ACTS REGULATING FISHERIES. 161 



ACTS REGULATING THE SALMON 

 FISHERIES IN SCOTLAND. 



BY an act, passed in the ninth year of George the Fourth, 

 A.D. 1828, for the preservation of the salmon fisheries in 

 Scotland, and repealing that of 1424, it was enacted, that 

 no salmon, grilse, sea trout, or other fish of the salmon 

 kind, shall be taken in or from any river, stream, lake, 

 water, or estuary whatsoever, or on any part of the sea- 

 coast, between the 14th day of September and 1st day of 

 February. 



II. That such person, or persons, as take, fish for, or 

 attempt to take, one, or any of the fish above mentioned, 

 during close time, shall forfeit and pay any sum not less 

 than one pound sterling, and not exceeding ten pounds ; 

 also, that the net or engine employed by the offender shall 

 be included in the forfeiture. 



III. That a trespass with intent to kill fish shall be pu- 

 nished with a penalty of from ten shillings to five pounds. 



IV. That such as sell, or have in possession, smoults, 

 or the young fry of the salmon, or disturb the parent fish 

 while spawning, shall be fined in sums not exceeding ten, 

 nor under one pound sterling. 



V. That those who take or expose to sale fish of the 

 salmon kind, captured betwixt the 14th of September and 

 the 1st of February, shall pay for each fish so exposed from 

 one to two pounds, as shall be thought proper. 



VI. That such person, or persons, as make use of lights 

 to assist in killing fish, shall, for each offence, forfeit not 

 less than the sum of two, and not exceeding that of ten 

 pounds. 



VII. That the sum of five pounds, ordained by the act 

 1477) as a penalty for using cruives during the forbidden 

 season, shall be raised to a fine of not under five pounds, 

 nor above twenty pounds. 



VIII. That the occupiers of fisheries must secure, re- 

 move, or put to some other use, their boats, oars, and tackle, 

 for the period prohibited, or otherwise incur a penalty of 

 from two to ten pounds. 



