388 REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEES. 



Trawling with Sailing Vessels. 

 I. Trawling for Sea Fish, 



Northumberland District. — Trawling is prohibited. 



North-eastern District {Durham and Yorkshire). — Prohibited, 

 excepting in Bridlington Bay, between February 1st and September 

 1st ; beam not to exceed 22 ft., and net to be raised and cleared at 

 least every half-hour. 



Eastern District {Lincolnshire and north coast of Norfolk). — 

 In northern portion of district,* the length of trawl beam must 

 not exceed 22 ft., and the net must be raised and cleared not less 

 than once in every hour. 



In southern portion of district i^ trawling is prohibited. 



Norfolk {east coast) and Suffolk. — No district, and therefore no 

 restrictions. 



Kent and Essex District. — No trawl net may be used having more 

 than 36 rows of knots to the linear yard. 



Sussex District. — No trawl net may be used having more than 30 



rows of knots to the yard. 

 Southern District {Rants and Dorset). — No restrictions. 

 Devon District. — Trawling is prohibited in the bays on the south 



coast. On the north coast there are no restrictions. 



Cornwall District. — No restrictions. 

 Glamorgan District (south coast of Wales). 



Mesh — not less than 1| inch gauge.J 



Circumference of net — not less than 100 meshes. 



Bectm — not greater than 40 feet, 



MiLFORD Haven District. — No restrictions. 



Western District {vjest coast of Wales). 

 Mesh — not less than 1| inch gauge. 

 Circumference of net — not less than 100 meshes. 

 Beam — not greater than 45 feet. 



* "That portion of the said disti'ict whicli lies to the westward of a line drawn true 

 north-east from the lightship known as tlie 'Lynn Well Light,' and to the northward of a 

 straight line drawn from Gibraltar Point to Gore Point." 



t "That portion of the said district which lies between a line dra^\^l true north- 

 nortli-east from the building standing upon Salthouse Beach, known as Randall's 

 Folly (or the Sailor's Refuge), and a line drawn true north-east from Cromer Light- 

 house." 



J " No person shall use any ti-awl net for taking sea fish, other than shrimps or pra\vns, 

 having a mesh through which a square gauge of 1| inches measured across each side of tlie 

 square, or G inches measured round the four sides, will not pass without pressure when the 

 pet is wet." 



