. Record of the proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale. â¢^^-SSS»S^SW??S!'^'?lw? ^^^^^SS^ U' 278 the mackerel witliin the three-mile range. I dou't know but they have. I don't think anything more thau a touth part, ; Joseph O. Proctor, of GIouccstiT, on page 19G, says:â " From the best of my jniliimcnt, the knowlodgo I have wliero my Imve been, and rnnvprsa- tion with tlio iiiiusters of tliu vossols, I liolieve that not oiio-cij,'lith uf tlio niuckiTt'l have boeu â within, I
. Record of the proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission [microform]. Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale. â¢^^-SSS»S^SW??S!'^'?lw? ^^^^^SS^ U' 278 the mackerel witliin the three-mile range. I dou't know but they have. I don't think anything more thau a touth part, ; Joseph O. Proctor, of GIouccstiT, on page 19G, says:â " From the best of my jniliimcnt, the knowlodgo I have wliero my Imve been, and rnnvprsa- tion with tlio iiiiusters of tliu vossols, I liolieve that not oiio-cij,'lith uf tlio niuckiTt'l have boeu â within, I should say less, and [ should not say any nioro. It is iumuoi- a tiMilh tlian an eighth. "Q. 1 )o you know where the Lidk iscauglit?âA. At the Magdalens, or between the MagJnlena and ; Captain Ezra Turner, of Gloucester, page 226, testifiosâ " Q. Have you over fished off Prince Edward Island ?âA. Yes. I have fislied all round the east side wlierever anybody fished. " Q. Did you fish within three miles of tho shore tliere ?âA. No. It is a rare thing that ever you got mackerel within the three miles. Vhen they Cdiiie witjiin time miles they rise in scliuols, and wo never calculate to do much out of thtm, but from four to six and seven miles off is the common fishing ground ; The Commissioners will recollect the testimony of Mr. Myrick, an American niercliant, who had established himself on Prince Kdward Island. The inshore fisliery, he said, is not suited to American vessels. Our vessels are large ; they are built at a distance ; they are manned by sixteen or seventeen men; tiiey cost a great deal; they require large catchre, and dealing with fish in large quantilies; they deal at wlioiesalc altogether, and not at retail. Retailing^ woidd ruin tliem. Anything short of large catclies, large amounts, would be their end, and compel all the merchants to give up the business, or to lake to boat fisliing, which, of course, Glouces
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