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44. Removing or using any cot or boat without 

 the owner's permission. 



45. Intimidation. To be found to the number 

 of three or more together by an officer of the 

 Navy, coastguard, water-bailiff, or peace officer, by 

 violence or intimidation obstructing persons lawfully 

 fishing. 



46. Eel Weirs. Taking salmon in an eel weir. 



47. Bag Nets. Placing or using a bag net in 

 a river or estuary, or within three miles of a river's 

 mouth. But this does not apply to the owner of 

 a several fishery in the whole of a river and its tribu- 

 taries. 



48. Fishing at Night. Using any net, except a 

 landing net, for catching salmon in fresh water 



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between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M., except so far as the same 

 has been used within the limits of a several fishery 

 next above the tidal flow, and held under grant, 

 charter, or immemorial usage. 



This is not a complete list of offences, nor tech- 

 nically expressed, but it comprises the most impor- 

 tant under the Salmon Fishery .Vets. 



In addition to the above-mentioned offences, by 

 the Fisheries (Dynamite) Act of 1877 it is an offence 

 to use dynamite or other explosive to catch or de- 

 stroy fish in a public fishery in the United Kingdom. 



