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cod into some of the southern republics of South America has been stimu- 
lated by the scarcity of meat. 
The quantities of cod in the southern waters of the gulf of St. Law- 
rence off the shore of the Magdalen islands and the mainland of Gaspé 
and Bonaventure appear to show very little diminution year by year, but 
the coastal cod fisheries on the north shore of the St. Lawrence have declined 
in recent vears, as the cod have been seeking deeper water. 
Herring are Plentiful.—Spring herring enter the gulf with the 
spring tides about the beginning of Mav and are first found at the Mag- 
Fishing boat of Gaspé, Quebec 
dalen islands. After a few days they appear at the head of Chaleur bay, 
then along the Gaspé coast and later at Anticosti island. The final catch 
of this spawning herring is made early in June above cape Whittle on the 
north coast. During the rest of the season catches of herring inshore 
are more or less uncertain. Both herring and mackerel fishing industries 
offer excellent opportunities for greater development. 
Salmon in the Gulf.—The commercial salmon areas of Quebec are 
the estuaries of the rivers of the Gaspé peninsula and of those flowing into 
the north shore of the river and gulf of St. Lawrence from the Saguenay 
to the straits of Belle Isle. Salmon fisheries have been operating for years 
at the estuaries of the Bersimis, Moisie, and Natashquan rivers which 
are renowned for the large quantity and size of their fish. There is prac-