A History of the New England Fisheries: With MapsUniversity of Pennsylvania, 1911 - 457 pages |
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alewife American fishermen annually Article average bait barrels of mackerel Bay of Fundy bays boat Boston Britain British Cape Ann Cape Breton Cape Breton Island cargoes carried catch caught cent century clams coast of Maine codfish codfishery colonies colonists Commission Connecticut crew cure fish early Eastport employed England England fisheries English exports fishing grounds fishing vessels fleet France French fresh Gloucester Government Grand Bank Gulf of Saint halibut harbors History hundred importance increased inhabitants inshore Labrador land liberty lobsters mackerel fishery Magdalen Islands Marblehead markets Massachusetts menhaden merchants Newfoundland North Nova Scotia oyster packed period pickled fish Plymouth port pounds privileges provisions quintals regulation Report Rhode Island rivers Sabine sail Saint Lawrence salt sardines schooner season shad ships shore take fish tion tonnage tons town trade Treaty of 1818 Tribunal U. S. Fish United voyages waters West Indies
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Page 158 - 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 128 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 127 - 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 422 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any Liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the Inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure Fish on, or within three marine Miles of any of the Coasts, Bays, Creeks, or Harbours of His Britannic Majesty's Dominions in America...
Page 417 - 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 317 - 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 317 - ... and creeks of the said seacoasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands...
Page 382 - 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 417 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 316 - 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...