AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. BOOfl 



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

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

 in-shore limits ? I should say three quarters to Seven eights outside and 

 one eights to a qarter in shore 



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 ? Yes in the summer, say from June 1st to Sept 1st our fisherm.-n 

 usualy do better off shore, but in the fall after the 1st of Sept the Mack- 

 erel usualy play in shore, and the weather being rough it is safer to be 

 near a harbor 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial iu-shore waters ? I should say not, except in rare 

 instances 



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

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing-vessels, from which large 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ? I do not 

 know. 



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, anil 

 what is the annual value to the United States, or to the British Pr6v- 

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

 shore ? Porgies is the best bait for Mackerel, and is taken only on the 

 coast of Maine and Massachusetts, and is all taken within three miles 

 of the 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 

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

 cruise. State, as far as possible, in detail, the elements which go to 

 make up the cost of taking and delivering a full cargo and of returning 

 to the home port. For Bank cod fisheries we use vessels of about GO 

 tons costing from seven to ten thousand dollars, we usually fit and pro- 

 vision them for a voyage of two to four months with a crew of ten men. 

 1st we take 120 to 140 hhds Salt cost 300* Bait 40 Brls. Clams, 320* 

 Nets lines & Hooks 180$ Provisions 500$ total $1300, to which we add 

 if they fish in dories which the most of the fishermen do late years 

 300$ for dories total 1600$. this for the first or spring cruise, if $1600 

 successfull usualy last two months the second cruise will cost less, 



say about 1000$ for two months if codfishmg. if for mackerel in * 

 Bay St. Lawrence 800$. third cruise for Mackerel usualy cost 

 600$. Therefore if the vessel makes two Cod fish cruises and one- 

 Mackerel it will cost about 3200$ if One Codfish and two Mack 

 erel 3000$ in rare instances we get a fourth trip, but as often only t 



21. When you have fully answered question lio, please answer 

 same questions as to vessels fitted out, equipped, tarnished, and ina 

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward 



as you are able to do so. If you state that there is any diffen 



tween the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American y 



these respects, explain what the difference is, and the reason f 



cannot State what it costs to fit out a vessel from the J 



have always understood that it cost them much less, m the 



they have cheeper vessels. And not so well provided and 1 



they are nearer home, and do not require so extensive .an on 



the men own and run their vessels, and are satisfied With poorer pn 



visions than our people are, and many articles cost less in > 



