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OBVIOUSLY, Eugene. Marine Herbs: Use - Regulations

Paris & Saint-Brieuc: Arthur Rousseau & Francisque Guyon, 1909. vi-425 pages 

Paperback (missing the top of the title page roughly torn to erase the name of the dedicatee, only the author's signature remains, a copy largely uncut, without spots or freckles). Very good state. Format 16.5 x 25 cm. 

Thesis

Content: 

Introduction

I. General Notions: 

Definition and etymology of words: kelp, sart, seaweed

General information on algae: basic notions of botany and classification

II. Use of Marine Algae: 

Role of algae in the general economy of nature

Role of algae from the point of view of hygiene and medicine

Role of algae in food:

Human food 

Animal feed

Role of algae in heating

Role of algae in industry:

Various industries 

Industry of "chondrus crispus" or white lichen 

Commercial use of eelgrass or strawberry

Industry use of kelp soda: before the discovery of iodine - after the discovery of iodine

Use of seagrass in agriculture

III. Legislation Relating to the Harvesting of Sea Herbs: 

1. History of the Legislation: 

From the origin to the Revolution

From the Revolution to the decrees of July 4, 1853

Decrees from July 4, 1853 to the present day (law of January 9, 1852 and decrees of July 4, 1853 - from the decree of February 8, 1868 to the present day)

2. Current State of Legislation Relating to the Harvesting of Sea Herbs: 

Shore Goemons: 

- The privilege of the harvest and the people called upon to participate in it (right of the inhabitants - right of fairground owners - right of foreigners admitted or not to establish their domicile in France - Nature of the right that the inhabitants of neighboring municipalities and the owners have land located in these municipalities for the cutting of shore seaweed - rights of owners and farmers - provisions relating to seaweed adjacent to the interior of fisheries and shellfish deposits)

- Regulations (setting the time of harvest, municipal decrees - regulations in use in Plouézoch and Plougrescant - use of notices - delimitation of the place of harvest - sale of seaweed to fairgrounds and transport outside the territory of the municipality - provisions not repealed by the decree of 1868)

Seaweeds growing in the sea

Wrecked Goemons

Provisions common to all seaweeds

Procedure (finding of offenses - jurisdiction and prosecution)

Penalties

3. Modification of the Regulations Currently in Force: 

Modification requested by "a group of industrialists" and by the inhabitants of various towns in the north-west of Finistère (Analysis of a "Note relating to the regulation of sea grasses" published by the said manufacturers. The General Council of Finistère refuses to join this request. Report on the matter)

Various questions to be resolved before taking sides in the discussion (Does the harvest of seagrass have a significant influence on the conservation of spawning and young fish? Could an excessive cutting of sea grasses cause the destruction of these same grasses)

Critical examination of the "note" of industrialists

Conclusion

Statistics : 

Results of the harvest of sea grasses (kelp, seaweed, strawberry, lichen, etc.) published by the Ministry of the Navy, year 1905, coastal fishing, shore fishing

Judgments rendered by the correctional courts of Saint-Brieuc and Lannion concerning contraventions relating to the harvesting of seagrass

Bibliography

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Keywords : MARINE, MARINE UNIVERSE, MARITIME SCIENCES, NATURAL HISTORY, NATURAL SCIENCES, LAW, ALGAE, GOEMON, VARECH, SART, HARVEST, PECHE, GOEMONIER, HISTORY, FRANCE, BRITTANY