784 



INDEX 



Fisheries, sealing regulations, Argentina, 



662 ; Uruguay, 663 

 Fisheries, small-fish grounds, 705, 708 

 Fisheries, the "Belgian devil," 631 

 Fisheries, trawling, 134 ; methods, 699, 

 700, 701, 708, 714 ; development of, 

 680, 698-701, 711, 713, 739 11. ; enter- 

 prise of British trawlers, 713 ; by Bri- 

 tish vessels on foreign coasts, 680, 711, 

 712, 713, 730, 735, 737 ; in Barents Sea, 

 657, 713 ; at Faroes, 711 ; at Fimnarken, 

 680; French West Africa, 713 ; Iceland, 

 647, 648, 711; Morocco, 713 ; Spain and 

 Portugal, 667 and n., 668 n., 713; for- 

 eign trawlers on Scottish coast, 647 ; 

 damage by foreign trawlers, 631 ; de- 

 struction of undersized fish, 714 n. ; 

 Board of Trade empowered to restrict, 

 717 ; German proposals to restrict in 

 North Sea, 636 ; restrictive regulations, 

 662, 698, 714, 733 ; in England, 715 ; 

 prohibited beyond ordinary limits in 

 Adriatic, 659 ; Argentina, 662 ; Austria- 

 Hungary, 715 ; Italy, 715 ; Ireland, 

 715, 716; Norway, 680, 715; Portugal, 

 666-668 ; Scotland, 716-720 ; Spain, 666- 

 668 ; bill to prohibit within eight miles 

 of coast, 444 and n. ; German proposal 

 to restrict, 636 ; restrictions desired by 

 English trawlers, 702, 704-710; ten- 

 mile limit desired by English trawlers, 

 707 ; voluntary closure of Continental 

 area, 704, 706 ; international agreement 

 necessary, 732, 734, 735, 738 ; recent 

 views as to extension of limits, 735, 737 

 Fisheries, tribute from foreigners pro- 

 posed, 101, 138, 139, 295 

 Fisheries, truce for fishing during war, 



74, 75 

 Fishermen, early frequent distant seas, 



86 



Fishermen, foreign- 

 On British coasts, 29, 33, 57, 59-62, 65, 

 69, 76, 83, 91, 92, 98, 101, 126, 129, 

 145-150, 227, 288, 533, 544 n., 605- 

 608, 611, 615, 617, 618, 631 ; Belgian, 

 615-618; Dutch, 60, 62, 64, 77-79, 

 82-85, 94, and see Dutch ; Flemish, 29, 

 59-62, 83, 101 ; French, 59-62, 65, 83, 

 101, 150, 544 n., 606-608, 611, 617, 

 618, 631; Portuguese, 129; Spanish, 

 67, 129, 150 ; cause of increase of, 61 ; 

 complaints against, 94, 95, 100, 101, 

 144, 604, 605, 631 ; against Belgian, 

 615, 616; Dutch, see Dutch ; French, 

 29, 544 n., 606-608, 611, 617, 618, 

 631 ; encouraged in England, 75 ; pro- 

 hibited to fish, 9, 33, 150, 202, 227, 

 293, 294; licenses for, 62, 65, 150, 

 294; tax on proposed, 101, 138, 139, 

 214, 295; protection of, 63 

 On Irish coasts, 33, 92, 98, 101, 150 

 Fishermen, guardians of, appointed, 63 

 Fishery Conventions, 604, 693 ; Anglo- 

 Belgian, of 1852, 617 ; Anglo-French, of 

 1839, 612, 613, 644; of 1867, 618, 619, 

 630, 633, 634, 645 ; North Sea, of 1882, 



634, 637-639 ; Norway and Sweden de- 

 cline to adhere to North Sea Conven- 

 tion, 636 



Fishery, reciprocal right of, 626, 62", 658, 

 659, 665, 666 ; old Scandinavian rights, 

 677 



Fishery, right of, Boroughs on, 364 ; Callis, 

 363 ; Craig, 357 ; Digges, 362 ; Fiore, 684 ; 

 Graswinckel, 412 ; Grotius, 346, 351, 

 356 ; Hall, 688 ; Hautefeuille, 601, 602; 

 Wicquefort, 495 ; Malynes, 358 ; Mea- 

 dows, 525 ; Pontanus, 376 ; Puffendorf, 

 551; Rayneval, 596; Sarpi, 547; Sel- 

 deu, 372, 373 ; Stubbe, 497 ; Vasquius, 

 341 ; Vattel, 560, 561 ; Welwood, 354, 

 355 ; Wheaton, 599 ; Wolff, 559 



Fishery rights, British North America. 

 See America. 



Fishery Societies and Associations,. 96, 97, 

 124, 128 n., 136-140, 160-162, 202, 203, 

 211, 214, 218, 222, 225, 227, 230 n., 232, 

 235-243, 266, 267, '292, 301, 328, 346, 

 439, 442, 444, 494, 515, 516, 533, 534 



Fishing boats, 33 ; question of neutrality 

 of, during war, 636 



Fishing boats, varieties of, 63, 90, 126, 129 



Fishing, old limit on Scottish coast, 79 



Fishing, safe-conducts for, 62, 71, 72, 79 



Fishing vessels, armed, 34 n., 43, 70 



Fitton, Sir Henry, 64 



Fitzmaurice, Lord, Under-Secretary for 

 Foreign Affairs, on territorial sea, 630, 

 730, 731 



Flag, ''honour of." See Striking. 



Flanders, 29, 30, 34, 43, 45, 52 n., 53, 55, 

 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 83, 

 88, 92, 101, 125, 209, 253, 255, 329 



Fleta, 539 



Fletcher, George, 225 n,, 239 n. 



Flushing, 142 



Fogg, Captain, 322, 323 



Foggo, Robert, 78 



Folkestone, 33, 145 n. 



Foreign Enlistment Act, 589 



Foreshore, ownership of, 361-363 



Forth, Firth of, 221 n., 2/3 n., 298; 

 herring fishery, 59, 61, 77 



Four Seas, 17, 18, 119 n., 251, 363 



France, 8, 12, 14, 20, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 

 36, 44, 50, 57, 60, 61, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 

 72, 83, 88, 92, 97, 101, 103, 105, 117, 

 127, 129, 134, 151, 158, 189, 212, 246, 

 264, 265, 269, 275, 286, 413. 426, 451, 

 452, 463 ; Customs jurisdiction, 594 ; 

 differences with United Provinces as to 

 striking, 452, 463 ; regulation of fisheries 

 beyond three miles, 657 ; territorial sea, 

 657 ; treaty with Dutch regarding fishery 

 question, 451-454 



Francis I. of France, 74, 75 



Franconia, case of, 580 n., 590, 591 



Frankland, 311 n. 



Freiras, F. S. de, on Mare Liberum, 350 



French fishermen on British coasts, 101, 

 129, 130, 150, 605 ; whalers at Spitz- 

 bergen, 182, 183 and n. 



Frezno, Marquis of, 508 



