Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas

American fishermen American fishing American vessels barrels Bay of Fundy boats Boston bounty Britain Brunswick Canada Cape Ann Cape Breton Captain captured catch citizens claim coast of Nova cod-fishery colonial colonists commenced convention of 1818 crew crown cure fish despatch dollars duty employed England English exclusive exported fish fisheries fishing grounds fishing vessels fishing-grounds foreign France French governor Gulf of St Halifax harbors headland hundred important inhabitants John Labrador land Lawrence Lord Aberdeen mackerel Magdalene islands Maine Majesty Majesty's government Marblehead Massachusetts master ment merchants minister naval navigation Newfoundland Nova Scotia officers Parliament peace persons pickled Plymouth port possession province quintals remarks right of fishing sail salt says schooner season Secretary seized seizure sent ships shore stipulations Strait of Canso thousand three miles tion town trade treaty of 1783 treaty of 1818 treaty of Utrecht undersigned United voyage