It is agreed by the high contracting parties that British subjects
shall have, in common with the citizens of the United States, the
liberty, for the term of years mentioned in Article XXXIII of this
treaty, to take fish of every kind, except shellfish, on the eastern
seacoasts and shores of the United States north of the thirty-ninth
parallel of north latitude, and on the shores of the several islands
thereunto adjacent, and in the bays, harbors, and creeks of the said
seacoasts and shores of the United States and of the said islands,
without being restricted to any distance from the shore, with
permission to land upon the said coasts of the United States and of
the islands aforesaid, 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 the fishermen of the United States
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 salmon and shad fisheries, and all other
fisheries in rivers and mouths of rivers, are hereby reserved
exclusively for fishermen of the United States.