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Best general references: Free Seal Fisheries of Alaska, 50th Cong. 2d Session, H. R. No. 3883; New England Magazine...
Question: Has the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the Seal fisheries in Behring...
...United States has an historical right to exclusive jurisdiction over the seal fisheries in Behring Sea. a. The purchase of Alaska included all rights possessed by Russia at the time of its sale; Convention of 1824 and treaty of 1867, Articles 1 and 2 (in U. S. Treaties, p. 937-943). b. Russia's rights had been acquired by; 1, Discovery; Occupation; Unintercepted possession; Annual Register for 1822; Bancroft's History of the Pacific States XXVIII, p. 62 and passim...
...peculiar nature of the seal fisheries requires the assertion and exercise of the just claims of the United States; Free Seal Fisheries passim; House Ex. Dve. 450, 51st Cong., 1st Sessession, p. 57-60. a. The indiscriminate slaughter of seals would result in the extermination of the fisheries and the loss of the revenue derived from them; Fur Seal Fisheries, p. 7 and passim...
...United States cannot claim control of the seal fishery in Behring Sea on ground of having exclusive jurisdiction over the whole sea since the United States has no claim to such jurisdiction. a. On natural grounds, because sea cannot be defended from the shore; Wharton's Digest of Int. Law of U. S., Vol. III, ch. 2, sec. 26, 33; Schuyler's American Diplomacy, p. 404; Queen vs. Keyn, L. R., 2 Exch., Div. 63; Ortolan, Diplomatie de la Mer, Lib. 2, Ch. 7; Hautefeuilie Droits et Devoirs des Nations Neutres, Tom 1, tit. 1, ch. 3, sec. 1; Kluber...