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Bering Sea Controversy
Webster's Dictionary
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bering Sea Controversy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bering-sea-controversy.html. 1828.