. Reports on the sea and river fisheries of New Brunswick [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fishes; Pêches; Pêches; Poissons. ,1 â ^ i ⢠I I I i' Of the Guff of Saint Luwrence. 5 Many tljousantls of barrels of the inferior " spring herrings," ars taken at tltc Mugd^len Idlands every season, at the period when they app'jach the sliorcs of those Lslaiuls to deposit their spawn. 'I'liey are then very poor, nnd as bnt little care is taken in onring tiienj, tliey often prove unfit for human food. Tliey are caughu in large seines, wiiich require 15 or 20, and s(.-^ietinies 40 men to mn
. Reports on the sea and river fisheries of New Brunswick [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fishes; Pêches; Pêches; Poissons. ,1 â ^ i ⢠I I I i' Of the Guff of Saint Luwrence. 5 Many tljousantls of barrels of the inferior " spring herrings," ars taken at tltc Mugd^len Idlands every season, at the period when they app'jach the sliorcs of those Lslaiuls to deposit their spawn. 'I'liey are then very poor, nnd as bnt little care is taken in onring tiienj, tliey often prove unfit for human food. Tliey are caughu in large seines, wiiich require 15 or 20, and s(.-^ietinies 40 men to mniiage them ; and they are capable of enclos'ng, and bringing to the «hure, from 200 to 1000 barrels at a single haul. When taken from tiiese seines, it is t\e common practice to put them the holds of the vessels, without washing, bleeding, or divesting them of their offal. Tiiey are salted " in bulk," as it is termed, and so they renjain until tlie vessel arrives at the port whence she sailed, whetlier in the Colonies, or in the United States. They are then taken out and packed in barrels, sweltering in all their impurity ; but whole cargoes frequently prove worthless as food, and are used for dresiiing grass land. The number of barrels of herrings exported from the several PortH in the Counties of Restigouche, Gloucester, Northumberland, and Ki nt, during tl e lust eight years, is thus stated :â PORTS. llestigouclip, ..., l^, <.'araquft, «. lucLibuctn 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 184C 1847 1848 13 ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠41 ⢠â ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠â ⢠⢠20 52 ⢠⢠⢠⢠280 20 87 Ki .50 no 437 :w(i 28 i40 3^tG 2in J 030 3732 1102 llbO ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠100 ⢠⢠40 120 93 48 179 433 33o 3084 174{l 1753 35« Totals. 12i» 3, 1150 7898 410 A large proportion of i\w. fish exported from Miraniichi, are a species of shad known as the gaspereau or alewife, {alosa ti
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