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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  territory 
  on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side 
  of 
  tlie 
  bay 
  beinj? 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  

   on 
  the 
  American 
  side, 
  the 
  Canadian 
  fisheries 
  were 
  benefited 
  in 
  a 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  degree. 
  Their 
  prosperity, 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  herring 
  

   marketed 
  and 
  the 
  price 
  received, 
  has 
  kept 
  pace 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  sardine 
  

   industry, 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  "sed 
  for 
  

   canning 
  purposes 
  has 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  Canadian 
  weirs. 
  

  

  The 
  weirs 
  vary 
  in 
  number 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  catch, 
  while 
  depending 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  upon 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  herring, 
  is 
  governed 
  largely 
  by 
  the 
  

   requirements 
  of 
  the 
  canneries. 
  In 
  recent 
  years 
  there 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  so 
  

   many 
  weirs 
  operated 
  as 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  1886. 
  This 
  does 
  not 
  necessarily 
  

   imply 
  that 
  the 
  fishery 
  has 
  decreased, 
  but 
  simply 
  that 
  the 
  catch, 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  as 
  large 
  and 
  sometimes 
  larger 
  than 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  has 
  been 
  

   taken 
  with 
  less 
  apparatus. 
  In 
  1893 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  weirs 
  on 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  including 
  those 
  in 
  West 
  Quoddy 
  Bay, 
  was 
  47, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  Canadian 
  side, 
  including 
  those 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Beaver 
  Harbor, 
  

   there 
  were 
  193, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  210, 
  or 
  90 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1886. 
  

  

  In 
  1895 
  there 
  were 
  53 
  weirs 
  operated 
  by 
  American 
  fishermen. 
  They 
  

   were 
  located 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  From 
  Eobbinston 
  to 
  Kendall 
  Head, 
  9; 
  at 
  Treat 
  

   Island, 
  1; 
  in 
  East 
  Bay, 
  8; 
  in 
  Pennamaquau 
  Elver, 
  6; 
  at 
  Seward 
  Neck, 
  

   2; 
  in 
  Johnson 
  Bay, 
  2; 
  and 
  in 
  West 
  Quoddy 
  Bay, 
  25, 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  last-named 
  locality 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  disputed 
  grounds 
  south 
  

   of 
  Lubec 
  Narrows 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  CampobelJo 
  shore, 
  and 
  were 
  owned 
  

   chiefly 
  by 
  Lubec 
  fishermen. 
  A 
  more 
  detailed 
  statement 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  table, 
  which 
  shows 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  weir 
  fishery 
  

   in 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay 
  in 
  1895 
  : 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  herring 
  taken 
  by 
  " 
  torching 
  " 
  is 
  included. 
  It 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  explained 
  that 
  

   the 
  figures 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  catch 
  are 
  an 
  estimate 
  based 
  on 
  data 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  canners, 
  smokers, 
  

   and 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  are 
  intended 
  only 
  as 
  an 
  approximation. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  same 
  season 
  there 
  were, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  3 
  weirs 
  on 
  the 
  south- 
  

   east 
  side 
  of 
  Campobello 
  Island, 
  228 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  belonging 
  to 
  New 
  

   Brunswick, 
  Of 
  these, 
  104 
  were 
  located 
  about 
  the 
  islands 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  35 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Magaguadavic 
  River, 
  and 
  89 
  from 
  

   that 
  river 
  to 
  Beaver 
  Harbor, 
  inclusive, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  281 
  weirs 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  bay. 
  In 
  previous 
  years 
  considerable 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   herring 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  weirs 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Point 
  Lepreau, 
  but 
  

   the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  in 
  1895 
  rendered 
  it 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  trans- 
  

   port 
  them 
  so 
  great 
  a 
  distance. 
  

  

  