﻿MENHADEN 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST. 
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  LAWS 
  GOVERNING 
  MENHADEN 
  FISHING. 
  

  

  The 
  legislatures 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  menhaden 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  is 
  prosecuted 
  have 
  adopted 
  laws 
  governing 
  the 
  work. 
  In 
  New 
  

   York 
  a 
  Ucense 
  of 
  $50 
  is 
  required 
  for 
  each 
  steamer 
  of 
  50 
  tons 
  or 
  more, 
  

   and 
  $25 
  for 
  every 
  other 
  vessel 
  engaged 
  in 
  fishing 
  with 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  tidal 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  oil 
  or 
  fertihzer 
  from 
  the 
  

   fish 
  product 
  taken; 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  $100 
  is 
  provided 
  for 
  

   taking 
  food 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  converting 
  them 
  into 
  oil 
  and 
  

   fertilizer. 
  The 
  New 
  Jersey 
  law 
  imposes 
  a 
  license 
  of 
  $100 
  for 
  each 
  

   steam 
  vessel 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  50 
  tons 
  net, 
  $125 
  for 
  each 
  steam 
  vessel 
  

   of 
  over 
  50 
  tons 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  100 
  tons 
  net, 
  and 
  $200 
  for 
  each 
  

   steam 
  vessel 
  of 
  over 
  100 
  tons 
  net 
  taking 
  menhaden 
  with 
  purse 
  seines. 
  

   The 
  law 
  in 
  Delaware 
  requires 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  a 
  license 
  of 
  $100 
  for 
  

   each 
  steamer 
  not 
  over 
  125 
  net 
  tons, 
  and 
  $200 
  for 
  each 
  steamer 
  over 
  

   125 
  net 
  tons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  menhaden 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  purse 
  

   seines. 
  

  

  The 
  menhaden 
  fishermen 
  of 
  Maryland 
  are 
  required 
  to 
  pay 
  a 
  license 
  

   of 
  $25 
  for 
  each 
  net 
  used 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  fish 
  with 
  such 
  nets 
  at 
  

   any 
  point 
  north 
  of 
  a 
  hue 
  drawn 
  east 
  from 
  Sandy 
  Point 
  to 
  Love 
  Point. 
  

   The 
  penalty 
  for 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  $50 
  and 
  confiscation 
  

   of 
  the 
  boat 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  fishing 
  gear. 
  The 
  Virginia 
  law 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   severe 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  menhaden 
  fishing 
  laws; 
  it 
  states 
  that 
  ''it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   unlawful 
  to 
  take, 
  catch, 
  or 
  round 
  up 
  with 
  a 
  purse 
  net 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  manufacturing 
  into 
  guano, 
  food 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  greater 
  than 
  one 
  

   per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  catch 
  without 
  immediately 
  opening 
  the 
  net 
  

   and 
  turning 
  loose 
  any 
  such 
  food 
  fish 
  while 
  yet 
  alive; 
  or 
  for 
  any 
  

   steamer 
  or 
  vessel 
  licensed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  menhaden 
  fishing 
  to 
  

   catch 
  any 
  food 
  fish 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  marketing 
  same; 
  or 
  for 
  any 
  

   person, 
  firm, 
  or 
  corporation 
  to 
  have 
  in 
  possession 
  food 
  fish 
  to 
  a 
  

   greater 
  amount 
  than 
  one 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  bulk 
  for 
  the 
  purjwse 
  of 
  

   manufacturing 
  them 
  into 
  guano 
  or 
  oil, 
  except 
  that 
  herring 
  caught 
  in 
  

   pound 
  nets 
  may 
  be 
  marketed 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  such 
  

   manufacture. 
  Any 
  person, 
  firm, 
  or 
  corporation 
  violating 
  any 
  portion 
  

   of 
  this 
  section, 
  or 
  having 
  in 
  their 
  possession 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  one 
  per 
  

   centum 
  of 
  food 
  fish 
  among 
  menhaden 
  caught 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   manufacturing 
  into 
  guano 
  or 
  oil, 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  

   thousand 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  and 
  the 
  hcense 
  on 
  

   such 
  person's 
  boat 
  or 
  net 
  shall 
  be 
  revoked 
  for 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  

   season." 
  It 
  is 
  beheved 
  that 
  the 
  menhaden 
  fishermen 
  of 
  Virginia 
  

   are 
  in 
  sympathy 
  with 
  tliis 
  statute 
  and 
  endeavor 
  to 
  abide 
  by 
  it. 
  The 
  

   license 
  for 
  a 
  steamer 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  waters 
  is 
  $100, 
  and 
  non- 
  

   residents 
  are 
  excluded. 
  The 
  North 
  Carolina 
  statutes 
  provide 
  no 
  

   hcense 
  for 
  fishing 
  with 
  purse 
  seines 
  for 
  menhaden. 
  

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