Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877, Under the Treaty of Washington of May 8, 1871, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - Fisheries |
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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 Dominion 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 salt bait 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 Total value Treaty of Washington United value of Fish value of Mackerel Value of Vessels Vessels lost voyage waters year?-A
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Page 2836 - ... and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with British fishermen in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 2836 - Magdalon islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish: provided that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with...
Page 2836 - Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII. of this Treaty...
Page 3144 - Taxes for the of , and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true. Before me, Justice of the Peace.
Page 2965 - The proceedings shall be conducted in such order as the Commissioners appointed under Articles XXII and XXIII of this treaty shall determine. They shall be bound to receive such oral or written testimony as either Government may present.
Page 2836 - States' fishermen by the Convention between Great Britain and the United States, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, ciiring, 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, for the term of...
Page 2506 - ... the speeches are material as showing the real cause of the difficulty. The speakers pointed out that the fisheries had changed since 1818, and that the mackerel fishery, an inshore fishery, which was then of no account, had since become important. Representative Tuck, for example, said : — " From the first of September to the close of the season, the mackerel run near the shore, and it is next to impossible for our vessels to obtain fares without taking fish within the prohibited limits. We...
Page 3106 - Same an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified as such and that the Signatures thereto purporting to be his are geniune.
Page 2806 - A. There is no limit to the size that may be used. They are made of enormous size for the purpose of preserving salmon, and in New York they keep all kinds of fish. I have been in and seen a cord of codfish, a cord of salmon, a cord of Spanish mackerel, and other fish piled up just like cord-wood, dry, hard, and firm, and retaining its qualities for an indefinite time.
Page 2838 - Whatever may be the theories of others on the subject," says Professor Baird. '• the American mackerel fisher knows perfectly well that in spring, about May, he will find the schools of mackerel off Cape Halteras, aud that he can follow them northward, day by day, as they move in countless myriads on to the coast of Maine, of Nova Scotia, and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They may be occasionally lost sight of by their sinking below the surface; but they are sure to present themselves, shortly...