Report on the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England, Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879 - Fisheries |
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... known hitherto is due to the fact that the beam - trawl , the only apparatus by which it can be taken , is not in use on the American coast , as it is in Europe , for the supply of sea - fish to the markets . The mouth of the Pole is so ...
... known hitherto is due to the fact that the beam - trawl , the only apparatus by which it can be taken , is not in use on the American coast , as it is in Europe , for the supply of sea - fish to the markets . The mouth of the Pole is so ...
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... known author of " Two Years Before the Mast , " and a specialist in matters connected with maritime law , and Mr. William H. Trescott , who had been Assistant Secretary of State under Buchanan , and was well versed in all matters of ...
... known author of " Two Years Before the Mast , " and a specialist in matters connected with maritime law , and Mr. William H. Trescott , who had been Assistant Secretary of State under Buchanan , and was well versed in all matters of ...
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... known to them as interested in the fisheries . This re- quest met with prompt and general response and furnished a series of * 1 . Circular regarding tagged fish in Lake Michigan .... 2. Memoranda of Inquiry . 3. Questions - Food Fishes ...
... known to them as interested in the fisheries . This re- quest met with prompt and general response and furnished a series of * 1 . Circular regarding tagged fish in Lake Michigan .... 2. Memoranda of Inquiry . 3. Questions - Food Fishes ...
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... known , been for many years a favorite object with the United States Fish Commission , this fish possessing many spe- cial qualities fitting it for great usefulness in certain portions of the United States . The carp , from having been ...
... known , been for many years a favorite object with the United States Fish Commission , this fish possessing many spe- cial qualities fitting it for great usefulness in certain portions of the United States . The carp , from having been ...
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... known . It is stated that the cross between the Cyprinus carpio and the Prussian C. carassius , as also one between the gold - fish and C. carassius , are all known as carp ; and the fact that they all represent the greater part of the ...
... known . It is stated that the cross between the Cyprinus carpio and the Prussian C. carassius , as also one between the gold - fish and C. carassius , are all known as carp ; and the fact that they all represent the greater part of the ...
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Page 7 - States and of the islands aforesaid, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish ; provided that, in so doing, they do not interfere with the rights of private property, or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
Page 7 - Islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance from the shore; with permission to land upon the coasts and shores of those Colonies and the Islands thereof, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish...
Page 8 - XXI of this treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII of this treaty; and that any sum of money which the said Commissioners may so award shall be paid by the United States Government, in a gross sum, within twelve months after such award shall have been given.
Page 7 - States fishermen by the convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed at London on the 20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on certain coasts of the British North American colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty...
Page 8 - States conjointly ; and in case the third Commissioner shall not have been so named within a period of three months from the date...
Page 7 - States, as places reserved from the common right of fishing under that treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner reserved from the common right of fishing under the preceding articles. In case any question should arise between the Governments of the United States and of Her Britannic Majesty as to the common right of fishing in places not thus designated as reserved, it is agreed...
Page 7 - Colonies therein defined, the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII. of this treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shell-fish, on the sea-coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbours, and creeks, of the provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the colony of I'rince Edward's Island, and of the several islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to...
Page 7 - It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the liberty...
Page 8 - Commissioners shall be appointed to determine, having regard to the privileges accorded by the United States to the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, as stated in Articles XIX and XXI of this treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty...
Page 7 - ... with the rights of private property or with the fishermen of the United States in the peaceable use of any part of the said coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose. It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the sea fishery; and that salmon and shad fisheries, and all other fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved exclusively for fishermen of the United States.