Name of Object:

Italian translation of the decree by the French Civil Affairs Superintendent (intendant civil) of Algeria, Louis-André Pichon, regulating coral fishing along the coasts of Algeria

Location:

Livorno, Italy

Holding Institution:

State Archives of Livorno

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Holding Institution (original language):

Archivio di Stato di Livorno

Date of Object:

3 March 1832

Description:

This decree imposed a heavy tax on foreign ships that fished corals near Algerian shores, while exempting French ships. The decree was translated into Italian in Livorno, an active coral fishing port town that was badly affected by this ruling. Coral fishing was an important economic activity in the Mediterranean. Algeria was the main fishing area for corals, especially after the depletion of Sardinian coral.

Type of Object

Decree (archival document)

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

ASLi, Governo civile e militare, b. 1105

Citation of this web page:

Cristina Francioli "Italian translation of the decree by the French Civil Affairs Superintendent (intendant civil) of Algeria, Louis-André Pichon, regulating coral fishing along the coasts of Algeria" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;20;en

Prepared by: Cristina Francioli
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 020