Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877, Under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871, Volume 3 |
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American fishermen American vessels annual value Average market value Average value Barrels of Mackerel Bay Mackerel Bay of St Bay St boats British fishermen British ports Canadian fishermen catch cents coast codfish cost crew dollars Eastport engaged Fish taken fish within three fisheries fishing business fleet frequented by American fresh bait Gloucester Grand Banks Grand Manan Gulf of St halibut harbor in-shore limits Island?-A kinds of fish Locations frequented Mackerel caught Mackerel taken Magdalen Islands Margaree Menhaden never Newfoundland Number of Vessels paid to British Port Hood Prince Edward Island procure bait profit quantity schooner season shore?-A Sir Alexander Galt statement suppose taken within three tell that?-A them?-A there?-A three miles three-mile limit thrown open tonnage Total value Treaty of Washington United value of Fish value of Mackerel Value of Vessels Vessels lost voyage Washington Treaty waters year?-A
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Page 2834 - States fishermen by the convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty...
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Page 2841 - ... places ceased entirely. Enough. • may be taken for local consumption, but localities which formerly furnished the material for an extensive commerce in dried fish have been entirely abandoned. Various causes have been assigned for this condition of things, and, among others, the alleged diminution of the sea-herring. After a careful consideration of the subject, however.
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Page 2502 - ... proper to go still further, and to state frankly what, after a patient investigation of every source of authentic information within my reach, I believe to be the real difficulty. The truth is, our fishermen need absolutely, and must have, the thousands of miles of shore fishery which have been renounced, or they must always do an uncertain business. If our mackerel men are prohibited from going within three miles of the shore, and are forcibly kept away (and nothing but force will do it), then...
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Page 3117 - I, Rolfe Cobleigh, of Newton, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn depose and say, that: I am associate editor of The Congregationalist and Christian World, published at 14 Beacon St., Boston, where our offices are located. My attention was attracted to the...