330 IRISH FISHERY LAWS. 



ters of faid veiTel, as alfo on all boats and buoys belonging to th 

 fame j and the collector (hall caufe a number to be added to fuch 

 name, which number lhall be inferted in the entry, and painted in 

 like manner on laid veilel, and on the boats and buoys belonging 

 to her ; which names and number fhall not be obliterated, but 

 kept fair and legible during the time faid veflel fhall remain on 

 faid fifhery. 



And whereas a great number of fmall boats proceed every year 

 to the fifheries on the coafls of this kingdom, and from the irre- 

 gular manner with which they fhoot their, nets, the fifhery is 

 greatly injured, and the nefs of other fifhermen are much dama- 

 ged, and the offenders cannot be difcovered fo as to be brought to 

 juftice : Be it further enacted, that no boat fhall proceed to faicj 

 fifheries unlefs the name of the fkipper is cut or painted in large 

 characters, with white lead and oil, on the item of faid boat, 

 and the initial letters on the oars and buoys belonging to her ; 

 which boat, with the name of the fkipper, fhall be regiftered with 

 the infpector of the diflrict wherein faid fkipper fhall refide. 



And whereas the quantity of fifh is diminifhed by methods of 

 fifhing which deftroy the fpawn and fry of fifh : Be it enacted, 

 that no drag-net or other fea net, which hath a mem of lefs than 

 three inches and a half from knot to knot, fhall be made ufe of 

 in catching any kind of fifh except herrings, pilchards, fprats, 

 flirimps, and prawns, and fmall fhell-fifh for bait, upon any parts 

 of the coafts of this kingdom, or within any of the bays, har- 

 bours, rivers or creeks thereof; nor fhall any falfe or double 

 bottom cod or pouch, or any other net, though of legal 6ze, be 

 placed upon or behind the other, in order to take and deftroy 

 fmall fifh. 



And whereas the fhoals of herrings are frequently frightened 

 from the entrance of the bays and creeks by vefTels mooring and 

 {hooting their nets in improper places, and; by laying long lines 

 for taking of cod and ling, acrofs the entrance of bays and creeks, 

 and other irregularities ; Be it enacted, that no veflel reforting tot 

 the fifhery on the coaft of the county of Donegal, fhall moor or 

 fhoot their nets in any place which mail be forbidden by the in* 

 fpectors ; nor fhall any perfon fhoot any net or any long line for 

 taking of cod, ling and other fifh, at any time nor in any place, 

 which fhall be forbidden by faid infpector. 



And whereas a great' abufe is committed in making of barr.els 

 for white herrings of infufikient timber or flaves, to the very 

 great prejudice of the trade of this kingdom : Be it enacted, that 

 no perfon or perfons fhall buy or fell any barrel or barrels for 

 packing of white herrings for exportation, or fhall pack up 

 white herrings in any barrel or barrels for exportation, unlefs 

 the fame be made of (laves not lefs than three-eighths of an 

 inch in thicknefs, and free from fap, and each barrel bound with 

 fixteen fufficient hoops, and branded on the head and fide with 

 the maker's name, and the place of his abode, with the number 

 of gallons which each barrel contains, in figures and every 



weigh- 



