The story of the North American fisheries

• Main Author: Connolly, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 1888
• Subjects: Fishing industry; Canada; 314.15; Magdalen; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6239

Read Tuesday, 24th January, 1888. Without doubt, and beyond comparison, the fisheries of British North America are the most extensive and the most profitable in the world. The mighty lakes and noble rivers abound with almost every description of freshwater fish; and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence those...