3200 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



STATE OF MAINE. 

 LINCOLN, ss. 



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

 1877 



(Seal.) <*. B. KENNISTON. 



Notary Public. 



No. 128. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, Albion P. Hodgdon have 

 been engaged in the fishing business for the past Thirty five years, at 

 Booth bay Me and that since the Washington Treaty, so called, has been 

 in effect, our vessels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed Five 



No. of Trips made Three 



1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence 



23222 

 No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



average trips 150 bbls each 



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

 ing Magdalene Islands not any 



Average value of Vessels each $.5000. 



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



Average value of Insurance 9 per cent 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo. .$35.00 



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 .. $20.000 



Number of Vessels lost one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits $7.000 



Value of Fish lost $2.000 



Number of Lives lost 



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



50 cents per 100 Ibs. 

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



per bbl $1.50 per bbl 



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



Total value of Mackerel do " 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel - . .18. 12. 8 



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



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year. . .$200.00 per an. 

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



$500.00 per an. 

 Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 



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



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $250. " " 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish Western Banks 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Cape May to Bay St. Laurece 



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 fishing business is become almost wholly changed, from hand- 

 lines to Trawling and seines for mackeral. 



