2390 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. The whole ground is covered ? A. Yes; wherever they can drive 

 the stakes. 



Q. I want to ask you whether these pounds injure the fishing along 

 the shores or not ? A. No; the fish are just as plenty now. 



Q. I don't speak of this year, for this is an exceedingly good year, but 

 for five or six years along, have you noticed any diminution oi the fish- 

 ing along there ? A. No. 



Q. Are most of the mackerel caught by the pound along that coast? 

 A. Yes ; about all. There is only one of our vessels out of the State of 

 Connecticut for mackerel. 



Q. How deep are they f A. About 40 feet ; you have a stake of about 

 52 feet. 



By Mr. Dana: 



Q. When you speak of Massachusetts you don't speak of Massachu- 

 setts Bay, inside of (Jape Ann and Cape Cod ? A. No. 

 Q. You mean the south shore ? A. Yes. 



By Mr. Davies: 



Q. I simply meant to ask you whether you embraced Massachusetts 

 in the statement that the pound fishing has not diminished the fish? 

 A. I speak of Buzzard Bay. It, is south of Cape Cod. 



No. 37. 



THURSDAY, October 4, 1877. 



The Conference met. 



JOSEPH F. BROWN, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, master mariner and 

 fisherman, called on behalf of the Government of the United States, 

 sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You live in Gloucester ? Answer. Yes. 



Q. You are 34 years old ? A. About that. 



Q. Where have you been fishing this summer? A. On the north side 

 of Prince Edward Island, at Tracadie. 



Q. W r hat is the name of the schooner you have been fishing in ? A. 

 The Eiverdale. 



Q. What time did you go to the island ? A. I arrived there the 25th 

 day of July. 



Q. What has become of the schooner now ? A. She was cast away 

 on Tracadie Beach the 22d day of September. 



Q. How have you been fishing this summer? A. In boats. 



Q. Not from a vessel ? A. No. 



Q. Did you go up to fish in boats ? A. Yes; we fitted for that voyage 

 expressly to fish in boats. 



Q. How many boats did you take ? A. Two seine-boats and two 

 dories. 



Q. How many men ? A. Twelve men to fish. 



Q. You fished from what time to what time 2 A. From the 26th day 

 of July until about the 20th September. 



Q. Until your vessel was cast away ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many barrels of mackerel did your boats catch ? A. One 

 hundred barrels. 



Q. How far off from the shore have you been fishing in the boats this 

 summer? A. About three miles, in that vicinity. We have been off as 

 far as five miles, and sometimes inhere. 



