THE EDEN AS A TROUTING RIVER 



MR MARSTON, the well-known editor of the 

 Fishing Gazette, has said that if the netting of 

 freshwater fish could be prohibited the Eden 

 would soon become one of the best fishing rivers in 

 the country, and, as though in reply to this opinion, 

 the River Eden Fishery Board have just recently 

 issued such a prohibition. It reads as follows : 



RIVER EDEN FISHERY DISTRICT 



NEW BY-LAWS 



(Certificate dated Sept. 24th, 1921.) 



" Within that part of the Eden Fishery District which 

 lies above the church at Grimsdale in Eden, the use of any 

 net for taking freshwater fish, other than a fixed net for 

 eels, a casting or dip net lawfully used for taking bait, or 

 a landing- net used as auxiliary to angling with rod and 

 line is hereby prohibited. 



" Provided that this by-law shall not apply to the use 

 of a net under and in accordance with the conditions of 

 a written permission of the Fishery Board, signed by the 

 Chairman or Clerk of the Board, which permission shall 

 only be granted for the purpose of facilitating the destruc- 



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