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date at which the convention set forth in the first schedule to the Sea 

 Fisheries Act, 18G8, comes into operation, continue in force so far as 

 regards French sea-fishing boats and persons belonging thereto with- 

 in the Seas to which the said Convention and Articles set forth in 

 the Schedule thereto apply, so far as those seas are outside the 

 exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands, and are not within 

 the North Sea as defined in the first Schedule to this Act. 



25. This Act, so far as it applies to foreign sea-fishing boats out- 

 side of the exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands, and persons 

 belonging thereto, and to foreign sea-fishery officers, shall apply only 

 within the North Sea as defined by article four of the first Schedule 

 to this Act, or within the seas specified in any Convention, Treaty, 

 or Arrangement to which this Act may be applied by Order in 

 Council made in pursuance of this Act, and to the boats and officers 

 of a foreign State bound by the Convention in the first schedule to 

 this Act or by any Convention, Treaty, or Arrangement to which 

 this Act may be applied, but save as aforesaid this Act shall apply 

 to the whole of the British Islands as defined by this Act, and to the 

 seas surrounding the same, whether within or without the exclusive 

 fishery limits of the British Islands, and the Royal Courts of Guern- 

 sey and Jersey shall register this Act in their respective courts.. 



SUPPLEMENTAL. 



26. Orders in Council made in pursuance of this Act shall be 

 published in the London Gazette, or otherwise published in such 

 manner as the Board of Trade may direct for such sufficient time 

 before they come into force as to prevent inconvenience. 



27. The reference in section eighteen of the Sea Fisheries Act, 

 580 1868, to section two hundred of the Customs Consolidation 

 Act, 1853, shall be construed to refer to section one hundred 

 and seventy of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876. 



28. In this Act, 



The expression "sea-fishing" shall not include fishing for salmon 

 as defined by any Act relating to salmon, but save as aforesaid, 

 means the fishing for every description both of fish, and shell-fish, 

 found in the seas to which this act applies; and the expression 

 " Sea fisherman " and other expressions relating to sea-fishing 

 shall be construed accordingly. 



The expression " sea-fishing boat " includes every vessel of what- 

 ever size, and in whatever way propelled, which is used by any 

 person in sea-fishing, or in carrying on the business of a sea 

 fisherman. 



The expression " fishing implement " means any net, line, float, bar- 

 rel, buoy, or other instrument, engine, or implement used or in- 

 tended to be used for the purpose of sea fishing: 



The expression " British Islands " includes the United Kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Islands of 

 Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and their dependencies : 



The expression "exclusive fishery limits of the British Islands" 

 means that portion of the seas surrounding the British Islands 

 within which Her Majesty's subjects have, by international law, 

 the exclusive right of fishing, and where such portion is defined by 



