APPENDIX 



UNITED STATES EVIDENCE. 



No! 1. 



,. n f MONDAY, Augut 27. 



The Conference met. 



JAMES BRADLEY, fisherman, Newburyport, Mass., called on behalf of 

 the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 

 By Mr. Trescot : 



Question. You are a fisherman, I believe? Answer. Yea. 



Q. You have been fishing for a good many years T A. Yes. 



Q. For how many years? A. It is about thirty years since I became 

 master of a vessel. 



Q. What sort of fishing have you prosecuted ? A. Mackerel fishing 

 principally. 



Q. Whereabouts ? A. Well, I fished in Bay St. Lawrence until the 

 last eight years. I had not been there fishing since then till this year. 

 I am from there now. 



Q. You have been fishing in Bay St. Lawrence over twenty years! 

 A. Yes. 



Q. As far as your experience goes, where were the large catches of 

 mackerel made by you in Bay St. Lawrence? A. On Banks Bradley 

 .and Orphan and what we call the west shore, along the Canada shore, 

 the land just being in sight. 



Q. How far out? A. From 12 to 15 miles, and from that distance to 

 25 miles. 



Q. Very little fishing was done by you within 3 miles of the shore? 

 A. Very little. In the fall of the year we did fish a very little inshore. 



Q. Have you formed any estimate of the proportion of your catch 

 taken in deep water and the proportion taken within 3 miles of the 

 coast! A. According to the best of my judgment, I should say I took 

 seven-eighths of them outside of the three-mile limit all the time I WJIA 

 in the bay. 



Q. And you think, taking the majority of the fishermen, the bulk of 

 the fleet took that proportion of their fish outside? A. Well, I doti'l 

 know, taking the bulk of the fleet, but certainly one-halt fished as much 

 as I did outside. 



Q. You say you were fishing in the gulf up to within the Iut 

 years? A. Yes. 



Q. And you went back this year for the first time in 8 years f- 

 For the first time. 



Q. Did you find a great difference in the fishery ? 

 have made me believe there was such a difference between the ti 

 this present year and what it was 8 years ago, when I loft 

 fishing is spoiled entirely by keeping vessels out of the bay : 

 opinion, for there'is no fish 'except right along the land, and very f< 

 that, and of very poor quality. 



Q. How long have you been in the gulf this year ?- 

 was in the bay. 



