. 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. 2753 io in tliat lablyfait! IbingelseJ gselsfroin' .coasts at' (beu be in! [ngouthe lat would! of theffl| botli'- J to stuJy| [bink thai l-etty D«! proseciitt Q. Here is au account of a Portland schooner M'hich got 1,265 barrels seining this year.âA. Yes; but I think that is an exception. I do not tiiiiik that you would find a great many catches of that kind. By Sir Alex
. 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. 2753 io in tliat lablyfait! IbingelseJ gselsfroin' .coasts at' (beu be in! [ngouthe lat would! of theffl| botli'- J to stuJy| [bink thai l-etty D«! proseciitt Q. Here is au account of a Portland schooner M'hich got 1,265 barrels seining this year.âA. Yes; but I think that is an exception. I do not tiiiiik that you would find a great many catches of that kind. By Sir Alexander Gait: Q. You know all about the quality of the fish taken on the American coast ? You are well acquainted with this subject ?âA. Generally speaiiinff, yes. (I What proportion does the best quality of fish taken there bear to tlie poorer ones ?âA. Well, this season, of the best quality, as I under- stand it, scarcely any have been taken; on that shore there has been a very small catch of very good mackerel this year; but this varies very materially different years. You will see by the reports of the inspectors, or by their returns, that a very large catch of number ones will have been taken one year, while perhaps the next year the catch may run very largely of number threes. The quality of the catch varies almost every year. Q. We are told that the first caught early in the season, both oft' the American coast and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, are poor ?âA. O, yes ; tliey are always poor in the spring, and then they gradually fatten up. Soiiie seasons they fatten up more rapidly than they do during other [ seasons. Some seasons good mackerel are caught in July and August^ I and in other seasons this is not the case. Q. Is the greater quantity of the fish that comes to market of the [inferior or of the best qualities?âA. As I told you, this varies very much. Some years the larger quantity will consist of the best qualities, land other years, perhaps the very next
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