. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . mm^^^mri0. Herring Neck, Notre Dame Bay. LOBSTER FISHERY. The lobster fishery is of comparatively recent origin anddates from 1873, when the first tinning was done. It has re-ceived a rapid expansion, especially during the last ten gives employment now to about 5,000 persons; and the valueof the export of lobsters is at present from $600,000 to$700,000 per annum. The licensed lobster factories number700 to 800. The lobsters are packed in hermetically sealed tins. In Newfoundland, as in all lo
. Newfoundland at the beginning of the 20th century : a treatise of history and development . mm^^^mri0. Herring Neck, Notre Dame Bay. LOBSTER FISHERY. The lobster fishery is of comparatively recent origin anddates from 1873, when the first tinning was done. It has re-ceived a rapid expansion, especially during the last ten gives employment now to about 5,000 persons; and the valueof the export of lobsters is at present from $600,000 to$700,000 per annum. The licensed lobster factories number700 to 800. The lobsters are packed in hermetically sealed tins. In Newfoundland, as in all lobster producing countries,there is a great danger of these valuable crustaceans being ex-terminated or the fishery being rendered fishing and the capturing of immature lobsters are thecauses of the decline. Stringent rules are now enforced, andin addition, the Department of Fisheries are carrying on an ex-tensive system of artificial propagation of lobsters in each ofthe large bays, with the view of counteracting the destruction NEWFOUNDLAND. 61
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