AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION 



and that part of the island ! A. I have caught mackerel aUxit li a 

 from New London Head. 



Q. You were not fishing Within three miles of the land tbrr ? A. 

 No ; I was from 10 to 15 miles oft' shore. 



Q. Did you never come inshore and drift off there when ton b*4 a 

 license ? A. When I had a license we never tried inmdr of "ib* ! 

 mile limit. The first year I had a license I only tried two or Ibrw (! 

 there, and then went over to the Magdalen Islands and liauk 



Q. You never tried on Tignish ? A. No. 



Q. Nor off North Cape ? A. No. 



Q. Then, with one exception, when you tried inshore Iwlwern ib* two 

 Chapels, you never went within three mile* of the shore at 1'nww l. : 

 ward Island to fish ? Will you make that assertion before the Coombs 

 sion? A. I never caught any fish there within the three nit l limit. 

 We might have been within this limit, but I do not think thai e rr. 

 Three miles on the water is a short distance. 



Q. When you were or might have been within three tnilen of ib* 

 shore there, did you catch any fish f A No. NVc drifted *e\eoor 

 miles off. 



Q. And you caught fish 7 or 8 miles oft' shore ! A. Ye*. 



Q. Did you draw mackerel with yon from the shore ! A. The 

 erel were not there in the first place when we hove to. 



Q. Did you ever hear of vessels coming within I or 1J mileof tto 

 island, throwing out bait, drifting oft' and catching flab ! A. I oe%er dM 

 save as to boats. 



Q. Did you ever hear of American vessels running in to will 

 or U miles or a mile, or about that of the island shore *itb ib* c 

 of fishing, throwing out bait, and then drifting oft', tishmg mi tbey went t 

 A. No. 



Q. You did that once yourself off Two Chapel* ? - 

 drifted off, -but we did not get any mackerel until we were ti 



Q. And from 10 to '20 vessels were then doing the same I 



Q. How often did you repeat that practice the Htme year ! 

 might have done so that day once or twice, and then 

 other place. 



Q. It was onlv one day during which yon tried 



Q. And you have only had one day's tisbiug within 

 shore of Prince Edward Island ? A. \es. 

 Q. You are quizzing me about the .Trail* limit 



Q. Had you more than one day's fl.suinjc wilhm.l 



-i.- 3 



ar TwoCba^U 



tried within three miles of the 1'r.tuv r 



within what I call three miles. of 



Q. Your three miles must be the same as 



Q. Is there any difficulty in ^ B f *^JS^&I 

 island coast ?-A. I never measured it MI 

 culated getting within three mile ot 



ers were there. 

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