CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



THE SITUATION IN I903 METHODS AND page 



VALUE OF THE FISHERIES ... XV 



PART I.— THE DEVELOPMENT OF 

 MODERN LEGISLATION 



CHAPTER I 



THE FISHERIES IN 1 863 . . . . 3 



CHAPTER II 



THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF 1 863 . . 1 7 



CHAPTER III 



THE TRAWLING COMMISSION . . . 29 



CHAPTER IV 



THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS . . 44 



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