A History of the New England Fisheries: With Maps |
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alewife American fishermen annually Article average bait banks of Newfoundland barrels of mackerel Bay of Fundy bays boat Boston Britain British Cape Ann Cape Breton Cape Breton Island cargoes carried catch caught cent clams coast of Maine coast of Newfoundland codfish codfishery colonies colonists Commission crew cure fish Eastport employed England England fisheries English exports fishing grounds fishing vessels fleet France French fresh Gloucester Grand Bank Gulf of Saint halibut harbors hundred importance increased inhabitants inshore Labrador land liberty lobsters mackerel fishery Magdalen Islands Marblehead markets Massachusetts menhaden merchants Newfoundland North Nova Scotia oyster period pickled fish Plymouth port pounds privileges provisions quintals regulation Report Rhode Island Sabine sail Saint Lawrence salt sardines schooner season shad ships shore take fish territorial three miles tion tonnage tons town trade Treaty of 1818 Tribunal United voyages waters West Indies
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Page 156 - Parties, that the Inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the Subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the Liberty to take Fish of every kind...
Page 414 - American fishermen shall be admitted to 'enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 438 - it is agreed that the distance of three miles fixed as the general limit for the exclusive right of fishery upon the coasts of the two countries shall, with respect to bays, the mouths of which do not exceed ten miles in width, be measured from a straight line drawn from headland to headland.
Page 125 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 427 - Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks from Mount Joly on the Southern Coast of Labrador...
Page 379 - The written or printed case of each of the two Parties, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence, and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered in duplicate to each of the Arbitrators and to the agent of the other Party as. soon as may be after the organization of the Tribunal, but within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Treaty.
Page 323 - 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 323 - ... and creeks of the said seacoasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands...
Page 392 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St.
Page 156 - Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on...