2464 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Leaving Bay Chaleurs, have you fished along the west coast of 

 New Brunswick f A. Not much. 



Q. We have had evidence that some of the fleet fished there. Was 

 your vessel among them f A. A good many vessels go where I don't 

 see them during the time they are in the bay. 



Q. Did you go further north than Bay Chaleurs to Bonaventnre and 

 up round the River St. Lawrence! A. I have been at Bonaventure 

 several times. 



Q. Have you been up at Seven Islands ? A. No. 



Q. You uever fished at Seven Islands? A. No; I have never been 

 there. 



Q. Have you been master of a vessel ? A. I have been pilot and 

 master of a vessel in the bay six times only. 



Q. Have you been along the shore of Kiver St. Lawrence ! A. Not 

 much. 



Q. That part of the fisheries you don't know about ? A. I do not. 



Q. Whether the fish are taken inshore or out you cannot say, not 

 having been there? A. I have been round Anticosti fishing; we never 

 did much there. 



Q. Fishing for mackerel round "Anticosti ? A. Mackereling. I 

 never did much there. 



Q. Coming down to Cape Breton; you have been at Margaree, of 

 course? A. Yes. 



Q. At what time of year did you generally go to fish there ? A. 

 In the fall. 



Q. Is there any particular time when fishermen run to Margaree ? 

 A. At the last of August and September. 



Q. Is Sydney one of the places you went to? A. I never fished there. 



Q. Have you fished off Port Hood ? A. I have. 



Q. And from Cheticamp down to Margaree ? A. Yes. 



Q. You have also fished at Prince Edward Island ? A. Yes. 



Q. What parts of the island do you prefer ! A. At E.ist Point, and 

 between that and the Chapels. 



Q. Between the two Chapels is good fishing ground ? A. Yes. We 

 found some there this season. 



Q. The fleet generally go there more or less ? A. I have seen small 

 fleets there, never a large fleet. 



Q. Have you been in any of the harbors along Prince Edward Island ! 

 A. Yes. 



Q. Have you fished off Eustico and Malpequef A. Not much off 

 Kustico, some off Malpeque. 



Q. And oft Cascumpeque ? A. Very little. 



Q. Off North Cape ? A. Yes. 



Q. Off Miminegash ? A. Yes. 



Q. You took fish more or less at the different places where vou 

 went? A. Yes. 



Q. Is Margaree considered by fishermen to be very good fishing 

 ground ? A. It has not been very good of late years. 



Q. Was it formerly so considered ? A. I have seen good fishinff 

 there. 



Q. I believe the fishing grounds are changing. For instance, this 

 year you have not been to Bank Bradley ? A. No. 



Q. Why did you not go there? A. We had heard from there. 



Q. That nothing was to be had there? A. I have not heard of any- 

 thing being taken there. 



