The British Columbia fisheries
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Political economy series
contributor: Innis, Harold A. (Harold Adams), 1894-1952
creator: Carrothers, W. A., 1889-1951
issued: 2019-03-11
issued: 1941
description: "[Political economy series, no. 10] Chapter 2: The fisheries to 1900 [p.5-16] Throughout the book, there is considerable statistical information for the pre-1900 period."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 196. "(University of Toronto. Political economy series, no. 10). History of salmon, halibut and other B.C. fisheries."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 66.
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extent: xv, 136, [1], pages : tables, advertisements ; 24 cm
format: application/pdf
note: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FISHERIES By W. A. CARROTHERS With a Foreword by H. A. INNIS THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS TORONTO, CANADA 1941 -J POLITICAL ECONOMY SERIES, No. 10 London: HUMPHREY MILFORD Oxford University Press Copyright, Canada, 1941 Printed in Canada FOREWORD rT1HIS volume is significant in its contributions to an under- standing of the problems of the fisheries of the Pacific coast of North America, which followed from efforts to apply administrative machinery developed in relation to the demands of the fisheries of the Atlantic coast. In the British North America Act, fisheries were placed under the jurisdiction of the federal government for the purpose of securing effective financial support for protection against encroachment from American fishing vessels within the three-mile limit, and against smuggling incidental to encroachment and a federal tariff. The administration of the fisheries by the federal government was sufficiently effective to prove important in securing the Washington Treaty (1873-85) which enabled Canadian vessels to carry their fish to American ports, and secured direct pecuniary advantage in the Halifax Award. On the other hand, continued insistence of Canadians on their rights contributed to the termination of the Washington Treaty and to the international controversies which followed, Problems arising from the Atlantic fisheries had implications for the Pacific. The Pacific coast fisheries differed sharply in character from the Atlantic fisheries with the result that machinery effective for the latter was inadequate for the former. Cod was significant to the Atlantic, salmon to the Pacific. The cod and other Atlantic fish were taken by hook in inshore waters and on the banks, the salmon on the Pacific by nets and seines near the mouths of rivers. The Atlantic fish were cured by salt or handled fresh by the fishermen, the salmon were chiefly canned at points near the fishing areas. The jmiform character of the product facilitated…
note: Includes an index. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/502800537
has type: Books
identifier: HB31 .T62
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0376792
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : The University of Toronto Press
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Koerner Library. HB31 .T62
subject: Fisheries--British Columbia
subject: Salmon fisheries--British Columbia
type: Text