48 The Fishery Question. 



pose whatever. But they shall be under such 

 restrictions as may be necessary to prevent 

 their taking, drying or curing fish therein or 

 in any other manner abusing the privileges 

 hereby reserved to them." 



Originally the final proviso permitted the 

 American fishermen to enter for the purchase 

 of bait, *' tinker mackerel," or herring cut 

 into pieces. This was subsequently omitted 

 with the consent of the American Commis- 

 sion. The mackerel fishery had not as yet 

 assumed large proportions. Its subsequent 

 importance was unforeseen and naturally un- 

 considered. No licenses to mackerel boats 

 were issued prior to 1828.^^ Cod were seldom 

 pursued within the three-mile limit. In the 

 cod fishery it was not a very valuable conces- 

 sion to purchase bait. But to land and cure, 

 on the contrary, were great conveniences. 

 By the convention the United States in this 

 respect were better off than before. The bar- 

 gain was not considered bad. All fisheries 

 not guaranteed by the treaty were expressly 

 renounced, and purposely, to exclude the im- 

 plication that the rights obtained were in the 

 nature of a new grant, to place the liberty 

 now secured on the same permanent basis 



