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    In September 1893, a ministerial dispatch appeared in the Bulletin Officiel de Saint-Pierre which gives a fair idea of the enterprise:

Paris, September 2, 1893

M. Le Gouverneur,

Your letter of August 5 (...) brought me an account of the happy results obtained by the small boat fishermen of Saint-Pierre who, at your urging, have established themselves on the French Shore, during the last fishing campaign.

I congratulate you on that success which has crowned your efforts. In causing the small boat fishermen of Saint-Pierre to change the direction of their preparations, in obtaining from the Regional Council for them these incentives which you hope will be renewed in 1894, you will have contributed significantly to the revival of our prestige on the French Shore. (...)

In consequence, the Saint-Pierrais who will set out to practise the fishery on the southwest coast of the French Shore, in 1894, will be required to conform to the following arrangements :

• The dorys and warys of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, with full crew, will be authorized to install themselves for the purpose of fishing, in 1894, at certain locations on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, between and including the island of Codroy and Tweed (...)
• (...) The locations placed at the disposal of the colony, except for occupation under the conditions of the decree of March 2nd 1852, will be those shown on the table following:

Locations Table

    Nota: Red Island, having always been the object of a special grant, is not included in this table. It can be placed at the disposal of the small boat fishermen of the colony by ministerial decision, if no company has use of the site, and 25 dorys will be permitted, and designation will be the letter R. In the opposite case there may, nevertheless, be 8 dorys or warys.