New Brunswick 



Canada — ^^B 

 Unil*d Stottt T77A 



Figure 2.--Average annual landings of herring and other species in the Quoddy 

 Region, High-pool, low-pool, and outside-area landings are superimposed in 

 their respective positions. 



Construction of an hydraulic model for 

 hydrographic studies and for studies re- 

 lated to fish behavior was considered, 

 but was ruled out because the anticipated 

 additional information would not justify 

 the cost. Special attention was given to 

 the problem of assuring facilities for 

 passage of anadromous fishes from the 

 open sea to their spawning grounds in the 

 rivers and lakes. 



To establish a basis for prediction of 

 the effects of the dams on fisheries, the 

 present oceanographic, biologic, and eco- 

 nomic features of the area and its fish- 

 eries were studied. Temperature, salinity. 



tides, and tidal currents in the bays, in 

 the approaches, and outside the bays were 

 studied. Biological studies were made of 

 fish populations, breeding grounds, nurs- 

 ery areas, food and feeding habits, and the 

 interrelationship of fishand their environ- 

 ment. Economic studies of the capital 

 value of fishing and processing equipment, 

 of fishing receipts and costs, and of the 

 general economic environment of the area 

 were also undertaken. 



The research program was carried on 

 as a cooperative effort by the Fisheries 

 Research Board of Canada and the United 

 States Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



