INDEX 



789 



Moore, on sovereignty of sea, 580 n. ; on 

 territorial sea, 691 n. 



Moray Firth, 233, 235, 239; prohibition 

 of trawling within, 718, 720 ; foreign 

 trawlers in, 647, 720-728 ; Norwegian- 

 registered trawlers in, 721, 727 ; prosecu- 

 tion and conviction of foreign trawlers, 

 722, 723, 724, 727 ; case of Catalonia, 722 ; 

 of Emmanuel Mortensen, 722, 724-727 ; ot 

 Martin Olsen, 722 ; of Niobe, 722, 724 ; 

 of Pinewold, 723 ; of Verbena, 723 ; High 

 Court of Justiciary decides prohibition 

 applies to foreigners, 722, 724-727 ; pro- 

 test Ijy Norway, 727, 728 : Norway 

 favours a convention, 728, 730; and 

 warns Norwegian trawlers to cease fish- 

 ing in Moray Firth, 728 ; actions against 

 British subjects on foreign trawlers, 728, 

 729 ; views of Foreign Office, 729, 730 ; 

 proposal of International Council, 737 ; 

 territoriality of, 723-728, 729, 732, 734 ; 

 opinions of Scottish judges as to terri- 

 toriality of, 724-727 



Moray Firth, herring fishery in, 61 



Morocco, 5, 256, 668 ; trawling at, 713 



Morton, Earl of, 225 n., 239 n. 



Moser, on territorial sea, 562 



Muncke, Levinus, 155, 156 n. 



Mundesley, 247 



Murray, Captain David, 172, 195 n., 196 



Muscovy Company, 160 ; whale fishery of, 

 181. 182, 183, 184, 194 n. 



Musselburgh, 175 n., 445 



Nansen, Dr Fridtjof, Norwegian Minister, 

 673 n., 728 



Nantes, 97 



Narrow seas, the, 8, 18, 19, 26, 29, 30, 34, 

 36. 113, 212, 213, 214, 253, 256, 260, 

 261, 270, 274, 287, 324 n., 327, 328, 

 361, 363, 381, 408, 430, 458, 459 n. ; 

 description of, 18 ; herring fisheries in, 

 67 ; hostilities prohibited in, 261, 262, 

 263 ; prizes taken in, 359 n. ; striking 

 in, 204-206, 270, 402. See Channel. 



National Sea Fisheries Protection Associa- 

 tion, 667 n., 706, 728 n., 740 



Naval Salute. See Striking. 



Navare, Michel de, 49 



Navigation, freedom of, 3. 5, 6, 8. 11, 20, 

 33, 34, 35, 43, 67, 86, 106, 158, 341, 

 346, 358, 360, 365, 421, 497, 676 



Navigation Act of 1651, 391 and n., 

 392, 413, 416, 419; of 1660, 441, 451, 

 464 



Navy, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, 

 58, 68, 91, 92, 113, 117, 134, 246, 251, 

 252, 255, 257, 286, 288, 379, 428, 475, 

 517, 523; under Charles I.. 246; under 

 Edward III., 33, 36, 38; under Henry 

 IV., 68; under Henry V[., 38; com- 

 plaint of Commons on, 38 



Navy and fisheries, 428 



Needham, Marchamont, 410, 411 



Netherlands, 21, 74, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 

 93 n., 94, 105, 112. 125, 126, 127 n., 

 138, 144, 168, 185, 200, 203, 312, 380, 



397 ; prohibit their fishermen from fish- 

 ing within two leagues of Scottish coast, 

 605, 606 ; territorial sea, 658. See 

 Dutch. 



Neutral waters, 22, 119, 120, 359 n., 548, 

 586, 622, 641 n., 665, 685, 775; decrees 

 regarding, 569-571 ; limit of, 546 ; pro- 

 clamations and decisions regarding, 

 553, 554 ; Scandinavian limit of, 568 ; 

 treaties regarding, 571, 572; usage in 

 seventeenth century, 552, 553, 554 



Newcastle, 34 n., 96, 114. 248, 249, 252, 

 273 n., 428 



Newfoundland, 86, 88, 92, 97, 113, 219, 

 589 ; fishery rights at, 531, 532 



Nicholas, Secretary of Admiralty, 44 n., 

 213, 262, 263, 275 n., 278, 292, 295, 318, 

 322 



Nicholl, Sir John, on territorial sea, 

 586 n. 



Nicolas, Sir N. H., 37. 45 n., 46 n., 53, 56 



Nieuport, 60, 327, 400 



Nieuport, William, Dutch ambassador, 

 395, 415, 417, 433 



Nootka Sound, 573 



Xordland, 108 



Norfolk, 46 n., 63, 90, 94, 101, 162, 248 



Norham, 60 



Norman Conquest, 6, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 

 59, 372 



Normandy, 29, 36, 43, 48, 50, 59, 62, 69, 

 74, 97, 103, 129, 213 



Northampton, Earl of, 138, 353 



North Cape, 58, 86, 478, 502, 503 



North-east passage, 343 



Northmen, sea power of, 26, 28 



North Sea, 21, 22, 43, 246, 247, 382, 432, 

 434, 465, 466 n. ; fisheries, 43, 60, 87, 

 89, 130, 131, 133, 408, 470; Conference 

 at Hague on, 1881, 632 ; Fishery Con- 

 vention, 1882, 634, 637, 638, 639, 644. 

 721, 722, 725, 726, 735, 737 : defects in 

 definitions, 641 ; question of limit of 

 exclusive fishing on other coasts, 643, 

 644, 645, 646 ; Sweden and Norway 

 decline to join, 636 ; development of 

 trawling in, 69.9, 700 ; impoverishment 

 of fishing-grounds in, 706-710, 711, 738, 

 739 n. 



Northumberland, Earl of, 131, 243, 264, 

 266 n., 278, 279, 319, 320, 322, 323, 327, 

 379, 380, 388, 425, 426, 557 ; appointed 

 admiral of second ship-money Heet, 287 ; 

 instructions of Admiralty, '289, 290 ; 

 instructions from Charles, 295 ; pro- 

 ceedings of fleet in Channel, 290, 291 ; 

 proceedings of fleet against Dutch fisher- 

 men 295-3^0, 307-311 ; forces licenses 

 on Dutch fishermen, 12, 291, 296, 297, 

 298, 299, 300, 301, 308 ; appointed ad- 

 miral of the third ship-money fleet, 319 ; 

 appointed Lord High Admiral. 329 



Norway, 34, 45, 169 n., 339, 527 ; area of 

 fishing-grounds, 738 : Customs jurisdic- 

 tion, 594 : declines three-mile limit, 633, 

 678 ; declines to adhere to North Sea 

 Convention, 636, 783 ; disputes with 



