It is agreed by the high contracting parties that, in addition to
the liberty secured to the United States fishermen by the convention
between the United States and Great Britain signed at London on the
20th day of October, 1818, of taking, curing, and drying fish on
certain coasts of the British North American colonies therein defined,
the inhabitants of the United States shall have, in common with the
subjects of Her Britannic Majesty, the liberty, for the term of years
mentioned in Article XXXIII of this treaty, to take fish of every
kind, except shellfish, on the seacoasts and shores and in the bays,
harbors, and creeks of the Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick, and the colony of Prince Edwards Island, and of the several
islands thereunto adjacent, without being restricted to any distance
from the shore, with permission to land upon the said coasts and
shores and islands, and also upon the Magdalen Islands, for the
purpose of drying their nets and curing their fish; provided that in
so doing they do not interfere with the rights of private property or
with British fishermen in the peaceable use of any part of the said
coasts in their occupancy for the same purpose.
It is understood that the above-mentioned liberty applies solely to
the sea fishery, and that the salmon and shad fisheries, and all other
fisheries in rivers and the mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved
exclusively for British fishermen.