. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. December 1949 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51 St. Pierre—Miquelon (French Islands). REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES; Introduction; Since the St. Pierre Bank has in the past two years generally offered better fishing than others west of the Grand Bank, the Island of St. Pierre is occasionally used by Halifax and Lunenburg trawlers as a haven, according to a September 26 report from the American Consulate General at Halifax. Hovrever, traf- fic of the Island's port is restricted to French trawlers and Lunenburg and Newfound- land schooners visiting th
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. December 1949 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 51 St. Pierre—Miquelon (French Islands). REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES; Introduction; Since the St. Pierre Bank has in the past two years generally offered better fishing than others west of the Grand Bank, the Island of St. Pierre is occasionally used by Halifax and Lunenburg trawlers as a haven, according to a September 26 report from the American Consulate General at Halifax. Hovrever, traf- fic of the Island's port is restricted to French trawlers and Lunenburg and Newfound- land schooners visiting the port to pick up supplementary supplies. In recent months, the island's ship-outfitting and provision- ing trade (an important industry in the 1920's when 1,500 to 2,500 vessels cleared the port annually) has been drastically reduced by the last two season's disappointing yield to the trawler fleets. In addition, controls over dollar expenditures in Canada for foodstuffs and a great variety of other requirements do not facilitate the acquisition of provisions by French vessels except on a ration basis. Present modem French fishing vessels find it no longer necessary to stop at St. Pierre. Fishing and Fish Processing Has Declined: Fish processing is also a declin- ing industry. Present plants do not have an important production since they rely for supplies on a small number of local inshore fishermen whose catch is limited by modest equipment and by the trend of fish movements away from the Island's shore waters. Fishing as an occupation does not appear to attract the interest of the young male population, and the number of boats engaged in regular operations is now probably not more than 25 percent of the peak in 1913 of 343 vessels. Filleting Plants Work on the proposed filleting and cold storage plant was at a full stop. Purchase of requisite machinery and equipment has been delayed by an exchange of currency problem, with the possibility that some change in the origi- nal
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