282 Appendix. 



8. It is forbidden to place trimmers in such portions of a water- 

 conrse as are frequented by salmon (§ 10). 



9. It is unlawful to use appliances on such a watercourse as afore- 

 said which are of such a nature as would catch young fish of less than 

 21 centimetres ( = 8-27 in.) in length (§ II). 



10. It is illegal to place any fixed net or any other fixed engine at 

 a less distance from the midstream-line than ^ of the breadth of the 

 river. And if such nets or engines are placed on opposite sides of the 

 river within a distance, along the course of the river, of 100 metres 

 ( = 109-4 yards), it is illegal to place any of them nearer to the midstream- 

 line than I of the said breadths (§§ 12-14, cfr. § 19). 



11. Within a distance of 100 metres (=109-4 yards) from any fixed 

 net or other fixed engine with a leader, placed on a river frequented by 

 salmon, it is unlawful to use any drift-net or seine (§ 16, cfr. § 19). 



12. When petitioned by County Councils (the " Amtsformandskab"), 

 the Crown is empowered to fix, by royal ordinance, a stretch at the 

 mouth of a river, within which the use of seines, or bag-nets, or hang- 

 nets, or similar nets, is illegal (§ 17). 



13. On the petition of County Councils (the " Amtsformandskab "), 

 the Crown is empowered to prohibit or to limit, by royal ordinance, the 

 use of drift-nets on fjords and rivers frequented by salmon (§ 18). 



14. On such jwrtions of a river, including lakes, as are frequented 

 by salmon or sea-trout it is unlawful to use leisters, spears or similar 

 appliances for catching fish. It is illegal to use such appliances for 

 catching salmon or sea-trout in the sea (§ 20). 



15. It is unlawful to use any explosive or poisonous stuff for catch- 

 ing fish in rivers (§ 22). 



16. On the petition of County Councils (the " Amtsformandskab "), 

 the Crown is empowered to grant local dispensations from most of the 

 prohibitive sections of the Act (§ 23). 



17. Contraventions of the aliove-mentioned provisions are punish- 

 able by fines from Kr.lO to Kr..iO0, and the fish caught, or bought, 

 or sold, or exposed for sale, or its value, and, in some instances, the nets 

 or traps used are forfeited (§ 25). 



18. The Act further introduces a new and more efficient system for 

 enforcing the provision of the Act (§§ 27-33). 



