INDEX 



783 



Falkland Islands, 650 



Falmouth, 276 



Fame Isles, 618 



Farrer, Sir T. H. , 646 



Fast-days, 58, 87 



Fenton," John, 194, 195, 196 and n., 197, 



757 



Ferguson, on territorial sea, 684 

 Fielding, Captain, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324 

 Fife, 59, 166, 175 n., 445; fishermen of, 



61, 83, 165 



Finmark, 108, 109, 568 

 Fiore, on territorial sea, 684 

 Fish, abuses in trade in, 112, 113 

 Fish, commerce in, 61, 82, 88, 112, 134, 



141 ; exports, 61, 132 n., 133, 134. 214 ; 



imports, 67, 113, 145, 442 ; prices regu- 

 lated, 91 

 Fish days, 58, 87, 88, 90, 92 and n., 93, 94, 



99 n., 114, 115, 136, 444 

 Fish, demand for, in early times, 58 

 Fish, destruction of spawn of, 608, 609, 



610 



Fish for victualling army and navy, 58 

 Fish, fresh, distribution of, 58 

 Fish, preservation of brood of, 213, 607, 



608, 609, 610 

 Fish, protection of breeding-grounds of, 



610 



Fish, royal, 66, 362 n, 363 

 Fish, spawning of, 610 

 Fish, taxation of imported, 88, 441, 442, 



446 

 Fish tithes, 59, 101, 141, 142, 203, 214, 



242, 355 

 Fish, undersized, 444 n., 608. 636, 704, 



706, 707, 708-710 

 Fisheries, appropriation of, 102 

 Fisheries, as nursery for navy, 87, 113, 



134, 213 



Fisheries, charter to Bruges, 461, 772 

 Fisheries, claim to wide limit by Argen- 

 tina, 661, 662 

 Fisheries, claimed for crown, 57, 62, 288, 



289, 292 

 Fisheries, closure of areas, 662, 720. See 



Territorial Sea, Extra territorial. 

 Fisheries, cod-fishing at Lofoten Isles, 



672 and n. 



Fisheries, Conference at Hague, 1881, 632 

 Fisheries, decay of English, 86, 87, 89, 91, 



92, 115 ; of Dutch, 534 

 Fisheries, disputes in Nortli Sea, 631 ; at 



Iceland, 110 ; in Nortli America, 621, 



622-630 



Fisheries, distant voyages, 57 

 Fisheries, Dutch, 93, 94, 96, 125-130. 



See Dutch. 

 Fisheries, Dutch regulations on British 



coast, 605, 606 n. 



Fisheries, early English law as to, 66 

 Fisheries Enquiries Anglo - French in 



1837, 611 ; by Royal Commissions in 



1863, 701 ; in 1878, 702 ; in 1883, 702 ; 



by Select Committee of House of Com- 

 mons in 1817, 10 u. ; in 1833, 607-610 ; 



in 1893, 691, 707, 714 n. : by Select 



Committee of House of Lords in 1904, 

 710, 711 n. ; by Mr Higgin as to dis- 

 putes in North Sea, 1880, 631 



Fisheries, estimated profits of, 137 



Fisheries, exclusive limit for, 632, 633 



Fisheries, exhaustibility of, 348, 355, 372, 

 546, 550, 559, 602 



Fisheries, for coral, 659, 669, 684, 695 ; 

 sponges, 659, 669 ; oysters, b'12, 621, 697 ; 

 pearls, 697 



Fisheries, for "floating" fish, 698 



Fisheries, freedom of fishing during war, 

 440, 461, 462, 489, 636 



Fisheries, herring, 29, 34 n., 43, 58, 59, 71, 

 73-75, 90, 97, 130, 143, 157, 187, 190, 

 193, 197-200, 203, 214-218, 221 n., 238, 

 241, 264, 265, 272, 273, 302, 336, 378, 

 462, 491, 605, 698 ; importance of, 59, 

 61 ; at Bohuslau, 62 ; at Scania, 61 ; 

 in Channel, 68 ; Dutch, see Dutch ; 

 French, on British coasts, 606, 607, 

 608, 618 ; treaties granting liberty for, 

 67 



Fisheries, importance of, 57 ; in Scotland, 

 76 ; for navy, 58, 86, 87, 200, 219, 428 ; 

 in relation to international territorial 

 limits, 693 



Fisheries, impoverishment of grounds, 

 701, 702, 704, 706-711, 713, 714 n., 733, 

 738, 739 n. 



Fisheries, in Channel, 65, 607 



Fisheries, in North Sea. See North Sea. 



Fisheries, increase of shipping due to, 135 



Fisheries, industries dependent on, 135 



Fisheries, International Conference, Lon- 

 don, 1890, 706 



Fisheries, international investigations pro- 

 posed, 707 n. ; begun, 735, 736, 740; 

 instructions to British delegates, 735, 

 736 n. ; criticism of, 736 and n. 



Fisheries, international regulations, 61-1, 

 618, 619, 630, 631, 636, 638, 645 n., 648, 

 704, 729 ; German proposal to protect 

 fry and small fish, 636 



Fisheries, liberty of fishing granted to 

 Sweden, 427 



Fisheries, liberty of fishing guaranteed by 

 treaties, 8, 66-74 



Fisheries, license for fishing at Zowe, 65, 

 749 



Fisheries, old Scandinavian rights, 677 



Fisheries, old Scots Acts regarding, 82, 83 



Fisheries, policy of Scottish kings, 59 



Fisheries, promoted by Charles I., 213, 

 214 



Fisheries, proposals to develop English, 

 136, 138 



Fisheries, protective legislation and regu- 

 lation, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 112, 113, 213, 

 442, 533, 608 n. 



Fisheries, regulations beyond three-mile 

 limit, 614, 618, 619, 621, 661, 662, 666, 

 688, 691, 697, 698, 734, 735 ; of oyster 

 beds, 621 



fisheries, rise of British , 534 



Fisheries, Scottish treaties regarding, 75- 

 82 



