Definition of Bering Sea Controversy
Be´ring Sea Controversy
1.
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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