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latter to a fine of at least eight shillings (10 francs), or to imprisonment 

 for at least two days. They may, moreover, condemn the offenders to 

 pay adequate compensation for the injury. 



Article XXXI. 



Fishing boats of either of the two countries shall be admitted to sell 

 their fish in such ports of the other country as may be designated for 

 that purpose, on condition that they conform to the regulations mutually 

 agreed upon. Those regulations, together with a list of the ports, are 

 annexed to the present Convention ; but without prejudice to the 

 opening by either country of any additional ports. 



Article XXXII. 



The fishing boats of the one country shall not enter within the fishery 

 limits fixed for the other countiy, except under the following circum- 

 stances : — 



5. When proceeding to any of the ports of the other country open to 

 them for the sale of fish in accordance with the preceding Article ; but 

 in such case they shall never have oyster dredges on board. 



Article XXXIII. 

 When fishing boats, availing themselves of the privilege specified in 

 Article XXXI., shall have oysters on board, they shall not carry any 

 dredges or other implement for taking oysters. 



At Paris, the 11th November, 1867. 



(l.s.) Lyons. 

 (l.s.) Moustier. 



APPENDIX B. 



Decree. 



Napoleon, by the grace of God and the national will, Emperor of the 

 French, 



To all present and to come, greeting. 



Considering the law of the 9th January, 1852, on the coast fisheries ; 



Considering the decrees of the 4th July, 1853, and the 19th November, 

 1859; 



Considering the recommendation of the permanent commission of 

 fisheries, 



On the report of our minister, the Secretary of State for the Marine 

 and Colonies ; 



The Admiralty understood ; 



We have decreed and decree as follows : — 



Art. 1. Fishing for all crustaceous and shell fish, except oysters, is 

 permitted all the year, at a distance of three miles from low-water mark. 

 Oyster dredging is permitted from the 1st September to the 30th April, 

 on banks outside bays, or on banks situated three miles from the shore, 

 with every description and tonnage of vessel. 



Fishermen are called upon to observe, in the seas between the coasts 

 of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the 

 prescriptions of the convention of the 2nd August, 1839, and of the 

 international rules of the 23rd June, 1843. 



- Art. 8. The prefects maritime fix by rules the time of the close and 

 open season for the oyster fishing on the beds within bays, and on those 

 beds situated within three miles of the coast. 



They will determine the banks that are to be dredged. . 



