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The Sovereignty of the Sea: An Historical Account of the Claims of England to the Dominion of the British Seas, and of the Evolution of the Territorial Waters; With Special Reference to the Rights of Fishing and the Naval Salute (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1911), by Thomas Wemyss Fulton
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Mare clausum : Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der rivaliteit van Engeland en Nederland in de zeventiende eeuw. (F. Muller, 1872), by S. Muller and Hugo Grotius (page images at HathiTrust)
Fishery investigations (H.M. Stationery Office, 1913), by Fisheries and Food Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
The economic condition of fishermen (W. Clowes and sons, ltd., 1883), by Leone Levi (page images at HathiTrust)
Pearls & parasites (J. Murray, 1908), by A. E. Shipley (page images at HathiTrust)
Fish-culture: a practical guide to the modern system of breeding and rearing fish. (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863), by Francis Francis (page images at HathiTrust)
The unappreciated fisher folk, their round of life and labour (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1883), by James Glass Bertram and London. 1883 (page images at HathiTrust)
The royal fishery companies of the seventeenth century (J. Maclehose and Sons, 1912), by John Rawson Elder (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Deep-sea fishing and fishing-boats. (E. Stanford, 1874), by Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
The sea-fishing industry of England and Wales; a popular account of the sea fisheries and fishing ports of those countries (E. Stanford, 1904), by Frederick G. Aflalo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Notes on the sea fisheries and fishing population of the United Kingdom. Arising from information and experience gained during three years; command of the naval reserves. (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1883), by Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred and London. 1883 (page images at HathiTrust)
Oysters and disease; an account of certain observations upon the normal and pathological histology and bacteriology of the oyster and other shellfish. (George Philip & Son, 1899), by W. A. Herdman and Rubert Boyce (page images at HathiTrust)
British fishing and coastal craft; historical review and descriptive catalogue (H. M. Stationery off., 1937), by Science Museum (Great Britain) and Geoffrey Swinford Laird Clowes (page images at HathiTrust)
A national fisheries society (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1883), by Charles Edward Fryer (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical fisherman's congress comprising the following subjects: destruction of immature fish; harbour accomodation; better means for prevention of loss of life at sea; railway rates; fishing vessels' lights. (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
The harvest of the sea, : including sketches of fisheries & fisher folk, (J. Murray, 1873), by James Glass Bertram (page images at HathiTrust)
Sea fisheries (E. Stanford, 1877), by E. W. H. Holdsworth and Archibald Young (page images at HathiTrust)
The British fish trade (W. Clowes and sons, ltd., 1883), by Spencer Walpole (page images at HathiTrust)
Principles of fishery legislation (W. Clowes and sons, ltd., 1883), by G. Shaw-Lefevre Eversley (page images at HathiTrust)
Fishing boats & barges from the Thamas to Land's End (John Lane, 1922), by Walter Wood and C. A. Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Miscellaneous publications. (H. M. Stat. Off., 1929), by Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Great Britain Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
The salmon fisheries of England, 1868, from authentic information obtained for the House of commons, to which is added valuable and exclusive information, extracted from the reports of the commissioners of fisheries in France, America, Norway, & Russia (Longmans, Green, & co.; [etc., etc., 1868), by Thomas Ashworth (page images at HathiTrust)
The English Lake district fisheries. (Routledge;, 1899), by John Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
The harvest of the sea. (A. Gardner, 1885), by James Glass Bertram (page images at HathiTrust)
The sea fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland: an account of the practical working of the various fisheries around the British Islands (E. Stanford, 1883), by E. W. H. Holdsworth (page images at HathiTrust)
The harvest of the sea : a contribution to the natural and economic history of the British food fishes (John Murray, 1865), by James Glass Bertram (page images at HathiTrust)
The harvest of the sea : a contribution to the natural and economic history of the British food fishes, with sketches of fisheries & fisher folk (J. Murray, 1869), by James Glass Bertram (page images at HathiTrust)
A view of the present state of the salmon and channel-fisheries : and of the statute laws by which they are regulated ... comprehending also the natural history and habits of the salmon ... together with the form of a new act, designed to remedy the evils so generally complained of; and an abstract of the evidence before the committee of the House of Commons upon the subject, with notes (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824), by J. Cornish (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the sea fisheries and fishing industries on the Thames Estuary. (Waterlow Bros. & Layton, 1903), by James Murie and Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
