COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 83 



FRANCE ONLY LEGISLATES FOR FOREIGNERS WITHIN 3 



MILES. 



The extent to which France claims to legislate for foreign Appendix, vol. 

 fishermen is now regulated by the Law of the 1st March, J-p-n^- , 

 1888. 



Article 1 says : 



La peche est interdite aiix bateaux strangers dans lea eaiix terri- 

 toriales de la France et de I'Algerie, en de^fi d'une limite qui est fixce 

 ti 3 uiilles uiarius an lar^e de la laisse de basse mer. 



'o^ 



Ibid. 



STATEMENT IN UNITED STATES CASE AS TO ALGERIAN 

 CORAL FISHERIES IS NOT VERIFIED BY PARTICULARS 

 OR EVIDENCE. 



The United States Case'i^roceeds : 



Numerous laws have also been enacted by France to protect and yj * i «•♦ ♦ 

 regulate the coral tislicries of Algeria, both as to natives and for- ^^^g" ^^235. 

 eiguers, and the coral beds so regulated extend at some points as far 

 as 7 miles into the sea. 



This is not verified by particulars or evidence. 



(R.)— Italy. 



The United States Case, after setting forth that there 

 are coral beds at various distances exceeding 3 miles from 

 tbe coasts of Sicily and Sardinia, says: 



At present all coral fishing is prohibited on tbese banks by Royal 

 Decree, for a designated period. 



The first of the laws set out in the Appendix, viz., that ibia Appen- 

 of the 4th March, 1877 (Article 1), says : 'ii^- ^"i- *• p- ^^s- 



The present law regulates the fisheries in the waters of the public 

 domain, and in tbe territorial sea. . . . The provisions contained 

 in the Merchant Marine Code, and in other laws relating to the water 

 police and navigation, remain unchanged, as regards the treatment of 

 foreigners, and as regards grants in the public domain and the terri- 

 torial sea. 



96 FOREIGNERS NOT SHOWN TO BE EXCLUDED FROM 



ITALIAN CORAL FISHERIES. 



The provisions referred to la the Merchant Marine Code 

 and elsewhere are not given ; nor does the United States 

 Case say that foreigners have ever been excluded in prac- 

 tice from the fisheries in question; or show that, as matter 

 of (;onstrnction, the alleged prohibition applies to any but 

 Italian subjects. 



(S.) — Worway. 



NORWEGIAN LAWS NOT SHOWN TO APPLY TO FOREIGNERS 



AT ALL. 



As to !N"orway, the United States Case says that the united states 

 principle of Contention (3.) is recognized in a Statute for ^''^^' ^' ^^^' 

 the protection of whales, "in Varanger Fiiird, an arm of 

 the open sea aboqt 32 marine miles in width.'' There is 

 nothing in the Norwegian laws set forth in the Appendix 

 to the United States Case to show that they apply to for- 

 eigners at all. If they do, then, as regards Varanger Fiord, 

 the question may be whether or not it belongs to the " inner 

 waters" of JSforway. 



