Fron 1903 to 1912, in Canr.da, there i-rere in operation 

 fifteen hatcheries v.^hich viere distriLuted r.s follovj-s: 



Nova Scotic. 8 _ .. 



NeT,7 Brunsv;ick 3 ' 



Prince Ed-.vr.rd Island 2, 



Quebec • ■ 2 ' 



In the province of tiuebec, these stations v/ere sitviated at 

 Port Daniel, Bonaventtire County, and at Kavre-aux-Ifoisons., 

 1-iagdalen ls.?i.ands ; they v;ere put into operation in 1910* But a 

 first attenpt tcinoubat.e the lobster eggs had been made already 

 in'1900 at Gv.svio'" In fact, thanks to the assistance of Rodolphe 

 Lemieux, then county deputjr, Gasp6 had been able to provide for 

 a fish cultural estrblishTPient which had to serve at that tine for 

 the rearin;^ of salnon and lobster o' Havever, the incubation of 

 lobster eggs vras there checked conplctely because of tlie lovr 

 salinity of the -.-rater used in that hatchery. 



After soiae years of experiment, the efficacity nf this iftethod 

 of resfockinij:- vra.s placed in doubt,, and^ in order to verify the out- 

 put., it Vras decided to attenpt to restock an old fishing ground 

 formerly known as rich, but abandoned at that tine because of its 

 depletion* ' It is thvis that during five years the harbor of Bedford, 

 in Nova Scotia J. v'as planted annually with eight riillion larvae. 

 The experiment not having been encouraging^, the director of fish- 

 culture: of Canada decided to suspend the v/ork of the hatcheries o 

 In 19195 these hati '0.11 ocen closed* 



The opinion of. Professor IlnighT: on the efficacity of these 

 hatcheries has been ':ireponlerrint and here is tho.t which he 

 thought in 1916: 



"The hatcVieries have not . ^iven satisfaction 

 as neoMs ■•of' enriching our wai.ers de'^'letcd .of .... ' 



lobster .3 '^he fenale is able to b.^tob a much "'" i 



■ greater pc;..-. rentage of eggs than any' artificial \ 



incubators'' 



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