1338 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



13 I have seen the Americans several times setting nets close to the 

 shore for bait, for their cod and mackerel fishery. It is a great advan- 

 tage to the Americans to be allowed to land to dry and repair their 



14 It is a "reat advantage to the Americans to be able to transship 

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

 and to double their fares. 



15 It is of no advantage to us to be able to fish m American waters, 

 and I never knew of any vessel from here going there to do so. 



1C The privilege of transshipping cargoes to the Americans is wo rtl 

 a load ; and the privilege of getting bait in our inshores for their cod 

 and halibut fisheries is worth these fisheries. 



17. The fishing by the Americans in our waters hinders the fishing 

 operations of our Canadian fishermen to a great extent, because they 

 are so much better geared and supplied than we are that they take all 



the best fish. 



bis 



EGBERT + TAPP. 



mark. 



Witness: 



A. D. JOHXSTONE. 



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

 River, county of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, this 

 3<>th day of July, A. D. 1877, before me. 



y. LAVOIE, 

 Justice of the Peace, Province of Quebec. 



STo. 208. 



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



of Washington. 



I, LUKE MCCAULEY, of Douglas Town, county of Gaspe", Province of 

 Quebec, fisherman and farmer, make oath and say as follows: 



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

 coast for the last thirty years. That is to say, the Bay of Gasp. 



ii. During the Reciprocity Treaty, and before, the fishing by the 

 Americans was very extensive for mackerel in the Bay of Gasp<, at Grif- 

 fin's Cove, Cape Razier, Cape Bon Ami, &c. 



3. The average number of American vessels that have visited these 

 shores for mackerel-fishing yearly have been about 100, between 1854 

 and ISO*;. The average tonnage of these vessels was about 70 tons, 

 having from 13 to 15 men for a crew each. 



4. During the period mentioned above, the American fishing-schooners 

 that I have seen have made yearly good voyages. I have heard the 

 fishermen say that they would sooner go on shares than on wages at $40 

 |>er month, because they could make more. These schooners generally 

 make two trips in a season, and some of the fishermen told me that all 

 the schooners made two trips. 



5. The cod fishery is as good now as it was formerly; herring also, and 

 all kinds of bait. 



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

 principally the former. I have seen as many as 15 schooners in the 

 bay here with seines in their boats, ready to start seining whenever 

 they saw a school of mackerel. But I have seen only a couple of hauls 



