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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  sardiue 
  factories 
  are 
  nearly 
  all 
  located 
  at 
  Eastport 
  and 
  Liibec» 
  

   aud 
  weir 
  owners 
  state 
  that 
  the 
  "gurry" 
  hangs 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  side 
  aud 
  by 
  its 
  ofleusiveness 
  drives 
  the 
  herring- 
  into 
  Canadian 
  

   waters 
  and 
  incidentally 
  into 
  Canadian 
  weirs. 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  that 
  until 
  

   about 
  1890 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  cuttings, 
  etc., 
  from 
  the 
  factories 
  were 
  thrown 
  

   into 
  the 
  harbor, 
  but 
  at 
  present 
  they 
  are 
  sold 
  to 
  a 
  fertilizer 
  factory 
  and 
  

   converted 
  into 
  pomace 
  and 
  oil. 
  

  

  Although 
  little 
  refuse 
  is 
  now 
  willfully 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  water, 
  it 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  denied 
  that 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fish 
  heads, 
  oil, 
  etc., 
  ev^entually 
  get 
  

   into 
  the 
  harbor. 
  Thin 
  films 
  of 
  oil 
  are 
  frequently 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  in 
  Friars 
  Eoads, 
  being 
  readily 
  recognized 
  by 
  the 
  '• 
  sleek," 
  as 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  call 
  the 
  unripj)led 
  surface 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  oil 
  film. 
  The 
  

   j)resence 
  of 
  herring 
  (whitebait) 
  in 
  the 
  estuary 
  of 
  the 
  Thames, 
  polluted, 
  

   until 
  recently, 
  by 
  the 
  entire 
  sewage 
  of 
  London, 
  throws 
  some 
  doubt 
  

   upon 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  such 
  pollution 
  as 
  takes 
  place 
  at 
  Eastport. 
  Granted 
  

   the 
  effect, 
  however, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  doubted 
  if 
  it 
  operates 
  so 
  adversely 
  

   to 
  American 
  interests 
  and 
  affects 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  so 
  little 
  as 
  

   has 
  been 
  supposed. 
  

  

  The 
  oil 
  must 
  be 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  distributed 
  over 
  the 
  surface 
  by 
  the 
  

   winds, 
  but 
  the 
  general 
  body 
  of 
  i^olluted 
  water 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  mercy 
  of 
  the 
  

   tides, 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  complex 
  cnaracter 
  in 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay 
  as 
  

   to 
  secure 
  a 
  very 
  wide 
  dissemination 
  of 
  materials 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  carry. 
  

  

  The 
  flood 
  tide 
  sweeps 
  in 
  at 
  Head 
  Harbor, 
  and, 
  passing 
  down 
  between 
  

   Deer 
  Island 
  and 
  Campobello, 
  splits 
  at 
  Indian 
  Island, 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   passing 
  all 
  but 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  at 
  Eastport 
  and 
  into 
  Cobs- 
  

   cook 
  Bay 
  aud 
  the 
  other 
  i^art 
  flowing 
  north 
  between 
  Deer 
  Island 
  and 
  the 
  

   mainland. 
  During 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  the 
  tide 
  also 
  flows 
  through 
  

   Lubec 
  Narrows 
  into 
  Johnson 
  Bay. 
  During 
  flood 
  tide, 
  then, 
  only 
  such 
  

   weirs 
  as 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  Cobscook 
  Bay 
  will 
  receive 
  the 
  polluted 
  water. 
  

   During 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  flood 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  ebb 
  a 
  strong 
  current 
  flows 
  out 
  

   of 
  Lubec 
  Narrows, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of. 
  the 
  time 
  polluted 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  factories 
  at 
  Lubec 
  would 
  be 
  discharged 
  into 
  West 
  Quoddy 
  

   Eoads. 
  But 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  there 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  due 
  to 
  

   ofi'al 
  from 
  the 
  canneries, 
  for 
  it 
  occurred 
  in 
  1868, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  factory 
  at 
  

   Lubec 
  was 
  not 
  operated 
  until 
  1880, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  several 
  years 
  later 
  before 
  

   they 
  became 
  numerous. 
  

  

  Polluted 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  factories 
  at 
  Eastport 
  south 
  of 
  Clark 
  Ledge 
  

   would, 
  on 
  the 
  ebb 
  tide, 
  be 
  carried 
  across 
  toward 
  Harbor 
  de 
  Lute 
  on 
  

   Campobello, 
  where 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  weirs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  are 
  located. 
  

   This 
  deflection 
  of 
  the 
  ebb 
  tide 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  

   coming 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  passage 
  around 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  Deer 
  

   and 
  Indian 
  islands 
  and 
  there 
  meeting 
  with 
  the 
  opposing 
  current 
  from 
  

   Cobscook 
  Bay 
  and 
  Friars 
  Eoads. 
  The 
  strongest 
  tides 
  on 
  both 
  flood 
  and 
  

   ebb 
  are 
  toward 
  the 
  Deer 
  Island 
  shore. 
  Above 
  Clark 
  Ledge, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  

   Kendall 
  Head, 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  eddy 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  side, 
  so 
  that 
  pol- 
  

   luted 
  water 
  from 
  several 
  factories 
  located 
  there 
  would 
  tend 
  to 
  circulate 
  

   along 
  shore. 
  Above 
  Kendall 
  Head 
  is 
  another 
  broad 
  eddy, 
  extending 
  

  

  