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

104 . NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC tically no salmon fishing west of the Saguenay. The total value of the salmon marketed in 1927 was $141.250. Lobster Fishery.—The lobster fishery in the waters of the Gulf is important and supports no less than fify-seven canneries. Increased canning operations threatened the fishery for some time, but the efficient enforcement of the fishery regulations is having the desired effect in increasing both the salmon and lobster supply in the gulf. The lobster hatcheries also augment the supply. The total value of the lobsters marketed in 1927 was $350.5790. Government Bounties.—With a view to encouraging the develop- ment of the sea fisheries and the building of fishing vessels the Dominion Government pays $160,000 annually to fishermen. The bounty is distri- buted under regulations made from time to time by the Governor in Council. In 1925 the province of Quebec received bounties to the extent of 846.819. INLAND FISHERIES Kinds of Fish.—The principal varieties of inland fish marketed are eels, whitefish, pike, sturgeon, trout, carp, fresh herring, bass, maski- nongé, salmon and pickerel. Touladi (grey or fork-tailed trout) are found in many rivers and lakes, especially in the Témiscouata region. Quana- niche, or land-locked salmon, are caught in lake St. John. In the Rupert river sea-trout and whitefish are in abundance. Speckled trout, doré {pickerel), maskinongé, and salmon trout from five to fifty pounds in weight are found in lake Mistassini. The common pike and whitefish are plentiful throughout the waters of the northern regions. Sturgeon are caught in the Nottaway river system and adjoining rivers. In lake Chibougamau there are trout from 4 to 6 pounds in weight, whitefish from 4 to 8, pike and pickerel from 8 to 10, and lake trout of verv large size and excellent quality. In the maze of streams and lakes forming the headwaters of the Ottawa, Gatineau, and St. Maurice rivers, trout are found in abundance. They are rare in the Bell river area and are almost entirely absent from the waters of the Ottawa in northern Pontiac. Bass, pike, pickerel, and the coarser kinds of fish are obtainable everywhere and in the larger rivers and lakes, such as Kakabonga and Grand Lake Victoria, sturgeon also abound. HUNTING AND ANGLING Privileges Leased.—Quebec is the only province in the Dominion which leases the exclusive fishing and hunting rights over large tracts of forest, lake and river territory. These privileges are leased to residents and non-residents alike. A very important provision of the leases is

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