2442 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Has it any inhabitants ? A. Yes; quite a number of fishermen 

 live on it. I suppose it has 100 inhabitants, and perhaps more. It 

 belongs to the State of Maine. 



Q. How large a catch have you known to be made there in a day by 

 one vessel ? A. We do not generally catch there more than from 100 to 

 125 barrels in a haul. Sometimes, however, vessels get more there; but 

 I have known that to be done in a day. 



Q. When t A. From the last of July along through August. 



Q. What is the quality of the fish caught in this locality ? A. All 

 that are large and long enough are fit for number ones. 



Q. What does this indicate with respect to fatness ? A. There are 

 no particularly long ones; but at that time of the year, they are fat 

 enough for ones, if they are long enough. 



Q. What is the next place ? A. Well, we remain there the bigger 

 part of the season until the mackerel begin to move westward again. 



Q. Do you not go nearer to Mount Desert than that ? A. We find 

 the best fishing between Monhegan Island and Mount Desert ; this is 

 the ground we fish on from the last of July all through August. 



Q. Over how large a space ? A. Along a coast of 40 miles perhaps, 

 and perhaps a little more ; we fish all the way from 10 to 50 miles off the 

 shore there out to Jeffrey's Bank, and even farther than that. 



At this point the examination of this witness was interrupted by con- 

 sent of the Commission, to allow of the hearing of other testimony. 



No. 43. 



CASTANUS M. SMALLEY, fisherman, of Belfast, Me., was called on be- 

 half of the Government of the United States, sworn and examined. 



By Mr. Dana : 



Question. Did yon sail out of Rockland or Belfast ? Answer. My 

 vessel sails from Bockland. 



Q. When did you begin to go fishing ? A. In 1858. 



Q. Did you fish during 1858, 1859, and 1860 ? A. Yes. 



Q. In the bay f A. Yes. 



Q. How many trips did you make in 1858 ? A. One. 



Q. How many fish did you then catch ? A. 200 barrels. 



Q. Did yon catch any of these within three miles of the shore ? A. 

 No; they were all takeu on Banks Orphan and Bradley. 



Q. How many barrels did you catch in 1859 ? A. About 175. 



Q. And in 1860 ? A. About 200 barrels. 



Q. Did you pack out that number ? A. These were what we call sea- 

 barrels. 



Q. Did you try to fish inshore ? A. Yes. 



Q. In what way ? A. With hooks and lines and bait. 



Q. Did you go in and drift out ? A. Yes ; we hardly ever anchor 

 when we are fishing for mackerel. 



Q. What portion of your fish, at the outside, do you think you caught 

 inshore within three miles of the coast in I860! A. Possibly one-third. 



Q. That is the outside figure ! A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you find the most and the best mackerel during these 

 three years inshore or off shore ? A. Off shore. 



Q. There is no question about that ? A. No. 



<}. After 1860 you were not fishing for some years ? A. Yes. 



Q. How many T A. I think that I started fishing again in 1866, the 

 year after the war. 



