AWARD OP TIIE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3179 



Number of Lives lost 



Total value of Fish t t ikeu, before curing, splitting, salting, &c. percwt. 



7.V- 

 Total value of Mackerel taken, before curing, splitting, Raiting, &e., p*r 



bbl two aoliar - . 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shore* none 



Total value of Mackerel do none 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel . $1&*$12. **! 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel $ll. $s. $. 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 



Two bandied & fifty dollar* 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, ice, and varioiiH'supplie* 



Six hundred dollars yearly 

 Amount paid to British fishermen for ") 



herring I Three thousand dollars yearly 



Amount paid to British fishermen as i 



wages 

 Amount paid in British ports for re 



pairs 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



La Have, Grand & Western Bank 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May 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 American 

 fisheries 



Within last three ^earshave not had any vessels engaged in Fishing 

 in British Waters either for Cod or Mackerel. The Mackerel fishing 

 being done on the Coast of the United States, and the Cod fishing on 

 Grand La Have and Western Banks, vessels resorting to British Wa- 

 ters only for Bait and ice. The Gulf of St. Lawrence fishing of no ac- 

 count. 



C. MOUKIS TREDICK. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 19th day of May 1877. 

 (Seal.) A. F. HOWAK1) 



\otttry 1'ttblic. 

 No. 110. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, James Frye have beon - 

 gaged in the fishing business, for the past twenty seven years, at 

 Haven & Camden, Me. and that since the Washington Treaty, so called, 

 has been in effect, my vessels have been employed as follows 



No. of Vessels employed Five (3) 13 UMMI each 



No. of Trips made four trips yearly, each vw 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 



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



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



ing Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c *-0 yearly each ire* 



Average value of Insurance ; 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., waget 



Average value of Commissions, &c 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c ., for earing am 



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on sbor 



