X PREFACE 



Rudolf Lundberg, Stockholm, all very willingly complied with 

 my requests for information. Among others who have aided 

 me from time to time are Dr Georges Roche", Paris ; Dr Eugene 

 Canu, Boulogne-sur-mer ; Senor Rafael Gutierrez Vela, Madrid ; 

 Dr Cav. Enrico Giacobini, of the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 Rome ; Dr F. Heincke, Heligoland ; Dr Johan Hjort, Bergen ; 

 and Captain C. F. Drechsel, Copenhagen. My thanks are also 

 due to Dr Fridtjof Nansen, formerly the Norwegian Minister 

 in London ; to M. J. Irgens, his successor ; and to Dr T. Baty, 

 Honorary Secretary to the International Law Association, 

 London, for copies of documents and laws relative to the 

 Scandinavian limits of the territorial sea ; and likewise to 

 Mr R. M. Bartleman, the American Consul-General at Buenos 

 Aires, for papers referring to the extensive claims recently 

 advanced by the Argentine Republic for the regulation of 

 the fisheries in the adjacent seas. 



Very specially have I to thank my friend, Dr P. P. C. Hoek, 

 the Scientific Adviser for the Fisheries of the Netherlands, 

 and the Commissioner appointed by The Hague Tribunal in 

 the North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, for his valued assist- 

 ance and advice. Dr Hoek was good enough to read over the 

 proofs of the book, and I am indebted to him for a number 

 of emendations and improvements which his knowledge of 

 Dutch fisheries and history enabled him to suggest. 



In transcribing records and preparing the index, and in 

 some other ways, I have been assisted by my wife. 



I feel that an acknowledgment is due to my publishers 

 for the patience and consideration they have shown in the 

 delay which, for several reasons, has occurred in the com- 

 pletion of the book. 



It is right to add that I alone am responsible for all the 

 opinions expressed, unless when otherwise stated/ 



T. WEMYSS FULTON. 



41 QUEEN'S ROAD, ABERDEEN, 

 January 1911. 



