Salmon Fishermen

NL GenWeb

Notre Dame Bay Region
Fogo District

Transcribed by: Linda Elkins-Schmitt
While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors.

Salmon Fishermen of Fogo District 1865

Part of Report given by James FITZGERALD, ESQ, JP, on Salmon Rivers, and other places where the Salmon Fishery is carried on with Salmon nets, in the Fogo Division of the District of Twillingate and Fogo, dated Nov 24, 1865 (1866 Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland 1st session of the 9th General Assembly)

Name of Salmon Rivers and Fisheries	By Whom fished or occupied	Titles by which the occupants hold and claim them	Period of such possession or occupancy	Average annual produce of each River or Fishery	General Observations
Windmill Brook	George GUDGER	Occupancy	Several years	3 tierces	There is a large pond inside this brook, about fifty yards from the salt water, in which salmon is frequently hauled.
Dead Man Bay Brook	Richard CHALK, George SMITH	Occupancy	Several years	17 tierces	There is also a pond inside this brook, about 150 yards from the saltwater, in which Salmon is caught in nets.
Straight Shore, or Anchor Brook	John DAY Jr	Occupancy	Several years	6 tierces	There is a large pond about half a mile inside this brook.
Ragged Harbor Brook	John HEAD (?)	Occupancy	Several years	6 tierces	A small brook.
White Point	Auplias (?) DAY	Occupancy	Several years	3 tierces	An outside or salt water fishery.
Apsey Cove	Robert SHELLY	Occupancy	Several years	10 tierces	An outside or salt water fishery.
Rocky Bay	John DAY and Sons	Occupancy	36 years	8 tierces	An outside or salt water fishery.
Dog Bay Brook	George HODDER and others	Occupancy	60 years or more	6 tierces	The present possessor was born on the premises, a fine brook - Salmon very scarce there of late years.
Bloody Arm	John WHEATON	Occupancy	Several years	3 tierces	An outside or salt water fishery.
Beaver Cove	Joseph & Samuel BRENTON	Occupancy	Several years	6 tierces	An outside or salt water fishery.
Gander Bay Brook	Wm HODDER & Sons, Joseph HOFF (?), Elias BLAKE, and Jno BUSSEY	Occupancy	80 years or more	20 tierces	This is one of the finest Salmon rivers in the Northern Districts, it is only surpassed by Exploits River. The HODDER family had possession of this River fully 80 years ago.
Clark's Point	William GILLINGHAM & Sons	Occupancy	50 years or more	6 tierces	Outside fishery.

The following were entries under the heading "Outside of Salt Water Fishery"

Cape Fogo	Robert WELLON, John SANDY, William EATON, Henry CLUETT	Occupancy	Several years	20 tierces	These places are free and open to all persons having nets. There are several other persons who catch Salmon in cod nets and this class of nets are not so numerous in every creek and cove in our District, that they are, or will be in the course of time, the ruination of the hook-and-line fishery and Salmon fishery also, for there is no doubt but they catch the largest Salmon that comes on the coast and a good many of them too. An old Salmon catcher informed me a short time ago, that he was sure that all the large breeding Salmon would soon be gone, as they were caught by the large mesh cod net and salmon nets. He said there ought to be a law that the mesh of any Salmon net should not be larger than 4 1/2 inches.
Wild Cove, near Seldom-come-by	William HARNET, William MORGAN	Occupancy	Several years	20 tierces
Seldom-come-by	John HODNOT (?) Sr	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Hare Bay	William and George COLE	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Fogo	Henry MILLER, John and William PARKS (?), John LUDLOW	Occupancy	Several years	10 tierces
Bard Island and Shoal Bay	James ROLLS	Occupancy	Several years	2 tierces
Oliver's Cove, Tilton Harbor	Widow C???EEN	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Change Islands	SCAMMEL & PARSONS	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Change Islands	John JEANS, Sr	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Change Islands	George and Henry PORTER	Occupancy	Several years	5 tierces
Change Islands	John JEANS, Jr	Occupancy	Several years	3 tierces