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APPENDIX 483
In regard to the salmon fisheries, it would appear from the
evidence that salmon are abundant in the rivers and along the
coast of the north- west side of Hudson Bay as well as in the
rivers of the northern shores of the continent. Your Committee
consider it advisable that" means should be adopted to
ascertain more accurately the extent and value of the salmon
fisheries of these regions, with a view- to utilizing them for the
purposes of commerce and for the revenue which they may
afford.
The seas adjoining the great territory which your Committee
has had under investigation are frequented by whales of
different species, walruses, narwhals and a variety of seals. All
these animals are valuable for their oil, but the large species
of whales have heretofore been most sought for. Only a few
years ago these animals had a much more extensive range than
at the present time. Owing to improvements in navigation and
methods of capture, they have, of late years, fallen an easier
prey to their pursuers and have taken shelter in the less frequented
seas of the northern coasts of Canada. Now they are
being pursued to their last retreat by foreign whalers, and
some species are threatened with complete extinction in a few
years if this condition continues. It is to be borne in mind
that whales are long lived and slow- breeding animals. The
American whalers attack them with harpoons, explosive bombs
and lances, fired from large swivel- guns carried on steam
launches, instead of the old- fashioned weapons thrown by hand
from rowboats. These methods not only destroy the whales
with greater facility, but inspire the survivors with such terror
that they seek the most distant and inaccessible parts of the
northern seas and have entirely disappeared from the waters
in which they lived only a few years ago.
Your Committee are informed that the Russian Government
claim jurisdiction over the whale fisheries of the White Sea, and
exact a heavy license from each vessel engaged in the fishing,
and that the Alaska Fur Company asserts a similar authority
over the seal fisheries of Behring Sea, both of which are open
to the ocean, while Hudson Bay, Boothia Bay and other bays
and channels in the northern part of the Dominion, which are
resorted to by foreign whalers, may be considered as closed
seas, being almost completely surrounded by our own territory.
Your Conimittee would, therefore, recommend that some measures
may be adopted with a view to protecting the whale fisheries
of our northern waters and at tie same time of deriving
a revenue therefrom. Should this not be done, then as soon
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| OCR | APPENDIX 483 In regard to the salmon fisheries, it would appear from the evidence that salmon are abundant in the rivers and along the coast of the north- west side of Hudson Bay as well as in the rivers of the northern shores of the continent. Your Committee consider it advisable that" means should be adopted to ascertain more accurately the extent and value of the salmon fisheries of these regions, with a view- to utilizing them for the purposes of commerce and for the revenue which they may afford. The seas adjoining the great territory which your Committee has had under investigation are frequented by whales of different species, walruses, narwhals and a variety of seals. All these animals are valuable for their oil, but the large species of whales have heretofore been most sought for. Only a few years ago these animals had a much more extensive range than at the present time. Owing to improvements in navigation and methods of capture, they have, of late years, fallen an easier prey to their pursuers and have taken shelter in the less frequented seas of the northern coasts of Canada. Now they are being pursued to their last retreat by foreign whalers, and some species are threatened with complete extinction in a few years if this condition continues. It is to be borne in mind that whales are long lived and slow- breeding animals. The American whalers attack them with harpoons, explosive bombs and lances, fired from large swivel- guns carried on steam launches, instead of the old- fashioned weapons thrown by hand from rowboats. These methods not only destroy the whales with greater facility, but inspire the survivors with such terror that they seek the most distant and inaccessible parts of the northern seas and have entirely disappeared from the waters in which they lived only a few years ago. Your Committee are informed that the Russian Government claim jurisdiction over the whale fisheries of the White Sea, and exact a heavy license from each vessel engaged in the fishing, and that the Alaska Fur Company asserts a similar authority over the seal fisheries of Behring Sea, both of which are open to the ocean, while Hudson Bay, Boothia Bay and other bays and channels in the northern part of the Dominion, which are resorted to by foreign whalers, may be considered as closed seas, being almost completely surrounded by our own territory. Your Conimittee would, therefore, recommend that some measures may be adopted with a view to protecting the whale fisheries of our northern waters and at tie same time of deriving a revenue therefrom. Should this not be done, then as soon |
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