48 TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS 



II It is agreed that the lines drawn between the points designated 

 by the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, on the chart annexed to 

 the present Convention, and signed by the respective Plenipoten- 

 tiaries, shall be acknowledged by the High Contracting Parties, as 

 definino- from Point Meinga to Cape Carteret, the limits between 

 which and the French shore the right of fishery shall be reserved 

 exclusively to French fishermen, and these lines are as follows, that 

 is to say: 



The first line runs from the point A, 3 miles from low-water mark 

 (Point Meinga bearing south) to the point B, of which the land- 

 marks are Agon Tower, on with the clump of trees upon Mount 

 Huchon, and the summit of Gros Mont in a line with the semaphore 

 on Grand Isle. 



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III. The arrangements of the present Convention shall apply be- 

 yond the fishery limits of both countries, as defined by the preceding 

 Articles, to the seas surrounding and adjoining Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and adjoining the coasts of France between the frontiers 

 of Belgium and Spain. The rules respecting oyster fishery shall, 

 however, be observed only in the seas comprised within the limits 

 hereinafter described. 



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IX. The fishermen of both countries shall, whenever required, ex- 

 hibit their licences or other official papers, or their muster rolls, to 

 the commanders of the fishery cruizers, and to all other persons of 

 either country appointed to superintend the fisheries. 



X. Fishing of all kinds, by whatever means and at all seasons, 

 may be carried on in the seas lying beyond the fishery limits 

 which have been fixed for the two countries, with the exception of 

 that for oysters, as hereinafter expressed. 



XL From the 16th of June to the 31st of August inclusive, fish- 

 ing for oysters is prohibited outside the fishery limits which have 

 been fixed for the two countries, between a line drawn from the 

 North Foreland Light to Dunkirk, and a line drawn from the Land's 

 End to Ushant. 



During the same period, and in the same part of the Channel, no 

 boat shall have on board any oyster dredge, unless the same be tied 

 up and sealed by the Customs authorities of one of the fwo countries 

 in such a manner as to prevent its being made use of. 



XII. No boat shall anchor between sunset and sunrise on grounds 

 where drift-net fishing is actually going on. 



This prohibition shall not apply to anchorings which may take 

 place in consequence of accidents, or any other compulsory circum- 

 stances; but in such case the master of the boat thus obliged to anchor 

 shall hoist, so that they shall be seen from a distance, two lights 

 placed horizontally about 3 feet (one metre French) apart, and shall 

 keep those lights up all the time the boat shall remain at anchor. 

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XV. Trawl boats shall not commence fishing at a less distance than 

 3 miles from any boat fishing with drift nets. 



If trawl boats have already shot their nets, they must not come 

 nearer to boats fishing with drift nets than the distance above-men- 

 tioned. 



