The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-02-23
Hearing on Migratory Fisheries.

Hearing on Migratory Fisheries.
There Wis 4 Ions hearing t"ftae thu
committee on SeasIlore fisheries ut An
-uSta last week Oh migratory fish lau NJ
Hon. q. d. Baker conducted the case 1or
those parties opposed to a three mile linn
il and DESTROYS Of modification OF the
present Law 81 d, to allow SEEMING III GER
tain Maine bays and iniets
W :. Jordan OF Portland spok against
the three mile limit and Weston f. Milf
ken presented a letter bearing the names.
1t is said of most OF the leading husino
men on Commercial street, Portland and
made statements concern ing the large i'll
tcrests in that city which would be Seli-
ously affected bN thi, proposed three mile
limit. MI fe1nald said that fol- 30 wears
lie had been Inspector If ni.tckele in this
State and lie claimed that migratory fish
have tlieil rise and decline owing To nat
ural causes solely Nh Emery Of Port
land spoke in the Same line Mr. NJ. =
>tickney. Il Seine manufacturer. spoke
against Iho bill. The reason why the
mackercl are followed by tishtlm to the
coast Ut Maine is because tleV become fiat
terthe further north. The Younger member
"t the hrn "t C"nieN x Son Portland. in
the oil business. spoke tor change in the
present INV.
Nj Nathaniel Hanna If Bristol address
ed tiir committee 1T considerable length
ipl the repeal Oh modification OF the l,ufol
l,iN. He saiu ne Irpl, ~ented tht tSlirl
men whp earn tltt INA. liiluutl I'M fISlrim4
Thr HAM could nWt be tlltnIcca He tuia
what ht said WIS the history ut the move
meat that bIuught about the present iaw
Ihe trouble arose because ct The jealousy
WI Tire >hnrc fi>heineii on account ut Esl.
Prosperity ol tine nenhadcn men, ana bt-
gauss t!lVN We're otii@et. to pay Tor i,plgN
BAN. IN >itid Thai A ncW industry. the
herring fishery, hal t@mellpi li his lcintv
ana tuld lt"N it IS vallied on despite ILL,
law Ii the laN was t. irlnain it should
be enforced. Then jhere wtilld hr >ilch
huNl ~ M that Tie iaM WOULD be l'.+
pealel imneaiatelN But tie MIN wIo
/, use 10 pleall die law become iish war
deus. and others Who arr Successful in
Si~atin. the law won [ sign a petition iol.
it> repeal. The law when il is tufm. I
is On the Maine fishermen. and those " %
come to the fishing grounds escape WeirS
cuuldn stand in the waters where tiii~
herring industry Is carried on.
There was a time when menha,len WAS
considered very choice bait but the fisher
men now depend almost altogether on the
herring for bait.
Mi. Spring, of the Portland Bone 4 Fer
tilizer Co.. who is interested in the fertil-
izer business, said the menhaden was the
most valuable for that business and tie
most available fish. He favored change
in the existing law. His fertilizer is used
largely by the farmers of this State and
costs more for ammonia than when mem
haden are used and the cost to the farmers
is necessarily enhanced. They get better
article Of fish scrap from the menhaden on
the Maine coast than from anywhere else
MI Spring was closely questioned
by Mr. NJ Il >pinney, who conducted tile
other side.
Mr. Church. a trap fisherman, was ex-
amlned by the committee. He said the
present law is wrong 1t would be no ill.,
jury to the trap fishermen to have purse
seining. If the porgies could be got out
Of the way it would be better for lis class
Of fishermen.
EN-Rcpresentative Schuteld of Harps-
we'll Neck was next called He favored
the bill but didn' know but that ii would,
as it now stood. exclude smelt fishing lie
wanted that fixed. 1t costs more to enforce
the present law than "A new insane hoSpit-
AL
Mr. Dyer, a mackelel seincr Of South
port. dldn think the present Law good lie
cause not enforced. and the three mile
limit Law would practically DESTROY the
SEEMING industry