3086 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



coasts of the British North American Provinces, what proportion con- 

 sists of the deep-sea fisheries, and what proportion of the in-shore 

 fisheries ! Should think about 80 per cent are deep sea fisheries. 



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

 in-shore fisheries ? Mackerel late in the year 



lo. 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 

 iu-shore limits f not one tenth part of the mackerel taken at the Bay of 

 St. Lawrence are taken within the inshore limits 



16. 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 iu-shore 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 ? l>s 



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- 

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

 shore ? Pogie or Menhaden, an American fish, taken off Coast of U. S. 

 Value of this fishery about $1,000,000 yearly 



20. Please state as to each class of fisheries carried on from your 

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

 ning 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 

 to the home port. Pogie fishing, Crew 10 men cost of Salt Bbls, pro- 

 visions Ace $400, time 3 iceeks mackerl fishing about the same Cost of 

 a voyage to Grand Banks of a Schooner of 80 tons about $2700, for a 

 term of 2 mos or 10 weeks 



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 fn 

 these respects, explain what the difference is and the reason for it. 

 About one halt what it costs to tit an American vessel 



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

 with the fisheries on the coasts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Que- 

 bec, or Prince Edward Island, or with either, and if either, with which 

 of ^these fisheries ? 20 years all of them 



23. What kind of fish frequent the waters of those coasts which are 

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

 Treaty of Washington ? Codfish Halibut & Mackerel 



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

 from 18o4 to 1872 inclusive) of the fisheries which are so to be thrown 

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

 the catch in the adjacent waters which are more than three miles dis- 

 tant from the shore ; please state these facts in detail. Cannot give the 

 data required Should think that the Deep Sea fisheries three miles 

 from Shore were worth $2000,000 00 less cost of taking them 



