AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. .'J119 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, Hultintr &o 



per bbl bl < ,*.?;- H ; 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores ' Num. 



Total value of Mackerel do 1 100 delivered at GloiiceHter 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



No 1. * 10 No2. *I2. No.'lfcs 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



No. 1 $12 No 2, $8 No ;j, *ti I sold for *10,S.- 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year . . .$'J7r> at my plac 

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



$200 each vessel yearly, total AILMM* yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring . . . ." $t;oo each year 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages None 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs . None 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand, Western, La, have, Georges Hank.s 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Cape May to East port & Bay St Lawrence 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking Nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken Nothing 



Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- 

 cries : 



Have sent no vessels into the Bay of St Lawrence the last two 

 years, the Bay fishing does not pay the expenses. The last years I hail 

 vessels there in 73 & 74 they did not pay for their outfits The Mack- 

 erel are poor worth d less than shore mackerel it is a bad place to use 

 a seine a long time is required for a trip and to- pursue the Bay fishery, 

 and that alone, would fail any firm in Gloucester. It is entirely & prac- 

 tically useless to us as a fishery. The Halibut and cod fishery are en- 

 tirely Bank fisheries owing no allegience to any Government 



SAML HASKKLL 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirty first dny of May 1*77 

 (Seal.) DAVID ^^^ LOW 



Xottiry rnblic. 



No. 55. 



This is to certify, That tile-undersigned, composing the firm of Joseph 

 Friend have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington Treaty 

 has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follow; 

 No. of Vessels employed 8 1J men eadi 



No. of Trips made 



1872 1873 IS, I !>.- l*i* 



|K of trips to Bay St. Lawrence ^ ^ ^ ,.. ,. 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay of St. 



Lawrence ..- . . - - low 



No. of Barrels" of Ma'ckerei caught within 3 miles of shore, i 



HT ^ i T i i . about one-lentil 



Magdelene Islands * 



Average value of Vessels each 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c - -^ ^o ^ 



Average value of Insurance .- 



Average value of Captains' and crews' tune, viz., wages pei 

 Average value of Commissions, &c 



