42 TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS 



XI "With a view to prevent the collisions which now from time 

 fc/time take place on the seas lying between the coasts of Great 

 Britain and of France, between the trawlers and the line and long 

 net fishers of the two countries, the High Contracting Parties agree 

 to appoint, within 2 months after the exchange of the ratifications 

 of the present Convention, a Commission consisting of an equal num- 

 ber of individuals of each nation, who shall prepare a set of regu- 

 lations for the guidance of the fishermen of the 2 countries in the seas 

 above-mentioned. . 



The regulations so drawn up, shall be submitted by the said Com- 

 missioners to the two Governments respectively, for approval and 

 confirmation: And the High Contrasting Parties engage to propose 

 to the Legislatures of their respective countries, such measures as may 

 be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the regulations 

 which may be thus approved and confirmed. 



XII. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifica- 

 tions shall be exchanged within 6 weeks from the date hereof. 



In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed 

 the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. 



Done at Paris, the 2nd day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1839. 



[L. s.] GRANVTLLE, 



[L. s.] MAL. Due DE DALMATIE. 



REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO TREATY OF AUGUST 2, 1839. 







Regulations between Great Britain and France, for the guidance of 

 Britisji and French Fishermen, in the Seas lying between the 

 Coasts of the Two Countries. London, 24th May, 1843. 



The Undersigned, namely: 



On the part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 Anthony Perrier, Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the 

 Departments of Finistere, Morbihan and Cotes du Nord, in France. 



And on the part of the Kingdom of France, Francois Lange, 

 Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour, and Commis- 

 sary of Marine of the first class ; 



Duly appointed and authorized by their respective Governments 

 to act as Commissioners for the purpose of preparing a Set of Regu- 

 lations for the guidance of the Fishermen of the 2 countries, in the 

 seas lying between the coasts of the United Kingdom, and those of 

 the Kingdom of France, in conformity with Article XI. of the Con- 

 vention between Great Britain and France, signed at Paris on the 

 2nd August, 1839. 



Have agreed upon the following Articles, which they submit to 

 their respective Governments for approval and confirmation : 



ART. I. British and French subjects fishing in the seas lying 

 between the coasts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and those of the Kingdom of France, shall conform to the 

 following regulations. 



II. The limits, within which the general right of fishery is exclu- 

 sively reserved to the subjects of the 2 Kingdoms respectively are 

 fixed, (with the exception of those in Granville Bay) at 3 miles' dis 

 tance from low water mark. 



