| FISHERIES /REPORT ‘66

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“THE GUARDIAN - THE EVENING PATRIOT

LOBSTERS RESPONSIBLE 4 Growth inspires confidence

e seaweed si es of fisheries in which he points lings were increased by more |processing plant being establish- _

up the extent to which the fish- ithan six per cent over the pre- ing industry in the Maritimes |vious year. The future is bright,

onomy of the province.

try will play-in-the—- overall —ec-

This growth has been exempli- fied in the constant develop- ments that are being carried out to

particularly in offshore fishing operations which in the past have been dominated by. Prince

1Edward_Island’s_ sister Atlantic

provinces. However, P.E.I. is now. moving into that field with tHe building o a_ substagt ial fleet of steel draggers for the new Georgetown plant.

The new oyster hatchery at Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island,

ed this year at Miminegash

should provide the guidelines for .™

development of another marine resource which could also play a major role in the expanding fishing industry.

Continuation of co-operation ~ between the province’s fisheries”

authorities and those of the fed- eral government is indicated in the work of the Federal- Provin- cial Atlantic Fisheries Commit-

SEINE NET FISHIN MACKEREL BOOMIN t ve and facilitate G FOR — G ___. | fishing vities. Never before | the first“of its kind in Canada, |tee and I am confident that this

TT Par € has there been so much ’action |has been constructed to develop joint h-to the de -HIGHER LANDINGS, PRICES approac velop-

i. : - } _ : E I increased lobster catch‘|when technical problems are| culminate in a program that Island fish h mutual er ne fen oe recast Oat, ioe oe ean SS oe ive ) S an : 1s .eT1es. S OW : bl Ti din Niel a thon on fin UC rv HON. H. J. ROBICHAUD | problems | : — S , p OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING \ oi hua meen ae

, 3 Ot: _ substantial increases |3-- =, ..: ee eee Canada's first oyster hatch hc oe lobster was mAinly responsible |rose by two million to six million | OFFSHORE Se racy P.EI. October 36 ana. a Ss Ins O Ss er a. Cc ery remade BhinBeceary __ for a substantial increase in the | pounds. = ‘| Further evidence of the em- | 1965, The Tenth Annual Atlan- | — : ~ : —e : ; : Se ne er et ene ED ies Belo shies aie ok eee ee | OFOduces some amazing results “= "“

elimbed to $7,140,000 from the |in Prince Edward Island were |was given by a provincial spok-jover 100 delegates, including

