2334 AWARD OF THE FISHERY. COMMISSION. 



seen some vessels keep outside. I bave seen them making lee and get- 

 ting under way and running out. 



By Mr. Whiteway : 



Q. You have been seven years cod-fishing! A. Yes, about seven 

 years. 



Q. Part of these at Grand Bank ? A. Yes, all. 



Q. You commenced in '71, I think ? A. Yes, about that. 



Q. Can you tell me what vessel you were in that year? A. I have 

 been in the Midnight. 



Q. How many trips? A. Three trips; that is, on the Grand Banks. 



Q. Do you recollect the quantity of fish you took each trip ? A. Well, 

 I could not exactly say. 



Q. Did you use salt or fresh bait ? A. Salt. 



Q. What bait did you first takef A. Slivers the first trip. We got 

 squid on the bank the second trip, and then used salt bait the last trip. 



Q. Did you take any salt bait for the second trip ? A. Yes, sir. 



Q. You didn't use if ? A. No. 



Q. What quantity did you take each trip ? A. Ten or fifteen barrels 

 each trip. 



Q. What vessel were you in the second trip ! A. I have been in the 

 Midnight two years. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year ? A. Two. 



Q. What quantity did you take ; do you remember f A. I could not 

 recollect. 



Q. Did you use salt bait or fresh ? A. We used salt bait. 



Q. Altogether, for the two trips? A. No; we got some fresh bait on 

 the Bank some squid one trip ; we caught them on the Bank. 



Q. On the first trip you used altogether salt bait ? A. Yes. 



Q. The third year, what vessel were you in ? A. I was in the Noon- 

 day. 



Q. Do you remember how many trips you made ? A. I was mistaken ; 

 in the third year I was in the Euola C. 



Q. Do you remember how many trips ? A. I was only in her one 

 trip ; I was fresh fishing in the spring, and then went for salt fish. 



Q. Fresh fishing on the American coast? A. No; on the Grand 

 Banks. We made three trips. We went iu March ; about the first of 

 March. 



Q. Do I understand that you went about the first of March and 

 made three trips for fresh fish ? A. Yes. 



Q. Then you made one trip for salt fish; do you recollect the quan- 

 tity of fish you took? A. I could not say; something over 140,000 

 pounds. 



Q. That is salt fish ? A. Yes. 



Q. You don't recollect the quantity of fresh fish you took ? A. No. 



Q. Did you use salt bait that season! A. Yes; we did catch some 

 fresh bait on the Bank part of the trip. 



Q. That is, on the salt-fishing trip you used partly salt bait and 

 partly fresh ? A. Yes. 



Q. The fourth year, what vessel were you in ? A. The Noonday. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year ? A. Two trips. 



Q. Do you remember the quantity you took ? A. We took 170,000 

 pounds the first trip. 



Q. That would be in '74 ? A. Yes. 



Q. How much did you take the second trip ? A. We had 165,000. 



Q. What bait did you use f A. Fresh bait caught on the Banks. 



