﻿THE 
  HERRING 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTHEAST 
  COAST. 
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  out 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  international 
  boundary 
  line 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  up 
  as 
  Pleasant 
  

   Point. 
  In 
  this 
  region 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  factories, 
  and 
  the 
  current 
  sets 
  

   south 
  at 
  all 
  times, 
  except 
  on 
  early 
  flood 
  tide. 
  A 
  similar 
  eddy 
  is 
  found 
  

   from 
  Pleasant 
  Point 
  up 
  i)ast 
  Gleason 
  Cove. 
  

  

  Now, 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  these 
  facts, 
  let 
  us 
  examine 
  into 
  the 
  specific 
  cases 
  

   above 
  cited. 
  All 
  the 
  information 
  obtainable 
  concerning 
  the 
  weir 
  at 
  

   Harris 
  Head 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  it 
  failed 
  about 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  factories. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  for 
  polluted 
  water 
  

   from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  factories 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  gain 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  place, 
  

   and 
  in 
  a 
  cove 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  I 
  found 
  great 
  quantities 
  of 
  dead 
  fish 
  

   and 
  offal 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  Kendall 
  Head 
  weir, 
  it 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  it 
  began 
  to 
  fail 
  

   about 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  factories 
  were 
  established 
  .at 
  Eastport 
  and 
  that 
  

   when 
  the 
  factory 
  south 
  of 
  Kendall 
  Head 
  was 
  built 
  the 
  failure 
  became 
  

   more 
  rapid. 
  It 
  had 
  failed 
  about 
  one-half 
  before 
  the 
  factory 
  was 
  built 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  In 
  1891 
  the 
  factory 
  was 
  burned, 
  but 
  no 
  fish 
  were 
  

   caught 
  in 
  1895. 
  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  any 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  polluted 
  

   water 
  is 
  able 
  to 
  reach 
  this 
  weir, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  tides, 
  

   and, 
  moreover, 
  no 
  increase 
  has 
  been 
  noticed 
  since 
  the 
  pollution 
  has 
  been 
  

   lessened 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  cuttings 
  for 
  fertilizer, 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   best 
  authority, 
  began 
  about 
  six 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  Gleason 
  Cove, 
  it 
  was 
  asserted 
  at 
  Easti^ort 
  that 
  the 
  

   weirs 
  were 
  built 
  eight 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  fished 
  very 
  well 
  until 
  

   about 
  one 
  year 
  ago, 
  when 
  a 
  factory 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  the 
  cove. 
  Since 
  then 
  

   it 
  had 
  done 
  nothing. 
  Here, 
  it 
  was 
  supposed, 
  was 
  a 
  case 
  Avhere 
  the 
  

   failure 
  had 
  occurred 
  so 
  recently 
  that 
  it 
  offered 
  a 
  field 
  for 
  close 
  investi- 
  

   gation. 
  Upon 
  inquiry 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  however, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  

   weirs 
  were 
  built 
  about 
  1880 
  or 
  1882, 
  and 
  that 
  until 
  1887 
  they 
  averaged 
  

   about 
  75 
  to 
  100 
  hogsheads 
  of 
  herring 
  per 
  year. 
  In 
  1887 
  they 
  caught 
  

   200 
  hogsheads 
  each, 
  but 
  since 
  then 
  they 
  have 
  hardly 
  paid 
  expenses, 
  

   and 
  in 
  1891 
  the 
  catch 
  amounted 
  to 
  nothing. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  tliat 
  no 
  

   great 
  quantity 
  of 
  polluted 
  water 
  from 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  has 
  reached 
  

   these 
  weirs 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  and, 
  moreover, 
  the 
  greatest 
  catch 
  was 
  made 
  

   at 
  a 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  factories 
  were 
  almost 
  as 
  numerous 
  as 
  now, 
  and 
  when 
  

   relatively 
  and 
  absolutely 
  more 
  offal 
  was 
  discharged 
  into 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  

   factory 
  at 
  Gleason 
  Cove 
  has 
  had 
  no 
  influence 
  upon 
  the 
  weirs 
  there. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  Indian 
  Island, 
  Eastjwrt 
  informants 
  said 
  that 
  this 
  weir 
  

   has 
  been 
  falling 
  off 
  ever 
  since 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  at 
  

   Eastport, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  never 
  entered 
  it 
  when 
  the 
  wind 
  was 
  south- 
  

   west 
  and 
  the 
  oil 
  and 
  " 
  gurry 
  " 
  was 
  carried 
  over 
  from 
  Eastport. 
  Inquiry 
  

   from 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  fishes 
  this 
  weir 
  disclosed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  catch 
  

   had 
  fallen 
  off 
  of 
  late 
  years, 
  but 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  had 
  no 
  effect, 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  he 
  had 
  noticed. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   wind 
  can 
  not 
  affect 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  polluted 
  

   water, 
  but 
  only 
  the 
  surface 
  oil 
  film. 
  The 
  evidence, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  

   possible 
  to 
  sift 
  it 
  in 
  definite 
  cases, 
  did 
  not 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  

   offal 
  was 
  largely 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  weirs 
  

   on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  side 
  in 
  tlw 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Eastport. 
  

  

  