The Republican journal., 1886-04-08
Fish and Fishing.

The close time for black bass and white perch
began April 1st.
The season for taking salmon and canning lob
sters began Thursday, April LIST.
The Newfoundland seal fishery so far has been
successful. In Notre Dame Bay the largest catch
ever known was secured.
Fish Warden Thompson of Newcastle, captured
several cars containing short Holsters at Pemaquid
last week. One thousand short Holsters lib
Grated NO owners appeared.
The days of trout fishing are near at hand, and
as soon as the brooks are thawed out the fisherman
with his rod and creel will drop his fly into the
pools where the coveted fish luTk.
American fishermen claim the right to land at
Canadian port and ship their fish by rail water
In bond to an American port. Canadian author-
ties dispute the claim, which remains unsettled.
The Eastport Sentinel understands that julius
Woiff, esq. has disposed of his Sarne factory at
;Jonesport to Geo. Smith and others. Mr.. Wolff
has sold the Millridge factory to j. Wyman, and
! has sold out his interest in the Columbia Falls
Packing Co.
| Cable advices report an enormous increase in
the catch of Goldfish over last year One million
| qulntals have already been taken This will sup
| ply the whole European market, and make still
more gloomy the outlook for Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland fishermen.
Officer TarboN of Bddeford and Warden Fris-
bee bee Of kittery,. by. order of Warden Counce of
Thomaston, visited Biddeford Pool, Kennebunk-
port and Cape Porpose, March 81 to inspect lob
sters at the Pool One hundred and thirty five of il
legal size were found in the possession of Duncan
Burnett, and he will be brought before the grand
jury at the May term of court.
Fish Commissioner Counce and Wartiens Pea.
body of Thomaston, and Thompson of Newcastle,
We're i'll Rockland March 3st looking after short
loDstefs ana making preparations for upon in
trlngers of the smelt close time which went into eff
feet April list, and lasts twenty days For the time
purse, nose and WeirS are tabooed, hook and line
and dip nets only being allowed for catching. The
officers mean business.
A large meeting of fishermen and other inhabi-
tants of Port Maitland, Nova Scotia has been held
ana resolutions were unanimously passed urging
the dominion government to use great vigilance in
protecting the fisheries from American trespassers,
and pleading with the people not to sell bait ice
to foreign fishermen. Port Maitland has for many
ness, and has been great port of call for Ameri-
can fishermen seeking bait.
special from Ottawa to the Toronto Mail, saws:
The American consul ut Halifax argues that there
Is nothing in the treaty of 1918 to prevent American
fishermen who have caught fish in deep water and
cured them, from landing them in a marketable
condition at any port in Canada and transhipping
them i'll bond to the United States either bv rail or
vessel as at the time of the treaty both railroads
and bonding systems were unknown. 1t is well
known that both railroads and bonding systems
We're i'll active operation in 1870 and the consul
must have overlooked the circular issued during
that year by the Treasury Department in Wash
ington, ordering collectors to inform all masters
of fishing vessels that under the treaty of 1878,
they are permitted to enter any of the bays har
borS Tor the purpose OF repairing damages there
in, to purchase wood and to obtain water and for
no other purposes.