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are, from the nature of the channel, liable to be 

 destroyed. 



19. Generally to do everything for the protection 

 of the salmon fisheries within their district. 



Turning now to Scotland, in which country 

 greater attention seems always to have been given to 

 the salmon fisheries than in England, due no doubt 

 to their relatively greater value, the Act of 1862 is 

 the foundation of modern legislation upon the 

 subject. 



All fishery matters are under the Fishery Board 

 of Scotland, which is again under the Secretary for 

 Scotland. The Board consists of seven members, 

 vix. three members (of whom one is chairman, one a 

 sheriff of a county, and one a person skilled in the 

 branches of science concerned with the habits and 

 food of fishes) and four representative members of the 

 various sea fishing interests in Scotland. The Board 

 has the appointment of one inspector of salmon 

 fisheries. 



The Act of 1862, unlike the corresponding English 

 Act of 1861, is rather a re-enacting than a repealing 

 statute. The first point we may notice is the forma- 

 tion of fishery districts. Under section 4, every 

 river in Scotland flowing into the sea, and every 

 tributary stream or lake flowing into or connected 



