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CHALEUR BAY
AND ITS PR0DUC!"S FOR 1887-8. WITH NET AND ROD.
)\\ .InllN Mnu .T.
'III!' Ilfiy of CliuIfUr n(»w so well Uiiowii t\»r its ('(xl. I«ilist<i' ,iii<l
[nliiiuii tislicrii--, rNtciid- -IMP' l'()(» milts iiilMml nearly |ijirall(l with
tlif St Lawii'iici'. It , )iii(:<ll»' I'luiis tlir IouikImiv lirtw^ii (^JutlMc
iMil \(\v i)r!!!i-<\vick. Tlir < uuutifs III' lJ(iiia\ till lire ainl part <A'
!as|M' art- on it^iKitli ^i<li', aiiii ( iloiici-stcr aiitl |{f.-.( i;4((uclif mi its
itutli. Ffiiiii llt■ill^■ .'iJ iii'li's wiilf at it-; fiiti'fMict-. it iiarniw- it> ."J at
)alli"iisif is.) mill'-. iii\vai-'l. Alt »\r rliis ]»niiit is tlif fstiiary <'\tfiii|-
'iii^' !?0 milt s ;ti !i-ail nT ti'lf wati-r. Tlif ^I'fat cul liaiiL- fxltii.j
''tunc 4) iiii!cs tiut'i'li- its cnti'aiift', ami iiiwarW i^tiiiic (iO iiiilf^ Tlic
|(»l»-.t.» 1' tislii-i-y is 11,1 ii nil --itjcs ,iii its slioifs. 'liii'if art- in the
<'<)Hiity tiTtJa^jic I' ir.lt ri ml;' t til tlif 15ay •*) ri\i'r> wortliy tt> lfcall<<l
>aliiii)n ii\( IS. i;,c l>aiinji>Mt!i. \'f)l< ainl St. .loliii. In Ijimavfiitiiff
tlirif all' tlif (Jiaih! ( 'a--fa judia auil l5iiiia\fiit nrc In ( JImiui' tt r
<'(ainty ini t l.c >'>uf li. wc liii'l tlic !Vc)»isi^iiit, a iii>t«'il ii\fr. aitlitaiuli
oU^tfiictfl l)y insiinn^^iinral'lt' i'aii-- 'in milt-s IVom it- intnitli. 'I'lif
?4'ft'at IJf^tiiiiiiicI'.'. \vl;li it . lii'an<'I;ts. i'. its o-i',)M(| lVf.->!i vvatff cun-
linuatiMii txtfihlinu' nurJi ami \Vf-'; 1 40 hiilf-;. ami ^ixiiiu' a water
• nrraiv I ■]• cont iniiaiiiiu i i' t rlliutarii ^ on w liicli Niliintn <jia\\ii. tif
Mfaiiy 4i)0 iiiilc- . aM I is the iiiirsfry t'oi- tin- lai-^f |ii()]»(irt itm t)l' mU-
nioii t'au'4'Iit ill ;li • i'.;'.y. To slio\v (his, on Ihf ^ciith siilc, lietut >'ii
Xi'jiisi^nit ii\fi r'.\<\ Ihm 1 oi' tiilc watn-, a ili^laiicf tif 7<) iiiilfs, arc
>n\t\i' I 10 statitiMS or 'ta.i'ls t>t" saliiioii m-ts, niuniiiii;' a- tlifir catch,
liy l'"isln'i-ii's K"])i)rr of I ^n7. 4 JO.OO ) llts. On the m rth shoi't' IVmii
< 'a •(•a])i'.|ia n\r\- to ti'lc lifal, (»() miles ait> stmif (10 ^tatiolls i-ftuiii-
iii'4' hi."). 000 111. ttttal. r>ii.").00f) |l)s. ami as no otlitT salmon streams
iil!er\ elH', till) I' mU-;.o| ne(i'>-ity tliel-el'olf I'f Kestifiiltche tish
making' tlieii' way njiwaiil. Ijow many ol' tlitse li.-h ai-i caught lit-
twci'ii iliosi" jioini^ auij the t'lilraiice i.l' the \y.\\ eainiot in- ascertain-
«• 1. Itiit We ill) know IV »m the size ot' the tish that tin- ^Teat niajoi'-
ity ol the ( Jloticester-caUL'hl li.-h. are llestiLi^taiche salmon, ami tho
ti-lieriiiea ai-kn'W h- l'.i-e the faet. Those tishery returns for |.SS7, tt»
which I in'eiiil c iiiiimn^ my>e|f. are the most com))lete e\-ei' i>sm't|,
an ! Ljive IIS the following' tij:ures as the salniiai t-atcli i'or
Itesti^nnche ( 'onnty 27l,70()lli>.
(ilolice-ter ilo. " :{,S(;,()0() "
Honavcntmv .lo. :i():{,7(H> "
(laspe I 'oiinty ioS!ii|) Heail. 1 lO.OOO " ,
Atltl for annlers" catch .")(),()()() •'
1,021,400 II )s total cauolit
in Ha\- of Chalenr for lss7. The wiiole of New Hrnnswiek for the
)
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Vi'iir, iiM'Iii<rm;4' loO l»l>Is. saltfl (wlicrr we jii-f imt t.oM) is uiily I,-
;}:):),()()() 1 1 »s
Front N«>\ii Scotia wt- lia.\r :i,")S4 l)ltls. saltcil and from lialiradur
mi. ()()() llis tVcsli. liotli coniltiiKMl not t't|ual t«» I>ay ( 'lialciir.
