AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 1335 



Sworn to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, at Mug. 

 dalen River, county of Gaspd, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Oa 

 ada, this 27th day of July, A. D. 1877, before me. 



X. L AVOIR, 



Justice of the Peace, Province of 



No. 205. 



In the matter of the Fisheries Commission at Halifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, ALEXIS MALOUIN, of Griffin's Cove, county of Gasp, Province of 

 Quebec, fisherman, make oath and say as follows: 



1. Have been acquainted with all the fisheries that are carried on on 

 this coast and on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence for the last 30 

 years. 



2. During the Reciprocity Treaty, from 1854 to 18GG, the fishing by 

 the Americans has been very extensive on these shores. 



3. To the best of my knowledge, about 100 American fishing vessels 

 have visited these shores for mackerel, yearly, during the Reciprocity 

 Treaty. These vessels average about 65 tons, having about 16 men for 

 a crew each. Each of these vessels have carried away from our shores 

 about 400 barrels of mackerel at a trip, yearly. The most of these ves- 

 sels make two trips in a season. 



4. The Americans take mackerel by means of seines and hand-lines. 

 I have seen them seining several times in this cove and catching fish. 



5. The throwing of offals overboard, as practiced by the Americans, 

 is injurious to our fisheries, because it gluts the fish, poisons the waters, 

 and kills the eggs. 



6. The Americans have always fished inshore here during the Reci- 

 procity Treaty, often inside of half a mile. 



7. The inshore fishery is of much greater value than the outside. All 

 the fish here are taken inshore. 



8. I have seen the Americans several times each season during the 

 Reciprocity Treaty come in among our boats, and by throwing bait, en- 

 tice the mackerel away with them. They have done it to me frequently. 



9. I have heard the Americans say many times, that our mackerel 

 were better and brought a higher price in their markets than their ovrn. 



10. Mackerel breed and feed all along our iushores. They feed ou 

 launce and shrimps. 



11. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be allowed to land 

 to dry and repair their nets. I have seen them frequently doing so. 



12. The Americans could not profitably carry on the cod and halibut 

 fisheries without being able to procure bait in our inshores. 



13. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be able to transsh 

 cargoes ; because it enables them to keep on the fishing-grounds am 

 to double their fares. 



14. It is a great advantage to the Americans to be able to procure i< 

 in our inshores to preserve their bait. 



15. The privilege of transshipping cargoes to the Americans is v 

 a load ; and the privilege of procuring the bait in our inshores, fc 

 cod and halibut fisheries, is worth these fisheries. 



16. Fishing by Americans in our waters hinders our f 

 tions, because they are so much better equipped than we 

 tbey take all the best fish. ALEXlg 