... The fishing industry (Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1922), by William Edward Gibbs (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the Grimsby Steam Trawler records, 1904-07 ([S.l., 1909), by Rosa M Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Plaice fisheries of the North Sea (H.M.S.O., 1908), by Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
British fisheries; their administration and their problems. A short account of the origin and growth of British sea-fishery authorities and regulations. (Williams & Norgate, 1905), by James Johnstone (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report of the Inspectors of Fisheries (England and Wales) for .. (H.M.S.O, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Second report of the Association for the relief of the manufacturing and labouring poor, relative chiefly to the general supply of fish in the metropolis and the interior. Established in May 1812. (J. Hatchard, 1815), by England) Association for the Relief of the Manufacturing and Labouring Poor (London (page images at HathiTrust)
The royal fishery companies of the seventeenth century (Printed for the University, 1912), by John Rawson Elder (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into the present state and means of improving the salmon fisheries; including a digest of the evidence taken by the a select committee of the House of commons. (J. Ridgway, 1827) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fish-culture: a practical guide to the modern system of breeding and rearing fish. (Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1865), by Francis Francis (page images at HathiTrust)
A general view of the fishery of Great Britain, drawn up for the consideration of the undertakers of the North British fishing, lately begun for promoting the general utility of the inhabitants and empire at large. (Printed for O. Kay [etc.], 1794), by John Lanne Buchanan (page images at HathiTrust)
The decked-welled fishing boat, and fisheries and fish market reform: being dialogues on these important subjects, with full information on the oyster question. (Printed for the author by Aird & Coghill, 1868), by Henry Dempster (page images at HathiTrust)
England's path to wealth and honour; : in a dialogue between an Englishman and a Ductchman. : To which is added, articles relating to the Dutch herring-fishery. (Printed for F. Cogan ..., 1750), by James Puckle (page images at HathiTrust)
Alongshore, where man and the sea face one another (The Macmillan company, 1910), by Stephen Sydney Reynolds (page images at HathiTrust)
Plan of national improvement, pointing out the means to render Great Britain independent of supplies of corn from abroad, to extend the British fisheries, and augment the military and naval strength of the empire without expense of inconvenience to the public. To which are added remarks on the several attempts that have been made to invade the British Islands and an exposition of Bonaparte's grand project to conquer Great Britain and Ireland; with observations on the present invasion of Hanover. (Sold by J. Budd, 1803) (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Committee appointed to inquire and report as to the best means by which the state of local authorities can assist scientific research as applied to problems affecting the fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland, together with minutes of evidence, appendix and index. (Printed for H. M. Stationery Off., by Wyman & Sons, Ltd., 1902), by Great Britain. Board of Trade Committee on Ichthyological Research and Colin Campbell Scott Moncrieff (page images at HathiTrust)
His Majesty's royal charter, granted on the eleventh day of October, 1750, in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King George the Second, for incorporating the Society of the free British fishery, with power to make by-laws, &c., for the improvement of the British white herring fisheries, and better regulation of the trade thereof: and for preventing frauds and impositions in the management of the same. (London, 1750), by Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II) (page images at HathiTrust)
The English Lake district fisheries. (Lawrence and Bullen, 1899), by John Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
Collected papers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries ... Sectional vol. no. 1- (Printed for His Majesty's stationery office, 1921), by Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the research work of the Board of agriculture and fisheries in relation to the plaice fisheries of the North sea ... (Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Darling & son, ltd., 1909), by Great Britain Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and Walter S. Masterman (page images at HathiTrust)
British fish and fisheries. (The Religous Tract Society, 1850), by W. Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
Fishes and fisheries of the Irish Sea; and especially of the Lancashire and western sea-fisheries district. (George Philip & Son, 1902), by W. A. Herdman and Robert A. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The beam-trawl fishery of Great Britain (Govt. print. off., 1889), by Joseph William Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
A review of the domestic fisheries of Great Britain and Ireland ... (Peter Hill and Co., 1818), by Robert Fraser (page images at HathiTrust)
An account of a supply of fish for the manufacturing poor (Printed for the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor, 1813), by Thomas Bernard and Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Plan for establishing a nursery for disbanded seamen and soldiers ... (Printed for G. and W. Nicol by J. Brettell, 1804), by John Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
