I1i2 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
two governments only, of which in four instances Great Britain was one of the 
parties. Thus it appears that in the six important instances of international 
regulation or restriction of the fisheries on the high seas, Great Britain has been 
actively concerned in five; Denmark in four; France in three; Germany, 
Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States each in two; and Sweden in 
one of them. The Greenland seal fishery restrictions of 1875-1877, enacted by 
Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, differ from 
international regulations in that they were not the result of a formal convention 
or agreement, but were based on analogous municipal enactments by these 
powers acting in concert. These restrictions were for the purpose of preventing 
the exhaustion of the seal herds in the waters about Jan Mayen Island and off 
the eastern coast of Greenland, a purpose which they have failed signally in 
accomplishing. Each of these conventions, agreements, and regulations will 
be considered separately.? 
@Jn addition to the international agreements respecting the fisheries on the high seas, there have been 
very many treaties, conventions, declarations, etc., for regulating those prosecuted in territorial waters 
on the frontiers of bordering states, of which the following is only a partial list: 
1839, April 19. Belgium and the Netherlands (article 9). 
1840, April 5. France and the Grand Duchy of Baden. 
1843, May 20. Belgium and the Netherlands, for the enforcement of article 9 of the convention of 
April 19, 1839. 
1849, February 9. Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. 
1856, December 2. France and Spain, respecting the fisheries in the Bidassoa River (abrogated). 
1866, May 26. France and Spain, respecting the fisheries in the frontier rivers (Nive, Garonne, 
Signe, etc.). 
1880, December 28. France and Switzerland, respecting the fisheries in the frontier waters. 
1882, April 19. Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. 
1882, May 6. Belgium and the Netherlands. 
1882, November 8. Italy and Switzerland, on the fisheries in the bordering waters. 
1883, August 9. Austria-Hungary and Italy, regulating the fishery in Lake Garda. 
1884, April 3. Belgium and the Netherlands, modifying the regulations of May 20, 1843. 
1885, June 30. Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, for regulating the salmon fishery in 
the Rhine. 
1886, February 18. France and Spain, respecting the fishery in Bidassoa River (modified January 
19, 1886; September 20, 1888; October 4, 1894; and December 17, 1898). 
1887, May 18. Switzerland, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and Alsace-Lorraine, respecting fisheries 
in the Rhine and its tributaries, including Lake Constance. 
1891, March 12. France and Switzerland, concerning fisheries in the frontier waters. 
1891, July 30. France and Switzerland, supplementary to the convention of December 28, 1880, 
respecting fisheries in the frontier waters. 
1892, November 5. Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. 
1893, July 5. Switzerland and the Grand Duchy of Baden, respecting the fisheriesin Lake Constance. 
1894, September 25. Switzerland and Baden, supplementary to the convention of July 5, 1893, 
respecting the fisheries in Lake Constance. 
1897, July 3. Switzerland and Baden, concerning the fisheries in lower Lake Constance. 
1898, July 8. Italy and Switzerland, concerning uniform regulations for the fisheries in the border- 
ing waters. 
1899, December 27. France and Switzerland, regulating the fisheries in the frontier waters. 
1900, June 23. Russia and Roumania, respecting the fisheries in the River Pruth and in the lower 
Danube. 
