AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Cape. We used to fish in different places, bat the most part was taken 

 around the Magdalens. , _. rhap i ftq p 



O What was the third schooner you were in ? A. The < 

 Thompson. No, 1 was mistaken. The second schooner I was in was 

 the James Bliss. 



O Who was the captain ? A. James Walsh. 



Q.' How many barrels did you take in her I- A. T.vo hundred and 



f Q y * Where were they taken ?-A. Part of them to the north ward of 

 North Cape, what we call Bradley Bank and abroad ott ^Oaf*. 



O Were any of those taken within three miles ! A. No, we c 

 catch any T don't know but we tried and got a few there, but not any. 



-A. It was to the westward of North Cape- 



a dozen barrels inshore *-A f '^ * 

 dozen ; we might have caught a dozen or twenty mackerel to a man 

 Q WhatwJs the fourth vessel you were in mackerehug ?-A. The 



twEt'WS S^o yo a 1U e,nbe r; -A. WeU, it s about 



1869, I guess. 



Q. Who was her captain ! A. Edward Cash. . , 



Q How many barrels of mackerel did you take in her f A. About 



95 barrels ; between that and 100. We caught them up northward. 

 Q. Was she a new vessel ?-A. No. * The James Bliss was a new ves 



Se Q. Now I would ask you, so far as your observation goes, what is 

 the principal fishing-ground for mackerel-schooners in the Gull ot 

 Lawrence\_A. Whlre I have principally fished in my time was 

 around the Magdalens. That was the principal ground m my going t< 



fiS Q. Did you ever fish much off the Bight of Prince Edward, Island ?- 

 l 



'<Bfovevou been there? A. Yes; I have been there working up 

 and down ^hore, but I never fished any there. I might have tried 

 abroad off East Point, or abroad off the North Cape ; but I have never 

 been in a vessel that fished in the bend of the island, because it is a 

 place where they don't want to fish very often. 



Q Why not? A. Because they don't like the ground. They dont 

 like to fish. They don't call it a very safe place to fish. 



Q. Is it- a place that is avoided by - A. Fishermen ! \es. 



Q. why ? A. Because it is a place where, if they are caught with 

 the wind easterly or northeasterly, we can't get out. 



Q You lived at Prince Edward Island 20 years ? A. Yes j I was 

 born there and lived there until I came to Gloucester. 



Q. Do you ever fish there from theshore ? A. Well, I have gone fish- 

 ing there ffom the shore. What part of the island did you live atl 

 A. At St. Peter's, right in the bend. 



O. Did you ever see boats fishing on the island ? A. xes. 



Q I would like to know how far from the shore these fishing boats 

 around Prince Edward Island go out for mackerel, or used to when you 

 were there T A. I would judge in my way that they would go from thre 



Q. One question more j as you have been sailing out of Gloucester 

 now tor some years, what is the principal fishing business of Glouces- 

 ter? A. I should think codfish and halibut the principal. 



