SALMON FISHERIES. 331 



It is enacted by statute (1 George I. st. 2. cap. 18), that 

 no salmon shall be sent to any fishmonger or fishseller in 

 England, of less than six pounds' weight, under a penalty 

 ol' 51. The 58th George III. cap. 43, authorises the 

 justices at quarter sessions to appoint conservators of 

 rivers, and to fix the beginning and termination of the 

 close time. The penalty on poaching and taking fish in 

 close time is by the same act fixed at not more than 10/., 

 and not less than 5/., with forfeiture of fish, boats, nets, 

 etc. etc. 



Acts regulating the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland. 



I. By an act passed in the 9th year of George IV., A.D. 

 1828, for the preservation of the salmon-fisheries in 

 Scotland, and repealing that of 1424, it was enacted that 

 no salmon, grilse, sea-trout, or other fish of the salmon 

 kind, shall be taken in or from any river, stream, lake, 

 water, or estuary whatsoever, or on any part of the sea- 

 coast, between the 14th day of September, and the 1st 

 day of February. 



II. That such person or persons as take, fish for, or 

 attempt to take, one or any of the fish above-mentioned, 

 during close time, shall forfeit and pay any sum not less 

 than one pound sterling, and not exceeding ten pounds; 

 also that the net or engine employed by the offender 

 shall be included in the forfeiture. 



III. That a trespass with intent to kill fish, shall be 

 punished by a penalty of from ten shillings to five 

 pounds. 



IV. That such as sell, or have in possession, smelts, 

 or the young fry of the salmon, or disturb the parent fish 

 whilst spawning, shall be fined in sums not exceeding ten 

 pounds nor under one pound sterling. 