Kor the |>ro\ iiu'c oi" (^Jdclirc tlic timirt's aic .')4(),0()() lits., wliii-li in
clinics salttil ami j)rcsci-\«'(l. ( 'oii-iMnn-iitly, ta'v iiiii tlu' liniircs aswc
timl tin-Ill ami sui»tjactiiiij;" iVoin C^ucltcc ami New liruiisw iik, llu-
»|uaiitity rcturmMJ t'oi- tin' four counties on Hay (Mialcin-, \vc MntI
(^)ucl»cc jirovincc witli only 'JuT.OOM ll»s. ami New llrunswick with
Ons.ODO 11.S. tin- Hay of Clialcur Inivinu' I Ki.OOO ll.s over hotli pro-
vinces. Jn aiialyzin;^' the ti^uies ;;;iven us in the return, tlie two
counties in New Hrunswick with a coast line, not exceeding' 14()
miles, hut ])rol»al»ly having- •'>() or nn»i'e m-t stations, return douhlc
the quantity of tish that (!as|,e ami I'onaventure do, altlioUi;ii
those counties have a 1 on <ier coast line l»v (iO miles, and thev have
nl least ti\e fine salmon rivers, hesid.es some mim)r ones. ( 'oiise-
t|Urntly, so far as the inducement is concerned of draiwing' a salmon
to fresh watei'. or in search (tf its own river in its minration fi'oni
sea, certainly the north side of the l>ay has all the odds in its
favor. I iielieveit lias, hut there are three reas(»nswhv it is Kehind:
t
— first, less netshy prohjihly (iO stations, second, <()m'l>ec m-tter dare
not set the trap or )»ache net, as set in New I i-unswick. if so it
Would Iteconliscated. He cann(»tuse any other mode, eNce]itinii' tin-
old hook or wiuii;, without a l»(»ttt»m. 'Phiiil, the (^>ueltec netier l>nys
4()c. ])er 200 His. tish caught, the New rnmswicker pays ."{c. ])er
fathom of net used. That the license on the tish caujiht is the fail'-
est and ]))-oper mode is coi'roct. Trouhle is to et-t at tlie (|uantity. It
liecoiiies a tiuestion (tf pocket irisii'< e(>\ rmnient, and altliou<;h nii
aliidavit may he taken, ])ocket gains. This not only ••heats the rev-
enue Itut renders the returns unieliahle, and so well am ] awaie of
this that I ha\e no hesitation in adding 100,000 Ihs at least, to the
retiirns for the I ay Chaleur. If salmon could lie caught in all locali-
ties in nearly eipial [)ro])o)-tions license on net might answer, hut as
it now is, often the m-tter who fishes a short net. |iaying S.'> or .^4
license, tfd-ies foiu' times the (|uantity of tish taken hy another net-
ter pJiying "-^!>. That there is i-oom for impro\ enieiit here, cannot
hechadited, liotli ill justice and fair play. At present there are ovei-
•'{()() stations of nets fished within tin- hounds of the Ha\- returning
an average of .■i,()()0 Ihs. each, hut largt- ai-eas aic much \>v\n\v this,
for instance, the estuary from Dalliousie upwards on hoth sides with
.U stations returns 12:},()00 Ihs., giving some ^200 worth to each
netter to pay for plant lahor .Vrcaud if we take those figuivs as
cca-rect (which I heg leave to d(Uilit) the fisjiermairs (Krupation
seems to he both poor and precarious, and why they slnniid strive
so hard to retain a losing husiness caiumt he acc(anited foi-.
^ In continuing the analysis of the lleport for ISS7, the Nova
St'otm Inspector say.s, salmon increased 270,000 Ihs. hut he tliinks
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tlicir jilimMliincc Ml' scMirity 'Ifjifiids nioic mi mmi/Ml cmiiscs. rluin <»ii
ritlicr li'^li ciiltiii'i' or ]iii»t»'cti(ui. hikI |)i'uj,f;i(»sticMtcs ;i I'Mlliii^' oil" in
tlif "mIiiioii cMtcli. Ill tliis I pjirtly mhtc.' with liiiii .-iiid will cn-
<I('M\( r i(» slutw >>(HiH' <t|' llic luilniiil cjubrs.
(^>i1(1mc shows nil iiicicn-r oi" Ul'.OOO His. of sjilimni aiiil rfpoit> a
t'nii- SI M'-oii. aiiu:liii;;' scor.s siiuill. luit n lair sii|ijily o| lish. New
Iliiiii v.ick In ])('ct()r ;4'iv<'s nii increase oF SS.OOO Ihs. salmon, simplv
reiliaikiliy it is one of the lolll,^ eXJtecteil lidtiln ,-• hnmiiy, ai|i| rc'-
iiiiii(liiie- lis of that enat year I.S74. the year the hatcheiies were
starteil and which he declares ha\-e ruined the saluioii Hsjieries. and
althoiiuh one of the inoyt anient Mi])|'orters of jiisciciiltuie, in fact
|ieisiinally assistiiiu'. Itecan^e the results di«l not ccai e in time and the
hatcheries were n(»t cari'ied on accordili^- to his plan, condemned the
whole ill toto. In tuniiiiin' to the coni|iarati\e stiiteiiieiit in Hejtort,
paye Hi we liiid
totul i.f wliicli
for yen- 1S(i<.» s.-iIukhi catcli f..r T)<niiini(.i> L'.ridO.OIMt lli.s. sold fresh l!t;!.(l(l(l Il.s.
