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FISHERY REGULATIONS. 



With the exception of a local Act^ relating to the 

 management of the scan fishery for pilchards at St. 

 Ives, and the Act^ establishing close- time for herrings 

 on part of the west coast of Scotland, the only regula- 

 tions which now affect the working of the sea fisheries 

 of Grreat Britain are those embodied in the Sea Fisheries 

 Act, 1868,^ and in the Order in Council of the 18th 

 of June, 1869,'* relating to the lettering, numbering, 

 and registration of sea -fishing boats under that Act. 

 These regulations, unless otherwise mentioned, apply 

 to the whole of the British Islands, and therefore in- 

 clude Ireland; but the Fisheries (Ireland) Act, 1869,^ 

 gives the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries power to make 

 byelaws in addition for that country, or to alter, amend, 

 or repeal them when they think it expedient or neces- 

 sary to do so, subject to the approval of the Lord 

 Lieutenant in Council, and an appeal to him in Council. 

 The Sea Fisheries Act, 1868, for carrying into effect 

 a Convention between England and France, and for 

 amending the laws relating to British sea fisheries, 

 came into force in this country on the 1st of February, 

 1869, and applies to the whole of the British Islands 

 except in the case of oyster fisheries, a subject which has 

 been largely discussed by other writers, and has there- 

 fore been only incidentally noticed in the present work. 

 The British Islands are thus defined in Section 5 : — 

 " The term ' British Islands ' includes the United 



' 4 & 5 Vict., c. 57. ' 28 & 29 Vict., c. 22. ' 31 & 32 Vict., c. 45. 

 * tSee Appemlix. ^ 32 & 33 Vict., c. 92. 



