .Rattlesnake Harbor, but found
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Page 229 and 230: 201 CONCLUSION. The presence of the
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Page 247 and 248: 219 will no doubt have been similar
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Page 267 and 268: 239 SMELTS. These fish are being us
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Page 271 and 272: 243 While in consultation with the
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Page 283 and 284: 255 NUMBER and Value of Vesse1', Bo
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Page 287 and 288: 4 duty it is to look after the fish
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Page 295 and 296: 12 Some interesting letters will be
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Page 307 and 308: 24 James Lawlor, a net fisherman, s
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32 establishments. Whilst their acc
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34 "A river may quickly be emptied
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36 industry of the country, whose c
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38 G-rand total distributed 1888. S
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40 ing grounds on the Harrison I fo
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42 The ova are at present in a most
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_______ 44 Little Salmon River,, Ha
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46 Musquodoboit River, all the pare
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48 and got crosswise of the main pa
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50 year. In accordance with the ins
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52 be very great. The work in the p
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54 The Mission Point net was set in
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56 The fry were deposited in the ri
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58 commenced on the 24th of October
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60 WHITEFISH DISTRIBUTION. 1888. la
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62 North cf Gananoque, Lake Singlet
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64 Supply Fond or Main Reservoir. T
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66 A STATJIMtNT showing the daily o
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68 From these eggs we had very good
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REPORT ON THE FISHERIES PROTECTION
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INDEX TO CONTENTS. PAGE. Dominion C
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8 A statement of the expenditure in
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10 Under this modus vivendi and unt
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12 It was agreed with the Governmen
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14 showed fitfully, but in small sc
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16 Many United States captains admi
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18 coast and in its tidal eddies, t
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20 Oorresp3ndent mailed me a daily
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From 12th to 17th July in Pictou, f
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S Boston S S 24 LIST of United Stat
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