The Economic Mollusca of Acadia

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...under heavy penalties, return to the water all Oysters under a certain size; mud-machines.must be restricted to certain places in each district, being.given ample liberty but not allowed within a certain distance of any living bed; mills must not be allowed to discharge sawdust into the water within a long distance of a living bed; fishing through the ice should be regulated so that refuse cannot be allowed to fall on the beds. As to the encouragement of culture, laws should be enacted which would give to.a culturist as good a right to his product, and as full protection from theft, as has a farmer. Areas in good localities should be set aside and leased for long periods, but as a rule the public beds should not be trespassed upon. Some beds should always be reserved for public fishing; freedom to take wild game under common sense conditions, the Dominion should be very slow to take from 8 czeT18-Private individuals should be encouragj _ take their seed-oysters from our own beds, as there ar- better nor so good ior oxr e needled oudbe the.climate. A measure.appointment of a in the best methods States, who could give his whole time to the work; whocouldl not only scientifically investigate the needs of our own region, but also direct the work of private cultnrists. Oyster-culture has been tried in Acadia, but under many discouragements. Hon. Mr. Pope, iu Richmond Bay, PrinceEdward Island, and Hon. Mr. Macfarlane, in Wallace Harbor, Nova Scotia, have had moderate success. It has been tried, too, as Gaspe, at Bic and at Seven Islands, in Quebec, and in Passamaquoddy Bay, but these are outside the range of the Oyster, and where the temperature is too Idw in summer for the development of the young. It is to systematic culture that the Oyster-industry must...