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APPENDIX. 



AN ABSTRACT OF THE SALMON-FISHERY LAWS 

 OF NORWAY. 



The chief provisions of the new Salmon Fisheries Act are as follows : — 



1. It is forbidden to fish for salmon or sea-trout in the sea from 

 August 26th to April 14th, or on rivers or lakes from August 26th to 

 April 30th ; but rod fishing is permitted to September 14th — all dates 

 inclusive (§ 1). 



2. From September 1st to April 14tli, both inclusive, it is illegal to 

 sell, to expose for sale, to buy, or to i-eceive salmon or sea-trout. But 

 this clause does not apply to receiving, liy way of present, salmon 

 caught by rod and line not later than the 1 4th of vSeptember (§ 2). 



3. From 6 o'clock on Saturday evening till 6 o'clock on Monday 

 evening it is forbidden to use any appliance for catching salmon or sea- 

 trout, or to let any appliance remain in the water so as to catch such 

 fish or to interfere with their free run. But this clause does not apply 

 to fishing with rod and line (§ 3). 



4. On the petition of Count}' Councils (the " Amtsformandskab"), 

 the Crown may, by royal ordinance, extend the weekly close time for bag- 

 nets or similar nets on the sea, and for any appliance used for catching 

 salmon or sea-trout on the rivers or lakes, save rod and line(§ 4). 



5. Nets for catclnng salmon or sea-trout must have a width in the 

 mesh of not less than 5'8 centimetres from knot to knot, when wet 



(§ 5)- ^ 



6. The interspaces between the bars of fishing-traps must be not 

 less than o*8 centimetres wide (§ 6). 



7. Salmon or sea-trout which may have been caught in nets with 

 smaller meshes than .5-8 centimetres from knot to knot, or by turning 

 off the water, must be returned to the water, unless the length of the 

 fish exceeds, if salmon, 55 centimetres, or, if sea-trout, 40 centimetres 

 (=15-72 in.) (§8). 



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