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We also notice that black bass are getting very scarce in these waters, and consider
it very advisable that some of that species be also deposited at an early date to
prevent entire depletion.
W. H. JOHNSTON, Overseer of Fisheries, A. M. OHASSELS, Merchant.
Charlotte.
HARRY WRARTENS, Merchant.
I. B. SAUNDERS, Reeve of the Township. W. H. JONES, Barrister.
A. ARMSTRONG. JOHN C. BROWN, Hotel-keeper.
W G. TARIENT, Postmaster.
ALEX. R. ALL &N, Gentleman.
L. H. ARNOLD, Merchant. NEAL MCLEAN, Mgr. Bank of Montreal.
SAND & DAVIDSON, Merchants.
I. G. LESLIE, Accountant.
B. K.ADDISON, M. D. D. RENNEY, Inspector of Schools.
STANLEY S. CONNELL, M. D.
J. F. SCHOFIELD, Barrister.
I. B. LAMB, Druggist. D. MANSELL, County Treasurer.
H. C. PHILLIPS, Constable. R. B. ALGuIRE, Clerk Division Court,
GE0. BEDFORD, Merchant.
And others.
BROCKVILLE, April, 1888.
BENEFITS FROM MIRAMIOHI HATCHBRY, N.B.
Hon. M. Adams, one of our most prominent public men and a leading sportsman,
says: "The fly-fishing on the North-West Miramichi was better this season
than it has been for the past fifteen years." Speaking of the hatchery he says: "I
am a firm believer in artificial fish hatching, and I look for great results from the
young fry which have been planted in the head waters of our streams, provided that
those streams are properly protected, and I sincerely believe, if it had not been for
the hatchery the salmon would now be nearly exterminated from our rivers.
"Take the marked increase on the main North-West River—season after season
the fly-fishing was nil; but in 1887 there was a record of eighty-seven salmon and
grilse,—this year 1888, 300 salmon and grilse were caught, and the river teeming
with young fish - If, in former years the young salmon had been planted away up
the rivers and in brooks, a short distance from the main rivers, as they have been for
the past two years,—who could estimate the results? It was a blessing that the fish
hatchery was established, for if it had not been, in my opinion, few salmon would be
found in our river. The fish house is a credit to you"
Jared Tozer, of the firm of Tozer & McDonald, says: "I believe that the fish
hatchery is a great benefit to our rivers, and think, that if it had not been for the fry
planted from it, the supply of fish would now be nearly exhausted, as the almost
total destruction of salmon in non-tidal waters, previous to the past two years, would
have caused our rivers to be destitute of fish, if the supply had not been kept up from
some other source besides the natural one. In regard to the catch of fish by my own
nets, I may say it has been steadily on the increase for the last three years."
1W. Sutherland, overseer for the upper section of the North-West and its tributaries,
says: "I am a strong believer in artificial fish hatching, and I think that the
hatchery on this river is the only means by which the supply of salmon has been
kept up in our streams when the destruction of parent salmon on the spawning
grounds, by poachers, previous to the past two years, is taken into consideration. I
also approve of the method of capturing parent fish for this house, contrary to the
statement published last year under my name, by the New Brunswick Inspector of
Fisheries in the Report on the Fisheries," page 14g.
John Ferguson, Esq., a noted fly fisherman, says: "The catch of fish on the
North-West was better this season than for any season during the past twelve or
fifteen years. I believe that artificial fish hatching is a great benefit to our streams
in keeping up the supply of this important fish."