AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3277 



been for that time intimately acquainted with the condition of the said 

 fisheries and the manner in which fishing has been carried on by 

 Colonial and United States fishermen. 



2nd The same kinds and descriptions of fish that are found on the 

 coasts and shores of the British North American Provinces are to be 

 found on the coasts and shores of the United States which are now 

 made available to Colonial fishermen by the Treaty of Washington and 

 on the coasts and shores of the United States several kinds of fish are 

 procured which cannot be found on the coasts and shores of the 

 British North American Provinces such as bass, porgies and other 

 kinds, 



3rd Nearly all the bait for mackeral used by Colonial fishermen is 

 and must be procured by them from the United States fishermen wha 

 come to the coast of British North America under the provisions of the 

 Treaty of Washington. The bait chiefly used for mackeral and the best 

 bait are porgies which are all taken on the coast of the United States 

 and generally within three miles of the shore. It is a great benefit to 

 Colonial fishermen to be able to procure such bait from the United 

 States fishermen. 



4th The United States fishermen who come to the fisheries off the 

 coast of British North America principally pursue the deep sea fisheries 

 outside the three mile limit. About five sixths of the fish taken by 

 United States fishermen off the British North American coast are taken 

 outside the three mile limit. 



5th The fish taken inshore by United States fishermen is almost 

 wholly mackerel and not more than one fourth of the mackerel taken by 

 them in the vicinity of the British North American coast is taken inside 

 the three mile limit while about three fourths, taking the average of 

 seasons is procured outside the three mile limit, The fishery in British 

 North American waters is not carried on in boats by the United States 

 fishermen but in vessels and when they are fishing inshore for mackeral 

 it is principally around the shores of the Magdalen Islands and of Prince 

 Edward Island and on the coast of New Brunswick, in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence and on the north coast of Cape Breton. The Colonial fisher- 

 men fish principally in boats, 



6th Colonial fishermen are benefitted and not injured in the prosecu- 

 tion of the fisheries by United States fishermen being allowed to fish 

 within the inshore limits. By such permission being given the Colonial 

 fishermen are enabled to purchase their bait from the United States 

 fishermen which is a great, advantage to the former and besides that the 

 throwing of bait by United States fishing vessels attracts the fish and 

 enables the Colonial fishermen fishing in boats to fish much more suc- 

 cessfully than .they could otherwise do. For this reason it is quite com- 

 mon for a large number of fishing vessels and boats to be seen engaged 

 in fishing for a length of time side by side such a mode of fishing being 

 found advantageous to all but especially to those who are fishing in 

 boats. 



7th. The cost of fishing vessels and of the outfits for thesame in the Brit- 

 ish Provinces is at least twenty-five per cent lower than the cost thereof 

 in the United States and as a consequence of this difference in prices a 

 large number of United States fishing vessels procure their outfits in- 

 the British North American Provinces. 



8th The United States fishermen use herring almost entirely for bait 

 in the codfishery which they prosecute on the Banks and in the deep 

 sea fishery outside the three mile limit and they procure almost all the 

 herring and other bait which they use for that purpose from Colonial 



