states landings in the Quoddy Region have 

 consisted almost entirely of sardine her- 

 ring and, while there have been large 

 year-to-year fluctuations, average land- 

 ings have been about 55 million pounds 

 annually. 



Weirs are the most important method 

 of capture, but stop seines and purse 

 seines are becoming more popular and 

 are accounting for increasing propor- 

 tions of the total herring catch. The 

 fishery is seasonal and most of the 

 landings are made during the summer. 

 Sardine canning is the major market for 

 herring, but substantial quantities are 

 canned as pet food and reduced to nneal 

 and oil. Pearl essence is an important 

 and valuable byproduct. 



A survey was made of the herring 

 fishery in southern New Brunswick. Land- 

 ings by counties and areas from 1920 to 

 1958 were examined. Annual and monthly 

 landings by fishery statistical areas in 

 southern New Brunswick for 1937 to 1958 

 were studied in detail. During 1957 and 



1958, daily catch statistics were collected 

 according to individual units of gear. 

 Interviews with weir owners provided 

 catch records for 1947 to 1957. Because 

 the proposed dams will divide the Region 

 into pools which will not coincide with 

 existing fishery statistical districts, the 

 data were used as a basis for allocating 

 recent catches to the new pool areas. 



The average annual herring landings 

 in the high pool from 1947 to 1958 were 

 13,200,000 pounds; in the low pool, 500,000 

 pounds; immediately outside the dams 

 (Head Harbour to Deadman Head) 

 13,400,000 pounds; in the remainder of 

 the Quoddy Region, 16,400,000 pounds; 

 and in the remainder of southern New 

 Brunswick, 26,500,000 pounds. 



In the Quoddy Region, west of Letite 

 Passage, 70 to 75 percent of the catch 

 is landed from June to September; how- 

 ever, east of Letite Passage where there 

 is a large winter purse -seining fishery, 

 about 54 percent of the landings are made 

 during these months. 



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Figure 5,--Total (Canadian and United States) herring landings in the high and low pools and in the part of 

 the Quoddy Region outside the proposed dams. 



