senting more nearly normal conditions. In these two years,
the total catch for this section (Cape Calvert to Alaskan
coastal waters, including Queen Charlotte Islands and
tributary offshore fishing grounds) represents about 35

5 per cent of the total British Columbia catch by volume and
about 38-5 per cent by value of fish as landed. This
suggests that about 38 per cent of British Columbia’s
fishing industry can be credited to the section of her ceast
within the confines of the North Pacific Region.

Since British Columbia apparently represents about
44 per cent of Canada’s production, it follows that about

16 per cent of Canada’s production may be credited to the
North Pacific Region.

The Salmon Fishery.—The strong position of the

North Pacific Region section is due to the prominence of

salmon in its output. In the nine years from 1935 to

1943 inclusive, British Columbia’s salmon pack totalled
14,848,935 cases, of which the contribution of the North
Pacific Region section was 6,185,890 cases, or 41-6 per cent.
Table III sets forth the figures for these years in detail.
It shows that the central area (Cape Calvert to Skeena
River) led all other sections with the exception of Vancouver
Island, the proportions over the nine years, by divisions,
being as follows:

Southern Section Percent Percent

Rraserp Rivero eae re 16-45
Riverss inlets ete eee aor © 6-42
intl ay hela et gee ems bilo)
Vancouver Island............. 33-52

58-31

North Pacific Region Section

kee nas Ravermape se eee 11-00
WNassuRivers cite deere k toe 4-86
CentralgArearest erste ee 18-85
Queen Charlotte Islands....... 6-98

41-69

Taste III

Salmon Pack of British Columbia

Cases
| North Pacific Region Southern Section
Central
Se | Skeena Nass Caoe Cake: Gries Fraser River | Rivers Inlet | Smith Inlet Wancouves
to Islands
Skeena River
SUSE) Sian eae eee ore eee 170,420 78,214 295,443 93,301 216,728 155,571 49,928 469,727
ROS ON aires reece rae We 218,634 139,575 420,496 178,891 260,261 72,011 14,888 559,747
LIGASE Sepia Saas eee pete ar | 133,165 49,042 265,065 77,475 231,848 108,782 35,502 608,798
QE Sehnert ma oa aire Macro | 223,413 113,970 351,798 115,695 277,084 122 363 44.921 458,554
1939. 205,604 55,946 301,513 50,699 199,241 83,502 285727 590,736
ISO S435 Sones Ao ee eke = ane 195,355 60,441 274,232 218,852 152,363 88,665 33,998 419,579
LSM AM asio.8 Hin Bere oiescb eee 200,497 71,330 244 579 105,086 431,299 138,650 32,109 985,835
HO AD ae Seis asa auc eee re le 152,418 100,142 198,408 144,145 549,617 105,539 235777 536,803
MOSS eee Cie ane Miche eer 133,589 52,333 445,900 50,224 126,541 79,698 21,942 347,711
1,633,095 | 720,993 2.797,434 1,034,368 2,444,982 954,781 | 285,792 4,977,490
|
6,185,890 8.663.045
Average for 9 years 687,321 cases 962.560 cases
41-77% 58-3%,

International Co-operation in Joint Control
and Development of Sea Fisheries

The administration of sea fisheries is a Federal responsi
bility, and in various parts of the world nations have
associated in agreements and undertakings for purposes
of scientific investigation, but nowhere, except in the

fishing areas of the Pacific shores of Canada and the United
States, have two nations so successfully collaborated in the

regulation and utilization, in their mutual interest, of their

basic fisheries resources. Nations are usually ready to

pool their research and investigative efforts, but the joint
establishment and harmonious operation of regulatory

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