3022 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone ; It is often 

 the case tbat while fishing in shore the Colonial fishermen ties on to the 

 American, so as to take advantage of her bait, to toll mackerel along- 

 side 



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

 taken ? llow 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 ? The Porgy is the almost universal bait used, and is found from 

 Long Island to the Penobscot Kiver. and is all taken within the limits 

 the annual value to one of our fishermen, is from $300 to $500 dollars 



2.0. 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 ports For the mackerel Fishery an average vessel would 



cost, < $8000.00 



Fitted with Barrels 450.00 



" " Salt 150.00 



" " Provisions...,. f 400.00 



" Bait 300.00 



" " 1C men . . . 3200.00 



12.400.00 

 if she carries seine 1200.00 



13.600.00 



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

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

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

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

 tween 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. The 

 American mackerel fleet is a fleet of Yachts calculated for fleetness 

 and composed and constructed of the best materials, The Canadian 

 fleet is far below the other in material and construction, Many of the 

 duties that the American pays are unknown to the Colonist Barrels, 

 salt and Provisions are likewise lower and of an inferior quality and 

 the habits of living on board are very much in favor of the Colonist. I 

 judge that the inhabitant of the Dominion can furnish and sail his 

 Schooner at. \ at least less cost than the American 



Are you acquainted, and for how long, and in what capacity, with 



ishenes on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, or 



rinco Edward Island, or with either, and if either, which of these 



ishenes! Have no personal acquaintance, but have often sent vessels 



to those waters. 



-'3. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which are 

 thrown open to American fishermen under the provisions of the 

 1 reaty of Washington ? Mackerel & Cod 



i-!' ri i e J~ 8 ?- staU ' in (letail tno amount and the annual value (say from 

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

 ican fishermen ; also the amount and the annual value of the 

 the adjacent waters which are more than three miles distant 