IS72 '• " " ;{. l84.(i(»o "
IH74 " '• *• «;.(MKI.(I(M) •'
i.srri •• '• •• L>.8(I0.(KM) ••
isri; •■vc.tr i.e. K. w.isuiK'iu'cl •_>. 7(10.(1(10 '•
IM.ir. IMi.v. c.itcli f(.r ISK7 («'\olii<liii,ir 15 (');!.;!'.'«. I.'M "
'i'liosc are the tiniires liy wliicii the > ew Ijiunswick Inspector
claims the ruin of .almoii Msheries, and that New i'luiiswick caught
:}.lM -1,000 ]]>:■:. oi- over lialf <.f tlie total (I milli(ais of I.S74. LcM.kim;'
at the matter with a view to find out what causecl this extraordinary
year, I can <»nly see two reasons, iirst is, some 5 or () years pre-
vious, say in l^dS or (1!>, a very larn'e nunilter <tf parent salmon IwuP
a very favora hie spawniiiLj season, tlieir i)»'oe-eny es<'a|»ed the dangers
of river and sea, and so returned an enormous midtitiide ne\er seen
hefor«' or since, and aliead of iJritisJi ' oliiniiiia itself! I remeinher
the years IcST-'i ami 4 well, there certainly was an extra catch, and it
stimulated many setti<'rs to l»ecoiiie tislu'rmeii, hut I ojaiu' there is a
slinlit error someliow of a cou))le i f millions in the tinu res, when
you consider 2! millions Ihs fresli tisji sold (not <'aniu'd as there are
2 millions Ihs. of tlu-ni) and coiiNi<h'r we had n<» I'ailway connections
with the r. S. oi- the ujtper ])ro\inces, even steamers, not relialile anO
to tile northern jiortions only weekly, it does appear "well, as if
w'e had lots of them." Tt, liowex er, Very stron<j^Iy su|t|»orts Mr.
R()n-('i-s' theory, there must have heeii some unknown natural cause
for those two extra y<'ars. Surely the openine^ of a couple of hatcli-
eries usinej.S or 400 salmon of tlio remnant wliicli e.scajuMl out of the
six millions Ihs cau^lit could not po.ssihly have reduced the catch so
low in the years followiiiij. Let me now from the jeport show the
yearly value «)f fish and fish preducts of the Bay of Chaleur, in com-
pai'ison with some other portions of tlw Dominion. The fishery pro-
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till' ii.'ts. tin- ti^liniiuiu Wdiilil up stnko. iii(.\iiiMtn l.iail if iiil
jiiirmi^^st till' i^lnml^.clM-^iiiM- n]> tin- ••IiMMiirl . roryciu^, tix's ilini-ii siitli-
<-i( lit to l<<'rpt.n(' Mimll cfiimiii'^ (■Ntj>lili>liiiiciit niiniiii:^' wi ic liiiul(<|
M.jiic of tlii'ii) 2i» iiiilt-v (Ml tlif M'hciif of coiifcilcnitiiMi m ciuuimv
took placf. lii<linii.s wtTf vt'stiictfil mill mhh coiiiikIImI to iiluiiiilon
•' C'll'lllUlls
[H.ilill^U' Wliilrs \\«|r llioic s|i)li|i|y looked ili'li'lMUliI >.]
ill tiili- w»i\' liittfi- r«'milat(<|. no moviiif^ of m-ts hIIoavi d, mihI tli
pi) -ciicc of aiijuiejs on tlic riv('i-s n^sistnl tJH'lr piottction. Siicl
I IS
il s
\ iio]isi.s of the ^aliiioii lisliciies fiiin IS.'IT to |.S7I. I rc\ imis In
ly.'n I lirii 'Nc lish w fiT piciiticr, as j lia\c In anl >torirs of tj,,. olilri-
^itt !< IS ^cttiiiu' liiu' hauls ami till' Imliaiis M'i/iiio tin iii and cut tiny'
llu' -^1
iiii'. I'liof to t' «' adsi'iit of IiuiiIm linn' in |,s:{() [\
K'lT were
•ut
fiw M-ttit is I'll the ri\< r. as I lie lund ry was the main induct iin nt t(»
Mttlf. ( )ii the ad\t'; t of till" throiiMli lailway in JSTCi canning ccas-
<i| nearly all o\er the pro\iiices and shinnieiits of fitsh ^aliiioii was
the order of the day. t tluit time one fre«'/er existed in the Maw
now there aie collie 17 ha\ inn' iiiort' or levs salmon, and for the •'{
months of the ]iii sent year- .June. .Inly and August 7")().()( () Ihs.
