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5. The Governor in Council may, from time to (me, nake, alter, and 

 revoke regulations which shall have force and encoc 

 only in any waters or places specified therein — scdbrresuuSs^for 



(1) Providing for the more effectual protection tbe protoctiou of tisu, 



^ ' , . ^ J. o /:• ^ 1 J.1 oysters, and seals. 



and improvement ot lish, and the manage- 

 ment of any waters in wliich fisliing may be carried on. 



(2) In respect of any species of fish, oysters, or seals, respec- 

 tively — 



(a) Prescribing- a "close season" or "close seasons" in 

 any year, month, week, or day, as may be most 

 suitable for the whole or any part or i>arts of the 

 colony, during which it shall be unlawful for any 

 person to take any fish, oysters, or seals of such 

 species respectively, or in any way to injure or dis- 

 turb the same; or 



{h) Extending or varying any close season so Y^rescribed, 

 or varying any close season so extended; or 



(c) Extending any such close season over any term not 

 exceeding three years, and, before the expiration of 

 such term, further extending the same. 



(3) Prohibiting the buying, selling, exposing for sale, or having in 



possession any fish, oyster, or seal, or any skins, oil, or blub- 

 ber from any seal, in any manner in contiavention of this 

 Act. 



(4) Prescribing the mininmm size or weight of any fish, oyster, 



or seal that may be taken. 



(5) Limiting the size, when wet, of the mesh on the square, or in 



extension from knot to knot of nets and seines to be used 

 in fishing, or altogether prohibiting the use of nets of any 

 sort. 

 (C) Prescribing that all nets containing fish shall be emptied in 

 the water, and prohibiting the dragging or drawing on to 

 the dry land any such net. 



(7) Fixing the time or times during which dredging shall be pro- 



hibited, or prohibiting the use of any particular engines, 

 tackle, or apparatus for taking any fish or oysters. 



(8) Reserving from i)ublic use any natural oyster beds, so as to 



prevent their destruction. 



(9) Setting apart within any luirbor any bay or bays frequented 



by fish for the purpose of propagation, and prohibiting the 

 use of nets of any kind in any such bays during such time 

 as shall seem fit, or setting apart any river or other fresh 

 or salt waters for the natural or artificial prox)agation of 

 fish, oysters, or seals. 



(10) For the protection of young fish, or fry, or spawn, at all times, 



and especially for the i^reservation and propagation thereof 

 upon its importation into the colony. 



(11) Prohibiting or restricting from time to time, for any period 



which the Governor thinks necessary, fishing in any waters, 

 river, or stream in which young fish or spawn is placed or 

 deposited, or at the mouth or entrance of any such waters, 

 river, or stream. 



(12) Prohibiting the casting of saw dust or any saw-mill refuse 



into any waters, river, or stream. 



