AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 'J ".J7 



Q. Mr. Weatherbe asked you when you first ascertained that the 

 mackerel fishery was an inshore fishery, and whether this or that hap- 

 pened before you ascertained 'that it wa.s an inshore fishery. Now have 

 you ever learned that it was an inshore fishery in distinction from an 

 outshore fishery ? A. No. 



Q. Well, what do you mean when you speak of " after you understood 

 it was an inshore fishery " ? Do you mean mainly or largely inshore ? 

 A. No ; we would hardly ever catch any inshore in the first part of 

 the season. Some parts of the year they did catch them inshore and 

 off shore too. 



Q. Taking them all through, -where do you catch them ? A. Most of 

 them are caught off shore. 



By Mr. Weatherbe : 



Q. I asked when it was that the difficulty first arose about the limit, 

 and whether it was after it was considered an inshore fishery, that is 

 3839 ? A. I referred to the year 1838. It was an inshore fishery when 

 they fished there. When vessels didn't fish there you could not call it 

 an inshore fishery. 



