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SUCCESS TO THE FISHERIES
The opening days of what promises to be
the greatest year in the history of Canada’s fisheries, is a fitting
time for the launching of a journal devoted to the interests of the
fishermen and the fish trade of the Dominion.
Up to the present, the men engaged in the
fisheries of Canada have had no paper or magazine specially written for
them or representing the fishing business in any way, and considering
that the Canadian Fisheries last year amounted to thirty-four million
dollars in value, the industry has grown to proportions which fully
justify the publication of a journal to cover all that is going on in
the trade from coast to coast and at the same time assist in the
development of one of Canada’s greatest natural resources—the Fisheries.
A good live trade journal can do a great deal towards helping the
progress of an industry. It is the means of bringing those who are
engaged in the business together. The special articles and news items
published in its columns arc bound to be of value to both fishermen and
shore dealers, while the suggestions of men who know what they arc
writing about, whether fishermen or dealers, will do much to help the
trade and give a better understanding of affairs between them.
The fishing trade is divided among three
classes. First, comes the fishermen themselves—the men who catch the
fish. Second, are the wholesalers who purchase the fares and look after
the distribution of the fish among the retailors. Third, consists of the
retailers who sell the fish to the general public. Among the three
classes there is a great deal of misunderstanding mostly caused by
ignorance of each others particular part of the business. The fishermen
know very little about the troubles and difficulties which beset the
wholesalers in making and supplying markets, and the wholesalers, in
turn, know very little about the hardships the fishermen have to undergo
in order to bring in the fares. The retailer, as a rule, knows the least
about cither of the other two. The consequence is that all three are
divided in ideas and pulling against each other. Not in every case, but
in a great many.
The great success of any business consists in all hands pulling
together. All three sections are engaged in supplying the goods to the
consumer and trying to create a larger market in them, but a lack of
knowledge of the conditions which rule in each section has a tendency to
hinder the progress of the business. Here is where the influence of an
able trade journal like the Canadian Fisherman will do a great deal to
help the industry. Our organization with its practical writers and
correspondents scattered throughout all the fishing sections of Canada;
our acquaintance with the fishermen themselves, the wholesalers and the
state of the markets throughout the Dominion, puts us in a position to
help all sections without favoring one more than the other. In the pages
of the Canadian Fisherman the fishermen will get a great deal
if information about other
parts of their business which they could never get anywhere else, and
the same applies to the wholesalers and retailers.
Success to the Fisheries is the watchword
of this magazine. We are starting out with the intention of boosting the
fish business of Canada and we hope that all who are in the trade,
whether fishermen or merchants, will assist us to do so. We are not
influenced in any way by politics, nor in the pay of trusts, syndicates
or Unions. We do not intend to do any knocking unless it is for the good
of the trade.
The first number which
we present to you this month is by no means perfect, but we want to make
it so before long. In this we ask the advice of the men in the business.
The Canadian Fisherman is your magazine and it makes no difference to us
whether the men who advise us handle the twine or trawl or work at the
desk. Assist us by subscribing to the magazine regularly and making
helpful criticisms, and we will do our best to make good on the task we
have set ourselves.
Volume 1 (1914)
Volume 2 (1915)
Volume 3 (1916)
Volume 4 (1917)
Volume 5 (1918)
Volume 6 (1919)
Volume 7 (1920)
Volume 8 (1921)
Volume 9 (1922)
Volume 10 (1923) |
