Report on the salmon of the 1937 Port-aux-Basques (Newfoundland) drift-net fishery

• Main Author: Belding, David Lawrence, 1884-
• Other Authors: Préfontaine, Georges
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Institut de Zoologie, Université de Montréal 1938
• Subjects: Salmon fisheries > Newfoundland and Labrador > Port-aux-Basques; Atlantic salmon; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/133194

Report on The Salmon of The 1937 Port-aux-Basques (Newfoundland) Drift-Net Fishery Methods of investigation -- The drift-net fishery at Port-aux-Basques -- The salmon of the Port-aux-Basques drift-net fishery. Salmon characteristics -- Port-aux-Basques drift-net fishery salmon 1937 -- Comparison of Port-aux-Basques salmon for the 1936 and 1937 seasons -- Comparison of Port-aux-Basques drift-net tagged salmon with the salmon of the east, south and west coasts of Newfoundland -- Comparison of Port-aux-Basques drift-net fishery salmon with salmon of the west shore of the gulf of St. Lawrence -- Tagging experiments. Distribution of recaptured salmon -- Time of tagging and percentage of recaptures -- Characteristics of the recaptured tagged salmon -- Movements of tagged salmon -- Port-aux-Basques drift-net fishery recaptured salmon -- Labrador recaptured salmon -- South coast of Newfoundland recaptured salmon -- West coast of Newfoundland recaptured salmon -- Nova-Scotia recaptured salmon -- East coast of New-Brunswick recaptured salmon -- Bay of Chaleur recaptured salmon -- Gaspé peninsula recaptured salmon -- North shore of the gulf of St. Lawrence recaptured salmon -- The migratory routes of the Atlantic salmon in the gulf of St. Lawrence. Sea-life of the salmon -- Source and dispersal of Port-aux-Basques drift-net salmon -- Summary At head of title : Studies on the Atlantic salmon II; "Report of the Quebec Salmon Commission"