AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2765 



Q. How far do fresh mackerel go? A. I don't know there is any limit. 



Q. Do you know of any fresh mackerel being carried to California 

 from our side? A. I should think not. I don't know but they might 

 carry it. 



Q. They send lobsters canned? A. And they send fresh salmon in 

 cans from California here. 



Q. According to your experience, how far up and down the Mississippi 

 Valley does the fresh fish go? A. It goes to Chicago and Milwaukee 

 and other Western points. 



Q. You have been engaged in the mackerel and cod-fishing at Prince 

 Edward Island for a good many years, and you are located there. Have 

 you ever attempted to cure codfish in the way they are cured for foreign 

 markets, for warm climates, such as the West Indies ? A. I cure cod- 

 fish almost exclusively for foreign markets In warm climates. 



Q. Is that done very extensively by any except what are called Jersey- 

 men ? A. It is. 



Q. Have you always done it ? A. I have done it for 12 or 15 years. 



Q. And always exported to foreign markets? A. Yes, almost always. 



Q. Did you ever find a" market for that kind of cured fish in the United 

 States ? A. For the large fish we do. . 



Q. Cured in that way ? A. Yes; for the large fish, but it is a small 

 proportion of them. 



No. 66. 



CHRESTEN NELSON, of Gloucester, Mass., fisherman and sailmaker, 

 was called on behalf of the Government of the United States, sworn 

 and examined. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Question. What is your age? Answer. 52 years. 



Q. You are a native of what country ? A. Denmark. 



Q. You now live at Gloucester ? A. Yes. 



Q. And have done so for how many years? A. For about 30 years. 



Q. Do -you recollect what was the first year you went into the gulf 

 fishing? A. 1851. 



Q. Did you go cod-fishing part of the season ? A. Yes. 



Q. Then you went into the gulf? A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips did you make that year? A. Two. 



Q. What did you catch the first trip ? A. The first trip we caught 

 300 barrels and the second 325. 



Q. Did you-catch those outside or inside ? A. The first trip we caught 

 them entirely out of the limits; the second trip we caught as far as 

 Margaree ; I think we got a very few inside the limits. 



Q. How many do you suppose, out of the 325 barrrls, did you catch 

 at Margaree inside ? A. I should think from 25 to 30 barrels. 



Q. In 1852 were you cod-fishing in the early part of the season and 

 afterward in the bay ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips did you make ? A. One, and caught 350 barrels. 



Q. Of those how many were caught inside ? A. I could not say very 

 correctly, but I should say from 20 to 30 barrels. 



Q. In 1853 what were you doing? A. I went into the bay in July; 

 I was not fishing in the spring; I was working at sail-making. 



Q. And now much did you get ? A. 180 barrels. 



Q. Where ? A. Ofl' on Banks Orphan and Bradley. There were 

 none caught inshore that year. We did not so catch any ; and there 

 were very few mackerel in the bay that year. 



Q. Was this your last trip ? A. Yes. 



