400 DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



Article XII I. 



" Boats fishing with drift nets shall carry on one 

 of their masts two lights, one over the other, 3 feet 

 (1 metre French) apart. 



" These lights shall be kept up during all the time 

 their nets shall be in the sea between sunset and sun- 

 rise. 



Article XIY. 



" Subject to the exceptions or additions mentioned in 

 the two preceding Articles, the fishing boats of tbe two 

 countries shall conform to the general rules respecting 

 lights which have been adopted by the two countries. 



Article XY. 



" Trawl boats shall not commence fishing at a less 

 distance than three miles from any boat fishing with 

 drift nets. 



*' If trawl boats have already shot their nets, they 

 must not come nearer to boats fishing with drift nets 

 than the distance above mentioned. 



Article XYI. 



" No boat fishing with drift nets shall shoot its nets 

 so near to any other boat which has already shot its 

 nets on the fishing ground as to interfere with its 

 operations. 



Article XYII. 



" No decked boat fishing with drift nets shall shoot 

 its nets at a less distance than a quarter of a mile 

 from any undecked boat which is already engaged in 

 fishing. 



