Bering Sea Controversy

Bering Sea Controversy
Bering Sea Controversy Be"ring Sea Controversy A controversy (1886 -- 93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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