3128 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel American 



Shores & Bay St. Lawrence 



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 



My vessels have not paid their expenses for the last five years while 

 employed in taking mackerel at the Bay of St. Lawrence. The quality 

 of the 'mackerel being poor, and the length of the trips making them so 

 expensive that I cannot pursue this business to advantage. 



All of my codfishing business is pursued out on the ocean banks out- 

 side of the jurisdiction of any nation. Entering British waters only for 

 the purchase of bait and supplies. 



DANIEL SAYWAKD 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this thirty first day of May 1877 

 (Seal.) DAVID W. LOW 



Notary Public 

 No. 63. 



This is to certify. That the undersigned, composing the firm of William 

 Parsons 2d & Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Thirty years, at Gloucester Mass and that since the Washington Treaty, 

 so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Fourteen 



No. of Trips made. .Five trips yearlv each vessel, Total, 90 trips per year 



"1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence.. 334200 



Total 6 years 12 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence Two thousand 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands 250 Bbls 



Average value of vessels each Five thousand Dollars 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $2800 yearly to each vessel 



Average value of Insurance $300 yearly to each vessel 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo $35 



Average value of Commissions, &c . $200 each vessel 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore 



Twenty thousand Dollars, yearly 



Number of vessels lost One 



Value of vessels lost, including outfits , Seven thousand Dollars 



Value of Fish lost Two thousand " 



Number of Lives lost fourteen 



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



percwt . .75cts 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, salting, 



&c., per bbl $2,00 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores None 



Total value of Mackerel do 2500 in Gloucester Market 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



We sold for $15 $10 $8 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel 



We sold for No 1 $10 No 2 $8 No 3 1 6 

 Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



$200 at one place 



