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pickled herring. The introduction of the system of giving 

 practical instruction and information, will begin in the early 

 spring, by employing a staff of Scotch and Canadian fishermen, 

 fish curers and coopers. Canso, N. S., has been selected as 

 the station from which to act as a centre, being convenient for 

 fishermen in the Lower Provinces who fish on the Atlantic 

 Coast, Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northumberland Strait. It 

 is intended to employ a steamer to collect herring from the 

 traps and weirs and to carry on deep fishing by drift netting. 

 If the experience is successful it is probable that other sta- 

 tions will be established for the purpose of extending the 

 improved method of catching and pickling fish, to several 

 districts in the Dominion. 



Bait Cold Storage for Deep Sea Fishermen. 



Of the many efforts made by the Dominion Government 

 to foster and promote the sea fisheries, the most recent, and 

 in many respects, the most remarkable, is that of providing, 

 under Federal auspices, facilities for the storage and preser- 

 vation of bait in refrigerators. The subject of cold storage 

 for bait, and of fishery products generally, has for over twenty 

 years engaged the attention of the Department of Marine and 

 Fisheries. 



The phase of the matter which was regarded as most 

 weighty by the Department was that relating to the bait sup- 

 ply of the fishermen. Season after season the lack of bait, 

 not merely hampered, but absolutely stopped fishing opera- 

 tions at the most important part of the seabon. 



The fishermen may form and incorporate themselves into 

 associations in different localities, when the Government will 

 contribute one-half the cost of the construction and equip- 

 ment of Bait Freezers, and for a period of three years will pay 

 a bonus of $5.00 per ton on the amount of bait frozen. 



Thus the aid is confined to localities where the fishermen 

 are prepared to cooperate with the Government. 



Since the inauguration of this scheme in 1899, twenty four 

 of these Fishermen's Bait Freezers have been established in 

 different fishing centres in the Atlantic Provinces. Last year 



