154 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Art. XXXVIII. It is forbidden to all fishermen to load the lower parts of mackerel drift nets 
with leads or stones. 
Art. XXXIX. Boats going to fish for mackerel with drift nets are required, when they shall arrive 
on the fishing ground, to lower all sails, to show that they have taken their berths. 
Art. XL. The boats mentioned in the preceding article shall keep three-quarters of a mile at least 
apart from one another when they shoot their nets. 
Art. XLI. The meshes of nets known by the name of bratt nets shall not be less than four inches 
and one-third (eleven centimétres French) square, from knot to knot, along the line. 
Art. XLII. The meshes of the middle nets of trammels shall be at least two inches (five centimétres 
French) square, from knot to knot, along the line. 
The meshes of both of the outer nets of trammels shall be at least six inches (fifteen centimétres 
French) square, from knot to knot, along the line. 
Art. XLIII. Fishermen using bratt nets, trammels, and other set or anchored nets, shall place 
buoys on such nets, in order that vessels sailing in those places may avoid them. 
Art. XLIV. Such bratt nets, trammels, or other set or anchored nets shall not, except in unavoid- 
able cases, remain more than twenty-four hours in the sea without being taken up. 
Art. XLV. Oyster fishing shall open on the first of September, and shall close on the thirtieth of 
April. : 
Art. XLVI. From the first of May to the thirty-first of August no boat shall have on board any 
dredge or other implement whatsoever for catching oysters. 
Art. XLVII. It is forbidden to dredge for oysters between sunset and sunrise. 
Art. XLVIII. The fishermen shall cull the oysters on the fishing ground, and shall immediately 
throw back into the sea all oysters less than two and a half inches (six centimetres French) in the 
greatest diameter of the shell, and also all sand, gravel, and fragments of shells. 
Art. XLIX. It is forbidden to throw into the sea on oyster fishing grounds the ballast of boats, 
or any other thing whatsoever which might be detrimental to the oyster fishery. 
Art. L. For the purpose of distinguishing by day drift-net fishing boats from trawl boats, both 
shall carry at the masthead vanes, which shall be at least eight inches (twenty centimétres French) in 
height and two feet (sixty-one centimétres) in length. 
The colours of these vanes shall be, for— 
British trawl boats, red. 
French trawl boats, blue. 
British drift boats, white and red. 
French drift boats, white and blue. 
It is understood that the vanes of drift boats shall be divided vertically into two equal parts, of 
which the white shall be nearest to the mast. 
Arr. LI. It is forbidden to all other fishing boats to carry vanes similar to those mentioned in the 
preceding Article. 
Art. LII. It is forbidden to all boats to anchor between sunset and sunrise on grounds where 
herring or mackerel drift-net fishing is going on. 
This prohibition does not apply to anchorages which may take place in consequence of accidents or 
any other compulsory circumstances, but in such case the master of the boat thus obliged to anchor shall 
hoist, so that they shall be seen from a distance, two lights placed horizontally about three feet (one 
métre French) apart, and shall keep these lights up all the time the boat shall remain at anchor. 
Art. LIII. In order that boats fishing with drift nets may be easily recognized at night, the masters 
of these boats shall hoist on one of their masts two lights, one over the other, three feet (one métre 
French) apart. 
These lights shall be kept up during all the time their nets shall be in the sea between sunset and 
sunrise. 
Art. LIV. All fishermen are forbidden, except in cases of absolute necessity, to show lights under 
any other circumstances than those mentioned in the present Regulations. 
Art. LV. The meshes of the various nets before mentioned shall be of the prescribed dimensions, 
measured when the net is wet. 
Art. LVI. It is forbidden to use nets for any other kind of fishing than that for which each of those 
nets may be lawfully employed, with respect to the size of its meshes, or of its fittings. 
