The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-11
QUA EASTERN RELATIONS.

ibum the goth OF May he had visited the principal
nnhing stations in his ship. Up TO the middle OF
July, be says, there was no encroachment by the
Americans upon the fishing grounds-no iniucement |
existing until the commencement about that tune, /
of the mackerel fishing; and although there 10 no |
part Of the Gulf where fish of all kinds Is more abat
ant than ON the shores OF Prince Edward Island, yet
daring the summer months not more than twenty
bosts will be met with, until arriving of the north
pont where a considerable fishery has recently been
established, which he hopes will be an encour-
sgement for enterprise ether parts OF the coast,
a. ia 10 be lamented that much wealth should be
lost to the sand which he attributes to the people
being engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits
Prince Edward Island being very properly termed
the garden of North America-who seem 60 over
look the greater advantage Of coast teeming with
nsh, which, il sufficiently appreciated, the wealth
OF the island, through its fisheries, would be great
The fish, he states only to be taken close along
the shore that if the Americans do not encroaeh,
they must be unsuccessful from the first Of August to
the month OF October. In fine weather, you cannot,
he rays, run down the north shore without seeing
one hundred to one hundred and fifty American
fishing vessels, which carry on average, i've hun
dred barrels, worth at least ten dollars per barre
and supposng they fill up once-although in former
years they were in the habit of taking two, and
sometimes three, cargoes from the Gulfhe smallest
possible value taken annually from the coast of that
island alone is 5000
Mature has provided that during the spawning sea-
sen the mackerel do not take bait; but from the
SEEMING and other means adopted by the Americans,
1t had not been checked, the fish would, in few
years, have been externinated. Owing TO this in
terruption, small mackere about three inches long,
have already become abundant, which is attributed
TO the protection thus afforded to the spawning
fsh during last spring. II seems, Com. Camp
bell adds, TO be clearly established fact that not
only is the mackerel valuable in itself, bur where
that fish is plentiful the cod is also abundant.
He then describes the fishing establishments in
the Bay OF Chaeur The people, he says, are al Of
French extraction, and speak the language They
sell their fish to the Jersey houses OF whom they
loudly complain Of grinding them down in summer
az prices but ia winter they kept from stava
ion by advances made by those houses. They ap
pear however, to be a most improvident and
thonghtess people The islands OF Mscon, Shippi-
gan and the main land, form bay Of great extent
which is q very favcrie spawning ground for the
maekerel; but the Americans have. i'll former years,
fOsked there, capturing them IN great numbers The
ofal thrown by them, while cleaning the mack
erel, prevents tie Goldfish from taking the bait 80
that what would, il the treaty were observed, be
certainty of to the British hsherulen, has
Anus been made the cause Of failure. II, however,
the mouth of the Bay Of ChaIeur i protected al will
be protected
There are two considerable fishing establishments
at the island OF Mscon at the mouth of the bay; on
shippgan Island, up the bay there also several;
and higher up, on the main land there one hun
bred and fifty boats engaged in the fisheries; that
on Niscon being connected with Jersey houses and
the north side of the Bay OF Chaeur, at PaSpebiai,
two Of these have large fishing establishments,
whose vessels amount to about three thousand tons,
which ASSEMBLE in the sprng-are dimastet, and
the crews dispersed among the fishing boats and
curing establishments till the autumn, when they
return out and load their vessels, and proceed to
the South American and Mediterranean ports.
Owing TO tie interruption which the American
fishermen experienced last year. the mackerel have
again appeared close in shore and great results are
expected, if the former kept away in fut ire. At
the Rshing establishments of Perez Point ST. Peter,
and Gape Bay, chiefly connected with Jersey houses,
they have been successful, with fewer men en-
poyed than for many years past, which j. attributed
10 the Americans being kept of by boat that was
stationed at Point St. Peters, by the AdInrals
orders; and Captain Campbell suggests that one be
kept there during the in future, from which
ths officer in command can great extent Of the
most important fishing ground in the gulf.
Along the coast Of Labrador between Cape Whit
&c and the beautiful bay OF Seven Islands which
abOunds with mackerel in the early part of the
neY, which the Americans IN former years were in
the habit Of heqIentiDg very much, and where, in
ls6l, one hundred sail resorted, committing depre-
cations the Hldson Bay Companys agent, only
seven or eight appeared last year, and only for
Few days, the Arrow tender being there at the
time, and subsequently Com. Campbell was enabled
boats crew in future would in his opinion, be stuff
Giant The cod fishery along the coast il good, but
ID enly followed by few vessels from the neighbor-
ing province and the Magdalen islands.
Around these islands the fisheries have been very
pDoductive, upon which the people depend The
herring and mackerel appear in June, at which time
fbe Americans arrive; also vessels from the British
provinces; and the fishing is carried by nets in
the spring, the number laid down il enormous The
ash at this time making for the neghborhood OF
the shore TO spawn which renders the fishery every
serves it is only wonderful that the fish not
terminated; TO prevent which, he recommends that
the spring fishing should be confined by law to cod
Rsh,ng.
generally complain OF the Americans; on the con-
hnxy they receive them more warmly than the peo-
pie from the provinces, as the former employ mum
Der Of them aud pay them well while they buy their
little farm produce and also their fish, and bring
them articles free Of duty. During the late season,
the people came to al agreement against seine fish
ing on the shores Of the islands, but the magistrates
were doubtful whether they could enforce it against
provincial and American vessels
In st. George Bay, Newfoundland, the principal
fishery Is the herring, commencing towards the end
Of pril and lasting about three weeks; during which
time last year the enormous quantity of twentyonc
thousand barrels were caught and cured, owing TO
the cool weather at this Of the year. An in
slustrious man. from herring alone can realize from
$3.50 to $3.50 but the codfshing is bat little follow
ed and scarcely at all for expectation great many
GELS however, caught and smoked for winter
Agriculture is becoming to be more followed every
year, owing to the sherness Of the fishing season not
interfering with that pursuit
Throughout the Gulf Com. Campbell states,
there is no fishery valuable as that on the Cape
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