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1964 total of $5,741,000. instep with fisheries trends jesman for Prince Edward Is-| the largest representation from j Seafish landings in Prince Ed- throughout the Maritimes area, \land attending the Canadian At-| industry ever to tum out for} By IRA BALDERSTON — ded further that the results staff of four technicians will be cis eee ik ae neice ward Island totalled 47,476,000 |where all previous commercial |lantic Offshore Fishing Vessel | euch a gathering. SUMMERSIDE - - The past |to justify the building of facill- required fee. three to four hs afisk alt pounds an increase of 6.5 million {fishing records were toppled. |Conference in Montreal in Feb-| pjiscussions centered on pro- |¥°*" has seen a.large volume of |ties to test the technique on 9g |the oyster hatchery. In addition ting and-fed:-cultured. foods’ te- -pounds over 1964, while the har- |Maritimes fishermen landed 928 | ruary this year. Eugene M. Gor- Mems of communication be: tests and experiments carried | commercial scale. to fore being put out in natural vest of seaweed, an industry of |million pounds of fish and shell-|man, Deputy Minister of Fisher- tween science and industry, a on by s Research After working with the var- |utilize conditions. Dr. Drinnan said that some importance on the island, \fish, valued at 65.7 million dol, |ies for the province of Prince |i 11. underlined at the opening Board of at the biologi- {ious concepts provided by the | periods. this has produced oa - increased.to, 17.1 million’ pounds |Jars. These figures represented |Edward: Island, told the confer- | caccion by David F. Corney cal sta’ at Ellerslie, P. E. I. |Fisheries Research Board .scien.| Water aging results. “The first rearing from 7.1 mij pounds the pre- |substantial increases over the jence the development of more | procident of the Fisheries Coun-1,; 0%, Vor Js under the direc- tists, the experimental oyster |from of oysters treated in this way _ vious-year.— 1964 catch of 811 million pounds |efficient fishing vessels is one’ ci) of Canada. Nine panels were |02, 0 Dr. Roy Drinnan, inves-|hatchery at Ellerslie was con- jethy have reached, at the ead of an Lobster landings of 8,838,000 |valued at 56.8 million dollars. jof the principal factors bearing | .ondicted on various A tigator-in-charge for the Fish- | structed in 1963. = pumps, fi | months,-a ‘size equivalent to twe unds, an increase of one mil-| For the future, Prince Ed-|upon a more extensive fishing | fisheries technology, eas eries Research Board of Canada | According to Dr. Drinnan the jed to cope with ‘years normal growth in nature,” nm pounds over 1964, had a tot- |ward Island’s participation in |economy in his province. . were on topics According to Dr. Drinnan this is |aims of the experimental oyst- |zards, .damage. . Ce stated. ; al landed value of $5,177,000, |the fisheries promises to ex-| He expressed the hope that ling from iecdtignedad an the first.federal full-scale oyster jer hatchery program are two-|winter ice and The oysters leave the nearly-one million-dollars :higher-|pand, particularly in the _off- |the conference. would. make_im- | joms-t9-complex research pro-{"#tchery ever built_and the first foldj= =O _by marine ¢ as spat % to % See than the previous year. ishore operations which in the |portant contributions to increas- : one with facilities such as this | nrveLop TECHNIQUES isms. : er, fixed to the collectors whieh Fishermen landed 2,193,000 |past have been dominated by its jed safety at sea, more efficient The scientist in charge of the one. t The first is to develop reliab- The ‘accumulation of silt and ee then nded from floats pounds of oysters, worth $399,000 |sister Atlantic provinces. ‘Jcatching operations and impro-| new, oyster hatchery at Elles.| Dr. Drinnan’ stated recently Je techniques of rearing seed |{Uling in the intakes is an im- in the , where growth The quantitu of landings wqs| Expansion of offshore opera-|vement in the quality of fish » Teported on the (that one of the chief aims~ of loysters on a co tial seal portant factory in the hatchery contin natural condi- down by 600,000 pounds, but the |tions was heralded by plans an- | landed. carried out there, |the stations is to develop meth- |When this is accomplished it is process. . Therefore, the intake “0! held this way” value increased by $28,000. Oth- |nounced-early this year by Gulf} Prince Edward Island first en-|n.0 hatchery, first of its kind |048 of raising commercial quan- expected that private lines are as short as possible for be placed on trays er molluscs and crustaceans to- |Garden Foods Limited of Geor- |tered the offshore fisheries when | ;,, Canada, oa combined pro- |tities of seed oy . “A supp-|eial oyster hatcheries Car ocd a. a suitable water Se ’ area until talled more than one million |getown, P.E.I. The company re-|a 