Annual Report, Volume 38J.O. Patenaude, I.S.O., printer to the King, 1899 - Shipping |
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Alewives areas Arichat average bait barrels Bay of Fundy British Columbia brls Brunswick Caraquet catches were light caught close season coast Codfish County Cove district dredge eggs fair fair catches Fathoms fishermen fishery FISHING MATERIALS FISHING VESSELS fresh Gaspé Gill Nets grounds Haddock Hake Halibut Halifax Harbour hatchery increase industry July June KINDS OF FISH Lake large number lease licenses lobster Lockeport Lunenburg mackerel month mussel natural beds Nova Scotia Number Number and Value Overseer oyster beds oyster culture oyster fishery past season Pickerel planting plentiful Port Prince County Prince Edward Island protection province Quantity and Value Quebec regulations RETURN showing River salmon salted season's catch September shad shells shore showing the Number Smelts spat spawning sturgeon supply taken Tonnage TOTAL VALUE traps trout Value of Fish Value of Vessels VESSELS AND BOATS weather whitefish Yarmouth young oysters
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Page 259 - Columbia, but up to the present time very little attention has been given to their culture, and It is to the former areas that I principally allude.
Page 328 - Any person violating any provision of this section shall be summarily removed from office and may also be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or by imprisonment for not less than one month.
Page 10 - The Provisions of this Act referring to the Governor General in Council shall be construed as referring to the Governor General acting by and with the Advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
Page lxix - In the case of the quinnat and the blue-back their 'instinct' seems to lead them to ascend these fresh waters, and in a majority of cases these waters will be those in which the fishes in question were originally spawned. Later in the season the growth of the reproductive organs leads them to approach the shore and search for fresh waters, and still the chances are that they may find the original stream. But undoubtedly many fall salmon ascend, or try to ascend, streams in which no salmon was ever...
Page x - While the salt water inshore area, not including minor indentations, covers more than 1,500 square miles, the fresh water area of that part of the great lakes belonging to Canada is computed at 72,700 square miles, not including the numerous lakes of Manitoba and the Territories all stocked with excellent species of food fishes.
Page 10 - General in council, to make all such provisions for ascertaining and adjusting, on fair and equitable terms, the rights of Common, and rights of cutting Hay held and enjoyed by the settlers in the province, and for the commutation of the same by grants of land from the Crown.
Page 328 - York. No person who has not been a resident of the State for six months can take oysters within the State, unless such non-resident is employed by a resident. No dredge operated by steam, or weighing more than thirty pounds, can be used. No natural bed can be used for planting, or can be staked off for private use. No non-resident can plant oysters In the waters surrounding Staten Island, without the consent of the owner, and no non-resident can take oysters from the natural beds In the same waters....
Page 408 - Medical Health Officer's Report. In compliance with " The Public Health Act," I have the honour to submit to you the following report of the Township of Turnberry for the year 1888 : During that period there has been no epidemic of any infectious or contagious diseases, no cases of any zymotic disease having been reported to me during the year by any of the medical men who practice in the township. I think I may safely say that the rate...
Page 405 - All of which is respectfully submitted. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, W. KENT, Commanding
Page 10 - An Act to Encourage the Development of the Sea Fisheries and the Building of Fishing Vessels," the sum of $160,000 is appropriated annually by the Governor in Council.