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AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2133 



Q. What year did you fish there ! A. In 18T*7. I (UlieU from the 

 west shore down the north side of the island. 



Q.Was that the only year ! A. Yes. 



Q. How many seasons altogether were you in the gulf ! A. Seven, I 

 believe. 



Q. Your chief fishing was outside ? A. Yes. - 



Q. And you made poor catches ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did the business pay at all f A. I made a trip that paid me one 

 season. 



Q. With the exception of that, it was not a paying bunine*? A. 

 No. 



Q. You did not fish within the limits at all ? A. I did not, to *|*ak of. 



Q. Did the season when you caught your fish along the island, py 

 pretty well ? A. We were three months, and got 300 barrels. 



Q. How was it you stuck in there and did not go oat into the bay? 

 A. We were in there, and thought we would make a businem of it. 



Q. What was the size of the vessel in which you fished on yoar own 

 coast when yon caught 1,200 barrels ! A. DO tons, old register. 



Q. How many months were you in catching 1,200 burn-la ? A. About 

 five months. 



Q. How many hands were employed ? A. Thirteen. 



Q. Was that considered a good catch in live months T A. Yea. 



Q. Paid well f A. Yes. 



Q. Netting a good profit ? A. Yes. 



Q. How much profit would a vessel catching 1,200 barrels of mackerel 

 in five months make ? A. I don't think 1 could say. The crew got $3UU 

 apiece. 



Q. That would not be very extra ? A. It is a very good average com- 

 pared with what they get down here. Three to one, according to toy 

 experience. 



Q. Vessels have taken 1,200 barrels in the bay ! A. I don't know. 



Q. That would leave a good profit for five months' work T--A. Yea. 



Q. Would it leave a large profit! A. It is according to the qoattt 

 of the fish. 



Q. What was the quality you caught!- -A. The quality o 

 was nothing extra that season. 



Q. How far from the shore did you take them !- 

 all along the coast of Maine. 



Q. Any away down at George's ? A. We did not go do 



Q. 30, 20, and 10 miles out? A. Yes. 



Q. Chiefly ten or twenty miles! A. Sometimes we wen-; 

 or three miles of land. Sometimes we would not be 



By Sir Alexander Gait: 

 Q. Did you catch the fish with a purse seine ? 



llD Q. When you caught 1,200 barrels, were they taken , witbi h 

 line? A. Yes. The following season I caught 1,00 

 brought $14,000. 



Q. They were better fish !-A. Yes. They were cau { 



shores. 



No. 18. 



TUESDAY, ,Sr;/rwfcr 25 t *i 

 The Conference met. 



examined. 



