THE SMELTS 
263 
In comparing this table with that on page 261 it is interesting to note that in 
the 45 years from 1878 to 1923 the quantity of smelts caught increased by about 
1,894,000 pounds, and increased in price received per pound from 3 cents (or pos- 
sibly it should be normally 6 cents) to 11 cents per pound. 
As previously indicated, the smelt season in New Brunswick is chiefly in the 
winter and lasts for about three months — December, January, and February. The 
foregoing table shows the annual quantity of smelts and their value for the year, but 
it does not show the extent of the fishery in any one season. The following table 
gives the quantity and value for each month of the season, from September to March, 
a period of seven months, during the seasons of 1911-12 to 1916-17, and quantities 
and values in quarterly periods from 1917-18 to 1920-21, inclusive: 
Month 
1911-12 
1912-13 
1913-14 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
22 
1, 177 
3, 045 
18, 829 
22, 368 
12,616 
152 
$132 
3, 743 
11,363 
80, 401 
88, 704 
49, 639 
608 
78 
894 
1,115 
25, 664 
28, 616 
15, 563 
100 
$412 
3,292 
3, 603 
102, 206 
127, 468 
67, 785 
500 
October 
260 
384 
18, 859 
21,791 
1,284 
$1,040 
1,434 
76, 236 
102, 010 
64, 135 
November 
December . 
February 
Total 
58, 209 
234, 590 
72, 030 
305, 266 
42, 578 
244, 855 
Month 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1916-17 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
September 
73 
297 
948 
19, 908 
22, 479 
20, 025 
$365 
1, 037 
3, 604 
102, 586 
102, 395 
77, 637 
50 
324 
782 
12, 188 
20, 468 
18, 690 
$150 
1, 114 
2, 662 
58, 260 
118, 668 
98, 231 
October 
566 
1,911 
12, 403 
25, 807 
18, 906 
$2, 499 
9,670 
91, 523 
210, 690 
173, 562 
November 
December 
January 
Feburary 
March 
Total 
63, 730 
287, 624 
52, 502 
279, 085 
59, 593 
487, 944 
Month 
1917-191 
1919-20 
1920-21 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
Hundred- 
weight 
Value 
September __ __ _ 
October 
22, 898 
$164, 323 
10, 550 
$94, 751 
November 
December 
January _ 
February _ ... 
■61,598 
3 561, 475 
31, 430 
214, 882 
38, 532 
353, 973 
March .1 
Total 
61, 598 
561,475 
54, 328 
379, 105 
49, 082 
448, 724 
■Includes the seasons of 1917-18 and 1918-19. 
■ Of this amount 30, 834 hundredweight are for 1917-18 and the balance is for 1913-19. 
1 Of this amount $353,177 are for 1917-18, and the balance is for 1918-19. 
