The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-26

Edenton, he held this 10 be nCcess,, nv,
as unless fish were caught the United
states government could not OBJ
tain spawn and thus reStock
The waters. lie read letter
from a merchant of Eastlake,
Dare county. who declared that pound
net fishing was running the industry
relief that the fishermen iii Dare
would have TO go out of business. As
10 the entire situation statistics show
that with nets for Increasing the
catch of fish this was decreasing. as
the shad wern being eXterminated.
In closing he plead for the shad and
the industry, pointing out on a map
the man" nets in the route of the
shad. exclaiming:
river TO meet all these nets I would
nut on q silver shield with the in
Scription Of Dante on it. Who enters
here leaves hope behind and then to
eseape | would cut my throat" and
also that the shad who go up stream
to spawn would save time and
trouble. patience and sweet oil Ky
committing suicide before they start"
The Other Side.
Mr.. Avdlett stated that he repre-
scented n large body OF fishermen
that the real contest is that il is
sought 10 prohibit shad fishing in
Pamlico Sound. that the fish may be
turned Dose IN Albemarle Sound. and
if the Vann bin passes il means a
confscation of the fishing interests of
the men IN stream and the men low
or down. ara that in preference to
Tho abortion Of the bill tho fishermen
i'm the section IN stream and in Dare
county would prefer the absolute
stoppago of the fishing industry. He
presented resolutions from n mass
meeting of Dare county fishermen
and also from the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce, saying that
the Vann biz would ruin the Usher
Inen of Dare, seriously injuro MANY III
Pasquotank, and materially hurt fish
ing interests in Pam,ico ana Croatan
Sounds. The petitions endorsed the
House bill of Mr.. Etheridge.
The Vann bill he held prohibited
fishing for ten miles from the base of
supply, and put it in such Il place
where, with rough waters it was al
most impossible 10 fish. He held that
the nets SGT as required in the suhsti-
tute bin Woul1 make no hardship.
that the fish i'm coming in would fol-
low the channel. and would not he
entirely caught by the nets. AS to
the number caught there were moro
caught in Albemarle than in Pamlico
and Croatan Sounds. AS to destroy
ing the fish, the spawn from one
shad would reproduce fifteen thous-
and, and that statistics showed that
the nets were not catching all the
shad. that under the substitute bill
the access would be easier up the
stream He urged there be no dis
elimination in favor of Albemarle
Sound and against Pamlico ana Croa-
tan Sounds, that the men in Dare
county be not ruined by the Vann bill
which would take from them their
entire fishing ground.
lie was in favor of 4 twenty mile
prohibition territor,' at the head of
AlbemarIe Sound. and said that here
would be an ample spawning ground,
large enough for the catch of all.
This. he said, Mr.. Bonds clients
would not want. but that thee them
selves were running the increase. by
fishing in the spawning ground. lie
asked for nothing against the Abe
marie Sound, but urged That the
fishermen on Idmlico and troatal
sounds be considered, while showing
that the Alholnarle fishermen would
not permit fish TO get UP into the
tributaries, that no people uD the
rivers can fish rs there are no shad
there AS TO rlfc letter from East
lake. he read an interview in the
Tar Heel going to show that the
writer would he satisfied with the
substitute biz.
He criticized severely a provision of
the Vann bill, which allowed the SELF
ure and sale OF a net on prescribed
grounds, saving this was unjust and
tyrannical, taking property without
due process of Law, that the man VINO
did such might meet with death. as
no people would submit TO any such
unwarranted action. thing which
The Legislature would certainly net
permit.
He declared he had no fight on the
Albemarle Sound people and their
methods, but simply spoke in behalf
of the fishermen Of Dare and Pasquo-
tank counties.
An Unexpected i,ncry.
Mr.. f. l.. Travis here entered the
contest. making it three handed. He
spoke for tho fishermen along $50
miles of the oaRnoke river UP from
Albemarle Sound. He spoke as a
citizen, not as an attorney. and
against the practice of fishermen in
catching the shad at the mouth of
rivers, IN which the shad would g"
To spawn. AT Halifax, where thOus-
ands were caught at one time now
none are caught. and he h3u just
found out the cause, this being that
the particular run of the fish was
beset with nets and seincs thus cut
ting off the supply. He held that il
was not right that the fishermen Of
Albemarle Sound or Pamlico Sound
or Dare county should monopolize
with nets to the detriment OF Roanoke
River or other river fishermen, who
had as much right in the matter as
any others He was in favor of the
Vann bill. and said that also he
would like some protection against
the fishermen in Albemarle Sound. AS
10 the matter of destruction TO Dare
county interests. it was only i'll the
last few wears that Dare county had
been using the stream as 1t IS nov
Here Messrs. Bond, Aydlett and
Travis were all engaged in asking and
answering questions. Inquiry was
made of Mr.. Aydlett as To the NUM-
per of men engaged in the business.
He began to state this and 2, question
arose as 70 whom MIR. Travis repre-
eentcd lie said people in his sec
lion who had a right To fish. men in
Halifax. Northampton. Warren and
BERTHE. simply because ne saw TINS
was to their interest as it was TO MIS-
and that he smoke without fee or
eycn his expenses being paid. lie