This outfitting at first was for the Gulf fishery. The regulation of 

 1821 reserved to them exclusive right to a certain number of fishing places 

 on the French Shore; all of the harbor of Saint-George, four places on Isle 

 Rouge, and four at Cod Roy. In these fishing places, policing of the fish- 

 ery was done by a "patron", elected by the vessels, who received a com- 

 pensation for this extra duty. Fishing was done by the long-boats, by hand 

 line or line trawl. 



Some vessels went to the French Shore fishing only and not drying the 

 cod. They did not land shore workers and had no use for shore installations. 

 When they had a trip of salted cod, they returned to Saint-Pierre, where 

 their outfitters undertook the drying operations on the beaches. 



Other two-masters practiced drying on the French Shore in the same 

 way as the vessels coming from the metropolitan ports. During the season 

 they made many trips to Saint- Pierre to bring in the dried cod, the shore 

 men continuing the drying operations. On the other hand, many Saint- 

 Pierre fishermen were accustomed to fishing and drying cod at the places 

 on the French Shore especially reserved for this fishing colony. They were 

 transported from Saint- Pierre, with their wherries, by the two-masters. 



Little by little, the bank fishery expanded among the colonial outfitters, 

 beside the Gulf fishery. It required the outfitlo f to land at Saint-Pierre 

 for drying the cod. 



The two-masted vessels fished on the bank neighboring Saint-Pierre 

 where they captured small cod especially appreciated in the West Indies, 

 on Banquereau, on Green Bank, and as far as the Grand Banks. They 

 practiced the line trawl fishery but it was only with adoption of dories in 

 1875 that this fishery developed importance, for the lowering and raising 

 of the great long-boats to the vessel for setting and hauling the lines was 

 a difficult and dangerous operation for the little vessels. 



From this time it was the same for the colonial as well as the metro- 

 politan vessels. The bank fishery used more and more two-masters while 

 outfitting for the Gulf fishery constantly waned. 



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