AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 19. r i5 



Q. Are the herring which are taken in weirs ami boats at the talum! 

 taken very close inshore f A. Not far out. There are places witu in 

 or 11 feet of water between islands, and the fish are all inside of m>m 

 island. 



Q. They are all inshore? A. Inshore fish we call them. 



Q. For what purpose do the Americans buy your froz MI fish ! A. To 

 peddle them; retail them out and dispose of them for consumption by 

 the people. I understand they sell them in large quantities if they can, 

 and if not in small quantities. 



Q. Do you know if any Gloucester vessels come down for herring- 

 bait with which to go cod-fishing on the I>anks? A. Yen. I have known 

 them come there. Last May I saw two American vessels there, ami one 

 of our small vessels go out to them. I was told that Judson Richardson 

 sold one 20 barrels of bait, and the other 25 barrels. 



Q. Those vessels were going out to flsh cod ! A. Yes. They went 

 direct away. I saw the vessels. 



Q. Do American vessels come down and fish along the shore for her- 

 ring, to your knowledge ? A. They occasionally have nets ; they would 

 likely do so. 



Q. Do they do so as a fact ? A. I do not go on board to know whether 

 they fish for herring or not. 



Q. Do you see them lying at anchor close to the island with netflf- 

 A. Not with nets out. 



Q. Do you mean to say you have never seen any American vessel for 

 the last seven or eight, or three or four years, fishing for bait cloae by 

 the island ? A. They set a net occasionally, but they generally bay 

 their bait ; they would rather buy it. 



Q. Do they often come to buy bait ? A. Yes. There have been half 

 a dozen during the summer. 



' Q. What is the average size of vessels which come in for bait 1 A. 

 Vessels ranging from 40 to 60 tons. 



Q. Where do American vessels go to get the bait !- -A. Wherever 

 they can find it. They come to North Head, and if it is not to be had 

 there, they come to Long Island. 



Q. You know that the herring spawn at the island, and that 

 breeding ground for them ? A. Yes. 



Q. That is, North Head ? A. South He.ul is the spawnm 

 for herring. 



Q. That is a great spawning-ground ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you ever know American vessels come there ? 

 in the fall and buy herring, but I Hever knew them set a net. 



Q. Do you know what is the close season for herrui 

 July to 25th September, I think. 



Q. Is it not from 15th June to 15th October !- 

 months, I think. 



Q. During that time, you know, it is unlawful to take 

 Yes : that is, during the close season. 



Q. Do you know if Americans have come in and take 

 this very ground ? A. I don't know it myself. 



Q. Did you ever hear of it T A. I can't say I did. 



Q. Where did you hear that American fishermen rame i 

 close season and took herring! A. I did not say I 



Q. Where was it you got the idea I-A. I never heard 

 fishermen came in and set their nets on the spawning *n 

 close season. There were 19 sail of Bankers (.lour.* 

 vears ago this fall, which came and anchored between 