have found their way to I 'nde Sam. ii iesjiecti\e dl' the slii|»nients to
('aiiada west, to No\a Scotia ami New Ihuiisw ick. for altlnamh
loth last named places ha\c salmon of their own, our sliip]>eis will
tell you (|iiite a (piaiititN' L'oes to to\\ lis in hoth pro\ inces from our
iiorthei-ii hay. Still, no (louht. since lishinL;' clo>ed the free/ers ha\ e
I their ipiota and some "i-VdOO W'^. have heeii called u))on i'rom
auuei
th
laser i\
1\C1- to SH))]
.Iv tl
le d.rliiailt
he iple-tloli now IS are
the salmon lisheiies increasing or dimiiiishiiiL:' ' l*!\ery unhiased,
practical Hshertiian will tell you the-alnion liaxc increased these last
1 1' years, and duriiiLi,' the la^t li\e, the siqiply has lie(ii wonderfully
uniform, and unless fioni local causes such as stoi'in,-. or injury to
nets, a edod, fair fishery has lieeii ohtaiiied in many localities. e.\tra to
what was expected. Had no restrictions or laceiisee Law heeii in
force, no doultt iiettinn' would ha\e lieeii lari>"ely increased, as I have
seen tifty new apjdicatioiis for net fisheries in one year in one di\i-
sion refused. ( )wiiiL;' to the ( io\'ei nnieiit atliriiiiiii^' their riu'ht to re-
sume, in event of death or removal of a Licensrc, all salmon net
stations, tlie nettei's lane formed an association to resist this en-
croachment on what they claim as their rights, and ask the (io\crii-
iiicut to u'rant or to aekuowleilu'e these rights in perpiruity to them,
tli"ir heirs or assiLnis. Now if they owned tlieve l•i^ilts, as they
claim "why ask \t T Accordino' to Kni;iish law and decisions the
crown is only custodian of tidal waters for the puhlic and they
cannot he alienated, unless for some puhlic henefit of u'cueral utility,
and tidal water is defined as heinu' helow ln\i;li water mark where
tide elths and Mows.
Certainly the netters cannot with any urace refuse tlu" ooueral
[Hihlic and' to tlio.se riparian owners who by law have a riu'ht (which
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110 r.xl:
lltli.-lishi"^^''"'"''"
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Kustigouuhe Siiln
Micuiiic ""'• 40 ^^' •'• ,'. '!,■^,„,l■ts\lliUl — ••
SirCle... Stel.V.en, MeUpuluv. ^^.^ ^I^'^^^- -j . Hi cr b.sseo, . •
Ciii't. Sweeney ; ; • " ' r,7 ^'l>«*^'l''n ., u-U .V SUrnes,
Messrs. Suf^e hiuI Lawrence ... ^^^,,,, Cini-l.^H
\V. P. ('lytle, . ()0
C. F. Fearing 15 !
J. iV A. Movvat, «)«i
Mr. Mc AiKlvew rvi ,
Olc.tt .S: Lansing 4 ,
Mr. Tapj. 158 1 Fi»l» avera-nii,
Messrs. Wibnot, 45 1
Mr. Rogers {
• , 12711 ' :
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.••)0
24H
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l.-.l'.l
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( '(.iiiir\'.
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lis wliat this l.oDO saliidtn mean as a linicfit tnti,
Hiiiiu avci'a^'c it <'<>st cacli i)t' tlio^-c 1 00 airier;
sav 1(1
caiKii's, miidrs. ]»i'(>\isi<»Ms a;
id outiii. ('i».'t III' liar^'i'-:. luuscs aiul iiirn
tiiwiiiL;' at t:!c im
Paid t t L K-al (liivcniiiiriit fnr
tlKMli-ralr otilliatr <>l" S.'JoO |irl' l'»i(| wi" 1
.^;r).0()()
;s(S '. . 7,:)0()
law
ih. W
i-ics oil private wati'i
ioi'l^^uariliaasliip of I'iNcrs 'ly Irssccs aii.ldWiici's I
1..)
)0()
10
Kxin'css;!'^,' a-c^ a:in'l('is ti-!i cxunrti'il ISSS 1.700
(
ii\ 111'.:' a to'al 1(
11- tli:' \('ar s cxpc;) <r
(►I' Sr)2.-J()0
Tsvo-thiids of this aninuiit f.\|R'!i(h'(l in tiic i 'ou'ity for what ;■
For catcli'iiu' l';00 salmoii. Tiiis is only a portion ot' the Ix'nclit- the
liip.iria;) Ki'^hts liri.ii^-ht to the Ht'sti;.,0)ii(du'
Th.' Ur-tij;o,ic'iic Sahiion (1iil>startc(l witi) a capital of ^■|0,(H)(>
airi M) iiit'iiild-is, s(ani' 10 \''ai's an'o. To day a scit in it cannot he
]niirhasi'd tor K'ss than .S'>')00. ThiT<'f>r' t.hit propr-rty a!oiit.' is
Worth S'JO! 1,001 ». Kift^MMi dith'rciit parties have |>'ii('!ia-fd tVoni the
crown and tVoiii privntv owti'T.s Hsiicrx' rights and lands at a cost of
:?r)0,()Ol). Uidl.lin^s have 'oMcn crcct-d -o^tin.;' at h-a-t s:) ),00;) dii
thoso pi(/;)crti('s, and co-! in^' fully S'j, ()()() yca.iiy to inainlain This,
r.'iin'ii licr. i> only ai-tual cost What this pr.iji m t v nii^hr !>riiin" in
the niarkri whe i S'.(M)0() is askc(l lor one, 1 will not atrcin[)t to dc-
tcriiiiiii
iS illle o
f it,.
in au'v wonhl scarccis- hnv
All! tot!ii> tlu> product of the ( asc ipedia-. 1» m iventure, l^il
lOS.
