STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1287 



2. If any foreign fishing vessel be found within any port on the 

 coasts of this Colony, or hovering in British waters within three 



-marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours in this 

 Colony, and having on board any herring, caplin, squid, or other 

 bait fishes, ice, lines, seines, or other outfits or supplies for the fishery, 

 purchased within any port on the coasts of this Colony or within the 

 distance of three marine miles from any of the coasts, bays, creeks, 

 or harbours of this Colony ; or if the master, owner or agent of the 

 said vessel shall have engaged, or attempted to engage, any person 

 to form part of the crew of said vessel in any port, or on any part of 

 the coasts of this Colony, or has entered such waters for any pur- 

 pose not permitted by treaty or convention for the time being in 

 force, the master, owner or agent shall be liable to a penalty not ex- 

 ceeding one hundred dollars, or such vessel and the tackle, rigging, 

 apparel, furniture, stores and cargo thereof shall be forfeited, as the 

 Magistrate before whom the proceedings is taken shall determine. 



3. All goods and vessels, and the tackle, rigging, apparel, furni- 

 ture, stores and cargo thereof, liable to forfeiture under this Act, 

 may be seized and secured by any officer or person mentioned in the 

 first section hereof, and every person opposing any such officer or 

 person in the execution of his duty under this Act, or aiding or abet- 

 ting any other person in such opposition, shall be deemed guilty of 

 a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. 



4. In any prosecution under this Act, the presence on board any 

 foreign fishing vessel in any port of this Colony, or within British 

 waters aforesaid, of any caplin, squid, or other bait fishes, of ice, 

 lines, seines, or other outfit or supplies for the fishery, shall be prima 

 facie evidence of the purchase of the said bait fishes and supplies 

 and outfits within such port or waters. 



5. No alien, not so entitled by treaty or convention for the time 

 being in force, shall fish in the waters of this Colony ; and the master, 

 owner, or agent of any fishing vessel who permits any alien not so 

 entitled to fish in, from, or for such vessel, shall be liable to a penalty 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to the forfeiture of such ves- 

 sel, as the Magistrate shall determine. 



6. No person, being a British subject, shall fish in, from, or for 

 a foreign fishing vessel in the waters of this Colony, and the master, 

 owner, or agent of any foreign fishing vessel who permits any such 

 British subject to fish i'n, for, or from such vessel, shall be liable to a 

 penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to the forfeiture of 

 such vessel as the Magistrate shall determine. 



7. No person, being a resident of this Colony, shall leave this 

 Colony for the purpose of engaging in foreign fishing vessels which 

 are fishing or intending to fish in the waters of this Colony, under a 

 penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



8. No person, being a resident of this Colony, shall sell, let, hire, 

 lend or remove from this Colony, for the purpose of selling, letting, 

 hiring, or lending to a master, owner or agent of any foreign fishing 

 vessel any boats, nets, or gear, under a penalty not exceeding one 

 hundred dollars; nor shall the master, owner or agent of any foreign 

 fishing vessel buy, hire, or borrow, in any port or place in this Colony, 

 or in the waters of this Colony, any boats, nets, or fishing gear, from 

 any person resident in this Colony, under a penalty for each offence 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars. 



