3.uun FISIIERMEN my on Still HARVEST

Island ﬁshermen not (‘TC some of these courses,

those already instituted at Sou-

and the provincial department of education. One of these sourc- es was in fish cutting and fillet- ing and the other in the making;

and repairing of trawl nets.

turns up until Nov. 30, 961, showed a decline in dollar value of a ut $300,000. ‘

Hero is a comparison in poundage and value for the 1961 and 1960 seasons with the 1960 figures in parenthesis.

519.000 (41.000.000). Estimated l;3;ied value 8-1.421.000 ($4 557

In. Lobster landings the story was as follows:

specific for particular communities. Still: tion. net hanging and plant op- Allin all 18 to 20- courses will be run-off to aid the1

able harvest from the sea.

fishermen also make use of smelt bag nets, trap nets, scai-I ris. have been made possiblellop dra gs and oyster rakes.1 Prince county. through the co-operation of the1F ' federal department of labour; ermen brought in, during the season approximately 45 mil- lion pounds of product.

rom their operations the fish-

Island fishermen are in I county, about Other courses designed to r Queen's and 37 per cent are .1; techniques are aimed Prince county.

other courses embrace navigaqermen in their primary opera- tions something in the order of $3. fishermen in reaping a prom-Imillion. Approximately 52 per 1 cent

Dept. aims program atincreasing efficiency

Kings County, 16 per cent Queens and 32 per cent

in| county. With cod fish. about 7! inlper cent is taken in Kings ‘county. approximately 13.5 par 0: the landed value of Princelcent in Queens and 14.5 in than $4.4 million. approximately‘ Prince county. While most of 44 per cent is brought in by the flounders caught are landed Kings county, 15 per cent is ac- in Kings county, Prince county counted for by Queens and about has by far the largest harvest 4! per cent is taken in by Prince of Irish moss. county. The investment of $3.5 million The percentage comparisonslby Island fishermen covers a do not vary much year from.wide field. Included, in round year and this also holds true to‘ figures. are 22 dragggers, 1,33 varieties of fish landed. About: gasoline or diesel boats, 50 piers 43 per cent of the lobster value; 21;: ‘”hal']V‘:)5-t 325; 5m°l;°o:o°‘E5°r' comes ashore in Kings. about 17’ ﬁn‘ [mm ° 5 er mp’ ' e ' . I g nets. 1,200 mackerel nets, P91‘ C91" "1 Q“9e"5v 3“d 3'30"‘ 2,000 smelt nets. and l.500 hand 40 per cent landed in P r i n c 0 lines.

Approximately 42 per cent of Kings per cent are in

The capital investment of fish-

equipment is u s u ally

of this investment is in

Pounds landed 9,512,000 (10,- 137,000l. Estimated

The fisheries of the, province involve about 3.000 fishermen,I _ conducting their operations froml d b 13 h ' some 1,500 boaths. Thtfirtcapltatiy

own y per cent. and t e investment in t ese 02: s an ' value down about three percent. MR. ROSSITER equipment amounts to some-g In the lobster category. pound here, however. was a month! thing In the Vicinity of $3-5 mil-‘ age was down six per cent and late in getting underway. ill0ﬂ- , the value about 4.9 per cent, Recognizing the large invest; These fishermen annually SEASON LATE ment of Island fishermen, par-lmake use of some 450,000 lobs-I dNo pagticutlar relason could be gculaiilyotlif ofifshore i<:;1perators,j (er traps, about 5,500 mackerel I: a vance or ower re urns on. osster m ister ofl - poundage and dollar-wise, for it fisheries has embarked his de-‘ and gm new about 2500 smelt: was the general picture in °['

The sea fish poundage ws s

partment on an ambitious edu-, gm nets‘ about 2'000 tubs many parts th Maritime: catlonal program designed to in-;’ ‘NW1 and th°“53"d-5 0‘ h 3 I1 d and Newfoundland. The season, crease efficiency. ‘lines. In addition to these the

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Deep sea fishing improvesf province's economic health?

Anewty~peofdieepseaf'ilsh- ing which has been added to the province's fishing industry in recent years. will have great- er emphasis this year on the provincial economy.

Visiting tourists. and me pleasure seeking Prince Ed‘ ward Isla ers. have been

spending a share of their sum- mer hours deep sea fishing with veterans who know where to find the fish that are nor- mally caught commercially, and have the boats and equip- ment, as well as the knowhow, to get their passengers to where the bigfeiiows urk in the depths.

New emphasis was given to the sport last year when 38 fish- ermen were given special train- ing at a special course at e Vocational School in Charlotte-

town. .

Industries and government departments merge p r e t t y closely in this small province and the deep sea fishing cour

lty of making the training pos- sible. for the men who are of- fering a service to visitors seeking deep-sea fishing ex- porience. Many veteran skip- pers have years xperience as practical fishermen and know just about every trick in the trade.

STANDARDS SET

The special training. however. along with regulations covering the service which they offer to visitors will ensure that all boats will be up to specified standards. and all of the equip- ment used will measure up to requirements. Island pleasure seekers. and tourists interested in this form of fishing. will be able to embark on such exped- itions in the future with more confidence because of the training which some 30 fisher- men obtained at the course last winter.-»

'l'he men who enrolled for and finished the course were really back in school for two weeks. They were put through a rigorous set of studies and taught all the necessary things

they should know when engag- ed in this type of

On completion of their train- ing the men were required to undergo an examination by an officia the department of transport, Halifax. The success- ful candidates in the examin- tion were granted a temporary master's certificate. Before the first week in July all the traine- es will have had an opportunity to qualify for the certificate and their boats will undergo a thor- ough inspection by the depart- ment of transport. In addition. the boats are re-

to allow the acquirement of a cabin with toilet facilities — a stipulation to which the fisher- men all agreed. The boats will also install other equipment for the comfort of passengers.

To assist the fishermen furth- er. the Travel Bureau is issuing a folder which will be available to those interested and will list all the boats that meet the min-

“ imum requirements. The first

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requirement will be a master's certificate. The location of deep sea fishing places, the name of the master. the ‘name of the: boat and other information will be listed. Information bureaus; and resorts will be stocked with 3 the folder. - On completion of the course‘ in Charlottetown. the fishermen; formed an organization known! as the Prince Edward Islandf Deepsea Fishing Association. Deepsea fishing operations give fullcummer work for sev- eral fishcrmen and is a supple- mentary form of financial ben- efit to many others. The boats. 4 most of them ordinary lobster‘ boats. are 30 to 40 feet ength and require very little effort to fit them for this endeavor. Many tourist families avail themselves

of this opportunity to enjoy an cod, mackeral. haddock and other fish. mostly using hand- lines. Some boat owners will also have heavy rods for their pas-

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