. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, with the correspondence relative to the proposed fisheries treaty [microform]. Fishery law and legislation; Fishery law and legislation; Fisheries; Territorial waters; Seizure of vessels and cargoes; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale; Eaux territoriales; Prises maritimes. THE FISHKRIKS TRKATV. m V. The treaty tlie r now more than a century, of its vessels en}>aj,'ed in lishinff or other ocenpations to visit and carry on their business in these threat bays, aj
. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a letter of the Secretary of State, with the correspondence relative to the proposed fisheries treaty [microform]. Fishery law and legislation; Fishery law and legislation; Fisheries; Territorial waters; Seizure of vessels and cargoes; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale; Pêche commerciale; Eaux territoriales; Prises maritimes. THE FISHKRIKS TRKATV. m V. The treaty tlie r now more than a century, of its vessels en}>aj,'ed in lishinff or other ocenpations to visit and carry on their business in these threat bays, ajid tiie prineipUi of which claim ami rijjht has once l)een solemnly decided aj,Minst Great by a tribiuiid organized ninler a treaty with thai (rovernment. \l. The new area of delimination described in the treaty greatly in- creases thedanger of our tlshernien unintentionally invading prohibited waters, and thereby exposing them to seizures and perjalties. \ II. Tiie treaty,by its tifth artieh', renounces any right of the tTnited St;\tes in any bay, etc., however large, that" can not i»e reached from the sea without juissinrf witlnn tlie .'i nnirine miles mentioned in article 1 of tlic convention of October 20, 1S18," thus excluding vessels of the United States frnm all wateis, however extensive, and the distance between vliosc headlands is however great, the sailing channel to which may happen to be within ."{ miles of the shore. \'I1I. The treiity is a «'on)|)lete surrender of any claim of a right now ixisting eitln'r under the treaty of 1783, the treaty of ISIS, the ncia of Congress and tlu' IJritish onb^rs in council of IS.'JO, or tln' twenty-ninth ;uti(!le of the treaty of 1S71, for vcss»*ls of the United States nigaged 111 iishing anywhere on the high seas, . even luiving a coiumereial •liaracirr also, to enter any port of iJritish North America for any com- mercial purjtose wiiatevcr, and puts in tiie place of tluise <;l<'ar righ
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