3158 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. of Vessels employed - Seven 



No. of Trips made 1 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 1876 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 100 



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



including Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each $5. 000, 



Average value of Oufits, Salt, Bait, &c $800 trip- 

 Average value of Insurance $100 each vessel yearly 



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



mo $35 



Average value of Commissions, &c $200 



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



packing, including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor 



on shore $6000 



Number of Vessels lost Three 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $10.000 



Value of Fish lost $8000. 



Number of Lives lost, , none. 



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



per cwt 1.00 



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 none 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 



No. $16. no 2. $12 no 3. $8 sold for 

 Average market value of Bay Mackerel, sold for no 1. $ll.no 2. $8.00 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200 



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



supplies 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring none 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages none 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs none 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish.. Banks New found 



land Western & Georgies. 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel .. .Long Island 



Sound to 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 Amer- 

 ican fisheries 



The Mackerel Fisheries have changed very much during the last ten 

 years formerly the fish were caught with Line & Hook but now the 

 universal way to take them is with Seius The Cod fisheries have also 

 very materially changed the Cod fish were formerly taken with hand 

 line & Hook but Trawls are now mostly used. <Uur Vessels all of them 

 take their fish from the Banks of New Foundland we have tried the 

 Bay fishing but with us it did not pay. Our Mackerl fishermen all of 

 them fish in American Waters for the reason that the Bay fishing does 

 not pay them, as the Mackerel are not near as plenty nor are they as 

 good a quality as they can find nearer home 



E. P. COOK 



Sworn an 1 subscribed to before me, this tenth day of May 1877 

 (Seal.) THOS. HILLIARD 



Notary Public 



