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Point, between Martin Point and Point Mlcbaux, In the Island of Cape Breton, 

 and extending to, and around Cai>e North, as far as and including Cape St. 

 Lawrence; also the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from the Bay of 

 Blanc Sablon, in the Province of Quebec, westward to the head of tide, embrac- 

 ing the coasts and waters of all the islands adjacent to the said shore, and 

 including the Island of Anticosti, and lobster fishing on the coasts and waters 

 of all the islands known as the Magdalen Islands, including Bird Rocks and 

 Bryon Island, may begin on the twentieth day of April in each year and end on 

 the tenth day of July then next following; also that a fall fishing season is 

 permitted in these waters during the month of September in each year; but no 

 one shall, at any time, fish for lobsters in the lagoons. 



5. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or have in his possession lobsters 

 from the eleventh day of August in each year, to the twenty-fourth day of 

 May then next following, both days inclusive, along the coasts and in the waters 

 of Northumberland Straits, between a line on the north-west, drawn from Chock- 

 fish River, In New Brunswick, to West Point, in Prince Edward Island, and a 

 line on the southeast, drawn from Indian Point, near Cape Tormentine, in New 

 Brunswick, to Cape Traverse, in Prince Edward Island. 



6. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or have in his possession lobsters 

 from the eleventh day of July in each year, to the nineteenth day of April then 

 next following, both days inclusive, in any part of Canada or the coasts or waters 

 thereof, not embraced within the limits described in the foregoing regulations. 



7. Excepting as elsewhere provided as above, in which the size limits are fixed 

 at nine inches and ten and a half inches, no one shall, in any part of Canada, 

 or the coasts or waters thereof, at any time, fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or have 

 in his possession any lobster or lobsters under eight inches in length, measuring 



from head to tail, exclusive of claws or feelers. 

 683 8. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or have in his possession 



for any purpose whatever, any berried lobster or lobsters, or any soft- 

 shelled lobster or lobsters. Such lobsters when caught shall be liberated 

 alive. 



9. No one shall set or place lobster traps or other fishing apparatus, for 

 the purpose of taking lobsters in any waters of the depth of two fathoms or 

 under. 



10. No one shall set or place lobster traps or other fishing apparatus for the 

 purpose of taking lobsters, at a distance of less than one hundred yards from 

 any stationary salmon net, set apart for the purpose of taking salmon. 



11. No one shall, for canning purposes, offer for sale, sell, barter, supply or 

 purchase any fragments of lobsters, lobsters purposely mutilated or broken up, 

 or any broken lobster meat, and all fragments or lobsters, lobsters purposely 

 mutilated or broken up, or broken lobster meat, so offered for sale, sold, 

 bartered, supplied or purchased, shall be liable to seizure and confiscation, 

 unless possessed for the purpose of domestic consumption only, and not for 

 canning, the proof whereof shall devolve on the owner or possessor. 



12. No one shall, for canning purposes, boil lobsters on board any ship, 

 vessel, boat or floating structure of any description whatever, except under 

 special licence from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 



13. No one shall prepare to fish for lobsters by placing or setting any buoys, 

 lines or other gear used in connection with such fishing, before 6 o'clock in 

 the morning of the day on which it is lawful to take or catch lobsters in the 

 locality affected. 



Trawl flaking for lobsters. 



The use of trawls for the purpose of catching lobsters is prohibited in the 

 waters of the Counties of Gasp6 and Bonaventure. 



SEC. 6. Oyster fishery regulations. 



1. No person shall fish for or catch oysters without a lease or license from 

 the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 



2. The owner, person or persons interested In a fishing boat employed in 

 the oyster fishery shall cause a memorandum in writing, setting forth the name 

 of the owner, person or persons interested, to be filed with the local fishery 

 officer, who, if no valid objection exists, may, under instructions from the 

 Mi ister of Marine and Fisheries, issue a fishery license for the same, and 

 any boat or fishing apparatus used without such license, shall be deemed to 

 be* illegal and liable to forfeiture, together with the oysters caught therein, 



