160 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
These letters and numbers shall be large enough to be easily distinguished. The owners of the nets 
or other fishing implements may further distinguish them by any private marks they judge proper. 
Arr. VII. The letters and numbers of British fishing boats shall, after having been entered in the 
registry book kept at the collectorship of Customs, be iriserted on the licences or other official papers of 
those boats. 
The letters and numbers of French fishing boats shall, after having been entered in the régistry 
book kept at the Maritime Registry Office, be inserted on the muster rolls of those boats. 
Arr. VIII. The licences or other official papers of British fishing boats, and the muster rolls of 
French fishing boats, shall contain the description and tonnage of each boat, as well as the names of its 
owner and of its master. : 
Art. IX. The fishermen of both countries shall, whenever required, exhibit their licences or other 
official papers, or their muster rolls, to the commanders of the fishery cruizers, and to all other persons 
of either country appointed to superintend the fisheries. 
Art. X. Fishing of all kinds, by whatever means and at all seasons, may be carried on in the seas 
lying beyond the fishery limits which have been fixed for the two countries, with the exception of that 
for oysters, as hereinafter expressed. 
Art. XI. From the 16th of June to the 31st of August, inclusive, fishing for oysters is prohibited 
outside the fishery limits which have been fixed for the two countries, between a line drawn from the 
North Foreland Light to Dunkirk, and a line drawn from the Land’s End to Ushant. 
During the same period and in the same part of the channel, no boat shall have on board any 
oyster dredge, unless the same be tied up and sealed by the Customs authorities of one of the two 
countries in such a manner as to prevent its being made use of. 
Arr. XII. No boat shall anchor between sunset and sunrise on grounds where drift-net fishing is 
actually going on. ‘ 
This prohibition shall not apply to anchorings 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 
(1 métre French) apart, and shall keep those lights up all the time the boat shall remain at anchor. 
Art. XIII. Boats fishing with drift nets shall carry on one of their masts two lights, one over the 
other, three feet (1 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. XIV. Subject to the exceptions or additions mentioned in the two preceding Articles, the 
fishing boats of the two countries shall conform to the general rules respecting lights which have been 
adopted by the two countries. : 
Art. XV. Trawl boats shall not commence fishing at a less distance than three miles from any 
boat fishing with drift nets. 
If trawl boats have already shot their nets, they must not come nearer to boats fishing with drift 
nets than the distance above mentioned. 
Arr. XVI. No boat fishing with drift nets shall shoot its nets so near to any other boat which has 
already shot its nets on the fishing ground as to interfere with its operations. 
Art. XVII. No decked boat fishing with drift nets shall shoot its nets at a less distance than a 
quarter of a mile from any undecked boat which is already engaged in fishing. 
Arr. XVIII. If the spot where fishing is going on should be so near to the fishery limits of one of 
the two countries that the boats of the other country would, by observing the regulations prescribed by 
Articles XV, XVI, and XVII preceding, be prevented from taking part in the fishery, such boats shall 
be at liberty to shoot their nets at a less distance than that so described; but in such case the fishermen 
shall be responsible for any damage or losses which may be caused by the drifting of their boats. 
Art. XIX. Nets shall not be set or anchored in any place where drift-net fishing is actually going on. 
Art. XX. No one shall make fast or hold on his boat to the nets, buoys, floats, or any part of the 
fishing tackle belonging to another boat. 
No person shall hook or lift up the nets, lines, or other fishing implements belonging to another 
person. . 
Arr. XXI. When nets of different boats get foul of each other, the master of one boat shall not 
cut the nets of angther boat except by mutual consent, and unless it be found impossible to clear them 
by other means. 
