Which preposition to use with fisheries

of Occurrences 22%

"To prove this, I will introduce in evidence Captain Carg of Sangoa, who recently arrived at Santa Monica Bay with the last proceeds of the pearl fisheries of the island.

on Occurrences 17%

"I realize that, your honor; but my client deems it wise to keep the location of his island a secret, because he has valuable pearl fisheries on its shores.

in Occurrences 16%

THE OYSTER FISHERY.The oyster fishery in Britain is esteemed of so much importance, that it is regulated by a Court of Admiralty.

at Occurrences 7%

The negotiations commenced with the Argentine Republic relative to the outrages committed on our vessels engaged in the fisheries at the Falkland Islands by persons acting under the color of its authority, as well as the other matters in controversy between the two Governments, have been suspended by the departure of the chargé d'affaires of the United States from Buenos Ayres.

under Occurrences 5%

SEE Deak, Francis. Protection of coastal fisheries under international law.

from Occurrences 2%

At one time, the Recorder said the witness must be white; at another, that one respectable witness was insufficient; at another, that a person who had been (improperly) confined and released, was not a competent witness, &c. &c. Lonnon has been employed in the South Sea fishery from Nantucket and New Bedford, nearly all his life; has sailed on those voyages in the ships Eagle, Maryland, Gideon, Triton, and Samuel.

for Occurrences 2%

The Sulu Seas are comparatively little frequented by them, as they are unable to dispose of the produce of their fisheries for want of a market, and fear the exactions of the Datus.

with Occurrences 2%

M'Leod mentioned his schemes for carrying on fisheries with spirit, and that he would wish to understand the construction of boats.

within Occurrences 1%

There are thirteen fisheries within ten miles of Philadelphia; allowing only eight sundays in the season, and ten thousand shads lost in each of the twenty-four hours, a very moderate calculation, the aggregate loss to Philadelphia, and the adjacent country, is eighty thousand fish, weighing five pounds each, on an average.

along Occurrences 1%

There are many lobster fisheries along the rocky parts of our coast.

among Occurrences 1%

They are also very frequently employed in the bêche de mer or trepang fisheries among the islands to the south.

as Occurrences 1%

It is a fact worthy of consideration that all maritime nations have looked to their fisheries as the nursery of hardy seamen for the merchant service in time of peace and for the navy in time of war, and as a great question of national policy (aside from the inducement to encourage this branch of business as an unfailing source of natural wealth)

by Occurrences 1%

[Footnote 13: Relating to the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, St. John, and other large rivers, and to the free enjoyment of the British North American fisheries by United States citizens.

over Occurrences 1%

Such a station is highly necessary to the convenience and effectiveness of our fleet in that ocean, which must be expected to increase with the growth of commerce and the rapid extension of our whale fisheries over its waters.

than Occurrences 1%

They thought more of our right to the North Atlantic fisheries than of our ownership of the Mississippi valley; they were more interested in the fate of a bank or a tariff than in the settlement of the Oregon boundary.

against Occurrences 1%

The story had to do with the defense of seal fisheries against the Japs, and Jones was sure that a Japanese seal-poaching boat had bombed them.

Which preposition to use with  fisheries