42 CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND. 



SALMON INDUSTRY. 



Nowhere are there any finer salmon streams than 

 those of Newfoundland; but as no proper measures 

 have been taken for their preservation, the average 

 export for the past ten years has scarcely exceeded 

 $100,000.00. Barring the rivers and brooks with nets 

 at the times when the fish are ascending to spawn, 

 constructing weirs, traps and dams, sweeping the pools 

 in the rivers with seine-nets, and night-spearing, have 

 been carried on for generations by ignorant and reck- 

 less persons, goaded on by the greed of immediate 

 gain; so that in the streams the salmon are almost 

 exterminated, though in the lakes they are abundant, 

 take the hook well, and in flavor compare favorably 

 with those of any country. There is, however, a 

 prospect that through the efforts of a Fish Commis- 

 sion, which has lately been established, the streams 

 will be opened up and the salmon will return to their 

 old haunts. 



HERRING. 



Herring are plentiful and of the finest quality ; but 

 as the cod is or has been the staple stock in trade, they 

 too have been sadly neglected. Had the herring 

 fishery been prosecuted with as much vigor as the cod, 

 proper care bestowed on the curing and packing, and 



