The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-22
NO Great Trouble
IS ANTICIPATED
New Facts That Bear on
Fisheries Off New
foundland.
ANXIETY ON ONE POINT
Possibility of Scarcity of
Crews for American
Vessels.
ANXIETY ON ONE POINT

Gloucester, Mass, July M-The fish
ermen of Gloucester do not anticipate
any great amount of trouble off the
Newfoundland coast when the herring
fishing season opens in the fall, despite
the concern manifested by state depart
ment officials over the situation. The
Gloucester owners of fishing vessels are
unanimous in their satisfaction at the
terms of the existing modus vivendi
regulating the fisheries.
The only point on which any great
anxiety is felt is in regard to the en-
ployment of Newfoundland fishermen
on board the Gloucester vessels. I'm
der the terms of the present modus vi
vendi natives of Newfoundland are per-
mitted to ship on board of American
vessels outside of the three miles limit
This provision of the modus vivendi,
however, is in direct opposition to an
act of the Newfoundland legislature
known as the Bond bait act. This act
was passed in 1906 at the instance of
Premier Robert Bond, and prohibits
any native Of the colony putting bait
on board foreign vessel. las herring
are considered under the general classi-
| fieation of bait, every Newfoundland
| fisherman who ships on board an Amer
lean vessel and assists in catching her
ring violates the law of the colony.
During the past spring two Newfound-
land fishermen were convicted of violat-
ing the bait act, and We're each fined
$50S
If it is impossible during the coming
i fall to secure Newfoundland crews to
/ man American vessels, the Gloucester
vessel owners will ship their crews here
and send them to the west coast Of
Newfoundland, the herring fishing
grounds This territory is covered by
a treaty giving the Americans the right
to fish there
| NsAANtSA bhlS W. ais VI IAiS PlppG1lI
vivend Americans are allowed to use
purse seines. something forbidden b,
the Newfoundland government Last
lyear the Americans made personal
| agreement with the Newfoundland fish.
ermen not to use purse seines, mas.
much as the Observation-Disclosures are not
allowed to do so and the entire herring
/ nafoh I1yne 1ra,, nv ,,ate
Last year two vessels of the Glou
cester fishing fleet signed their crew
in this city and then sailed for thu
Newfoundland west coast Both yes
sells made good catches and started OF
their return to this port. One of tn
schooners the Edna Wallace Hopper
was lost, but the other, the Ingomar
landed big fare and her owners pro
fessed satisfaction at their venture.
Fishermen here are inclined to attri
butte to the Bond government the belle
that by depriving the American vessel
Of Newfoundland crews Americans vii
be unable, on account of prohibitivel,
high wages paid to American fisher
men, to compete with the Newfound
land vessels In the herring fishing in
: dustry.
Vessel owners of this city, on tn
, other hand, say that although put t
greater expense than formerly, the
will be able to compete successfully
with Newfoundland fishermen.
The Bay of Islands fishermen ar
!, known to be favorable to any PROPOSE
tion that will encourage the Glouceste
vessels to visit the west coast of New
foundland The natives In that localit
are dependent, in great measure o
the work they can obtain on board Am
a erican vessels and last April they sen
a petition to the British government
l asking that the Americans be above
to ship their crews on the Newfount
land coast