3066 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



American fisheries which are to be thrown open to Canadian fishermen 

 under the provisions of the Treaty of Washington? Please state them 

 in detail, showing the different kiuds of fish, and the value of each kind. 

 Menhaden are caught only on our coasts, the Canadians have to pay 

 to 8 dollars per barrel, | of the Mackerel caught are caught within 

 three miles of our own shores With the same enterprise on their part 

 our inshore fisheries are of as much benefit to the Canadians as theirs 

 is to us, the Menhaden are used at the rate of 6 Bbls to every 100 Bbls 

 Mackerel 



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

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

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

 of Washington ? See Statistics 



9. Do Canadian fishermen procure bait or supplies in the waters of 

 your State ? and if so, to what extent and value ? They buy Menhaden 

 bait that are caught by American fishermen and they will probably take 

 their own bait under the treaty 



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

 able to procure bait, to laud and dry their nets, and to repack and cure 

 their fish on the coasts of your State, without any other restriction th&n 

 tbat contained in the Treaty of Washington? The Menhaden fishery 

 is quite valuable and also the Mackerel fishery and the Canadians with 

 the same enterprise would make our fisheries as valuable to them as 

 theirs could be to us 



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

 cause any detriment or hinderauce to the- profitable pursuit of these 

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

 extent annually ? The competition of their cheap vessels and crews 

 will lower the price of fish 



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 ? The most of their fisheries are 

 carried on ju boats and usually within 20 miles of the shore some of 

 their vessels have been with our fleet on our coasts. 



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

 lantic coasts of the British North American provinces, what proportion 

 consists of the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the iu-shore 

 fisheries ? The cod fishery is a deep sea fishery entirely. The Mackerel 

 fishery is in the bay of St. Lawrence about 1 in 120,000 bbls are caught 

 by American fishermen in-shore. 



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

 in-shore fisheries ? Mackerel. 



13. 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 in-shore limits, and what proportion is taken outside of the inshore 

 limits ? Four-fifths are taken outside the three mile limits when the 

 Fishery was free. 



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

 fishermen off the coasts of British America taken outside the iu-shore 

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

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

 whore? yes late in the season mackerel tend in shore, but our vessels 

 do better oft shore as the crews are kept on the vessels when if we were 

 inshore they would be off half the time. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial in-shore waters ? no. 



