AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2697 



Q. Have you any idea of what is the value of the smoked-herring 

 business at Grand Manan ! A. I should place it at about .$400,000. 



Q. Do you know by whom that fislrery is conducted? A. It is con- 

 ducted by the inhabitants of Grand Manan. 



Q. Entirely ? A. Almost entirely. I understand there is a man at 

 Eastport who owns part of a weir over there, or has an interest in some 

 way in weirs there. 



Q. But, as a general thing, it is emphatically a native fishery! A. 

 Yes. 



Q. With regard to the frozen herring, is that the same ? A. Yes. 



Q. Have you any idea of the value of the frozen-herring fishery of 

 Grand Manan ? A. I think about $40,000. 



Q. Is that exclusively a native fishery, or do Americans go and par- 

 ticipate in it? A. Very few Americans do. Some small vessels at East- 

 port go over there. 



Q. How many ? A. Perhaps half a dozen. 



Q. Can you form any idea as to what proportion the value of their 

 catch bears to the $40,000 you have mentioned ? A. It would be a very 

 small part, because Grand Manan owns perhaps twice as many vessels 

 as the Eastport people, and there are vessels at Campobello, Wilson's 

 Beach, and Deer Island. 



Q. As to the pickled-herring fishery, is that a special business, and 

 is it valuable ? A. It is not so valuable as the others. 



Q. Is that conducted in the same way ? A. Yes. 



Q. Are Americans engaged in catching and smoking herring on our 

 own coast? A. Yes. 



Q. To any large extent ! A. Yes. 



Q. Do you know what is the value of the Maine coast smoked-herring 

 fishery by American fishermen ? A. No ; but from the number of weirs, 

 I should think there are as many herring smoked on the coast of Maine 

 as on the English side. 



Q. Do the herring smoked on the American side equal the British her- 

 ring in quality and bring as much in the market ? A. Yes ; there is one 

 particular place at the town of Cutler and another at Mauley bridge, 

 farther on the coast of Maine. Manleybridge herring bring a better 

 price than any other herring shipped to Boston and New York. Mau- 

 leybridge is near Mount Desert. 



t Q. Now, with regard to the remaining fisheries cod, hake, and had- 

 dock. The cod fishery, you say, is an off-shore fishery ? A. Yes. 



Q. Is the hake fishery an American or English fishery ? A. It is an 

 English fishery. 



Q. Is it both? A. It is almost entirely English. Those few vessels 

 I spoke of go over there hake fishing. 



Q. What is your estimate of the hake fishery ? Do you deal very 

 much in hake ? A. Yes ; I deal in them. I should think there might 

 have been 25,000 quintals taken this season. 



Q. The large majority of those would be taken by British fishermen 

 and in British waters ? A. Yes. The boats fish near the shore, but the 

 vessels all fish outside. 



Q. Is the bulk of the fish taken outside, and is it considered to be an 

 outside fishery ? A. I think it has been for the last two or jthree years. 



Q. With regard to haddock, how is that? A. It is taken inshore 

 1 and out, both. 



Q. Then with regard to the fisheries of the county of Charlotte, you 

 know pretty much what their extent is, do you not if A. Yes. 



Q. What do you estimate as the value of the whole fisheries of the 



