AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



The Mackerel fishing: during the la.st four or five Yean, ha* 

 fallen off, during that tin.e the Average Catch ha* at m Tl 

 about one half of what it was ten or twelve Year* ago Tbrrr t. , a , 

 fishing done by the Americans worth mentioning OI1 ,, 1|i(M . Sll , , 

 seen occasionally a lew American vessels the beginn.ng of .1,,,,,. Hrm 

 at the fashing grounds but the great body or hell of then, don't 

 until July 



And I William Harvey aforesaid do solemnly deelarr th.it I ,.. 

 entiously declare that the Statements made in the ftm'|joiii,j ilrrUradua 

 {ire true and 1 make this Solemn declaration by virtue of the \n i.4Mil 

 in the 37th Year of Her Majesty* Keign entitled an Act for tlie Hot, 

 siou of Voluntary and Extra judicial Oaths 



Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia June 11. 1877 



WILLIAM HAItVKY 

 In presence of 



JAMES . MrKKKN 



Jutticr of tke t'nr*. 



No. 142. 



Donald McEachreu being duly sworn, says. 



My name is Donald McEachren 1 am fifty two year* old I am * 

 British Subject reside at New Town Strait of Canso. have *inr* Kijtb 

 teen hundred and fifty been employed as a fisherman every Season with 

 the Exception of two on board of American fishing Schooner*, about 

 ten or twelve summers I was shipped in the Tinted State*, tbr YnuirU 

 or Schooners in which I was employed fished tbr Mackerel and ('*! on 

 the Coast of Prince Edward Island. Cape Breton New Kriin.su irk Pruv 

 viuce of Quebec and the Magdalen Islands We often lifhed alongside 

 of Colonial Vessels the American fleet being alongside of them did noi 

 interfere with the Catch of Mackerel or Cod by Colonial V'eMeU, n tbr 

 Contrary, on account of the great quantity of bait thrown out by the 

 American fishermen the Mackerel stay longer on the Kurfarv of tbr 

 Water and bite better than they do when Colonial Ven-Hels are alone 

 because the latter throw out much smaller quantity of bait, therrforr 

 the Colonial Vessels catch more Mackerel when alongside of an Amrr 

 lean fleet, the Colonial Vessels are in the habit of following the Auirr 

 ican Vessels on the fishing grounds for the reasons stated (limn*; tbr 

 last two Seasons the Americans have visited the Colonial Water* 

 much smaller numbers than formerly because there own li.shiug gr 

 have become, very productive that is they have always Int-n \-r\ gm 

 but of late years they Americans have got into the habit of 

 ing which they may use in deep water and is the most prnflubl 

 of catching Mackerel. Mackerel is found in great abum 

 Water on the American Coast. 



Independent of the number of American fishing Vwiwln 

 haps be a series of year when Mackerel will ap|K-ar n 

 on some Shores, then almost disappear from tliese < 

 Series of Years or Seasons and thereupon reappear i 

 as ever, the causes for that may be many but are 

 are very uncertain in their movements 



During the last three years the average iHimtM-r .. 

 Vessels in the entire Atlantic Provincial Waters ex.-epi 

 foundland have been about One hundred an.l liily *il* 

 ber was engaged in Mackerel lishing during the h 

 about Sevlnty five Sail of American Mackerel 

 grounds just' mentioned during the five \ear* |rvv, 