50-foot wooden dragger WAS |i.ut of the federal Department {ly of seed act the ‘most ve to fulfill the seed require ply and minimizing- the enough for final — fxPounds, worth . $204,000. vealed that nine steel draggers, |put ‘into operation in’ 1950. Sub-"loF Fisheries aan the Ft ‘pressing need: of the oysterin- | ments of oyster farmers. The of any accumulations. lanting, or until large enough’ ‘Groundfish landings increased |each 129 feet in length, will be |sequent development resulted im |p .anch Board of Can, ae dustry in the Maritime Provin- | experimental hatchery id It-is very important-that all separation and direct plant- y 2:5 million pounds to 24 mil- {built for the Georgetown plant |the operation of a fleet of 23 ces. Natural_oyster production | have a continuing role to play in water entering»the hatchery sy- | ing. lion pounds in 1965, representing | during the next three years. All |wooden draggers in the 60 to 65- i is extremely variable and stea-|further development and re- stem be clarified , —Dr.__Drin- Stock cultures are maintained gross earnings to fishermen of |will be constructed by Bathurst |foot class and the construction lo dily decredsing in the face of|finement of techniques, - train. |22%,8#i4- ‘Animals which would, ROY DRINNAN by classical methods. Culture ,. $833,000. Principal species were |Marine Limited of that com-|of two frozen fillet plants at ring ria changes-th our bays asd oe: linger vere , settle in the hatchery and com-| eel for aprending re—held-ja < cod, flounders, soles and hake. |munity. ~|Souris. The development of steel “it tuaries brought about-by-man’s |nical advice and carrying 7 pete with oysters for food and and larvae. Dr. Drinnan point- jtsnks illuminated by fluorescent Fishermen also landed 11.4 mil-| Gulf Garden Foods opened a jside and stern trawlers follow- scall beds activities.’ he-added the difficult ti silt‘ which would foul the syst- jed out that other methods of wa- |iignts housed in plexiglass tubes lion pounds of pelagic and estu- |new processing plant in the sum- jed. These ranged in length from op ‘arhig compegt of utllising the | carving ingases ons a8 lem and interfere with oyster /ter clarification, including the | which pass through the tanks “arial fish: the herring catch rose !mer of 1965. It is equipped to '92 to 128 feet. : ; freciibeidobe teurothictive:polem:| ‘he secotid Ath i” Ok ols raising sale mene. bers “tulm side by side. The culture is con- = ae Exploratory fishing fs to be jtial of the oyster to produce |stocks of oysters with desirable |, it, ddition, the efficiency 9 | sidered : ‘tinuously cireulated by @ pump J e . : 300,000 cases in 1965. That was |continued this year in efforts to large quantities of seed under |characteristics, such as fast light, a later step in water-treat- Oysters under natural condi- through jets which play on the - S ec on service due mainly, -he said, because |locate scallop beds. of commer- |controlled conditions.is not anew |growth and disease resistance. i tly increased by tions develop ripe gonads in |bottom of the tank. Up to half ; wa ; - mee fed.“ f this| ‘The hatch isi d te |e | early: summer and—spawn.when | of the volume of the tank can be of the largest pack of: sardines |cial value off the western end of |O0e’» he stated. ‘‘Much o ne _HALCheY. lesigned efficient clarification of sea wa-| water te + same . ie F : information required to make | provide facilities for the steps in- |;. mperatures reac! taken for feeding every day. ; e ever produced in Canada. That |Prince Edward Island. is a reality hag been avail-|volved in oyster spawning, lar- ter. able levels. In the hatchery, jtank is replenished with filtered | on constant J , | This work is belie caryféd out lable for some, yedR, but litle |val fearing and /apaemetting and spawning must be controlled to lenriched sea water. F an : Mee , jas.a joint federal-. provincial ess has beef made in Con- gh. Te “ate: condi- wr supp! ae a. ret year Cae a rahe te ae “_ ; b.. We: tt. The search will be con: |verting this knowledge into 6 legal resriag ee sctdment |ler. fo avoid ‘removing all use- | ing adults at 18 degrees centi- |system. ‘The spat which showed With the ‘commercial fishing jing plants was matched” by a Shippegan ‘eentrated in an area where i ustriak process. t nd t réaring. © 2 ful food organism,<the machine | grade (64 degrees fahretiheit) at |such growth in 1965 were reared industry booming in the Mari- |substantial increase in the fish- /tion If. some preliminary scouting has se alge, Patri babes ao 4 he Deaae en ‘that | must be operated above its rated |which temperature they ripen jon cultured foods in larval and time Provinces, the federal de jing fleet. ‘‘All _ shipbuilding been done for scallops. laboratory scale in 1959”, he ad- |from’ experience ‘at Ellerslie, ‘a but do not spawn. Sea water |early spat stages.

