WHAT ARE UNCLEAN AND UN- 

 SEASONABLE SALMON ? 



Undoubtedly, salmon are unclean from the 

 time their ova have reached that stage at which 

 they are commonly called gravid fish or baggits, 

 to the time when they return to sea as spent fish 

 after spawning. There are, however, different 

 opinions as to the true meaning of " unseasonable " 

 salmon. 



The word "unseasonable" is not uncommonly in- 

 terpreted as applicable to unclean salmon only, 

 which, not being fit for food, are, therefore, out of 

 season for the table ; that is to say, every fish 

 unfit to be eaten at table is regarded as an un- 

 seasonable salmon, and vice versa as regards a 

 seasonable salmon. But this could not have been 

 the meaning intended to be given to the word 

 ** unseasonable " by those who framed our Fishery 

 laws ; for, assuming that it is unlawful to kill or 