( Irand Uiver. M, John, \'oi k, Daitnuanii. NepisiMiiit, and .)aci|iii't
rivt IS, allow the whole of thnn to cfpcd the Ue.^tiL;'(.uche Uivi r i'l
innn'ier of rods, Hdi eaii_;ht and expenses, and we 1ia\e an ciiinind
exiH-nilitnre of athvi^t SIOO.O:)!). Whilst tliev took :i.()(H) >alin n. nr
nO.OOO I'.s, the "rtters took !>:)0,OiK) ll»s. woitli S;>:),()(H) ; luit these
net;ersto)k +7.01)0 s dinon. Tlun-ofore the anglers' fish an; worth as
iimch loth.' country as the nettcis' are, and ilieir nioiu-y is exjieiid-
eil aiiion<;>t that class who otherwise wonld not, Itenctit'a single dnl-
iar l.y onr sahiKui fisheries. | niav l»e termed ("-otisticai he ause it
IS my lionie, hut if my descripiiun isov(i<liawn or incornn^t it is
i>])en tor anyoif wiio eiiooses to correct me, I do siv, without fear
of contrailictioii. that, tak- Chaleur Bay for irs eod, ToL^ter atnl >al-
iiion tishcries. and cnn yon tin.l its e(pia! ^ If so, wheie { It is i.isc
p'Kssihh' it may have an eipial, so far as tish-prodncts are concerned
^oiartuhni'c ! But can it he so easily ivacli.'^l, an I within the hoim Is
of civilization a,s the 1
»'V of Oiil 'ir is— 7 du'-t fro u linj:hind and
i'»rtv hoars from New York, with railway and )sti«ain coninuuiicatioii
all tlu'oui-'li it '
s(»Mi';Tinx(j ox i'is<:i('ri/ri'HK.
This science is now practically denionstratcd in tiearly all conn-
!)
ei' IS snnpi)s-
trif-s prott'iidiii.LC to civilization; even tlie Hcatlicii Chin
t'dto liiive made use ot'it Joiii:' hui.. Voii cannot taki' up a iitnv>-
piipiT without paninTai)h-> nn^.-titin- your eye of ova uv tVv plantfil or
traii'-plant.ed in cvci y (|uai'tL'i'; ti-^li of all kirnls, own to the ol.i John
codfisli, cnistacoans, oysters, lohstcis, spoiii^cs, and I don't know
whrit. 1 liave seen io a R'poitot C. F. h.wcll to the Secivtarv of
A\!ll'
I'. S., I.SS7, on C'olunihia llivi r Salnxtn Fisl
leiieh, wliel'e
M:
Smiley says the ])lantinn- of r)0(),()()(> fry incivastd the catch hy 1,
()()(),0()()ll»s.,and, in l(S.S,M. the annual iuciease from 2.1 millions of fry
inc
or
leased it to 4^ million Ihs.; and the fishery cinnniss^ioners f
difornia declared that if tlie state would appioj»riat<' sutHcient
means,
they would till the river so full of sal
moti
that
a strainer
CDiild not plow her way throu<;-h them. Why don't they try their
land on the Penohscot or Kennehec i-iveis, if tliey wouM guarantee
anythiuij like that quantity money would be no ohject :* It has
been contendeil by ch'se oh^eivers that not over r)^'/ of the natural
laid ova ever con.es to he tislies, oi' jiass the parr statue. The j)iinci-
pal theatre of tliose observations has been the sahnctn rivers of (jreat
Britain, which ai'e quite diti'ereni from ours — not closed by ice for
six months, oi' subject to .'.]irin^- oi autumn freslu'ts as ours aii'.
("onseciuentlv, botli eu'u's and fiv are much moie liable to destruc-
tion on this side of tlu' Atlantic. Tlie eiii>- in th.-ir rive.s ordy takes
(jO days to luitcli out; ours from six to seven months, (/onseipiently,
their fry are yrown to parr before ou is are hatched Tlie fish seem
to run into their river> from Fel>. until Sept. In the llliine tliey
run all the year round. Oui- fish run in tliree weeks— lu^ver over
six. 1 liave heard of salmon runnini;' into our rivers uiitle'r the ice,
hut (k) not credit it. Very often, on the exit of the ice in April c>r
May, dead salmon will be found aloni;' the river, I'Ut they are uni-
formly keits or spent tiih from the previous fall. The average num-
ber of e^ns in onr salmon is from lO,O0i> to 12,000, Iteiin; as laru<; as
peas. The herrin<;' and co<l have them in millions; the produce is
therefore as 100 to 1, or one herring' ^ivini^ as much spawn as 100
salmon. This is however not s(» u\uA\ a factor as the su.sceptil»ility
'•f the salmon ei--^- to injury. In ISNO one of tlic keej)ers of the
River Tweed told ne that whenever he saw over t.'U or a dozen tish
nil one bar or bed spawning, he seined them off drivini^' them to
otl
ler places. Several reasons are i^iven
for thiv After the exuda-
tion of the eoo- from the f.unale, if m wate^r it will not remain siis-
c'<'j)tibh' to im
pre^nation over a mini
;te; by that time the oritiee m
bsorbed its till of
the ei,^^r which should receive tin' mi't Iiavinu' a
water, closes, and if many iish iire together, the larne males are con-
tinually chasini,^ the smailei- and a larn-e proportion of the egj:s g()
■ ■ * " ... impreL,mated
another H>li,
by the trout and other fish
ivement and the
with.ont impregnation. A«;ain, the ei-i-s wiiich may he mil
and covered up are liable to be a^ain unc'jveied by
*^we))t a way by the current, or eaten up
w
Itching for tliem. If they escape all this the m<
10
tiinniiu <i\t
r Jit tlli^ st.ilLif '">
(Idles t.lic c^'.
iini it si.iiM Imh'ook's w
•I.it.
