398 DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, 

 the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, 

 and their dependencies ; and the terms ' Great Britain 

 and Ireland,' and ' United Kingdom,' as used in the 

 First Schedule ^ to this Act, shall be construed to mean 

 the ' British Islands,' as herein defined." 



Besides those portions of tlie Act which relate to tbe 

 carrying out of the Convention, and to the formation, 

 protection and regulation of oyster and mussel fisheries, 

 provision is made by Section 68 for the better pro- 

 tection of the scan fisheries on the greater portion of 

 the coast of Cornwall. These regulations we have 

 already given at page 195. 



The regulations in the Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, 

 which affect the practical working of the sea fisheries 

 in general, and with which it is important that our 

 fishermen should be specially acquainted, are those 

 relating to the lettering, numbering and registration 

 of fishing boats, as published in the Order in Council 

 before referred to; and the following Articles of the 

 Convention : — 



Article I. (part). 



" British fishermen shall enjoy the exclusive right 

 of fishing within the distance of three miles from low- 

 water mark, along the whole extent of the coasts of the 

 British Islands ; . . . . 



" The distance of three miles fixed as the general limit 

 for the exclusive right of fishing 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. 



* Coutainiii;;]: the Convention. 



