3070 AWARE JF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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 ? That can be ascertained acpurately only by Statistical 

 Returns. 



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

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

 Bait that are caught by American Fishermen in American Waters, 



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

 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 ? The Canadians 

 have never pursued any important Fishery on our Coasts. Their own 

 shore Fisheries more than equal their Enterprize. 



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

 ies cause any detriment or hiuderance to the profitable pursuit of these 

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

 extent annually ? The answer must be Comparitive. They can pro- 

 duce Fish at one half the expense of American Fisherman, and it would 

 naturally affect 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 ? 



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 iu-shore fish- 

 eries ? Cod-fishery & Halibut fishery are entirely a Deep Sea Fishery. 

 The Mackerel Fishery is both a shore and deep Sea Fishery, About 

 one filth of the Entire Mackel Fishery can be considered as a Shore 

 Fishery. 



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

 iii-shore fisheries? Mackerel. 



15. If you state that the in shore fisheris 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 in-shore" 

 limits! Under the Resprocity Treaty, the Entire British Shore free 

 more than ^ths were caught outside the 3 mile limits. 



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 Saint Lawrence, and not within 

 shore? Yes. 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial iu-shore waters? Xo. 



a well established fact founded on experience of over 40 years that in 

 the Mackerel Fishery the larger amount of vessels in the Fleet the bet- 



ter for all. 



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, aud 

 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 ? Clams & Menhaden mixed are the best, Clams are found on 



>ta American & English Shores. Menhaden |are found only on the 



