﻿THE 
  HERRING 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTHEAST 
  COAST. 
  393 
  

  

  and 
  in 
  1887 
  tliere 
  were 
  204. 
  lu 
  tbe 
  following 
  year, 
  1888, 
  the 
  competition 
  

   for 
  licenses 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  keen, 
  and 
  327 
  were 
  issued, 
  a 
  number 
  which 
  

   has 
  never 
  been 
  exceeded. 
  This 
  year's 
  experience 
  disabused 
  men's 
  

   minds 
  of 
  the 
  visions 
  of 
  profit 
  which 
  thej^ 
  had 
  heretofore 
  held, 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   100 
  licenses 
  were 
  permitted 
  to 
  lapse 
  in 
  the 
  succeeding 
  year 
  (1889), 
  

  

  In 
  Maine 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  weir 
  fishery 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  less 
  

   precipitate, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  accurate 
  information 
  upon 
  the 
  subject, 
  as 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  enumeration 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  between 
  the 
  years 
  1880 
  and 
  

   1893. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  Dr. 
  B. 
  L. 
  Hardin 
  made 
  a 
  painstaking 
  survey 
  of 
  

   the 
  region, 
  excepting 
  Grand 
  Manan 
  and 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Point 
  Lepreau, 
  

   carefully 
  plotting 
  the 
  weirs 
  from 
  angles 
  obtained 
  with 
  a 
  sextant. 
  A 
  

   reproduction 
  of 
  his 
  chart 
  is 
  published 
  herewith, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  

   value 
  as 
  a 
  basis 
  for 
  comparison 
  for 
  future 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  fishery. 
  

  

  In 
  189 
  '» 
  there 
  were 
  285 
  in 
  the 
  entire 
  district 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  report 
  

   is 
  immediately 
  concerned, 
  239 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  under 
  license 
  of 
  Canada 
  

   and 
  46 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  or 
  owned 
  by 
  United 
  States 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  The 
  Canadian 
  weirs 
  were 
  located 
  as 
  follows; 
  

  

  St. 
  Croix 
  district 
  5 
  

  

  St. 
  Andrews 
  district 
  (Inner 
  Bay) 
  35 
  

  

  Lepi'eaii 
  and 
  Beaver 
  Harbor 
  78 
  

  

  West 
  Isles 
  (including 
  Deer 
  Island) 
  74 
  

  

  Campobello 
  23 
  

  

  Grand 
  Mauan 
  24 
  

  

  Total 
  ' 
  239 
  

  

  Those 
  upon 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  side 
  had 
  the 
  following 
  distribution 
  : 
  

  

  Outer 
  eliore 
  of 
  Lubec 
  (United 
  States 
  side 
  Lubec 
  Narrows) 
  I 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  shore 
  of 
  AVest 
  Quoddy 
  Bay 
  7 
  

  

  North 
  Lubec, 
  Seward 
  Neck, 
  and 
  Johnson 
  Cove 
  5 
  

  

  Morrison 
  Cove 
  1 
  

  

  East]>ort 
  3 
  

  

  Between 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Robbinston 
  9 
  

  

  Pemmamaquan 
  River 
  and 
  East 
  Bay 
  17 
  

  

  46 
  

  

  Neglected 
  or 
  abandoned, 
  Eastport 
  '^ 
  

  

  Neglected 
  or 
  abandoned, 
  between 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Robbinston 
  2 
  

  

  Total 
  52 
  

  

  Comparing 
  these 
  tables 
  with 
  those 
  for 
  1880, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  

   between 
  the 
  years 
  1880, 
  when 
  the 
  sardine 
  business 
  began 
  its 
  most 
  

   active 
  development, 
  and 
  1893, 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  about 
  oO 
  per 
  

   cent 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  weirs 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  This 
  increase 
  was 
  

   entirely 
  upon 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  waters 
  sutfering 
  a 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  this 
  fishery, 
  at 
  least 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  apparatus 
  is 
  

   concerned. 
  This 
  falling 
  off 
  affected 
  principally 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  

   of 
  Eastport, 
  where 
  the 
  greatest 
  activity 
  prevailed 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  date. 
  

   Above 
  Eobbinston 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  weirs 
  in 
  1893 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  (J 
  in 
  

   1880. 
  Lubec 
  Narrows 
  about 
  held 
  its 
  own, 
  and 
  Pemmamaquan 
  River 
  

   and 
  East 
  Bay, 
  where 
  there 
  were 
  none 
  or 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  small 
  weirs 
  

   in 
  1880, 
  had 
  become 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  weir 
  fishery 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  waters 
  of 
  Passamaquoddy 
  in 
  1893, 
  this 
  rapid 
  growth 
  being 
  

   induced, 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  known 
  habits 
  or 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  