CONTENTS Vll 



CHAPTER V. 



LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SHELL-FISH FISHERIES. 



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Territorial and Extra-territorial Water — Rights of taking 

 Shell-fish — Public and Private Rights to Foreshores — 

 Shell-fish Scalps the Private Property of the Crown — 

 — The Transfer or Granting of Right from the Crown 

 to the Subject — Statutes regulating Mussel Fishing — 

 Appropriating and regulating Orders — Methods of 

 Granting in Scotland, England, and Ireland . . 76-92 



Appendix A. — An Act for the Protection of Mussel 

 Fisheries in Scotland [22nd July 1847], 10 &' 11 Vict. 

 c. 92 93-94 



Appendix B. — Excerpt from the Fishery Board for Scot- 

 land Regulations for the Instruction and Guidance of 

 Persons applying for Fishery Orders . . 9S-I2I 



