﻿THE 
  HERRING 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTHEAST 
  COAST. 
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  a 
  higher 
  price, 
  and 
  last 
  wiuter 
  (1894-95) 
  the 
  first 
  frozen 
  herring 
  from 
  

   .Grand 
  Mauau 
  sold 
  for 
  81 
  per 
  100. 
  The 
  average 
  price 
  paid 
  was 
  about 
  

   25 
  cents 
  per 
  100, 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  rate 
  the 
  " 
  stock" 
  per 
  man 
  fishing 
  the 
  whole 
  

   season 
  was 
  between 
  $150 
  and 
  $200, 
  some 
  making 
  more 
  and 
  some 
  less 
  

   than 
  the 
  figures 
  given, 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  skill 
  and 
  industry. 
  

  

  Frequently, 
  when 
  a 
  sudden 
  thaw 
  made 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  freeze 
  the 
  

   fish, 
  the 
  fishermen 
  were 
  willing 
  to 
  sell 
  the 
  herring 
  for 
  a 
  mere 
  song 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  avoid 
  having 
  them 
  spoil 
  on 
  their 
  hands. 
  Considerable 
  loss 
  

   was 
  sometimes 
  sustained 
  through 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  mild 
  periods 
  and 
  

   warm 
  rains 
  in 
  midwinter. 
  When 
  the 
  fish 
  had 
  been 
  partly 
  frozen 
  

   before 
  the 
  thaw, 
  they 
  could 
  often 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  days 
  by 
  placing 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  hold 
  and 
  closing 
  the 
  hatches. 
  If 
  the 
  

   weather 
  then 
  grew 
  colder 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  again 
  brought 
  on 
  deck 
  and 
  the 
  

   freezing 
  process 
  concluded, 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  quite 
  stilf 
  and 
  brittle. 
  Con- 
  

   stant 
  attention 
  was 
  required, 
  as 
  a 
  sudden 
  thaw 
  or 
  rain 
  might 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   hours 
  cause 
  much 
  loss. 
  

  

  American 
  vessels 
  came 
  from 
  Boston, 
  Gloucester, 
  Portland, 
  Isle 
  au 
  

   Haut, 
  and 
  other 
  places 
  to 
  purchase 
  the 
  herring 
  from 
  the 
  local 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  fishery 
  was 
  at 
  its 
  height 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  125 
  car-goes 
  

   were 
  carried 
  to 
  American 
  ports, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  number 
  

   shipped 
  in 
  barrels 
  from 
  Eastj)ort 
  in 
  steamers. 
  Vessels 
  missing 
  their 
  

   fares 
  at 
  IN^ewfoundland 
  often 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fnudy 
  to 
  pick 
  up 
  a 
  

   cargo 
  before 
  returning 
  to 
  Gloucester. 
  The 
  vessels 
  commonly 
  resorted 
  

   to 
  Eastport, 
  where 
  they 
  would 
  wait 
  for 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  sell 
  

   their 
  fish, 
  or 
  more 
  frequently 
  they 
  would 
  run 
  to 
  some 
  harbor 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  fieet 
  and 
  would 
  there 
  purchase 
  the 
  herring 
  as 
  

   they 
  were 
  frozen. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  the 
  usual 
  procedure, 
  especially 
  during 
  

   the 
  latter 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  fishery, 
  when 
  the 
  comiietition 
  for 
  fares 
  was 
  often 
  

   very 
  brisk. 
  

  

  Between 
  1845 
  and 
  1855 
  the 
  frozen-herring 
  trade 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  was 
  

   confined 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  between 
  Sand 
  Cove 
  and 
  Point 
  Lepreau, 
  but 
  about 
  

   the 
  latter 
  year 
  it 
  extended 
  westward 
  to 
  Beaver 
  Harbor 
  and 
  Grand 
  

   Manan, 
  and 
  later 
  to 
  Eastport, 
  and 
  even 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Cutler. 
  

   The 
  herring 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  winter 
  from 
  St. 
  John 
  to 
  Cutler 
  and 
  from 
  

   Grand 
  ]\[anan, 
  in 
  theBay 
  of 
  Fundy, 
  to 
  St. 
  Andrews, 
  in 
  Passamaquoddy 
  

   Bay. 
  They 
  were 
  not 
  found 
  every 
  winter 
  throughout 
  this 
  entire 
  region. 
  

   Sometimes 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  enter 
  St. 
  Andrews 
  Bay 
  at 
  all, 
  but 
  at 
  other 
  

   times 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  there 
  in 
  great 
  numbers, 
  and 
  almost 
  the 
  

   entire 
  lieet 
  would 
  fish 
  there 
  all 
  winter. 
  As 
  many 
  as 
  14 
  vessels 
  have 
  

   been 
  known 
  to 
  leave 
  there 
  with 
  full 
  fares 
  in 
  one 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  winter 
  run 
  of 
  herring 
  did 
  not 
  strike 
  the 
  whole 
  coast 
  at 
  once; 
  they 
  

   usually 
  first 
  api)eared 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  or 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fundy 
  side 
  of 
  Campobello 
  

   and 
  thence 
  extended 
  eastward 
  and 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  westward. 
  A 
  

   school 
  of 
  fish 
  usually 
  arrived 
  on 
  th<> 
  shore 
  at 
  Herring 
  Cove 
  early 
  in 
  

   October, 
  and 
  remained 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  weeks. 
  This 
  school 
  appeared 
  

   to 
  be 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  true 
  winter 
  herring, 
  which, 
  before 
  ISSO, 
  reached 
  

  

  