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including the Grand Bank, that these fish became scarce, and then thr 

 fishermen conceived the idea of going to Greenland for them ; and they 

 did so. Within a year or two back they have lx>en fishing for halitiiit 

 away off in deep water, where previously no one thought of trviof for 

 them. I have no doubt but that they now fish for Imhbut in water M 

 deep as 200 fathoms. 



Q. Whereabouts ! A. Anywhere in the gullies between the chain of 

 Banks which extends from George's to Grand Bank, on La Have and 

 Western Banks, &c. 



Q. Is the cod-fishery, as pursued by the Americans, exclusively a deep. 

 sea fishery ? A. Well, we will call it a deep-sea fishery ; th'in in the 



case the Labrador coast excepted, where it is prosecuted close in shore 



in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Grand Bank, and on all the hank* 

 between that place and Cape Cod, and away out to sea in other part*. 

 It' is true that some codfish come inshore, but they do not do KO to sm-h 

 an extent as to enable the catching of them to be made a buxineM of. 



Q. Is there any haddock fishery pursued by Americans distinct from 

 the cod-fishery ? A. When the fishermen go for haddock they proceed 

 to fishing grounds where they do not expect to catch many fish hut bad- 

 dock, but they always like to catch cod, which are more valuable than 

 haddock as a general thing. Haddock in the fresh state are brought in 

 immense quantities into the Boston market. Nobody thinks much of 

 salting haddock. They are a very cheap fish when salted, and it would 

 hardly pay to salt them. 



Q. Do they catch them anywhere within three miles of the shore, M 

 far as you are aware ? A. They are caught up our way about Ca|>e Cod, 

 both inside and outside of the three-mile limit. 



Q. In boats or vessels? A. In boats. It is mostly carried on in mar- 

 ket boats small vessels. In 1867, as near as I could find it, about 75 

 vessels attended the market, and their business was almost always had 

 dock fishing. They were almost all manned by men who were bom in 

 Ireland. A great many of them came from Galway ; they had been 

 brought up to the fisheries there, and had been accustomed to use trawla, 

 and this was the way in which the practice of trawling with long line* 

 was introduced on the coast of Massachusetts. They punned the had- 

 dock fishery, and they have done a good business at it, selling them 

 fresh. 



Q. What about hake and pollock ! A. These fish are caught to 

 extent along our coast. They are both very cheap fish, and our |Hople 

 do not make voyages to any distance for them. 



Q. Do you regard the use of trawls as diminishing, in the 1 

 the catch' of fish? A. I think that their use in any given 1 

 decrease the supply of fish. Along onr coast between Cap* I 

 Cape Ann, where trawling has been prosecuted to any great exte 

 has thinned the fish off pretty well. This is in the bays near i 

 The fishing is thus overdone. 



Q. Sometimes I suppose that the use of trawls destioya 

 fishes and thus increases the number of small fish !- 



Q. To what extent do the Americans use the coaat* of 

 Dominion to cure fish and dry nets, as far as you are i 

 only know of one man who made arrangements to cure I 

 cial territory. He went down to the south side of t ape 

 Peter's Harbor, I believe, and made arrangements to sen. 

 the Grand Bank, intending to have their cargoes la.u 

 send them back to the Banks. 



Q. He set up a fishing establishment on the shor 



