2156 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Have you caught many fish within the 3-mile limit there ? A. No. 



Q. You have never fished there often ? A. I fished there part of one 

 trip. 



Q. And that is all ? A. Yes. 



Q. The next year, 1869, you fished in the same vessel, taking the first 

 trip off the Magdalen Islands ; the second off North Cape, and the third 

 around the Magdalen Islands, East Point, and Cape George ; what pro- 

 portion of the third trip was taken off East Point and Cape George, and 

 what proportion within the limit? A. From 25 to 30 barrels. 



Q. You said you did that on the second trip that year? A. I presume 

 that I did. 



Q. You said that the third trip was a mixed trip, and that you caught 

 some of the fish at the Magdalen Islands, but the most of them about 

 East Point and Cape George ? A. I do not remember saying that I took 

 the most of them there. I stated that it was what I call a mixed trip. 

 Some were caught at the Magdalen Islands ; some between these islands 

 and Cheticamp, some between that and E;ist Point, and some between 

 that and Fisherman's Bank. 



Q. You kept no account of what were taken within the limits, and of 

 what were not so caught in 1866 ? A. No. 



Q. Had you a license in 1866 ? A. Yes. 



Q. So you had a right to go inshore, and you did not keep any special 

 account regarding your catch ? A. Yes; as far as the license is con- 

 cerned. 



Q. You stated the gulf inshore fisheries were of no use '? A. I did 

 not say they were of no use ; at least I do not remember of having 

 done so. 



Q. Why then did you take out a license and pay for it ? A. One rea- 

 son why I did so was my owners advised me to do it ; and another rea- 

 son was, if I was in and made a harbor and wanted to try inshore, I 

 wished to do so without running the risk of being taken. 



Q. You could make a harbor without a license ? A. Certainly. I said 

 that if I was inshore in a harbor, I might try for fish within the limits. 



Q. Then the inshore fisheries are of some value ! A. If you can catch 

 any fish inshore yes. 



Q. Have you seen many boats fishing along the coast of Prince Edward 

 Island ? A. I have ; some. 



Q. Only a few, I suppose 1 ? A. I have seen as many as 30 at a time. I 

 think, while passing along the shore. 



Q. Do you know of any place in the world where there is a better 

 boat-fishery than there is off Prince Edward Island ? A. I could not 

 say ; I was never boat-fishing. 



Q. Have you seen as many as 30 boats there in one place ? A. I saw 

 them along the island. I do not think there is a place about the island 

 with 30 boats, where I could see them fishing from my vessel's deck. 



Q. How far off could you see them ? A. Four miles, I presume. 



Q. Would it surprise you to learn that in some of the harbors of the 

 island there are as many as 150 and 180 boats ? A. No ; I do not doubt 

 your word. 



Q. When you saw those boats fishing how far off from the shore were 

 they? A. .From 2 to 7 miles off the island. 



Q. What size was a boat which fished 7 miles off sbore? A. I pre- 

 sume that it was an open boat. I know in fact that most of them were 

 open boats, but I could not give fieir dimensions. I would not wish to 

 trv to do so. 