Aiiotlirr tr iiilili' ill niif riviTs, is tlint ifti-ii iii the spawfiiii^- season
the liver iiiav ri-r tinee of mort fert. The salmon «lo not spawn in
li\. I iMiiiinr say : the fish, therefore, nest on the Jiinh
ifsr are '-oon coSired with ice. The tVost
<|(;e]) water. W
liars ai
causes
111 heach"-, and tl
the w-
iter to i'lll aiul ot'leli tie '/es the gravel to the ice, so
ith it I
-ee
111 one n
jM.rt.
when s])riiiL;' t)i'<'iis it liUs the (Mjnci w
where Professor (J. Drown (ioode says siilnion euus will not injiiK-
1 hej, to 'iitl'-r iVofn liiiii. Sli-ht tVo^t may imt injure,
Imt when t'i<i/en soli-l in ail t} ^•:^- splits open. Siieii is my e\-
l.v f
V tree/mn'.
)eiienee
\'
erv o
ten. when ire iiiaKes ni olir n\ii
s, tl
le alienor ice
forms oil the heads of rapids, tiiliii- up formiir^' a. ilam, until the head
of water hursts the i)arrier, often sAcejiiiiLf away the whole har ami
ehaiieim;' tlu- hot r.oin altogether ; and. 1 Inve no douht. many years
have lieeii that tlie ^leat ]) uti mi of the natiiia!dai<i inoduet was de-
stroyed, and so it will he a^^ain : and this dest riieti«);i, eoniliiried witli
the "danu'eis eiieoiintered hy the youiiL;' hsli w hil(> at sea, aeeounts for
the yivat variations we eNper.iiici" in ourannu.d siipjily of s:ilinon.
There must l>e reasons why one \tar shoidil pr dure (i, (>()(). ()()() |hs.
aTid the next only •2,."()0,()i)(), I, then fore chiini for j)isiculture, that
it preservi's till' ('LIU' from die lianuers of thi- sjiawniiie;" season, its
de-truction hy trout and othci' ti'-li dnriiiL;' that jn riod ; and plaeine-
a lai'nc iiuni er jI' fry in the river wln'ii tit to receive them, thus ;is-
sistinu'the natural pro|)a.:ation, and insuiin^' the riv-'i- havino-a (er-
tain sto(d\ every year, indep ndent of natural ean-es. Other streams
also can he stockeii, htitas ir is now admitt d that every ii\er has
its own distinct variety or hahitat, I helieve evorv i-iver slioidl iie
restocked, if possiMe from its own lish. I placed in tine condition,
')(),()()() cL'^saiid IV\ for tliree veais in sMcce:-si n in the Little Kiver
am
1 N
olivelle
Ol
coui'st these rl\eis weie
sm;il
colllDUed Willi
til
others, hut I had heen told, tint in old tiiius, salmon were taken in
them; in fact the water and ]ioo]s were all that ciuld he desiied,
and one of them was famed for its trout. I wat-hcil the result with
some an.xiety. Pair showed the Hist year, and in succes^-ive years
smolt were taken, hoth l»y mysidf and other-, hut no adult salmon
ever appeared- -not even a Li'ilse: and I was then forced to the con-
clusion th.it wdien the adult li h had returned, they followed u|) the
main Restij^^ouche, their parent river. I do not claim tlndr return to
a river say emptying- into the Bay of Fiin-iy or Atlantic coast, hut
I (lo think they will find their way hack to any of . ur IJay Chaieiir
riversalthou^h Mr. Spnrr claims tiiat ilesti-'ouche salmon are caught
in Nepisinuit now. Tallow he should know, and Col. Walker claims
(Jaspe salmon m (Iraiid River — lifitli from restocl
villi
If tl
lis IS so,
and those rivers. Miramiclii amongst otheis, which produced ( ril_
10 11). tish can he made to ]ir()(iuce' •_>() ponnd(>rs, it would, cevtainlv
be (luite a " ' '
nain, and he a feather in the cap of pisciculture, which
seems to need it in .some (piarter. I am, liowever, ulad to see manv
/
>)^
11
uiio wi'i'.^ liittiT <)|»j»ori(Mits CO iiiii^r t) ;i dirt'crciif, (•unchisi )ti, jn-iiici'
j.,i!ly tV nil s -fin 4', ;is (Iktims ii(» liiio-rcd .nifiiii in tlir piMcrss. mikI
;^i)iii<;' Ml tiir as to say. ''VVliy we >vaiit. all the jh'ikIiicc of oiii' own
liitc'iiii'V. w liati'Vcr iii'iK-lit-, an' in it wc want tlimi ami. it' m-ccs-
^al■y, will \)\y tlio ('X|icmsc> o| it to rclain its stock at lioinc."' It
rcjiily, ilo:'s not si'ciu as if it li is rninc I tiic lli'^ti'^oiirlic, as prcdictcil
a few years a^o. In fact, tho'c is (jiiiti; snllicii-nt st;ii-k tui- its na^-
iira! |irn|ia;_;,.tioii.
iiciior i,.
