3196 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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 Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $3.000 



Average value of Insurance 9% 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo $40 



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. 815.000 



Number of Vessels lost one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $7.000 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost 



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



cwt 50.c 



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



bbl ; $1.50 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores Nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do ll 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 18. 12. 5 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11. 7. 4 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200 



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

 plies .. $500. 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $100. 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $400.00 per annum. 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western Banks & Orphan. 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Eastport. Me. 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking Nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken " 



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

 eries 



We send no vessels to Bay fishing It is abandoned so far as our- 

 selves are interested. 



Shore Mackerel bring one third more than bay and the catch, with 

 seine is surer 



Our vessels catch fish on banks with trawls, many miles from any na- 

 tional jurisdiction Our experience in Bay fishing has been ruinous 



FEEEMAN ORNE 



STATE OF MAINE 

 LINCOLN s.s. 



Sworn and subscribed to before me, this Twenty. Third day of May 

 1877 

 (Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Notary Public 

 No. 125. 



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

 E. Peirce & Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 Forty years, at Boothbay, Me. and that since the Washington Treaty, 

 so called, has been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows: 



