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  in 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  Exhibition 
  ; 
  indeed, 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  each 
  special 
  form 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  examples. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  {a) 
  The 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  schooner 
  to 
  a 
  re- 
  

   markable 
  degree 
  in 
  speed 
  and 
  adaptability, 
  and 
  a 
  corre- 
  

   sponding 
  increase 
  in 
  skill 
  and 
  daring 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   sailor-fisherman 
  ; 
  coupled 
  with 
  these 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  cables 
  and 
  anchors 
  of 
  such 
  strength 
  that 
  the 
  

   schooners 
  can 
  ride 
  out 
  by 
  their 
  aid 
  the 
  heaviest 
  winter 
  

   gales 
  of 
  our 
  stormy 
  eastern 
  coast. 
  

  

  (b) 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  steam 
  vessels 
  into 
  the 
  menhaden, 
  

   oyster, 
  whale, 
  herring, 
  and 
  Great 
  Lake 
  fisheries, 
  over 
  ioo 
  

   being 
  now 
  thus 
  employed. 
  

  

  (c) 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  giant 
  purse-seine 
  and 
  the 
  

   machinery 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  set, 
  enabling 
  our 
  mackerel 
  vessels 
  

   to 
  increase 
  their 
  individual 
  catch 
  tenfold,* 
  and 
  transferring 
  

   the 
  mackerel 
  fishery 
  from 
  Canadian 
  waters 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  ; 
  instrumental 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  evolution 
  of 
  the 
  

   menhaden 
  fishery, 
  with 
  its 
  annual 
  product 
  of 
  over 
  

   1,000,000,000 
  of 
  fish. 
  

  

  (d) 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  lighter 
  and 
  cheaper 
  cotton 
  

   netting 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  old-fashioned 
  fabric 
  of 
  hemp. 
  

  

  (e) 
  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Norwegian 
  gill-net 
  into 
  the 
  

   winter 
  cod 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  (/) 
  The 
  invention 
  of 
  many 
  far-reaching 
  and 
  destructive 
  

   new 
  forms 
  of 
  harpoon 
  guns, 
  bombs, 
  and 
  explosive 
  lances 
  

   for 
  the 
  whale 
  fishery. 
  

  

  (g) 
  The 
  general 
  introduction 
  of 
  pound-nets 
  or 
  stake-nets 
  

   along 
  the 
  sandy 
  coasts 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  its 
  estuaries 
  for 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  the 
  migrating 
  summer 
  shoals. 
  

  

  (h) 
  The 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  to 
  new 
  regions, 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  mackerel 
  schooner 
  now 
  takes 
  from 
  2,000 
  to 
  5,000 
  barrels 
  a 
  year, 
  

   and 
  the 
  proceeds 
  amount 
  to 
  $15,000 
  to 
  $38,000. 
  

  

  