AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. .1139 



Number of Vessels lost 



Value of Vessels lost, including out Jits liiMJiOO 



Value of Fish lost ' t \ . , 



Number of Lives lost ' thirty on 



Total value of Fish taken, before curing, splitting, salting,' &r. percvt. 



Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, Malting, tamper 



bbl j wo |)u|| >r ,| 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British iborw 



None tii ken 



Total value of Mackerel do. . 



No I '2 3 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel $lti, r., H 



No I 3 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 12 8 6 



Average earningsof the operative fishermen JK.T year . f'J15 for pa.st fi yean* 

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



various supplies $5,000 yearly total in six year* * HMHM 



Amount paid to British tishemen 



for herring , $4,100 yearly " " " * fiM.Goo 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages hired none 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs fc 1 7">o 



Locations frequented by American 



vessels for Fish Gd Bank Georges Browns Lelmve Hradolle &c 



Locations frequented by American 



vessels for Mackerel from Sandy Hook to Bay St Ijiirrrncr 



Actual value of Fish in the water, be 



fore taking Nothing, as raw material valueless 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water 



before taken.... 



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

 eries During the last four years Mackerel in the Bay of St Lawrence 

 have been comparatively scarce. Seines have gradually Wen introduced 

 until at present time hook fishing is nearly obsolete. Seine tUhing in 

 the Bay of St Lawrence & Cbaletir is not practical and has proved a 

 thorough failure and the business has been abandoned The Mat-lit rvl 

 fishery is confined to the American coast The Bay Cod fishery has hern 

 given up for years not a dozen trips has been made from this |nrt * 

 six years We depend upon the deep sea Hanks entirely for Halibut V 

 Codfish and employ the British shore boats and fishermen in taking I 

 ring and pay them their price 



UA YILJ 1 -V Kit 

 JAMLS Ci. TAKl: 



Sworn and subscribed to befoie me, this 31st d:iy of May I 

 (Seal.) IAVII> \\. LO\J 



.Votary r*blf 



No. 73. 



This is is to certify, that the undersigned, cornicing the llrm of SmiUi 

 & Golt have been engaged in the fishing bnsimw 

 at Gloucester Mass, and that since the Washington Treaty 

 has been in effect, our vessels have been employe* 



No. of Vessels employed ^Yt 



No. of Trips made -y ^ W74 



