Caption
Shad, which are trapped by their gills in the net are removed at low tide. The fish average about 2 feet in length, weigh up to 14 pounds. Shad roe is considered a great delicacy by connoisseurs.
Date
November 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB74927
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176116
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
With their simple and unusual fishing gear - a cart and a ladder - fishermen cross the hardpacked sands to their nets. Fish are collected twice a day when the tide is out.
Accession Number
SF-3599
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
N/A
Credit Line
Missing
Caption
A Minudie fisherman mounts ladder to remove shad caught in top of the net. Local folk refer to this method of catching shad as "Ladder Fishing".
Accession Number
SF-3600
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
N/A
Credit Line
Missing
Photostory #166-R: Fundy's Friendly Tides
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
July 15, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Fundy's fabulous tides -- believed to be the highest in the world -- have tried the skill and patience of sailors for centuries, but to Nova Scotia's fishermen who dwell near the Minudie marshlands at the head of the Bay of Fundy they are known as the "Friendly Tides" for twice a day when the tides roll in they bring with them a rich harvest of shad, a tasty fish of the herring class. The fishermen hang their nets on stakes at low tide, then return to their homes to wait for the tides (which in some parts of the Bay reach a height of 70 feet) to drive the shad ashore where they become trapped in the nets. When the tide goes out again the fishermen may take in as many as 1000 shad. This picturesque and unusual method of fishing requires only the simplest of gear: a net, a cart and a ladder.
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