INTERNATIONAL LAWS 



FOR THE 



REGULATION AND PROTECTION OF 

 DEEP SEA FISHERIES. 



IN treating of this most important subject the best plan Mode of 



procedure 

 to pursue will be to discuss the whole question seriatim, 



dealing first with the former part of the subject given, viz., 

 the effect of the present laws, and then concluding with 

 some suggestions for their improvement. 



For the purpose of thoroughly going into the question 

 and dealing with it in such a manner that those who are 

 unacquainted with our fisheries may not be drawn into 

 mysteries, a brief but general sketch of the various deep 

 sea fishings round our coasts, the craft and nets employed 

 in carrying them on, and the fish caught on various coasts 

 at various seasons, will be useful. 



The principal fishery prosecuted on the east coast pf Scotland. 

 Scotland is the herring fishery, by means of drift-nets. 

 Next comes the long-line fishery, for cod, ling, hake and 

 haddocks ; and lastly, trawling, which at present is in its 

 infancy as regards Scotland. 



The herring fishery is prosecuted principally by means 

 of sailing craft, lug-rigged, the size of which varies up to 

 about fifty feet in length. Steam for this purpose is as yet 

 in its infancy. As a rule the business is conducted on the 



