"In yield and value," writes the Commissioner of Fisheries in his annual report, the Canadian fisheries are still improving. Compared with last year their produce is valued at above half a million more-Succeeding tables, extending over a series of years, establish the fact that this improvement is not casual or spasmodic, but gradual and permanent." The value of the fish product for 1877, was $12,029,957; for 1876, $11,147,590. The production in each Province of the Dominion was as follows:—
|
1876. |
1877. |
P. E. Island |
$494,967 |
$763,036 |
Nova Scotia |
6,029,050 |
5,527,858 |
New Brunswick |
1,953,388 |
2,188,287 |
Quebec |
2,097,667 |
2,560,147 |
Ontario |
437,229 |
438,223 |
Manitoba |
30,590 |
24,023 |
British Columbia |
104,697 |
583,432 |
The values of the different principal fisheries or products for 1877, were—
Codfish |
$3,561,199 |
Herrings |
1,522,091 |
Mackerel |
1,667,815 |
Haddock |
475,723 |
Salmon |
855,687 |
Lobsters |
1,213,085 |
Fish oils, cod, seal, whale, porpoise, dogfish, &c., &c |
524,627 |