AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2157 



Q. What year was this ! A. I cannot remember. I bare not coo 

 fined myself to any year in this resect. 



Q. How far were you from these boats T A. I presume that tht 

 were on both sides of me when I was running up the island. I do Dot 

 know why I should be outside of all these boats which flub there. I 

 presume that some were outside and some were inside of my re*ael. I 

 will not swear to being on any one side of all these boat*. If 1 WM 

 running from East Point up to Malpeque and ran through a fleet of 

 boats I would as likely be in the middle of them as outside of them, be- 

 cause I would be running up there in good and not in bad weather. 



Q. Do yon not make a practice of fishing where you we the boat* 

 fishing off .Prince Edward Island? A. No; I have tried there and 

 caught little or nothing. I had men with me who called the (Uh there 

 boat mackerel. The boats would lay to an anchor and catch markervl 

 when I could not do anything with the vessel. 



Q. What year was that! A. I do not remember. 



Q. At what part of the island was it? A. I do not rememlier.' I 

 presume that it was about Rustico and about that way. 



Q. You say you would prefer a duty of $2 a b-irrel to the liberty of 

 fishing within the limits of the bay ! A. I do. 



Q. Why ! A. Because I think the mackerel which I take to market 

 would then bring more. 



Q. Would the price be then higher by $2 ? A. I could not aay. 



Q. What is your belief! A. I believe that would be the case. 



Q. Consumers might appreciate the matter differently ! A. I pprak 

 as a fisherman. 



Q. You spoke of 200 vessels and upwards being in the bay some yearn 

 ago from Gloucester ; were there as many as 3<K) ? A. I cannot go into 

 the details. 

 ' Q. Was the number 300 ? A. I think not. 



Q. Did you ever examine the lists to see how many there were in tbe 

 bay! A. No. 



Q. You are only speaking generally ! A. I speak from general I 

 mation. 



Q. Do you know as a fact ho\v many vessels from Gloucester are 

 year in the bay ! A. I do not. 



Q. Do you know whether the catch this year has l>een verj 

 not ? A. I presume from the general information I have i 

 it has been very slim. 



Q. You have not taken means to post yourself 



" Q. Do you know how many vessels have returned from .the bjr 

 Gloucester with catches this year ? A. 1 do not. 



Q. In your fishing you generally kept clear ot the 

 and you never saw large fleets in there at all 



Q. Have you ever seen off the Prince Edward Inland coast 

 nesseshavelmentioned the fact-as many as 3Wi American 

 fleet at one time ?-A. I think not. I do not think that I ev, 

 vessels in one fleet in the bay in my li 



Q. You did not go perhaps with the fleet 



fle Q S When?_A. Late in the fall; then the < 



would be down near the Cape Breton shore !-A. It 



