FlSlI IN AN ECOVOMIC POINT OF VIEW . . ' . .' ^^ 



Till! iiroporruiii of [leiaons wlio use fish aa food — Local muiUeU iiisutti- 

 cifiilly &ii|>i>licJ. 



The riiicsn-WATFi! fisukuies . . . . .10 



How wasleliil iiijiuiis to fislieries commeuce — BioeJing fisli aiiJ fry 

 wastel'ully Ji'slioyuil —Tin; siipiily of fish in tin; watois ilecreasiiig — 

 To wlioiii tlic li-ilicrie.s lioioiij,' — Wliy Biitibli lules ami re^nilutioiis 

 liavo a ilisustioiLs oll'ei't on lislioiios — How lidlicrio!) wui'u woikuil 

 uinUi' luilivo nilois — How tliey are Ucatetl imJui' Biitisli law. 



'rill! KiSIIKUJIliN ...... ■!'•* 



Wlio the fishunuen ai'C — How fislieries arc worlied. 



FlXFD ENGINES ...... 5V 



What fixed onjjincs are — Those made of elastic materials — Those of 

 nou-elastic substances, and weirs — Fixed traps. 



MOVHIIII.E lIsniNQ IMPLEMENTS ..... Ii5 



Comiiosed of elastic or non-elastic substances — The smallest size of 

 the mesh of nets employed — Seasons when diilurent meshes are 

 nsed — Kll'ect of ref,'nlatini3' the minimum size of tlie mesh of nets — 

 Dannninj; waters for fibhinij purposes — Diverting rivers or streams — 

 Watrrs may he poisoned — Sometimes solely to obtain the li^h — 

 Minor modes of fishinjj. 



Vehmin wnirn destroy fish . . . . .80 



Crocodile.-, as vermin — The fish-eating crocodile — Theeomraou crocodile — 

 Otters as vermin — Minor fish-destroying vermin. 



OBjmrrioNS To LEGAL action BEING taken . . . .8.5 



Primary objections — Divine reasons — General objections — Legal objec- 

 tions — Regulations deemed unnecessary — Zoological objections — 

 Political objections — Social objections — Fiabcinien's objections — 

 Trading objections — Result of want of regulations elsewhere. 



Suggestions AS TO WHAT legal STEPS ARE NECEssABY . . <it 



Reasons why such are desirable — General reasons — Regidations pro- 

 posed — A necessity for restricting the miniumm size of the mesh 

 of nets — Minimum size proposed — Prohibiting the sale of the fry 

 of fish in bazars — Further proposals. 



FisHEUY Laws of Gbeat Bhttain . . . .101 



Fishery laws of Great Britain — Right of fishing — Nature of right of 

 fishing — Rightof property' in a fishery — Fishing weirs when legal — 

 Fixed engines — Size of mesh of nets in England — Laws for the 

 preservation of fry in England — Other illegal modes of fishing — 

 Poisoning waters — Fish roe — Weelily close time — Close season and 

 prohibition of fixed engines — Taking unclean fish — Spawning 

 salmon — All fishing amenable to the general laws— Boards of 

 conservators — Weirs and fish passes — Remedies that have been 

 tried — Beneficial results that have ensued. 



Results OF this ENQUinv . . . , .110 



PUOPOSITIONS AS TO WHAT ACTION IS NECESSAUY . ' . , 112 



Legal action re<piired. 



A o EN EUAL Fishery Act ..... uj 



One necessary — Skeleton of Act. 



BveLaws OR Local Acts ..... HI 



Local regulations — Keuce months — Regulating the minimum size of 

 the nush of nets — Minor modes of fishing — Vermin— Who is to 

 pay for regulations, if any are to be carried outi' 



