REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. *1 



pcrpctnally to American fisliormoii, ospocially tlio soutli coast of Ncav- 

 foundlaiul from the liameau Islands to Cai)e Itay, and tlu; west coast 

 h'om. Cape liny to the Quirpoii Ishinds, the shores of the Ma;^dah;u 

 [slands, and the southern coast of Labiador from Blount Joly to and 

 through the Straits of Belle Isle, ty.id thence northward indefinitely 

 along- the coast. By the Washington Treaty of 1871* the other shores 



* AirncLK XVIII. — It is agrct'd by flu; Hi<;h Contracting Paitic-H that in addition to 

 tlio liberty .secured to tho United States lishcrnien by tlie Convention between Great 

 Prilain and the United Stales, signed at Loudon on the 20th day of October, 1818, of 

 taking, curing, and drying lish on certain coasts of the British North American Colo- 

 nics therein delined, the inhabitants of the United St.ates shall have, in common with 

 tlie subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years mentioned iu 

 Article XXXIII of this Treaty, to take fi.sh of every kind, except shell-fish, on the sea- 

 coasts and shores, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the Provinces of Qaiibec, 

 Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the Colony of Prince Edward's Island, and of 

 the several islands thereunto adjacent, Avithout being restricted to any distance from 

 the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts .and .shores and islands, and 

 also npon the Magdalen Islands, for the pnrpo.se of drying their nets and curing their 

 lish ; provided, that in so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private }>rop- 

 erty or with British fishermen in the peaceable use of auy part of the said coasts iu 

 their occupancy for the same x)urpose. 



It is understood that the above-meutioued liberty aiiplies solely to the sea-fishery, 

 aud that the salmon aivd shad fisheries and all other fisheries in rivers aud the mouths 

 of rivers, are hereby reserved exclu.sively for British fishermen. 



Article XIX. — It is agreed by the High Contracting Parties that British subjects 

 shall have, iu conunon with the citizens of the United States, the liberty, for the term 

 of years mentioned iu Article XXXIII of this Treaty, to take lish of every kind, except 

 shcU-fish, ou the eastern sea-coasts aud shores of the United States north of the thirty- 

 ninth parallel of north latitude, and on the shorc^s of the several islands thereunto 

 adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the said sea-coasts and shores of the 

 Uuitetl States and of the said islands, without being restricttnl to auy distance from 

 the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts of the United States aud of 

 the islands aforesaid for the purpose of drying their nets aud curing their fish ; pro- 

 vided, that iu so doing they do not interfere -with the rights of i)rivate property or 

 with the fishermen of the United States iu the i»eaceable use of auy part of the said 

 coasts iu their occupancy for the same purpose. 



It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to the .sea-fishery, 

 aud that salmon and shad fisheries, aud all other fisheries iu rivers aud luouths of 

 rivers, are hereby reserved exclu.sively for fishermen of the United States. 



Article XX. — It is agreed that the places designated by the Commissioners ap- 

 pointed under the l.st' article of the Treaty between Great Britain and the United 

 States, concluded at Washiugton on the 5th of June, 1854, upon the coasts of Her 

 Britannic Majesty's dominions aud the United States, as places reserved from the 

 common right of fishing under that Treaty, shall be regarded as in like manner re- 

 served from the common right of fishing uuder the preceding articles. Iu case auy 

 question should arise between the Governments of the United States and of Her Britan- 

 nic Majesty as to the commou right of fishing iu j)laces not thiis designated as reserved, 

 it is agx-eed that a commission .shall be appointed to designate such places, and shall 

 be constituted in the same manner, and have the same powers, duties, and authority 

 as the commission appointed uuder the said 1st article of the Treaty of the 5th of 

 June, 1854. 



AnTiCLE XXI. — It is agreed that, for the term of years mentioned in Artii !c XXXIII 

 of this Treaty, fish-oil and fish of all kinds (excexit fish of the inland lakes aud of the 



