2358 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. You are acquainted with the Bay of Passam vquo Idy ? A. Yes. 

 Q. Mr. McLean says: 



Q. Was that not at one time a gieat herring-groun] ? A. It was once a splendid fishing- 

 ground. 



Js that correct ? A . Y"es. 



Q. Since the negotiation of the Washingtoa Treaty, and s : nce the Americans have fished 

 there, what has become of it ? 



Q. Are you able to answer that ? A. The fishing-ground is there yet. 

 Q. I will read you Mr. McLean's answer : 



A. It has been destroyed within the last two years. It is now no good whatever. 



You are not able to say anything about that ? A. I did not know there 

 had been any eruption there that had made any alteration in the bay. 

 Q. 



Q. This has been done by American fisherman ? A. Not altogether. The American fish- 

 ermen helped to do it ; a great many Americans were concerned in it, but our fishermen were 

 in it too. 



Q. Were your fishermen driven to it, in order to compete with the Americans ? A. They 

 have to do it ; they must do it. 



Were you aware of the. nature of the fishing that went oa there ? A. 

 Yes. 



Q. Was there any trawling there in your day? A. Xo. That is a 

 herring-ground. 



Q. Mr. McLean says: 



Q. Another mode of fishing trawling is practiced with larger fish, such as pollack, had- 

 dock, &c. Explain the effect of it ? A. Trawling has been pursued, as I understand it, dur- 

 ing the last six or seven years. 



A. There was no trawling in Passamaquoddy Bay while I was there ; 

 so the people told ine. I talked with them about fishing. 



Q. When you gave direct evidence I understood you to be giving evi- 

 dence down to the present time with regard to the value of the British 

 fisheries ; you were not doing so ? You cannot speak of the fisheries 

 within the last six years ? A. ^o. 



Q. You did not intend to speak of the last six years? A. Xo. 



Q. 



Q. Along the coast of Maine, say from Eastport westward, there lives a large population 

 who fish entirely in our waters ? A. Yes. They come from Lubec, Perry, Pembroke, and 

 Eastport, and along by Cutler, and westward of Lubec, and still farther away than that. 



Q. And from Mac-bias ? A. I think so. 



Q. They all come and fish in our waters t A. Yes. 



That is since the Washington Treaty? A. I think a good deal of that 

 is correct. Those boats come over and try in British waters, over at 

 Grand Mauan. 

 Q. 



Q. Within three milt's of their coast there is no fishing of whhh you are aware? A. Yes. 

 Q. And this is a population that lives by fishing alone ? A. From Eastport and along 

 there they follow fishing for a livelihood, beyond question. 



Is that correct ? A. Yes. 



Q. 



Q. So that a large body of American fishermen gain their whole livelihood in our waters ? 

 A. Yes ; those that fish there do. 



Q. What would you say is the quantity of herring alone that comes to Eastport in the 

 course of the season how many millions go to that small town during this period? 



Are you able to answer that ? A. I could not. 



