LEGAL ASPECTS OF FISHERIES S^ 



by the Board of Trade, were transferred to the 

 Fishery Board.^ 



The patrimonial rights of the Crown, however, 

 are still intrusted to the keeping of the Com- 

 missioners of Woods and Forests. The powers of 

 the Fishery Board are those of management and 

 regulation. 



Specific grant of mussel or oyster fishings has, 

 therefore, to be procured, in Scotland, by charter, 

 from the Fishery Board, who receive consent from 

 the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. 



Statutes regulating Mussel fisJiing. 



Act lO and ii Vict. c. 92 is entitled 'An Act 

 for the Protection of Mussel Fisheries in Scotlarid. 

 [22nd July 1847].' 



It will be found in full in Appendix \ pp. 93, 94. 

 By this Act persons unlawfully taking mussels 

 from mussel beds are declared guilty of theft, and 

 liable to imprisonment not exceeding the term of 

 one year. 



Also, persons fishing or trespassing in any 

 mussel fishery are deemed guilty of attempt to 

 commit theft, and are subject to fine or imprison- 

 ment. 



' By the Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1885 {48 

 _and 49 Vict. c. 70 § ii). 



