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44. Removing or using any cot. or boat without 

 the owner's permission. 



45. Intimidation. — To be found to the number 

 of three or more together by an officer of the 

 Navy, coastguard, water-bailiff, or peace officer, by 

 violence or intimidation obstructing persons lawfully 

 fishing. 



46. Eel Weirs. — Taking salmon in an eel weir. 



47. Bag Nets. — Placing or using a bag net in 

 a river or estuary, or within three miles of a river's 

 mouth. But this does not apply to the owner of 

 a several fishery in the whole of a river and its tribu- 

 taries. 



48. Fishing at Night. — Using any net, except a 

 landing net, for catching salmon in fresh water 

 between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., except so far as the same 

 has been used within the limits of a several fishery 

 next above the tidal flow, and held under grant, 

 charter, or immemorial usage. 



This is not a complete list of offences, nor tech- 

 nically expressed, but it comprises the most impor- 

 tant under the Salmon Fishery Acts. 



In addition to the above-mentioned offences, by 

 the Fisheries (Dynamite) Act of 1877 it is an offence 

 to use dynamite or other explosive to catch or de- 

 stroy fish in a public fishery in the United Kingdom. 



