Excerpt from Report and Recommendations, 1910: With Interim Report, Precis of Evidence and Seven Appendices That your memorialists are representatives of six counties adjoining the Bay of Fundy and its tributaries, where a large and lucrative business was formerly con ducted in the taking and curing of shad, but which from causes unknown has so far declined that it is now of little value. That the industry in former years gave employment to hundreds of fishermen and called for profitable investment of a large amount of capital. Your memorialists are of Opinion that the causes of the failure of such an industry should, if possible be discovered and made a matter of record. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.