AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Average amount paid in British ports for bait, IOP, and various sup- 

 plies About One thousand dollars per annum 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 

 Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



About Fifteen hundred dollar* 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Banks Western Banks & George* 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



From Capo Henry to Bay of St I. r.M.-n.-.- 



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- 

 eries 



We have given the mackerel fishery in the Bay of St. Lawrence a/ui'r 

 trial and from the experience of the past three years we aru fully satis- 

 fied that it would prove ruinous to pursue it longer consequently we 

 shall not send a vessel there this present season The mckl. caught in 

 the Bay during the few past years have been very poor quality and 

 also very scarce. There are now in this market two trips of Bay mckl. 

 caught and packed last fall that cannot be sold on account of the poor 

 quality of the fish Nearly all the mckl. are now caught in seines A 

 few seasons ago we thought that seining might prove profitable in tho 

 Bay St. Lawrence and fitted a vessel but on arriving they found the 

 bottom so rough that they could not use the seine without a great 

 deal of risk of loosing it (and it cost one thousand dollars) so they 

 abandoned the voyage and returned home without any mackerel so 

 that now all of our mckl. fleet will fish in American waters One En- 

 glish vessel has fitted here with a seine to fish in our waters. 



T. C. LEWIS 

 O. B. WHITTEN 

 WM. H. WILLAKD. 

 STATE OF MAINE ) 

 CUMBERLAND Co. ss / 



Sworn and. subscribed before me, this 23rd day of May, 1877. 

 (Seal.) LEWIS B. SMITH 



Xotary Public. 



No. 115. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of rimrle* 

 A. Dyer have been engaged in the fishing business for the past Ten year* 

 at Portland, and that since the Washington Treaty, so called, has t 

 effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed 



No. of Trips made 



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 oi shore, n stadli 



Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each 



Five large Class Valued at 5000 Each I.* 1< 



Average value of outfit, Salt, Bait, &c 



Average value of Insurance Ibree lho ' 



Average value <5f Captains' and Crews' r J ^ ^ 



200 F 



