2344 AWABD OF THF FISHEBY COMMISSION. 



No. 31. 



STEPHEN J. MARTIN recalled on behalf of the Government of the 

 United States. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Question. 1 have learned since you were on the stand, what I did not 

 know before, that vou have been engaged in halibut fishing f Answer. 

 Yes. 



Q. During the time you were in the Bloomer, were yon halibut fish- 

 ing? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you fish ? A. Part of the time at the George's, but 

 the biggest part of the time, seven years out of the ten or eleven years, 

 we fished in different parts ot the Bay of Fundy, from Yarmouth to Seal 

 Island. 



Q. That includes all the region about, I suppose. You have heard 

 something about Cape Sable Island t A. Yes. 



Q. During time you were fishing in that region, were you fishing deep 

 sea or inshore ? A. In deep water ; never within fifteen miles of the 

 shore. Sometimes we sighted Yarmouth light or Seal Island light. 



Q. Did you ever see any other persons fishing as close inshore as three 

 miles ? A. We were not near enough to see. 



Q. Did you go in at all ? A. Twice ; once into Bryer Island after 

 herring, and once into Yarmouth after alewives. 



Q. When you were at Bryer Island, did you find any other fishermen 

 there ? A. Nobody but ourselves. 



Q. Did you speak with any, either going or coming ? A. No. 



Q. Did you get your bait at home ? A. We went to Bryer Island to 

 try and get some bait, but did not get any. We got 400 or 500 herrings 

 and came right away. 



Q. Did you take bait from hornet A. Always. 



Q. Is it the practice among the American fishermen to procure the 

 bait from home ! A. Yes ; when going only that short distance, they 

 always take their bait from home. 



Q. As far as your information extends, you know nothing of arijp hali- 

 but which is not taken outside in deep water ? A. No. 



By Mr. Weatherbe: 



Q. What was the last year you fished ? A. 1861. 



Q. Where did you fish ! A. We caught one trip about 15 miles west 

 of Yarmouth light. We could see the light on a clear night. 



Q. From Yarmouth and to the west! A. Yes; and towards Seal 

 Island. 



Q. Yarmouth was farthest you went west on that coast f A. Yes ; 

 unless we went up to Bryer Island. 



Q. You fished altogether west of Yarmouth ! A. Yes. 



Q. You only fished at Yarmouth and west of Yarmouth ? A. Some- 

 times we would go as far off as Seal Island and Brown's Bank. We have 

 been eastward on that coast. 



Q. You never tried inshore fishing ? A. No. 



Q. Did yon ever land at Sable Island ? A. Never in my life. 



Q. You never fished there in sixteen years ! A. No. 



Q. You never fished for halibut lately ! A. Not since 1861. 



Q. You stated, when you were here before, that halibut was a deep-sea 

 fish ? A. We sometimes fished in 75 or 80 fathoms. 



Q. You did not make anything out of halibut fishing? A. No. 



