LEGAL ASPECTS OF FISHERIES // 



miles from the land, being, theoretically, the 

 distance of a cannon shot. This belt of water 

 includes all bays, creeks, and inlets which may 

 measure more than three miles from their inner- 

 most point, but which are not more than ten 

 miles across at the mouth. Beyond this belt, the 

 sea may be considered as the common fishing- 

 ground of all nations. 



Rights of taking shell-fish in different localities. 



Distinction may be drawn between three 

 conditions : 



A. Scalps situated on the beds of private rivers, 



or on sea-bottom alienated from the 

 Crown to private individuals, by special 

 grants. 



B. Scalps in public estuaries, and on the national 



sea-bottom and foreshore generally. 



C. Scalps in the bed of the ocean beyond the 



three-mile limit. 



We need not consider the last, since the scalps 

 are common to all nations, and cannot therefore 

 be regulated by any but by International Law. In 

 dealing more especially with division B, since the 

 scalps which fall under this heading are those of 



