. Special report on the fish and fisheries of Manitoba [microform]. Fishes; Pêches; Poissons; Fisheries. 1/ ti/i\i: I \/» Usui ims carrind on by th*" nativr Irilicii for for thctiitwlvuit iiiul tli. ir il.*«, tli,. otRcrH (if \Uv MihIsuii'h Hny ('..iii|mii,v iil ilnir iiiimcroii!! postt in tlii^ rtKi'm ( ip»M '\A\ iifMl M-J, wlun tlir first wliiti- Rottlrr* ' to tlio bonk« ( f thf [{. ; rivir Konl Silkirk, n iUlirry hn» hiin piir-iinl whicli Imi growu to cnortnuiiii iliiiiriiHiniip iliirinjf the In
. Special report on the fish and fisheries of Manitoba [microform]. Fishes; Pêches; Poissons; Fisheries. 1/ ti/i\i: I \/» Usui ims carrind on by th*" nativr Irilicii for for thctiitwlvuit iiiul tli. ir il.*«, tli,. otRcrH (if \Uv MihIsuii'h Hny ('..iii|mii,v iil ilnir iiiimcroii!! postt in tlii^ rtKi'm ( ip»M '\A\ iifMl M-J, wlun tlir first wliiti- Rottlrr* ' to tlio bonk« ( f thf [{. ; rivir Konl Silkirk, n iUlirry hn» hiin piir-iinl whicli Imi growu to cnortnuiiii iliiiiriiHiniip iliirinjf the Inst t}iirty ycrni. U>MMERCiAI, or riSH. The HiK'.ita iif iiriiu'ipal iiiii)ortiinc.' nri' llie unaurp«»»(;(! IhIm whittâ¢^i^ll (Co â gonut dupeiform,i>). th.' pil«,-p<'rph or yellow pioki' (StitntUdion vitrenn), the â¢turKcnii (, r) ,ind tlio pike or jackfish (Luriua). Tlio wliiti-fish of Mnnitoba <'«pci'iiilly of Lake Winiiipetr have a »\»via] reputntion in the innrkcts of tliJH continent â¢ml the cftviaro nn<l flesh of the stiirppon fr<.tti thew- waters have rimkcl n high. The supply of stiirRcon has serioimly dfclini'd, hut the reltttivu irnportu,, ,⢠.,f the principal species niiiy be judtfoj from tiio following figures :â Kjniih or KtHii. ' Lb, Whitetish ' Pikp-i*rch H4,S '''â¢{r, I ⢠Tullibw \n,JM,. t 3,:«i'i,i)ii<i i,;H; 3r)ti, 111), *iiw,i!i;f :t,f,'if,.iioii «a{w<,K-o â i:i,:l'I â¢SMI. »t t;.;t'i;i 2,:f2i.(ioo ni,2:tr. ^, i,aM).iio«i 4H,,'M| RECENT EXPANSION. During the last twenty years the nnnnal value of the fisheries of the province hns risen rapidly, partly owin^ to the exploitation of new wat r» not before commercially fished, and partly owing to the hiRher market value of the food-fishes in recent year'*. Thus in 1887 the total value, was $129,084: in 1897 $261,120. and in 1907 it wns
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