partment of fisheries inspection |yards in the Maritimes a service is kept on the jump hand- | Working to capacity constes ling demands created by this |both steel and wooden tra turn of good fortune. ; scallop draggers and longliners

With new fish’ plants being |the fisheries official tolc built and older ones being ex-|meeting. He said the

panded and: improved, inspec- | building wooden scallop ee tion officers have little time to | 8ers had levelled off, but the /greater

waste. On top of that, many |building of groundfish (cod, had- | will be new vessels entered the inshore |dock, cusk, etc.,) draggers had and offshore fisheries last year, |increased. He noted that there and fish landings and values|Was a trend toward the build- soared to heights never before |ing of steel stern trawlers, — experienced in the colorful his- |With trawls over one side); tory of this ancient industry. still being built. He. ~The extent of increased fish | Increase in groundfish lardim inspection activity was reflect- |was reflected in the amount ed in a report given here by Ro- |groundfish and scallop nald J. McNeill, assistant Mari- j|ed by the branch. M i times head of the inspection ser- |Said 115,000,000 pounds ! vice. He was addressing the /fillets were inspected by ‘ annual meeting of department- |branch in 1965. Scallop ins; al officials from-area headquar- {tions increased ‘from 16,0008 sf ters in Halifax, district offices |pounds iff 1964 to more thay _ throughout the Maritimes and a |000,000 pounds last year delegation from Ottawa head-| While overall lobster “tam quarters. Mr. MeNeill was;were down about a mi “speaking~ on behalf of the area |pounds over 1964, the produ@e}. (os chief of the service; Dr. C. M., |tion of fresh and frozemet fio Blackwood, who was absent dur-|meat increased by more<Qham / ing the four-day sessions. 600,000 pounds last year. Mi jdesigs Mr. McNeill noted that the |McNeill said the production of re vast expansion of fish process-|canned fish jumped by near!

Heavy mackera fishing planned.

- -|new boats have a roomy glassed | ig) this summer from an expanded |j, pow cabin, 280 HP marine ;

seining operation.

|temperature is adjusted by pass- | waRVESTED DAILY

by the application of boiler wa- bulk once daily. A continuous

ter to the converter jacket and cooling when required,, i8 &C- | now of sterile e

Pollution serious problem | 3: en .,complished by the similar-use of eo. an overflow of culture

oO *icold fresh water.

7 p Tere for Mariti ! e shine sit z i The oysters are conditioned |ynder development.

verse effects to the oyster ee28 | Yor spawning in fibre glass trays| ‘The present situation indicat- EC es so stacked that water introduc- |eg that a successful commercial ed at the top runs down from | oyster hatchery could become a

#\Fleet OWMETS [Sor 'Car"and niyo te ea ee eee oe . “Tt should Be

‘To stimulate spawning, ripe | stressed, however, that this oysters from the condition 1m g |stii an undertaking which invol- trays are placed in clean se& |ves a substantial degree of risk. water and the temperature is |y¢ js also important to realize raised from 25 degrees to 30 de- |that Canadian experience is lim- grees centigrrade. Oysters which |ited to one locality, id’; «ispawn are removed to contain-| pr. Drinnan noted that Eller- ers of clean sea water. Eggs re- |slie was chosen as the site for leased are washed through & ithe experimental hatchery con- : fine ‘screen, sperm —added=-and-\yenience and from; the--greater;— the fertilized eggs put into rear- |«nowledge of this area, rather s/ing containers. If oysters are ithan from any belief that it ts fully ripe the whole spawning |the most promising site in the process is a rapiid and simple |Maritimes. ‘‘Though the area one. Within 24 hours the f ed_ eggs develop into swimming |characteristics, there are also ar larvae other serious disadvantages. Al-

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| vulnerable phase of the: oyster’s |simpliciation of hatchery pro- life and this step is the'most dif- |cesses or demand atlerations”,

ficult in the hatchery process. jhe said. 7 According to ee eee - x has boy . Cana-jians, water quality. is. su- |sent:-me' é “even- |preme ipenioael here. the early stages is a rela Larvae are reared in conical |costly one. A simpler process shaped tanks, each, containing would be of obvious advantagz. nd 3 and the use of covered tanks can

1 of sea water a fo 5 £00,000 larvae. |containing filtered sea water

When larvae reach setting shows great promise. _2

~aowe| Murray River retains

engines and are equipped with $ Experimental seining for ship- to-shore radio, depth s Bitess hor Rs of bique er’ ‘A \ on ‘ Mackerel off Alberton was car- ders and other modern cop@etie (Wil pte } ‘ ; bai . Pa nh noted Wak in growth ; act t t t Pp t t . Tea Kan aar cat Caml tere ta Heades. ae at pe to incg yea This sae luatic the past, ient: impoeance Additional step hat- 1tS rou repu LCL 10n en, Lemont and Ceci n ese larger bo ; ; f : , ‘ ‘ theries A ; ; = 1964. ding : ie Be | being carried over {vs 1966, he ee oe ar as See cart pong W. Johnson of the Depart f Prince Edward: Island’s. Mur- | are not conclusive because there

anadromous fish resource of | the spat for a time prior to seed- 5 : v ’ the Maritimes. Many productive |ing, has been indicated as nec- |of Fisheries of Canada said that | ray River livéd up to its reputa- pe a a crank tae ae i streams’ were more or less sac- essary and facilities to accom. |stern ‘trawlers. are more effic- | 4:0, azain last year as one of the | = shaw the in engl

