3208 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



STATE OF MAINE 

 LINCOLN s. s. 



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

 1877 



(Seal.) G. B. KENNISTON 



Xotary Public 

 No. 135. 



This is to certify, That the undersigned, composing the firm of Mi- 

 chewl Stiuson have been engaged in the fishing business for the past 

 twenty years, at Swans Island and that since the Washington Treaty, 

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



No. of Vessels employed . , 6 



No. of Trips made 6 per year 



No. of Trips to Bay St. Lawrence none for 8 years 



No. of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence 



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



Magdalene Islands 



Average value of Vessels each $3,000 



Average value of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c $2000 per year 



Average value of Insurance 300 " " 



Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages mo. . . 35 



Average value of Commissions, &c 200 per year 



Average value of Wharves, Fish-houses, &c., for curing and pack-iug T 



including expenses of Clerks, Proprietors and labor on shore $60t)0 



Number of Vessels lost one 



Value of Vessels lost, including outfits 2500 



Value of Fish lost 1800 



Number of Lives lost 



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



1.00 

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



bbl 250 



Total value of Fish taken within three miles of British shores 

 Total value of Mackerel do. 



-I 9a Q 



Average market value of American Shore Mackerel 16 12 8 



Average market value of Bay Mackerel 12 86 



Average earnings of the operative fishermen per year 350 



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

 Amount paid to British fishermen for herring 

 Amount paid to British fishermen as wages 

 Amount paid in British ports for repairs 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Fish Western Bank 



Locations frequented by American vessels for Mackerel 



Actual value of Fish in the water, before taking , nothing 



Actual value of Mackerel in the water, before taken nothing 



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

 eries 



Have formerly been largely engaged in Mackereling in Bay St Law- 

 rence say 8 years ago since have been seining off our own shores 

 You left the Bay fishing because we could not pay our expenses do 

 not consider the Bay of St Laurence fishery of any value whatever can- 

 not pay for our out fits this is the experience of all fishermen at Swans 



