STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1295 



48. No person shall set on any of the fishing grounds of this Colony 

 or its dependencies any cod-trap, at a less distance than eighty 

 fathoms from the nearest point of any cod-trap previously set. 



49. No person shall set on any of the fishing grounds of this Colony 

 or its dependencies any cod-net or salmon net at a less distance than 

 fifty fathoms from the nearest point of any cod-trap previously set, 

 nor at a less distance than fifty fathoms from any other cod-net or 

 salmon net previously set. 



50. When any person shall have set a cod-net or salmon net or 

 cod-trap, and the same shall have become damaged to any extent, 

 rendering it necessary that it be taken up for the purpose of repair, 

 he shall not thereby forfeit his right to re-set his cod-trap, cod-net or 

 salmon-net in the place from whence it has been taken up; provided 

 that the same be re-set within four days. 



51. Any person using a herring seine or caplin seine on the coast 

 of this Island to take or haul codfish shall be guilty of a violation of 

 these rules. 



52. It shall not be lawful for any person to throw overboard or 

 deposit upon the fishing grounds or ledges on or near the coasts of 

 this Colony or its dependencies, any heads, entrails, bones, or offal of 

 any codfish. 



53. (As amended). No person shall, at any time, place any bultow, 

 cod net, cod-trap, or cod-trap mooring, in the waters surrounding 

 South Island, Burnt Island and Gull Island, Twillingate, except in 

 Burnt Island Tickle, between Hell's Mouth Head and Ragg's Point 

 and those waters around South Island of Twillingate, extending from 

 Ragged Point to Clam Cove; nor in the waters within two hundred 

 fathoms of Cuckold's Rock, Little Rock, Sunken Rock, Shoal Ground 

 and Battle Point Tickle, Tizzard's Harbor, in any year, until after 

 the 20th day of October. Nor shall any person use any bultow, cod- 

 net or jigger between Gut Tickle on the west, and the western point 

 of Cobb's Arm, Duck Island, on the south-east, from the 10th day of 

 June to the 10th day of November in any year ; nor in the waters of 

 Exploits Bay, Notre Dame Bay, westward of a line stretching across 

 the entrance from Chance Harbor Head, on the south side, and run- 

 ning in a westerly direction to Muddy Hole on the north side of the 

 Bay, shall any person use any contrivance other than hook and line 

 for catching codfish. 



54. (As amended.) In the District of Fogo, inside or north of a 

 line running from the South Bill of Cape Fogo, direct from Western 

 Head, no cod-trap or any part of a cod-trap shall be set at a greater 

 distance than eighty fathoms from the shore. No cod-net or bultow 

 shall be used after the 15th day of June in any year, nor further 

 from the mainland than one-half of a mile extending from White 

 Cove Point, Shoal Bay, westwardly to Hare Bay Head, Fogo; nor 

 shall any cod-trap be set within one-quarter of a mile from Stone's 

 Island, lying westward of the Pond Rock Tickle. No bultows may 

 be used at any time 'outside of a line starting from Cape Fogo. 

 thence northward with the Cape in a direct line from Copper Island 

 until the lighthouse on Sloans' Hill becomes visible northward of 

 Pigeon Island, thence on toward Storehouse Island, until Round 

 Head bears west. Nor shall bultows be used on any part of the local 

 fishing grounds bearing due east from any part of the coast between 

 Cape Fogo and Round Head, inclusive, at any time in any year. 



