3198 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



No. 126. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, gtephen G. Hodgdon have 

 been engaged in the fishing business for the past Thirty (30) years, at 

 Boothbay Me and that since the Washington Treaty, so called, has 

 been in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Six 



No. of Trips made Three each 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 1876 sent one vessel 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 80 bbls 



..so. of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not including 



Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each $4000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $2.500 



Average value of Insurance 10 per cent. 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo. .$40.00. 



Average value of Commissions, &c $250.00. 



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

 including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore. .$40.000 



Number of vessels lost one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits , $2.500 



Value of Fish lost 



Number of Lives lost none 



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



75 cents 

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



bbl $200 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores.. nothing 



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 16. 12. 8. 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 11. 7. 5 per bbl 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year $200.00 



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

 plies $600. per annum 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages $250. per annum 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Western & Quero Banks 

 Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Bay St. Laurence 



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 



The Bay fishing is an entire failure in my experience. I sent one ves- 

 sel 1876 and she sunk $800. getting only 80 bbls Shall send no more 

 The fish are taken by my vessels on the banks named and far out of 

 the jurisdiction of any government. Fish by trawls & senes. 



S. G. HODGDON 

 STATE OF MAINE 



LINCOLN, s.s. 



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

 1877 

 (Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Notary Public. 



