. 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. 9 7G5 (». How far do fresh mackerel go?âA. I doii'h know there is any limit. (J. 1)0 joii know of any fresh mackerel bein^j carried to California from our Vide .'âA. J shonld think not. I don't know but they ini;;ht carry it. (^). Tiiey send lobsters canned?âA. And they send fresh salmon in cans from California here. Q. Accordinj; to your experience, how far up and down
. 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. 9 7G5 (». How far do fresh mackerel go?âA. I doii'h know there is any limit. (J. 1)0 joii know of any fresh mackerel bein^j carried to California from our Vide .'âA. J shonld think not. I don't know but they ini;;ht carry it. (^). Tiiey send lobsters canned?âA. And they send fresh salmon in cans from California here. Q. Accordinj; to your experience, how far up and down the ISIississippi Vulley does the fresh lishgo?âA. It goes to Chicago and Milwaukee and other Western points. Q. You have been engaged in the mackerel and cod-flshing at rrince Kdward Island for a good many years, and you are located there. Have vou ever attempted to cure codfish in tho way tiiey are cured for foreign iiiaikets, for warm climates, such as the West Indies ?âA. I cure cod- (isli almost exclusively for foreign markets in warm climates. il Is that done very extensively by any excei)t what are (ialled Jersey- men?âA. It is. Q. Have you always done it ?âA. I have done it for 12 or !;> years. Q. And always exported to foreign markets?âA. Yes, almost always. Q. Did you ever find a market for that kind of cured lish in the United >^tatcs ?âA. For the large fish we do. (}, Cured in that way '.âA. Yes; for the large fish, but it is a small proportion of them. No. GG. CiiRESTEN Nelson, of Gloucester, Mass., fisherman and sailmaker, was called on behalf of the Government of tho United States, sworn and examined. By Mr. Dana: Question. What is your age?âAnswer. 52 years. Q. You are a native of what country ?âA. Denmark. Q. You now live at Gloucester ?âA. Yes. Q. And have done so tor how many years?âA. For about 30 years. i}. Do you recollect what was the first year you went into the gulf lishing?âA. 1851. Q. Did you go cod-flshing part of the seaso
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