44 ARGUMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Caspian Sea. 



caY?^*?*^'^28*A'^* ^^^^ flsliiiigf and sealing- industries in the Caspian Sea 

 peiui'ix, voi.'i, p. are also dealt with by law. which expressly declares that 

 "^^^^ the catching- of tlsh and killing- of seals in the waters of the 



Caspian included in the Kussian Enii)ire are free to all A\dio 

 desire to engage in the same, except in certain s])ecified 

 localities, under observance of the established rules. A 

 close time is appointed. 



The Caspian ttea is a land-locked sea included within the 

 territorial dominions of Russia and Persia, and the regula- 

 tions have no bearing on the questions involved in the right 

 of fishing in Behring- sea. 



48 TJruguat. 



ci^"'*rVif*A*'^ The law of Uruguay establishes a close time for seals on 

 pomVix, Tui." i, p. the Lobos and other islands on the coasts of Rio de la 

 ^^°- Plata, and in that part of the ocean adjacent to the Depart- 



ments of Maldonado and Rocha. 

 British cmiii- j^ jg jq ^q scuse extra territorial. 



*=«• p- • rpijg provision prohibiting- vessels of any kind from 

 anchoring off the islands, and the construction of works 

 that might frighten away the seals, is territorial. 



Chile. 



Ibid., p. 91. The Ordinance of 1892 allows only Chileans and for- 



eigners domiciled in Chile to engage in the pursuit on land 

 or at sea of seals and otters in the coasts, islands, and ter- 

 ritorial waters of the Republic. 



Foreign vessels are prohibited from engaging in this 

 industry. 

 United States This Law is obviously not extra-territorial, but it is 

 Case, p. 229. appealed to in support of the United States contention of 

 a right of property and protection on the high, sea, to which 

 it is diametrically opposed. 

 British Conn- Tlic princi})lea on which the British contention is based 

 ter.uase,p.9i. ^^.^ exprcssly laid down in the Chilean Code. 



Argentine Republic. 



The laws of the Republic are not set out in the United 

 States Appendix. The statement in the United States 

 Case is merely that i)rotection is given to the fur-seals 

 resorting- to the coasts; it is not stated that the regulations 

 are extra-territorial, or that they apply to foreigners. 



Japan. 



United^ states Japanese law dcals with hunting and killing- seals and 

 pendix,' vol.' if p. sea-otter in the Hokkaido, i. e., Yezo, and certain islands 

 *^9- to the north belonging to Japan. 



British Coun. 49 The law is uot cxti'a territorial, and the Japanese 



ter Ces6 d 93 



' ■ Government have stated that they consider that 



there are no means of checking foreign fishermen outside 

 the line of territorial limits fixed by international law. 



