2528 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Q. Are they inshore or off-shore fisheries ? A. The hake, until within 

 a few years back, has been considered altogether an inshore fishery, but 

 since the introduction of trawling it has extended into deep water and 

 off shore. They go out now earlier in the season than they used to do 

 to fish for hake. 



Q. It has become an off-shore fishery ? A. Yes ; it is carried on be- 

 yond the 3-mile limit. 



Q. How about the haddock fishery ? A. We do not fish especially 

 for haddock ; those we take are caught promiscuously while we are 

 catching other fish. 



Q. Can you state, from your experience since 1845, what proportion 

 of all the fisheries there, within 3 miles of the shore, is carried on by 

 American vessels or boats? A. When I went to Grand Manan Island, 

 in 1845, and for say 10 years subsequently, more was done by American 

 vessels there than now, or than has been the case for the last 10 years. 

 There used to be quite a fleet of small vessels which came there from 

 Hancock County, in Maine, but within the past 10 or 12 years this fleet 

 has about all dropped off, with the exception of one or two vessels, and 

 gone into another kind of fishing Grand Bank fishing. They have 

 built larger vessels, and consequently they have dropped our island 

 fisheries. 



Q. What is your estimate as to the annual value of the whole Grand 

 Manan fishery, taking it all in all? A. I should say that it would not 

 exceed $50,000 on the average, with regard to the fisheries carried on 

 within the 3-mile limit. Taking into consideration the whole fishery, 

 including the frozen-herring business, I could not with propriety put its 

 value at over $60,000 at the'most. I could not go beyond that, and I 

 should say that $50,000 is nearer the mark; and I am putting the figure 

 at the outside limit for the best years and the highest prices. 



Q. You include everything caught about Grand Mauan Island? A. 

 Yes; with the oil, sounds, and everything that is realized out of the 

 fishery. 



Q. What number of boxes of smoked herring do you imagine is sent 

 from Grand Manau to the American market? A. I should judge that 

 at least three-quarters of our catch is so sent, and this product amounts 

 to from 300,000 to 500,000 boxes a year. 



Q. What are they worth a box? A. This year they rule low, but 

 they have ruled as high as 45 cents a box, and from that down to 10 or 

 15 cents. I have sold the catch of the season at Eastport for 45 cents 

 a box. 



Q. How many would be three-quarters of this catch ? A. Call the 

 average catch about 400,000 boxes, and then on the average 300,000 

 would be sent annually to the American market. 



Q. What do you think they are worth ? A. I should think that a fair 

 average, oue year with another, would be 20 cents a box, or between 20 

 and 15 cents. 



Q. What would 300,000 boxes then be worth at 20 cents a box ? A. 

 $60,000. 



Q. What do you think is the value of the frozen-herring fishery, 

 including bait and food and everything else? A. I should suppose that 

 the average quantity sent to the American market would be from 10 to 

 12 cargoes a year. 



Q. What are they worth a cargo? A. About $1,000, on the average 



Q. That would make $12,000 for frozen-herring ? A. Yes; from. 

 $10,000 to $12,000. 



Q. What are the cod, hake, and pollock fisheries at Grand Manan 



