APPENDIX. 



APPENDIX A. 



Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, 

 relative to Fisheries in the Seas between Great Britain and 

 France. 



Article III. 



The arrangements of the present Convention shall apply beyond the 

 fishery limits of both countries, as denned by the preceding articles, to 

 the seas surrounding and adjoining Great Britain and Ireland, and 

 adjoining the coasts of France between the frontiers of Belgium and 

 Spain. The rules respecting oyster fishery shall, however, be observed 

 only in the seas comprised within the limits hereinafter described. 



Article X. 



Fishing of all kinds, by whatever means and at all seasons, may be 

 carried on in the seas lying beyond the fishery limits which have been 

 fixed for the two countries, with the exception of that for oysters, as 

 hereinafter expressed. 



Article XI. 



From the 16th of June to the 31st of August inclusive, fishing for 

 oysters is prohibited outside the fishery limits which have been fixed for 

 the two countries, between a line drawn from the North Foreland light 

 to Dunkirk, and a line drawn from the Land's End to Ushant. 



During the same period and in the same part of the channel, no boat 

 shall have on board any oyster dredge, unless the same be tied up and 

 sealed by the Customs authorities of one of the two countries in such a 

 manner as to prevent its being made use of. 



Article XXIY. 



All infractions of the regulations concerning the placing of boats on 

 the fishing ground, the distances to be observed between them, the 

 prohibition of oyster fishing during a portion of the year, and concern- 

 ing every other operation connected with the act of fishing, and more 

 particularly concerning circumstances likely to cause damage, shall be 

 taken cognizance of by the cruisers of either nation, whichever may be 

 the nation to which the fishermen guilty of such infractions may belong. 



Article XXIX. 



In both countries the competent court or magistrate shall be 

 empowered to condemn to a fine of at least eight shillings (ten francs), 

 or to imprisonment for at least two days, persons who may infringe the 

 regulations of the Convention concerning — 



1. The close season for oysters, and illegal possession of dredges on 

 board during that season ; &c. 



Article XXX. 



In all cases of assault committed or of damage or loss inflicted at sea 

 by fishermen of either country upon fishermen of the other country, the 

 courts of the country to which the offenders belong shall condemn the 



