STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1159 



685 SEC. 4. Clams. 



(See General Fishery Regulations.) 



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 fish- 

 ermen are actually engaged fishing for Codfish with hooks and lines. 



Cod-flshing in the Gtilf 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 or 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. 



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

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

 and nothing shall be clone 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 pro- 

 hibited. 



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 confiscated, and any person or per- 

 son [sic] violating any of the above regulations 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 15th 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 shall 

 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, that fisher- 

 men may lay their nets from Allright and Grindstone Islands 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 Amherst 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. 



3. Whenever it shall be found impracticable to discover the owner or own- 

 ers for the time being of any net or nets laid in contravention of these regula- 



