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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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Russian cruisers politely inspect whalers near Kamchatka, enforcing a three-league offshore fishing ban and asserting a 'closed sea' policy, surprising the fishermen who question the claim's basis.
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The fishing business in the vicinity of Kamchatka has encountered an unexpected disturbing force in the shape of a polite visitation from Russian cruisers inquiring into the nature of their cargoes and the object of their voyages; and reminding them of the fact that no fishing would be permitted within three marine leagues of the shore. It is admitted by whalers that nothing can exceed the courtesy of the Russian visitors, or the choice phraseology in which the warning was couched: but they express no less surprise at finding in the Kamchatkan waters that myth of publicists, a closed sea; and want to know the title of the new claim, and the ground of the new Russian policy.
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Kamchatka
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no fishing permitted within three marine leagues of the shore; whalers surprised by the closed sea claim and new russian policy
Event Details
The fishing business near Kamchatka is disturbed by polite visitations from Russian cruisers inquiring into cargoes and voyages, reminding whalers of the three-marine-league limit from shore. Whalers note the courtesy but express surprise at the closed sea enforcement and question the basis of the new claim.