1*414 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



did not fill all our barrels. We got 215 barrels, I think, one trip, and 

 190 barrels the second trip. 



Q. That is pretty good fishing ! A. Yes, good fishing. 



Q. Since 1871 where have you been fishing ? A. I have been seining 

 on our shores. 



Q. At what parts of the American coast? A. From Mount Desert 

 Rock to Cape May, Delaware. We commence there in the spring and 

 work eastward. 



Q. Were you fishing inshore or out or both along the American 

 coast ? A. Off shore and inshore. 



Q. How many have you taken there ! A. We took all the way from 

 350 to 1,000 barrels. Last year we had about 1,000 barrels. 



Q. You had good luck on the American coast ? A. Yes, we have had 

 good fishing there for five or six years. 



Q. How has it been this year ? A. There was good fishing early this 

 year, in May, south. Since then there has been very little done. 



Q. At what time did you come into the bay this year ? A. 10th Au- 

 gust. 



Q. Are you in Halifax with your vessel ? A. Yes. 



Q. For a harbor ? A. We came into harbor last night. 



Q. You did not come to Halifax as a witness ? A. No. 



Q. Were you homeward bound when you made Halifax ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many barrels have you got ? A. From 118 to 120 barrels. 



Q. During all the time you have been cod-fishing, you say you have 

 gone to the Banks in spring and to your own coast in summer ; have 

 you been in for fresh bait ? A. We did not used to go in for bait then. 

 I have not been cod-fishing the last nine years or longer. 



Q. While you were fishing you used salt bait altogether ! A. Yes. 



Q. Do you know anything about weir and pound fishing on the coast 

 of Maine f A. 1 never was engaged in weir or pound fishing. 



Q. You have seen it I A. 1 have seen a number of pounds. 



Q. And heard about it ? A. I have heard there is a considerable 

 quantity taken. 



Q. You cannot give any account of it ? A. No. 

 By Mr. Doutre : 



Q. How many times have you been in the bay ? A. About six or 

 seven times. 



Q. Six or seven different seasons or trips ? A. Different seasons. 



Q. And sometimes you went two trips in one season ? A. We have 

 landed and sent home a trip, but I have never been home and back 

 on a second trip. 



Q. Where did you land any trip ? A. We landed a trip the first year 

 I was in the bay at Cascurnpeque. That is about 19 years ago. 



Q. How did those fish reach home? A. They were shipped home by 

 a vessel. 



Q. Have you ever fished on the coast of Gaspe" ? A. I never fished 

 on the coast of Gasp<;. I have been there twice. 



Q. You never tried to fish there ? A. No. 



Q. Why did you go there if you did not intend to fish ? A. We went 

 into Gaspo from Bonaventure for water. We fished broad off on Boua- 

 venture Bank, about southeast, 40 or 50 miles. 



Q. Was theGaspe coast nearest? A. There was not much difference 

 between that and North Cape, I think. 



Q. Do you ever fish in I Jay Chaleurs? A. I never fished there, but 

 I have laid inside of the point about Shippegan. We caught a few 

 mackerel there one year. 



