2530 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



V Q. Then state, what portion of the fishery within the 3-mile limit 

 there is carried on by Americans; give the value of the whole fishery, 

 and say what proportion of the $500,000 is taken by Americans. A. No 

 part of that estimate, $500,000, is caught by Americans. This relates 

 to what has been taken by our people on Grand Manan ; it covers the 

 whole ground. 



Q. And you say that the Americans do not carry on any fishery there 

 within 3 miles of the shore? A. Yes; but some American vessels fish 

 off on the Banks. The value of the fish of all kinds taken annually 

 within the limits off Grand Manan is $500,000; but no fish are taken 

 there, to my knowledge, by American fishermen, in boats or vessels. 



Q. What is the population of Grand Manan f A. Mr. Lorimer, in his 

 history of Grand Manan,- issued last year, gives it at about 2,400 or 

 2,500. 



Q. Do you know much of the opposite side of the coast Letite and 

 Lepreau, St. Andrew's and Deer Island, &c.? A. Xo, not a great deal, 

 to my personal knowledge. 



Q. Are you not obliged to know something about the fishery on that 

 coast, in connection with the management of your own business? A. 

 We learn what they are doing over there, and we secure reports in this 

 regard. For instance, if herring are caught there we naturally make 

 inquiries concerning their quality and quantity and such matters, and 

 as to how many are being put tip, because we are interested in that 

 branch of the business; but if I hear about the line fishing carried on 

 there, I am not so immediately interested in that department, and I do 

 not care so much about it. 



Q. How does the herring fishery on that coast compare with the her- 

 ring fishery of Grand Manan Island ? A. Their line-fishing is more ex- 

 tensive than ours, but their smoked-herring business is not so extensive 

 as ours ; they do not smoke as many herring as we do at least I under- 

 stand not, but I do not know that this is the case from my own personal 

 knowledge. They, however, make line and net fishing more of a 

 specialty than do our island people, and they probably in winter net 

 more herring for what is called the frozen-herring business. 



Q. Is the fishery carried on there of greater or less value than the 

 Grand Manan fishery ? A. I do not think that there is a great deal of 

 difference between the two. At least, I should iiot think so. The 

 extent of our smoked-herring business would very nearly offset what 

 they do more than our vessels in other branches, and I would not sup- 

 pose there would be any very great material difference between these 

 two fisheries. 



Q. From your experience what do you suppose is the value of the 

 whole fisheries carried on from Grand Manau Island up to and along 

 the whole of Charlotte County ? A. I would not like to estimate it at 

 more than $2,000,000. 



Q. That is for the whole fishery as mentioned? A. Yes, I should say 

 it was overestimated at $2,000,000. I should think that one and three- 

 quarter millions of dollars would be the full extent of its value. 



Q. On that shore or up around Grand Manau do you believe it possi- 

 ble from anything you have seen that there is an American fishery 

 carried on there, and an American catch taken there, independent 

 altogether of the people of Grand Manan, and of the inhabitants of the 

 opposite from Letite of equal value with the British catch ? A. No. 



Q. Or that if the value of the British catch there is a million, the value 

 of the American catch there is also a million, and perhaps more ? A. I 



