In the Canadian Annual Report on Fisheries for 1863 (p. 61) it is reported that the three-spined stickleback or picassou was "caught in great quantities in the small rivers, brooks, and barachois of Magdalen Islands, where it is used as food for cattle and as manure," and that "400 barrels were caught" in 1862 "in the barachois of Basque Harbor" alone.Four hundred barrels were also caught in 1866 and sold as manure at 25 cents per barrel, but in 1867 the catchwas smaller (150 barrels) and prices advanced to "is. 3d. per barrel."