. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission, 1909-1911. -- . ly abounded throughout thegreat lakes, running frequently to an enormous size, and was found alsoin great quantities in Lake of the Woods and many of the lesser lakesand rivers of the Province, but the rapidly increasing denmnd led to sucha vigorous pursuit of it that in those accessible waters of the Provincewhich have been fished connnercially its numbers have dwindled almostto vanishing point. In the proposed code of regulations for the inter-national fisheries of the great lakes and Lake of the Woods attention iss
. Final report of the Ontario Game and Fisheries Commission, 1909-1911. -- . ly abounded throughout thegreat lakes, running frequently to an enormous size, and was found alsoin great quantities in Lake of the Woods and many of the lesser lakesand rivers of the Province, but the rapidly increasing denmnd led to sucha vigorous pursuit of it that in those accessible waters of the Provincewhich have been fished connnercially its numbers have dwindled almostto vanishing point. In the proposed code of regulations for the inter-national fisheries of the great lakes and Lake of the Woods attention isstrikingly called to tliis fact by a provision to the effect that no sturgeonshall be fislied for in any of the international waters for a period of fouryears fioni the date of promulgation of tlie regulations, and it wouldseem more tlian pro])al)l( that once these provisions are in force it willbe found desirable to extend tliis term in order to give the fish a reason-able chance of extensive reproduction. The sturgeon was not always held in high esteem on this continent,. Winter Fishing for Pickerel with Bob Lines. 1912 AND FISHEKIES COMMISSION. i i but on the contrary for a long time was viewed as a nuisance by thefishermen on account of the damage it would do their nets and because,also, white people were prejudiced against its use for food. More oftenthan not the fish, when taken, were knocked on the head and thrownback into the water, or left in heaps on the beach to rot or to be carriedoff by the farmers and used as fertilizer, while during this period, if thefish could be sold at all, they would not bring the fiisihermeu more thanten cents apiece. In striking contrast to this figure is the record of asale of 96 sturgeon in 1899 for |3,923, or a little over |40 apiece. About1860 the first efforts were made in the great lake region in the directionof smoking the flesh of the sturgeon, and between that date and 1880the trade in the fish developed in a marvellous fashion, ow
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