FISHERIES. 235 



went so far as to provide in terms that under cer- Freucii legisla- 

 tion. 



tain circumstances fishing might be prohibited 

 over areas of the sea beyond three miles from 

 shore.^ Numerous laws have also been enacted 

 by France to protect and regulate the coral 

 fisheries of Algeria, both as to natives and for- 

 eigners, and the coral beds so regulated extend 

 at some points as far as seven miles into the sea.^ 



The coral beds surroundinof- the island of Sar- Italian legisia- 



^ tiou. 



dinia and lying off the southwest coast of Sicily 

 have been made the subject of elaborate regu- 

 lations by the Government of Italy. The Sar- 

 dinian coral beds are situated at distances from 

 land which vary from three to fifteen miles.^ 

 The principal coral beds of Sicily are three in 

 number, and are respectively distant from the 

 coast fourteen, twenty-one, and thirty-two miles. 

 At present all coral fishing is prohibited on these 

 banks by Royal Decree, for a designated period, 



iFreiicli Decree and map, Vol. I, p. 469. 



2 Map, Vol. I, p. 469. "Les Peches Maritimes en Algdrie et en 

 Tniii.sie." Rax^port au miuistre de la marine, par M. M. Bouchon 

 Brandely, Inspectenr general des peclies maritimes, et A. Cer- 

 thoule, Secr(5taire g6u6ral de la Socidte national d'acclimatation, 

 membre dn Comity consultatif des jieches maritimes. 



3 Map. Vol. I, p. 470. British admiralty chart No. 281. "II 

 Carallo in Sardegna, Relazione presentata a S. E. il ministro di 

 Agricoltnra, Industria e Commercio, dal Professore Parona Cor- 

 rado, dell' Uuiversita di Cagliari." "Annali delF Indnstria e del 

 Commercio, 1882." 



