3026 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 limits ? I think a very small portion of the catch, the past fifteen years 

 has been take within the limits. If our fishermen had felt secure and 

 free to fish always when three miles from land, their catch from year to 

 year would not have been much impaired. The trouble mainly has been, 

 a fear to fish within sight of land, whenever any Cutters were in sight, 

 knowing there was no redress when taken, here lies the great sacrifice 

 which our fishermen have had to bear in the past. 



1C. 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. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? I think it has worked for their ad- 

 vantage rather than injury 



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 ? this is 

 true 



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-l 

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

 shore? "What we call Fogies, principally take on our coast, cannot] 

 state quantity & value 



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 j 

 to the home port. It cost about $2000. dollars to fit for a three month 

 cod fish Trip, and $1500. dollars for a three months mackerel trip, this 

 includes no wages or shares for the crew. 



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 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, 

 Shoulld think they could save in fitting for the business at least 25 per 

 ct from our cost. Provisions, salt, cost of vessels, and all labor when 

 hired is much less than ours 



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

 the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, Xew Brunswick, Quebec, oij 

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

 fisheries f 25 years 



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

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

 Treaty of Washington ? Mackerel principally, other fish are littlt 

 sought for in the limits 



24. Please state in detail the amount and the annual value (say fron 

 1854 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to be thrown opei 

 to American fishermen; also the amount and the annual value of th 

 catch in the adjacent waters which are more than three miles distaii 

 from the slore: please state these facts in detail. 



