1158 APPKNDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



2. No one shall fish for, catch, kill. buy. sell or possess hard-shell clams or 

 iliiahau.u's, excepting during the months of May. Juno and September, in each 

 year. 



3. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or possess hard-shell clams or 

 quahaugs of a less size than one and one-quarter inches In length, and any 

 such hard-shell clams or quahaugs measuring less than one and one-quarter 

 Inches in length, on the outer-shell, that may be accidentally caught, shall be 

 returned to the water alive by the person so fishing. 



4. The use of rakes for catching hard-shell clams or quahaugs. having teeth 

 less than one and one-quarter inches apart, is prohibited. 



5. Fishing for hard-shell clams or quahaugs in bays, harbours and other 

 waters within the Dominion of Canada, where oysters are taken, shall be per- 

 mittted only on areas set apart and marked out by the local fishery officer for 

 the respective districts in which such fishing is prosecuted. 



[Special Fishery Regulations for Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and 

 New Brunswick were here inserted.] 



PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 

 SPECIAL FISHERY REGULATIONS. 



GOVERNMENT HOUSE, OTTAWA, 

 Thursday, the 12th day of September, 1907. 



On the recommendation of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and under 

 the provisions of Chapter 45 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, intituled " The 

 Fisheries Act," his Excellency in Council has been pleased to make the following 

 fishery regulations for the Province of Quebec : 



SEC. 1. Anglers' Permits. 

 (See General Fishery Regulations.) 



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 speci- 

 fied time during the weekly close time prescribed by the fishery laws. 



SEC. 3. Bass. 



1. No one shall fish for, catch, kill, buy, sell or have in possession any bass 

 from the 1st April to the 15th June, both days inclusive, in each year. 



2. No one shall fish for or take black bass otherwise than by hook and line 

 (angling), and any such fish as may be accidentally taken in seines or nets 

 of any kind operated for other fishing, shall be liberated alive by the owner 

 or operator of such seines or nets. 



3. No black bass (achignn) less than nine inches in length, measured from 

 the point of the nose to the centre of the tail shall be retained or Ipept out of 

 the water, sold, offered or exposed for sale or had in possession, and any one 

 who takes any black bass (achigan) less than nine inches in length shall 

 immediately return such fish to the water from which it was taken, alive and 

 uninjured. 



4. No rock bass (crapais noir) less than six inches in length, measured from 

 the point of the nose to the centre of the tail, shall be retained or kept out 

 of the water, sold, offered or exposed for sale, or had in possession, and any 

 one who takes any rock bass (crapais noir) less than six inches in length shall 

 immediately return such fish to the water from which it was taken, alive and 

 uninjured. 



