114 INDEX 



River fishinj; increased until almost dcstioved 81 



River shad 44-5-C-7-8-9 



Riverside, X.B., sitting " 86 



River, Keserves 6 



Koe sliad, not known to bay fishermen 50, 55, 73-t 



" in demand present time 41, 75, 86 to 96 



" fishing not desirable xxxiv 



" fishing a menace to the fishery xxxiii-iv-v 



Runs of shad, two. Bay of Fundy 18,94,95,100 



Salisbury, N.B., sitting 84 



Scotts Bay. N.S., sitting 22 



" ■' enormous catches of shad, formerly xviii, 23, 37, 100 



Schools of shad, local nature 17,50,64,94 



Seaman Amos letter to Dr. Perley xiii, xiv 



Shad fishing remiinerative 18 to 96 



Shad fishing, big catches of 22, 36-7-40 to 46 



Shad, most delicate of all table fish xi, xxt 



Shad formerly abundant. (See abundance). 



Shad mature rapidly xUt, xlvi 



Shad, Scotts Bay 23,24 



Shad catches, 1869-1908 xix, xx 



Shad, highly esteemed as a food fish 59,66,73-4,97 



Spawn shad 73-4, 82-34 



Spearing shad, on flats 40,41,55,73-4 



Spring nets 22 



Spring shad, condition of 52,74-5, 82,92-3-4 



Spawning, grounds of shad xxx, xxxi, xxxii, 43-.50, 71, 85-8-9, 92 



fish destroyed in Shubcuaoadie 40:43-50, 53-5 



shad caught, prevents hatching work xlii 



Summer shad superior 45-54, 9, 79, 81-2 



Salmon added to Commissioner's work xlvii. 4,16,17 



Salmon have increased in Bay of Fundy 4,57 



Salmon, angling for young xlviii 



Salmon taken in shad nets 4,41-2-3, 55-6-9, 61, 81,94 



unclean (in Fisheries Act) requires definition lii, 93 



Salmon Rirer, N.S., dam 55,75 



Sawdust and other pollutions 24,34,38,59-60,624,71-7-8 



Sawdust kills shad 78 



Set nets for shad 10,51,76-7-8-9 



Seines for shad 22 to .32 



Seines sweep. (See drag-seines) '-2 



Shubenacadie River 6, 34, 4:i-l-!l 



" spawning ground xxxii, 4i-8-!l 



Shubenacadie sitting '3 



Size of shad 18,23,44, 51-0 



Stewiacke sitting •' 53 



St. John, N.B., sitting 90 



St. Mai tins sitting 99 



,St. John, N.B., river— shad breeding ground xxx, 93 



Stewiacke River — shad breeding ground 54 



Stewiacke River— shad catches, 1899-1906 103 



Statistics of former catches lacking xi 



Tenecape sitting 35 



Truro sitting 73 



Unfit for food, come-backs xxiv, 52, 91-92 



Uniformity in cure desirable xxxix 



United States success in shad hatching xxxiv, xl, xli, xlii, xliil 



United States shad in Bay of Fundy xxvi, 31. 95 



Weekly close time for fishing shad and salmon 5,9 



Weir i)roliibitioii not to apply to St. .John. &o xlix, 1, 5. 9 



