BRITISH COLUMBIA 39

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HE province’s fisheries for the year ending 31st March, 1911, show

a total value of products of $10,300,000, this being one-third of the

whole produce of the fisheries of the Dominion, salmon and halibut

gave the largest yields. The value of these products is increasing rapidly
each year.

The principal food fishes of the North Pacific are salmon, herring,
sturgeon, bass, oolachans, smelts, perch, trout, skill, sardines, anchovies,
shad, oysters, clams, crabs, shrimps, and prawns. Whale are very
plentiful along the Coast of Behring sea. Dog fish are valuable for their
oil and manufacture of guano. Sealing, at one time a leading source of
profit, has fallen off of late owing to restrictions imposed by the Behring
sea award and the decreasing number of these mammals.

British Columbia’s Fisheries for 1911 produced upwards of ten and a half millions
of dollars.

Apart from the commercial aspects of British Columbia’s deep-sea fish-
eries, the lakes and streams offer exceptionally good sport to the amateur
fisherman and angler. All the numerous rivers, creeks and lakes, as well
as the sea, teem with fish, so that the gentle art may be enjoyed at all
seasons and in every part of the province.

The streams and lakes of Vancouver Island are in this respect partic-
ularly famous in the west, while the ‘‘Outlet”’ on the West Arm of the Koot-
enay River at Proctor, ‘“The Pool’ at Slocan Junction, the Creston district,
and the waters of southern Yale are amongst the best known fishing
resorts on the mainland. Non-residents of the province desirous of
angling must first obtain a license, which costs five dollars.