— r-following-tHte-close—df—the-+-berton- ies-and—Hutt-Bro-"tnitely-20 "feet plained, Tatiged from merely re- | velopment this resulted in a |constructéd this year,” Mr. | Predicte wert amp taw- | Province's—best-——trout-- sree. Mowls es 1908 tea

spring lobster season on June (thers. |inboard and outboard motor.% ducing oxygen’ levels — below |drop in the population for ana- Parkinson said. lers will not only prove to be|Figures released at Maritime | Following Pag trout 30. o : Boat launching began in Al- This motor will run a hydraulic |those which will support fish ‘to |dromous fish available for ex- Further discussions: on—oysters | more productive but also more | headquarters of the federal de-|catches in five leading streams

Lobsters continue as'the main- |berton on April 1 the, earliest |set up which in turn will set up |out and out poisoning of waters | ploitation. were conducted at the meetings | profitable in the future. partment of fisheries disclosed a |in each country: stay of Western Prince County |date in many years and a few ja pump and‘ winch. This pump | by the various chemicals and in-| The service is facing up to the by L.A. England,, Officer- in- é Departfent of Fisheries|record catch of more than 12,- | PRINCE. — Dunk,. 11,498; Wil fishermen and possible the [herring were landed during the |will pump water down a_ base |secticides. “Unfortunately”, he |problent, Mr.. Parkinson went Charge of the Service's Shellfish |of Canada has concentrated on | 000 speckled trout. mot, 2,820; “Baltic, 2,195; Mill, greatest number of traps ever week of April 4 to 9, but no large |and this will provide the digging A close second to the Murray | 2,110 and Trout River 1,898.

4964 and last year daily landings |used in seining for Mackerel ranged as ‘high as 30,000 pounds. |and Cod fishing. They are “bein, At Teast three other Albe#ton turned out at two thriving Al

station. »|told thé meeting.

tiv This boat was described by |BEARING BRUNT Effects of pollution,

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dded, ‘‘ st, val \° - | Cult increasing productive ef added, “‘our most, valuable sal-/on. A program has been under- Culture Station at Ellerslie, and | g produ ficiency waa the ouaaiip- popula | QUEENS — Hunter's, 1,048;

will be set out from Tignish and amount has: appeared as_ vet. ‘action for the*capturing of the mon producing waters are bear- taken to rehabilitate some of R.E. Brinnan, Investigator- in-/|in its stern trawler design. If y eit . , ~ Alberton this spring. Fair catches of herring were fish ~ ing the brunt of this continual |those waters. As a case. in point, Charge of the Ellerslie Sub-Sta- |the initial costs were kept close | River in Prince County which’ | York,’ 1,720; Vernon 701; Stan- — A number of Alberton men are landed last year on April 19, ‘After we have assessed the | pressure. he cited East River (Sheet Har-| tion of the Fisheries Research Ito vessels of similar size and if | yielded 11,425 speckled beauties. | ley, 610, and DesRoche Pond,

starting, the season with brand |and 20 ‘population the next+job will be,’ “tf. the ‘struggle to overcome bor), where a ‘series of three |Board of Canada. The bdyster | productive efficiency increased,| The total speckled trout angling | 510. catch for all the province's fish- |. KINGS — Murray River, 18,

» —* new boats which are attracting In addition ‘to Lobsters and |in conjunction with the Depart- this urgent problem”, continued |main stem dams effectively stop | hatchery, is a, joint undertaking |then the profit potential would considerable interest by ‘their; Mackerel, Scallop and Cod fish- |ment of Fisheries, to find meth- the fisheries engineer, ‘ithe jupstream migration. ,. by the federal. Fisheries depart-|be greater and would result in| ing streams was 107,690. 042; Montague, 7,375; Cardigan, modern appearance. and_attrac- jing will also, be carried on from lods of producing and marketing | branch expends a large portion) Fisheries biologists proposed ment ‘and the Fisheries Re- | greater earnings. for the crew! - Fisheries officials in Halifax 6,970; Sturgeom, 5,044 and Gres,

~e'the fish’, Mr> Macleod” and the qwner, :

_..tivevariety. of colors whieh are |Alberton, area this year. ° ° yOfitstechmical-energies in'mon-'that if fish could be placed in’ search Board of Canada.. emphasized that the statistics 4,494,

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