3014 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Cauadiu Fisherman, as they will have a chance to competute for the win- 

 ter fishing & earley mackerel Fishing 



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 con- 

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

 eries ? More than three qaurters perhaps Nine tenths are out side 



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

 in shore fisheries ? Mackerel & Herring 



15. Jf you state that the m-shore fisheries arepursued wholly or 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 ? Should think one fourth part are taken within in shore limits 



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

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the ill-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? 

 Can not say 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters? 1 think not 



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 ? Cannot 

 say 



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 f Pogies, nearly all the Mackerel Bait is taken on the coast of 

 Maine and 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 man- 

 ning 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. As near as I can ascertain from euquirev think the 

 expence will will be from $2000 to $3000, and usualy make three cruses 

 a year 



21. When you have fully answered question 20, please answer the 

 same questions as to vessels fitted out, equipped, furnished, and manned 

 from the Dominion of Canada, including Prince Edward Island, so far 

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

 the cost of the Canadian and the cost of the American vessel in these 

 respects, explain what the difference is and the reason for it. Cannot tell 



L'2. Are you acquainted, and for how long, and in what capacity, 

 with the fisheries on the coast of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, 

 or Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, with which of 

 those fisheries ? I am with the Nova Scotia and New Bruuswic 



23. What kinds of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which are 

 ) be thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 ircaty of Washington ? Cod and Pollock and salmon. 



21. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say from 



.854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to be thrown 



open to American fishermen ; also the amount and the annual value 



