3202 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



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

 eries 



Our Vessels were formerly wholly engaged in the cod and mackerel 

 fishery but we were compelled to abandon the business & for five years 

 have been wholly engaged in the Menhaden & Mackeral fishery on our 

 own coast The bay of St. Laurence fishery, proving, in my experience, 

 a total failure and for that reason we have sent no vessels there for five 

 years & have taken no fish of any kind within three miles of the shore - 

 STATE OF MAINE 

 LINCOLN ss 



B LUTHER MADDOCKS. 



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

 1877 



(Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Notary Public. 

 No. 130. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, Levi Eeed, 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 ves- 

 sels have been employed as follows : 



No. of Vessels employed , Three 



No. of Trips macle , Three 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence . None within five years 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence None 



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



Magdalene Islands none 



Average value of Vessels each , $5500 each 



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. 



45 per mo. 



Average value of Commissions, &c $250 per annum 



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



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors, and labor on shore. .$10.000 



Number of Vessels lost none 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits " 



Value of Fish lost " 



Number of Lives lost " 



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



cwt 50 cents 



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 u 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel .18 12 8 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 12 8 6 



Average earnings of the operal ive fishermen per year $225.00 



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



various supplies 500 per annum 



Amount paid to British fishermen for herring $1000 " " 



Amount paid to British fishermen as wages , . . . $400 " " 



Amount paid in British ports for repairs $200 " " 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish 



Grand Bank & Bradlee. 



