OYSTER FISHERY LEGISLATION. 967 



December i3th, 1833. 



Weighed this day, at Mr. Aburrow's, an Emsworth 

 oyster measuring 4 inches wide, 



Gross weight of the oyster 8f oz. 



Shell without the fish 6^ oz. 



Net weight of the oyster .... 2^ oz. food. 



February ist, 1834. 



Weighed this day, at Mr. Aburrow's, an Outhaven 

 oyster from Fulding's beds, measuring 4^ inches wide. 



Gross weight of the oyster 1 1 oz. 



Shell without the fish i o oz. 



Net weight of the oyster .... i oz. food. 

 Difference in favour of the Emsworth oyster, i oz. 



No steam vessels, or vessel, or boat worked by steam, 

 or attached thereto, to be permitted to fish or dredge in 

 Chichester, Emsworth, or Langston harbours. 



August 20, 1849. 



New oyster-ground lately discovered in the British 

 Channel ; lies off Guernsey and Jersey ; extends 40 miles 

 in length and 9 miles in breadth. 



JAMES TATCHELL. 



The necessity for Conventions, in order to give an 

 internationally effective and legal right to regulate sea- 

 fisheries outside territorial waters, combined with the diffi- 

 culty of supervising probable offenders on so wide an 

 expanse as the sea, has always been, and will always be, 

 an impediment to endeavours to regulate sea fisheries, 



