. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. HON. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2iia e before, ami I did e others. irge portion of the ir !âA. I bad not, ; and sometimes I 5e ?âA. One had to [>le were not so in- always found tbem iree-mile limit poor have uot tUouglit acliau fish enterino; ithiu three miles ot Ushing. livilege amounts to ecause, in the first States. â ally comes down ?â ;hat the price would 0 yon uot think that 3uld prefer th
. Award of the fishery commission [microform] : documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877 under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches. HON. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2iia e before, ami I did e others. irge portion of the ir !âA. I bad not, ; and sometimes I 5e ?âA. One had to [>le were not so in- always found tbem iree-mile limit poor have uot tUouglit acliau fish enterino; ithiu three miles ot Ushing. livilege amounts to ecause, in the first States. â ally comes down ?â ;hat the price would 0 yon uot think that 3uld prefer the twrence, witliin the this would iieepthe Let me think the the privilege men- and we would theu e. That is my candid I was fishing, that I want to get alU s possible. *^ you waut the duties he Gulf of St. Law. and that you ('(uild speaking wirli ivi- y never. I will say , as far as 1 can re- give >iOU soni*- id'M ht years .'âA. Vr-^; at all. ue\er get any tisli â fssel« in our waters during the last seven or eight years ?âA. No amount of fish were so caugl'tâ1 am speaking with respect to Wellfleet. Q. You would not like to extend that statement to other fishing porta in the United States, wouUl you ?âA. I have no statistics respecting those ports, and 1 f'o not know anything about that. I am referring to my own native place. Q. And Wellfleet possesses but a very smill proportion of the Ameri- can fishing fleet?âA. It has a small proportion of it as to number, but TC all have large vessels. Q. Give me the number of your vessels that frequented the bay dur- ing the last six, seven, or eight years.âA. I cannot do so save for the two years and this sej son. One vessel has gone each year to the bay from our port during this time. Q. It was because very few vessels came down here that you said the gulf fisheries were of no account to you ?âA. Of course. Q. Has any great number of vessels ever come from Wellfleet to the bay?âA. I stated previously that wi
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