3010 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



8. What quantity and value of each kind of fish are annually taken 

 by Canadian lishermen, and what by American fishermen, in the waters 

 off the coasts which are to be thrown open to competition by the Treaty 

 of Washington ? Do not know 



0. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in the waters ot 

 your State? and if so, to what extent and value? A very large pro- 

 portion of the bait used by the Canadian mackerel fishermen is taken 

 from the warters of this State 



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

 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 than 

 that contained in the Treaty of Washington ? Cannot say 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen toourin-sbore fisheries 

 cause any detriment orhiuderauceto the profitable pursuit of these fish- 

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

 extent annually ? As the Canadian fishermen can build fitt and mau 

 their vessells at an exceedingly less cost than American it would be a 

 detriment to American fisheries because they could not compete with 

 them 



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

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

 number of men employed upon them ? Do not know 



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

 coasts of the British North American Provinces, what proportion consists 

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

 Most of the large fishing vessels of this State pursue the deep sea fishing 

 off the Coast of British North American Provinces for nearly five months 

 and then a large proportion of the same vessels pursue the mackerel 

 fishing 



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

 in shore fisheries? Mackerel 



15. If you state that the in shore fisheries are pursued wholly or 

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

 within the iiirshore limits, and what proportion is taken outside of the 

 in-shore limits? Should judge that seven eighths of all the mackerel 

 caught are taken out side of the in-shore limits 



1C. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

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

 limits ; and in the summer season especially, are not mackerel gene- 

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

 shore ? Yes 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? No 



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? It requires 

 a continual throwing of bait to catch mackerel with a hook conse- 

 quently vessels in the fleet do better than they would by fishing alone 



11>. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where is it princi- 

 pally taken f 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 

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

 the shore! Pohagen and air taken in American waters and most of 

 it within three miles of the shore 



L'O. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your 

 State or district, the cost of fitting out. equipping, furnishing, and man- 



