J. PISCICULTURE AND THE FISHERIES. 429 



The facts here submitted in regard to this industry, in 

 which the people of the British North American Provinces, 

 of France, and of the United States participate, is an inter- 

 esting illustration of the successful application of American 

 enterprise and capital in developing the rich treasures of the 

 sea. 



Cod-fish is the staple article of export from Gaspe. This, 

 when dry-salted and merchantable, is worth from |3 40 to 

 ^3 50 per cwt. ; inferior, for West Indies, $2 80. 



The catch of cod-fish in the bay and basin in the summer 

 and fall of 1871 was: Cod-fish, 18,550 cwt.; mackerel, 603 

 barrels; herring, 720 barrels ; salmon, 374 barrels. There are 

 on an average 18 salmon to the barrel, making the catch 6732 

 salmon. 



This is the only port in British North America from which 

 whalers are fitted out. Four schooners captured 24 Avhales, 

 making 16,335 gallons of oil, worth 40 cents a gallon. The 

 "sulphur bottom" and the "humjD-back" are the kinds cap- 

 tured here. The whale meat is relished by the fishermen, 

 and sells at $4 a barrel. 



The rivers York, St. John, and Dartmouth furnished about 

 340 salmon to sportsmen's rods in 1871. Trout were abun- 

 dant ; mackerel came into the bay in shoals ; and lobsters 

 were fine-flavored and cheap. Commercial Relations^ 1871. 



FISHERY MODELS AT THE LATE SCANDINAVIAN EXHIBITION. 



The section of fisheries at the Exposition of Scandinavian 

 Industry at Copenhagen in 1872 was very suggestive, and 

 embraced many interesting illustrations. They included vari- 

 ous fishing implements, fish-breeding aj^paratus, etc. One 

 object attracting special attention was a model, by Mr. Fieg- 

 ler, of a Danish lake, representing it with great exactness, 

 both in its physical and natural-history aspects. Specimens 

 offish were exhibited, as well as various specimens of the. 

 fauna and flora of the lake. 



EXHIBITION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS AT VIENNA. 



The German Fishery Association issued a circular early in 

 1873 announcing its intention of taking part, by authority of 

 the government, in the Vienna Exposition, anS of bringing 

 together as full a series as possible of the apparatus used and 



