AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3061 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in tho water* of 

 your State? and if so, to what extent and value ? They buy Mcnh.ul.--i 

 or pogie bait for Mackerel from the Americans The Menhaden fishery 

 is purely American. None have ever been known to frequent British 

 waters 



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

 ing 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 ? That de|H>nd en- 

 tirely on their own enterprise They have never yet done much more 

 than fish of their own coasts. 



11. Will the admission of Canadian fishermen to our in shore lisherie* 

 cause any detriment or hinderance to the profitable pursuit of these fUli- 

 cries by our own fishermen; and if so, in what manner, and to what ex- 

 tent annually ? No 



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 ? We have seen some few of their 

 vessels on our coasts for Mackerel say 20 vessels 2.">0 men 



13. Of the fisheries pursued by American fishermen off tho 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- 

 cries ? % of the Fisheries are deep sea fisheries At present all the Cod 

 & Halibut are caught on the Grand, Brown & Georges Hanks 



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

 in-shore fisheries? Almost entirely for Mackerel 



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

 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 ? During the latter part of the season Mackerel tend in shore and 

 for about 6 weeks the fishing is better in shore On a basis of .'too 000 

 Bbls. as the whole seasons catch for the Massachusetts fleet and allow- 

 ing 100 000 Bbls to be taken in the Gulf of St Lawrence which in a 

 large estimate 1, or 20 000 Bbls might under favorable circumstance,-* 

 be taken within three miles but even during reciprocity less than 

 100,000 Bbls were taken one year both from British and American Wa- 

 ters by the entire Mass fleet 



16. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by Araer 

 can fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the 

 shore limits: and in the summer season especially, are not ma* 

 generally found on the banks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, 

 within shore? Yes, Untill the 20th of Sept about all the Mack 

 taken outside of three miles The Magdalen Islands afford go- 



to the last of the season 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting Araeric 

 to fish in Colonial iu-shore waters ? No. No. 



caught a mackerel knows that the larger the fleet the better f 



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

 shore, alongside a fleet of American fishing vessels, trot 

 quantities of bait are thrown out, than when fishing alone 



a large proportion of the Canadian Fishery is carried on 11 



near the shore, say within 20 miles, Our fleet, with their iiumenM 



quantities of bait is of immense advantage to the 



19. What is the best bait for the mackerel, and where IB it pn 

 taken ? How much of it is taken within three nnles of the , ,re, M 

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



