l899-'oo TRANSACTIONS 1 69 



Founded Location. Kind of Fish Hatched. Ann'l Outp't 



__. jDeeside, Restig-ouche R. Salmon 1 to 3 millions 



°'^ (South Esk, Miramichi li. Salmon and Sea Trout 1 to 1^ ", 



(Tadoussac, Saguenay R. Salmon and Hybrid ■. _ ,1 



875 < Ouananiche I to j 



(Gaspe, P. Q. Salmon 1 to li " 



„_, j Sandwich, Ont. Whitefish,PikePerch or DorelO to ov'r 70 mil 



'^'^ I, Bedford near Halifax, N. S. Salmon, Whitefish and Great ,,„ ^, .,„^ 



Lake, and Kainbow Trout ^ ^^ ='^ ™^^^ °^ 



(Grand Falls, St. John R. N, B. Salmon Whitefish and Great „ , . 



880 < Take Trout ^ ^° "^ 

 (*Diink R, P. E. Island Salmon 1 



881 Magog near Sherbrooke, P. Q. Whitefish and Great Lake , . ., 



Trout '- ^° ** 



882 *Sydney, Cape Breton. Salmon 1 to 2 

 884 New Westminisier, FraserR., B. C. Pacific Salmon (Ouinnat and , . ^. 



Sockeye) 2 to 10 



("Ottawa Hatchery. Whitefish and Great Lake , +_ „ 

 890 < Trout 3 to 7 



(.Bay View near Pictou, N. S. Lobsters 60 to lOO 



Selkirk, Red River, Manitoba. Whitefish 4i to 19 



The total quantity of fry of all kinds distributed from the 

 foregoing institutions since fish-culture has been carried on by 

 the Dominion government, that is from 1868 to 1899, both 3^ears 

 inclusive, is no less than 2,650,468,200. The average annual 

 quantity during the last 20 5^ears has been 128,000.000. In 1895 

 the output was extraordinarily large, amounting indeed to nearly 

 300 millions. For the last nine years vast quantities of lobsters 

 have been hatched, the annual average being no less than 

 100,000,000. Deducting these from the total output, we find 

 that the average output each year, during the last twenty years 

 has been 85 millions, mainly of the three kinds, salmon, Great 

 L^ake trout and lake whitefish {Cofegomis) , which are all fishes 

 of great economic value. 



Whatever nia,y be said for or against the artificial hatching 

 of fish, no fair-minded critic can doubt, that the distribution year 

 after year, of this enormous quantity of young fish must have 

 benefitted our waters to an incalculable extent. Artificially 

 hatched fry, unlike those hatched naturally on the spawning 

 beds, must in the eyes of some critics, be more at the mercy of 

 enemies when newly planted. Nothing, however, could be more 

 helpless and unprotected than naturally hatched fry, and those 

 turned out from hatcheries are really less at the mercy of enemies, 

 inasmuch as they are always some days old, frequently several 



*Dunk River hatchery was destroyed by fire and Sydney hatchery has not 

 been operated for three seasons pending- the completion of a new Cape Breton 

 hatchery. 



