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pounds for the first offence, and not exceeding twenty pounds i'ov the 

 second or any subsequent offence; and also to the forfeiture of the 

 measure or measures which may be seized and destroyed or otherwise 

 disposed of by any superintendent of the lierring fishery or other ofiQcer 

 employed in the execution of the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts: Pro- 

 vided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall prevent the sale 

 of herrings by weight or number or in bulk. 



5. It shall not be lawful to set or shoot any herring net on any day 



between sunrise and one hour before sunset on any day 

 anrt*^s!m(Ly flsiiinf betwccu the first (lay of June and the first day of 

 prohibited on west Qctober, uor betwccu sunrise on Saturday morning 



and one liour before sunset on Monday evening, on the 

 West Coasts of Scotland, between thepoints of Ardnamurchau on the 

 north and the Mull of (xalloway on the south. 



Any jierson acting in contravention of this section shall be liable, on 

 conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts, to a fine 

 not exceeding, for the first offence, five jjounds, and for the second 

 or any subsequent offence, twenty pounds; and every net set or at- 

 tempted to be set in contravention of this section shall be forfeited and 

 may be seized and destroyed or otlierwise disposed of by any superin- 

 tendent of the herring fishery, or other officer employed in the execu- 

 tion of the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts. 



6. (1) It shall not be lawful to use the method of fisning known as 



, ,, beam trawling or otter trawling Avi thin throe miles of 



Beam and otter T , ^ -, „ ^ j? ii j. i:- ci j-i i 



trawling witiiin oer- low-watcr mark 01 auy i^art of the coast ot Scotland 

 tain limits prohibited, j^^j. within the waters specified in the schedule liereto 

 annexed, save only between such points on the coast or within such 

 other defined areas as may from time to time be permitted by bylaws 

 of the Fishery Board for Scotland and subject to any conditions or regu- 

 lations made by those by-laws; provided that this section shall not ap- 

 , „. . -„ ply to the Solway Firth nor to the Pentland Firth ; 



4t.and49Vjct.,c. 70. J- '', -i i i j.i j. ■! • i • 4- • a 



and provided, also, that nothing herein contained 

 shall affect the i)owers of the fishery board under section four of the 

 Sea Fisheries (ScotLmd) Amendment Act, 1885, 



(2) The Fishery Board may from time to time make, alter, and revoke 

 by-la,ws for the purposes of this section, but a by-law shall not be of 

 any validity until it is confirmed by the Secretary for Scotland. 



(3) Any person who uses auy method of fishing in contravention 

 of this enactment or of any by-law of the Fishery Board, shall be 

 liable, on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts, 

 to a, fine not exceeding five pounds for the first offence, and not 

 exceeding twenty pounds for the second or any subsequent offence; and 

 every net set or attempted to be set, in contravention of this section 

 shall be forfeited, and may be seized and destroyed or otherwise dis- 

 posed of by any superintendent of the herring fishery or other officers 

 employed in the execution of the Herring Fishery (Scotland) Acts. 



7. (1) The Fishery Board may, by by-law or by-laws, direct that the 



methods of fishing known as beam trawling and otter 

 bear'aLi^oVrTmwi* trawHug Shall uot be used within a line drawn from 

 ing in certain locaii- Duucausby Head, ill Caitliiiess, to Battery Point, in 

 ^^^^' Aberdeenshire, in any area or areas to be defined 



in such by-law, and may from time to time make, alter, and revoke by- 

 laws for ithe purposes of this section, but no such by-law shall be of 

 any validity until it has been confirmed by the Secretary for Scotland. 

 (2) Any person who uses any such method of fishing in contraven- 

 tion of any such by law shall be liable, on conviction under the Sum- 

 mary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts, to a fine not expeediug five pounds 



