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Fishery, the right to take fish. Fisheries are either free, common, or several. A free fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in a public river, and is a royal franchise, Common of fishery, or common of piscary, is the right of fishing in another man's water. A several fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in another man's water, and he that has it, according to Blackstone, 'must also be the owner of the soil' (2 Bl. Com. 40). This position of Blackstone, however, has been questioned, and the distinction between the various kinds of fishery is not clear; see Hrg. Co. Litt. 122 a, n. 7; Holford v. Bailey, (1846) 8 QB 1000; 13 ib. 426; Marshall v. Ulleswater Steam navigation Co., (1863) 3 B&S 732; Chesterfield (Earl) v. Harris, (1908) 2 Ch 397; 1911 AC 623; Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters; Leake on Uses and Profits of Land. No right can exist in the public to fish in an inland non-tidal lake, O'Neil v. Johnston, (1909) 1 Ir R 237.The fishing rights of the lord of the manor...
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of (English). The Board of Agriculture, created by the Board of Agriculture Act, 1889, to take over the powers of the Privy Council as to the diseases of animals, and of the Land Commissioners under the Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Acts, etc., had transferred to it by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1903, the powers of the Board of Trade under the Salmon Fishery Act, 1861, the Sea Fisheries Regulations Act, 1868, and other Fishery Acts, and took the style of 'The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.' There is power to appoint two secretaries, who can sit and vote in the House of Commons. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919, replaced the Board and its President by a Minister and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Board had in fact never met, but its opinions had been those of its permanent officials and of its President. See Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1909, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act,...
Seal fisheries
Seal fisheries. The (English) Seal Fishery Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 18), was passed to enable a close time to be established by Order in Council for the seal fishery in the seas adjacent to the eastern costs of Greenland. The area to which the Act applies is specified in a schedule to the Act. See also the Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Acts, 1895 and 1912, and the Grey Seals Protection Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 23), establishing a close season from 1st September to 31st December for grey seals in England and Scotland...
Salmon Fishery
Salmon Fishery. See the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923, and the Amendment Act of 1929, which consolidated prior legislation, and FISHERY....
Fishery harbour
Fishery harbour, is a small harbour which, in the opinion of the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, is principally used by the fishing industry, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 36, para 401, p. 230....
Greenland fisheries
Greenland fisheries. See SEAL FISHERY ACT, 1875....
Several fishery
Several fishery is where a person has an exclusive right to fish, either on his own soil or the soil of another. See FISHERY....
Common of fishery
Common of fishery, is a liberty of fishing in another man's waters in common with certain other person. It may be held as either appurtenant to a house or land (but not to a pasture), or in gross, but it appurtenant may not be without stint, Halsbury's Laws of England, para 617, p. 262....
Corporeal fishery
Corporeal fishery, may be owned by one who owns no land adjacent to it, Marshall v. Ullerwater Steam Navigation Co., (1863) 3 B&S 732 (UK)....
Fishing, 'fisheries'
Fishing, 'fisheries', See K.S.M.T Federation v. K.T. Boat Operators Association, (1994) SCC 28. [Constitution of India Sch. VII, List I Entry 57 and List II Entry 21)...
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