1 84 NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU 



OTTERS, BEAVERS AND FOXES. 



No person shall hunt beavers or export beaver skins till October ist, 1913. 



No person shall, in any year, take, kill, wound or destroy any otter or 

 beaver between the ist day of April and the ist day of October, under a penalty 

 of $25 or imprisonment not exceeding one month. 



Any person who shall purchase, receive or have in his possession any skin 

 or carcass of a beaver killed or taken in violation of the law, shall be liable to a 

 penalty for a first offence, not exceeding $200, or in default, imprisonment not 

 exceeding two months ; and for a second offence shall be imprisoned for six 

 months with hard labour. 



Possession of a carcass or skin of a beaver shall \)& prima fade evidence of a 

 violation of this Act. 



No person shall hunt foxes from March 15th to October 15th in any year. 



TROUT AND SALMON. 



No person shall catch, kill, capture or take any salmon, trout or inland 

 water fishes in any river, stream, brook, pond, lake or estuary in Newfoundland 

 by any other means except rod, hook and line. 



No person shall by spearing, sweeping or hauling with any net or seine, 

 take or attempt to take any salmon, trout or inland water fish, and the use of 

 lime, explosives or other deleterious compounds for killing or catching fish 

 of any description is prohibited. 



In every mill-dam, rack or framework erected or built across any pond, 

 lake, river, brook or stream where salmon and trout have been known to enter, 

 there shall be put a proper pass-way or fish-ladder not less than four feet in 

 width, capable of allowing salmon or trout of any size to. enter the waters above. 

 Any logs or timber of any description which may be so placed as to impede the 

 passage of salmon or trout in a river or stream shall be instantly removed, and 

 no sawdust or mill rubbish of any kind shall be cast into any pond, lake, river, 

 brook, stream or watercourse. 



No person shall catch, kill or take any salmon or trout in any river, brook, 

 stream, pond or lake in this Colony between the 15th September and the 

 1 5th January next following in any year. 



No person shall buy or sell or have in possession any salmon or trout 

 which have been taken contrary to these rules, and every salmon or trout so 

 taken may be forfeited to the complainant by any Justice. 



No person not being a resident of this Colony or its dependencies or not 

 having a fixed place of domicile therein shall take or fish for any salmon, sea- 

 trout, ouananiche, trout or charr, or any fish inhabiting or resorting to the inland 

 waters or estuaries of this Island or its Dependencies, unless such person shall 

 first have taken out and obtained an Inland Fishery License. Provided, never- 

 theless, that this section shall not apply to officers of His Majesty's ships upon 

 service on or visiting this station. 



