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ACT OF MAY 14, 1860. 

 [23 Viet., cap. 8.] 



An Act for the Protection of the Salmon Fishery of this Colony, and for other 

 Purposes. [Passed 14th May, I860.] 



Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council and Assembly, 

 in General Session convened: 



I. No person shall, by spearing or sweeping with Nets or Seines, 

 take, or attempt to take, any Salmon, Grills, Parr or Trout, in any 

 Bay, River, Cove, Lake, or Water-course above where the tide usually 

 rises and falls; and Nets for taking Salmon above the usual rise and 

 fall of the tide shall be set or placed on such River, Stream, Cove, 

 Lake or Water-course, and at such times and in such manner as here- 

 inafter provided for that purpose. 



IT. No Stake, Seine, Weir, or other contrivance for taking Sal- 

 mon, except Nets, shall be set or placed across any such River, Stream, 

 Cove, Lake, or Water-course, and that each Net shall not extend more 

 than one-third of the distance in a straight line across such River, 

 Stream, Cove, Lake, or Water-course. 



III. After the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any 

 person to construct or erect any Mill-dam, Weir, Rack, Frame, Train, 

 Gate, or any other barrier or erection, in, over, or across any River, 

 Stream, Cove, Lake, or Water-course, so as to obstruct the free passage 

 of Salmon, Grills, Parr, Trout, or other fish resorting thereto for the 

 purpose of spawning: Provided always, that all Mill-dams or other 

 erections placed on, over, or across any River. Stream, or Water- 

 course resorted to by fish for spawning, shall be built with a waste- 

 gate, opening, or slope, sufficient for such fish to pass and return 

 down, and which shall be kept in repair during the whole season of 

 such fish passing up and returning. 



IV. No person shall haul, catch, or take any Salmon in any Net 

 having the meshes, mokes, or scales of not less than four and a half 

 inches, at least, from knot to knot. 



V. It shall not be lawful for any person to buy or sell Salmon 

 knowing the same to have been taken in contravention of this Act; 

 and any Salmon so taken or sold shall be declared forfeited to the 

 complainant by any Justice of the Peace. 



VI. It shall not be lawful for any person to moor or set, or cause 

 or procure to be moored, or set, in any Harbor, Cove, Creek, or 

 Estuary, or en any other part of the coast of this Island or its 

 Dependencies, for the purpose of catching or taking Salmon, any 

 Net nearer to any other Net set or moored for a similar purpose,- 

 than one hundred yards for a single Net, and three hundred yards 

 for a double Net or fleet of Nets. 



VII. No person shall, before the first day of May, or after the 

 tenth day of September, in every year, by any means whatsoever, 

 fish for, take, or catch any Salmon on any part of the coast or shores 

 of this Island, or in or near any Bay, River, Stream, Cove, Lake, or 

 Water-course thereof: Provided always, that if the time limited in 

 this Section shall be found to operate injuriously in any part of this 

 Island, it shall be lawful for the Governor and Council at any time 



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