1346 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



ican schooners came inshore to entice away the mackerel by feeding 

 them, thus preventing any more being caught by our people. 



12. Our fishermen also complained that the Americans set nets for 

 bait close inshore, which prevents their obtaining a sufficiency. 



i;t. Have not seen them set nets. 



14. The various kinds of fish taken inshore by the Americans are also 

 taken by our fishermen. 



15. The catch of codfish has greatly increased since 1871, caused no 

 doubt by the absence of the Americans from our waters, thus allowing 

 our fishing grounds to be restocked. 



10. Herrings are all caught inshore, and are only caught for bait by 

 the Americans on this coast. 



17. I have always understood from the Americans that our mackerel 

 was superior to theirs, and fetched a higher price in their markets. 



18. The lauding of nets to dry and repair, by the Americans, on our 

 coasts, is an undoubted advantage for them. 



19. The transshipment of cargoes will also greatly benefit the Amer- 

 icans, as it will enable them to keep on the fishing-grounds and double 

 their fares. 



20. The catching and buying of bait is also an important advantage 

 for the American fishermen. When they buy it is to save time. 



21. The Americans cannot advantageously carry on the cod and hali- 

 but fisheries, without procuring bait within the limits. 



22. The privilege of transshipping cargoes will benefit the Americans 

 to the extent of one load. And that of getting bait for cod and halibut 

 is nearly equal to the value of those fisheries, as the latter is all taken 

 within the limits. 



23. Fishing in our waters by the Americans is, and always has been, 

 a serious injury to our fishermen, who cannot cope with them on account 

 of the superiority of their vessels and fishing gear. 



JAMES ALEXANDER, J. P. 



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

 St. Peter's, in the county of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, Dominion of 

 Canada, this 1st day of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



PHILIP VIBERT, 



Comr. P. D. P. 



No. 215. 



In the matter of the Fi>heries Commission at Halifax, under the Treaty 



of Washington. 



I, GEOHGE PRIVEL, fish merchant, of St. George of Mai Bay, county 

 of Gaspe, Province of Quebec, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I am acquainted with all the fisheries that are carried on on the 

 coast of Gaspe for 40 years past. I have been fishing myself for cod, 

 herring, and mackerel for 30 years. 



2. During the Reciprocity Treaty, from 1854 to 1866, the American 

 shery or mackerel on this coast, from Point St. Peter to Sandy Beach, 



Gawp*?, has been extensive. 



. To the best of my knowledge about 80 to 100 vessels have visited 



shores for mackerel-fishing yearly. The average tonnage of these 



American vessels was from GO to 65, with a crew of ten to fifteen men. 



ring the period mentioned above, I have been on board several 



an mackerel fishing vessels, while they were fishing close to our 



