Why were French fishermen still permitted to fish along Newfoundland’s French Shore after 1713?

Under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, France formally recognized British sovereignty over the island of Newfoundland and agreed to vacate its garrison at Placentia.1

Despite relinquishing its territorial claims to the island, France retained the right to maintain a seasonal fishery along a specific stretch of the northeastern and western coasts, which became known as the French Shore. This arrangement allowed French fishermen to continue catching and drying fish in these areas, preserving their access to the region's valuable fishing grounds even after the formal transfer of political control to Great Britain.21