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each exceed this, though not by much. But 

 the Yankee total includes a good deal, and the 

 Britisher total a very great deal, caught far 

 outside their own waters. No other country is 

 even worthy of comparison with these. The 

 third fact is that the Canadian total, already 

 advancing more rapidly than any other total, 

 must continue to advance more rapidly still, 

 because Canada has the greatest area of unex- 

 ploited fish-bearing waters in the world. 



If the amount caught per head of the total 

 population is made the standard of comparison, 

 then the Canadian catch is more than five times 

 greater than the Britishers', and more than ten 

 times greater than the Yankees'. And if, still 

 keeping to this standard, the comparison is 

 made between totals caught in strictly territorial 

 waters, Canada surpasses both Britishers and 

 Yankees, put together, ten times over. 



There are nearly 120,000 fishermen in 

 Canada and Newfoundland. The proportion 

 in Newfoundland is, of course, by far the higher 

 of the two. About 60,000 people are engaged in 

 handling fish ashore, and many thousands more 

 are concerned in trading with fish products. 

 One way and another, the livelihood of at least 

 one Canadian in every fifteen, and one New- 

 foundlander in every two, is entirely dependent 



