of the, Fishery Board for Scotland. 



315 



and cnltivatipn of the , gea-trout. is a matter to which careful attei}tion should 

 be given. It can people streams to which the salmon cannot aspire, but it 

 levies heavy tribute from the nobler fish, and it may be well to ask ourselves 

 whether the cultivation of the sea-trout conterminously with the salmon in 

 some waters is not an attempt " to eat our cake and have it. " In the smaller 

 rivers and streams the sea-trout is probably the more valuable economic 

 inhabitant of the two, but in larger rivers it may be found that its presence is 

 purchased at too great a price. At any rate we are satisfied from our own 

 observation that the habits of the two fishes are markedly difierent, and that 

 in the case of ;the salmon the estuary of a river in such a water system as 

 Loch Linnhe may really and truly extend beyond the island of Mull. 



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BENEFICIAL RESULTS OF ARTIFICIAL SALMON CULTURE: ON 

 THE SALMON FISHERIES IN THE MARITIME PROVINCES 

 OF CANADA, from the Report of Mr Wilmot, Superintendent of Fish 



" Culture for Canada. Ottawa. 1885. 



" The annual Reports, and the statistics alluded to, will show : — 



(1.) That in the fishery divisions of the counties of Gaspe, Bonaventure, 

 Restigouche, and Gloucester, in the Provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, 

 which border upon the Bay des Chaleurs, where the benefits from the Gaspe 

 and Restigouche salmon hatcheries have been regularly applied since their 

 commencement in 1874 and 1875, the official returns from 1881 to 1883 

 inclusive, show an increase in the catch of salmon in those counties collectively 

 as follows: — Gi'-.d-i -h- ' i^'indpp 



4=0^ per cent, increase in 1883 over 1881. 

 .•,^34J per cent, increase in 1883 o\3Y 1882. 



(2.) That in the Gaspe sub-division, in the Province of Quebec, which takes 

 in the several rivers which have been stocked with salmon fry from the Gaspe 

 Hatchery the official returns from 1881 to 1883 inclusive, show a continuous 

 increase in the catch of salmon there as follows : — 



211 per cent, increase in 1883 over 1881. 



84 per cent, increase in 1883 over 1882. 



68f per cent, increase in 1882 over 1881. 



(3.) That in the Restigouche sub-divisions, partly in Quebec and New 

 Brunswick, which take in the tidal portions of the Restigouche River and a 

 part of the estuary fishing ; where the proceeds of the Restigouche salmon 

 hatchery have been regularly applied; a steady increase in the salmon catch 

 is shown by the returns as follows : — 



41 per cent, increase in 1883 over 1881. 



45 per cent, increase in 1883 over 1882. 



(4.) That in the North Shore divisions in the Province of Quebec, namely, 

 Godbout, Trinity, Moisie, Mingan, Natashquan, Washeecootai, St Augustin, 

 and Bonne Esperance, wJiere no benefits from artificial salmon breeding could be 

 applied (except on the Saguenajr River), the returns from 1881 to 1888 

 inclusive show the catch of salmon to be as follows : — 



3I per cent, decrease in 1882 under 1881. 



24 per cent, decrease in 1883 under 1882. 



(5.) That while the above-named North Shore divisions coUectivelj'' show a 

 falling off in the catch of salmon ; yet that portion of the Saguenay division, 

 which takes in the salmon fisheries of the Saguenay River ; where the proceeds 



