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NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBITRATION. 



Br. App. 604. .1810. 

 50 Geo. ni, c. 20. 



By President, Council and 

 Assembly. 



Sect. 1. No net over certain size 

 to be set in certain parts of the 

 harbour of St. John. 



Sect. 2. No net at Shag Rocks, 

 nor any nets fastened together, 

 nor any drift net to be used in 

 said harbour. 



Sect. S. No drift net more than 

 30 fathoms to be used above the 

 Boar's Head in river St. John. 

 Drift nets to be 30 fathoms apart. 

 No nets in water between sunset 

 Saturday and sunrise Monday. 



Between 1812 and October 

 1818. 



Br. App. 605. 1818. 



Treaty of 1783 since they were 

 only entitled to resort to ''un- 

 settled Bays, Harbors, and 

 Creeks." 



In no way, therefore, can this 

 Act be construed into a regula- 

 tion of the fishery secured to the 

 United States by the Treaty of 

 1783 



"A n Act for the further regu- 

 lation of Fisheries, and for pre- 

 venting their decay, 1810." 



Section 1. The places referred 

 to in which no net more than 20 

 fathoms long is to be set, cover 

 the eastern channel of the har- 

 bor, lying north and east of Par- 

 tridge Island which separates the 

 two channels of the harbor. 



Section 2. The first part of the 

 section relates to the western 

 channel of the harbor lying west 

 of Partridge Island. The sec- 

 ond part relates to setting drift 

 nets in the navigable portion of 

 Saint John River, Saint Croix 

 River, and Saint John Harbor. 



Both the foregoing sections, 

 are intended clearly to keep the 

 two channels of the harbor free 

 from obstructions which might 

 cause danger to passing vessels. 

 They are not intended to protect 

 the fish or the liberty of 

 1419 fishing, but, in any event, 

 they relate to fisning by 

 local fishermen operating from 

 the shore. 



Section 3. The first part of the 

 section relates exclusively to the 

 river fisheries, and has the same 

 purpose as the Acts of 1793 and 

 1799. 



The Sunday prohibition, as in 

 the case of the preceding Acts, 

 deals with the shore fishery. 



