3078 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Our Shore fisheries are worth some years more than the Canadians* 

 Mackerel are an erratic fish, our shore Mackerel are worth 5 Dollars per 

 Bbls. more than the Bay Mackerel, The Menhaden fishery entirely a 

 shore fishery and are taken for oil Bait Guano &c is worth from 2 to 

 4000,000 00 Mackerel Fishery about the same though liable to vary 



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 Canadian Statistics See U States Statistics 



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

 your State; and, if so, to what extent and value? Pogie Bait is ob- 

 tained by them by purchase 



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 ? They would save 

 the value of bait, say 875,000, but they do not do business as we do 



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

 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 ? Do not think it would affect us other than they 

 will have cheap vessels, & there will be some competition 



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 ? Do not know not many 



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 in-shore fish- 

 eries ? Principally Deep Sea fishing until late in the fall not more than 

 3 \, part would be taken in shore including all fisheries 



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

 in-shore fisheries ? Mackerel 



15. 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 

 in-shore limits ? Should not think that more than one sixth part are 

 taken within three miles of the shore. 



1C. Is not much the larger quantity of mackerel caught by American 

 fishermen otf 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 f Yes 



17. Are Colonial fishermen injured by permitting American fishermen 

 to fish in Colonial inshore waters ? No 



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? There is. 

 The more vessels the better 



10. 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- 

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

 shore T Clams & Manhaden ; Manhaden are found only on the Ameri- 

 can Shores, 



20. Please sta,te as to each class of fisheries carried on from your 

 State or district, the cost of fitting out, equipping, furnishing, and man- 



