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5. The pots of Cod trap-nets shall have meshes of at least four 

 inches extension measure, and the leaders shall have meshes of at 

 least six inches extension, and nothing shall be done to practically 

 diminish the size of the meshes. 



6. The fee on Cod trap-nets shall be fifty cents for each fathom in 

 length of leader, and such fee shall be payable in advance. 



7. The use of "jiggers" for the purpose of catching or killing Cod 

 is prohibited. 



8. All materials, implements, nets, appliances or gear of any kind 

 used and all fish caught, taken, killed, bought, sold or possessed in 

 violation of any of the above regulations shall be seized and confis- 

 cated, and any person or persons violating any of the above regula- 

 tions shall also incur the other penalties provided by the Fisheries Act. 



Sec. 6. — Deep Sea Fisheries, Magdalen Islands. 



1. It shall be unlawful, during the season of Herring and Mackerel 

 fishery in Pleasant Bay (Magdalen Islands), from the 1st of May to 

 the loth of June, to set any net or nets opposite the entrance of 

 Amherst Harbour, that is to say: eastward a line drawn from the 

 north-west end of the Cape bounding the mouth of said harbour to 

 the east end of Cape Allright, as far as another line intersecting the 

 same and bearing east south-east (magnetic) with the north Cape of 

 Entry Island; and no person or persons shall be permitted at any 

 time to set any net or nets in the middle of Sandy Hook Channel; nor 

 Bhall any net or nets be set along the northern and western shores of 

 Entry Island at more than one mile distant from the beach: Provided, 

 however, thai fishermen may lay their nets from Allright and Grind- 

 stone Eslands towards Entry Island to within half a mile of those 

 set upon the northern and western shores of said island, so as to 

 leave always, for the purposes of navigation, a clear channel against 

 the entrance into Amnersl Harbour, and preserve free access to the 

 bottom of Pleasant Bay for the schools of Herrings and Mackerel 

 resort ing thither to spawn. 



2. No nets shall be set in the said bay nearer to each other than 

 one hundred feet . 



'.i. Whenever it shall be found impracticable to discover the owner 

 or owners for t he t inie being of any net or nets laid in cont lavention 

 of these regulations, any fishery officer may, upon sight, proceed to 

 remove the same from the place of obstruction. 



4. It shall not he lawful to use, in any ma nner whatsoever, for the 

 purpose of taking Codfish or Halibut, set dines or bultow lines, within 

 Pleasant Bay. 



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Sec. 8.- Herring. 



1. (a) Pishing by means of herring trap nets without a license from 

 the Minister of Marine mid Fisheries is prohibited in the water- of the 



( hllf Of St . Law reiice. 



(6 Herring trap nets shall not he 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. 



