158 LEGISLATIVE acts, PROCLAMATIONS, ETC., 



well as any and all orders in council passed subsequently to the 18th 

 day of July, 1SS9, establishing fishery regulations for the above 

 mentioned provinces, and for the provinces of Saskatchewan and 

 Alberta, the .Northwest Territories and the Yukon District. 



It was further ordered under the provisions of section 54 of The 

 Fisheries Act, chapter 45 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, 

 that the hereto appended fishery regulations be substituted in lieu 

 of those above rescinded. 



GENERAL FISHERY REGULATIONS. 



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SPECIAL FISHERY REGULATIONS FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



Sec. 2. — Bait. 



The Minister of Marine and Fisheries may authorize the issue of 

 special permits to take Bait for the bona fide purpose of deep-sea 

 fishing for any specified time during the weekly close time prescribed 

 by the fishery laws. 



Sec. 5. — Cod. 



No person shall carry on Cod-fishing with seines at a less distance 

 than one half mile from any fishing grounds where fishing boats are 

 anchored, and fishermen are actually engaged fishing for Codfish 

 with hooks and lines. 



Cod-fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Quebec). 



1. Fishing by means of Cod trap-nets without a license from the 

 Minister of Marine and Fisheries is prohibited in the waters of the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



2. Cod traps shall not be set near the mouth of any river frequented 

 by salmon, or in such a manner or at such places, as to obstruct or 

 interfere with the passage of salmon. 



3. All Cod trap-nets shall be placed at distances of not less than 

 two hundred and fifty yards apart, and no fishing apparatus of any 

 kind shall be set, or used in or about any part of the water between 

 Cod trap-nets. Provided always that any Fishery Officer may 

 direct, either in writing of orally on sight that any greater space 

 than two hundred and fifty yards shall be left between Cod trap- 

 nets, and any Cod trap-nets or other fishing apparatus which the 

 owner or person using the same neglects or refuses to remove in 

 accordance with such directions, shall be deemed to be illegal and 

 liable to forfeiture together with the fish caught therein, and the 

 owner or person using the same shall also be subject to the fines and 

 penalties provided by the Fisheries Act. 



4. The leader of each Cod trap-net shall, in every case, extend 

 from the shore, and any Fishery Officer may determine in writing, 

 or orally, the length of the leader that shall be used. 



