The fishery on the shores retained by Britain is in the next article not ceded, but recognized as a right inherent in the Americans, which though no longer British subjects, they are to continue to enjoy unmolested.
Hoar asserts that Americans have an inherent right to fish in certain waters, even after losing British subject status.
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