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Fishery policy - Great Britain - History - 18th century

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    A discourse on the expediency of establishing fishing stations , or small towns, in the highlands of Scotland and the Hebride Islands. By John Knox, author of a view of the British Empire.

    Knox, John, 1720-1790. | Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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    The necessity of founding villages contiguous to harbours , for the effectual establishment of fisheries on the west coast of Scotland and the Hebrides. With a refutation of the reasoning on that subject of Robert Fall, Esq. of Dunbar, In A Pamphlet Addressed to the Committee of the House of Commons on the Fisheries. By a member of the Highland Society in London.

    Member of the Highland Society in London | Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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    A bill with the amendments To Amend and render more effectual the several Laws now in Force for encouraging the Fisheries carried on at Newfoundland, and Parts adjacent, from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe; and for granting Bounties, for a Time to be limited, on certain Terms and Conditions.

    Parliament of the United Kingdom | Date: 1786]

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