462 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Fiindy, in the Gulf of Causo, but nowhere is it more plentiful than in 

 the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off the coast of Prince Edward Island, in 

 the Bay of Ohaleurs, and in the numerous coves and bays formed by 

 the group of islands called Magdalen Islands." The chief market for 

 our mackerel is found in the United States, although some are sent to 

 Great Britain and the West Indies. The annual value of the mackerel 

 fishery, according to recent returns, is $1,250,000. 



Lobsters. — The development of the lobster canning business has 

 been very great in recent years. In Prince Edward Island there was 

 in 1S7I only one establishment; ten years later the number had in- 

 creased to 120. There were put up on the island in 1871, 6,711 cans; 

 in 1878, 1,649,800 cans, and in 1882, 6,300,000 tans. In 1870 I^ew 

 Brunswick had one canning establishment, putting up 20,000 cans, 

 ten years later 6,000,000 were exported from the province to different 

 markets. ISTova Scotia exported 30,000 cans of lobsters in 1870, and 

 5,000,000 in 1882. Quebec is behind in this industry as well, producing 

 last year but 800,000 cans of lobsters. There are to-day in Canada 600 

 establishments engaged in canning lobsters, the product of which is 

 17,500,000 cans, valued at $3,000,000, almost as much as the value of 

 the product of our herring and mackerel fisheries combined. These 

 figures represent 52,500,000 lobsters taken in Canadian waters in 1882. 

 The number of lobsters taken in England does not represent 3,000,000 

 in each year. The ease with which the shell fisheries may be exhausted 

 and the difiiculty of reviving them has induced the Government to 

 impose regulations for the i)reventiou of indiscriminate fishing of the 

 lobster on our coasts. 



The Fresh-water Fisheries. — Coming to the freshwater fisheries 

 Mr. Joncas deals first with the salmon fisheries, and states that they 

 show a tendency to gradual decrease, and this in sjnte of the regula- 

 tions made by the Government limiting the fishing season, prescribing 

 the implements that may be used, and providing by artificial breeding 

 establishments, at great oost, for the replenishing of the rivers. He 

 urges, without reflecting upon the devotion and intelligence of the pres- 

 ent fishery overseers and guardians, that more should be appointed, and 

 a more constant and effective protection thus aff'orded ; and he urges 

 moreover, that the angler, who indulges in fly fishing for sport, should 

 be required to stop at the same time as the fisherman who fishes for a 

 living is comi)elled to take up his nets. The salmon fishery, however, 

 is far from exhausted. In 18S2 Canada exported salmon, fresh, canned, 

 and pickled to the value of $3,0(10,000. The United States is the prin- 

 cipal market for fresh salmon and Great Britain of salmon preserved in 

 tins. British Columbia is the most fanjous of the provinces for its 

 salmon fishery, the indnstry having already assumed large proportions. 

 In 1870 the catch was 3,00(»,000 pounds; in 1882 it had increased to 

 12,000,000 pounds. The capital invested in the salmon fishery of Brit- 

 ish Columbia is estimated at over $2,000,000. In addition to the canned 



