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Q. Lately there has been a good deal of money made out of halibut 

 fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence? A. Not iu the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



Q. Do you know anything about halibut fishing in the gulf? A. No. 



Q. You never beard of it ? A. No. 



Q. Not off Anticosti ? A. Not to my knowledge. I have heard tell 

 of it. 



Q. You never heard of any halibut fishing except as deep-sea fishing? 

 A. I have heard of a few halibut being caught down at Miquelon and 

 St. Pierre. 



Q. Sixteen years ago ? A. Yes. 



Q. Since that you have heard nothing about it ? A. No ; I never 

 paid much attention to it. I might have hemrd about it, but never gave 

 it any attention. 



Q. Do you know that it had lately been discovered that it was a shore- 

 fishery? A. No. 



Q. You never fished any since 1860 ? A. No. 



No. 33. 



EZRA TURNER, of Isle of Haut, Deer Isle, State of Maine, fisherman, 

 called on behalf of the Government of the United States, sworn and 

 examined. 



By Mr. Foster : 



Question. You live on the south part of Deer Isle, on Penobscot Bay, 

 and in the State of Maine ? Answer. Yes. 



Q. And the name of your place of residence is Isle of Haut? A. Yes. 



Q. How far is that from Mount Desert ? A. Twenty miles. 



Q. How old are you ? A. I was 64, 12th of last March. 



Q. When were you first in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ? A. About 

 1829. 



Q. What for? A. I was for codfish that trip. 



Q. When were you first in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence after mack- 

 erel? A. In 1831. 



Q. How many years have you been fishing in the Gulf of Saint Law- 

 rence for mackerel ? A. I have been from that time till 1865. 



Q. Thirty-five years ? A. Yes. 



Q. When were you first skipper ? A. In 1831. 



Q. Of what schooner ? A. The Porpoise. 



Q. You were pretty young when you were first skipper? A. There 

 were younger skippers than I was. 



Q. How old were you ? A. About nineteen. 



Q. How many years were you in the Porpoise ? A. I was in her 17 

 years. 



Q. In succession ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where was she from ? A. She belonged to the town of Deer Isle, 

 when Isle of Haute and Deer Isle were one. 



Q. She belonged to the place where you live ? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did she pack out ? A. The first three years I fitted and 

 packed at Isle of Haute, and the next fourteen years I fitted and packed 

 in Gloucester. 



Q. State to the Commission what was your principal fishing-ground 

 for mackerel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A. I have been all over it, 

 but the principal ground is Banks Bradley and Orphan and the Magda- 

 len Islands. Late in the fall down at Margaree there is Considerable 

 hovering about there among the fleet. 



