

3104 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 43. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned Stephen B. Morey have 

 been engaged in the fishing business, for the past thirty years, at Deer 

 Isle, anil that since the Washington Treaty, so called, has been in effect, 

 our vessels have been employed as follows: Namely since 1871 

 No. of Vessels employed five (5) 11 men to each Vessel 

 No. of Trips made six trips yearly each year 



. T * 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 0() 2 00 00 00 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



Lawrence 00 420 00 (10 00 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not includ- 

 ing Magdalene Islands 



None caught on Bradly Orphan & Magdalenes 



Average value of Vessels each $3500 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $2400 



Average value of Insurance 8 per cent on vessel & outfits yearly 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo.... $34 



Average value of Commissions, &c 220$ to each Captain yearly 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing and packing, 



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 2300$ 



Number of Vessels lost 

 Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 

 Value of Fish lost 

 Number of lives lost 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c. per cwt. 



85 cts 

 Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, &c., 



per bbl $2.20 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores. nothing 

 Total value of Mackerel do nothing 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel . 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel $11.50 $8 $5.50 



Average earnings of the operative fisherman per year $2.20 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and various supplies 



$1200$ 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $400 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Western Lahave Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape Henry to Anlicosta 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking 

 Actual value of Mackerel in the water before taken 

 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American 



fisheries 



Early in going fishing I used the waters of the Bay of St Lawrence- 

 Later in lite in the same waters I used to go mackerel ing and made some 

 lair Trips with the Jig. Since 1867 I have abandoned the fisheries of 

 the Bay ot St Lawrence only Sending there in 1873 and my vessels have 

 been engaged in Fishing with trawls and Searing-mackerel on our Shore, 



) far as American fishermen are concerned our vessels have given up 

 the Bay of St Lawrence and regard it as an entire failure 



S. B. MOREY 