Improvement of the fisheries. (Printed by R. Balfe, 1801), by John Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the importance of extending the British fisheries; containing a description of the Iceland fisheries, and of the Newfoundland fishery and colony; together with remarks and propositions for the better supply of the metropolis and the interior, with cured and fresh fish; elucidating also the necessity of encouraging and supporting commerce, and the general industry of the country. (Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1818), by S. Phelps (page images at HathiTrust)
A digest of the laws relating to the game of the kingdom: containing all the statutes now in force, respecting the different species of game; including those which have been made for the preservation of sea and river fish ... (Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, for Richardson and Urquhart, 1775), by John Paul and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
A dissertation on the public fisheries of Great Britain; explaining the rise, progress, and art of the Dutch fishery; and shewing ... that the establishment of a national fishery on similar principles will extinguish the poor's rate; afford universal employment; prevent the necessity of naval impress; increase trade; diminish taxes; supply constant and perpetual food; and augment the wealth of the nation annually twenty millions of pounds; with the method proposed for effecting such establishment. (Printed by J. Tyler, for the author, 1813), by Henry Schultes (page images at HathiTrust)
The harvest of the sea : a contribution to the natural and economic history of the British food fishes (Appleton, 1866), by James Glass Bertram (page images at HathiTrust)
Oyster tattle and truthful digest of the Herne Bay, Hampton, & Reculver oyster fishery, read a third time and passed in the House of lords, with a few words upon existing oyster companies, and their vexatious opposition. (E. Faithful, 1864), by pseud Neptune (page images at HathiTrust)
Record of the proceedings of the Halifax fisheries commission, 1877. Appendices: A- (s.n., 1800), by Halifax Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Record of the proceedings of the Halifax fisheries commission, 1877. (s.n., 1800), by Halifax Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Record of the proceedings of the Halifax fisheries commission, 1877. Synopsis of oral testimony. (s.n., 1800), by Halifax Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Fisheries in the great war, being the report on sea fisheries for the years 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918, of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Parts I. and II. ... (H.M. Stationery Off., 1920), by Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
The British fishery recommended to Parliament : shewing the great importance of it to the trade and navigation of this kingdom ... with an exact map of the coasts of Great Britain, in which all the fishing stations, and those parts where the Dutch fleets fish for herrings, are describ'd. (Printed for and sold by A. Millar and J. Wilford, 1734), by Francis Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
The glory of Her sacred Majesty Queen Anne, in the royal navy, and her absolute sovereignty as empress of the sea, asserted and vindicated. Also a treatise of navigation and commerce: with some remarks of the Royal hospital at Greenwich; and improving the woollen manufactury [!] (Printed for the author, 1703), by Joseph Gander (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on the research work of the Board of agriculture and fisheries in relation to the plaice fisheries of the North Sea ... Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. (Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Darling & son, ltd., 1910), by Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Walter S. Masterman (page images at HathiTrust)
Fisheries / by E. W. H. Holdsworth. The law relating to fisheries (Lovell Print. and Pub. Co., 1879), by E. W. H. Holdsworth and Edmund Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
A Defence of the Dutch, against the imputations of fraud, cruelty, and perfidiousness shewing how Dutch industry may become profitable to Great Britain in the herring fishery; and this kingdom restored to a prosperous condition, by good oeconomy, and a more spirited policy, particularly with regard to the encroachments of France, and the untractableness of Spain : to which is added, A supplement, relative to the settlement of Nova Scotia. (Printed for R. Spavan ..., 1749) (page images at HathiTrust)
The natural history of commercial sea fishes of Great Britain and Ireland, with special reference to such parts of their natural history as bear upon their production and commerical use. (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1884), by W. Houghton (page images at HathiTrust)
The beam-trawl fishery of Great Britain : with notes on beam-trawling in other European countries. (G.P.O., 1889), by J. W. Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
The royal fishery companies of the seventeenth century (J. Maclehose and Sons, 1912), by John Rawson Elder (page images at HathiTrust)
The salmon clause in the indentures of apprentices. A paper read at a meeting of the Chester Archæological Society, Oct. 20th, 1896. (Chester, 1897), by T. N. Brushfield (page images at HathiTrust)
The recent controversy as to the British jurisdiction over foreign fishermen more than three miles from shore: Mortensen v. Peters ... (American Political Science Association], 1907), by Charles Noble Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
