AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. ! , 



Q. The year before that ? A. There might have been I,-* n,,,rr tba 

 that the year before. 



Q. How do you account for this steady diminution. Meady, that (, r*. 

 cepting the variation of perhaps ten vessels. How do )o araxjot for 

 this diminution down to the present year in the number of mackerel *r- 

 sels in the gulf from your town ? A. Because the buMinr* u.n .ml 

 paid. 



Q. How does the shore mackerel by shore mackerel you mea mack- 

 erel in the markets understood to be caught on the American coMt ! A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Those caught in British waters are called bay mackerel ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Now, how do the shore mackerel compare in the market a* to the 

 price they briug ? A. Well, we, have on our coast different quahtif*, It 

 appears to me there is more difference in inequality on our cuant than 

 there is in the bay. 



Q. Well, I take No. 1 then. How do those marked as No. 1 Sliorr Mack- 

 erel compare with those marked as No. 1 Hay Maekerel ! A. Well, the 

 bay mackerel, at least I should say the shore mackerel, ha*be<n ngrral 

 deal better than the bay mackerel the last seven or eight \ e.u . 



Q. That is not simply an opinion, but the market price* an belter I 

 How much more do the No. 1 Shore Mackerel bring than the No. 1 Ilay 

 Mackerel? A. Well, there has been 7 or *S difference U'tween them. 

 I have seen the time when the bay mackerel was equal to our shore 

 mackerel. It has not been for the last seven years. 



Q. Then as to the pleutifulness or scarcity of the fi.sh. From yoor 

 experience as a dealer, how do the shore mackerel compare with U 

 bay mackerel? A. It varies every year. Last year the mackerel wma 

 plenty on our coast. A great many vessels got from one to to thou 

 'sand barrels, seining principally. 



Q. Here it was very scarce ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Now, this year, so far as the returns have come in from the laj 

 fishery, how has it looKed A. Well, we have had Home tiniulrr j 

 many vessels went into the bay about the usual time, Hay 

 July; but I don't know that they have had any return* yet 

 I heard there was one trip that went up on the la*t boat, 

 the returns I know of. 



Q. Then you are not able to give any judgment as to t 

 you tell us what the general impression is as to the prota 

 As we haven't had any returns, I should think lbeprw|*U 

 the catch. 



Q. If there had been good results you would 



your experience in the bay and from what you ! 

 afterwards, will you be so good as to tell the < ommi. 

 think as to the comparison of the value between deep * 

 mackerel and inshore fishing f By u.shore .snug 

 three miles-one, two, and three m.les vtl !- 



whereas if they would fish farther oil they 



