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FP [ NHE one essential in the fishing industry is,the speedy

marketing of the fish after it is caught. The quicker

fish is placed on the market, the better the quality
obtained by the consumer. Prince Rupert, being the
terminus of a transcontinental railway, and 500 miles nearer
the fishing grounds than any other railway port, is where the
fishermen bring their catches.

Within three months of the final linking up of the rail-
way with the East, Prince Rupert shipped four and one-half
million pounds of deep-sea fish to eastern markets in 1921,
and in 1922 these shipments had increased to twenty-five and
a quarter million.

The figures of the 1923 catch for this district are as
follows:

FISH CATCH RETURNS FOR PRINCE RUPERT DISTRICT
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1923.

SALMON Total

Ganadianieses 83,156,400 Ibs.

INTIAL seer ee 1,112,800 Ibs. 84,269,200 Ibs.
HALIBUT

(Gamatdianiiees ees 9,648,600 Ibs.

ANMETT Canin esteres ee eee 20,260,600 Ibs. 29,909,200 Ibs.
HERRING

(Cameadiaimn ieee eae 5,816,800 Ibs. 5,816,800 Ibs.
COD

(Gramma einiee secon 13,800 Ibs.

AQNGRIGAIee rere = 500 Ibs. 14,300 Ibs.
COD—Black

Gama'diamigee= eee ee 429,200 Ibs.

PNIDO(ETEN@AUD ES a pags pea sees 169,700 lbs. 598,900 Ibs.
COD—Red

Ganediang ee 7,200 Ibs. 7,200 Ibs.
SIEURITVOR,S eteenseate eae 1,500 Ibs. 1,500 Ibs.
WHALES.—317 whales.
JGR JeVIS at oe ee 2,000 Ibs. 2,000 Ibs.
CRABS a 140,200 lbs. 140,200 Ibs.
TOTAL VALUE OF FISH (other than Salmon) .... 86,816,141.50
MATEUE ORsS Al NIO NG ens ee eee $6,868,143.00

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