1420 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



Xo. 286. 



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



of Washington. 



I, WALLACE TRASK, of Little Kiver, in the county of Digby, fisher- 

 man, make oath and say as follows : 



1. I have been engaged in fishing for twelve years now past, and am 

 still so engaged, altogether on the inshore grounds in this countv. I fish 

 from close inshore to off six miles, and catch most of the fish I take 

 within three miles of the shore. I fish every year on the north and 

 south side of Digby Neck, and take codfish, haddock, hake, pollock, 

 halibut, and herring, the latter principally for bait. 



2. On the north side of Digby Xeck, the place at which we fish is 

 called Whale Cove; on the south side the port is called Little Kiver. 



3. At Whale Cove I have counted forty sail of fish ing- vessels at one 

 time, in the latter part of June; most of these vessels were American, 

 from the State of Maine. These American vessels are from five to forty 

 tons each, and carry from five to twelve men on each vessel. They take 

 fish altogether by trawling, and do so close inshore among our boats, 

 within three miles of the shore. 



4. These American vessels set their nets for bait inshore, close in to 

 the shore, and so many of them take up the grounds and carry away 

 the bait from us. 



0. These American vessels take from two to six hundred quintals of 

 fish to each vessel. They throw their gurry overboard on our inshore 

 boat grounds, and sometimes among our nets. 



6. Our fishermen all bring their gurry inshore, in order to protect the 

 grounds. 



7. At Little Kiver, on the south side of Digby Neck, from fifteen to 

 twenty American vessels have fished iushore for the same kinds offish 

 as we take. They set their nets for bait, and throw "gurry" overboard 

 on the inshore grounds. 



8. Since 1871 the Americans have come upon our inshore grounds and 

 interfered with our fishing. 



9. American vessels come around here with purse seines for mackerel. 



WALLACE TKASK. 



Sworn to at Little River, in the county of Digby, this 1st day of Sep- 

 tember, A. D. 1877, before me. 



J. W. DEXTON, J. P. 



Xo. 287. 



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



of Washington. 



1, GEORGE E. MOSLEY, of Tivertou, in the couuty of Digby, fisher- 

 man, make oath and say as follows : , 



1. I have been engaged in fishing for twenty years now past, and am 

 still so engaged. . I fish from inshore to offshore three miles, and take 

 codfish, haddock, hake, pollock, halibut, and herring, the latter princi- 

 pally for bait. 



2. From eight to ten American vessels come here on our inshore 

 grounds on which we fish, and trawl for the same kind of fish that we 

 tlo. They have come on our iushore grounds since 1871. 



