THE FISHERY CONVENTIONS 



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fishermen of each country shall enjoy the exclusive right of 

 fishery within the distance of three miles from low-water 

 mark along the whole extent of the coasts of their respective 

 countries, as well as of the dependent islands and banks. As 

 regards bays, the distance of three miles shall be measured 

 from a straight line drawn across the bay, in the part nearest 

 the entrance, at the first point where the width does not 

 exceed ten miles. The present Article shall not in any way 





Fig. 19. Showing the Sandbanks at the month of the Ems. 



prejudice the freedom of navigation and anchorage in terri- 

 torial waters accorded to fishing-boats, provided they conform 

 to the special police regulations enacted by the Powers to 

 whom the shore belongs." 



It is interesting to note that, at the instance of the Dutch 

 president, the conference agreed that the provisions of the 

 convention would not be applicable to the Zuiderzee ; and 

 that in deliberating on the boundaries of the North Sea 

 within which they would apply, it was agreed to exclude 



