1452 AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 



not believe that it would be worth while to fit out for fishing in the gulf 

 if fishermen were not allowed to fish near the shore. 



8. That one fall I fished iii the Isaac Walter, on the American coast, 

 bnt we did nothing. 



9. That the Americans hurt the shore fishing ; as they come in, heave 

 a lot of bait, and drift off, dragging the fish after them. They also clean 

 their fish on the grounds, and throw the gurry overboard, and that in- 

 jures the fishing; that frightens the fish away from the grounds, and 

 they won't bite while the gurry is about ; it sickens the fish and poisons 

 them. 



10. That the right to land here, transship, and refit is a great advan- 

 tage to the American schooners, as they can save about two weeks and 

 a half each trip right in the heart of the season, which I should think 

 equal to a trip saved in the summer. They refit here just as cheap as 

 they can at home. 



11. That I was two falls down at Boone Bay and Bay of Islands her- 

 ring fishing; the fish are netted there. The Americans go down there 

 for herring, which they send out to the southward. The Fortune Bay 

 herring they freeze for bait and for market. The bulk of the bait for 

 their cod fishing vessels comes from the shores of these provinces ; in 

 fact, their cod fishery is dependent on the herring fisheries of these 

 provinces. 



12. That the Americans are now beginning to seine in this bay, and 

 that destroys the fishing. The seiners frighten the fish and break up 

 the schools, so that line-fishermen cannot get fish. Large quantities of 

 fish are also killed by the seines. Large quantities of herring are taken 

 in the seines, and these are killed and all thrown away. Besides her- 

 ring, they kill large quantities of other fish and mackerel, which cannot 

 be cured and are thrown away. These fish, sinking to the bottom, rot 

 there, and further injure the fishing. There are, I should say, fifteen 

 or twenty seiners down here already, and they are only just beginning 

 to arrive. 



13. That there is a large fleet of American fishing-vessels down here 

 every year. Last year there were not more than one hundred sail ; this 

 year a large fleet is reported to be coming. 



14. That the mackerel, in the spring, come into the gulf from the 

 southward, and work from the south towards the north. Skillful fisher- 

 men know about the courses the fish take and follow them. 



DANIEL HcINTYKE. 



Sworn to at Black Bush, in King's County, in Prince Edward Island* 

 this 26th day of July, A. D. 1877, before me. 



JAMES MACDONALD, 

 Justice of the Peace for King's County. 



No. 316. 



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



of Washington. 



I, THOMAS MILKER, of Parker's Cove, in the county of Annapolis, 

 fisherman, make oath and say as follows: 



1. I have been acquainted with the fisheries on the shore of this 

 county for forty years. I have taken pollack, hake, and haddock, and 

 large quantities of herring; about 2,000 barrels of herring being taken 

 in this vicinity every year. 



2. Twenty-five American vessels come along the coast of this county 



