STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1213 



No. 130. 1890, June 16: Rules and Regulations under Newfoundland 

 Statute, 52 Viet., cap. 7, sec. 16. 



Rules and Regulations respecting the lobster industry and cod-fishery, made 

 under and by virtue of Section XVI of an Act passed in the fifty-second year 

 of the Reign of Her present Majesty, entitled "An Act to provide for the 

 formation of a Fisheries' Commission, and for other purposes." 



[Passed House of Assembly, 6th June, 1890.'] 

 [Passed Legislative Council, 9th June, 1890J\ 



These Rules and Regulations became law by publication in the 

 "Royal Gazette" of June 16th, 1890. 



II. COD FISHERY. 



17. The use of Cod-traps shall be allowed in the fisheries of New- 

 foundland and its dependencies, subject to the limitations hereinafter 

 .contained. 



18. No person shall, upon the coast of Newfoundland or its de- 

 pendencies, use, for the purposes of taking codfish, any cod-trap, the 

 walls or sides of which consist of meshes of less than four inches; 

 nor shall any person use for the said purposes, in connection with the 

 walls or sides of any cod-trap, any netting which consists of meshes 

 of less than four inches, except for the purpose of removing fish 

 from the trap. 



19. No person shall place in the waters along the coast of New- 

 foundland, any cod-trap or cod-trap mooring, before the fifteenth 

 day of June in any year. 



20. No person shall place in the waters of that portion of Labra- 

 dor coast which is under the control of the Government of Newfound- 

 land, any cod-trap or cod-trap mooring before the twenty-fifth day 

 of June in any year. 



21. Any cod-trap contrivance used in connection therewith, or 

 cod-trap mooring used or placed in contravention of Rules and Regu- 

 lations numbered 18, 19 and 20, may be seized by any Justice, Sub- 

 Collector of Customs, Preventive Officer, Fishery Warden or Con- 

 stable, on view, or by warrant issued by any Justice upon complaint 

 made upon oath before him, and detained until the trial of the of- 

 fender ; and upon conviction the same may be declared forfeited, and 

 ordered to be sold at public auction. 



22. Any person violating Rules and Regulations numbered 18, 19 

 and 20, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dol- 

 lars: If such person be the owner of the trap, contrivance used in 

 connection therewith, or mooring, the above penalty of one hundred 

 dollars shall be in addition to the forfeiture provided for under Rule 

 and Regulation number 21. 



23. Any person using a herring seine or capelin seine to take or 

 haul codfish, shall, on conviction, forfeit the same, and be subject to 

 a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



24. No person shall, in the following Harbors in Placentia Bay, 

 namely : Paradise Soundj Boat Harbor, and Roger's Harbor, use any 

 bultow, cod-trap, cod seine, or any other contrivance, except hook- 

 and-line, for catching codfish under a penalty of one hundred dollars 

 and confiscation of such contrivance hereby prohibited. 



