AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 217$ 



Q. You could uot say approximately ? A. I ootihl not nay. * 



Q. Nor do you know how many are fitted out from ih.it i*m fur iW 

 mackerel fishery to the Bay of St. Lawrence ! A. Thi* year f 



Q. Take the whole fleet ? A. No. 



Q. Tell me, if you cau, the number for the Gulf of St. I nwmootuf mi 

 and mackerel fishers from Gloucester f A. I should think tliww nigfc 

 be perhaps 55 or 00 sail this season. 



Q. I think you said the vessels that are now tilted for tho Grand Baafe 

 fishery are fitted entirely with trawls! A. Yen, sir; from <iluurr*trr. 



Q. How long have they fished with trawls only ! A. I think ihr> batr 

 been fishing with trawls principally for seven or eight year* pa*t. 



Q. Prior to that, how did they fish ! A. They flailed with ban*! lioca 

 before that time. 



Q. Those hand-lines, did they fish from the deck of the vewiel, or ilnl 

 they use small boats ? A. They fished from the dock of the vawl. 



Q. Entirely from the deck? A. Principally, those iroui GUxtorafrr. 

 Some others from other ports fished with some doriea. 



Q. The vessels from other ports fished some with done* ? A. Ye*. 



Q. From Gloucester they fished altogether from the deck of Ike re* 

 sels ? A. Yes; until within the last seven or eight yeant. 



Q. Yes ; when they have used trawls f A. Yes. 



Q. Well, cau you speak positively now as to the mode in which 

 sels from other ports besides Gloucester have fished T You aajr 

 fished partly in dories, and partly from the deck. Can you *jk f 

 your own knowledge, or positively upon that subject f--.V. All 1 kao 

 is that vessels from other ports have fished partly from off deck, 

 partly with small boats. 



Q. You don't know what proportion ! A. The proporUoo will 

 perhaps, from one year to another. 



Q. Speaking of those vessels fitting out from Gloucester, UJMHI 

 terms do you fit out those vessels, as regards the captain and th en 

 A. Well, the owners furnish everything, and give the men k&al 

 what they catch. There is a general charge for the bait and ice, m 

 comes out of the whole stock. 



Q. The owners furnish everything. Will you name what I 

 They furnish the ship, do they ! A. Yea; the owners owi 

 and fit her out. They put everything aboard provi 

 everything with the exception of bait and ice, perlui|* 



Q. Do they provision the captain and crew for the i 



, has the vessel all the material, gear, provu.ioii.1, ami 

 for the summer ? A. Yes. 



Q. And then the fish caught are divided T 

 half and the crew the other. 



Q. And does the captain get any particular aw. 

 percentage of the stock. 



