52 Fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



From this Return it appears, that the export of dried Cod from 

 the Northern Ports of New Brunswick, is chiefly from Caraquette. 

 This export is made almost wholly by the Jersey Houses of Robin 

 and Co., and Le Boutillier, Brothers, of Paspediac in Gaspe, and 

 Alexandre and Co., of Shipp:>gan, to Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Sicily 

 and the Italian States. The export of Cod from the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence to Foreign Markets, is a branch of business which the 

 Merchants of New Brunswick have yet to learn. 



The quantity of dried Cod exported to Foreign Countries from 

 the District of Gaspe, during the past year (1848,) is thus stated 

 from official Returns : — 



Gaspe Basin, 41,269 Quintals. 



New Carlisle, 46,523 do. 



Total, 87,792 Quintals. 



The whole quantify of Dried Cod exported from New Brunswick 

 during the last eight years, is exceeded by the quantity exported 

 from Gaspe during the year 1848 only, by 5,414 quintals. 



There is reason to believe, that a considerable proportion of the 

 Cod exported from New Carlisle, is caught on the south side of 

 the Bay of Chaleur, and about Miscou, the fishing grounds being 

 better near the New Brunswick Shores, than on the Gaspe side of 

 the Bay. 



The quantity of dried Cod exported from Newfoundland in 1845 

 was 1,000,333 quintals, of which one-sixth was the produce of the 

 Fishery on the Labrador Coast.* 



The whole line of the New Brunswick coast from Shediac to 

 Escuminac, around the Bay of Miramichi, and thence along the 

 shores from Tabusintacto Shippagan and Miscou, offers the greatest 

 facility for prosecuting either the in-shore, deep-sea, or Labrador 

 Cod Fishery. There are numerous harbours, creeks, coves, lagoons, 

 for boats and vessels of every size and description ; the beaches 

 are admirable for drying Fish, and there is abundance of wood at 



* The French employ 360 vessels, from 100 to 300 tons each, with 

 crews amounting to 17,000 men, in the Newfoundland Fisheries. Their 

 annual catch of Cod averages 1,200,000 quintals. The Government 

 bounty is eleven francs per quintal, which is fully the value of the article 

 itself. A French vessel for the Bank Fishery, of 300 tons, has a crew of 

 at least 40 men, and from 7 to 9 heavy anchors, with 800 fathoms of hemp 

 cable, and 4 or 5 large boats, capable of standing heavy weather. 



