CHAPTER V 



LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE SHELL-FISH 

 FISHERIES 



In this chapter it is my purpose to give a sketch 

 of the legal conditions under which shell-fish beds 

 are held in this country, in order that those 

 desirous of undertaking the cultivation of either 

 oysters or mussels may have a general under- 

 standing of rights and obligations. I have in- 

 corporated, also, information as to the steps 

 necessary in procuring Fishery Orders. 



The substance of the chapter is simply a com- 

 pilation from authoritative works on the subject, 

 and is introduced here in a popular form. For 

 fuller information, reference must be made to the 

 works themselves. 



The territorial water over which, and over the 

 bottom of which, jurisdiction is possible, is con- 

 tained within a line drawn at a distance of three 



