HISTORY OF THE OYSTER. 1 I 



carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty, 

 and the King of the French, concerning the Fisheries 

 in the Seas between the British Islands and France," 

 which also applies to the whole coast, enacts : — 

 Sect. 9 empowers officers of the Coast-guard or 



Customs to seize dredges. 

 Sect. 45 provides that the oyster-fisheries shall open 



on the 1st of September, and shall close on the 



30th of April. 

 Sect. 46 prohibits boats from having dredges or 



other implements for catching oysters on board. 

 Sect. 47 prohibits dredging between sunset and 



sunrise. 

 Sect. 48. Oysters less than 2 J inches in the greatest 



diameter of the shell to be thrown overboard. 

 Sect. 49 prohibits ballast being thrown overboard on 



oyster-beds. 



18 & 19 Vic. chap. 101, entitled "An Act for the 

 effectual execution of the Convention," enacts : — 

 Sect. 1 authorizes officers of the Coast-guard or 



Customs to seize dredges and oysters found on 



board fishing- vessels between the 1st of May and 



the 31st of August. 

 Sect. 2. Oysters landed between the above dates may 



be seized. 



