3190 AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 eries Our Vessels have been codfishing on the Banks and inacker- 

 eling mosty oft' our own shore. The Bay of St Lawrence fishing has 

 constantly grown poorer our Vessels have not paid their expenses. 

 Shall send none there this Season. The shore mackerel are better and 

 bring a higher price. We use Seines where we forrnaley used hooks & 

 lines. The Codfish are taken many miles from any Shore, and within 

 No National Jurisdiction 



J W. SAWYER 

 D L FERNALD 

 ROBT. H. SAWYER 

 STATE OF MAINE. 

 CUMBERLAND Co. ss. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 21st day of May 1877. 

 (Seal.) LEWIS B. SMITH 



Notary Public. 



No. 119. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Thomes 

 Chase and Co have beem engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Twenty Eight years, at Portland Me and that since the Washington 

 Treaty, so called, has been in effect, our vessels have beeen employed 

 as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Twenty 



No. of Trips made. 



Ho.ofTripstoBaySt.Lawrence.. 18 ' 1 18 f 18 f 18 J 4 " 18 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 

 1200 600 600 350 200 66 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within three miles of shore, not in- 

 cluding Magdalen Islands 



most caught in round Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each Fifty-five Hundred 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c 



Fifteen to Twenty hundred yearly 



Average value of Insurance . , i 9% 



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 



Twenty Thousand Dollars 



Number of Vessels lost none 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits nothing 



Value of Fish lost none 



Number of Lives lost none 



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



75c 

 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 do 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel. . .$16 $12 $8 per Bbi 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel $11 $8 & $6 per Bll 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $275 





