1210 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



mostly by seining; previous to that time they took them mostly with 

 hook and line. The Americans take all their codfish by trawling. They 

 take herring in seines. 



7. In my experience the Americans fished inshore when they could. 

 When they saw the smoke of the steamer or saw a cutter they made off 

 and returned whenever they got out of sight. 



8. The inshore fisheries are more than twice the value of the off shore 

 fisheries. 



9. The purse seines used by the Americans are very injurious, as they 

 take all kinds of fish in them, herring, squid, &c. All except the good- 

 sized mackerel are thrown away. I never saw a Canadian vessel use or 

 have a purse seine. 



10. The Americans from Cape Sable, in Nova Scotia, to Labrador, 

 catch and buy bait and ice in which to preserve it in the bays and har- 

 bors of the Dominion of Canada. By buying, they save time and ex- 

 pense, as it would require considerable to fit them out with gear to catch 

 bait. 



11. The Americans catch codfish and haddock inshore in Canadian 

 wa*ers. The haddock they catch they throw away; they also catch 

 halibut inshore. The livelihood of thousands of our people depend 

 upon these inshore fish. 



12. Since 1871, in my opinion, there has been an increase in the in- 

 shore fish. 



13. The Americans, since 1871, have injured the Canadian fisheries 

 by carrying off large quantities of fish by trawling and seining. 



14. Herring are taken all inshore, and are not caught out beyond 3 

 miles. The Americans take them in large quantities around the Magda- 

 lenes and on the Labrador coast, by seining on the shore, and make, 

 them scarce there for our men. 



15. The mackerel make inshore to feed, they spawn inshore, and are 

 taken inshore. Their principal places for spawning and breeding is 

 around Prince Edward Island, the Magdalenes, and eastern side of Cape 

 Breton. 



16. I have often seen the Americans transshipping their cargoes at 

 the Strait of Canso ; by so doing they save time and take more fish. 



17. If the Americans could not get bait in Canadian waters they could 

 not carry on the Bank fishing. They come round the coast here when 

 bait is not plentiful, and make it scarce for over a hundred vessels which 

 require bait out of the Eiver La Have every year. 



18. Without ice the Americans could not preserve their bait, and they 

 must have bait fresh. 



19. I have never known nor heard of any Canadian vessels fishing in 

 American waters, nor do I consider this right of any value to Canadian 

 fishermen that I know of. 



20. The Americans injure Canadian fishing by taking such large 

 quantities offish by employing improper methods in taking fish by lee- 

 bowing and running into our vessels. 



ISAAC LOHNES. 



Sworn to at Middle La Have, in the county of Luuenburg, this 8th 

 day of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



JAMES H. WENTZEL, J. P. 



No. 93. 



LAWRENCE FORTUNE, aged 57 years, fisherman, residing at Toad's 

 Cove, Newfoundland, maketh oath and saith: 



