. 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. ^115 s of age ?—Answer. on!—A. We fisUed »re-fi8liing 7—A. We Q. How ranch?—A. I don't know. Not a very large catch. Q. After '39 what did you do ?—A. I went shore fishing. Q. Was that about six years, or what was it ?—A. It was from '39 to '45. Q. What luck did you have those five or six years ?—A. Well, we had such luck that we proposed to keep on that shore Ashing for 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. AWARD OP THE FISHERY COMMISSION. ^115 s of age ?—Answer. on!—A. We fisUed »re-fi8liing 7—A. We Q. How ranch?—A. I don't know. Not a very large catch. Q. After '39 what did you do ?—A. I went shore fishing. Q. Was that about six years, or what was it ?—A. It was from '39 to '45. Q. What luck did you have those five or six years ?—A. Well, we had such luck that we proposed to keep on that shore Ashing for that num- ber of years. Q. You went in often into port ?—A. Yes; we made short trips. I cannot tell the amounts that we caught, not well. We went in every month. Q. Now, in 1845 where were you ?—To the Day of St. Lawrence. Q. What did you get ?—A. 130 barrels. Q. Where did you catch them ?—A. All over the bay. Q. Did you catch any of them within the three-mile limit?—A. 'Jfot to my recollection. We might have caught a few scattered mackerel, uot anything so that I could tell you any number of barrels. Q. What places did you go on ?—A. Bradley and Orphan and the West Shore. Q, Did you go into the Banks again for a few years? What did you do in '40 and '47 "i—A. I think there were two or three years that I hshed^ ou our shores. Q. Then after '48 did you go into the bay again ?—A. (Consults mem- orandum.) lam not sure of the dates. 1 can tell you if I get the year iu my mind. In '48 I went into the bay. We caught 350 barrels. Q. Where did you catch them?—A. The first 40 barrels we caught off Cape Mabou. Q. Any other place?—A. We caught quite a quantity around the Magdaleus, and some off Bradley. We fished anywhere in the bay. We went from place to place to find better fish. They were very poor. Q. The mackerel were scarce?—A. No ; there were plenty of fish in the bay, but they were poor, and we Avent to different places to find better lish
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