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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  fish, 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  demand 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  sardine 
  

   canneries 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  The 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side 
  

   within 
  the 
  jieriod 
  mentioned 
  were 
  characterized 
  by 
  a 
  heavy 
  reduction 
  

   in 
  the 
  number 
  at 
  Grand 
  Manan, 
  which, 
  being 
  more 
  remote 
  from 
  East- 
  

   port 
  and 
  separated 
  therefrom 
  by 
  open 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  stormy 
  waters, 
  

   is 
  not 
  affected 
  by 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  sardine-herring, 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  which 
  

   brooks 
  no 
  delay 
  or 
  uncertainty. 
  The 
  weir 
  fishery 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  is 
  

   dependent 
  almost 
  entirely 
  upon 
  the 
  smoked 
  and 
  pickled 
  herring 
  trade 
  

   and 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  bait. 
  The 
  increase 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  in 
  Cana- 
  

   dian 
  waters 
  took 
  place 
  almost 
  entirely 
  in 
  St. 
  Andrews 
  Bay, 
  the 
  West 
  

   Isles, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  L'Etangj 
  that 
  is, 
  in 
  the 
  sheltered 
  waters 
  

   more 
  remote 
  from 
  Eastport. 
  It 
  is 
  generally 
  claimed 
  that 
  this 
  eastward 
  

   movement 
  of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  was 
  conditioned 
  by 
  a 
  change 
  

   in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  herring. 
  This 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  true 
  to 
  some 
  

   extent, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  fishery 
  would 
  have 
  shown 
  this 
  tendency 
  to 
  extend 
  

   even 
  without 
  this 
  temporary 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  herring, 
  

   is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  doubted. 
  Should 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  remain 
  

   as 
  general 
  as 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past, 
  there 
  will 
  inevitably 
  result 
  a 
  tend- 
  

   ency 
  to 
  curtail 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  waters 
  more 
  distant 
  

   from 
  the 
  factories, 
  as 
  weirs 
  in 
  such 
  places 
  will 
  not 
  pay 
  when 
  the 
  boats 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  transportation 
  can 
  procure 
  their 
  fares 
  in 
  more 
  accessible 
  

   places. 
  The 
  number 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  are 
  undergoing 
  

   constant 
  fluctuation. 
  A 
  good 
  catch 
  and 
  a 
  steady 
  market 
  in 
  any 
  given 
  

   locality 
  causes 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year, 
  and 
  a 
  failure, 
  either 
  

   in 
  the 
  catch 
  or 
  the 
  market, 
  causes 
  a 
  corresponding 
  decrease, 
  owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  discouragement 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  especially 
  in 
  Canadian 
  waters, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  procure 
  a 
  license. 
  

  

  DISTRIBUTION 
  AND 
  MOVEMENTS. 
  

  

  If 
  we 
  except 
  the 
  winter 
  herring, 
  Avhich 
  is 
  discussed 
  in 
  a 
  separate 
  

   chapter, 
  and 
  the 
  spawning 
  runs 
  in 
  spring 
  and 
  fall, 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  to 
  show 
  any 
  definite 
  or 
  extensive 
  migrations 
  of 
  herring 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay. 
  During 
  summer 
  and 
  fall 
  there 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  extensive 
  local 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  schools, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  character 
  as 
  justify 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  term 
  migration. 
  They 
  are 
  

   apparently 
  conditioned 
  entirely 
  by 
  local 
  circumstances, 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   food, 
  location 
  of 
  enemies, 
  and 
  meteorological 
  conditions, 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  obvious. 
  

  

  The 
  schools 
  of 
  sardine-herring, 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  individuals 
  which 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  associated 
  with 
  them 
  during 
  summer 
  and 
  fall, 
  ai-e 
  con- 
  

   stantly 
  moving 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  without 
  apparent 
  system. 
  It 
  appears, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  inside 
  of 
  Campobello 
  usually 
  

   enter 
  by 
  Head 
  Harbor 
  Passage 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  In 
  many 
  

   cases 
  in 
  1803 
  and 
  1895, 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  these 
  

   schools 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  L'Etang 
  westward 
  to 
  Deer 
  Island, 
  Cobs- 
  

  

  