1 1 lie Ii(.!i,
"rilK WHY S.\I.M(»\ TALKS NoT I'UOIU.KMs.
I ciitci- tliis jioinon of IMS' letter with a l!;c)oi1 deal of (re|ii(lafioM,
ei.iisciris tli'it I know liiit little, altlioiii;li aiH'ini^-st salmon a, Inir
lifctinc I'tiicss it is soni'j liai'il-lieailed Scot wlion you c:ui t con-
vince, it is now <4<'ii('r..l!y conceded tl'.at salmon, on enterinn' Ficsli
uiitei' fi''ini sea al»Nt:iiii from Food iritil after tlic ^jiawniiiu' p'Tiod.
1 lie c instrict ion ot" the i^'nllet or throit. the (''(anmssol the intes-
tines, the u'lsen.c of a-n\tliin^- like e'lstric Juice in the -tiimach of
fresh I'lm lish will show this. I have t.ikcn two li-h thirty mil.-s
ii|)-rive!- with partly nndi-e^ted ca]ilin in theii- stoniMchs. Imt th isc
caplin Wire taken liv the ri, h I)'' niihs liclow the head of tid.-, as
ciiiiin will not cnrcr ln-ackish witei-, ami >al'no;i wih nnt t'HicIi
Miielt The river was in Hood at tic rim(>. and I have an iilea those;
li Ii Were i.ot more than twelve h"^n•^ rni.ninL;- uji this (!0 imles I
<aii onl\- in-'o',' this from what I have seen .-fthe s'omachs of sainion
I only Jn''!4'e this from what I havcsi
i-al\/e(
I th
■ H'cs-
fiii^hton the coast and fniloftood. The nimiediate ( ntry <.f tin
^Thnon in ([ucstion into fresh water nay ha,\c pa
tive powers.
Von ask why do tliey take the
F'lr sport, or the Hsh may he in a c
tlv if not f<ir food '. It may he
inihative mood and, ^rttine- an;,ry
at thecontinnal persistence of the .]oc< Scots or Ihmj-ei's, or >ome of
the ..ther Hies, which it would lie no sin to fall down an-l worduj),
concludes at last to wi e it out hv mouth, hody or tail. If taken t-.r
food, where wonhl the ph asme of anelin.v he > W here w o l.e the
wiitinw", the expectatio:;. the fears, the ! oj
head shows short of the Hy ^
which one will we ti'V
ines, wdieii a l»i,u" I'loKin
\nother cast, he don t show; n
ovv
him with ! All this would h.- none. A
hieions i-r.sshopper, or a nic' mouse or mninow w.a
'11 a codfish hook atta(di. d to a cod
Id he the halt
inc. Su])pose we have him am'
iK'is a .SO i)onn(lei : Can you tell his aev, w
iist^, or whether he was ever ni
t'oi' cvorv 4 1! s. he mav weiu'h is unten
_ _^ ^ luMi he was m the river
hctore'^? The theory of a year old
i)h. Take a St -lohn, a
[lisiLfuit or a Mi ramie
lii 10 11). Hsh-theavera^'e w
■iu-ht of those
livers. Are they only '21 years
li'.'ivier f A 4 o/! smolt is 20 nion
Id / Why do they not -i
ow
ths from the time the parei
t Hsh
lai.l tl
le oisn, nn
til it seeks the salt water.
Tliis we do know, am
lit"
d'
#
isr
it ((<M's n'tuni 'for they <li> ii"t all return — only a. •smalf ntimlier do)
as a ^M-ilsc of -Sol- :V. ll»s,. \\r suppose it is 2}, years old.
Our North Atlantic livers liave n notaMe peculiarity in their-
runs of salnjon which is nowhere e-lse to he found, viide,>s it may he
in Noi'vvay ; and that is they eonie up iroiu the salt water with a
vuvh, 2 or ."> weeks, pei-hap> 4, in .Je.ne, ai;d then the wlioh unura-
tion ceases. Id 1.S7(J no sahnon was si-eii until loth June. Xetteis
Were in despai)-. On the '2'2iui six full car-loads were shipped from.
(,'aiu|)lMdltou, and the run ceased; not a carload was taken aftei'
that. Now. this is the ani;lers' month - cool and ))leaant, no Hies,
vatei' in p>od ^liape, unless an odd Hoatiiiif lo^- which keej)-; the H-^h
f)n the move and ^ives the an^li-i a little more additional woik. just
a spice of exc'tement when you have a fisli on your hook Fish 'ic
steadily running' up, no mornim^r or *!VeiMni^ tishini,', it is all day
woik, if you want, to, and ocneiijlly the fish mt ans liusiness. He
eitlu'r will, or he won't : if he is not a risiiij- tisli notlun^- wiil tiunpt
Inm. Some ani'lers say every tish will i ise sometime. It may he
Ko, hut the trouhle is to strike that scjmetime. My own id('a is that
|)rol»a'»ly not over two h'sli in ten -svill rise to the tiy at all. I have
tished a pool at a fivorahle timt^ and could see 100 fish in a space of
')0 yards, runninn' into and out of t]»e hroken water at tlie foot <>f
the rapid. I had no t)'ouMe in hooking' and lardin;;- si.\ fish, wheti
no more would rise; no doul)t hut next day or morniijy; a few m;)re
would have risen Had I roughed the pool and frinhtened the iisii,
or liad they come to the conclusion my fly was dnn;.;erous i I know
well, that liefoi't a sahnon readies tide head he knows tin; net when
be nears itahoutas well as the maji wlio sets it, particularly so if it
is calm. Why sjiould h(^ not, after passimj; loO stations f Often
the netter,-: will try t » hreak a scliool or <lrive them in the net. {is
they are easily seen wlu'n cahn, hut no, I never knew them succeed.
