OYSTER FISHERY LEGISLATION. 97! 



Whereas a Convention was concluded between Her 

 Majesty and the King of the French, on the second day of 

 August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, defin- 

 ing the Limits of the Oyster Fishery between the Island of 

 Jersey and the neighbouring coast of France, and also 

 defining the Limits of the exclusive Rights of Fishery on 

 all other parts of the Coasts of the British Islands and 

 France. And whereas, pursuant to the said Convention, 

 certain Articles, being Regulations for the Guidance of the 

 Fishermen of the two Countries, in the Seas lying between 

 the Coasts of the United Kingdom and those of France, 

 were agreed upon by Commissioners authorized in that 

 behalf, and were approved and confirmed on the part of 

 Her Majesty and of the French Government. And 

 whereas by the said Articles it was provided that Oyster- 

 fishing should open on the First of September and should 

 close on the Thirtieth of April, and that from the First of 

 May to the Thirty- first of August no Boat should have on 

 board any Dredge or other Implement whatsoever for catch- 

 ing Oysters. And whereas an Act was passed in the Session 

 holden in the Sixth and Seventh Years of Her Majesty 

 (Chapter Seventy-nine), to carry into effect the said Con- 

 vention, and it was thereby enacted that the said Articles 

 (which were set forth in the Schedule to the same Act) 

 should be binding upon all Persons, and should have the 

 Force of Law. And whereas it is expedient that more 

 effectual Provision should be made for enforcing the Regu- 

 lations established pursuant to the said Convention as 

 aforesaid : Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent 

 Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords 

 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present 

 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, 

 as follows : 



