2978 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



by American subjects and that caught by British subjects was aboa 

 equal. 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in the waters o 

 your State; and if so, to what extent and value ? They do to a srnal 

 extent. 



10. What is the probable annual value to Canadian fishermen in bein^ 

 able to procure bait, to land and dry their nets, and to repack and cure 

 their fish on the coasts of your State, without any other restriction that 

 that contained in the Treaty of Washington ? I cannot tell. 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our in shore fisheries 

 cause any detriment or hinderauce to the profitable pursuit of these fish 

 eries by our own fishermen ; and if so, in what manner, and to whai 

 extent annually ? I think not. 



12. What number of Canadian vessels and boats are engaged in th( 

 fisheries of your State, and what are their tonnage and value, and the 

 number of men employed upon them ? I do not know. 



13. Of the fisheries pursued by American fishermen off the Atlantic 

 coasts of the British North American Provinces, what proportion con 

 sists of the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the in-shore fish 

 eries ? Nearly all are deep-sea fisheries. Occasionally they find it ad 

 vantageous to fish in-shore for mackerel, but they can usually do bettei 

 outside, even for mackerel. 



14. For what description of fish do American fishermen pursue the 

 in-shore fisheries? Mackerel and Herring chiefly, and sometimes Cod- 

 fish, 



15. If you state that the inshore fisheries are pursued wholly or chiefly 

 for mackerel, please state what proportion of mackerel is taken within 

 the m-shore limits, and what proportion is taken outside of the in-shore 

 limits ? Much the larger part are taken off shore. There have been 

 many years when the iu-shore fisheries for mackerel were worthless. The 

 fish played off-shore the whole season. 



16. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the in-shore 

 limits ; and in the summer season especially are not mackerel generally 

 found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and not within shore! 

 The larger part are taken outside of the in-shore limits. Mackerel are 

 found in the Gulf in summer and not in-shore. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial inshore waters f Perhaps the inshore fishery for 

 Mackerel is injured somewhat. But the great quantity of bait thrown 

 over by American fishermen inshore tolls the fish in, and so makes it the 

 more convenient for Canadian fishermen. 



18. Are not more fish caught by Colonial fishermen, when fishing in- 

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing-vessels, from which laii:'- 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ! I think 

 they are. 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it principally 

 taken? How much of it is taken within three miles of the shore, and 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Prov 

 inces, as the case may be, to take such bait within three miles of the 

 shore ? Porgies. It is all taken on the American coast. None is tak'n. 

 on the Provincial coasts. The principal part is taken within three miles 

 of shore. 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your State 

 or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and manning ;i 

 vessel for carrying it on, estimating it by the average length of tin- 



