AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2917 



\\vrt> they lying ? A.. I saw.thein from Eastport, down what we call 

 the North Shore, between Eastport and Beaver Harbor. They come to 

 Mast port first, usually. 



Q. For the North Shore you start at Letite ; you don't call Eastport 

 the North Shore? A.. It is ou that side. It is from Eastport down 

 what we call North Shore. 



o. Do you include the islands in the North Shore? A. Deer Island 

 we call North Shore. 



Q. Yon don't mean the north shore of the mainland ? A. Not wholly. 



Q. Would you include Grand Mauan in your idea of the North Shore ? 

 A. No. 



Q. Or Campobello? A. No. 



Q. Only Deer Island ? A. Yes. 



Q. Because that lies nearer Letite.? A. Yes. 



Q. And from that all along the main shore you call the North Shore ? 

 A. Yes. 



Q. That is where your vessels chiefly got their bait and frozen herring ? 

 A. That is as to frozen herring. I don't know where the fishermen 

 get them in the spring. 



Q. There is a large fishing population at Eastport and along the shore 

 westward to Lubeck, and toward Mount Desert, is there not ? A. I 

 don't think there are a great many fishing people from Eastport to 

 Mount Desert. 



Q. Or from Eastport to Lubeck ? A. Yes. 



Q. A great many persons are engaged in fishing around Eastport ! 

 A. Not in herring fishery in Bank fishery. 



Q. I mean in bait fishing ? A. There are very few at Eastport com- 

 pared with what there are across the line. 



Q. Do Eastport boats or fishermen go over into British waters and 

 fish ' A. Yes, I think they do, what there are of them. 



Q. All American fishermen go over and fish on the shores of the 

 island ? A. Yes. I think they do. 



Q. Either at Deer Island, Campobello, West Isles, or Grand Manan. 

 You yourself have no personal knowledge of the north shore or main 

 land, I suppose"? A. From Beaver Harbor to Letite. I have been in 

 the harbors all along there. 



Q. There is a great deal of fishing round that coast ? A. Y"es. 



Q. A great many American vessels come in there every year ? A. I 

 could not say a great many ; I have seen a few. 



Q. Don't they come in and get bait ? A. A lot of American vessels 

 come after bait. 



Q. A large number come in and fish themselves ? A. I have only 

 seen a few from Eastport. 



Q. A large number come in and get bait ? A. Yes, buy it. 



Q. They give notice to the fishermen that they want bait, and the 

 fishermen go and get it for them ? A. Yes. 



Q. You said the fisheries of the gulf are very bad. State the number 

 of years your vessels have been in the gulf fishing f A. I could not tell 

 you before 1870. We have had one in es'ery year, since 1870, till last 

 year, when we had not any. 



Q. Before 1870 had you any in the gulf? A. Yes, but I could not 

 state the years. 



Q. Did none of those vessels previous to 1870 make money and get 

 good cargoes ? A. I think once in a while they did fairly. 



Q. Do you know whether they fished inshore or off' shore ? A. I could 

 not sav. 



