476 FOREIGN STATUTES. 



fermo restando quaiito preserive 1' articolo 84 del regolameuto di pesca 

 marittima, approvato col regio decreto 13 novembre 1882, ii. 1090 (serie 



Ordiiiiarao die il presente decreto, muiiito del sigillo dello Stato, sia 

 inserto iiella raccolta ufQciale delle leggi e del decreti del Keguo d' Ita- 

 lia, niaudando a cliiunque spetti di osservarlo e di farlo osservare. 



Umberto. 



code fob the merchant marine of the kingdom of italy. 



[Publisheil by Eoy;il Decree of June 25, 1865, No. 23C0.] 

 [Translation.] 



Sec. 142. The coral flsheries iu the seas of the State shall be subject to 

 the payment of an annual sum, the amount of which shall be fixed by 

 Royal Decree. 



Foreign vessels which are not entitled by treaties to fish on the same 

 conditions as the national vessels shall jiay double the amount contem- 

 plated by the preceding clause. 



LAWS OF ITALY REGULATING THE CORAL FISHERIES IN THE WATERS 

 OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA. 



[No. 3706 (2il series). March 4tli, 1877.] 

 [Translation.] 



Section I. 

 General Provisions. 



Art. 1. Tlie present law regulates the fisheries in the waters of the 



public domain, and in the territorial sea. 



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The provisions contained in the Merchant Marine Code, and in other 

 laws relating to the water police and navigation, remain unchanged, as 

 regardsthe treatment of foreigners, and as regards grants in the public 

 domain and the territorial sea. 



Art. 2. The regulations for the execution of this law and of their 

 successive modifications shall be approved by Royal Decree upon the 

 l)roposition of the Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce, 

 after the Provincial Councils, the Chambers of Commerce, and the 

 Harbor masters, in whose districts the regulation shall apply, have been 

 heard, and after tlie Superior Council of i'ublic Labors and the Council 

 of State have been consulted. These regulations sliall determine — 



1. The linuts witliin which shall be in force the regulations regard- 

 ing the sea fisheries and those regarding the river and lake fisheries, in 

 places where the fresh waters communicate with the salt waters. 



2. The disciplinary and prohibitory measures which are necessary 

 for the iireservation of tlie various species of fish and other aquatic an- 

 imals, as regards h)calities, seasons, methods of fishing and fishing 

 ai)paratus; as regards trade in fish and lishery prodiu-ts, and the ad- 

 ministration of the waters. 



.■>. Tlie limits of distance from the coast, and of the depth of water 

 within whicli the (lisii]>linary measures s])ecially tending to the protec- 

 tion and preservation of the various kinds offish shall apply. 