Away they ljo at ri'_;ht angles and round the net. Now, wliere a
iish is ofiered say rA) diti'er'nt flies in ^"oin'j;- 20 miles of ri\ er is it not
reasonaole to supj)ose, particulai'ly if he has heen deceiveil and has
a sori! mouth from tryinif some ot them, that lie <*\'ts suspicious and
sheers oli". When hot days come in Jidy they ii^et dillicult to move,
and there will be days when a rise cannot lie olitained. in fact T
thirdv all tishinn^ for salmon should cease after 1st Aui^ust Tlu;
kelt, or foul Hsh, is a nuisance in June on lu-r way down and mixed
up with the fresh run tisli. No doubt she tries the fly for food, and
she is often terribly in the way. One theory about the kelt is that
she "ame in late tho previ<'>us year, in Novembei-, with ova thiee
parts orown. 1 have taken them, (not in (|uantity) at this time
Keturning to sea in June they remain out until at least the foll;»w-
ino- spring', then rettn-nini:' as spring fish. Another theory is t'lt
they are fish that went so far up to head waters that they couM not
return the same year. If this is correct, then it would follow that
one portion of the year's Hsh return in fall to sea and the other por-
I.CT (
miy he
witli ii
ttcis
I fVoiii.
I ili'trv
k. jiist
isll ;}•('
ill .l;iv
^. n",
t(Mllpt
lay !»(■
is that
I liav('
)ac(' of
toot (>t'
i' iii!)r('
'' tisli,
know
wlli'H
io if it
Ohm
lot. as
ccccd.
eio a
it not
d lias
s a!i(i
novc,
'act T
Tl...
lixed
, ami
til at
htve
inie
low- :i.
t^'lt I
not •
that ,f
nor-
weic a sutKcient artificial stock planted, hecaust
iit'Vci' I'ctnrn. The Jnsjtcctor for B. (,". repudiates this idea and in
liis i'('|toi't (jn the Fi'aser says many do return. In Scotland, hovv-
evor, the accepted l» lief is that salmon sj)a\vn yeaily, and that sal-
mon that wei'e caui^ht Ljoin;,^ to seaan<l ma.ked have icturned in six
weeks () lbs. heavier: and I have seen it repoi'ted that salmon enter
.«onie of those rivers just to look r:und, as it were, and return to sea
witliout. spaM'nin«.,'.
1 would su;.'ncst to the proprietors of the Restii^ouche to i<,'nore
the Departmental order foj-hiddint,^ the netting- of trout except on the
hahrador coast, and if a settler is notable to buy a net jjjive him one.
You .say, why i Let me tell you it is impossible to have lioth .sal-
inoii and trout in (luantity in the same stream, and I have not the
sii.,dite,st doubt before a trout reaches 8 lbs. wei<;ht in Restio-ouche
River it has destroyed very many thou.sands of both the ej^-us and
fry of salmon. I have killed, on the salmon beds, both trout and
suckers and have taken a heaped j,dll of e^rfrs from each. Now, the
sucker can't catch the youiii,' fry! but tlu! ti( ut, what sweet morsels
they are to him. Hav*"? you not, brother an. der taken him so full
that the tail of the sirolt stuck out of his mouth ( Instead (»f pro-
tecting him put a bounty on his head : The kin.i^'-fisher and sh. 1-
'h-ake are both bad, but'l believe the trout is worse. A<rain, the net
for trout saves the smolt. An«;lin<4- for trout in Sept , I don't care
how careful you may be, de.sti'oys numbers of smolt and I would
prohibit it. ^Trout are not near so j»lentiful of late yeais in our
liver, and to this cause nuiv be im|)uted a portion of our salmon in-
ciease. From the returns,"the main river an,-,ders have no rcaMui to
complain, but thev did last vear say that the upp. r pools did not
pan ,)nt as usual." What thev did catch were lai-er fish. My rea-
son for this is the larger numbers of rods on the lower porti.m ot the
livor. Tlu-y had the first chance at the risiiio- fish, and a lar.tror pru-
portio,^ of snuiller sized. ..r younger fish, rise. From all accounts of
the ouardians the stock iiahe river hi Octobe. was exceedinoly
larne. The stock was also reported larger ... the Ups.N,u.tch river.
The Metapedia River seeme.1 to have only a tew spring fish in it.
s
14
Fioni some cause, in July iind Aii^iust no tisli vveie seen movin;; un-
til laic in October, when the lower portion of it tilled in a few days
with hreediriL; tish. It was ])ertectl_y stocked with both pair and
sino.t. Why thi' old fish did not enter until so late is unaccountaltle.
(,'ould the continuous running' of trains have produced thio etiect in
low watei" months may bt* ([uestiont;d { There must be some cause
why it has so fallen away. In conclusion, i do not pnjphecy, but if
the rei^ulations are pro|)erly enforced and livers carefully guarded,
a steadily increasiiii,' stock can be confidt.'iitly looked for in the
future.
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