. 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. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3151 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- eries Ou account of the nncertainty of the Bay fishing, most of tlie New- bnn|X)rt Vessels gave up that fishing about twelve years ago, and eu- ujged ill the coast fishing, using Seines instead of hook and lines, doing ii^ir business, while those who continued the Bay Mackerelling, have made a losing
. 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. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 3151 Facts as to changes in location and mode of conducting American fish- eries Ou account of the nncertainty of the Bay fishing, most of tlie New- bnn|X)rt Vessels gave up that fishing about twelve years ago, and eu- ujged ill the coast fishing, using Seines instead of hook and lines, doing ii^ir business, while those who continued the Bay Mackerelling, have made a losing business, and will mostly give up, and enter the Shore Ushiug CHAS. O. CURRIER Sworn and subscribed to before me, this twenty-first day of May jseal.) E. F. BARTLBTT yotary PuhUc No. 83. This is to certify, That the undersigned, coni])08ing the iirm of Union Whait Co have been engaged in the fishing business for the past Thirty , Tears, at I'rovincetown Mass and that since the Washington Treaty, so I called, has been in eliect, our vessels have been employed as follows: 1 k of Vessels employed Seventeen kof Trips made Sixty-Eight k of Trips to Bfiy St. Lawrence Six since 1871 I k of Barrels of Mackerel from Bay St. Lawrence Twelve hundred bbls Ik of Barrels of Mackerel caught within 3 miles of shore, not includ- iiii;Magdalene Islands None [Average value of Vessels each Five Thousand dollars liverage vaUie of Outfits, Salt, Bait, &c One thousand dollars I Average value of Insurance Four thousand dollars [Average value of Captains' and Crews' time, viz., wages per mo Thirty dollars [Average value of Commissions, &c Fonr % to Caps of Vessel JAverage value ot Wharves, Fish-houses, «&c., for curing and packing, |*liuliug expenses of Clerks, I*roprietors and labor on shore Twenty five thousand dolls. Ilfofflber of Vessels lost One r'alue of vessels lost, including outfits Five thousand dollars FaliieofFish lost None jKiiDiber of lives Lost None jloial value of Fish t
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