Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VII. Fisheries and game

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER VII Fisheries and Game* N EARLY INDUSTRY.—More than four centuries ago Basque, A and Breton fishermen visited the gulf of St. Lawrence and fished in the waters that still give employment to the fishermen of Gaspé and Labrador. After Cartier's explorations the sea fisheries of New France rapidly attained importance and were the source of an exten- sive commerce. After the British occupation of Canada, capitalists from the Channel islands became interested in the Canadian cod fisheries. The Jersey firms that settled in Chaleur bay as early as 1764 eventuallv succeeded in controlling the fishing industry. The fisheries of the province of Quebec are numbered among the most extensive in the world and their annual yield has always exceeded a million dollars. They are controlled by the Government of the province which derives a considerable revenue therefrom. Formerly the sea fisheries were administered by the Federal Government but since 1922 they have reverted to the province. Commercial Importance.—The fisheries of the province may be classified as commercial and game fisheries. The commercial fisheries are confined largely to the gulf and river St. Lawrence; the game fish are found in the streams and inland lakes. Quebec ranks fifth among the provinces of Canada in value of fish caught. The value of production of the commercial fisheries of Quebec for the year 1927 was $2,736,450. This represents the value of fish marketed, whether sold for consumption fresh, or canned, cured, or otherwise prepared. The value of the inland fAsheries in 1927 was $614,194. The game fisheries, through permits and the rental of fishing privileges, produce a certain amount of revenue annually but the greatest benefit these fisheries bring is not easily estimated in dollars and cents. Those who come into the province to enjoy the sport of fishing are usually men of means who spend liberally on railway fares, hotel bills, supplies, guides and ‘other purposes. Very often, too, they are attracted by the rich undeveloped resources, and many cases could be cited of the building of factories and the beginning of industrial projects as a result of the fishing and hunting trips of wealthy men. TT % Revised by the Department of Colonization, Mines and Fisheries, Quebec. nn

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