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3. Codfish and halibut are chiefly taken by the Americans with 

 trawls ; mackerel by hook and line. 



G. The practice of throwing fish offals by American fishermen is gen- 

 eral, and the practice is very injurious to our fishery grounds, by bring- 

 ing in a large quantity of useless fish, such as sharks, dog-fish, &c., and 

 destroys the bait or young fish on which the codfish feed. 



7. American vessels have fished close to the shore, before and during 

 the Treaty of Washington, for mackerel, halibut, and codfish. 



8. The inshore fisheries are much more valuable than the outside, on 

 account of the privilege of bait. 



9. Cannot give any estimate of inshore and outside catch. 



10. Know that American fishermen throw large quantities of clams 

 and pogies, ground, to entice the mackerel about their vessels ; have 

 assisted myself in doing it. Cannot say how much injury this may do 

 the fishery. 



11. Do not know of the American fishermen using seines in Canadian 

 waters. 



12. Not in my knowledge that the American fishermen use purse 

 seines in Canadian waters. 



13. American fishermen catch bait in nets within three miles of our 

 shores and bays. 



14. Halibut and codfish are caught by American fishermen in the in- 

 shore waters of Canada. Halibut, codfish, haddock, hake, and pollack 

 are caught inshore by Canadian fishermen. 



15. There is a large increase in the quantity of fish taken since 1871, 

 owing to the protection to the river fishery, which causes large quantites 

 of small fish for bait, which brings them to the inshores. 



16. Americans having free access to our fisheries, will cause the fish 

 taken by our fishermen to bring a much less price than if they, the 

 Americans, were not allowed the privilege of our shores. 



17. The herring fishery in Canadian waters is greater inshore than 

 outside. American fishermen catch herring for bait only; they purchase 

 them for sale most at Newfoundland, a few in Nova Scotia. 



18. They Bay de Chaleur mackerel are better than those caught in 

 American waters, and will always command a higher price in the Amer- 

 ican markets. 



19. The food of mackerel is mostly inshore, and is a small species of 

 shrimp called brit, and their principal feeding and breeding places are 

 inshore. 



20. It is, a great advantage for Americans to land their mackerel, 

 which enables them to make two fares; do not know of any use made 

 of our shores to land and dry nets. 



21. It is a great advantage to the Americans to have the privilege of 

 transshipping cargoes of fish in Canadian waters, and enables them to 

 make more trips and catch more fish during the fishing season. 



22.. It is certainly a great advantage to American fishermen to be 

 able to procure bait in the Canadian inshores; they prefer to buy it 

 when they can, and only fish for it when they cannot buy its 



23. The American fishermen could not carry on their fishery with any 

 profit without having the privilege of Canadian iushores to procure bait. 



24. It is a great advantage to the Americans to resort to Canadian 

 inshores for ice to preserve bait and other supplies for their vessels. 



25. The privilege of fishing in American waters is of no practical 

 value or advantage to Canadian fishermen. 



26. American fishermen could not prosecute their fishery to any ad- 

 vantage without the privilege of procuring bait in Canadian inshore 



