. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Its W longitude SSE magneti five miles wi eral catches at 45 34' N latitude, 56 02' and runs about NN\V and : for 14 miles and is about Je in 24-26 fathoms. Sev- were made m this area of 15-25 bushels of whole scallops per 30- minute tow. The shells averaged almost 5 inches in diameter and the scallop meats were large and firm. The smaller of the two beds lies about 15 miles north mag- netic from the larger bed. It is about 4 square miles in area and has its center at 45 44' N. latitude, 56 09' W, longitude in 25-26 fathoms. Yields from thi
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Its W longitude SSE magneti five miles wi eral catches at 45 34' N latitude, 56 02' and runs about NN\V and : for 14 miles and is about Je in 24-26 fathoms. Sev- were made m this area of 15-25 bushels of whole scallops per 30- minute tow. The shells averaged almost 5 inches in diameter and the scallop meats were large and firm. The smaller of the two beds lies about 15 miles north mag- netic from the larger bed. It is about 4 square miles in area and has its center at 45 44' N. latitude, 56 09' W, longitude in 25-26 fathoms. Yields from this bed were from 11-15 bushels of whole scallops per 30-minute tow. The scallops were slightly larger than those from the larger bed and had high-quality scallop meats. Large numbers of small scallops were found both on the newly-discovered beds and in the area west of the old bed (discovered in 1954) on the northern part of St. Pierre Bank. The presence of the small scallops indicate good fishing in all three areas for 1959 and 1960. (Trade News. August 1957, Canadian Department of Fisheries.) INSULATION FROM EEL GRASS: In Shelburne County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada, there is a plant which manufactures insulation from eel grass. This grass, a form of seaweed, is common along the coast of North America and very plentiful in southwest Nova Scotia Eel grass has a num- ber of natural qualities that make it suitable for insulation: (1) it will not burn or rot; chemically it contains silica, salt, and iodine; (2) each blade of the grayish black material holds millions of minute air cells; this also makes it valuable as a sound deadener. Eel grass grows from 6 to 10 feet underwater offshore. It breaks off and floats shoreward. During the summer months men gather it up in dories in shallow water, bring it ashore, and dry it in the open fields The price paid varies from $21 to $30 a ton, depending on the distance the grass must be haul- ed to the plant at Sable River. (Ma
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