2412 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



A. There are but two of ns who fish for mackerel with vess3ls of any 

 size; that is, excepting small vessels. 



Q. Are your mackerel-meu now mainly engaged in fishing on the 

 American coast ? A. They have been for the last six years. 



Q. You went into the bay-fishing in 1833. Do you know for how many 

 barrels the vessel fitted? A. The vessel fitted for 400 or 500 barrels. 



Q. And you caught how many ? A. About 270 barrels, I think. 



Q. Did you catch any fish inshore then ? A. I was a boy, a young 

 fellow, and I don't remember particularly. We caught part of them 

 inside the lines. We fished inshore and off, but the whole quantity we 

 caught inshore I don't remember. 



Q. In 185l> did you go fishing again ? A. Yes. 



Q. Were you in the bay ? A. Yes, one trip, late. 



Q. Do you recollect how many you caught ? A. From one hundred 

 and forty to one hundred and fifty barrels. 



Q. Were any of those caught inshore ? A. That year we fished alto- 

 gether at Bank Orphan, or pretty much so. W T e may have caught a 

 few inshore. I cannot say the quantity. 



Q. From I860 to 1865 where were you fishing ? A. For those five 

 years I was skipper of the same vessel, fishing on our shores. I fished 

 for cod one trip in the spring and afterwards on our shores. 



Q. You made one trip in the early spring for cod ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you go ? A. To Western Banks and Banquero. 



Q. What kind of bait did you have ? A. Salt clams. 



Q. No fresh bait ? A. No. 



Q. How long were you generally on the Banks ? A. We generally 

 left home 25th or 27th April and got back generally before 4th July. 



Q. And then you went mackerel fishing on your own coast ? A. Oil 

 our own shores. 



Q. What part of the American shore did you fish on ? A. We fished 

 from Mount Desert Rock to Cape Cod. 



Q. With menhaden bait? A. Yes; with salt bait, 



Q. Do you come into port often ? A. We harbor occasionally when 

 there is a wind. 



Q. I mean do you land your fish ? A. Y r es ; we land them whenever 

 vre get a voyage; sometimes two or three times and sometimes not more 

 than twice. 



Q. You could go in often enough to get fresh pogies and menhaden if 

 you wished? A. We never use fresh bait for mackerel, but salt bait 

 altogether. 



Q. After 1865 did you go in the bay again? A. I could not say 

 whether the next time was in 1865 or 1866. I know it was the last year 

 the treaty was on. 



Q. You had a right then to go where you liked ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you catch any mackerel inshore ? A. We caught a few at 

 Margaree and at Magdalen Islands that year. We fished some at 

 Margaree. 



Q. Did you make any attempt to fish inside the line ? A. At the 

 Magdalen Islands there were no fish inside. We were out some distance. 



Q. Did you know that fact by trying yourself or by reports, or by 

 both ? A. We tried in and off shore. 



Q. That year there was no fish inshore ? A. We did not get any in- 

 shore at Magdalen Islands. At Margaree we probably fished inshore, 

 Within two, three, or four miles. 



Q. When did you next go to the bay ? A. I skipped one or two vears. 

 I am not certain but that I staid at home and went cod fishing a trip 



