AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. ;. 2723 



to 1872, teu years, I wasfishiugoiiour shores mackerel-fishing iu small 

 boats. 



Q. Were not the 10 years from 1866 to 1876 ? A. No. 



Q. In 1863 what did you do ? A. I was in the Franklin F. Schaiik. 



Q. Where did you go first! A. To the Grand Banks. 



Q. Did you go into the bay at all ? A. Yes, in the fall. 



Q. What did you catch ? A. 160 barrels of mackerel. 



Q. Where did you catch them 1 A. At Magdalen Islands and East 

 Point. 



Q. How many of those do you think you took inshore? A, 15 bar- 

 rels. 



Q. Where did you catch them ? A. Right off Red Head, at Souris. 



(,). Were you close iu? A. Yes. 



Q. How did you catch them ? A. It was blowing fresh at the time, 

 and we sprung up and caught them. 



Q. In 1864 where were you ? A. On our shores. 



Q. Cod-fishing ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips did you make? A. Our trips were short. 



Q. How many pounds or quintals did you get for the whole season ? 

 A. I made two trips and got 145,000 pounds each trip. 



Q. Was that being very successful ? A. Yes. 



Q. Take 1865 on the first trip did you go to the Banks or bay ? A. 

 To the Banks. 



Q. Did you do well there! A. Yes. 



Q. What else did you do that year? A. I did not do anything. 



Q. Did you catch any haddock ? A. I think we did a little haddoek- 

 ing, but nothing to speak of that year. 



Q. From 1866 to 1876 you were on the American shore ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you go into the bay at all ? A. No. 



Q. What were you engaged iu? A. In market fishing, for Boston 

 market, for haddock or mackerel or any fish we could catch. 



Q. You are out but a day or two ? A. We make short trips, some- 

 times two trips a week, sometimes one trip. 



Q. For fresh fish ? A. Yes. 



Q. You have never done any fishiug with pounds and nets on shore? 

 A. No. 



Q. During the ten years from 1866 to 1876 you were fishing on the 

 American shore were you successful ? A. Yes, successful. 



Q. How did you succeed during the 10 years you were fishing on the 

 American coast compared with the long period you were in the bay ? 

 A. I think it was a little better than it was in the bay. 



Q. You were in the bay from 1855 to 1865, during the Reciprocity 

 Treaty, and there was nothing to prevent you fishing where you pleased. 

 Do you think you gave a fair trial to the inshore fisheries ? A. Yes. 



Q. What is the result of your experience during those 10 years you 

 were in the bay as to the inshore fishing compared with the fishing out- 

 side ? A. As far as my own experience goes, I never reaped much benefit 

 from the inshore fishing. 



Q. And yet you tried it ? A. Yes, often. 



Q. Taking the bay fishiug as a whole, do you think the right to fish 

 within three miles adds much to its value ! A. It did not to me, to my 

 fishing. 



Q. That is your experience ? A. Yes. 



Q. You have been cod-fishing a good while ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you used fresh bait ? A. Yes. 



Q. And fished with salt bait ! A. Yes. 



