. Contributions to Canadian biology and fisheries. Fisheries; Marine biology. 60 MAPdNE AND FISHERIES 1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 The matter is one of great importance, as, on the one hand, tlie so-called ' sardine' fishermen, who form a considerable body on the Charlotte County shores, derive a large part of their income from the weir returns, and, it may be added, the Cnited States sardine industry centred at Eastportand Lubeck, in the State of Maine, but also carried on at Milibridge, Jonesport and Machiasport, depends largely upon supplies of fish from the Canadian fishermen. As Professor Pri
. Contributions to Canadian biology and fisheries. Fisheries; Marine biology. 60 MAPdNE AND FISHERIES 1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 The matter is one of great importance, as, on the one hand, tlie so-called ' sardine' fishermen, who form a considerable body on the Charlotte County shores, derive a large part of their income from the weir returns, and, it may be added, the Cnited States sardine industry centred at Eastportand Lubeck, in the State of Maine, but also carried on at Milibridge, Jonesport and Machiasport, depends largely upon supplies of fish from the Canadian fishermen. As Professor Prince, in his report referred to above, says (pp. xxvi. and xxvii.): ' The United States canneries could not carry on their operations for a single day but for the ample supplies of fish obtained from our waters, and the sardine industry, so far as our fishermen are concerned, is confined to the capture of the fresh fish and their disposal to the Maine canneries. At least ninety-five per cent of the so-called United States sardines are caught by our fishermen on Canadian shores, and these are, for the most part, packed in Eastport, Lubeck and other small towns in the State of Maine. ' Of such importance is the supply of these small fishes that a large proportion of the population on the Maine coast, as well as the body of Canadian fishermen who pursue their calling amongst the islands of the Bay of Fundy and neighbouring waters, may be said to be largely dependent upon the sardine industry. A failure in the supply of these fishes would mean disaster to those engaged in cleaning, curing and packing, and who have capital invested in the canneries, and would, without doubt, seriously affect the Canadian fishermen who find lucrative employment in the capture of the sardines. That the small fish, known as sardines in these waters, were abundant on the shores of Charlotte County, , was long known to our fishermen, but their value was not appreciated, and the only use to which they
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