REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL SEA FISHERIES COMMITTEES. 395 



Lancashire District. — No cockles may be taken which pass through 

 an oblong gauge f inch broad and 2 inches long. They may be 

 taken only («) by hand, (b) with a craam having not more than 

 three teeth, (c) with other instruments under regulations which differ 

 in different parts of the district.* 



Periwinkles. — In the Sussex District periwinkles may not be taken 

 between April 1st and October 31st, and in the Southern District 

 not between May 1st and August 31st. In other districts no 

 regulations exist. 



Injurious Substances. 



Bye-laws prohibiting the deposit or discharge of any solid or liquid 

 substance detrimental to sea fish or sea fishing are in force in the 

 following districts : Kent and Essex, Sussex, Southern, Devon, and 

 Lancashire. 



* Bye-law 20. No person shall fish for cockles except — 

 {«) Bj' hand, or 



(b) AVith an instrument locally known as a craam, liaviuf,' not more than three teeth : 

 ])rovided that — 



(1) Between the 1st day of November and the last day of February following, both 

 inclusive, it shall be lawful to use an instrument locally known as the jumbo, not exceed- 

 ing 4 feet 6 inches in length, 14 inches in width, and 1 inch in thickness, provided that 

 such instrument shall be constructed entirely of wood, and shall not be dragged across the 

 cockle beds or artificially weighted. 



(2) In that part of the district which lies to the southward of a line drawn true west 

 from the mark known as " Kossall Landmark," near Fleetwood, it shall be lawful to use 

 a rake not exceeding 12 inches in width. 



(3) In that part of the district which lies between a straight line drawn seawards through 

 the north-west sea marks near Formby Point, and a line drawn true west from the western 

 extremity of the southern training wall in the river Ribble or Gut Channel, it shall be 

 lawful to use a spade. 



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