1424 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



3. At Whale Cove I have counted forty sail of vessels in June last, 

 the most of whom were American, all engaged in fishing inshore, within 

 three miles of the shore. These American vessels are mostly from the 

 State of Maine. They are from five to forty tons each. They carry from 

 five to twelve men on eash vessel. They take fisli altogether by trawl- 

 ing, and do so close inshore among our boats within three miles of the 

 shore. At Whale Cove there are upwards of sixty Digby fishermen 

 engaged in fishing, and there would be more if the Americans were not 

 allowed to fish on our inshore grounds. 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. 



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

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

 grounds and sometimes among our nets. 



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

 grounds. 



6. At Little Eiver, on the south side of Digby Neck, where we com- 

 mence fishing in April and fish until June, then going to Whale Cove, 

 from fifteen to twenty American vessels fish inshore for the same kinds 

 of fish as we do. They set their nets for bait, and throw gurry over- 

 board on the inshore grounds within three miles of the shore. 



7. American vessels come around here with purse-seines for mackerel, 

 and I have heard they took two hundred barrels in one day. 



CHAKLES W. DENTOK 



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

 September, A. D. 1877, before me. 



J. W. DEXTOS, J. P. 



Xo. 293. 



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



of Washington. 



I, JOSEPH E. DENTON, of Little River, in the county of Digby, fish- 

 erman, make oath and say as follows: 



1. I have been engaged in fishing for 15 years now past, and am still 

 so engaged altogether on the inshore grounds in this county, going off 

 sometimes six miles from 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 port at which we fish is 

 called "Whale Cove"; on the south side the port is called "Little 

 Eiver." 



3. At Whale Cove I have counted forty sail of fishing vessels at one 

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

 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. 



4. These American vessels set their nets for bait, and so many of them 

 take up the grounds and carry away the bait from us. 



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

 fish to each vessel. 



G. These American vessels throw their gurry overboard on our inshore 

 grounds, within three miles of the shore, among the nets sometimes. 



7. Our fishermen bring their gurry on shore in order to protect the 

 grounds. 