The Cornish pilchard fishery. (W. Lake, 1872), by J. C. O. and J. C. O. (page images at HathiTrust)
The deterioration of oyster and trawl fisheries of England: its cause and remedy. (E. Stock, 1880), by John Philip Hore and Edward Jex (page images at HathiTrust)
Decline of the salmon fishery in the river Dee. (G. R. Griffith, printer], 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
The commercial sea fishes of Great Britain. (W. Clowes and sons, limited, 1884), by Francis Day and England) International Fisheries Exhibition (1883 : London (page images at HathiTrust)
Our sea-fish and sea-food (Field & Tuer [etc.], 1887), by Edward William Lewis Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
A paper on the causes of the apparent diminution of fish in the river Thames; with remedial suggestions. (Harding [etc., 1881), by Thomas Crumplen (page images at HathiTrust)
The fisheries and fishmarkets of Great Britain. (Edinburgh co-operative printing company, 1874), by Henry Dempster (page images at HathiTrust)
Un tour sur le Dogger-Bank. (Bossard, 1918), by Henri Malo (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select committee of the House of lords on the sea fisheries bill <II.L.> : together with proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix [and Index]. (Wyman, 1904), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on Sea Fisheries Bill, James Hamiltin Abercorn, and Great Britain. Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the sea fisheries of the United Kingdom. (H.M.S.O., 1865), by Great Britain. Sea Fisheries Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Report (Galitzine, for the British Trawlers' Federation, in the 20th century), by British Trawlers' Federation. Distant Water Section (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Herring fishery (The Commissioners, in the 19th century), by Great Britain. Commissioners for the Herring Fishery (page images at HathiTrust)
Digest of the principal sections in the acts of Parliament relating to the Irish fisheries, with appendices. (Printed by Alexander Thorn, 1891), by Thomas Francis Brady (page images at HathiTrust)
The law relating to the salmon fisheries of England and Wales, as amended by the Salmon fishery act, 1873, incorporating the bye-laws, statutes and cases to November, 1876. (Butterworths; [etc., etc.], 1876), by John William Willis-Bund (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on the public right of fishing by angle or nets, in public navigable rivers in general, and the river Thames, in particular. (Printed and sold by G. Cannon, 1868), by pseud Piscator (page images at HathiTrust)
A few suggestions for restoring and preserving the salmon fisheries of Great Britain. (Harrison, 1855), by Henry Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
The Harleian miscellany. [Pamphlets and tracts on fisheries, etc., from the edition of 1744-46.] (London, 1744) (page images at HathiTrust)
The salmon fisheries of England, 1868 ... Partly from information published by order of the House of commons in the Fishery commissioners Reports on England, Wales and Ireland, &c. (Printed by Wm. Lewis, 1868), by Thomas Ashworth (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select committee of the House of lords on the sea fisheries bill <H. L.>; together with proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix [and Index] (Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Wyman and sons, limited, 1904), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select committee on sea fisheries bill, James Hamilton Abercorn, and Great Britain. Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
Fishery investigations. Series two (H.M.S.O., 1914), by Fisheries and Food Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Great Britain Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
Fishery investigations; Series one (H.M.S.O., 1913), by Fisheries and Food Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture, Great Britain. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Great Britain Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the scientific and statistical investigations now being carried on in relation to the fishing industry of the United Kingdom. (J. Truscott & Son, Ltd., 1908), by Great Britain. Committee on Fishery Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Departmental Committee on Inshore Fisheries, appointed by the president of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, to inquire into the present condition of the inshore fisheries, and to advise the board as to the steps which could with advantage be taken for their preservation and development. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, Ltd., 1914), by Great Britain. Committee on Inshore Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
The Harvest of the Sea: A contribution to the natural and economic history of the British food fishes, by James Glass Bertram (Gutenberg ebook)
The Fishing Industry, by William E. Gibbs (Gutenberg ebook)
Pearls & Parasites, by A. E. Shipley (Gutenberg ebook)
A discourse concerning the fishery within the British seas and other His Majesties dominions and more especially as it relates to the trade of the Company of the royal fishery of England, offered to consideration in order to subscriptions for raising a stock, for carrying on the affairs thereof upon the terms proposed. (London : Printed for the Company of the royal fishery of England, 1695), by Company of the Royal Fishery of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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