1370 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



of the island of Anticosti. I have fished at McDonald's Cove, in the 

 north coaat of the island of Anticosti, for the past 12 years. I have 

 heard Mr. Andrew Kennedy give his affidavit, and it has been read to 

 me. I fully concur in all that he has said, and I hereby swear that, to 

 the best of 'my knowledge and belief, what he has said is correct. 



his 



PETER + BRIORD. 

 mark. 



Witness: 



W. WAKEHAM. 



The said Peter Briord has sworn to the truth of the above affidavit, 

 at McDonald's Cove, island of Auticosti, county of Saguenay, and 

 Province of Quebec, this ninth day of August, A. D. 1877, before me. 



P. FORT1N, J. P. 



No. 237. 



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



of Washington. 



I, ANDREW KENNEDY, of Douglastown, in the county of Gaspe, in the 

 Province of Quebec, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I am 57 years of age, and have been a practical fisherman for the 

 last forty years. I fished for twelve years on the north shore, at Thun- 

 der River, and for the last twelve years I have fished at McDonald's 

 Cove, on the north shore of the island of Anticosti. I am thoroughly 

 acquainted with the fisheries of the north shore of the island of Anti- 

 costi, from the east to the west points. I am part owner of the fishing 

 establishment here, and understand thoroughly every operation con- 

 nected with the taking and curing offish. 



2. The fisheries carried on here are cod, herring, mackerel, and hali- 

 but. These fisheries are all within the three-mile limit. 



3. The bait used for taking these fish is herring, caplin, squid, and 

 trout ; all this bait is taken close inshore. 



4. Herring are abundant on this coast, and they spawn along the shore, 

 chiefly, however, at Fox or Bell Bay. 



5. The American fishing- vessels have been in the habit of resorting to 

 this coast for the purpose of taking herring by means of seines, and this 

 year, according to reliable information, they have already taken 18,000 

 barrels at Bell Bay and the neighborhood. 



0. Since I first came here I have seen from ten to fifteen American 

 vessels fishing for halibut along this coast every year. Last year, how- 

 ever, there were only two here, and this year as yet none have appeared. 

 Each of these vessels was from 80 to 120 tons ; had a crew of from 10 to 

 ir men, and from 4 to dories. Each dory has two trawl lines of 500 

 fathoms each, and each trawl line 350 hooks. Some of these vessels 

 used to make two, some only one trip, and their load amounted to from 

 80,<MM) to 120,000 Ibs. each vessel. When I first came here I could take 

 plenty of halibut ; sometimes twenty a day, but now we can hardly take 

 one. My opinion is, and it is the opinion of all the fishermen on the 

 coast, that the Americans have exhausted the halibut fishery here by 

 their excessive fishing with trawls. And not only that, but as when 

 catching halibut they also catch codfish and those generally the largest 

 and as they are not prepared for curing those codfish, they throw them 

 overboard when they don't find on the spot other fishermen with whom 

 they can barter them. This great destruction of the large cod, which 



