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-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 22 December 1998 01:58
Subject: Who owns the beaches??
 
 
>I have been wondering for some time if beaches can be privately owned in
>some countries?  In the States, Canada, Britain, Australia, NZ, and a
>lot of other countries, anything below the high-water line (as variously
>defined) is public property, and cannot be owned- which means that as
>long as one can reach it without trespassing, one can shell any
>non-restricted area to one's heart's content.  Is this true in most
>countries?  Does anyone know a country where this situation does not
>apply??
>
>-Ross M.