drift-fish right

drift-fish right
the allocation of the right to collect fish washed on shore, e.g. in 12 century Iceland where this fishery was crucial to survival in late winter when food supplies ran low and sea fishing was not possible because of the adverse weather conditions

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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