PETERS, J.
An ancient principle of the common law is that "the title in the soil of the sea, or of arms of the sea, below ordinary high water mark . . . is held subject to the public right, jus publicum, of navigation and fishing." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho,
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