Exports of Eels
ODD FISHING IN CANADA MONTREAL, Jan. 20. A good crop for 1938 is reported by eel fisheries, a curious Canadian industry which lives almost exclusively on exports to New York, Chicago, Berlin, Stockholm and Brussels. Canadians themselves eat only a small fraction of the yearly catch. The chief fisheries are near the historic Isle of Orleans, within sight of Quebec City, in the River St. Lawrence, and at St. Johhs, on the Richelieu River, near Montreal. Tho former trapped 800,0001 b. of live cels this season and the latter 100,0001 b. Live cels sell in New York City among the Italian population for 30 cents a lb., while tho balance of the ‘‘crop” is exported frozen and brings the fishermen about six cents a lb. The Island of Orleans catch is marketed by a co-operative concern. The St t Johns fisheries are owned by Pierre Thnot, 82 years of age, but still hale and hearty. The Thuot family has been licensed to catch eels in tho Richelieu River for more than 100 years.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 10
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176Exports of Eels Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 10
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